Dissonance Disrupted Empowering Leaders to navigate from discomfort to dialogue
In a world where DEI seems lost and inclusion is becoming a bad word, we are having real conversations about leadership through the lenses of generational and neurodiversity. We are forging a path toward personal empowerment, conscious leadership, and organizational success. By leveraging evidence-based practices, rooted in neuroscience we can nurture a flourishing workplace culture wherever diversity thrives. Dissonance Disrupted is hosted by Sherri Dockree & Nicki Straza.
Episodes
Reward and recognition used to be simple: show up, get your paycheck, and maybe a watch after 25 years of service. But that model is broken, and it might be actively insulting the people it's meant to honor.
In this episode, Sherri and Nicki dig into why generic rewards land as hollow, especially for neurodivergent employees who often bring far more than "just a job" to their work. They talk about the shift from achievement-based re...
Hosts Nicki Straza and Sherri Dockree introduce the Dissonance Disrupted Podcast and begin a conversation on wellbeing at work through psychological safety, emphasizing it is often misunderstood as a box-checking, task-oriented, or purely cognitive initiative. They address employer fears of being fully responsible for employees’ psychological health, reframing it as creating environments, guardrails, and shared accountability...
In this episode Sherri and Nicki welcome theirfirst ever guest, Kathleen Foldvari — social worker, psychotherapist, and founder of A Minute for Mental Health. Kathleen works with healthcare professionals, educators, first responders and leaders to prevent burnout before it becomes a crisis.
The conversation unpacks what trauma informed leadership actually looks like in practice — not as a clinical concept, but as a daily...
Yes, trust matters, and in the workplace, we know it often gets overlooked. sing to talk about why that trust matters and how it may be at the root of workplace challenges, while also considering how this impacts different generations and neurodiversities.
In part two of Dissonance Disrupted’s wellbeing-at-work discussion, hosts Sherri Dockree and Nicki Straza explore how neurodiversity inclusion benefits everyone by creating clarity, accessibility, and innovative diverse thinking, likening it to clearing a ramp so all can thrive. They argue workplace wellbeing and culture require continual attention, feedback loops, and a “way of being” rather than performative box...
Welcome to Part 1 of a special two-part episode of the Dissonance Disrupted podcast!. Today, hosts Sherri Dockree and Nicki Straza tackle a massive and incredibly timely topic: well-being in the workplace. But rather than offering a one-size-fits-all approach, they peel back the layers to examine how neurodiversity and generational differences fundamentally alter what it means to thrive at work, and how the definition of "thri...
In the debut episode of the Dissonance Disrupted Podcast, hosts Nicki Straza, a certified flourishing facilitator, and Sherri Dockree, an ICF certified coach, explore themes of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. This episode emphasizes the importance of neurodiversity and psychological safety in the workplace. Sherri shares her personal experiences in executive leadership, highlighting the challenges and opportunities of leading...
Episode 1 Description: Meet Nicki
In the opening episode of Dissonance Disrupted, co-host Nicki Straza is interviewed by Sherri Dockree to set the foundation for honest conversations about leadership, wellbeing, and workplace culture. Drawing from lived leadership experience and neuroscience-informed insight, Nicki explores what healthy culture actually feels like, how burnout quietly takes root, and why emotional intelligence ...
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