The Executive Realm
Often, business and psychology are viewed as different and distinct ideas, but we believe business is driven almost exclusively by the psychology of people. Breaking the barrier into a new realm where the strategic business lens is focused on the behavior of your team, your customers, and your competitors can open a world of possibilities for growth. Join two Business Psychologists, from very different backgrounds, explore the complex intersection of business strategy and clinical psychology in today's rapidly-changing business world. Welcome to the Executive Realm with Dr. D and Dr. K.
Episodes
25 episodes
Work Friendships
In this episode of "The Executive Realm," Dr. D and Dr. K explore the transformative impact of friendships in the workplace. Friendships at work can dramatically enhance our professional lives, blending personal bonds with professional interact...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1
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32:34
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Coaching
Sure, senior executives all have coaches, but if they are so effective, why don't more supervisors, managers, and directors have them? Two business psychologists discuss the value of coaching, finding the right coach, and making this valuable r...
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Season 2023
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Episode 1
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28:35
Trust at Work: Building, Maintaining, and Recovering
We discuss trust in relationships at work… how trust is cultivated, earned, and maintained. We’ll explore what happens when trust is lost, when to try to recover and when to walk away.
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Season 2021
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Episode 22
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26:06
Competitive Strategy: Rivals, Differentiation, and Alignment
We discuss competitive strategy, what it means to think like your competitor, and how that thinking can drive personal and organizational growth.
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Season 2021
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Episode 21
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19:17
Your Leadership Style: Define, Flex, and Refine
We discuss Leadership Styles, looking at the strengths and weaknesses of different natural styles, biases that are introduced when a person with one style works with another style, and how to flex your style to maximize your and your team’s suc...
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Season 2021
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Episode 20
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21:34
Mastering Organizational Strategic Planning: Design, Align, and Democratize
We discuss what it takes to master strategic planning-- by bringing the right people together to find the best path forward in your organization, then keeping them aligned from top to bottom.
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Season 2021
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Episode 19
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21:42
Psychological Capital: Resilience, Efficacy, and Optimism
We discuss psychological capital--these are the resources people use at work that are fundamental to job success, like resilience, optimism, hope, and personal effectiveness. This is an element of business psychology that can really help provid...
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Season 2021
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Episode 18
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25:16
The Impostor Feeling: Fear, Focus, and Forgiveness
We discuss impostor syndrome. Why do people sometimes believe they are not as competent as others perceive them? It is a familiar feeling among those newly promoted to next-level leadership roles. We will explore this feeling of self-dou...
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Season 2021
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Episode 17
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15:49
Virtual Teams: Home, In-Office, or Hybrid
We discuss managing virtual teams and defining your workplace engagement strategy. Since virtual teams are much more commonplace today, and organizations are facing decisions about continuing remote work, hybrid, and in-office, we offer thought...
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Season 2021
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Episode 16
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21:12
Invisible Promotions: Necessity, Subjection, or Opportunity
We discuss ‘invisible promotions’ at work: when you take on so many additional responsibilities but without additional pay or title; how should you think about accepting additional responsibilities and how do you balance expanded roles for your...
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Season 2021
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Episode 15
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20:25
Emotional Intelligence: Myths, Methods, and Benefits
We explore Emotional Intelligence and its role in organizational leadership. Is it critical to leadership or is it just hype? Is it innate to a person’s personality or can it be a developed leadership trait?
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Season 2021
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Episode 14
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17:38
Burnout at Work: Stress, Symptoms, and Solutions
We discuss stress and burnout at work, why it sneaks up on people, and how it creates more havoc than you realize.
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Season 2021
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Episode 13
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20:48
Inward vs. Outward Organizational Focus: Competition, Purpose, and Commitment
We discuss inward versus outward organizational focus, the risks when an organization becomes too focused on events and circumstances happening within your own organization and lose focus on the outward-facing mission and the external threats f...
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Season 2021
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Episode 12
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18:11
Information Overload at Work: Anxiety, Communication, and Coordination
We discuss information and data overload, when people over or under rely on data, and how information behavior affects decision making.
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Season 2021
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Episode 11
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17:59
An Introduction: Hosts, Hopes, and Rapid-Fire Questions
A light-hearted introduction to your guides in the Executive Realm
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Season 2021
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Episode 0
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15:28
Corporate Social Responsibility: Competitive Ethics, Employee Engagement, and Customer Community
We discuss Corporate Social Responsibility, the influence business can have on the community it serves, and the ways it benefits employees, customers, and profits
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Season 2021
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Episode 10
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18:49
The Leadership "Ivory Tower": Myths, Risks, and Repairs
We discuss the perception of the leadership “Ivory tower,” exploring why employees develop the perception of the ‘distant and disconnected’ leadership team and why it is important for executives to be present, available, and accessible.
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Season 2021
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Episode 9
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29:35
Gender Equity in Organizations: Discussing, Overcoming, and Balancing
Talking about closing the gender gap, exploring why this is such a sticky issue, and capturing strategies to bring gender balance and equity to your organization.
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Season 2021
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Episode 8
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16:14
Embracing Organizational Change: Planning, Adopting, and Accelerating
We talk about teams “embracing change” and discuss how organizations can prepare for change big and small, so team members can process, prepare, and accelerate change adoption.
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Season 2021
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Episode 7
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24:45
Workplace Psychological Safety: Creating, Aligning, and Measuring
We explore Psychological Safety in the workplace: how it influences the way people work, how to increase the sense of psychological safety in your culture and your leadership team, and how to bring alignment to hot-spot areas of the organiza...
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Season 2021
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Episode 6
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23:41
Micromanagement: Control, Trust, and Leadership
Locus of Control and Micromanagement: What it says about leaders, the dangers for teams, and how to break the trust/control/micromanagement cycle.
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Season 2021
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Episode 5
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23:31
Leadership Confirmation Bias: Dangers, Symptoms, and Solutions
We share how confirmation bias can erode effective organizational strategies, and discuss interventions which help teams and leaders reduce risk and avoid faulty decision making.
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Season 2021
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Episode 4
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31:27
Organizational Atmosphere: Its Impact on Organizational Culture, Engagement, and Climate
Organizational Atmosphere: How it can support or undermine organizational culture, and ways you can create atmosphere to improve the way teams work together
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Season 2021
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Episode 3
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31:20
The Workplace, Post-Covid: Psychological Risk, Change Fatigue, and Acute Stress
This is part two of our Post-Covid workplace series where we will explore the psychological risks teams will face, the support people may need, and how to approach the complex mental health needs to keep your teams safe and your work environ...
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Season 2021
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Episode 2
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41:23
The Workplace, Post-Covid: Change, Uncertainty, and Strategy
In part one of our Post-Covid workplace series where we’ll explore the potential workplace pitfalls and risks driven by change and uncertainty, along with opportunities created and redeeming strategies to help you and your organization emerg...
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Season 2021
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Episode 1
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36:28