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Workplace Therapy23 | Four Essential Ingredients for Effective Leadership with Candice SeigerThe most valuable lessons about business and leadership are not learned in the classroom. When it comes to developing the next generation of high-impact leaders, there is simply no substitute for experience and mentorship. On this week's episode of The Workplace Therapy Podcast, our guest Candice Seiger gives us a healthy dose of both.
Candice is a seasoned strategy and operations executive who has worked for major brands like Carnival, Hyatt and AAA. She currently sits on the board for American Public Television and holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Bu...2024-04-011h 31
Workplace Therapy22 | Why Didn't I Get That Promotion? w/ Annie Brown, Head of People at FiThe promotion process at most companies can be frustratingly opaque. In this week's episode of the Workplace Therapy Podcast, Annie Brown - Head of People at Fi gives us an insider's peek behind the veil of performance reviews and promotion decisions and gives some invaluable advice to employees and managers navigating the process.2024-03-251h 10
Workplace Therapy21 | Developing Adaptable Leaders with Dr. Susan Bernstein, CEO of Shift Beyond StrategiesWe expect a lot of things from leaders in the modern workplace and perhaps chief among them is the expectations that leaders maintain resilience, composure and stability during times of uncertainty and change. That can sometimes be a tall order as today's workplace experiences a volume and velocity of change that is often times overwhelming.
In this week's episode of The Workplace Therapy Podcast, certified somatic coaches Scott and Monica Arrieta from Unity & Company interview Dr. Susan Bernstein, CEO of Shift Beyond Strategies. Dr. Bernseitn holds a Ph.D. in Somatic Psychology and an...2024-03-181h 00
Workplace Therapy20 | Extinguishing Workplace Burnout with the Creative Arts - With Azizi Marshall, CEO Center for Creative Arts TherapyBurnout in the workplace is one of the most costly business problems in the workplace today. Mass layoffs and increased productivity expectations have left workers feeling unappreciated, unseen and emotionally and physically depleted. Burnout fuels employee disengagement, attrition, lost productivity and a host of other negative business outcomes.
On this week's episode of The Workplace Therapy Podcast, we speak with Azizi Marshall, CEO of the Center for Creative Arts Therapy on how the cure for burnout might come from an unexpected place - the creative arts.2024-03-1152 min
Workplace Therapy19 | The Absurdity of Being Yourself in The Workplace with Janine Dennis of Talent Think InnovationsTrue innovation comes from a place of authenticity. How then, can organizations hope to cultivate and harness innnovation in a time where it feels more difficult than ever to be yourself in the workplace?
In this week's episode of The Workplace Therapy Podcast, Scott Arrieta (CEO of Unity and Company) and Skylar Lewandowski speak with Janine Dennis of Talent Think Innovations on the elusive goal of being yourself in the workplace and reaping the benefits of embracing authenticity versus conformity.2024-03-041h 18
Workplace Therapy18 | Weaponized Words: ProductivityWe’re starting a new series here on The Workplace Therapy Podcast called Weaponized Words, where we examine the lexicon we use in the workplace and try to unpack how certain words and phrases might have and unintended impact in our organizations. This week, my co-host Skylar Lewandowski and I take a look at the often-weaponized word, “productivity.” We discuss what productivity is, what it isn’t, where leaders commonly trip up when evaluating productivity and what we can learn to do differently.2023-07-1053 minWorkplace Therapy17 | How understanding my strengths changed my understanding of my life and my mission with Scott Arrieta, CEO of Unity and CompanyDeep down, we know that we as humans are all different. We know that we don't all have the same perspectives, abilities and desires. And yet, in so many aspects of our lives, we're encouraged or sometimes even required to foresake our natural strengths and propensities and are instead directed to work tirelessly on mitigating our weaknesses so we can become like everybody else. This approach is exhausting and futile.
In this week's episode of Workplace Therapy, our hosts discuss an assessment developed by Gallup called Clifton Strenghts (formerly known as Strengths Finder). The...2023-07-0342 minWorkplace Therapy16 | How discovering my strengths changed my perspective on work and life with Skylar Lewandowski, Director of Special Programs @ Unity & CoDeep down, we know that we as humans are all different. We know that we don't all have the same perspectives, abilities and desires. And yet, in so many aspects of our lives, we're encouraged or sometimes even required to foresake our natural strengths and propensities and are instead directed to work tirelessly on mitigating our weaknesses so we can become like everybody else. This approach is exhausting and futile.
