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CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
In just five minutes a day, Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer of Workforce and Labor for Culture Partners, unpacks the latest research, trends and strategies shaping workplace culture, and driving business results. CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.
Episodes
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Boeing's Culture Change and Focused Feedback
In today's episode: Boeing's culture has seen a turnaround. The key to success has been an emphasis on feedback. Focused feedback starts with positive feedback…
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People, Growth, and Adaptability
In today's episode: The magic of growth and adaptability lies in people skills; building the right team for the current situation. Leaders need to surround…
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CEO Pessimism and Uncertainty
In today's episode: Fortune's latest report shows increasing CEO pessimism. The threat of tariffs will always be present under President Trump; uncertainty is…
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Values Versus Culture
In today's episode: Values and culture can coexist. Values are a non-negotiable about who we are; culture is about sustained behavioral change. Cultural…
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Alignment Has a Shelf Life
In today's episode from the This Week in Culture newsletter: Alignment is a perishable asset; in this fast-paced business world, that shelf life is shorter…
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HBO, Brand, and Culture
In today's episode: In the social media age, companies no longer have a firewall between their public image and their internal workings. A company's brand is…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Happy Birthday, John Frehse
In today's episode featuring John Frehse's mother, Dale... We learn that friend of the show (and birthday boy!) John Frehse has no deep, dark secrets from his…
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The Cognitive Cost of Proactivity
In today's episode: Proactivity at work has many benefits; it increases meaning, engagement, and change. But that proactivity has a real cognitive cost. Change…
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Consciously Unbossing - Jessica on CNN
In today's episode: Increasingly, employees are opting out of the management leadership track. And it's not because they're lazy. Some people have been the…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Case Studies in AI Messaging: Duolingo, Shopify, and Fiverr
In today's episode, we explore three levels of corporate messages regarding AI-based changes within the company: The inauthentic message from Duolingo's…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Fairness in an Organization
In today's episode: ABM's Raul Valentin focuses on the value of fairness and equal opportunity. Consistency in policy across all levels of an organization…
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What the Pope Can Teach Us About Succession Planning
In today's episode, we get some lessons on succession planning from the Catholic Church: In these permanently uncertain times, stability is a leadership asset…
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What Do Employers and Employees Owe To Each Other?
In today's episode: Workers and businesses alike tend to think they're entitled to more than they actually are from each other. In an era of deteriorating…
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Investment Banking Work-Weeks
In today's episode: Investment banking has a culture of long hours and pushing people to the brink; a recent article noted that Baird has a norm of 110-hour…
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The Power of Second Thoughts - The Legacy of David Horowitz & Peter Collier
In today's episode from the This Week in Culture Newsletter: Jessica reflects on "Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts on the Sixties" by David Horowitz and…
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Performance Evaluations and Authenticity
In today's episode: Google is changing compensation to reward high performers; but metrics for judging "high performance" are always subjective. Calibration…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
The April Jobs Numbers - Jessica on LiveNow FOX
In today's episode: The April jobs report was solid; but it may not capture much of the fallout from President Trump's tariffs. In times of big change…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Soul Beyond Sustenance
In today's episode: Brand and culture are fundamentally intertwined. Connecting people to a brand's big-picture purpose can both serve a mission and drive…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
The World is Surrendering to Climate Change
In today's episode: A NYT opinion piece by essayist David Wallace-Wells talks about how world leaders are "surrendering" to climate change by accepting defeat…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Change Management Is Dead. Long Live Change Leadership
In today's episode: The world is changing too fast for discrete change management "efforts" to succeed. Change is a constant. Change is about the "skill, will…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
The Power of Being Seen
In today's episode: Kelli Valade, CEO of Denny's, explains her philosophy that a leader's most important job is to make people feel seen. Her early experiences…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
A New Executive Order on Workplace Discrimination
In today's episode: A new executive order basically revokes the disparate impact theory: discrimination is only judged on intentions, not outcomes. The legal…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Wealth, Feminism, and Blue Origin
In today's episode: Jessica argues the hype around last week's Blue Origin space flight is privilege masquerading as feminism. John doesn't disagree, but says…
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Tariff Impacts Large and Small
In today's episode: If the China tariffs continue, loads of everyday products--like makeup--will become twice as expensive. These small-scale impacts will…
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Houston, We Have a Culture Problem
In today's episode: The hype over last week's Blue Origin space mission got a slew of criticism for being spectacle over substance. We see a similar focus on…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Authenticity and Generative AI
In today's episode: People are still in the habit of "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT; they're obeying the rules of politeness without actually meaning it…
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Convicted Versus Compliant Leadership
In today's episode: In the face of hardship, convicted leadership means taking a risk; compliant leadership absorbs difficult circumstances without rocking the…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
A Culture of Feedback and Improvement
In today's episode: Monique Robertson Gunter explains how she helped Wellby Financial build a culture where employees felt their feedback would be heard and…
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The Results Equation in Action
In today's episode: In working with Culture Partners, Wellby Financial set key results and aligned a culture around achieving them. They escaped the action…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Compensating Top Talent
