Work Positive

How are you recognizing the people on your team—based on what YOU think they need, or what THEY actually want? What if the recognition you're giving is missing the mark entirely because you never asked? Transform your approach to appreciation and watch retention soar on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Dr. Meghan Waldron. Dr. Meghan brings her unique perspective from straddling K-12 education, higher education, and small business ownership to reveal why intentional recognition matters more than you think. Listen as Dr. Meghan explores:

☀️ Why relationships are the foundation of whether people stay or leave your organization

Dr. Meghan transforms how leaders think about employee recognition by proving that customized appreciation creates cultures where people truly belong and want to stay.

🔑 Key Insight: "I think it's really important to ask intentionally how people want to be recognized. A lot of times we think people want monetary recognition, more contracts, more responsibility. But their answers were things like: 'I just want a text to say that I'm doing a good job' or 'Can you just let me know that I'm on track.'"

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Ask each person on your team this week: "How do you prefer to be recognized for your contributions?" Then honor their answer. Stop assuming one-size-fits-all appreciation works.

Connect with Dr. Meghan Waldron:

#Recognition #EmployeeAppreciation #WorkCulture #TeacherBurnout #Belonging #EducationLeadership #WorkPositive

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How do you transform positivity from wishful thinking into a disciplined practice that carries you through losing two homes to hurricanes, two job layoffs, and still choose to move forward with resilience and joy? 

Discover the actionable frameworks that turn positivity into momentum on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Sara Schaeffer, founder of Practice Your Positive and creator of Team Positive, reveals how authenticity cuts through defensive bubbles and energy management becomes the real currency of effective leadership. Listen as Dr. Joey and Sara explore:

☀️ Why practicing positivity before you need it creates resilience during storms

Sara transforms how leaders approach culture by proving that when you train positivity like athletes train performance through daily disciplines and small wins, you create capacity to handle whatever comes your way while choosing growth over darkness.

🔑 Key Insight: "Positivity is more about the capacity to handle what comes your way and still choose to move forward. It's not rose-colored glasses—it's resilience. I didn't make that choice one time; it's a choice I make again and again and again every morning."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Start your next meeting by asking each team member: "On a scale of 1-10, where's your energy today?" Then ask: "What would move you up one point?" Listen to what they need, and when possible, give it to them. This creates space for people to be realistic about where they are.

Connect with Sara Schaeffer:

#PracticeYourPositive #TeamPositive #ResilienceTraining #WorkPositive #AuthenticLeadership #EnergyManagement

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What if the flat, transactional vibe in your Monday morning meetings could transform into conversations where team members connect their daily work to long-term career aspirations and personal growth? 

Discover the six interconnected practices that create cultures where people become their best selves on this special LinkedIn Live episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Drawing from decades of leadership experience and insights from Work Positive Podcast guests including Steve Browne, Michael Gilpin, Sabine Gedeon, Heather Andrade Neuman, and Robert Garcia, Dr. Joey reveals the T.H.R.I.V.E. framework from his new book "Becoming @ Work: How to T.H.R.I.V.E. in Today's Culture." Listen as Dr. Joey explores:

☀️ Why trust-first cultures choose to believe people want to do their best work

Dr. Joey transforms how leaders think about their role by proving that when you develop humans instead of managing people, you create cultures where becoming happens naturally and profits grow exponentially.

🔑 Key Insight: "People want more than jobs. They want growth opportunities accompanied by paychecks. The question isn't whether you can afford to invest in human development—the question is whether you can afford not to."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Pick one area where you can extend more trust to your team this week. Maybe it's more autonomy in work arrangements, delegating decision-making authority with responsibility, or simply assuming positive intent in communications. A trust-first culture builds over months and years but starts with a single decision.

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#BecomingAtWork #THRIVEFramework #CoachingCulture #WorkPositive #HumanDevelopment #TrustFirstLeadership

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How do you create accountability without triggering automatic ego defense responses, and what makes integrity the foundation for resilience against life's pressure tests?

