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October 12, 2022
Our Anniversary episode!! The first year of this podcast has been a great experiment and success, and we are so grateful to the community of people […]
September 14, 2022
Most organizations in the world are experiencing dynamic change and facing uncertain futures. At the same time, their people are stressed, overwhelmed, and facing dynamic change […]
September 8, 2022
Michelle Wonsley joins us for our second episode on Inclusive Leadership Design! This time we ask, what do we mean when we say the words “Diversity, […]
August 17, 2022
For many reasons, sponsoring an “ownership mindset” is a popular topic for organizational leaders. Increasingly, leaders want (and need) teams that can be self-supervising and take […]
July 29, 2022
It’s not uncommon today for leaders and employees to place a great deal of significance on workplace culture. Culture and work environment is a major deciding […]
July 13, 2022
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion has made its way into the priorities and public commitments of countless organizations across the US and globally, with more and more […]
June 22, 2022
For any working professional there are times engagement and motivation are down, and calling it quits sounds like a good idea. Before we start editing our […]
June 8, 2022
We are living through a time of massive disruption, and one of the symptoms is what many are calling an “epidemic of burnout.” The term burnout […]
June 2, 2022
The work of linguists, sociologists, and psychologists reveals just how complex the science of language can be, but to be essential: it matters. It’s a powerful […]
May 11, 2022
Love may be a many-splendored thing, but it isn’t something we often talk about at work. Love falls into that category of soft, personal things we’ve […]
May 10, 2022
We hear from leaders and executives all the time that they want to increase accountability on their teams and across their organizations. Building cultures of accountability […]
April 13, 2022
It’s not uncommon, both at work and in the rest of life, for people to feel like they aren’t being heard. We’ve all experienced that frustration, […]
April 4, 2022
Gen Z, which is usually defined as those born between 1997 and 2012, is expected to make up 27% of the workforce by 2025. And they’re […]
March 2, 2022
One of the hardest parts of human connection is managing disagreements. It’s easy to assume that a lack of disagreement or argument is proof of a […]
February 16, 2022
Alignment is a term that gets thrown around a lot in leadership and org management, but how is alignment different than agreement? We think there’s an […]
November 17, 2021
Community is an important part of building vitality in organizations, or for any group of people that wants to achieve something together. We define vitality as […]
November 3, 2021
At Conversant we believe that conversation and connection are underutilized yet critical leverage points for achieving results. Whether it’s meetings, one-on-one check-ins, emails, or chat, studies […]
October 20, 2021
Over the last year we at Conversant have become fond of saying “joy belongs at work.” Not only do we believe work can be joyful, we […]
October 6, 2021
Should we be remote? Should we be in an office? Is hybrid the answer? This issue has been dominating business news and keeping senior leaders up […]
September 30, 2021
The common or traditional approach to sales leadership often leaves opportunities for connection (and for performance improvement) on the table. In this episode, Tom Knighton and […]
September 22, 2021
A multigenerational take on connection & conversation in the world of work Hosted by a Millennial, a Gen-Xer, and a Baby Boomer, On Connection takes on […]