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Relationships at Work - a trust-driven leadership podcast

Russel Lolacher

Relationships at Work - the leadership podcast helping you build workplace connection, improve culture, and avoid blind spots. A relatable and honest show on leadership, organizational culture and soft skills, focusing on improving employee engagement and company culture to inspire people to apply, stay and thrive.Because no one wants leadership that fosters toxic environments at work, nor should they.Host, speaker and communications leader Russel Lolacher shares his experience and insights,

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11:45

Leadership Starts with Self-Awareness: Moving from...

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2025/09/02

Part 2 of our 4-part conversation on shifting our leadership from friction to flow.. Flow begins with you. In this episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher talks with Margaret Graziano, culture transformation expert and bestselling author of Ignite Culture, about how ego, triggers, and old patterns affect leadership. Learn why personal awareness is the first step toward flow, and why leaders can’t move their teams forward without first moving themselves. And connect with me for ...

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27:33

Friction vs Flow at Work: Leadership Clarity for...

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2025/09/01

Part 1 of our 4-part conversation on shifting our leadership from friction to flow.. What’s the difference between friction and flow in the workplace? In this episode of the Relationships at Work podcast, host Russel Lolacher sits down with Margaret Graziano — CEO of KeenAlignment and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Ignite Culture. Together they define friction in leadership, explore how it wastes energy and productivity, and explain how clarity helps leaders shift their people and ...

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9:41

How a Team Credo Builds Trust and Alignment

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2025/08/29

In this solo mini-episode, host Russel Lolacher shares a leadership tool that helped him retain a team for more than a decade: the team credo. Drawing from his own experience, Russel explains how a short, clear set of guiding principles can improve communication, build trust, and align your team around what matters most. You’ll also get seven practical steps to create a credo that inspires and strengthens workplace culture. And connect with me for more great content! Sign Up for R@W Notes ...

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15:12

Building Wellness into Organizational Culture

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2025/08/28

Wellness isn’t just an individual practice — it has to be operationalized into the culture of the workplace. Host Russel Lolacher speaks with Stephen Kohler, founder of Audira, about how organizations can prove they value wellness through their calendars, budgets, and workload trade-offs. This episode explores how embedding wellness into culture improves retention, engagement, and the overall employee experience. And connect with me for more great content! Sign Up for R@W Notes Subscribe o...

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6:46

How Leaders Can Model Wellness for Their Teams

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2025/08/27

Teams don’t believe in wellness because of posters — they believe in it because of their leaders. Host Russel Lolacher is joined by executive coach Stephen Kohler to discuss why role modeling matters, how leaders can reinforce wellness with consistency and empathy, and why even small actions — like encouraging a teammate to take a walk — build trust and resilience across a team. And connect with me for more great content! Sign Up for R@W Notes Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Linkedin Foll...

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16:26

Why Wellness Starts with the Leader

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2025/08/26

The most important relationship a leader has is with themselves. In this conversation, host Russel Lolacher talks with Stephen Kohler — CEO of Audira and author of The Leadership Anthem — about how stress shows up in the body, what cortisol and fight-or-flight do to leadership, and how leaders can hold themselves accountable with a simple mind–body–spirit check. Protecting your own wellness first sets the stage for leading others well. And connect with me for more great content! Sign Up for...

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18:42

What Workplace Wellness Really Means for Leaders

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2025/08/25

Workplace wellness is more than perks, programs, or posters on the wall. In this episode, host Russel Lolacher explores how leaders can define wellness with clarity alongside executive coach and author Stephen Kohler. Together they look at why wellness requires alignment with your values, your relationships, and your community — and how clear definitions can shape healthier workplaces and stronger cultures. And connect with me for more great content! Sign Up for R@W Notes Subscribe on Yout...

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7:49

The Wrong Tone in Leadership

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2025/08/22

In this Relationships at Work episode, host Russel Lolacher explores one of leadership’s most overlooked skills—tone. It’s not just what you say, it’s how you say it. From quick emails to team meetings, the wrong tone can undermine intent, damage relationships, and weaken trust. Russel shares a real-world example of how three simple words—“Perfect, for now”—changed the dynamic of a working relationship, and offers practical actions leaders can take to ensure their communication lands as inten...

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14:11

Transforming Workplace Culture with the Superloop...

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2025/08/21

Part 4 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework. What does a healthy, human-centered workplace really look like? Susan Leger Ferraro — executive coach, speaker, and bestselling author of Superloop joins Russel Lolacher to reveal how her framework can transform organizational culture. From equity audits to leadership accountability, Susan shares proven strategies to align beliefs, biology, and behavior at every level, creating workplaces where people and performance thrive. And ...

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18:44

From Conflict to Connection: Superloop Practices for...

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2025/08/20

Part 3 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework. Strong teams aren’t built by accident. In this episode, Russel Lolacher sits down with Susan Leger Ferraro — senior advisor, CEO of G3 Works, and author of the bestselling book Superloop. She explains how practices like clearing conversations, Feedforward, and Pathmaker roles help teams move beyond conflict and into connection. Learn practical steps from Susan’s leadership framework for building trust, improving communication, and ...

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13:46

Breaking Patterns: Triggers, Self-Awareness & the...

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2025/08/19

Part 2 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework. Your relationship with yourself determines how you show up as a leader. Susan Leger Ferraro — speaker, executive coach, and bestselling author of Superloop — shares why triggers aren’t setbacks, but signals for growth. Discover how to use self-reflection, emotional hygiene, and conscious interruption of your Superloop to build resilience, confidence, and clarity in leadership. And connect with me for more great content! Sign Up f...

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26:47

Clarity in Leadership: Understanding the Superloop of...

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2025/08/18

Part 1 of our 4-part conversation on the Superloop framework. In this episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher and Susan Leger Ferraro, author of Superloop, unpack how beliefs, biology, and behavior create the framework for everything we do as leaders and employees. Discover how awareness of this loop helps us stop running on autopilot and start shaping better outcomes for ourselves and our workplaces. Hey! If you're enjoying the insights from our guests, you'll love our R@W Not...

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31:19

The Real Role of HR Governance in Your Workplace

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2025/08/01

Governance isn't just paperwork and policy—it shapes how employees are hired, managed, and treated every single day. In this episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher sits down with HR leader Dominique Brewer to dig into what HR governance really is, how it connects to the employee experience, and why leadership accountability is essential for it to succeed. From the Workhuman*LIVE event in Colorado, Dominique shares how frameworks and shared accountability can reduce risk, incre...

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15:03

Building a Culture of Authenticity at Work

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2025/07/31

This is part 4 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership. You can’t fake authenticity — and culture knows when you try. In this episode, author and executive coach Jim Fielding joins to discuss how leaders shape organizational culture through tone, vulnerability, and consistent behavior. As a former executive with teams of thousands at companies like Disney and Claire’s, Jim shares the signals of inauthentic cultures, the role of curiosity in connection, and the daily actions tha...

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15:13

Authenticity Starts with Who You Hire

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2025/07/30

This is part 3 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership. Team culture begins before day one. In this episode, executive coach, author, and former Disney exec Jim Fielding reveals how authenticity shows up in the hiring process, how to build trust through vulnerability, and why showing up as a fully human leader sets the tone for every team interaction. From performance conversations to “espresso machine culture,” Jim explains what real empowerment looks like — and how to create ...

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14:36

The Inner Work of Authentic Leadership

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2025/07/29

This is part 2 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership. Self-awareness isn’t optional if you want to lead authentically. In this episode, author and executive coach Jim Fielding explores the personal barriers that prevent leaders from showing up as their true selves. From trauma and identity to DISC profiles and 360 reviews, Jim shares the internal tools and honest moments that shaped his leadership journey — and how understanding your own story helps you lead with empathy, clar...

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21:44

What Authentic Leadership Really Looks Like

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2025/07/28

This is part 1 of a 4-part conversation on authentic leadership. Authenticity is often used as a leadership buzzword — but what does it actually mean? In this episode, Jim Fielding, executive coach and author of All Pride, No Ego, shares his clear and human-centered definition of authentic leadership. Drawing on his experience as a former executive at Disney, DreamWorks, and Fox, Jim explains how authenticity creates psychological safety, the importance of adapting in “the grey,” and wh...

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28:35

How Recognition Shapes Workplace Culture, Belonging...

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2025/07/25

In this episode of Relationships at Work, we explore how recognition is more than praise — it's a cultural signal that defines values, fosters belonging, and drives performance. Host Russel Lolacher sits down with a workplace recognition expert from Workhuman to dig into: Why generic praise fails to make people feel seenHow meaningful recognition strengthens psychological safetyThe damage of performative or biased recognitionWhy culture is built from everyday moments, not posters on the wallT...

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14:33

Culture Won’t Change Without Leadership Development

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2025/07/24

This is part 4 of a 4-part conversation on the context we need for improving leadership development. If your workplace culture isn’t evolving, your leadership development probably isn’t either. In this Relationships at Work episode, Dr. Rob Lion joins Russel Lolacher to explore how broken systems, poor communication, and lack of psychological safety derail leadership development efforts. They dive into what it takes to manage up, lead across, and build better—without waiting for permission. ...

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10:12

Leadership Development Is a Shared Journey

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2025/07/23

This is part 3 of a 4-part conversation on the context we need for improving leadership development. Great leadership development isn’t done in isolation—it’s done with the team. In this Relationships at Work episode, Dr. Rob Lion explains how leaders can use trust, vulnerability, and shared growth to develop themselves and those around them. Russel Lolacher explores how team engagement and development can be intentional, relational, and central to leadership success. 🔍 You’ll learn: How to

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