From The Great Resignation to The Great Regret, leaders and teams have experienced epic challenges in recruiting, retaining, and engaging talent over the past three years.  Join Kedren and Sophie Nicholas, a recruiter at Siemens, as they discuss concrete, strategic, modern, and inclusive methods for attracting and empowering new talent to your team.  Tune in to learn Sophie’s tactics for deploying inclusive recruitment, leveraging smart technology, and shaping culture to win the long game.

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What is the difference between perfectionism and excellence? Maybe you’ve heard the line, “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” Perfect is an ideal that is, by definition, unattainable. Many of us strive for a high standard beyond merely “good.” On today’s podcast, tune in to hear Mike, Vanessa, and Sara clarify key differences between the pursuit of perfection and the pursuit of excellence AND share concrete practices to meet high standards without the baggage.

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If you’re wondering how an article on project management could possibly be inspiring, tune into the latest episode of The Behaviorist to hear Work Wisdom’s founders, Kedren Crosby and Sarah Colantonio discuss how the architect Frank Gehry epitomizes creativity and innovation in surprising ways.  While we might assume creative and innovative organizations are throwing paint at walls and having pizza parties, the recipe for sustained innovation is unexpected and paradoxical. Listen to learn how to foster innovation and creativity in your own life and organization.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

Meme culture is a mainstay of social media, and today's guest uses memes and humor to educate her Instagram followers on the ancient wisdom of the Enneagram. Join us as Janine talks with Liz Orr, creator of the Rude Ass Enneagram, about the importance of self-awareness, the different centers of the enneagram, and some of the caricatures that lead to mistyping. There is so much laughter in this episode, and as always, practical advice for personal development. Listen to learn more about the enneagram and how laughing at yourself can help you revolutionize achievement in work, life, and relationships. 

You can follow Liz on Instagram @rudeassenneagram and visit her website www.rudeassenneagram.com.  

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In an era rife with quiet quitting and quiet firing, there is a healthy alternative: Conscious Uncoupling. Join Kedren and Sarah as they discuss Conscious Uncoupling which requires honest observation about the relationship and a nonjudgmental evolution to allow both parties to flourish. Learn when to use conscious uncoupling and move through it gracefully.

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As organizations experience unprecedented levels of difficulties with engagement and retention, where people report a host of personal and professional stressors that are affecting their needs, priorities, and wellbeing, trust is at the center. In this episode, Dr. Carmella Tress talks with Vanessa Philbert, CEO of Community Action Partnership in Lancaster; and Jason James, Art Director at Fig Industries, to explore the role of trust in cultivating workplaces and relationships that feel healthy, productive, safe, and where people want to be.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

For most of our listeners, it’s been a brutal week, compounded by a tumultuous couple of years.  We heard you when you asked for concrete advice about how to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

This is required listening for leaders because you are both emotionally highly contagious to your teams (who want to feel valued right now), AND you are responsible for progress in our companies and communities.  It’s a big lift when the world feels like it’s unraveling.

Join Dr. McCray and Kedren to learn about three categories of ordering the chaos, and then consider whether borrowing their habits could help you or potentially serve your team as we collectively put one foot in front of the other. 

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

Join Sarah as she interviews Work Wisdom’s dynamic friend, Isaac Etter to discuss the art of being assertive as a leader. As an entrepreneur and leader, Isaac puts himself out there in order to move his work and mission forward. While his dynamism might not come naturally to everyone, Isaac has some helpful advice for those of us who are on the shy side.

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Join Sarah as she interviews Vanessa Philbert, the CEO of Community Action Partnership AND an associate at WW as well as Esther Angell, Vice President at Cargas to discuss what it means to have an inclusive workplace, where to start, how we can measure success, and why it is a never-ending journey.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

Join Sarah and Kedren to explore "Fostering a Culture of Belonging". They discuss what culture is and what it's not (ping pong), why "belonging" matters so much right now at work, how values can help, the four primary types of cultures, and eight illuminating dimensions of culture that enable you to more fully understand your own organization's culture and sense of belonging. They also talk about why Kedren always makes sure to wear sneakers in airports.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

Imposter syndrome is characterized by doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. It disproportionately affects high-achieving people who don’t believe they’re deserving of recognition and promotions.

Psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes developed the concept, originally termed the “imposter phenomenon,” in a 1978 study that focused on high-achieving women. They found that “despite outstanding academic and professional accomplishments, women who experience the imposter phenomenon persist in believing that they are really not bright and have fooled anyone who thinks otherwise.”

