Work Positive Podcast By Dr. Joey Faucette cover art

Work Positive

Work Positive

By: Dr. Joey Faucette
Listen for free

Work Positive podcast guests share strategies and tactics, real-life stories, and case studies that focus on how you can attract top talent and reduce team turnover. The host of the Work Positive podcast, Dr. Joey Faucette, is an executive coach, culture architect, and best-selling author. His latest book, Work Positive in a Negative World: Team Edition, is the manifesto for developing your positive work culture. Listen to the Work Positive podcast if you: want to attract top talent desire to reduce team turnover invest in leadership training are performance driven, and; care about your team members.Copyright 2022 Work Positive podcast, Dr. Joey Faucette, All Rights Reserved. Economics Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • EP 179 | The NASCAR Framework for Talent Development | Dr. Joey Faucette

    EP 179 | The NASCAR Framework for Talent Development | Dr. Joey Faucette
    Mar 22 2026
    How do you win the race to develop talent when 70% of employees haven't mastered the skills they need for their current jobs and 80% lack the skills they'll need for their future roles? What if you could apply NASCAR racing strategies to create a continuous learning culture that accelerates talent development? Why do 96% of executives believe their organization exhibits a growth mindset while only 45% of employees agree? Discover the proven framework to win the race to develop talent on this special LinkedIn Live episode of the Work Positive Podcast. Dr. Joey Faucette unveils his groundbreaking L.E.A.R.N. framework, drawing from NASCAR racing metaphors and insights from seven remarkable Work Positive Podcast guests. Special thanks to Eric Coomes of The Knorr Group Alcova Mortgage, former Head Driving Instructor for Petty Enterprises for 13 years, who consulted on this book and NASCAR applications. Listen as Dr. Joey explores: ☀️ The communication triangle of driver, crew chief, and spotter and how it applies to employees, leaders, and customers ☀️ Why culture is the power grid that carries energy across your organization and how small breaks stop everything ☀️ How psychological safety creates the exhale that lets people accelerate authenticity and go faster in the right direction ☀️ Why top talent wants feed-forward information, not just feedback at the end of a quarter or year ☀️ How center leaders sit between strategy and results and know if strategy won't work before executives know Dr. Joey transforms how leaders think about talent development by proving that when you apply the L.E.A.R.N. framework, you create a culture where growing people grows profits. 🔑 Key Insight: "The power grid in a company is the culture. It's what carries that energy across, and you don't need a very big breakage for the thing to stop. When you share authenticity and talk truthfully about what's going on, there's a psychological safety that you can almost see people exhale. Top talent wants feed-forward information. They don't want just feedback at the end of a week or month or quarter. They want feedback live time, in the moment, in action, in a forward way." 💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Choose ONE element of the L.E.A.R.N. framework to implement this week: L: Ask three team members "What's one skill you'd love to develop this year to serve better?" Then really listenE: Before your next team meeting, ask each person "On a scale of 1 to 10, where's your energy today?" Then ask "What would move you up one point?"A: In your next one-on-one, share one mistake you made recently and what you learned, then ask them to do the sameR: Ask team members the three coaching questions: "What were your hopes and dreams when you took this job? Do you still have these hopes and dreams? What can I do to help you achieve them?"N: Before checking email tomorrow, ask yourself "What will I do today to help someone on my team learn and grow?" The L.E.A.R.N. Framework: Learn Fast: Speed Up Talent DevelopmentEnergy Flows: Culture Powers Talent DevelopmentAccelerate Authenticity: Go Faster in the Right DirectionReverse Fear to Feed-Forward: Make New Mistakes FasterNeed for Lead: Center Leaders Grow on the Edge Featured Work Positive Podcast Guests: Steve Cadigan (LinkedIn's first CHRO, hire for learning velocity)Chip Higgins (The Bizzics Way, culture as power grid)Sara Schaefer (psychological safety and authenticity)Angela Cusack (feed-forward vs. feedback)Rich Salon (The One Minute Jerk at Work, ask don't tell)Roberta Matuson (hopes and dreams coaching questions)Tony O'Driscoll (Everyday Superhero, center leaders) Special Recognition: Eric Coomes of The Knorr Group Alcova Mortgage, former Head Driving Instructor for Petty Enterprises, stunt double and consultant in Talladega Nights and Herbie's Love Bug. Connect with Eric at https://alcova.com/group/knorr-group Connect with Dr. Joey Faucette: Get your FREE copy of "L.E.A.R.N. @ Work: The Race to Develop Talent" on Kindle or by messaging Dr. Joey on LinkedInTake the FREE Work Positive Culture Assessment at workpositive.todayMessage Dr. Joey on LinkedIn for personalized talent development strategies #LEARNatWork #TalentDevelopment #NASCARLeadership #FeedForward #CenterLeaders #LearningVelocity #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive 🎙️ Love the Work Positive Podcast? Please leave a review on iTunes to help others discover how to grow people and profits with a positive work culture! 🔗 Stay connected with Dr. Joey Faucette: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@workpositive7529LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/ 📧 Know someone who'd make a great guest on the show? Email analiza@getpositive.today with your recommendation!
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 1 min
  • EP 178 | Freedom by Design: 18 Weeks Off Per Year | Michael Walsh

