Relationships at Work - the leadership podcast helping you build workplace connection, improve culture, and avoid blind spots.
Relationships at Work - the leadership podcast helping you build workplace connection, improve culture, and avoid blind spots.
A relatable and honest show on leadership, organizational culture and soft skills, focusing on improving employee engagement and company culture to inspire people to apply, stay and thrive.
Because no one wants leadership that fosters toxic environments at work, nor should they.
Host, speaker and communications leader Russel Lolacher shares his experience and insights, discussing the leadership and corporate culture topics that matter with global experts help us with the success of our organizations (regardless of industry). This show will give you the information, education, strategies and tips you need to avoid leadership blind spots, better connect with all levels of our organization, and develop the necessary soft skills that are essential to every organization.
From leadership development and training to employee satisfaction to diversity, inclusivity, equity and belonging to personalization and engagement... there are so many aspects and opportunities to build great relationships at work
This is THE place to start and nurture our leadership journey and create an amazing workplace.
Episodes
314 episodes
How a Team Credo Builds Trust and Alignment
In this solo mini-episode, host Russel Lolacher shares a leadership tool that helped him retain a team for more than a decade: the team credo. Drawing from his own experience, Russel explains how a short, clear set of guiding principles ...
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Episode 303
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9:41
Building Wellness into Organizational Culture
Wellness isn’t just an individual practice — it has to be operationalized into the culture of the workplace. Host Russel Lolacher speaks with Stephen Kohler, founder of Audira, about how organizations can prove they value wellness...
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Episode 302
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15:12
How Leaders Can Model Wellness for Their Teams
Teams don’t believe in wellness because of posters — they believe in it because of their leaders. Host Russel Lolacher is joined by executive coach Stephen Kohler to discuss why role modeling matters, how leaders can reinforce wel...
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Episode 301
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6:46
Why Wellness Starts with the Leader
The most important relationship a leader has is with themselves. In this conversation, host Russel Lolacher talks with Stephen Kohler — CEO of Audira and author of The Leadership Anthem — about how stress shows up ...
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Episode 300
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16:26
What Workplace Wellness Really Means for Leaders
Workplace wellness is more than perks, programs, or posters on the wall. In this episode, host Russel Lolacher explores how leaders can define wellness with clarity alongside executive coach and author Stephen Kohler. Together the...
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Episode 299
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18:42
The Wrong Tone in Leadership
In this Relationships at Work episode, host Russel Lolacher explores one of leadership’s most overlooked skills—tone. It’s not just what you say, it’s how you say it. From quick emails to team meetings, the wrong tone can undermine int...
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Episode 298
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7:49
Transforming Workplace Culture with the Superloop Framework
Part 4 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework.What does a healthy, human-centered workplace really look like? Susan Leger Ferraro — executive coach, speaker, and bestselling author of Superloop joins...
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Episode 297
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14:11
From Conflict to Connection: Superloop Practices for Better Teams
Part 3 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework.Strong teams aren’t built by accident. In this episode, Russel Lolacher sits down with Susan Leger Ferraro — senior advisor, CEO of G3 Works, and author of the bestselling b...
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Episode 296
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18:44
Breaking Patterns: Triggers, Self-Awareness & the Superloop at Work
Part 2 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework.Your relationship with yourself determines how you show up as a leader. Susan Leger Ferraro — speaker, executive coach, and bestselling author of Superloop
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Episode 295
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13:46
Clarity in Leadership: Understanding the Superloop of Beliefs, Biology, and Behavior
Part 1 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework.In this episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher and Susan Leger Ferraro, author of Superloop, unpack how beliefs, biology, and behavior create ...
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Episode 294
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26:47
The Real Role of HR Governance in Your Workplace
Governance isn't just paperwork and policy—it shapes how employees are hired, managed, and treated every single day. In this episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher sits down with HR leader Dominique Brewer to dig...
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Episode 293
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31:19
Building a Culture of Authenticity at Work
This is part 4 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership.You can’t fake authenticity — and culture knows when you try. In this episode, author and executive coach Jim Fielding joins to discuss how leaders shape organiz...
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Episode 292
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15:03
Authenticity Starts with Who You Hire
This is part 3 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership.Team culture begins before day one. In this episode, executive coach, author, and former Disney exec Jim Fielding reveals how authenticity shows up in the hiring...
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Episode 291
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15:13
The Inner Work of Authentic Leadership
This is part 2 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership.Self-awareness isn’t optional if you want to lead authentically. In this episode, author and executive coach Jim Fielding explores the personal barriers that prevent le...
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Episode 290
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14:36
What Authentic Leadership Really Looks Like
This is part 1 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership.Authenticity is often used as a leadership buzzword — but what does it actually mean? In this episode, Jim Fielding, executive coach and author of A...
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Episode 289
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21:44
How Recognition Shapes Workplace Culture, Belonging and Leadership
In this episode of Relationships at Work, we explore how recognition is more than praise — it's a cultural signal that defines values, fosters belonging, and drives performance.Host Russel Lolacher sits down with a workpl...
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Episode 288
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28:35
Culture Won’t Change Without Leadership Development
This is part 4 of a 4-part conversation on the context we need for improving leadership development.If your workplace culture isn’t evolving, your leadership development probably isn’t either. In this Relationships at Work epis...
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Episode 287
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14:33
Leadership Development Is a Shared Journey
This is part 3 of a 4-part conversation on the context we need for improving leadership development.Great leadership development isn’t done in isolation—it’s done with the team. In this Relationships at Work episode, Dr. Rob Li...
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Episode 286
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10:12
Leadership Development Starts With Self-Awareness
This is part 2 of a 4-part conversation on the context we need for improving leadership development.You can’t develop as a leader if you don’t understand yourself. In this Relationships at Work episode, Dr. Rob Lion digs into th...
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Episode 285
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12:41
Why Leadership Development Fails Without Clarity
This is part 1 of a 4-part conversation on the context we need for improving leadership development. Leadership development starts with understanding what leadership actually is—but most organizations skip that step entirely. I...
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Episode 284
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20:17
What Inclusion Really Means at Work (And Why We’re Still Getting It Wrong)
Inclusion is one of the most talked-about values in the modern workplace—but also one of the most misunderstood. We say the word, we build strategies around it, but do we actually know what it looks and feels like?In this episode of ...
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Episode 283
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33:51
Belonging Isn’t HR’s Job—It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
This is part 4 of a 4-part conversation on the work leaders need to do to incorporate belonging in the workplace with author and research Dr. Beth Kaplan. Each episode explores a different theme—clarity, self-awareness, team dynamics, and workp...
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Episode 282
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12:10
Leading with Care: The Everyday Actions That Build Team Belonging
This is part 3 of a 4-part conversation on the work leaders need to do to incorporate belonging in the workplace with author and research Dr. Beth Kaplan. Each episode explores a different theme—clarity, self-awareness, team dynamics, and workp...
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Episode 281
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11:01
You Can’t Create Belonging for Others If You Don’t Have It Yourself
This is part 2 of a 4-part conversation on the work leaders need to do to incorporate belonging in the workplace with author and research Dr. Beth Kaplan. Each episode explores a different theme—clarity, self-awareness, team dynamics, and workp...
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Episode 280
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11:29
What Belonging Really Means at Work (And Why Most Get It Wrong)
This is part 1 of a 4-part conversation on the work leaders need to do to incorporate belonging in the workplace with author and research Dr. Beth Kaplan. Each episode explores a different theme—clarity, self-awareness, team dynamics, and workp...
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Episode 279
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17:28