Discover the 10-point model that transforms culture through structural integrity on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Jeffrey Klubeck, world-class coach, author of "The Integrity Game," and founder of Get A Clue Incorporated, reveals how retrofitting individuals and teams with integrity creates the sturdiness needed to withstand any challenge. Listen as Dr. Joey and Jeff explore:

☀️ Why accountability feels like attack when we're not ready to be 100% responsible

Jeff transforms how leaders approach difficult conversations by proving that when you use integrity as the Trojan horse for accountability, people willingly participate in their own growth and development.

🔑 Key Insight: "Accountability will always feel like an attack when we're not ready to be 100% responsible for our own behavior. The Integrity Game is a Trojan horse for accountability because everyone wants to associate themselves with integrity."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Every day ask yourself what you're grateful for and stay with it until you have an answer. Then identify someone who you want to make proud and keep them on your shoulder all day, knowing they're watching you be your best self.

Connect with Jeffrey Klubeck:

#IntegrityGame #Accountability #StructuralIntegrity #WorkPositive #CoachingFrameworks #SelfResponsibility

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How do you break free from the myopic focus on technical skills alone when a bad hire costs $240,000 and cultural misalignment drives 30% higher turnover?

Discover the science behind talent attraction that grows both people and profits on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Leandro "Leon" Cartelli, who led talent acquisition for Accenture and now helps businesses build teams across Latin America, reveals how combining process design with people impact creates sustainable competitive advantage.

☀️ Why right cultural fit improves collaboration by over 50% and slashes turnover

Leon transforms how leaders think about talent by proving that when you understand culture first and measure what matters, you can build teams that perform exceptionally while staying longer.

🔑 Key Insight: "If you have the right cultural fit, you reduce turnover by 20 or 30%. Every time someone leaves the company it costs a lot of money. Before it was just technical skills - now we know cultural fit drives collaboration, engagement, and retention."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Start with conversations, not programs. Ask your team: "How are you feeling? What is the best way I can help? What helps you be more successful and happier here?" Then act on what you hear.

Connect with Leandro Cartelli:

#TalentAcquisition #CulturalFit #GlobalHiring #WorkPositive #LatinAmericaTalent #FlexibleWork

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How do you navigate high-stakes conversations across cultures when simply opening your mouth risks offense, and what makes the first day at work the most disappointing day for top talent? 

Discover the power of intercultural intelligence and authentic communication on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Matthew Hill, leadership trainer, intercultural facilitator, and stand-up comedian from London, reveals how to blend wit, warmth, and wisdom to create psychologically safe cultures where people can discuss difficult topics without tribal fear. Listen as Dr. Joey and Matthew explore:

☀️ Why listening for values unlocks intercultural understanding and connection

Matthew transforms how leaders approach global teams by proving that when you listen for what drives someone rather than competing or stealing ideas, you create the warmth and safety needed for extraordinary performance.

🔑 Key Insight: "When we have a heterogeneous, a mixed audience, you might as well just be yourself and be as authentic as you can. It's not about you, it's about the audience. Listen to the people you work with and take them seriously."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Practice listening for values today. Instead of competing, ignoring, or listening to steal, actively listen to understand what's driving another person. Ask "What would convince you?" to open genuine discussion.

Connect with Matthew Hill:

#InterculturalLeadership #PsychologicalSafety #CivilDiscourse #WorkPositive #GlobalTeams #AuthenticCommunication

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What happens when only 23% of the world's employees are truly engaged at work, and how can you transform your culture to join the companies that outperform the market by 115%? Discover the proven ENGAGE framework on this special LinkedIn Live episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Drawing from insights shared by top culture leaders including Dr. Elise Cortez, Diane Adams, Kate McKinnon, and others, Dr. Joey reveals six actionable strategies that move beyond data collection to real culture transformation. Listen as Dr. Joey explores:

☀️ Why the human work revolution combines meaning and identity into one powerful force

Dr. Joey transforms how leaders think about engagement by proving that insights without action fail to move the needle, but companies with Best Places to Work awards outperform others by over 115% in profitability.