In today's episode: Your top talent knows they're top talent; they have leverage, even if leadership doesn't acknowledge it directly. In volatile, inflationary…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Disruption Fatigue
In today's episode: Jessica talks about Greg Satell's new article - We Need to Break the Disruption Mindset Workers are tired of the Silicon Valley-esque…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
A Workforce in Survival Mode
In today's episode: Worker confidence is lower than leadership confidence, and it's declining faster. There are three root causes: ambiguity around AI and the…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Being in the People Business
In today's episode: Companies are more than just profits and losses on a spreadsheet; they're made of people with drive, knowledge, and morale. To…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Tariffs and the Auto Workers
In today's episode: President Trump's long-term strategy with tariffs is to bring back American manufacturingg. In the short term, manufacturing will shut down…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Agility is the New Stability
In today's episode: We're living in a time of constant changes; the best way to survive is to be flexible. This pairs with the research Culture Partners did…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
President Trump's Liberation Day
In today's episode: Jessica and John react to the sweeping tariffs President Trump announced last week, and the market nosedive that we've seen since. The…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
The March Jobs Report - Jessica on Schwab Network
In today's episode from Schwab Network: The March jobs report was pretty promising--but it's being overshadowed by the uncertainty around the tariff story. The…
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Highlight: Culture Q&A
In today's clip from one of Jessica's keynotes: If it seems like somebody isn't bought into the company's mission, there's an easy fix: ask. If they're not…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Layoffs at Health and Human Services - Jessica on Merit TV
In today's episode from Merit TV: Last week, RFK Jr. announced large cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services--amid big cuts across Washington…
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The Power of Saying "You're Right"
In today's episode with special guest, Andrew Collier: Deals aren't about dominance. There's a power in acknowledging the beliefs and positions of other…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Doing Business with Humanity
In today's episode with special guest, Andrew Collier: One of the biggest mistakes that leaders can make is to forget their humanity in pursuit of results. At…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
AI and the Abundance Mindset - Jessica on Merit TV
In today's episode from Merit TV: AI is coming in all fields: manufacturing, knowledge work, organization, and leadership. With an abundance mindset, we can…
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Highlight: The Experiences That Shape Culture
In today's clip from one of Jessica's keynotes: Experiences shape your company's culture. The most powerful real experiences: Storytelling, Recognition, and…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Culture and Alignment During Crisis (Part 3)
In today's episode: Employee ownership is a great way to get company-wide alignment, but it's not the only tool. Alignment can come from storytelling…
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Avoiding the Action Trap During Distress (Part 2)
In today's episode: The action trap destroys innovation and creativity. The key to avoiding the action trap is realizing that employees are people driven by…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Navigating Recessions and Crisis (Part 1)
In today's episode: In recessions, some companies panic and some try to take advantage of the situation. It turns out, the best approach was to do nothing at…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Employee Ownership and CEO Empathy
In today's episode: KKR's Pete Stavros explains some of the CEO pushback to employee shared ownership models--including the fact that it can seem like an…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
The Potential of Employee Ownership
In today's episode: KKR's Pete Stavros explains why he believes employee shared ownership can help solve the inequality and unhappiness in our workforce. The…
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Highlight: Crafting a Culture with Experiences
In today's clip from one of Jessica's keynotes: Getting better results means changing culture. Changing culture starts with experiences that shape employee…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Burnout, Apathy, and the Action Trap - Jessica on NewsNation
In today's episode from NewsNation: When companies get caught in the Action Trap, workers burn out without any meaningful change to the culture. Getting out of…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
60% of Americans Feel Trapped in Their Jobs
In today's episode: Most jobs aren't fun and easy. All employees can take accountability by making a personal choice to focus on what they can control. Still…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
The Surrendered Leader
In today's episode: We've been told that great leaders take control to force change. That often means trying to force culture changes. Culture can't be…
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Highlight: Avoiding the Action Trap
In today's clip from one of Jessica's keynotes: Don't get caught in the Action Trap, where a company constantly tries new actions and to achieve results…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Burnout is a Culture Problem
In today's episode: Burnout is still a nationwide problem. And according to a recent study, the cost of burnout is $4,000-$21,000 per year, per employee…
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Using AI to Manage, Not to Lead
In today's episode: AI shouldn't be used to replace human connections and leadership. AI should be leveraged to manage and govern; scheduling and summaries of…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
What To Know About the Tariff Situation
In today's episode: Nobody knows exactly what'll happen next with tariffs. That's disruptive at all levels. Some companies appear to be jumping into big…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
What We Can Expect From the February Jobs Numbers
In today's episode from Fox LiveNow: Experiences shape beliefs. These headlines about huge cuts, tariffs, and DEI are leaving business leaders uncertain--which…
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Highlight: Employee Satisfaction, Engagement, and Fulfillment
In today's clip from one of Jessica's keynotes: People want three things in life: meaning, connection, and wholeness. When building a culture, these three…
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How AI Will Change HR, Corporate Learning, and Jobs
In today's episode: Our understanding of human resources and corporate organization will become more skills-based and cross-functional, requiring continuous…
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How AI is Changing Middle Management
In today's episode: The ability to scale new technology often gets stuck in middle management due to fear of job loss. In the past, hoarding information made a…