Relationships at Work - a trust-driven leadership podcast

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Relationships at Work - a trust-driven leadership podcast episodes

October 12How An On Fire Culture Can Solve Employee Engagement — with Eric Chester | R@W REVISITED
(Originally Released: June 27, 2022)
In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with multi-time best selling author, researcher and international Hall of Fame speaker Eric Chester on the ingredients to an on fire workplace culture that solves the employee retention problem and improves employee engagement.

Eric shares his experience with...
The seven pillars for a great workplace culture
How the "Golden Rule" gets in the way of retention
The challenges of creating a great culture
The warning signs that you need to focus on culture
Three questions every organization needs to ask its employees
What employees want to be motivated (and motivation wasn't the word they used)
A case study of what valuing employees looks like
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43 min
October 05The Importance of Adding Compassion to the Workplace — with Liz Kislik | R@W REVISITED
(Originally Released: June 15, 2022)
In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with management consultant, executive coach and speaker Liz Kislik on the importance of compassion in the workplace.

Liz shares her experience with...
The difference between compassion and empathy
How to be more compassionate
Where compassion fits depending on your generation
How workplace culture can benefit from compassion
How we can foster compassion in others
The boundaries of compassion
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40 min
September 28How Being a Good Human Equates to being a Better Leader — with Gregg Lederman | R@W REVISITED
(Originally Released: May 30, 2022)
In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with author and keynote speaker Gregg Lederman on how being a good human through knowing your values and embracing your vulnerability can make you a better leader at work.

Gregg shares his experience with...
The balance between results and humanity
The importance of living your defined values
Where followers fit in good leadership
Why you need to know who you are to be a good leader
How trust is an outcome, not a value of leadership
Finding value-driven leaders

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37 min
September 21How Leaders Can Prioritize Their Intent with Action — with Neal Dlin | R@W REVISITED
(Originally Released: May 8, 2022)
In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with Neal Dlin, founder and Chief Human Experience Officer of customer and employee experience consultancy Chorus Tree, on intention and action alignment at work, including how it can impact culture, the role of leadership and employees, and how curiosity can help.

Neal shares his experience and expertise on...
The impacts of words not matching intent and action.
How leadership can help employee intention and supporting it.
How actions might mislead intention.
How employee experience can be hurt by misalignment.
Where being a "detective" around intention and actions can help your relationships at work.
Where to start in your organization if the culture doesn't align actions and intentions.

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45 min
September 14How Stress at Work Impacts Our Health and How to Manage It — with Ian Foss | R@W REVISITED
(Originally Released: March 5, 2022)
In episode ten of Relationships at Work, I chat with former emergency management director Ian Foss, on the dangerous impacts of stress on our health and the health of our organizations, and what we can do to identify and manage that stress at work.
Ian shares his experience with...
The dangerous impacts of stress
Where stress can come from to impact your work
Things to look for as warning signs of stress
Ways to manage stress short-term and long-term

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30 min
September 07What Employee Journey Mapping Reveals — with Jeannie Walters | R@W REVISITED
(Originally Released: April 24, 2022)
In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with CEO and founder of global consulting firm Experience Investigators Jeannie Walters on the importance of employee journey mapping and its role in employee retention and engagement.

Jeannie shares her experience and expertise on...
The scope of an employee journey map.
How employee personas can help and what they should include.
When you should review your employee journey map.
Where mapping falls down.
How maps can help with employee engagement.
Why organizations don't do it as frequently as they should.
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35 min
August 31How to Build a People-First Culture — with Annette Franz | R@W REVISITED
(Originally Released: March 27, 2022)

In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chat withs author and consultant Annette Franz, on company culture and how to put people-first in your organization to keep them engaged (and some of the red flags you might be going the wrong way).

Annette shares her experience and from her new book BUILT TO WIN...
What organizations don't understand about culture
How corporate and personal values fit to build culture
How you can check-in on how your culture is progressing (or not)
Red flags and mistakes to a broken culture
How outside-in, inside-in decision making can be impactful (for good and bad)
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35 min
August 24What Almost 400 Conversations on Leadership Taught Me
After almost 400 episodes of Relationships at Work, I’m pausing new conversations and taking stock of what the show has helped me understand about leadership.
In this solo episode, I share nine lessons that have become clearer through years of leading, listening, questioning, and learning from hundreds of experts.
We get into why clarity starts with shared meaning, why leadership and management are not the same thing, why relationships are organizational infrastructure, how intention and impact need to stay connected, why curiosity matters more as leaders gain authority, how trust is built long before it is needed, what culture really teaches people, why leadership is an ecosystem, and why stewardship may be one of the most important responsibilities of all.
I also talk about why I’m pausing Relationships at Work, why I’ll be revisiting some standout conversations from the archive, and what I do — and don’t — know about what comes next.
Mostly, this episode is a reflection on what almost 400 conversations have sharpened for me about better leadership — and a thank you to everyone who helped shape the show along the way.
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23 min
August 09How to Build a Better Feedback Culture
Feedback should help people grow, not make them defensive.
In this episode, host Russel chats with HR expert and leadership coach Carolyn Troyan about what healthy feedback cultures look like, why trust and psychological safety matter, and how leaders can shift from giving advice to coaching better conversations.
They also explore peer feedback, cultural differences, people leadership and why feedback works best when it becomes part of everyday work—not an annual event.
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47 min
July 27Why Strong Workplace Relationships Are Built, Not Collected
In this episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher speaks with executive coach and leadership expert Payal Nanjiani about what it really takes to build meaningful relationships at work.
They explore why networking becomes ineffective when it is transactional, how trust is strengthened through consistency and vulnerability, and why leaders need relationships across every level of an organization. Payal also shares how self-awareness, boundaries and genuine curiosity can help people move beyond simply making contacts to building connections that support better leadership, stronger teams and long-term career growth.
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45 min