Flexible Work

Ep 225. Lynda Gratton: Redesigning Work

Ep 225. Lynda Gratton: Redesigning Work

Lynda Gratton is a Professor of Management Practice at London Business School She has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by HR Magazine and named by 'Business Thinkers 50' as one of the top 15 business thinkers in the world. Stew talks with Lynda Gratton about her latest book, Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone. To capitalize on the opportunities created by the revolutionary changes occurring in the world of work...[Click for more]

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Ep 219. Scott Behson: The Whole-Person Workplace

Ep 219. Scott Behson: The Whole-Person Workplace

Scott Behson is a professor of management and Silberman Global Faculty Fellow at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is the author of The Working Dad’s Survival Guide and most recently The Whole-Person Workplace: Building Better Workplaces Through Work-Life, Wellness and Employee Support. Stew talks with Scott about insights for action from his new book on how to garner employer support for all employees, and for working parents in particular, in the new world created by the pandemic’s jolt…[Click for more]

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Ep 217. Daisy Dowling: The Workparent Toolkit

Ep 217. Daisy Dowling: The Workparent Toolkit

Daisy Dowling is Founder and CEO of Workparent, an executive coaching and training firm, and author of Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids. Stew talks with Daisy about the useful tips she gathered from speaking to a variety of working parents across different stages of the parenting life cycle…[Click for more]

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Ep 201. Tsedal Neeley: Remote Work Revolution

Ep 201. Tsedal Neeley: Remote Work Revolution

Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, an accomplished scholar and author, and award-winning teacher. Stew and Tsedal discuss her new book, Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere, and the pros and cons of remote work -- for performance, well-being, and relationships in all parts of our lives -- and what we’ve learned about these pushes and pulls during the disorienting world of the pandemic…[Click for more]

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Ep 198. Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz: Partners at Work and in the Rest of Life

Ep 198. Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz: Partners at Work and in the Rest of Life

Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz are co-founders of an organization called Launch Pad and they are a married couple. Stew talks with these successful entrepreneurs and investors about what it takes for a married couple to run a company together and how their philosophy of investing in long-term relationships in growing their business affects their relationship beyond work…[Click for more]

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Ep 194. Lindsey Cameron: The Gig Economy and the Pandemic

Ep 194. Lindsey Cameron: The Gig Economy and the Pandemic

Lindsey Cameron is an Assistant Professor of Management at Wharton whose research focuses on how changes in the modern workplace -- as algorithms/machine learning, short-term employment contracts, and variable pay -- affect work and workers. She recently completed a four-year ethnography of the largest employer in the gig economy, exploring. Lindsey spent over a decade in the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic communities as a technical and political analyst and completed several overseas assignments in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Stew and Lindsey discuss how the pandemic has affected gig workers both on the job and in the other parts of their lives…[Click for more]

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Ep 193. Kristen Shockley: Impact of the Rapid Shift to Remote Work

Ep 193. Kristen Shockley: Impact of the Rapid Shift to Remote Work

Dr. Kristen Shockley is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia studying how companies adapted during the pandemic, or how they haven’t adjusted, to meet the needs of worker productivity and well-being. Stew’ and Kristen discuss how couples forced to handle childcare, housework, and their day jobs have divided the responsibilities, managed zoom fatigue…[Click for more]

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Ep 182. Dana Sumpter: Working Parents in Pandemic Times

Ep 182. Dana Sumpter: Working Parents in Pandemic Times

Dr. Dana Sumpter is an associate professor of organization theory and management at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business. Her research employs a cross-cultural lens in understanding social behavior at work, studying topics including energy, mindfulness, power, work/family enrichment, managerial systems, and work relationships. Stew and Dana discuss her new research, with her colleague Mona Zanhour, on mothers during the pandemic. Dana discusses best practices for working mothers, their partners in parenting, and their employers…[Click for more]

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Ep 162. Special Edition: Parents Who Lead

Ep 162. Special Edition: Parents Who Lead

Stew Friedman’s new book, Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life, co-authored with Alyssa Westring, an Amazon #1 Bestseller in Work Life and i nominee for Dan Pink, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Malcolm Gladwell’s Next Big Idea Club. This episode features four working parents who talk about their experience with this evidence-based guide for action to improve their family and personal lives and their performance at work…[Click for more]

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Ep 160. Cali Yost: How to Make Flexible Work a Win for All

Ep 160. Cali Yost: How to Make Flexible Work a Win for All

Cali Williams Yost is Founder and CEO of the Flex+Strategy Group, an organization of experts in flexible workplace strategy, change management, leadership, instructional design and communications.Stew and Cali discuss how to help organizations build future-ready work cultures that attract and retain an engaged, diverse workforce; increase productivity and innovation; and enhance employee well-being…[Click for more]

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Ep 144. Debra Schafer: Working While Parenting a Special Needs Child