In this week's episode of Workplace Therapy, our hosts discuss an assessment developed by Gallup called Clifton Strenghts (formerly known as Strengths Finder). The...2023-06-2640 minWorkplace Therapy15 | Why more people should consider a career in the skilled trades with Shannon Kahn, CEO of SMK ConsultingThe job market these days is tumultuous to say the least. Large employers are making huge cuts to their staffing and operating models. AI and automation technologies threaten to displace some jobs. And wage growth just isn't keeping pace with increased employer demands for productivity and worker output.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the job market, the skilled trades are booming. Demand for jobs like construction are on the rise, and those jobs aren't easy to offset by outsourcing or technology implementations. The skilled trades offer rewarding work, skill development, a fulfilling career path and competitive...2023-06-191h 00Workplace Therapy14 | What bees can teach us about leadership w/ Katie Desiderio & Michael Frino authors of The BeekeeperSometimes you don't have to look very far to find the inspiration you need to take your leadership to the next level. Lessons about life and leadership are everywhere in the world around us.
On this week's installment of The Workplace Therapy Podcast, our hosts Scott Arrieta and Skylar Lewandowski interview Michael Frino and Katie Desiderio, authors of the best selling book, The Beekeeper: Pollinating Your Organization for Transformative Growth.
In this week's episode, we'll dive into:
- Why it's essential for leaders to be proximal
- Why the ability to accept truth about yourself and the desire to...2023-06-121h 17Workplace Therapy13 | How to lead through change without causing workplace trauma (2/2)In business and in life, change is the only constant. But sometimes, even with the best of intentions, leading a group of people through change can wind up being a traumatic process. In this week's episode of The Workplace Therapy Podcast, our hosts Scott Arrieta (CEO of Unity & Company) and Skylar Lewandowski (Director of Special Programs at Unity & Company) share their experiences with organizational change management initaitives and highlight some things that organizations can do differently to ensure their change efforts are successful.
Join us as we discuss:
- Specific tips on...2023-06-0537 minWorkplace Therapy12 | How to lead through change without causing workplace trauma (1/2)Change is inevitable. It is the only constant. It's said that we're always either growing or dying. Both of these processes are driven by change. But despite how ubiquitous the force of change is in our lives, we still haven't mastered how to lead through change at the organizational level. As a result, many internal change management initiatives fail to deliver the intended results. Instead of being a driver of innovation and growth, change initiatives often end up leaving a trail of trauma in their wake.
In this week's Workplace Therapy session, Skylar Lewandowski and Scott Arrieta discuss what...2023-05-2942 minWorkplace Therapy11 | How storytelling helps us process workplace trauma and personal grief with professional storyteller Blake KasemeierOver the course of his life, Blake Kasemeier has been many things. A loving husband, an attentive father, a devoted athlete, a touring musician and a freelance copywriter and talented marketer. But one thing he has always been is an amazing storyteller.
As a marketer and copywriter, storytelling has always been a key part of Blake's professional craft. But in recent years, it's become something more.
His affinity for storytelling has helped him to develop and cultivate empathy when most would succumb to blame or anger. It's helped him to process through personal grief and workplace trauma. And it's...2023-05-221h 13Workplace Therapy10 | Using Organizational Psychology to Measure Employee Engagement, Prevent Burnout and Build High Performing Teams with Michelle Alexandrowicz (CEO @ Engage)Here at Workplace Therapy, we talk a lot about toxic workplace experiences and how organizations, leaders and individuals can invest in the work of charting a different path.
In today’s session, we’re fortunate to have an expert who has devoted her life to this work, and brings a unique set of skills, techniques and perspectives to bear in her mission to help organizations develop a talent strategy that enables their business strategy.
Michelle Alexandrowicz is CEO of Engage, a consulting firm that helps organizations make data-driven decisions about how talent impacts business strategy. Mich...2023-05-1558 minWorkplace Therapy9 | How Performance Reviews Kill Performance and What to Do About It with Lauren Koester (Head of People @ Occupier) and Josh Merrill (CEO @ Confirm)In this week's Workplace Therapy session, we’re going to be discussing something that we’ve all come to accept as a standard part of the corporate experience - performance reviews. Performance reviews are supposed to be an opportunity to recognize and reward people for their efforts and to coach people to higher levels of performance and personal growth.
When done right, performance reviews have the potential to be a powerful tool that drives employee engagement and effectiveness. But the truth is, more often than not, the way that most companies approach the performance review process is actually killing perf...2023-05-081h 12Workplace Therapy8 | How our experiences at work have shaped our perspectives as parents with Scott & Monica Arrieta (2/2)This episode concludes a two part series.
In this series, Scott is joined by his wife Monica Arrieta to discuss how the lessons they've learned in the workplace have impacted how they show up as parents and partners to each other. Monica is a strategic advisor to Unity and Company, where she brings invaluable experience as a global program manager for some of the world’s leading technology companies to help us provide leading edge perspectives and strategies to our clients. She’s an experienced performance coach and plays a vital role in facilitating Unit...2023-05-0139 minWorkplace Therapy7 | How our experiences at work have shaped our perspectives as parents with Scott & Monica Arrieta (1/2)In this week's episode, Scott is joined by his wife Monica Arrieta to discuss how the lessons they've learned in the workplace have impacted how they show up as parents and partners to each other. Monica is a strategic advisor to Unity and Company, where she brings invaluable experience as a global program manager for some of the world’s leading technology companies to help us provide leading edge perspectives and strategies to our clients. She’s an experienced performance coach and plays a vital role in facilitating Unity’s signature training and executive coaching engagements.
