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Episode 190 | Curiosity: The Secret to Culture Transformation | Dr. Domonique Revere

How do you transform a work culture where people don't just survive a toxic workplace but thrive in a space where they feel seen, heard, valued, and have skin in the game? How do you move from overfunctioning as a leader to offloading responsibility and allowing autonomy and agency in your team? How do you make leadership accessible and practical for anyone looking to elevate their culture intentionally? 

Transform your approach to servant leadership and allyship on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Dr. Domonique Revere. Dr. Dom is a leadership strategist, work culture expert, and Chief Culture Architect of HR Remedy Consulting. She coaches at the intersection of leadership development, organizational management, and culture elevation, offering clear practical frameworks for leading with integrity, presence, and impact. 

Listen as Dr. Dom explores:

☀️ Her origin story growing up in East Cleveland in a single parent household, with a community who saw potential in her and propelled her toward success without expecting gain

☀️ Why she wanted to create spaces where people felt seen, heard, valued, could thrive rather than just survive, and be creative and innovative

☀️ How servant leadership and allyship mean helping others move in the same direction, honoring different perspectives and experiences, without needing anything in return

☀️ Why leaders need to stop overfunctioning, offload responsibility, and allow autonomy and agency to grow in their teams so they can take vacations without worry

☀️ Her new book "Language of the Land" which makes leadership accessible and practical, providing an A to Z guide for anyone looking to elevate their culture intentionally

Dr. Dom transforms how leaders think about culture by proving that as you become genuinely curious about the people around you, asking more questions to understand why they operate, emote, and carry what they carry, you learn about your own blind spots and create a culture where people thrive individually and collectively.

🔑 Key Insight: "Servant leadership and allyship - when we think about allyship, it's not necessarily that we're all moving in the same direction. We want to make sure that everyone has a seat at the table, we understand perspective, we really are honoring experiences. But these are also folks that don't have anything to gain. Them being at the table and really their gaining is the essence of understanding and valuing different perspectives, different lifestyles, different experiences, different truths. When we are sitting in that space and knowing that everybody deserves peace, deserves protection, deserves safety, we all win."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Ask more questions. Become genuinely curious about the people who are around you - why they operate the way that they do, why they emote the way that they do, why they carry the things that they carry. You'll learn not only a lot about them, but you'll learn a lot about yourself as well. You'll learn where your blind spots are, where the privilege is, where maybe you can lean in and do things a little bit differently. If you take nothing else away from the conversation, slow down and become genuinely curious about the people that you're choosing to do life and choosing to do work with. It's going to make us all just better humans individually and collectively.

Connect with Dr. Domonique Revere:

#ServantLeadership #Allyship #CultureTransformation #LanguageOfTheLand #GenuineCuriosity #StopOverfunctioning #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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How do you close the gap between knowing something and actually doing it as you drown in knowledge but lack the ability to translate it into consistent repeatable action? How do you create a culture so Work Positive that an ordinary person put in the right environment with the right tools suddenly becomes extraordinary? How do you transform from a leader who points out issues to one who helps people reach their full potential?

☀️ His unexpected leadership opportunity as a tank platoon leader with zero training or experience, completely surprising everyone and reaching top evaluations

☀️ Why the essence of Super Performance is helping people reach their full potential, realizing it's not about me but about we and how we all come together

☀️ The golden hour philosophy that we can all have nearly perfect or even perfect levels of performance, like how factories have hours where they work completely safe

☀️ How to go beyond talking about servant leadership and actually demonstrate you'll do things to help people be better tomorrow than they were today, even at an expense to you personally

☀️ Why you have to hang on loosely as a leader, letting people take ownership and be engaged so it doesn't matter if you show up because the systems exist

George transforms how leaders think about performance by proving that as you build a culture where people take autonomy and control, you work less rather than harder because you let people take ownership.

