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Work Positive

Work Positive

By: Dr. Joey Faucette
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Work Positive podcast guests share strategies and tactics, real-life stories, and case studies that focus on how you can attract top talent and reduce team turnover. The host of the Work Positive podcast, Dr. Joey Faucette, is an executive coach, culture architect, and best-selling author. His latest book, Work Positive in a Negative World: Team Edition, is the manifesto for developing your positive work culture. Listen to the Work Positive podcast if you: want to attract top talent desire to reduce team turnover invest in leadership training are performance driven, and; care about your team members.Copyright 2022 Work Positive podcast, Dr. Joey Faucette, All Rights Reserved. Economics Management Management & Leadership
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  • T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health Culture Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette

    T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health Culture Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette
    May 24 2026
    EP 188 | T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health Culture Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette How do you transform your work culture as one in five adults deals with a mental health condition and one in three faces an anxiety disorder? What creates mentally healthy cultures as 54% of all lost work time in the United Kingdom traces back to work-related stress, anxiety, and depression? How do you lead people through chaos as they look to you for clarity, purpose in the predicaments, and meaning in the mayhem? Discover the proven framework to help your people thrive on this special LinkedIn Live episode of the Work Positive Podcast recorded during Mental Health Awareness Month. Dr. Joey Faucette unveils his groundbreaking T.H.R.I.V.E. framework from his latest best-seller "T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health, Culture, and the People You Lead," drawing from insights of eight extraordinary mental health experts who have transformed cultures and helped countless leaders do the same. Listen as Dr. Joey explores: ☀️ Why organizations that grow people and profits today do so in that order, starting with people as the profits pour in ☀️ The difference between Nick who spiraled after his manager said no to flexible arrangements and Sally who stayed nine years after her manager simply said "You're not right, let's have tea" ☀️ How Velcro comments hook people by head and heart rather than soap bubble comments that disappear in three seconds ☀️ The NAP Framework for strategic rest: Nurture communities and learning, Assess which of seven rest types you need, Prioritize what restores you ☀️ Why feathers ignored morph into bricks, and bricks ignored become trucks as people burn out incrementally rather than suddenly Dr. Joey transforms how leaders think about mental health by proving that as you apply the T.H.R.I.V.E. framework, you create cultures where the people you lead feel seen, valued, rested, equipped, heard, and genuinely engaged. 🔑 Key Insight: "If you ran a factory and someone told you 54% of your machine downtime traced back to a single source, you'd stop the machines. You'd do a root cause analysis. You'd fix it before you switched them back on. Your people deserve that same urgent attention. The organizations that grow people and profits today start with people, and the profits pour in. Psychological safety isn't a cultural nicety. It's basic biology. As the brain perceives threat, the prefrontal cortex goes offline. Creativity disappears. Problem-solving suffers. Burnout accelerates. Trust is the antidote. You make it safe to not be okay, because at any given time, a significant portion of your team is not okay. The question is: Does your culture help them carry the weight or add to it?" 💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Choose ONE element of the T.H.R.I.V.E. framework to implement this week based on where your culture can learn and do better. Answer this question first: What about T.H.R.I.V.E. is our culture doing well right now? Give yourself some Joe High-Fives (a five-year-old who high-fived himself as he ran out of people). Celebrating rewires your brain to do more of what you do well. Then answer: Which T.H.R.I.V.E. part can our culture learn from and do better? Helping your people thrive happens in the steady accumulation of moments where people feel seen, valued, rested, equipped, heard, and genuinely engaged. Trust grows one honest conversation at a time. Honor lands one specific acknowledgment at a time. Rest renews one ten-minute margin at a time. Investment compounds one granular challenge solved at a time. Value gets communicated one clear expectation at a time. Engagement sparks one genuine TaDa at a time. The T.H.R.I.V.E. Framework: Trust: Psychological Safety is Your Foundation (Ask one person "How are you really doing?" and truly listen)Honor: Recognition that Lands Best (Give Velcro comments rather than soap bubbles, start meetings with Tip of the Hat)Rest: Your Leadership Superpower (Protect ten minutes today for yourself, shorten recurring meetings by ten minutes)Invest: Implement Your Resilience Plan (Ask team members what specific part creates most pressure, put resilience on meeting agenda)Value: Clarity, Boundaries, and the End of Burnout (Look for five things you like daily, notice feathers before they become bricks)Engage: A Culture where Monday is as Good as Friday (Ask yourself: How do I help people around me be successful? Then do it) Featured Work Positive Podcast Guests: Tom Oxley (Bamboo Mental Health founder, Nick vs Sally story, 54% lost work time statistic)Anne Grady (resilience expert, bestselling author, two-time TEDx speaker, five-minute gratitude meetings drop cortisol 23%)Dr. Erin Wilson (Strategic Rest Summit co-founder, NAP Framework creator, leadership exhaustion expert)Dr. Bob Nelson (world's leading authority on employee recognition, "1,501 Ways to Reward Employees," see something do something)Joel Zeff (TaDa Moments creator, Tip of the Hat practice,...
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  • Give Before You Take: AI as Force for Equity | Bala Muthiah

