Oct 13, 2026
Plenty of companies say they’re all in on AI. Privately, a lot of them aren’t sure what to do with it. Jeff Wilser sees that gap in leadership rooms all the time, and he calls what often fills it AI theater. Think shiny tools that never make it into real workflows, or quotas that punish people for not using AI...
Oct 9, 2026
A quiet team can feel like proof that things are going well. Suzi Wear sees it differently. If you're not hearing suggestions, feedback, or even complaints, something is usually keeping people from being open and honest with you.
In this episode, Suzi and Brandon dig into the moment a frustrated employee shows up at...
Oct 6, 2026
Tanya Uyigue applied for a promotion she was qualified for and didn't get it. She asked why. Nobody ever told her.
That silence became the starting point for her book, What Your Team Won't Tell You. It's written for the employees who can't safely give their managers honest feedback, and for the managers who were never...
Sep 29, 2026
Most leaders who carry everything already know they're doing it. Alli Murphy did. Four years ago on this show, she named her own patterns, from perfectionism to finding it easier to advocate for her team than for herself. She had a coach. It still nearly broke her.
Alli is back to talk about what finally changed....
Sep 22, 2026
Your Employee Did Their Research. It Was for the Wrong Industry.
An employee walks in with AI research, fully confident they're owed back wages and penalties for missed 10-minute rest breaks. The research wasn't made up. It was valid information for a different industry, and it didn't apply to their employer.
Xenium HR...