🔑 Key Insight: "What I'm gonna call those eight strategies we outline in the book, when you can approach problems that way, there's really nothing you can't solve if you have a group of committed resources that are going to be there with you. It's not about working too hard. Super Performance is actually working less because you're letting people take ownership and letting them be engaged. If you didn't show up today, if you didn't show up this week, it wouldn't matter because the systems exist, the people have ownership, they're engaged. You were a clock builder versus a time teller. The time tellers are the folks that I refer to as capes, the clock builders are who I always want to hire."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Understand something that went well and be able to answer the question why. It can be any activity, any discussion, could even be the workout, the peloton that you're on listening to the podcast. Ask yourself why did it feel so good today? Why could I have gone a few extra steps, a few extra miles? Why did the performance in the factory do well? The question of why when we do well never gets asked but the question of why when we fail is asked much too often. Just have some balance. Don't say never look at why we fail, but ask the other question once in a while.

Connect with George Pesansky:

#SuperPerformance #ClockBuilder #GoldenHour #HangOnLoosely #AskWhyItWentWell #WorkLessNotHarder #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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EP 188 | T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health Culture Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette

How do you transform your work culture as one in five adults deals with a mental health condition and one in three faces an anxiety disorder? What creates mentally healthy cultures as 54% of all lost work time in the United Kingdom traces back to work-related stress, anxiety, and depression? How do you lead people through chaos as they look to you for clarity, purpose in the predicaments, and meaning in the mayhem? 

Discover the proven framework to help your people thrive on this special LinkedIn Live episode of the Work Positive Podcast recorded during Mental Health Awareness Month. Dr. Joey Faucette unveils his groundbreaking T.H.R.I.V.E. framework from his latest best-seller "T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health, Culture, and the People You Lead," drawing from insights of eight extraordinary mental health experts who have transformed cultures and helped countless leaders do the same.

Listen as Dr. Joey explores:

☀️ Why organizations that grow people and profits today do so in that order, starting with people as the profits pour in

☀️ The difference between Nick who spiraled after his manager said no to flexible arrangements and Sally who stayed nine years after her manager simply said "You're not right, let's have tea"

☀️ How Velcro comments hook people by head and heart rather than soap bubble comments that disappear in three seconds

☀️ The NAP Framework for strategic rest: Nurture communities and learning, Assess which of seven rest types you need, Prioritize what restores you

☀️ Why feathers ignored morph into bricks, and bricks ignored become trucks as people burn out incrementally rather than suddenly

Dr. Joey transforms how leaders think about mental health by proving that as you apply the T.H.R.I.V.E. framework, you create cultures where the people you lead feel seen, valued, rested, equipped, heard, and genuinely engaged.

🔑 Key Insight: "If you ran a factory and someone told you 54% of your machine downtime traced back to a single source, you'd stop the machines. You'd do a root cause analysis. You'd fix it before you switched them back on. Your people deserve that same urgent attention. The organizations that grow people and profits today start with people, and the profits pour in. Psychological safety isn't a cultural nicety. It's basic biology. As the brain perceives threat, the prefrontal cortex goes offline. Creativity disappears. Problem-solving suffers. Burnout accelerates. Trust is the antidote. You make it safe to not be okay, because at any given time, a significant portion of your team is not okay. The question is: Does your culture help them carry the weight or add to it?"

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Choose ONE element of the T.H.R.I.V.E. framework to implement this week based on where your culture can learn and do better. Answer this question first: What about T.H.R.I.V.E. is our culture doing well right now? Give yourself some Joe High-Fives (a five-year-old who high-fived himself as he ran out of people). Celebrating rewires your brain to do more of what you do well. Then answer: Which T.H.R.I.V.E. part can our culture learn from and do better? Helping your people thrive happens in the steady accumulation of moments where people feel seen, valued, rested, equipped, heard, and genuinely engaged. Trust grows one honest conversation at a time. Honor lands one specific acknowledgment at a time. Rest renews one ten-minute margin at a time. Investment compounds one granular challenge solved at a time. Value gets communicated one clear expectation at a time. Engagement sparks one genuine TaDa at a time.

The T.H.R.I.V.E. Framework:

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Episode 187 | Give Before You Take: AI as Force for Equity | Bala Muthiah

How do you create people-first technology that scales for high-performance teams? How do you lead engineering groups under pressure as you develop resilience and innovate sustainably? How do you champion AI as a force for equity rather than replacement, democratizing mentorship and surfacing areas for growth? 