Join u...2023-04-2438 minWorkplace Therapy6 | How to Create Psychological Safety and Transform Organizational Culture with Gallup Partner Jake HerwayWe've talked a lot about the benefits of working in a culture that values psychological safety. On today's episode, we're joined by Jake Herway, a Partner at Gallup and a seasoned expert at driving cultural transofrmation. In today's episode, Jake shares his experience working with executive teams to drive cultural transformation. We discuss how he's successfully used a strengths-based approach to foster trust and psychological safety within teams. We also discuss an article he published for Gallup entitled How to Create a Culture of Psychological safety where he explores some of the research behind psychological safety, delves into what...2023-04-1758 min
Workplace Therapy5 | How to avoid toxic cultures - watch out for these interview red flags!Many of us have had experiences working in toxic work environments. Working in toxic cultures can have a significant negative impact on your level of engagement at work, your mental health and the quality of your extended relationships. Once we find ourselves in a toxic work environment, it's hard to make a change. Even worse, we may find ourselves escaping one toxic environment only to immerse ourselves in another. In this episode, Scott and Skylar share their experiences as both candidates and interviewers and share some tips on how you can identify red flags early and reduce the risk of...2023-04-0942 minWorkplace Therapy4 | Our workplace trauma storiesOne of the reasons people go to therapy is to discuss and process a traumatic experience. In this episode, we introduce the concept of "big T" and "little t" traumas. "Big T" traumas describe experiences that threaten your physical safety like physical injury or sexual violence, while little T traumas on the other hand describe experiences that are still distressing but don’t immediately threaten your physical safety like loss of certain relationships or verbal bullying. In the workplace I think very few of our experiences fall into the clinical definition of "Big T" trauma but there are a ton...2023-04-0338 minWorkplace Therapy3 | Who's driving the bus at Twitter? What can we learn from Elon Musk?This week at Workplace Therapy, we're discussing a situation that happened recently at Twitter whereby an employee (Hallie Thorleifsson) was laid off without notification and had to resort to tweeting Elon Musk to confirm his employment status. After an initial volley of defensive and accusatory remarks, Elon eventually reached to Hallie and apologized, but not before leaving a trail of trauma and cautionary leadership lessons in his wake. This week, the workplace therapy team will be taking a look at this case study and discussing what we can learn from the exchange between Musk and Thorleifsson.2023-03-2738 minWorkplace Therapy2 | How to cultivate trust and psychological safety in your organization (2/2)This week, we continue our discussion of an article written by Amy Gallo published by the Harvard Business Review entitled "What is Psychological Safety?" Last week we discussed what trust and psychological safety looks like in the workplace and the benefits of prioritizing trust and psychological safety as a cultural value. This week, we discuss how to determine if your organization has a culture trust and psychological safety and how to cultivate it.2023-03-2048 min
Workplace Therapy1 | Trust and Psychological Safety at Work - What is it and Why is it Important? (1/2)This week, we review an article written by Amy Gallo published by the Harvard Business Review entitled "What is Psychological Safety?"
In this episode, we discuss our experiences with trust and psychological safety in the workplace - touching on times when it was done well and other times when it was done poorly. We touch on the true value of cultivating trust in the workplace and the costs of failing to do so. 2023-03-1357 min
Workplace Therapy0 | Welcome to Workplace Therapy!Work is a significant part of the human experience. Most of us will spend more time in pursuit of our vocation than we will on any other singular aspect of our lives.
Given how much of ourselves we dedicate to our work, it's not surprising that the workplace can also be a significant source of trauma in our lives.
That's why we created Workplace Therapy - a podcast that puts the human expriences of work front and center. Because if we're going to work together, we need to learn how to heal together.
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The Valor HourThe Valor Hour: Previews of VFC 63, UFC 242, & Bellator 226This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, Greg Hopkins, Jeff Hobbs, and Mark Laws preview UFC 242 and Bellator 226, break down the full fight card for VFC 63: Fight Night At The Joe coming up this Friday night, and chat with Alex Lewandowski, who battles Tank Wilson Jr at VFC 63 in Knoxville.
Here’s the fight card for VFC 63:
Juniors Pankration Rules (Catchweight – 160 lbs): Evan Ledford v Zeke Shaw
Amateur MMA (Light Heavyweight – 205 lbs): “The Real Bulldog” Robert Davis vs “The Freak” Chad Finnerty
Amateur MMA (Lightweight – 155 lbs): Skylar Marshall vs Brandon McGhee
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