People at Work

It's no secret that workplace culture has undergone dramatic changes in the last couple of years, and is continuing to do so as we redefine what this means to us. In today's episode, we revisit our conversations with industry experts including Doctors, founders, Culture officers, and owners.

Listen to how we can design organizational culture to lead change, what it means to build a welcoming culture that supports Diversity, Inclusi...

Employee experience is often a topic that’s nebulous and hard to wrap your head around. It starts from the moment someone applies to an open position, and lasts till their departure from the company.

In today's episode, we share tips from past guests on how to enable trust, transparency, and meaningful work, so leaders like you can elevate the employee experience your organization offers. Hear from:
- Kevin Hancock, CEO of Han...

What’s your relationship with change? Do you welcome it with open arms or avoid it like your worst fear?

If you’re Liz Lewinson, you seek it out as a way to grow and expand your life experience. Liz went from writing to television to computer science to finance IT, and is still looking for ways to change.

The one constant that prepares her for change is a still mind. By practicing some form of meditation, Liz believes we can surf t...

Communication doesn't mean talking louder than your introverted peers. In today's episode, we return to our previous conversations with communication experts, some of whom are life coaches, managers, and CEOs. We tap into why it's important to improve communication in the workplace and how this affects relationships and collaboration. We also explore the ways to do communication right.

Join us to unpack how workplace harm...

Stress is part of daily life, even more so with the ripple effects of the global pandemic, social injustice, and political unrest. While there’s a lot swirling around all of us, shaking us to the core some days, we can manage this stress.

Nicole Mixdorf has experienced the damaging effects of stress firsthand. She left her corporate career that was literally making her sick from stress, and started a wellness business to help busy ...

Building trust and fostering growth in your direct reports fall under the responsibility of any leader. Yes, it's a challenging job to master. So let’s hear from these experts on how to hone your leadership skills and support the emotional wellness of your employees.

Listen to the following leaders and learn more about their successful strategies: 

- Anthony Vaughan, Founder of The E1B2 Collective
- Jeff Melnyk and Laurie ...

When a podcast guest says “This isn’t a fairytale”, I buckle up because I know we’re in for an interesting and useful conversation.

In today’s People at Work episode, Gonçalo Silva, CTO at Doist, tells the story of this fully remote company’s growth and culture journey over the past decade.

Even though Doist is doing a lot right, there are still obstacles in their way and a team to take care of from afar. Oh, and did I mention they...

It's fair to say that the working world has undergone a ton of changes over the past two years. Amongst the most impactful is definitely the shift to remote and hybrid work. Let's revisit the major learnings from these pivots, and how we can re-imagine the workplace of the future.

 Tune in to learn more about what two years of remote work have taught our guests and how to transition to better hybrid collaboration.

In today's e...

Employee departures are disruptive in any company. Whenever an employee resigns, they leave a gaping hole in a team. And they take their institutional knowledge, contribution to culture, and other skills with them.

Since the pandemic, talent is flocking in droves for various reasons. The great resignation has leaders, CEOs, and managers asking: what can we do about it and what does it teach us about the working world? From pri...

If the pandemic has afforded us anything, it’s a fresh perspective on a major part of our lives: work. Where we do it, how it’s measured, what we’re prepared to put up with, and how we expect bosses to behave (I could go on).

Happiness at work expert Aoife O’Brien advocates for a fresh perspective on work itself, and where it fits in our lives. With her research and personal work experiences, she believes we shouldn’t embrace work ...

Don’t worry, this isn’t another blog post bemoaning the reality of the great resignation. It’s very well understood that we’re facing more turnover thanks to the pandemic. Now it’s time to talk about how we can avoid a revolving door of talent.

Yair Reimer believes the strongest strategy to keep people engaged and active in your organization is to communicate. And realize that over-communication is impossible. For Yair, communicati...

Learning about leadership on the front lines of armed conflict is an extreme way to get clear on what matters when leading people. As a former US Army Special Forces Commander, Sean Patton understands what it means to be a quality leader, because his life (and those around him) depended on it.

Being a quality leader means taking a whole person approach. In the average workplace on any given day, it may not feel mission critical to ...

Too often we don’t do something for fear of making a mistake. Taking action on DEI is a good example of this. We’re afraid to misstep, alienate, exclude or worse, do exactly what we’re trying to avoid.

But that shouldn’t stop us from taking steps, even small, uncomfortable ones towards creating more inclusive and psychologically safe work environments. That’s why Bernadette Smith encourages little changes, a lot of the time.

When w...

How do you know what people feel about working in your organization? Better question still, when was the last time you asked them? I’m not talking about annual engagement or pulse surveys. Those might have their place, but they’re not the tool to truly get to grips with what’s going on for people in your organization.

The best way to do that is through stay interviews. Angie Bergner has been conducting quarterly stay interviews wit...

You don’t often hear gratitude for younger generations at work. But I say thank goodness for their fresh perspectives, desire for transparency, and constant desire to better themselves and their circumstances. This will ultimately make workplaces and leaders better.

But how do we retain and manage young people against the context of The Great Resignation, so that they stay with us and add to our workplace cultures and their own gro...

Very few people raise their hand and volunteer to do the tasks nobody else wants to do. But Robert Kohlhepp did just that. He started at Cintas 50 years ago with 60-odd employees and finished his career there with over 40,000 people. Robert has seen Cintas grow through its ups and downs, making his many years of experience and advice so much more valuable.

Robert believes establishing compatibility, facing conflict head on, and bei...

Working from home can get monotonous, so how about changing it up once in a while? VEL is a hyper-localized tech-forward coffee shop concept supporting a hybrid workforce. Here you can work in a transactional setting and be more efficient while co-working.

Mo Hamzian, Co-Founder & CEO of VEL, took his love for working at coffee shops and turned that into a work experience that offers flexible privacy and psychological safety. I...

Have you heard anyone say “I love that learning platform”? No? EdApp is here to change just that through their constant functional learning.

EdApp is a workplace learning tool that delivers bite-sized education while maintaining high levels of engagement. CEO and Founder, Darren Winterford, identified that e-learning was broken and that COVID played a role in accelerating that because of how disconnected people are.

However, the in...

Remember the black squares on Instagram showing support of Black Lives Matter? What action took hold after companies proclaimed to care about DEI in the workplace? Even though awareness has likely increased, meaningful change is in short supply.

That’s what’s driving LaTonya Wilkins to get below the surface with leaders. Leaders have a critical role to play in shifting workplaces (and society at large) towards deeper inclusion and ...