Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done

04/21/21 • 36 min

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guests Chester Elton & Adrian Gostick, best selling authors, leadership experts and founders of The Culture Works.

Episode highlights

00:00 - Intro

02:33 - What was the inspiration behind the book?

03:53 - Identifying anxiety in your teams and providing support

05:44 - Mental health stigma and the fear of looking weak

08:49 - Only 1 in 10 feel comfortable discussing mental health with their boss

11:29 - The impact of companies that are in 'crisis mode'

16:25 - The benefit of transparency during times of uncertainty

20:42 - How having an ally can be a tremendous anxiety reducer

24:53 - Create rituals that help meet your wellness and diversity goals

28:50 - Avoid these ways of making people feel awkward

31:26 - How the generational view on mental health surprised them

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In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guests Chester Elton & Adrian Gostick, best selling authors, leadership experts and founders of The Culture Works.

Episode highlights

00:00 - Intro

02:33 - What was the inspiration behind the book?

03:53 - Identifying anxiety in your teams and providing support

05:44 - Mental health stigma and the fear of looking weak

08:49 - Only 1 in 10 feel comfortable discussing mental health with their boss

11:29 - The impact of companies that are in 'crisis mode'

16:25 - The benefit of transparency during times of uncertainty

20:42 - How having an ally can be a tremendous anxiety reducer

24:53 - Create rituals that help meet your wellness and diversity goals

28:50 - Avoid these ways of making people feel awkward

31:26 - How the generational view on mental health surprised them

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Andy Valenzuela on 21st Century Hiring, Company Values & Shaping the Candidate Experience

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guest Andy Valenzuela, Chief Human Resources Officer at HireVue.

Episode highlights

00:00 - Intro

02:07 - Andy's journey and his role at HireVue

07:24 - His thoughts on the current state of hiring

09:12 - How has the pandemic shifted how companies procure talent?

11:46 - Hiring globally and staying compliant

15:46 - What's the risk for companies that don't adapt

19:44 - How technology is shaping the candidate experience

21:42 - How can we reduce hiring bias and increase diversity?

25:57 - A look at hard and soft skills needed for the future

32:08 - HR Leaders Quick Fire Round

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Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guests Edgar and Peter Schein, Co-authors of the best selling book Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling.

Episode highlights

00:00 - Intro

02:43 - The Schein family background

05:01 - Peter, on working with his father

06:00 - Ed, on working with his son, and why the world needs Humble Inquiry

08:23 - Defining humble inquiry as a leadership style

13:22 - How to become a humble leader

21:31 - The challenges of adoption humble inquiry as a leadership style

23:59 - New features of the methodology

29:06 - Examples of the method in action

34:38 - Diagnosis vs intervention

37:40 - Defining "Personisation"

40:24 - The impact of Humble Inquiry on a company's culture

45:44 - At 93, what drives Ed to disrupt the workplace?

53:12 - Parting advice from T.S. Eliot

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