Department 12: An I-O Psychology Podcast

Stefanie Mockler joins the show to talk about her work coaching leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about information and decision overload, isolation, communication, and how our send of professionalism may be changing.

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Read Stefanie's article, Playbook For Leaders: Checking in on Employees, Maintaining Personal Connection, & Getting Results During COVID-19 [+ Templates for Team & 1:1 Mtgs]

Stefanie recommends, 4 Ways to be a Resilient Leader During the Coronavirus Crisis

Read Stefanie's article, To Lead Through Uncertainty, Become More Transformational

In this episode, I meet Dr. Juliet Aiken, winner of this year's Distinguished Early Career Contributions-Practice Award from SIOP. Juliet is also the founder and program director of the Master's program in IO at the University of Maryland. I talk to Juliet about how we can reach outside of our usual areas of practice to help in the wake of COVID-19.

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Tonight I'm joined by Sara Perry, Assistant Professor of Management at Baylor University, to talk about the great and terrible experiment in remote work that many American workers are now experiencing. What, if anything, does the research have to tell us about implementing remote work programs under conditions like these? What can we learn from experience?

You can follow Sara on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Also, please consider her research request: "We are currently recruiting couples to participate in a study on remote work -- qualified married or cohabiting couples are those in which at least one partner works remotely (at least some of the time) and works full-time for an organization (no self-employed business owners): http://tinyurl.com/baylorremoteworkstudy. We are compensating with $25 Amazon gift cards and are taking enrollments for the next launch date in April now. We prefer those who have been working remotely already before this and will continue to do so after this crisis is over. More details on eligibility are at the link."

Let's meet Aaron Halliday, IO psychologist and data scientist. How did he end up in both worlds? What can IO psych offer data science and vice versa? How can an IO psych nerd go about learning more about all this stuff? You can connect with Aaron on LinkedIn and learn more about his startup, Trust Included. To see the complete list of links from this episode, visit us on the website.

Listener Lindsey Lane asks, "...for a long time I have heard of people combining consulting and academia into one career (i.e., professors that consult on the side). Does this really happen?" Yes, L3, after a long day of teachin', researchin', publishin', and committee chairin', some profs unwind by pouring themselves a tall, frosty glass of consultin'.

Greg Pool and Cody Cox from the Department of Industrial / Organizational Psychology at St. Mary's University are two such critters. In this episode, they talk about how their research, teaching, and consulting influence each other and some of the real world considerations of taking this on as a career.

Side Note: If you're looking to promote your Master's program with a sponsored advertorial-type article, you should check out Cody's work, Understanding Industrial Organizational Psychology Propels New Career Options, in The Rivard Report. I'm not saying it's good. I'm saying it's real good.

In this episode, I coach "Jeff" (not his real name) who is struggling with a career decision. He's finishing up a Master's in IO Psych and an MBA and he can't decide whether to pursue a PhD or jump right into the workforce. This isn't scripted or rehearsed--we're really talking for the first time on the air. I make some mistakes, but I wanted to share the session anyway to show that real coaching can be messy and imperfect, but still help.

You can learn more about the coaching model I used with "Jeff" right here. If you have advice for him, please share it on Twitter or in the comments section below.

Where do researchers get ideas for new studies? How do multiple co-authors work together on a single paper? How should we deal with rejection? In this episode, Mindy Shoss, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a paper she recently published along with Bradley Brummel, Tahira Probst, and Lixin Jiang.

If you enjoyed this episode, definitely check out the paper—The Joint Importance of Secure and Satisfying Work: Insights from Three Studies—and connect with Mindy on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Do you like Department 12 but wish it was, you know, a little less boring? Then check out The I/O Soapbox, a YouTube video series that talks about I/O stuff in entertaining and clever ways. (You know, if you're into that sort of thing.)

Can gathering the predictions of other researchers, policy-makers, and ordinary people improve social science research? Stefano DellaVigna, Devin Pope, and Eva Vivalt think so, and they've published an article in Science to make their case. If you think it's a good idea, you can sign up to become a predictor on the Social Science Prediction Platform.

Finally, if you use Chrome, check out the Google Scholar Button. It lets you look up scholarly references--and download full-text PDFs--as you browse the web. Also, it's free.

A warm welcome to Stefanie Mockler, a doctoral candidate at DePaul University. Stefanie is a leadership consultant, executive coach, and Head of Insights at Vantage Leadership Consulting. She's also the founder and owner at The Female Leader's Edge, where she coaches women leaders to overcome organizational barriers and reach their goals.

What is coaching and how is it different from other interventions? Is it about asking questions or giving advice? Is it regulated? What kinds of problems or goals do clients bring to coaching? Is an IO psych program good preparation for a coaching career? I interrogate Stefanie with all these questions, and more!

You can reach Stefanie on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

(In this episode I mention that this is the first discussion of coaching on the show. Uh, no, that would be this excellent episode with Alok Sawhney.)

James Hughes is a busy man. In this past few weeks, he's moved, started a podcast, and began his doctoral program at the University of Connecticut. He's also teaching his first class tomorrow. And did I mention he's the co-founder of AGL & Associates, a consulting firm that helps startups optimize their business models?

And he still found time to talk to us. He's been asking the IO world for advice on graduate school and, in this episode, he shares the cream of the crop with us. He also shares his own advice for getting into the grad school of your choice.

After you listen, be sure to connect with James on LinkedIn and check out his brand new podcast, The Abnormal Way, with Shamit Y. Patel.