Clocked In and Checked Out

About this episode

Wayne Robertson discusses how leaders can unintentionally kill passion in the workplace and offers strategies to revive it.

Passion at work does not usually die in one big moment. It gets crushed by bad meetings, micromanaging, corporate nonsense, and managers yelling about “energy” while everyone quietly plans lunch. In this episode of Ignoring the Rules, Wayne Robertson breaks down how leaders kill passion, how to spot a checked-out team, and how to bring the fire back before your workplace turns into a zombie convention.

People in this episode

Host: Wayne Robertson

Topics covered

• leadership
• employee engagement
• workplace culture
• team dynamics
• motivation

Keywords

• passion at work
• micromanaging
• corporate culture
• checked-out team
• workplace motivation

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