How do you move from exhaustion to excitement when your work culture feels like it betrays your deepest expectations? Transform burnout into breakthrough on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Lora Cheadle, attorney, TEDx speaker, and creator of the Life Choreography Burnout Recovery Method, reveals why most burnout recovery fails and shares her proven approach to building thriving work environments. Listen as Dr. Joey and Lora explore:

☀️ Why burnout stems from betrayed expectations, not just stress ☀️ How to identify unrealistic expectations before they destroy your team ☀️ The power of clarity combined with curiosity in leadership ☀️ Simple ways to create candid conversations that build trust ☀️ Why looking for five positive things daily changes everything

Lora transforms organizations by helping leaders recognize that stress management alone never works. Now she shows you how to create work cultures where expectations align with reality and people thrive.

🔑 Key Insight: "Whatever you want to foster or create with others, you need to foster or create with yourself first."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Intentionally look for five things each day at work that you appreciate, like, or that make you laugh. Challenge your team to do the same and watch your culture transform.

Connect with Lora Cheadle:

• Download free guide: https://burnoutorbetrayal.com
• Get her book "It's Not Burnout, It's Betrayal" on Amazon
• Watch her TEDx talk: "Uncovering Bias in Gender and Women's Sexuality"
• Connect on LinkedIn

#BurnoutRecovery #ExpectationManagement #PositiveWorkCulture #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkLifeBalance #WorkPositive

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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How might your perception of work-life balance be limiting your ability to create authentic connections and sustained productivity in your professional environment?

Discover how to transform burnout into breakthrough on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Michelle Niemeyer, former attorney turned transformational coach, shares her powerful framework called "The Art of Bending Time" that helped her rediscover joy in her work and create extra hours in her week without sacrificing career success.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Michelle explore:

☀️ How a health crisis led to discovering the mindset shifts that transformed her relationship with work

☀️ Why work-life balance is a myth that creates disconnected teams and lobotomized workforces

☀️ The business detox process that creates clarity on what truly matters in your bigger picture

☀️ How to become a "Time Suck Ninja" and eliminate internal and external productivity drains

☀️ Why getting to know coworkers as human beings is essential for creating engaged teams

Michelle transforms professionals by helping them understand that the same job can feel completely different when you change how you perceive and exist within it. After 33 years as a successful attorney, she discovered that sustainable productivity comes from alignment between personal clarity and professional purpose.

🔑 Key Insight: "Work-life balance doesn't work—it's a myth we've been fed. When you have a lobotomized workforce where people keep work apart from their personal life, you don't develop real relationships. You're never gonna have a good team if the team doesn't have relationships that are respectful and understanding where they get each other."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Talk to the people you work with about more than just the task at hand. Pick one person from your work and get to know them as a human being. Talk to them about something that matters to you outside of work, and ask them about theirs. That's how you build real relationships and create teams that want to succeed together.

Connect with Michelle Niemeyer:

• Visit her website: michelleniemeyer.com
• FREE Clarity Exercise: Text "CLARITY" to 33777
• Join her free community for masterclasses and challenges
• Connect on LinkedIn

#TimeManagement #BurnoutRecovery #WorkLifeIntegration #ProductivityHacks #TeamBuilding #WorkPositive

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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What specific changes could you make to your hiring and onboarding process that would make candidates excited to work for your company rather than dreading the experience?

Discover why the "labor shortage" is actually a leadership problem on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Ryan Englin, author of "Hire Better People Faster," reveals why it's not that nobody wants to work anymore—it's that nobody wants to work for companies that treat hiring as an HR problem instead of a marketing challenge.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Ryan explore:

☀️ Why complaining about finding good people is easier than doing the hard work to attract them

☀️ How treating hiring as a marketing problem instead of an HR problem transforms your results

☀️ The critical difference between rock stars who stay long-term and superstars who job-hop

☀️ Why Gallup's Q12 question about having a best friend at work increases engagement by 600%

☀️ How to put candidate needs first during interviews to become an employer of choice

Ryan transforms blue-collar companies by helping them understand that top performers already have jobs and only leave because of bad leadership. His approach focuses on creating authentic attraction strategies that make A-players want to stay and grow with your organization.

🔑 Key Insight: "It's not that nobody wants to work anymore—it's that nobody wants to work for you. If you want to be attractive as an employer of choice, put the needs of the candidate in front of your needs during the interview and onboarding process. When you do that, they will take care of you long term."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Let your people tell your story. Ask your employees to record quick 60-second selfie videos talking about what it's like to work at your company, then share those testimonials everywhere. If you can't find employees willing to do this, that might be the real problem you need to solve first.

Connect with Ryan Englin:

• Get his FREE book: "Hire Better People Faster" at corematters.com/freebook (just cover shipping)
• Visit his website: corematters.com
• Listen to his podcast: "Titans of the Trades" at titansofthetrades.com
• Download 12 practical hiring tools with your free book at corematters.com/freebook
• Connect on LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/ryanenglin

#HiringStrategy #TalentAttraction #BlueCollarLeadership #EmployerBranding #WorkCulture #WorkPositive

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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What legal risks might be hiding in your daily management practices that could undermine the positive work culture you're working so hard to create?

