INSUBORDINATE.
Do you think work can change the world? Do you have a little rebel in you? If so, this podcast is for you. Individuals are the cornerstones of organizations. Organizations are the cornerstones of communities. And communities are the cornerstones of the world. That means if we do the right things in our organizations, our workplaces, we can make the world just that little bit better. But traditional approaches to management, leadership and employee engagement aren’t working. We're listening to the wrong people and doing the wrong things in our workplaces. Fortunately, there are better ways, and INSUBORDINATE exists to explore and share them. Host Stosh D. Walsh from Constant Organizational Development leverages over 15 years of experience in consulting, education and executive coaching to help you advance your professional development and grow your business. Discover practical insights on management, leadership, employee engagement, and other organizational development and human resources related topics. Learn and apply the best ways to develop yourself, others, your team and your organization without any confusing theory, impractical nonsense or pithy aphorisms. Question traditional approaches that aren’t working. Get direct, actionable ideas for how to make our workplaces better. Invest in what drives positive outcomes for individuals, teams, organizations and the world. Don’t settle for bad management, bad leadership, and bad workplaces. Be insubordinate, and let’s make the world better together.
Episodes
In this episode, we discuss the ubiquitous "building culture," and learn why we should STOP trying to build culture. We also discuss:
- What culture actually is, and why it's a lagging indicator
- Why the term "cultural architect" is ridiculous
- What we can do to influence culture
- What organizations should be doing to define culture
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In this week's episode I chat with Cheryl Baird, a pastor and licensed clinical therapist, about her experiences as a woman leader, her advice for addressing your mental health in the workplace, the one thing every leader should have, and many other topics.
Books she references in the episode:
The Body Keeps the Score by van der Kolk
The Sneeches by Dr. Seuss
Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk by Eugen...
I had a post on LinkedIn go viral this week. For all the wrong reasons. In this episode, I talk about what happened, and cover:
- Why "info" graphics are often not very informative
- Why thinking critically about what we read online is important
- Questions we can use to help us evaluate the quality of information
- Why management and leadership are different (again)
- What is unique to management and leade...
PLEASE BE ADVISED--this content contains non-explicit references to self-harm, domestic violence and addiction. If any of those areas are difficult for you for any reason, please care well for yourself as you watch/listen.
We are all people. And our stories matter. Because they inform who we are everywhere we go, including work. In this episode, I share a story I told at a recent storytelling event about ...
In the first episode of Season 3 of INSUBORDINATE, I chat (via video!) with David Rendall, author of The Freak Factor and several other books. We discuss his new assessment, Amplifi, and how awareness can help us find the right fit for our work, our relationships and our interests.
Also in this episode:
- How Amplifi can help you identify descriptors and areas that have been difficult or painful
- The importan...
There's no such thing as too much talent. But once we have identified top talent in our organizations, how should we manage those individuals?
In this episode, we discuss:
- The 5 ways we should manage top talent people
- What to communicate to top talent
- The importance of mentors
- The difference between development for top talent and development for others
- The critical role of the manager
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In this episode, Stosh responds to an article by The Center for Creative Leadership that says organizations should be wary of having "too much talent."
"Too much talent" is a myth. But what about culture and fit? How do those intersect with talent and performance?
What role do great managers and coaches play in the process?
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In this episode, we highlight upcoming topics, talk about actually taking vacations, give a quick reminder about existing resources you can use to become a better manager or leader, and introduce an exciting new resource coming soon!
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In this episode, we discuss 5 critical areas every organization, manager and leader needs to address in order to create environments where people give their best and want to stay.
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Every leader and manager needs to delegate. But despite good intentions, most don't delegate well. How can we improve our delegation so our intentions match our outcomes?
In this episode, we discuss:
- The 5 questions everyone should be asking before we delegate anything
- What is strategic about delegation
- What is developmental about delegation
- The role of talent in delegation
- Where most managers and leade...
I am on LinkedIn frequently. It is a great place to learn, share information, network, etc. However, it also can be a source of well intended, but misguided advice.
One such example that appears often is "The Eisenhower Matrix"--a simple model designed to help users prioritize activities and time. It has it's value, but also its problems, both of which we discuss in this episode.
In...
We all have a tremendous power to influence others. Sometimes that power is very simple, and often overlooked.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What it means to "be the tide"
- How we can be intentional about our approach to others
- Where we have privilege and how we can wield that on behalf of others
- Where we have been hurt, and need encouragement or presence from others
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Part 2 of 2. The Women's World Cup highlighted much more than great soccer. The victorious Spain team had significant issues off the field, and other nations like Nigeria and Jamaica raised issues about the level of support and pay from their respective national organizations. Sadly, Jenni Hermoso was cast into the spotlight after the final because of the behavior of her nation's football president.
The Women's World Cup highlighted much more than great soccer. The victorious Spain team had significant issues off the field, and other nations like Nigeria and Jamaica raised issues about the level of support and pay from their respective national organizations. Sadly, Jenni Hermoso was cast into the spotlight after the final because of the behavior of her nation's football president.
These pr...
Asking great questions is an essential skill both inside and outside the workplace. In this episode, we discuss:
- The value of cultivating great questions
- The best things to do when you are asking a series of questions
- 7 Questions everyone should be asking
- How great questions are useful inside and outside of work
- What playing tennis has to do with management
- How frequently you should meet with people 1:1
- Your thoughts on...
In this episode, we discuss:
- How 1:1 meetings can help managers and leaders avoid or mitigate "bait and switch"
- What an "employee value proposition" is, and when that is (and isn't) a good thing
- How great organizations connect performance to purpose
- Why it's important for people to have more than just transactional work
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In this episode, we discuss:
- How expectations can elevate and rescue people
- What are the prerequisites for expecting something from someone
- When expectations are bad for you
- Why "keeping people humble" is stupid
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We're getting even more personal with the start of SEASON TWO.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why Season Two has been delayed
- How leading can kill you, and...
- How NOT leading will kill you
- How to identify why you might be avoiding leadership
- The importance of showing up in the world not only for the world's benefit, but also for our own
- Putting on a show (the right kind of show!)
- What Stosh has learned...
We're getting personal this week.
I started this episode as the final installment of the "Leadership Myths" series, but realized that my perspective on the topic of "It's Lonely At The Top" had evolved over the last decade, most notably because of significant leadership experiences I've had in that time.
In the hope that it will prove valuable to those who liste...
Learning from your mistakes is a good idea, but thinking that you'll learn more from them than your successes is a myth (and, ironically, a mistake).
Instead, we should study ourselves at our best, make sure we have a direction, and move toward something, not merely away from something.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The pushback I got when I said Elon Musk was a bad leader
- The difference betwe...
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