    EP 178 | Freedom by Design: 18 Weeks Off Per Year | Michael Walsh
    Mar 15 2026

    Would you have started your own business or accepted that promotion to senior leadership knowing what you know now? What if you could take 18 weeks off each year for personal travel with your family while your business continues to grow? Is your business a well-oiled machine or an intelligent ecosystem? Transform your approach to business freedom on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Michael Walsh. Michael is a senior leader of his own business who takes 18 weeks off each year and has been helping companies grow for 31 years. His latest book is "Freedom by Design," and he shares the exact methods he uses to create increased freedom using 21st century strategies that work. Listen as Michael explores:

    ☀️ Why you can't sustain culture, you're constantly recreating and evolving it as you go

    ☀️ The critical difference between a well-oiled machine (people are cogs) and an intelligent ecosystem (works for everybody)

    ☀️ How he includes a 70-page detailed hiring process free with his book (questions, what to listen for, assignments, reference checks)

    ☀️ Why we spend more time on marketing products than attracting the people who make everything work

    ☀️ The four elements of human behavior: survive, thrive, connect, and adapt to changing environments

    Michael transforms how leaders think about freedom by proving that when you focus on relationships and understand where people are, your business can flourish while you enjoy 18 weeks off per year.

    🔑 Key Insight: "Is a business really a well-oiled machine or is it an intelligent ecosystem? If you treat it like a well-oiled machine, the people are the cogs and nobody wants to be a cog. They're getting ground up every day. In an ecosystem, it has to work for everybody. Half the game is getting the right people on board, and who are the people? The people that actually want to be there and want to contribute in a meaningful way."

    💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Focus on two things. First, focus on the relationships between and among the people in your organization. Second, really listen to see who people are. We all have biological instincts to survive, an innate desire to thrive, both the need and the ability to connect, and the ability to adapt to a changing environment. See how these four elements apply to each person. If you see somebody acting out but realize they're in survival mode, you'll treat them very differently than if you just think they're out to hurt somebody. When you stop and listen to understand where people are, you can develop richer relationships, have your business flourish, and enjoy the process along the way.

    Connect with Michael Walsh:

    • Get "Freedom by Design" on Amazon (includes access to a FREE 70-page detailed hiring process)
    • Visit WalshBusinessGrowth.com for mini videos on growth perspectives, myths and misconceptions, and case studies
    • Explore the Walsh Business Growth Institute
    • Read blogs on growth and impact
    • Connect with Michael on LinkedIn

    Discover how companies in engineering, architecture, medical, e-learning, stone and tile, insulation, and interior remodeling achieve freedom

    #FreedomByDesign #IntelligentEcosystem #HiringSmart #BusinessGrowth #18WeeksOff #RelationshipFirst #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

    🎙️ Love the Work Positive Podcast? Please leave a review on iTunes to help others discover how to grow people and profits with a positive work culture!

