Harmonious Workplaces Podcast
Brought to you by Industrial-Organizational Psychology (I-O) practitioners, Change Management and Organizational Development (OD) Consultants, Human Resources Professionals, and Management Consultants, Harmonious Workplaces seeks to help organizations compose safe, inclusive, and productive organizations. Join Rich Cruz, Sharyl Volpe, Ben Kleinman, and other I-Os, HRMs, ODs, and more for discussions on topics that shape the way we work together.
Episodes
In this episode, Ben and Rich discuss stakeholder engagement.
What's one thing you can do to effectively ensure the people involved in your change initiative have their requirements met and meet those requirements? Keep listening to find out.
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Find Hermie the HR Hermit Crab books, cartoons, and videos at www.hermiehrcrab.com.
#organizationaldevelopment #projectmanagemen...
Welcome to our 103rd podcast. Today, we're talking about monitoring your transformation. Why do it, why it's often overlooked and undervalued, and how to get started.
If you're not sure how, what's one thing you could do to make sure your hard work is actually working? Keep listening to find out.
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#changemanagement #knowledgecontinuity #organizationaldevelopment #changeleadership...
Welcome to our 102nd podcast. In this episode, we discuss cross-cultural challenges in global change initiatives.
What's one thing you can do to keep your global teams engaged and aligned with your change initiatives? Keep listening to find out.
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#organizationaldevelopment #changemanagement #culture #workplaceculture #makechangeyourfriend
Welcome to our 101st podcast. In this episode, we talk about how sequences, iterations, and permutations can help you grow your own knowledge performance tree.
What's one thing you could do to plant your own knowledge performance tree within your workplace? Keep listening to find out.
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To learn more about our Knowledge-to-Performance Tree model as featured in TD Magazine, visit: ...
Welcome to our 100th podcast! Woo-hoo. We welcome back to the stage our cohost, coauthor, and content partner, Sharyl Volpe, in this milestone episode. Together, we talk about how concepts from the arts can reduce uncertainty and make your business more resilient.
What's one thing you can do to reduce the cost of uncertainty? Like an art form? Keep listening to find out.
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In this episode, we talk about communication channels, tools, and techniques within organizations.
What's one thing you can do to make the way you communicate with others more effective on the job? To turn knowledge into capability? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit https://www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
#changemanagement #communication #organizationaldevelopment #makechangeyourfriend
In this episode, we discuss feedback in organizations. What are the best practices for soliciting and providing feedback?
What's one thing you can do to make feedback usable by deciding in advance how you'll respond to it purposefully? Keep listening to find out.
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#changemanagement #knowledgecontinuity #feedback #organizationaldevelopment #makechangeyourfriend
Welcome to our 97th podcast. Today we're talking about urgency. When is it helpful, and when does it cause panic?
What's one thing you can do to get people moving without panicking? Keep listening to find out.
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In this episode, we talk about knowledge transfer in the workplace. This relates to our article in TD Magazine, "Plant the Seeds for Knowledge Transfer."
What's one thing you could do to make sure your unwritten know-how doesn't leave when people walk out the door? Keep listening to find out.
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#knowledgetransfer #knowledgecapture #businessprocess #changemanagement #human...
In this episode, we continue our conversation about goal-setting and motivation, specifically digging more into motivation.
What's one thing you could do to create motivation or keep it going? Keep listening to find out.
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#organizationalpsychology #iopsychology #motivation #goalsetting #changemanagement #makechangeyourfriend
In this episode, we talk about something that consistently drives interest, questions, and frankly, frustration in organizations' goal-setting and motivation.
What's the one thing leaders, managers, and individuals can do differently in 2026 to turn goal-setting from an annual exercise into a driver of execution, engagement, and performance? Keep listening to find out.
Find more episodes at www.harmoniousworkplaces.com.
#goalsett...
Welcome to our 93rd podcast. Today, we're reviewing other people's 2026 trends to see how they compare with our predictions.
What trends did others find that we missed? Keep listening to find out.
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#trends #predictions #workplace #workplaceculture #changemanagement #organizationaldevelopment #iopsychology #humanresources
In this episode, we're planting the seeds for knowledge transfer.
What's one thing you can do now to take tacit knowledge and convert it to performance? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
Visit the link below to learn more about our Knowledge Continuity Program and start growing your organization's future today: https://harmoniousworkplaces.com/knowledge-continuity/
#mentorship #traini...
In this episode, we're making our 2026 predictions for US workplaces.
Do you agree? Disagree. Keep listening to find out.
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#changemanagement #organizationaldevelopment #workplaceculture #humanresources #makechangeyourfriend
In this episode, we review our 2025 predictions. How do we do? Did we come close?
Did we predict accurately or miss the target completely? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
#organizationaldevelopment #changeleadership #changemanagement #makechangeyourfriend
Welcome to our 89th podcast. Today we're doing something a little different and a little special. Since we've started, we've had the privilege of learning from leaders, thinkers, and practitioners who are shaping the future of work in real time. So in this episode, we're bringing you the best of the guests, a curated collection of standout moments, mic drop lessons, and memorable insights from our incredible guest...
Welcome to our 88th podcast. Today we're talking about case studies in successful change management or organizational development.
What's one thing you could do now to help your change management or organizational development initiatives succeed? Keep listening to find out.
To read case studies, visit: https://harmoniousworkplaces.com/about/case-studies/
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In this episode, we discuss gratitude and how it leads to both improved financial performance and better organizational cultures.
What's one thing you can do now to build gratitude within your organization? Keep listening to find out.
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#changemanagement #makechangeyourfriend #organizationaldevelopment #workplaceculture
In this episode, we talk about HR and strategy with our special guest, Hermie the HR Hermit Crab.
What's one thing you can do now to involve human resources in strategic planning and execution? Keep listening to find out!
Find more podcast episodes at www.harmoniousworkplaces.com.
Visit Hermie the HR Hermit Crab and ask him your burning questions about the workplace at www.harmoniousworkplaces.com/askhermie
In this episode, we discuss AI's impact on HR, and specifically what happens when routine paperwork becomes fully automated.
What's one thing you can do now to help HR professionals avoid getting bulldozed by AI? Keep listening to find out.
Get more episodes, take our Workplace Culture Scorecard, or meet our cartoon Hermie the HR Hermit Crab at www.harmoniousworkplaces.com.
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