Harmonious Workplaces Podcast

Harmonious Workplaces Ep 11 Getting Comfortable with Ambiguity

Ambiguity. For some people, it’s frustrating; for some, it’s scary; for some, it’s exciting; and for everyone, it seems more prevalent now than ever before.
Pre-Intro Value Add: Whether you find ambiguity scary or exciting, we’re here to tell you that you can learn ways to become more comfortable with it, and, as leaders, you can help reduce the level of ambiguity on your team. Keep listening to learn how.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.
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To contact Rich or Sharyl, please visit www.workbalanceconsulting.com. To connect with Ben, find him on LinkedIn or visit www.harborsidestrategy.com.

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep 10: Countering Change Fatigue

Change fatigue, change lethargy, and burnout are real feelings that can significantly decrease employee motivation, engagement, and productivity. These feelings impact employees' quality of life, the quality of their work, and their interactions with customers. Ultimately, these are risks to a company’s brand, profitability, and sustainability.
Like many adversities, the first thing we need to do is recognize and acknowledge them. Only then can we begin to address them.
The good news? With a bit of intentionality, good old-fashioned listening, and some of our favorite tips, you can counter change fatigue and burnout and bring people back into a happier, more harmonious space.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.
Thanks for listening to Harmonious Workplaces.
Harmonious Workplaces is available on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and other streaming platforms.
We’d love any feedback on whatever channel you find us on. Please rate, like, and share our podcast with your network. Also, remember to add Harmonious Workplaces to your list of favorites to be notified about each new episode.
To contact Rich or Sharyl, please visit www.workbalanceconsulting.com. To connect with Ben, find him on LinkedIn or visit www.harborsidestrategy.com.

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep 9: Training for Lasting Change

Change management sometimes includes training, sometimes not, depending on the company or function or project. In general, if change management isn't "in charge" of training, it at least needs to be aware of and liaising well with the people leading training. This goes along with:
ADKAR's Ability area
Kotter's Enable Action by Removing Barriers area
Lander's Organizational Learning area
Lewin's Change phase
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.
Thanks for listening to Harmonious Workplaces.
Harmonious Workplaces is available on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and other streaming platforms.
We’d love any feedback on whatever channel you find us on. Please rate, like, and share our podcast with your network. Also, remember to add Harmonious Workplaces to your list of favorites to be notified about each new episode.
To contact Rich or Sharyl, please visit www.workbalanceconsulting.com. To connect with Ben, find him on LinkedIn or visit www.harborsidestrategy.com.

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep. 8: Overcoming Resistance to Change

Getting change right is so important for organizations today. Yet change is hard in large part because it usually involves lots of different people, who might have different perspectives and goals and needs, not to mention anything about different levels of internal motivation or ability to change.
Unfortunately, not everyone will be onboard with what’s needed and may resist your efforts to help them walk through that change journey. Some may even hamper or sandbag your efforts, which can cripple your overall success and demoralize others.
Today we’ll be talking about ways to overcome that resistance to change.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.
Thanks for listening to Harmonious Workplaces.
Harmonious Workplaces is available on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and other streaming platforms.
We’d love any feedback on whatever channel you find us on. Please rate, like, and share our podcast with your network. Also, remember to add Harmonious Workplaces to your list of favorites to be notified about each new episode.
To contact Rich or Sharyl, please visit www.workbalanceconsulting.com. To connect with Ben, find him on LinkedIn or visit www.harborsidestrategy.com.

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep 7: Practical Tips to Implement Change, Part 4

In this episode of the Harmonious Workplaces Podcast, Sharyl Volpe, Ben Kleinman, and Rich Cruz continue our discussion on practical tools and techniques to employ during organizational change initiatives. Learn about closing change projects and making change efforts stick as part of organizational culture.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.
Thanks for listening to Harmonious Workplaces.
Harmonious Workplaces is available on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and other streaming platforms.
We’d love any feedback on whatever channel you find us on. Please rate, like, and share our podcast with your network. Also, remember to add Harmonious Workplaces to your list of favorites to be notified about each new episode.
To contact Rich or Sharyl, please visit www.workbalanceconsulting.com. To connect with Ben, find him on LinkedIn or visit www.harborsidestrategy.com.

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep 6: Practical Tips to Implement Change Final, Part 3

In this episode of the Harmonious Workplaces Podcast, Sharyl Volpe, Ben Kleinman, and Rich Cruz continue our discussion on practical tools and techniques to employ during organizational change initiatives. Here, we talk about how to keep the momentum going as you close out the change project and embed any new behaviors.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.
Thanks for listening to Harmonious Workplaces. Harmonious Workplaces is available on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and other streaming platforms. We’d love any feedback on whatever channel you find us on.
Please rate, like, and share our podcast with your network. Also, remember to add Harmonious Workplaces to your list of favorites to be notified about each new episode.
To contact Rich or Sharyl, please visit www.workbalanceconsulting.com.
To connect with Ben, find him on LinkedIn or visit www.harborsidestrategy.com. 

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep 5: Practical Tips to Implement Change Final, Part 2

In this episode of the Harmonious Workplaces Podcast, Ben Kleinman and Rich Cruz continue our discussion on practical tools and technique to employ during organizational change initiatives. This time more in the implementation stage beyond planning.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.
Thanks for listening to Harmonious Workplaces. You can find Harmonious Workplaces on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and other streaming platforms.
We’d love any feedback on whatever channel you find us on. Please rate, like, and share our podcast with your network, and remember to add Harmonious Workplaces to your list of favorites to get notified about each new episode.
To contact Rich or Sharyl, please visit www.workbalanceconsulting.com. To connect with Ben, find him on LinkedIn or visit www.harborsidestrategy.com.

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep 4: Practical Tips to Implement Change, Part 1

In this episode of the Harmonious Workplaces Podcast, Ben Kleinman, Sharyl Volpe, and Rich Cruz discuss some practical tools and technique to employ during organizational change initiatives.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com to learn more about change leadership, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, and strategic human resources management.

Harmonious Workplaces, Ep 3: Psychology and Change

In this episode, we talk specifically about some of the psychology of organizational change. We are delighted to bring Sharyl Volpe onto the show. Rich and Sharyl studied Industrial-Organizational Psychology together at Purdue, and they co-founded WorkBalance Consulting.
An article published in 2023 by Albrect, Furlong, and Liechter in Frontiers in Psychology outlined a model for organizational change that brought about proactive work behaviors. The elements that contributed to change engagement included: The meaningfulness of change An environment fostering psychological safety Self-efficacy among the workgroups. We'll compare and contrast some other research about psychology and change in this podcast.
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Harmonious Workplaces Podcast, Ep 2: Why Is Change Hard?

Welcome to our SECOND podcast (we’re still going strong!). Last time, we talked about a few reasons WHY organizations might want to or need to change. Today, we’re talking about why that change can be so hard, and what you can do to make it a little easier for everyone. The Harmonious Workplaces Podcast was started by two independent consultants, Rich Cruz and Ben Kleinman, to explore, challenge, and build on various organizational culture and change management concepts. It’s a blend of theory and practice based on their personal and professional experiences working with companies of all sizes across various industries. If you own a business, lead a team, want new ideas about the corporate environment, or just want to listen to two guys talking about how to make work more enjoyable, we invite you to sit back, relax and dive in with us to Harmonious Workplaces.