Transform your approach to empathy, psychological safety, and long-term growth on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Bala Muthiah. Bala is Director of Engineering at Lyft, leading the engineering groups responsible for real-time decision systems that support millions of riders and drivers. His work centers on creating environments where teams thrive under pressure. He prioritizes empathy, psychological safety, and long-term growth as he champions AI as a force for equity and leadership. 

Listen as Bala explores:

☀️ How community shaped him from home to neighbors to extended family, teaching him he stands on the shoulders of giants

☀️ Why women leaders played a huge role in his development, with his first mentor being female and continuing through his career

☀️ The power of coffee walks and why real meetings happen after the meeting, rather than clicking the red button on Zoom

☀️ How starting meetings five minutes late and ending five minutes early gives you time to breathe, reflect, and avoid jumping from meeting to meeting

☀️ Why work is no longer the number one priority for people, which is completely the right thing as individuals develop their community

Bala transforms how leaders think about technology by proving that as you bring together analytical skills and people skills, you unlock potential and become a better engineer and a better person.

🔑 Key Insight: "I am standing on the shoulders of giants. I'm taller and able to do things because I am built on top of somebody else's hard work. Someone gave me the opportunity, the learning, and knowledge. Every single opportunity I see, a friend of mine recently shared this: respect the opportunity. Anything you get, respect it. That teaching and that culture helped me stay grounded. Engineers are heads down solving problems, usually not very known for people skills. But as these two come together, you really unlock potential. You become a better engineer and a better person. It's a collective gain. Both benefit from each other. That's the formula I kept and it got me where I am."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Do two things. First, regardless of where you work or who you work with, as you ask someone "How are you?" and they tell you "I'm good," don't stop there. Ask "Tell me more." That opens up insights and creates better relationships. Many times we ask people how they are, they say good, and we walk away. Some of us ask the question and walk away rather than even listening. Be curious about them. Second, give before you take. Imagine the world as we all give before we take. The world transforms into a much better place. Whether you're talking or creating relationships, always give first before you take anything from that relationship. That makes the whole thing better. People come to you. You are one person who gives before you take, but there are ten people who come to you and give. Mathematically, you actually get more than you give.

Note: The views expressed in this episode are those of Bala Muthiah and do not represent the views of his employer.

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Connect with Bala Muthiah:

#GiveBeforeTake #PeopleFirstTechnology #AIForEquity #CoffeeWalks #TellMeMore #StandingOnShoulders #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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Episode 186 | Make Well-being Visible in Your Culture | Dr. Jamie Hardy

How well do you understand the direct connection between performance and health in your work culture? What creates teams who are energized, engaged, and endure rather than quietly dimming or walking out the door? How do you embed executive well-being into the very culture of work rather than treating it as an afterthought?

☀️ Her origin story of being escorted from her office to the emergency room as she felt symptoms of a heart attack

☀️ The three transformations she made: prioritize fueling brain and body, reset nervous system in real time, embrace strategic rest as performance multiplier

☀️ Why well-being culture compounds retention results rather than just annual surveys that miss the building dumpster fire

☀️ How the Leadership Retention Index reveals patterns contributing to depletion in your organization sooner than annual surveys

☀️ The 70% gap between what people leaders think they're doing and how people receive it

Dr. Jamie transforms how leaders think about well-being by proving that as you make well-being visible in one place, you create cultures where top talent thrives rather than dims.

🔑 Key Insight: "I was so focused on the job, the output, the productivity, how I was being perceived, how I was showing up. I wasn't taking care of the person who was helping to lead the strategy: myself. I was not leading myself well at that point in my career. It shook me to my core and forced me to level up how I was leading myself. I had to prioritize how I was fueling my brain and my body even on my busiest days, even as the calendar was stacked. I had to invent a system to reset my nervous system in real time. I had to lean into this concept that strategic rest is important. It's a performance multiplier rather than a weakness. That ordeal showed me something else: I wasn't the only one. The curtain had been lifted. I was not the only one who had experienced physiological transformations and mental transformations because the work was all consuming."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Find one place inside your organization where well-being is invisible and make it visible. You can start with the morning huddle, the monthly team meeting, or the quarterly business meeting with senior executives. Pick one space where well-being is practically nonexistent and start that conversation. Share something you discovered listening to this episode that you can do in your life as a leader. Model it. People love to hear you say "try this because I tried it" rather than "do as I say." You can initiate these conversations, processes, and forward momentum in your organization. It all starts with one conversation and a person courageous enough to initiate it.

