Human Strategies

Human Strategies #9: A Tale of Two Organizations - Toxic Versus Empowering

This is the audio recording of a live Periscope broadcast I did, riffing on two different organizations I've worked with. The first is really interested in empowering their employees...the second has some work to do. 

If you want to catch one of my live Periscope broadcasts in the future, make sure to look me up on the app at KarlynMB. You can also follow me on Twitter - I send out a tweet when I'm doing a live broadcast.

Human Strategies #8: Authenticity at Work

In this podcast, I take a roundabout way to riff on authenticity at work. I start by talking about how people make decisions (hint: it's not based on logic and reason), discuss why it's important to develop genuine, authentic relationships at work, and offer a few examples of things that might get in the way.

Human Strategies #7: How to ask your staff for feedback

Managing people is a two way street, and if you're not asking your staff for feedback about how you're doing on a regular basis, you're doing it wrong. In this podcast, I discuss why it's important o engage in those proactive conversations, and how to do it in a way that will set it up for success. 

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Human Strategies Podcast #6: Critical attributes for successful teams

Google released some interesting data last week about the attributes that make for a successful team. This podcast walks through each of those attributes.

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Human Strategies #5: Distinguishing work and life

In the first episode of the rebooted podcast, I briefly commented that you should make every effort to separate your work from your real life, and not let your job define you. In this episode, I expand on that philosophy, and give you access to a free tool that will help you define your priorities to achieve a better work/life balance. 

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Human Strategies #4: Building stronger teams with a rallying cry, and stupid things bosses do.

In the previous episode, I discussed what to do if you work on a toxic team. In this episode, I offer some advice about what leaders can do to bring their team together, and dramatically reduce the people problems. We'll look at some typical team dysfunction, and talk about creating a rallying cry that will bring the team together. 

Then, you'll get another episode of Stupid Things Bosses Do! This week's story involves someone being hired to do a job...and then their boss standing in their way from actually DOING that job. 

I mention my management framework in the podcast. You can get your free download at www.zenworkplace.com/managementframework

Human Strategies #3: Coping with a toxic co-worker

Toxic co-workers and workplace bullies are a particular passion area of mine. In this podcast, I discuss some high level ideas on what to do when you work with people who just don't want to acknowledge that you're all on the same team. 

Human Strategies #2: Stop generalizing by generations and stupid things bosses do

In this episode of Human Strategies, I rant about one of my biggest workplace pet peeves - generalizing about people based on the year they happened to be born. 

I also introduce a new segment to the podcast called Stupid Things Bosses Do. Want to submit your story? Head over to stupidthingsbossesdo.com. 

I touch briefly on my Management Framework in this week's episode. For a free download of the Management Framework, head over to zenworkplace.com/managementframework

Human Strategies Episode One: The Reboot

In this episode, I'm rebooting my podcast and my whole approach to Zen Workplace. I'll explain why and what to expect moving forward, discuss a narcissist that sucked me in, and share why finding your zen is so important at work.