🔑 Key Insight: "Three out of four people are showing up to work feeling disengaged. But companies that win Best Places to Work awards outperform all other companies by 115.6% in financial performance."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Ask one person on your team: "What's one thing I can do to help you know I value and trust you as a person instead of just an employee?" Then act on their response within 48 hours.

Connect with Dr. Joey Faucette:

#EmployeeEngagement #WorkPositive #ENGAGEFramework #PsychologicalSafety #CultureTransformation #ProfitGrowth

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What happens when you realize that the only person who woke up wanting change this morning was an infant, yet your organization desperately needs transformation to survive in today's volatile world? Discover how to navigate change and heal toxic team dynamics on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Steve Salee, founder of Wildfire Strategies and certified executive coach, reveals how organizational change experts help high-stakes leaders create healthy work cultures that spread like wildfire.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Steve explore:

☀️ Why sleep deprivation sabotages change efforts more than any other factor

Steve transforms struggling teams by proving that when you give people space to acknowledge what isn't working and create new agreements together, cultures can shift from toxic to thriving.

🔑 Key Insight: "More diversity of thought yields better outcomes for organizations. Having a broader range of people at the table gives you better inputs and better outputs. But leaders have to be willing to come to that table."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Connect with other people. Keep connecting, stay connected, keep talking, and keep finding common ground. Create space for these connections even in a VUCA world where everyone feels isolated.

Connect with Steve Salee:

#WildfireStrategies #TeamHealing #OrganizationalChange #VUCA #ToxicWorkplace #WorkPositive

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How do you transform routine corporate training into experiences that spark genuine connection, encourage laughter, and leave participants feeling more confident about both wine and each other? 

Discover the power of edutainment in building positive work cultures on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Nancy Koziol, wine educator and founder of Couch + Cork, reveals how she transforms virtual wine tastings into unforgettable team-building experiences that create authentic human connections across distributed teams. Listen as Dr. Joey and Nancy explore:

☀️ Why curiosity and learning together creates overlooked joy in our work lives

Nancy transforms corporate events by proving that when you combine education with entertainment in a safe, engaging environment, people naturally connect on deeper levels and bring that positive energy back to their daily work.

🔑 Key Insight: "I think there's nothing worse than not knowing anything about your colleagues. When the stories get told or the recipes get shared, it gets people to be able to see each other as just other humans that are coexisting, not just Todd from accounting."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Ask people how their weekends were instead of immediately jumping into work when they arrive Monday morning. Live your work-life balance values through people-first interactions.

Connect with Nancy Koziol:

#Edutainment #VirtualTeamBuilding #WorkLifeBalance #CorporateCulture #WineEducation #WorkPositive

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Who just popped into your head when you think about jerks at work, and what's keeping you from having that difficult conversation that could transform both them and your culture?

Discover how to deal with workplace jerks before they destroy your team on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Rich "The HR GUY" Salon returns to share insights from his new book "The One Minute Jerk at Work," revealing how bad behavior erodes confidence, damages morale, and hurts career fulfillment for everyone. 

Rich transforms how leaders approach difficult conversations by proving that helping people understand their jerk behavior often leads to positive change and stronger team performance.

🔑 Key Insight: "You're not doing anybody any favors if you just let it go by. One of the things that stands in the way of our fulfillment is the behavior of others around us. Bad behavior needs to be dealt with."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Think of your most challenging jerk situation right now. Instead of telling them what to do, ask powerful questions that help them create their own action plan to fix the behavior they created.

Connect with Rich "The HR GUY" Salon:

Get "The One Minute Jerk at Work" book on Amazon 

#OneMinuteJerk #WorkplaceBehavior #DifficultConversations #WorkPositive #HRLeadership #TeamCulture

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