    Give Before You Take: AI as Force for Equity | Bala Muthiah
    May 17 2026
    Episode 187 | Give Before You Take: AI as Force for Equity | Bala Muthiah How do you create people-first technology that scales for high-performance teams? How do you lead engineering groups under pressure as you develop resilience and innovate sustainably? How do you champion AI as a force for equity rather than replacement, democratizing mentorship and surfacing areas for growth? Transform your approach to empathy, psychological safety, and long-term growth on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Bala Muthiah. Bala is Director of Engineering at Lyft, leading the engineering groups responsible for real-time decision systems that support millions of riders and drivers. His work centers on creating environments where teams thrive under pressure. He prioritizes empathy, psychological safety, and long-term growth as he champions AI as a force for equity and leadership. Listen as Bala explores: ☀️ How community shaped him from home to neighbors to extended family, teaching him he stands on the shoulders of giants ☀️ Why women leaders played a huge role in his development, with his first mentor being female and continuing through his career ☀️ The power of coffee walks and why real meetings happen after the meeting, rather than clicking the red button on Zoom ☀️ How starting meetings five minutes late and ending five minutes early gives you time to breathe, reflect, and avoid jumping from meeting to meeting ☀️ Why work is no longer the number one priority for people, which is completely the right thing as individuals develop their community Bala transforms how leaders think about technology by proving that as you bring together analytical skills and people skills, you unlock potential and become a better engineer and a better person. 🔑 Key Insight: "I am standing on the shoulders of giants. I'm taller and able to do things because I am built on top of somebody else's hard work. Someone gave me the opportunity, the learning, and knowledge. Every single opportunity I see, a friend of mine recently shared this: respect the opportunity. Anything you get, respect it. That teaching and that culture helped me stay grounded. Engineers are heads down solving problems, usually not very known for people skills. But as these two come together, you really unlock potential. You become a better engineer and a better person. It's a collective gain. Both benefit from each other. That's the formula I kept and it got me where I am." 💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Do two things. First, regardless of where you work or who you work with, as you ask someone "How are you?" and they tell you "I'm good," don't stop there. Ask "Tell me more." That opens up insights and creates better relationships. Many times we ask people how they are, they say good, and we walk away. Some of us ask the question and walk away rather than even listening. Be curious about them. Second, give before you take. Imagine the world as we all give before we take. The world transforms into a much better place. Whether you're talking or creating relationships, always give first before you take anything from that relationship. That makes the whole thing better. People come to you. You are one person who gives before you take, but there are ten people who come to you and give. Mathematically, you actually get more than you give. Note: The views expressed in this episode are those of Bala Muthiah and do not represent the views of his employer. ----more---- Connect with Bala Muthiah: Visit BalaMuthiah.com to read blog posts and discover podcast appearancesConnect with Bala on LinkedInReach out via email on his website (Bala loves connecting with people to learn)Discover how a 30-minute conversation triggers more insights than reading any amount of booksLearn how to create environments where teams thrive under pressure #GiveBeforeTake #PeopleFirstTechnology #AIForEquity #CoffeeWalks #TellMeMore #StandingOnShoulders #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive ----more---- 🎙️ Love the Work Positive Podcast? Please leave a review on iTunes to help others discover how to grow people and profits with a positive work culture! 🔗 Stay connected with Dr. Joey Faucette: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@workpositive7529LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.joeyfaucette 📧 Know someone who'd make a great guest on the show? Email analiza@getpositive.today with your recommendation!
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    35 mins
  • Make Well-being Visible in Your Culture | Dr. Jamie Hardy

