Quiet Quitting Starts at the Top: Why Leaders Own the Culture

What if the real cause of quiet quitting isn’t disengaged employees but disconnected leadership?

In this episode of Heliona Insight, I sit down with Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor Knight, a respected executive leader, education advocate, and culture strategist, to unpack the ripple effects of leadership behavior on workplace culture.

We explore how employee disengagement often mirrors the clarity, care, and consistency (or lack thereof) modeled by leadership and why culture is too important to be left to HR alone.

With a background bridging education, nonprofit leadership, and executive strategy, Dr. Taylor Knight brings both research and real-world wisdom to this conversation.

If you’re responsible for leading people, setting tone, or shaping vision, this episode will challenge you to see culture not as a perk but a practice. One that starts with how leaders show up.

Resources mentioned:

• Check out The DeBruce Foundation's free career resources: 
• Agile Work Profiler
• Career Explorer Tools
• Draw Your Future with Agilities
• ...and more at Agilities.org
• Read The DeBruce Foundation's annual research on what it takes to build careers with higher wages, less risk of unemployment, better benefits, more autonomy over work conditions, and the ability to build savings. 
• Learn more about Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor Knight
• Learn more about The DeBruce Foundation