Managers are burned out AF. A boss’s job is to guide a team to achieve results. However, in the current landscape of constant disruptions, this job is feeling impossible for some managers. What’s more, disengaged managers lead to disengaged teams. Is all hope lost? Kim, Amy and Jason weigh in.Get all of the show notes at RadicalCandor.com/podcast
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Aug 18
Revolutionizing Meetings: From Sabotage to Strategy (with Rebecca Hinds)
While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years. In this episode, Kim speaks with Rebecca Hinds, the author of Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That ... Show More
50m 25s
Aug 4
Why some leaders are incorruptible, many get corrupted by power/money (with Rob Lalka)
While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years. In this episode, Kim speaks with Rob Lalka, the author of The Venture Alchemists - How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power. In t ... Show More
46m 56s
Jul 15
How Great Leaders Make Everyone Better (with Liz Wiseman)
While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years. Building high-performance teams, especially in dynamic industries, can be one of the biggest challenges a leader faces. Sometim ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2025
#370: Is Burnout Affecting Your Team?
In this episode, Perry Holley and Chris Goede discuss the concerning trend of "quiet cracking" affecting employees. They explain that quiet cracking is a persistent feeling of unhappiness and being overwhelmed that leads to disengagement, poor performance, and increased desire to ... Show More
22m 55s
Apr 2022
Let’s Redefine the Role of Manager
Most managers today are overwhelmed. Thanks to rapid technological change, flattening hierarchies, agile work, and new attitudes about talent, they have to do more than ever. Lynda Gratton, professor at London Business School and the founder of HSM, points to a few ways we can so ... Show More
24m 25s
Aug 2025
How work design can reignite tremendous results
Too many teams are stuck in a swirl. Unclear on priorities, disconnection from purpose, and lost momentum. But we don’t need org-wide overhauls to fix it. In this episode, I’m sharing four practical shifts leaders are making right now to redesign how work gets done - from the ins ... Show More
9m 57s
Dec 2020
Why Burnout Happens — and How Bosses Can Help
Christina Maslach, professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, has been studying the causes of burnout, and its impact, for decades. She says that, in a year when everyone feels overwhelmed and exhausted, it's more important than ever for managers to recogn ... Show More
24m 46s