Messy Workplaces, Bad Bosses & More: Navigate the Workplace w/ Isabel Berwick | Working It #84
Channel: Anatomy of a Leader
Date: 2024-01-09

This week’s guest is Isabel Berwick, an expert in helping people navigate post-pandemic careers and understand workplace cultures, in order for them to thrive at work.

The workplace has long been a site of drama - dealing with bad bosses, navigating office politics, salary negotiations, and the dreary 9-to-5 routine, not to mention sexist comments in the boardroom.

But, as the workforce evolves with the entry of Gen Z, current workplace cultures are being questioned, as they no longer align with contemporary work expectations.

If this is something you’re interested in, then this episode is for you!

Timestamps:
00:00 - The Messiness of Workplaces and Human Drama
04:09 - Workplace Emotions and Handling Polarisation Within Companies
09:18 - Workplace Anger and Factors Driving Employee Departures
10:37 - Main Reasons People Leave Their Jobs and the Role of Managers
12:13 - Challenges in Recruitment and Making Placements Work
14:21 - Questions to Ask Your Potential New Boss in an Interview
17:35 - Boomerang Employees 
19:26 - Gen Z’s Perspective on Bad Bosses and Evolving Mentorship
21:06 - Gender Pay Gap and Transparency Measures in the Workplace
23:45 - Salaries and Negotiation: To Ask or Not to Ask?
25:53 - Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Strategies for Pay Equality and Diverse Leadership
26:49 - Shifting from Token Diversity to Inclusive Leadership
28:11 - Charisma in Leadership: Inspiring or Dangerous?
31:16 - Messy Workplaces: The Impact of Fear, Avoidance, and Communication Gaps
33:07 - The Problem with Feedback
38:11 - Accepting Your Blind Spots
40:52 - Why Radical Transparency is Unhelpful
41:58 - Learning from Younger Generations
42:48 - Isabel’s New Book: The Future-Proof Career
45:03 - AI, Pandemic, and the Future of Work
48:42 - Office Pros and the Notion of Belonging
52:34 - The Biggest Changes in Employee Expectations
55:55 - Matching Personal Strengths with Company Needs: Neurodiversity and Skills Alignment
01:01:41 - New Year’s Resolutions for Professional Growth
01:07:53 - Books that Shaped Isabel’s Thinking in the Past Year
01:11:07 - Exploring Failure and Its Role in Success
01:12:31 - Becoming Better Followers and Leadership Loneliness

Isabel is the host of the Financial Times Working It podcast and author of its namesake newsletter. 
 
She moderates FT events, serves as the editorial lead for the FT Women in Business Forum, and is author of an upcoming book about thriving in the workplace - The Future-Proof Career. 

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The Future Proof Career by Isabel Berwick - https://amzn.to/3NRirpm
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks - https://amzn.to/3tzaa2E
The 100-Year Life by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott - https://amzn.to/48nVVgd
Right Kind of Wrong by Amy Edmondson - https://amzn.to/3TNBjcN
Playing Big by Tara Mohr - https://amzn.to/3TS5wrg

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