Sometimes 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreChange 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 organizational leaders often get wrong about change management and offer some helpful alternatives.
Read MoreOver 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 helped him to find a rapidly growing audience on TikTok and Instagram where he's amassing thousands of followers per day, eager to hear his perspectives on parenting, work, grief and the glory days.
Read MoreHere 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. Michelle is an organizational psychologist by training and uses her deep knowledge of what makes people tick coupled with quantitative rigor and business acumen to help her clients fully utilize their most powerful asset: their people.
Read MoreOn this week's episode, we have a couple of experts on the show who will help us understand why the traditional approach to performance reviews is so ineffective and most importantly - how we can change our approach to performance reviews to enhance performance and engagement in our organizations. Lauren Koester is a seasoned HR and operations professional. She’s currently the Head of People at Occupier, a SaaS platform that serves clients in the commercial real estate sector. Also joining us is Josh Merrill, CEO of Confirm - an innovative platform that is changing the way organizations think about and administer their performance review processes.
Read MoreThis 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 Unity’s signature training and executive coaching engagements. Join us as Monica and Scott reflect on their own upbrignings and how the lessons they've learned in the workplace have helped them to challenge their own assumptions on what is best for their kids. If you're a working parent - you definitely won't want to miss this discussion!
Read MoreIn 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 us this week as Monica and Scott reflect on their own upbrignings and how the lessons they've learned in the workplace have helped them to challenge their own assumptions on what is best for their kids. If you're a working parent - you definitely won't want to miss this discussion!
Read MoreWe'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 it is and how organizations can begin to cultivate it.
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