What if your company's biggest leadership problems are hiding in plain sight, disguised as loyalty, productivity, or employee engagement?
A longtime employee isn't pulling their weight, but nobody addresses it. A department appears productive, but employees are working around an ineffective manager. Executives believe expectations are clear, while employees quietly pretend to understand.
How much are these leadership blind spots costing your business?
In this episode of The Workforce Alchemy Show, host Mason Duchatschek welcomes back Marlene Chism, leadership and conflict management expert and author of From Conflict to Courage, to discuss her new book, Spilling the Beans.
Using 52 humorous cartoons and short workplace stories, Marlene exposes everyday leadership behaviors that undermine employee engagement, trust, accountability, communication, and organizational performance.
With 21 years of experience as a frontline factory worker and a subsequent career advising executives and organizations, Marlene offers a unique perspective on the disconnect between management decisions and employee experiences.
In this episode, you'll discover:
Marlene also shares revealing stories from her factory career, including how she used humor to challenge frustrating management practices long before becoming a leadership consultant.
One powerful takeaway: Problems don't disappear simply because employees have learned to work around them.
For business owners, CEOs, HR professionals, executives, and managers facing employee disengagement, workplace conflict, communication breakdowns, or inconsistent performance, this episode delivers practical leadership insights you can put to work.
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