Aug 11, 2021
Mindful Employment:
Throwing the Baby Out with the Bath Water
with Trevor & Dave
#45
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Now, let’s jump in!
00:00 - Intro 00:28 – Mindfulness relative to the employment challenges today
02:07 – The “shortage
03:35 – We just need warm bodies
05:08 – The pressure on incumbents to feel valued
06:00 – Values and retaining your culture
06:41 – 6 X 12 workweek and its impact
08:18 – Are we driving our workforce away?
09:12 – Making mindful decisions as an employee and employer
10:56 – Intentionality
10:15 – “If you can label it, you can tame it”
10:50 – Turnover rationale
12:02 – Loving you workforce and why the relationship is sustained
13:48 – Go flip hamburgers somewhere. Really?
14:45 – Leaders’ mindfulness messaging and alignment
15:15 – The huge disconnect
16:00 – The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know
17:06 – The employment equation
17:47 – A Mindful word for the Employee
19:46 – A Mindful word for the Employer
22:20 – It’s time for us to talk about this
23:28 – Closing
24:00 - End