Hosted by Emily Bosscher, LaShone Manuel, Craig Mattson, David Wilstermann · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 102 episodes
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We make sense of the craziness of American work culture. This podcast's intergenerational roundtable helps you do more than cope when work's a lot.
Emily Bosscher, LaShone Manuel, Craig Mattson, David Wilstermann hosts The Mode/Switch, a business show with 102 episodes published.
No topic has evoked more F bombs in my research than workplace spirituality. In the late 2010s, I interviewed dozens of organizational leaders about mindfulness in their working communities. I was looking for practical s
Show notesLyle Wells joins the pod to talk about how you, as a mid-level leader, can speak clearly with your team, yes, but also how you can get an actual hearing with your higher-ups. That's a question that drives the Mode/Switch
Show notesSuzanne Rabicoff joins our intergenerational roundtable with two perspective‑switches that ease the pressure mid‑level leaders feel when mistrust becomes their problem to solve. When Jenni Field’s book argues that Nobody
Show notesEmily Stewart (of Business Insider) joins our intergenerational roundtable to urge grace towards the Boomers who keep their jobs past what your Gen Zs feel is the expiration date. I recently had to grind the stump of a f
Show notesDr. Meryl Herr joins the Mode/Switch roundtable to look beneath worker disengagement to uncover the reality of "work hurt." Her advice to managers? Work has probably hurt your team. But it's hurt you, too. Deal with that
Show notesJay Johnson joins the roundtable to help you cope with difficult people on the job. He's used to working with corporate execs who have lost their way. (You can connect with him here, btw.) But in our conversation, he’s t
Show notesDr. Lola Adeyemo joins the pod to help you, as a mid-level leader, re‑engage employees whose life experience beyond the workplace is radically different from your own. A tough fact of organizational leadership. You’re a
Show notesKaren Sergeant joins the pod to discuss misplaced fears about AI. These new tools can be scary, sure. But they can also make leadership miscommunication utterly visible and surprisingly reparable. A tree falls at work…do
Show notesHow do you equip workplace "follower-ship" without turning it into an excuse for toxic leadership? That question gets teased our in this episode's intergenerational conversation on the Mode/Switch with Rabbi Elan Babchuc
Show notesJenni Fields joins the pod to show why workplace effectiveness depends on likability, not on being liked. (Our Gen Z and Boomer discuss the the up and downsides of riz.) Some years ago, a manager cautioned me about my pe
Show notesWhat if the best way to improve workplace communication is to do less of it, at least for a while? Ross Chapman joins the pod to explain why new rhythms of rest can do what more messaging never will. Workplace miscommuni
Show notesFalon Peters joins the pod to discuss how organizations not only wreak change but design it for flourishing. Our crew is open to her ideas but skeptical as well (and, ok, fatigued). Here's a lead-up to the show: When you
Show notesA heckuva lot of Gen Z folks are lying on their resumes these days. But then, 47% of Americans, according to a NORC-AP poll, are “not very” or “not at all” sure they secure a good job. In a job market like this one, lyin
Show notesKaren Swallow Prior helps us Mode/Switchers engage career shock and organizational change with the wisdom of some permanent things. In the 90s, I thought that a career was a decently stable reality. In the 2020s, I no lo
Show notesAngela Gorrell addresses decision fatigue on the pod this week. Listen to this episode to find your way back to gumption. You don’t have time for this podcast. You have 105 other emails just this morning, and you have 44
Show notesHey there, and welcome to the Mode/Switch! This week, we make sense of Gallup’s shockingly low job disengagement numbers. It's tempting to ask, "Are people just lazy?" or "Are jobs just pointless?" But to improve worke
Show notesIn the surging currents of generative AI, our work-culture team talks with Olajumoke Fatoki. She says the future of work is human. We have much questions. The world’s most powerful companies are pouring oceans of dollars
Show notesThis episode discusses art in the intergenerational workplace. Our team found the topic extra interesting, because three of the four of us had just moved into blank new offices. Our big finding was that the art you hang
Show notesIf not, you need more psych safety. Tom Geraghty joins our roundtable to show you how to create workplace conditions where interpersonal risk, bold laughter, and a good cry are all fully possible. Tom Geraghty spent the
Show notesThis week, executive coach Allison K. Williams joins the Mode/Switch Pod to help you discern how much of your private stuff it's okay to disclose at work. Can I start with a slightly boozy story? Yesterday I skipped lunc
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The Mode/Switch is hosted by Emily Bosscher, LaShone Manuel, Craig Mattson, David Wilstermann. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 102 episodes.
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