    Make Well-being Visible in Your Culture | Dr. Jamie Hardy
    May 10 2026
    Episode 186 | Make Well-being Visible in Your Culture | Dr. Jamie Hardy How well do you understand the direct connection between performance and health in your work culture? What creates teams who are energized, engaged, and endure rather than quietly dimming or walking out the door? How do you embed executive well-being into the very culture of work rather than treating it as an afterthought? Transform your approach to retention and performance on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Dr. Jamie Hardy. Dr. Jamie is a clinical pharmacist, executive well-being consultant, speaker, and founder of Innovative Wellness. With over 20 years in healthcare, she partners with corporations to optimize talent engagement, retention, and productivity by delivering science-backed consulting and energizing keynotes. Known as "the lifestyle pharmacist," she brings both clinical authority and cultural insight to today's most urgent well-being conversations. Listen as Dr. Jamie explores: ☀️ Her origin story of being escorted from her office to the emergency room as she felt symptoms of a heart attack ☀️ The three transformations she made: prioritize fueling brain and body, reset nervous system in real time, embrace strategic rest as performance multiplier ☀️ Why well-being culture compounds retention results rather than just annual surveys that miss the building dumpster fire ☀️ How the Leadership Retention Index reveals patterns contributing to depletion in your organization sooner than annual surveys ☀️ The 70% gap between what people leaders think they're doing and how people receive it Dr. Jamie transforms how leaders think about well-being by proving that as you make well-being visible in one place, you create cultures where top talent thrives rather than dims. 🔑 Key Insight: "I was so focused on the job, the output, the productivity, how I was being perceived, how I was showing up. I wasn't taking care of the person who was helping to lead the strategy: myself. I was not leading myself well at that point in my career. It shook me to my core and forced me to level up how I was leading myself. I had to prioritize how I was fueling my brain and my body even on my busiest days, even as the calendar was stacked. I had to invent a system to reset my nervous system in real time. I had to lean into this concept that strategic rest is important. It's a performance multiplier rather than a weakness. That ordeal showed me something else: I wasn't the only one. The curtain had been lifted. I was not the only one who had experienced physiological transformations and mental transformations because the work was all consuming." 💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Find one place inside your organization where well-being is invisible and make it visible. You can start with the morning huddle, the monthly team meeting, or the quarterly business meeting with senior executives. Pick one space where well-being is practically nonexistent and start that conversation. Share something you discovered listening to this episode that you can do in your life as a leader. Model it. People love to hear you say "try this because I tried it" rather than "do as I say." You can initiate these conversations, processes, and forward momentum in your organization. It all starts with one conversation and a person courageous enough to initiate it. Connect with Dr. Jamie Hardy: Visit LeadershipRetentionIndex.com for your FREE Leadership Retention Index (complete in 5 minutes, reveals patterns contributing to depletion)Visit DrJamieHardy.com for actionable tools, strategies, and blog designed with executive performance and leadership in mindConnect with Dr. Jamie on LinkedIn at Dr. Jamie HardyFollow on Instagram at @DrJamieHardyDiscover how to integrate well-being strategies and solutions into your leadership cultureLearn how to close the 70% gap between what leaders think they're doing and how people receive it #Executivewell-being #StrategicRest #PerformanceMultiplier #well-beingCulture #LeadershipRetentionIndex #TheLifestylePharmacist #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive 🎙️ Love the Work Positive Podcast? Please leave a review on iTunes to help others discover how to grow people and profits with a positive work culture! 🔗 Stay connected with Dr. Joey Faucette: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@workpositive7529LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.joeyfaucette 📧 Know someone who'd make a great guest on the show? Email analiza@getpositive.today with your recommendation!
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    32 mins
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