the subordinate is IN
This podcast is about all things work-related; we offer advice and/or perspective on jobs, work and management. Depending on the episode, my co-host and I may choose a particular topic or theme, and then focus on it in some detail. But for others—what we refer to as our "Jam sessions"—things are a bit more candid and free-flowing. As for who the two of us are? Well, let’s just say that’s not nearly as important as what we are NOT. We’re not managers, we're not CEOs (nor have we ever been ), and neither of us has our MBA - and that very much informs the perspective of the show. We like to think we offer insights from the so-called "bottom" of the organizational pyramid, as opposed to the top - although once you dive into this first season, you’ll learn we both have a problem calling it that...
Episodes
16 episodes
Ep15: Jam session
In this, the final episode of Season 1, my cohost and I look back on the show, defend our decision to remain anonymous, discuss “loerarchy” in greater depth (again), and hint at what’s to come in Season 2...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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55:48
Ep14: The "honeymoon" is over
Most of us have experienced it at some point in our careers: the "honeymoon." That first 6 months or so of relative bliss at any new job. So how might it contribute to our eventual disillusionment with our own managers, and/or the workplace mor...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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48:47
Ep13: Jam session
In this episode, my co-host and I again express sympathy for managers—especially frontline managers. We also discuss why managers are often threatened by employees who excel, how management by loerarchy resolves the “advisor-evaluator” pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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44:42
Ep12: The Advisor-Evaluator Paradox
Subtitled “Sympathy for the manager,” in this episode my co-host and I discuss the absolute impossibility of being both an advisor to, and evaluator of, your employees. And yet all managers are tasked with, and expected to execute on these inhe...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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55:43
Ep11: Jam session
In this episode, my co-host and I engage in another candid discussion about all things work-related. We offer a few additional thoughts on the concept of “team”, agree that you get what you reward, and imagine what it might mean to tie employee...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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52:57
Ep10: Team? What team?
Have you always thought that teamwork and a sense of team are critical to the success of any for-profit business? In this episode, my co-host and I argue that neither of these concepts are as important as you might think...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:10:19
Ep9: Jam session
In this episode, my co-host and I discuss all things work-related in another free-flowing jam session. Topics include the differences between the for-profit enterprise and other types of organizations , why management by loerarchy is an “11”, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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47:00
Ep8: Jam session
In this episode, my co-host and I again discuss a variety of work-related subjects (and “loerarchy”) in another free-flowing and candid "jam session." This includes the difficulties involved overturning deeply entrenched ideas about capitalism,...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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47:24
Ep7: Your employees are your boss
In a previous episode, my co-host and I argued that managers are more effective—and their organizations are more profitable—when they behave as if their employees are in charge of them, not the other way around. In this episode week, we explai...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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48:35
Ep6: Jam session
In this episode, my co-host and I engage in another free-flowing discussion about “loerarchy” and all things work-related: Why good managers don’t always thrive—and are sometimes punished—for doing their job well, and why doing what you need to...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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56:44
Ep5: The one thing you think you know about managing is wrong
As a manager, you probably think you’re “the boss,” right? Well, in this week’s episode, my co-host and I explain why good management is actually the other way around. It involves thinking, functioning, and behaving as if your employees are in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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50:24
Ep4: Jam session
In this episode, my co-host and I engage in another free-flowing discussion about “loerarchy” and all things work-related – including the difference between a descriptive versus a prescriptive theory, and whether or not sun revol...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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46:35
Ep3: Debunking the "cog theory" of managing
In this episode, my co-host and I talk why people aren’t “cogs” - and why if you're a manager, and you decide to treat your employees like they are, that’s precisely what you'll get...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:10
Ep2: Jam session
In this episode—the first of our more free-flowing “Jam Sessions”—my co-host and I talk about last week’s episode, good management, and what I refer to as “management by loerarchy”...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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56:09
Ep1: Throw out that management advice book
In this first episode of season one of "the subordinate is IN", my co-host and I take a critical look at the so-called "advice" offered by mainstream management advice books, and why they may not be worth the time spent reading one...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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45:28