    🔗 Stay connected with Dr. Joey Faucette:

    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@workpositive7529
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

    📧 Know someone who'd make a great guest on the show? Email analiza@getpositive.today with your recommendation!
    Show more Show less
    35 mins
  • EP 177 | The Future Begins with Z | Tim Elmore

    EP 177 | The Future Begins with Z | Tim Elmore
    Mar 8 2026

    How do you navigate the choppy waters of having four or even five generations working together? What do you do when three out of four hiring managers say Gen Z is the toughest generation to manage, 30% are firing them within the first month, and three out of ten are avoiding hiring them altogether? What if Gen Z holds the key to your company's moonshot?

    Transform your approach to generational leadership on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Tim Elmore. Tim is an expert who has spoken to about 500,000 leaders in corporations like The Home Depot, Chick-fil-A, Ford Motor Company, and Delta Airlines. His curriculum has been used by sports teams like the Kansas City Royals, New York Giants, and Houston Rockets, as well as athletic departments at Alabama, Ohio State, Stanford, and Duke. His latest book is "The Future Begins with Z: 9 Strategies to Lead Generation Z as They Disrupt the Workplace." Listen as Tim explores:

    ☀️ Why Gen Z is different from millennials (grew up with smartphones vs. cell phones, Alpha with AI) ☀️ The PERKS acronym for interviews: Preferences, Expectations, Requirements, Keys to their heart, Salary ☀️ How three out of four Gen Z candidates are bringing mom or dad to the interview ☀️ Why making the job "the best launching pad for their dream job" actually keeps them longer ☀️ The NASA moonshot story where 27-year-olds landed on the moon, led by a 23-year-old

    Tim transforms how leaders think about Gen Z by proving that when you connect before you correct, ask questions, and genuinely listen, this generation becomes your greatest competitive advantage.

    🔑 Key Insight: "Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person it's indistinguishable. You gotta connect before you correct. If we'll start getting really good at asking questions and listening to them, they start feeling loved. Make this job the best launching pad for their dream job. The best way to keep them is to let them go from the beginning. Approach your role not as a manager but as a mentor."

    💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Learn to ask and listen rather than correct right away. Go into the office with 5 questions in your head that you know you want to ask. Get really good at asking questions and listening to Gen Z team members. They'll start feeling loved because being heard is so close to being loved. Build that bridge of relationship first. Use the PERKS framework in your next interview: ask about their Preferences, Expectations, Requirements, the Keys to their heart (not just can they do the job), and discuss Salary openly.

    Connect with Tim Elmore:

    • Visit timelmore.com for speaking, coaching, and consulting on multigenerational teams
    • Get "The Future Begins with Z: 9 Strategies to Lead Generation Z as They Disrupt the Workplace" on Amazon
    • Discover free resources including the NASA moon landing story
    • Connect with Tim on LinkedIn
    • Learn how to leverage the generation that's quickly becoming 30% of your workforce

    #GenZ #GenerationalLeadership #TheFutureBeginsWithZ #ConnectBeforeCorrect #LaunchingPad #NASAMoonshot #CultureEatsStrategyForBreakfast #WorkPositive

    🎙️ Love the Work Positive Podcast? Please leave a review on iTunes to help others discover how to grow people and profits with a positive work culture!

    🔗 Stay connected with Dr. Joey Faucette:

    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@workpositive7529
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoeyfaucette/
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorkPositiveToday/
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpositive.today/

    📧 Know someone who'd make a great guest on the show? Email analiza@getpositive.today with your recommendation!
    Show more Show less
    44 mins
No reviews yet