Connect with Dr. Jamie Hardy:

#Executivewell-being #StrategicRest #PerformanceMultiplier #well-beingCulture #LeadershipRetentionIndex #TheLifestylePharmacist #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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How do you navigate the chaos as work transforms faster than ever before? How do you lead people through a world that feels brittle, anxious, non-linear, and incomprehensible? How do you want to be augmented as generative AI reshapes every aspect of work?

Transform your approach to strategic thinking and future-focused leadership on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Dr. Bob Johansen. Bob is a distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future, the longest-running futures research group in the world. He's a former university basketball player who scored 20 points against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a strategic thinker who has shaped how leaders navigate uncertainty, and the author of multiple groundbreaking books including "Navigating the Age of Chaos" and "Leaders Make the Future" (Third Edition). This is Bob's fourth appearance on the Work Positive Podcast. 

Listen as Bob explores:

☀️ Why VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) is no longer VUCA enough for what we're about to experience

☀️ How the BANI world (brittle, anxious, non-linear, incomprehensible) requires leaders who choose how to be augmented rather than replaced

☀️ Why the big story is humans and computers doing things together that have never been done before rather than computers replacing people

☀️ How Bob uses his customized ChatGPT nicknamed "Stretch" at the beginning of his writing process to stretch his thinking rather than at the end

☀️ The power of keeping a daily gratitude journal to stay grounded as you navigate chaos and create positive work cultures

Bob transforms how leaders think about the future by proving that humanizing generative AI means you create cultures where people choose how to be augmented, discovering comprehensibility through optimism rather than fear.

🔑 Key Insight: "VUCA was coined at the Army War College in the late 1980s, post-Cold War period, and it was US-centric. BANI is much more global. Brittle means systems break suddenly. Anxious means we're all in emotional states where we're kind of overwhelmed. Non-linear means cause and effect are disproportionate. Incomprehensible means our brains can't process what's happening. The question becomes: how do you want to be augmented? We're all going to be augmented. We just don't know how. If you're a leader now or if you're even curious, you gotta be experimenting with this stuff. The real question boils down to what can humans do best and what do we want to keep for ourselves, what can computers do best, and what do we want to do together. That's where I get really optimistic about creating work cultures today."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Keep a daily gratitude journal. Get a small journal and write down one to three things you're grateful for every day. This one practice has a profound positive impact on your ability to navigate chaos and lead with hope. Also consider starting meetings with a moment of gratitude. Ask team members to share one thing they're grateful for today. It can be about work or something personal. Watch how this simple practice transforms your culture and grounds your team in optimism rather than anxiety as you navigate the BANI world together.

Books by Bob Johansen:

Connect with Bob Johansen:

#BANIWorld #AugmentedLeadership #HumanizeAI #NavigatingChaos #FutureOfWork #GratitudeJournal #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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How do you create a continuous learning positive work culture when only 23% of employees worldwide are engaged in their work? What if three out of four people on your team are among the ranks of The Working Dead, costing the global economy $8.9 trillion in lost productivity annually? How do you grow a culture that starts with souls, not systems?

Discover the proven framework to grow your leader soul and cultivate a root-to-fruit culture on this special LinkedIn Live episode of the Work Positive Podcast. Dr. Joey Faucette unveils his groundbreaking Root-to-Fruit framework from his latest book "Leader Soul: Grow a Root-to-Fruit Culture," drawing from insights of six remarkable Work Positive Podcast guests who have done this internal work themselves and helped countless others do the same.

Listen as Dr. Joey explores:

☀️ Why organizations that grow today don't start with systems but with souls, doing the internal work that creates external transformation

Dr. Joey transforms how leaders think about culture by proving that when you grow from your roots through your trunk, branches, and flowers to fruits, you create a Work Positive culture where growing people grows profits.

