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The "Transform Your Workplace" podcast, renowned as a top-rated HR and leadership podcast, covers into all aspects necessary for creating an outstanding workplace. It features a diverse lineup of industry experts, authors, speakers, HR professionals, and entrepreneurs worldwide who share their insights and big ideas for organizational transformation. Every week, the podcast explores a fresh topic, encompassing various subjects such as human resources, effective communication, cultural develo ...
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Opening the Right Doors - Rethinking Sponsorship, Trust, and Inclusion at Work with Dr. Rosalind Chow
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In this Transform Your Workplace episode, host Brandon Laws interviews Dr. Rosalind Chow about her book "The Doors You Can Open." They discuss the critical difference between mentorship and sponsorship, with Chow explaining that sponsors talk about you to others while mentors talk to you directly. Using Kim Ng's MLB breakthrough as an example, Chow…
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The Culture Shift We Can’t Ignore (and How to Lead Through It) with Jennifer Moss
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Jennifer Moss discusses her book "Why Are We Here? Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants," exploring how the pandemic triggered a collective existential crisis about work. She emphasizes that meaningful workplace cultures can be built through small, intentional practices rather than major overhauls, focusing on hope, purpose, and community to comb…
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From Soft Skill to Superpower: Rethinking Empathy at Work
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In this episode of "Transform Your Workplace," host Brandon Laws interviews Loren Sanders about her book "Empathy is Not a Weakness and Other Stories from the Edge." Sanders shares her journey from being a toxic leader to understanding the power of empathy in the workplace. She discusses how empathy strengthens trust, reduces turnover, and increase…
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Getting What You Need from the People in Charge
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Melody Wilding discusses her book "Managing Up," explaining how employees can effectively navigate relationships with those in power. She covers critical conversations about alignment, understanding workplace communication styles, setting boundaries, giving upward feedback, and leaving jobs gracefully. Wilding emphasizes these skills are essential …
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Matty Berryessa, Executive Director of Serendipity Center, shares his journey from a difficult upbringing to leading a therapeutic school for students with complex needs. Drawing parallels between supporting students and staff, he implements trauma-informed practices focused on emotional safety, trust, and predictability. Despite resource constrain…
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What makes people stay—and thrive—at work? Career & Culture Strategist Aoife O’Brien joins Brandon Laws of Xenium HR to explore how leaders can build environments where people feel valued, safe, and energized. From toxic cultures to values-driven leadership, Aoife shares practical strategies from her Happier at Work framework and offers a glimpse i…
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Reclaim Your Time: Why Great Leaders Do Less, Not More
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In this energizing episode of Transform Your Workplace, keynote speaker and author Peggy Sullivan delivers a much-needed wake-up call for today’s overwhelmed professionals. Sharing insights from her book Beyond Busyness: How to Achieve More by Doing Less, Peggy explores the hidden costs of glorifying busyness. Through heartfelt stories, she challen…
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The Transformative Power of Flexibility with Kevin Eikenberry
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, leadership expert Kevin Eikenberry shares powerful insights on navigating change with confidence. He emphasizes that flexibility is the key to effective leadership in uncertain times, challenging leaders to break strong habits, balance outcomes with people, and make smarter decisions. If you want to shar…
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Rethinking Work: How Vulnerability Transforms Culture with Nikki Innocent
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, host Brandon Laws sits down with Nikki Innocent, a leadership coach and DEI consultant, to explore the human side of workplace culture. Nikki shares a pivotal moment from her corporate career that ultimately led her to question workplace norms and advocate for more transparent, human-centered leadership.…
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How Pressure Corrupts Well-Meaning Leaders with Sabina Nawaz
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, host Brandon Laws sits down with global executive coach and author Sabina Nawaz to discuss the unseen pressures of leadership and how they can unknowingly change the way we lead. Drawing from her own experience as a former Microsoft executive, Nawaz shares how relentless pressure—not power—can corrupt ev…
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How to Level the Field - Data-Driven Fairness with Siri Chilazi
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, Siri Chilazi breaks down how small, practical changes can make hiring and workplace culture more fair and effective. She challenges the idea that bias training alone fixes workplace inequities and instead shows how data-driven tweaks can lead to real results. Chilazi also dives into common hiring biases,…
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From Wellness to Well-Being- Redefining Culture with Mark Mohammadpour
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, Mark Mohammadpour, Founder and Chief Well-Being Officer at Chasing the Sun, challenges the idea of enterprise-wide culture, emphasizing that workplace wellness is built at the team level. He argues that true well-being goes beyond perks—it’s about creating an environment where employees feel valued and s…
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Cultivating Audacity: Why Playing It Safe is the Real Risk
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, Emmy-winning sports broadcaster Anne Marie Anderson challenges us to rethink audacity — not as arrogance, but as the courage to take bold risks. She shares how a life-changing moment early in her career pushed her to stop waiting and start saying “yes” to adventure, opportunity, and growth. In this eye-o…
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Could Empathy Be Your Leadership Superpower?
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, Maria Ross unpacks insights from her book The Empathy Dilemma, all about how leaders can balance performance, people, and personal boundaries without sacrificing success. She debunks myths about empathy, explains its bottom-line impact, and shares practical ways to build a thriving, high-performing workp…
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Why Human Powered Leadership Is Essential in an AI Fueled World
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In this episode, host Brandon Laws sits down with Dr. Christie Smith, the author of Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI, and Global Shifts Are Creating a New Human-Powered Leadership. They explore how traditional leadership models are falling short and how combining human insight with AI is driving faster growth, deeper engagement, and …
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Why You Need to Ditch the Standard Two-Weeks’ Notice - Transform Offboarding with Robert Glazer
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, host Brandon Laws welcomes Robert Glazer to discuss his groundbreaking book, Rethinking Two Weeks’ Notice. Glazer challenges outdated norms surrounding employee transitions, advocating for open communication, mutual respect, and structured programs that benefit both employees and employers. With real-lif…
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Breaking Barriers: How Courage Fuels Connection and Communication with Michelle Gladieux
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In this episode of Transform Your Workplace, Michelle Gladieux, author of Communicate with Courage, explores the four hidden challenges of effective communication and shares practical strategies for overcoming them. From embracing vulnerability to balancing authority and empathy, this conversation is packed with actionable insights to help you comm…
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