Discover how to navigate employment law while creating genuinely positive professional relationships on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Gary Martoccio, employment attorney and advocate for workers' rights, shares crucial insights on how employers can protect themselves legally while treating employees with dignity and respect.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Gary explore:

☀️ The most common employment law violations that destroy work culture trust

☀️ Why pregnancy-related discrimination cases are skyrocketing and how to prevent them

☀️ The critical importance of consistent policy application across all employees

☀️ How proper documentation and clear communication prevent most legal disputes

☀️ Why adding "human touch" to automated processes protects both employers and employees

Gary brings over 13 years of employment law experience, having recovered over $50 million for employees in more than 200 federal lawsuits. His unique perspective reveals patterns that distinguish companies with healthy cultures from repeat legal offenders.

🔑 Key Insight: "There are certain big companies that we rarely get calls from their employees, and then there's certain big companies that we repeatedly get calls from their employees. The difference isn't that the good companies never terminate people—it's that they're fair throughout the employment relationship and treat people with dignity. When they do terminate, employees know it was their fault because they got every opportunity."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Talk to people. Let them know how they're doing and ask them how they're doing. Meet with employees regularly, be clear about expectations, and be very direct in your communication. Give people reasonable chances to improve performance or provide necessary documentation. When people understand expectations and feel treated fairly, they appreciate it—even when difficult decisions must be made.

Connect with Gary Martoccio:

• Visit his website: martoccioFirm.com
• FREE Case Evaluation: 888-4157670 Licensed in 9 states (details on website) Response within 2 business days
• Connect on LinkedIn Martoccio Law Group
• Note: Gary represents employees, but his insights help employers understand common pitfalls and create better work environments that protect everyone.

#EmploymentLaw #WorkCulture #HRCompliance #EmployeeRights #LegalProtection #WorkPositive

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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How effectively is your organization addressing the mental health challenges that one in three of your employees will face?

Discover how to build genuine resilience in yourself and your team on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Anne Grady, bestselling author and resilience expert, shares powerful insights on creating workplace cultures that support mental health, reduce burnout, and help people thrive even during challenging times.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Anne explore:

☀️ Why stress, anxiety, worry, and overwhelm require different coping strategies despite being used interchangeably

☀️ How to create psychological safety that goes beyond politeness to make it safe for people to be themselves

☀️ The importance of moving from negative emotions to neutral rather than jumping straight to positive

☀️ Practical techniques like "worry windows" and "mirror moments" for daily resilience building

☀️ Why gratitude practices can drop cortisol levels by 23% and improve team collaboration

Anne transforms organizations by helping leaders understand that resilience isn't genetic—it's a learnable set of skills and habits. Drawing from her personal journey of trauma and triumph, she provides practical tools that help teams build their "resilience buffer" to better absorb life's challenges while maintaining peak performance.

🔑 Key Insight: "You can't promote what you don't practice. You have to do these things for you first. Psychological safety is created from vulnerability, and you have to make it okay to not be okay. That starts with you. It's okay to go from negative to neutral—from 'this sucks' to 'we'll figure it out'—rather than trying to jump from negative straight to awesome."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Say thank you for something specific. Not just "good job," but appreciate people for particular actions—"I really appreciated yesterday in that meeting when you took a risk speaking up" or "Thank you for helping me with that project last week when I was overwhelmed." The more specific the praise, the better, because people repeat behavior that gets positive attention.

Connect with Anne Grady:

• Visit her website: https://www.annegradygroup.com/
• Get her free resilience toolkit: https://www.annegradygroup.com/strong
• Check out her books at: https://www.annegradygroup.com/books/
• Watch her TEDx Talk "Strong Enough" https://youtu.be/MQ-bCUXZaEI?si=VcOE0XgZybqro42Y
• Subscribe to her Tuesday Resilience Reset emails
• Connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/annegrady/

#WorkplaceResilience #MentalHealthAtWork #PsychologicalSafety #EmployeeWellbeing #ResilienceBuilding #WorkPositive

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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How effectively are you adapting your leadership approach to meet the challenges of our increasingly uncertain world?

Discover how to break free from rigid leadership identities on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Kevin Eikenberry, author of "Flexible Leadership: Navigate Uncertainty and Lead with Confidence," reveals why the key to leading in today's VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) isn't abandoning what you know about leadership—it's thinking differently about what you already know.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Kevin explore:

☀️ Why attaching too strongly to leadership labels and identities limits our ability to adapt

☀️ How to break the cycle of treating assessments as absolute truths rather than helpful clues

☀️ The confidence-competence loop that creates an upward spiral of leadership effectiveness

☀️ Practical ways to analyze context before automatically using familiar approaches

☀️ The importance of maintaining both a "worm's eye view" and a "bird's eye view" as a leader

Kevin transforms organizations by helping leaders understand that flexibility doesn't mean abandoning your values or core identity—it means being willing to adapt your approach based on what each unique situation requires. His approach emphasizes that true leadership confidence comes not from rigid consistency but from intelligent adaptability.