🔑 Key Insight: "Picture a tree that produces beautiful oranges. We see the fruit and admire it. We might even try to study the oranges themselves. But the fruit comes from the roots. The organizations experiencing behavior problems throughout aren't dealing with a bottom issue but a top issue. The executive team is the root. The organization-wide behavior problem is the fruit. Words like 'integrity' and 'excellence' have been eroded by marketing. Everyone claims them. If a value can mean anything, it means nothing. Replace 'core values' with 'core essentials' and ask what does this look like in practice. Culture doesn't live on posters or in values statements. It lives in the hearts and minds of your people. The only way to know what's really in their hearts and minds is to be with them."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Choose one stage of the Root-to-Fruit framework based on where you have the best opportunity to grow. Then return to that chapter's Do One Thing challenge and do the one that resonates most strongly with where you are right now. Do it well. Build the habit. Then add another. Small, consistent actions create lasting change. A grand, unsustainable gesture is worth less than a small practice you maintain for years. Be patient with yourself. Be persistent with your practice. Trust the process. That's how you avoid going rogue in your leader soul and grow a root-to-fruit culture.

The Root-to-Fruit Framework:

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Connect with Dr. Joey Faucette:

#LeaderSoul #RootToFruitCulture #ThreePermissions #CoreEssentials #CareAndCreation #LovableLeadership #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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Episode 183 | Free to Lead: Unleash Your Hidden Leadership Genius | Will Steel

What are your hidden beliefs that keep you from fulfilling your purpose as a people leader? What's the invisible script or background soundtrack playing in your head? What are your blind spots as a result of this head trash? How do you dismantle the constraints that limit your performance and your fulfillment so you can act freely, lead powerfully, and create results that once seemed impossible? 

Transform your approach to leadership on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Will Steel. Will helps people leaders around the world dismantle the constraints that limit their performance and fulfillment, enabling them to lead with clarity, purpose, and authenticity. His new book is "Free to Lead: Unleash Your Hidden Leadership Genius."

Listen as Will explores:

☀️ How he failed RAF officer training by keeping his head down, then graduated with a leadership trophy by just being himself

Will transforms how leaders think about their constraints by proving that when you stop blaming others or circumstances and take full responsibility, you become forever powerful because you're the source of all of it, not at the effect of anything.

🔑 Key Insight: "I tried to be what I thought I was supposed to be during RAF officer training - keeping my head down, staying out of trouble. After 16 weeks, my flight commander said he couldn't graduate me because I was like a ghost. So I did it again and said screw it, I'm just gonna be myself. 18 weeks later I graduated with a leadership trophy because I was just being myself. When I work with teams on vision, every word has to fit. If one person says 'I don't think that's true because we do this,' we wait and resolve it. We change one word if needed until everyone aligns. By the end, people read it out and it's theirs, they've created it together, they own it. If someone can do 80% as good as you, that's a win. Why? Because you're not doing it."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Stop blaming others, the situation, or the circumstances and take responsibility yourself. Stand in it and say "Alright, this has happened. How can I be responsible for all of this?" It's not blame. You're not blaming yourself or beating yourself up. You're simply taking responsibility. When something fails, instead of saying "They're terrible and they don't know how to do their job and I shouldn't have to tell them all this," say "I'm responsible for that. I didn't really tell them exactly what I needed to have happened." Come from a place where you stop blaming anybody else and stand as responsible for all of it. You're the center of the universe in your company or business. Once you do this, you're forever powerful because you're not at the effect. You're not a victim of anything. You are the source of all of it.

Connect with Will Steel:

#FreeToLead #HiddenBeliefs #TakeResponsibility #StopBlaming #VisionWork #DelegateEverything #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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Episode 182 | Unbeatable Mind: Calm Under Pressure | Mark Divine

How well do you stay calm, focused, and purpose driven under all of this pressure? Between life and work today, there's just so much pressure. What if your IQ drops from 120 to 75 or 80 when you're triggered into a fight or flight situation during a crisis? How do you develop mental toughness, emotional resilience, and conscious leadership when most people aren't taught that training your mind is important? 