Viola Davis, Sheryl Sandberg, Michelle Obama, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor have all confessed to experiencing it.

Join Sarah, Vanessa, and Kedren to close out Women’s History Month for an exploration of what the Imposter Phenomenon is, who experiences it, the role of organizational culture in perpetuating it, and how to begin to own your accomplishments and realistically integrate your successes into your identity. 

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Join Kedren and Sarah as they talk about how to stop wasting effort on activities that won’t actually help you win.  Don’t waste your life being in the gear that doesn’t move you forward.  Learn six concrete techniques for strategic engineering so your hours and activities fold up into the life you want to live.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

Join Kedren and Dr. Tress as they answer the burning question of 2021: “How can leaders continue to lead while they themselves are burning out?”  Despite the emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and lack of professional efficacy that characterize clinical burnout, there are effective methods for restoring vibrancy.  Kedren and Carmella share the five concrete, actionable Emotional Intelligence skills that can mitigate burnout and neuroscience practices that can motivate during periods of epic uncertainty.

In an era of widespread burnout, we hope this episode helps you and your teams map a path back toward vitality and joy.

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This week on the Behaviorist Podcast, listen in as Kedren Crosby interviews Lyndsey Sturkey and Chad Martin about being an Enneagram 6, the Loyalist. Loyalists are assumed to be the most common type and are described as committed, security-oriented, engaging, responsible, and, in darker moments, anxious and suspicious. In this episode, Lyndsey and Chad discuss what they love about being a 6, what challenges them, and what they wish others knew. If you are a 6, work with 6's, or consider yourself a Loyalist, this podcast is a must-listen!

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19 million American workers have quit their jobs since April, and the number continues to climb. Leaders are scrambling. While the answer to attracting and retaining talent is simple, it is not easy. In this episode, Kedren Crosby and Sarah Colantonio discuss the recent study from McKinsey that reports on the massive attrition happening across industries and give advice to leaders who want to create cultures that attract, motivate, and retain employees instead.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

Burnout is at epidemic proportions, with 52% of the workforce now reporting feeling burned out.  In this impromptu bonus episode, Sarah and Kedren share seven concrete (and personally tested) methods that you can begin using today to restore vibrancy and prevent future bouts of burnout.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

What does work-life integration mean to you? Is it being on a work call while emptying the dishwasher? Putting your toddler in front of a Disney movie while you attend a Zoom meeting? Instead of work-life balance, which pits our careers against our personal lives, work-life integration takes the various threads of our lives to bolster and reinforce each other. Working with the same set of values towards the same goal requires our clarity of purpose, clarity of our values, and our crucibles, and then we pull together all the facets of our lives in service of this overarching purpose. Join Kedren Crosby and her guest, the talented, whole-life enthusiast Dr. Erica McCray from the University of Florida.

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This week on the Behaviorist Podcast listen in as Randy Berridge interviews Therese Crosby Toczek & Jen Beachy about being an Enneagram 5. In this episode we take an exciting journey into the mind of the knowledge seekers on the Enneagram. Enneagram Type 5’s are the intense, cerebral, perceptive, and sometimes detached type. These self-identifying Type 5’s discuss what they love about being a 5, what challenges them, and what they wish others knew. If you are a 5, work with 5's, or consider yourself an ‘Investigator’, this podcast is a must-listen!

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One of our dearest clients wrote in an email, “I have this feeling like there isn’t enough of me as a mama, wife, daughter, sister, friend, employee, community member. Not enough time, not enough for all the needs. It feels like a scarcity mindset that is difficult to break out of.” When sociologist Caitlyn Collins interviewed working women in the U.S. she heard a similar refrain. In this episode of The Behaviorist, join Sarah as she interviews Ashlinn, Vanessa, and Carm to discuss the perils of Mom Guilt, the important ways we can more fully understand it as a mindset, and concrete behaviors to address it.

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In 2001, Netflix was hit hard by the first internet bubble bursting.  They were forced to lay off a third of their team.  They were exceptionally intentional about how they navigated that difficult period and stumbled upon a principle that has served them extraordinarily well for the past two decades: Talent Density.  

High concentrations of (nothing but) stunning employees are the foundation for creative, trusting, fast, powerful, and smart organizations.  Couple Talent Density with candor and streamlined processes, and you have a recipe for joy and profitability: our favorite combination at Work Wisdom.  However, it is not an easy journey to achieving High Talent Density.  Join Kedren, Vanessa, and Mike McKenna, CEO of Tenfold, as they explore and expand upon this simple, elegant, but not easy practice of winning cultures.

To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit our website at www.workwisdomllc.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).