This week we discuss some alarming employee engagement statistics and speak with Damon "DaRil" Nailer, a coach, speaker, and writer on how to stay focused and motivated at work. You can find out more about Damon at www.daril.org

This week we navigate the ins and outs of toxic work environments. We discuss how to spot a toxic workplace and two questions from you. One question deals with a work environment that mimics a college frat house, and another around a cut-throat consulting organization. We also hear a clip from psychologist Adam Grant around givers and takers in organizations.

This week we tackle four more of your burning questions. 1) the struggle on transitioning from peer to manager, 2) changing maternity leave policies, 3) an ethical business dilemma and 4) a coworker who steals.

Join us as we discuss and dissect these situations and offer practical tips on how to move forward.

This week we are joined by Maggie Georgopoulos, speaker, and author. We discuss visible and invisible disabilities at work, what it's like being a woman in male dominated professions and industries and climbing the corporate ladder.

In this week's episode, we explore three scenarios, two that delve into two individuals who are wondering whether to leave or stay in their current role and a third who is wondering how to articulate a gap in employment and get a great reference.

Welcome to Episode 7- In this episode, we answer some of your workplace dilemmas.

We start off with an unfortunately prevalent trend with someone battling a workplace bully. Next, we tackle a scenario around an absentee boss and finally we discuss someone who finds out their coworker has been dishonest.

Find out more at workplacelab.org

Join us in this candid discussion around building trust and effective virtual teams. In this episode, we interview Mitch Russo. See more about Mitch at mitchrusso.com and his book The Invisible Organization.

In this episode of the Workplace Lab Podcast we explore further trust and team effectiveness. In our earlier episodes around trust we looked at 10 ways to increase trust, the intersection of trust and kindness and now will discuss trust and teamwork with our guest Andreas Jones, author and consultant of Battle Tested Leadership.

You can find more from Andreas at battletestedleadership.com

In this episode of the Workplace Lab Podcast we interview author and speaker Jill Lublin, and talk about her recent book The Profit of Kindness, where we discuss the intersection of kindness and trust in the workplace.

You can find more about Jill and her work on kindness, publicity, networking and more at jillublin.com

In this mini episode, we explore trust and we describe 10 ways to increase trust at work no matter what industry or job you have.

We delve into some insights from the book: Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace: Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization by Drs. Reina. Find more information at: http://reinatrustbuilding.com/