Ep 144. Debra Schafer: Working While Parenting a Special Needs Child

Debra Schafer is an independent educational consultant and coach and Founder and CEO of Education Navigation. She is an advocate for students K - college graduation who have been diagnosed with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, other mental health issues and learning differences. Debra works with parents and business organizations to help educate people about regulations and how to develop realistic strategies for managing work/life integration when you have a child with special needs or when you have an employee grappling with how to navigate these two worlds…[Click for more]

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Ep 143. Jennifer Petriglieri: Couples That Work

Ep 143. Jennifer Petriglieri: Couples That Work

Jennifer Petriglieri is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD and the author of Couples That Work: How Dual-Career Couples Can Thrive In Love and Work. Jennifer’s award-winning research and teaching focus on identity, leadership, and career development. She is particularly interested in how people’s close relationships shape who they become professionally and personally, and how moments of uncertainty and crisis make us who we are. Stew and Jennifer discuss the three key choice points that couples face, moments that challenge them to combine their parallel lives and form a joint life…[Click for more]

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Ep 134. Kimberly Ramalho: Building a Culture of Empathy

Ep 134. Kimberly Ramalho: Building a Culture of Empathy

Kimberly Ramalho is VP of Communications and Public Affairs, Rotary and Mission Systems, at Lockheed Martin where she is actively involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives and she serves as executive chair of the corporation’s Women’s Impact Network. Stew and Kimberly discuss the importance of valuing and respecting everyone in the organization, how to make such empathy real, and the benefits that a diverse workforce brings directly to the company and to customers…[Click for more]

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Ep 131. Scott Behson: Working Dads Survival Guide

Ep 131. Scott Behson: Working Dads Survival Guide

Scott Behson is a professor of management at Fairleigh Dickinson University where he specializes in family issues. He is author of The Working Dad’s Survival Guide: How to Succeed at Work and at Home.   Stew and Scott discuss the stigmas, the work and life conflicts, and the unique challenges fathers face in the workplace… [Click for more]

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Ep 128. Mike McDerment: No Work Face

Ep 128. Mike McDerment: No Work Face

Michael McDerment is CEO and Co-Founder of FreshBooks, the #1 accounting software in the cloud designed exclusively for service-based business owners and independent professionals, with more than 20 million users worldwide. And it is consistently recognized as one of Canada's best places to work. Stew and Mike discuss some of the creative “culture hacks” Mike uses to build an environment that breeds empathy…[Click for more]

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Ep 125. Ellen Kossek: Evidence-Based Ideas for Managing Boundaries

Ep 125. Ellen Kossek: Evidence-Based Ideas for Managing Boundaries

Ellen Kossek is the Basil S. Turner Professor at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management and the Research Director of the Butler center for Leadership Excellence. Ellen is an internationally recognized thought leader on employer support of work and personal life integration, gender, diversity, human resource innovation, and social change. Stew and Ellen discuss the various ways by which we manage interruptions or negotiate boundaries across different domains of life…[Click for more]

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Ep 117. Michelle Still Mehta: Silent Sacrifice on the Homefront

Ep 117. Michelle Still Mehta: Silent Sacrifice on the Homefront

Dr. Michelle Still Mehta, who holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School, is the author of Silent Sacrifice on the Homefront: Military Spouses Share their Quests to Fit Career with Marriage, Motherhood, and Military Life. Dr. Mehta is a researcher, management consultant, and executive coach. Stew and Michelle discuss the psychological and financial impact of the military culture of frequent relocations…[Click for more]

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Ep 116. Meredith Bodgas: Supporting Today's Working Parents

Ep 116. Meredith Bodgas: Supporting Today's Working Parents

Meredith Bodgas is the Editor-in-Chief of Working Mother Magazine and Workingmother.com. She talks with Stew about the culture change afoot in American companies as they strive to do the right thing by all their employees -- working mothers and fathers, LGBT employees, those with disabilities, both visible and invisible, and our military employees. They discuss the new Culture@Work initiative and the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)…[Click for more]

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Ep 114. Brigid Schulte: Overcoming the Overwhelm

Ep 114. Brigid Schulte: Overcoming the Overwhelm

Brigid Schulte is director of The Better Life Lab at New America which offers ways to restructure our workplaces and social policy using original research and policy analysis. Brigid was an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. Her book, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time, was a New York Times bestseller. For details on what we can do to reduce the toll they take on our lives... [Click for more]

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Ep 102. Kathryn Sollmann: Ambition Redefined

Ep 102. Kathryn Sollmann: Ambition Redefined

Kathryn Sollmann is a flexwork and financial security expert and author of the book Ambition Redefined: Why the Corner Office Doesn't Work for Every Woman & What to Do Instead. She and Stew talk about the reasons why it’s essential for women to stay in the workforce instead of off-ramping..[Click for more]

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