🔑 Key Insight: "Once we have said 'I am this' rather than saying 'I have these tendencies' or 'I have these preferences,' once I say 'I am this,' it's very hard for me to change. Being a flexible leader is focusing on what we do, which is different than who we are. We need to be careful that the identities we create for ourselves don't automatically limit us."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Recognize that flexing is valuable. Whatever situation you find yourself in, consider how to respond, communicate, decide, and act in that moment to serve both outcomes and your team best. When you balance outcomes and people as a leader, you create a more positive workplace and better results.

Connect with Kevin Eikenberry:

• Get his book: "Flexible Leadership: Navigate Uncertainty and Lead with Confidence" https://a.co/d/fO0LVdN
• Claim your FREE masterclass: kevinikenberry.com/gift ($79 value) https://kevineikenberry.com/gift
• Connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevineikenberry/
• Visit his website: https://kevineikenberry.com/

#FlexibleLeadership #LeadershipConfidence #NavigatingUncertainty #AdaptiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkPositive

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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How effectively does your organization's internal messaging connect with your employees' heads, hearts, and hands?

Discover how to transform your workplace communication strategy on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Alejandra Ramirez, founder of Ready Cultures, shares her powerful 3H Framework that helps organizations craft messages that are clear, emotionally resonant, and action-oriented—creating authentic connections that build trust and engagement.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Alejandra explore:

☀️ Why most workplace messaging fails to include all three essential elements—the head, heart, and hands ☀️ How to create consistent alignment between internal and external messaging ☀️ The importance of transparency in leadership communication ☀️ Practical ways to use the 3H Framework for attracting and retaining top talent ☀️ Why your internal communication strategy is the foundation of your organization's culture

Alejandra transforms organizations by helping leaders understand that culture isn't just about values on a wall—it's about creating an environment where certain qualities can grow and thrive. Her approach emphasizes that when employees can articulate why their work matters and what the company stands for, they become your best recruiters and ambassadors.

🔑 Key Insight: "At a minimum, if you're sending a message to employees, you have to answer three things: Can you answer the head? Can you answer the heart? And can you answer the hands? The head is what are the details, the facts people need to know. The heart is the why—why does this matter, what's in it for them? And the hands is the action—is there anything specific you want or need them to do?"

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Start by listening—really listening. Choose a channel, whether it's a team huddle, town hall, or survey, and ask your employees what's working and what's not. If you don't know how things are going, how can you communicate clearly and effectively? Then, do something visible with that feedback to show you truly heard them.

Connect with Alejandra Ramirez:

• Visit her website: readycultures.com www.readycultures.com
• Download her free 3H Framework guide
• Connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/malejandraramirez/
• Schedule a call to discuss your organization's internal communication needs

#InternalCommunication #EmployeeEngagement #WorkplaceCulture #LeadershipCommunication #CompanyCulture #WorkPositive

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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How effectively are you balancing standardization with professional autonomy in your organization?

Discover the delicate balance between structure and freedom that professionals need to thrive on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Dr. Roger Gerard, author of "Lead With Purpose" and "Owning the Room," shares his five leadership promises that create engaged cultures and explores the critical tension between standardization and professional practice.

Listen as Dr. Joey and Dr. Roger explore:

☀️ Why culture lives in the minds and hearts of people doing daily work, not in executive suites

☀️ The danger of treating professionals as commodities rather than unique contributors

☀️ How over standardization is driving physicians, nurses, and educators out of their professions

☀️ The essential difference between an employee and a professional practitioner

☀️ Why professionals need autonomy to practice their craft with discretion

Dr. Gerard transforms organizations by helping leaders understand that professionals aren't there to accommodate administrative needs—they're there to practice their professions with purpose. His approach recognizes that culture isn't found in wall plaques and policies but in the daily intentions and relationships of people doing meaningful work.

🔑 Key Insight: "The culture lives in the minds and hearts of the people doing the daily work. It's not the stuff on the wall, it's not the plaques and the accolades—it's the minds and hearts of people coming to work every day with intention, with the desire to do something that matters."

💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): "Go and see, then go and do. Get out of your office, spend time with people, get to know who they are and what it feels like to them to work there. Then once you go there and look around, find ways—small ways or big ways—to give them what they need to make their jobs easier and more effective."

Connect with Dr. Roger Gerard:

• Visit his website: rogergerard.com
• Connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerg2/
• Get his book "Lead With Purpose"
• Explore his photography and leadership vlogs
• Take the quick leadership style quiz on his website

#PurposeDrivenLeadership #ProfessionalAutonomy #WorkplaceCulture #LeadershipPromises #EngagedCulture #WorkPositive

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

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