September 08, 2020

428: But What if Your Workplace is Toxic? with Robert Glazer

39 minutes

But What if Your Workplace is Toxic? with Robert Glazer --------------- I had an office job that was so boring, I used to photocopy my face while guzzling free office coffee and snacking on breath mints. As long as I was hovering near the copy machine, everyone assumed I was doing something productive. After a few days of this linger-guzzle-mint-chomp routine, my colleague, Cynthia, felt we needed to add some occasional stapling to our escapades lest we be found out. So we started making zines out of my best xeroxed smash-face printouts. Oh, good times.

Life is too short to hate your job, and yet most of us do. With telecommuting at an all-time high, some jobs have become more tolerable, but do you truly feel meaning and purpose at work? Do you feel like you're working toward a worthy goal? These are hard questions I don't have the answer to, but my guest on the show has created a multi-award winning workplace, so he's got some great ideas.

Listen & Learn:

Why lack of value alignment is perhaps the biggest job problem of all
How to both employee and employers need to think about the end at the beginning
Why "2 weeks notice" is terrible for everyone
How COVID-19 is affecting communication and connection

Links & Resources

Robert's Website

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Robert Glazer is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners marketing agency.His agency has won numerous awards including Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards (2 years in a row), Ad Age's Best Place to Work, Entrepreneur's Top Company Culture (2 years in a row), Great Place to Work & Fortune's Best Small & Medium Workplaces (3 years in a row) and Boston Globe's Top Workplaces (2 years in a row). His writing has been featured in Forbes, Inc. and Entrepreneur magazines, Bob shares his ideas and insights via Friday Forward email newsletter, his Elevate podcast, and his books including: Friday Forward and Elevate.

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