Transform your approach to peak performance on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Mark Divine. Mark retired from a 20-year career as a Navy SEAL Commander and is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "The Way of the SEAL." He's the founder of Unbeatable Mind and SEAL Fit training programs and has trained thousands of leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs, and teams. He hosts his own podcast exploring peak performance, global leadership issues, and personal growth. Listen as Mark explores:

☀️ Why in a crisis you don't rise to the level of your hopes and expectations but fall to the level of your training

Mark transforms how leaders think about mental toughness by proving that staying calm under pressure is not a character trait or attribute but an outcome of training, and when you practice box breathing 20 minutes morning and evening, you develop the stillness that unlocks insight, creativity, and intuition.

🔑 Key Insight: "If you're not training your mind, someone else is training it for you. In a crisis you don't rise to the level of your hopes and expectations, you fall to the level of your training. Your IQ drops from 120 to 75 or 80 when triggered into fight or flight. The holds stop your mind. Thinking is movement. Movement corresponds with the breath. The breath affects your mental movement and your emotional movement. Stillness is the master skill for any executive or any leader. That's where insight and creativity and intuition come in."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Begin a practice of box breathing every morning and every evening. Start with 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening. Inhale to a five count, hold your breath for five count, exhale to a five count, and hold your breath for five count. If that sounds like too much, take it down to a four count (4-4-4-4), but ultimately get to five because that gives you six breaths per minute when you're not doing the holds and three breaths per minute when you are. The holds stop your mind. Practice this and get very comfortable with your mind just pausing. That's where stillness comes in. Do it for 30 days and prove Mark wrong. If you can box breathe for 20 minutes morning and evening for 30 days, that alone can transform your life. Get in bed 20 minutes before you normally do in the evening and get up 20 minutes before you normally do in the morning.

The Three Spheres (all must align):

Connect with Mark Divine:

#UnbeatableMind #BoxBreathing #NavySEAL #MentalToughness #StillnessSkill #PeakPerformance #ConsciousLeadership #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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Who are you beyond that role? Who are you besides a people leader? What keeps you from claiming all of who you are in a more holistic way? What's the effect of identifying yourself almost exclusively by your work role? 

Transform your approach to leadership identity on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Nick Jonsson. Nick is a professional speaker, bestselling author, executive coach, and supervised counselor and psychotherapist specializing in holistic leadership, mental wellbeing, and identity beyond performance. His book "Executive Loneliness" is an international bestseller about isolation, stress, and depression in leaders. As a former senior executive himself, his journey through burnout and recovery (including overcoming alcohol addiction) shaped his understanding of success and meaning. Today he works with founders, second gen leaders, and senior executives worldwide, integrating psychology and his lived experience. 

Listen as Nick explores:

☀️ Why he felt lonely and isolated once he reached the top and fell all the way down

Nick transforms how leaders think about identity by proving that when you build your vulnerability muscle and create psychologically safe spaces for storytelling, people treat each other differently and create cultures where it's okay to speak up.

🔑 Key Insight: "The vulnerability muscle is almost like building muscle in the gym. It's about practicing. We can do that by building up our safe spaces. The younger generation wants more meaning, more purpose, deeper conversations. The biggest challenge for the 50+ generation who are not vulnerable is they will not connect with the younger generation and fresh graduates. There's just a disconnect. When you create an agenda with storytelling in team building events, people love storytelling. That's how you get a dopamine kick and remember."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): See and think who in your work environment you can trust and have a vulnerable conversation with. Remember, it's like a muscle. You cannot go all out right away or people will be shocked. It's about just sharing something with one person you feel you can trust. Go for a coffee or take them to lunch and start by being a bit curious. Share something that is happening in your life. Once you've done that, ask an open question back to them: "What's happening in your life?" Once you've played the first card and been a bit vulnerable, the other person naturally starts to also share something.

Connect with Nick Jonsson:

#ExecutiveLoneliness #HolisticLeadership #VulnerabilityMuscle #IdentityBeyondPerformance #MentalWellbeing #Ironman #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

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