People Problems

“I shouldn’t be here”, said no one ever. Except, you to yourself, all the time. Tyson and Alexa tackle imposter syndrome this week to uncover its insidious nature, its origins, and its ins and outs. Don’t worry, you’re highly qualified to listen… we promise.

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Learning & Development is often secondary, nay tertiary, to the ‘sexier’ HR functions like Talent and Recruitment, or the more task-oriented ‘must-haves’ like Compensation. Alexa and Tyson are on a mission to fix that little miscarriage of HR justice in this one. Joined by Matt Gjertsen, former Air Force Pilot and pilot trainer turned Chief Learning Officer, they tackle the best practices for designing learning, how to combine subject experts with good educators; common pitfalls of L&D organizations, and exactly how the fall of Rome leads us to modern day L&D. Let’s get educated fam. 

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Strive for mediocrity… is not the advice you’d expect from a Stanford professor, but it’s great advice. Alexa and Tyson tackle anxiety in communications, spontaneous speaking, channeling your message, and how reduce the pressure of public speaking or speaking up with Matt Abrahams - professor of Effective Virtual Communication and Essentials of Strategic Communication at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Turns out, if you strive for mediocrity, you can achieve greatness. Listen up to learn more! 

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We all know Tyson is obsessed with crystals, and Alexa knows… literally nothing about them. So this week the team uses their time to explore Tyson’s favorite hobby and educate Alexa on the wild and wacky world of rock vibes. The duo explores the best categories of crystals to consider and the right crystals for your various work occasions. As zany as it sounds… we’re reminded that people’s curiosities are important and that many of the strange and unique things people explore outside of work involve ritual, ceremony, intuition, juju, and other important feelings for them which is always a positive. Grab your selenite and listen up!

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Alexa and Tyson are joined by Ivan Quiroz - the multi-time demotee turned always optimistic retail manager extraordinaire, servant leader evangelist, and current VP of Operations at 2020 Onsite - to discuss exactly what servant leadership methodology is and how to use it. They discuss (shockingly) how self-awareness is key to improving management, the importance of ‘at bats’ in growing managers, the conundrum of promoting skilled workers, and the harsh reality that having the title of Manager doesn’t buy you followers - Nothing but big facts in this week’s episode... Big facts.

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We're presenting a real tear-jerker this week, fam. *Don't worry - everyone is fine here!* While this topic sounds morbid and might not be the ideal water cooler convo to get you over the Wednesday hump, this sh*t happens and we're preparing you for it today. Tyson, Alexa, and their favorite lawyer, Jon Hyman, get grim and discuss death in the workplace and the details and intricacies you may find landing on your HR team. It’s not all death and darkness though, we promise this episode is insightful, educational, and hopefully, a bright spot in your day. You only live once kids, so listen up!

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We’ve all been there. In fact, we’ve been programmed and reminded incessantly to do it… but it’s gross and we hate it. No rose-colored nada on this episode. Tyson and Alexa hold nothing back (as per usual) while they explore the insidious effects of toxic positivity on us all. Sometimes stuff just sucks, but not this episode - so give it a go.

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A People Probs re-run for the Peeps! A fan favorite from last Feb - Begging your manager to start a new HR program? Learn their pain points, do the takeaway, and create absent authority. Say what now? Tyson & Alexa interview Steven Baker, the accidental HR dude, on why sales should be important to HR, invaluable sales skills to learn, and why being real is the key to sales. It's tubular.

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BLACKBOX HR: Lots of HR is shrouded in mystery (or just sheer confusion)... So this week Alexa takes a stab, in a short *new format*, to try to demystify a clunky subject: how your employer buys health insurance. In an attempt to uncover the reasons, history, and reality behind some of HR's most misunderstood subjects... we bring you our first-ever 'Blackbox HR' episode and we can't wait to hear what you think!  

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From our dear friends over at @SurfingCorporate check out 'How to Handle Corporate Politics Without Losing Your Soul (Entirely)' with guest Frank Sutera, former VP of International Production @ Sony Pictures Television Networks

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