Podcast Episodes

19. All The Small Things: The Power of Good Habits

Season 7 Episode 19

While exploring bad meetings a few episodes ago, Rodney and Sam hit on something that doesn’t often get a lot of air time: the power of good habits and the discipline to care about the small things. …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

18. If You Won’t Make Changes, That Employee Engagement Survey Is a Waste of Time

Season 7 Episode 18

No burying the lede this week: Employee engagement surveys are broken.

We expect them to tell us everything about a workplace’s culture—but they often miss the mark, capturing just a sliver of what's…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

17. Making Meaningful Progress with Dr. Jason Fox

Season 7 Episode 17

We talk a lot about the importance of emergence—of being more comfortable with being uncomfortable. However, it’s hard to practice what you preach… especially for a podcast with a tight schedule. Nor…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

16. Ask Us Anything No. 2: You Asked, We Answered

Season 7 Episode 16

It’s mailbag time! We’ve been diving into specific problem areas every episode—and turns out if you go deep, your audience will go even deeper. Listeners, the questions you send us are getting hard! …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

15. This Workshop Could Have Been A Meeting

Season 7 Episode 15

Planning a corporate workshop or off-site often feels like making a burrito. So many options—and so many opinions on what should go in it. A presentation rodeo on the next quarter’s objectives? Absol…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

14. Surviving the Summertime Slump

Season 7 Episode 14

It’s an unspoken truth in most knowledge work that summer is a wasted season. From late May to early September, many teams face reduced numbers and it’s nearly impossible to spin up anything new. The…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

13. Leadership Teams of the Future Act Like Org Designers

Season 7 Episode 13

The world is changing faster than ever. But leadership teams seem a little… stagnant. Sure, there’s plenty of changeover as one CEO is replaced by another, or as new C-suite roles pop up, but the way…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

12. Breaking the Cycle of Meeting-ocrity

Season 7 Episode 12

It seems everybody’s up in arms about meetings these days. “There’s too many! They ones we have suck! We have meetings to prepare for other meetings! They keep me from doing my actual job!” We get it…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

11. The Ones Who Care The Most Will Leave You First

Season 7 Episode 11

In the nearly five years since launching this podcast, our inbox has received one type of question more than any other: “If I’m trying to change a system that just doesn’t want to change, how do I ke…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

10. RACI is The Wrong Answer To The Right Question

Season 7 Episode 10

The RACI matrix (as well its cousins DACI, DARCI, etc.) aims to neatly categorize stakeholders into roles—who’s responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed for every decision your team makes. W…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago