Psychology at Work

Casey and Tim open up PAW Pod mail bag (i.e. email inbox) and answer listener questions!  Listen as they drill down into psychological safety, helping your work team become more comfortable with using assessments, and getting to a place of "yes" - and even a discussion on the implications of the evolving world of work!

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Stress and distress are inevitable - but can we really predict how everyone responds to stress?  Listen as Casey and Tim discuss their findings on their research regarding stress, how it impacts how we show up at work....and what works for reducing its impact!  You just might be surprised.

Opening Quote: 
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. " ~Lou Holtz

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Casey and Tim conceptualize personality as having multiple layers, in this episode they break down one of the deeper layers: Psychological Values. Listen as they discuss the historical foundations of Murray's System of Needs and how these impact how we show up.  David Rock's SCARF model gets a mention, along with a few other relevant tangents.

Opening Quote: 
"Every human being is:  
1) like every other human being
2) like some other human beings
3) like no other human being " ~Kluckhohn & Murray

Psychological Values
-Information
-Connection
-Ambition
-Acknowledgement
-Certainty

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In part 2 of the series on power, Casey and Tim break down the six bases of power as originally offered by social psychologists Bertram Raven and John French.  Building off of part 1 (in season 1), this is a deeper look at the differences between positional power and personal power.

Opening Quote: "Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it." ~Warren Bennis

Bases of Positional Power
-Legitimate
-Reward
-Coercive
-Informational

Bases of Personal Power
-Expert
-Referent

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In this episode, Casey and Tim discuss some of the theoretical underpinnings behind the turn to strength-based thinking.  They explain their take on what strengths really are, how to best leverage them - and of course, what might get in the way from time-to-time.  And don't miss the last few minutes in which the origin story of "it depends" emerges.

Opening quote:  "In most cases, strengths and weaknesses are two sides of the same coin.  A strength in one situation is a weakness in another, yet often the person can't switch gears.  It's a very subtle thing to talk about strengths and weaknesses because almost always they're the same thing." ~Steve Jobs

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Casey and Tim kick off Season 2 diving into the topic of courage.  Is it the same thing as bravery?  What does it have to do with work?  How is courage connected to our values....and our body?  Is everything really a choice?  Listen as this episode explores these questions, and more!

Opening quote:  "Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision." ~Winston Churchill

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Self-Awareness is important (it comes up in almost every episode!).  As a follow up to the "Try Something Different" episode, Casey and Tim discuss 3 different means of getting feedback about ourselves in order to increase our self-awareness.

Self - Self
Self - Others
Self - Objective

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How many times in a day do you hear people refer to someone's 'personality'?  Or use 'personality' as an excuse for...anything.  While personality is an often cited reason for all sorts of things (mostly problems), it is often misused and misunderstood.  Listen as Casey and Tim break down their conceptualization of personality, which goes beyond just traits. 

Opening quote: "If it wasn't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever." 
-David Letterman

Personality:  The enduring and unique structural constellation of one’s characteristics, styles, and traits which asynchronously interact with the socio-circumstantial environment to manifest in varying behavior.

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Is power a bad thing?  Does it corrupt absolutely?  Power is an ever-present and complex construct.  This is part one of an ongoing series about power.  This episode lays the foundation for what power actually is (it's a real thing) and introduces two kinds of power: positional power and personal power.

Opening quote: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln

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Is insight necessary for behavior change?  Are our behavior options limited to our personality?  This episode explores the importance of self-awareness and also why it's not enough on its own.

Opening quote: "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." -Carl Rogers

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Emotions are contagious - both positive and negative - whether we like it or not.  Listen as Casey and Tim break down the mechanisms of emotional contagion and discuss how to prevent it.

Opening quote:
“Repeatedly catching negative emotions from the people in our lives can create a miasma—preventing us from seeing the contagion or its cause. Instead, we sense we’re in an unhealthy environment. And in worst-case scenarios, emotional contagion leads to harmful actions.”  -Carlin Flora (Article referenced: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201906/protect-yourself-emotional-contagion)

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How we show up and the impact we have, hinges on our mindset.  It's a decision we make every day.  Listen as Casey and Tim break down this human process and call for a movement!

Opening quote:
“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What exactly are significance and purpose?  Listen as Casey and Tim explore these two constructs, the inherent subjective nature of them, and learn about a key first step in discovering your significance and purpose in yourself.

Opening quote:
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Drs. Casey and Tim dive into the concept of Psychological Safety.  What is it?  What is it not (how it's been twisted)?  Neuroscience, fear, baseball and being "name called" all find their way into the discussion....and more!

"Rocco wanted to create the same environment, to get players to be the best versions of themselves.  There's a lot of transparency in the clubhouse, to where he's found a way to be over-communicative.  That is the way he leans on his coaching staff.  With Rocco, it's never about him. He arrives at the best possible conclusions for our team by talking to the pitching coach, the hitting coach, the strength and conditioning coach, the trainers, everyone. It creates a psychologically safe environment in which to share ideas."  This quote by MN Twins Chief Baseball Officer, Derek Falvey, sets the stage for the focus of this episode.

Amy Edmondson, professor at Harvard Business School, first identified the concept of psychological safety in work teams in 1999.

Validation
Acknowledgment
Reassurance

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Psychologists Dr. Casey Lankow and Dr. Tim Johansson announce the release of their new podcast - Psychology at Work - dropping June 27, 2019.  Subscribe today anywhere you listen to podcasts!