Her Resources Podcast

Organizations often tell people to collaborate, break down silos, share information, and think beyond their individual roles. Then those same organizations evaluate, recognize, and promote people primarily for what they accomplish alone.

 

In Episode 96 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis talks with Barry Moline about the gap between saying teamwork matters and building a workplace where collaboration can actually succeed.

 

Barry has spent 29 years as a CEO leading teams across energy, utilities, infrastructure, and public service. He is a leadership and teamwork expert and the author of CONNECT! How to Quickly Collaborate for Success in Business and Life.

 

This conversation explores why teamwork is intentional and how leaders create the conditions for trust. Barry shares lessons from rebuilding a divided organization, rethinking how he hired, and learning that leaders cannot force collaboration; they must help people understand one another.

 

Linda and Barry also discuss hybrid and remote work, the cost of rewarding toxic high performers, adapting to different working styles, and why follow-up questions help teams listen.

 

You’ll hear practical ideas for:

• Building trust and collaboration across teams

• Aligning recognition with shared success

• Balancing individual achievement, team contribution, and customer value

• Hiring for skill, growth mindset, and the ability to work with others

• Coaching high performers without ignoring their impact on culture

• Creating connection before content in meetings

 

Connect with Barry Moline:

Website: https://barrymoline.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-moline/

Workplace icebreakers: https://barrymoline.com/resources

CONNECT! book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B7LNFQH

Leadership Career Accelerator: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leadership-career-accelerator/id1855695140

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AsoxD5yowhg0uN3ibyUw4

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@barrymoline6530

Newsletter: https://leadershipcareeraccelerator.substack.com/

 

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Share this episode with a leader who is ready to move from talking about teamwork to building it.

 

00:00	Why workplaces reward the individual but need the team
03:05	Meet Barry Moline
03:28	Teamwork is intentional
06:21	Collaboration in hybrid and remote work
12:06	Measuring individual, team, and customer performance
17:15	The origin of CONNECT!
24:17	A leader’s real role in collaboration
26:09	A team vs. a group of high performers
29:59	When people hoard information and credit
35:18	Rewarding the shared finish line
39:27	Hiring for teamwork and growth
45:29	The cost of a toxic high performer
48:09	Helping different working styles contribute
53:13	Human-centered leadership in a fast-moving world
57:09	Why great teams ask follow-up questions
59:21	The most overrated leadership behavior
1:02:03	Why collaboration breaks down
1:03:02	Connection before content
1:08:00	Where to connect with Barry
1:09:02	Final takeaways

 

 

The debate over remote work and return-to-office policies often asks people to choose a side. The research tells a more useful story.

 

In Episode 95 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis sits down with economist and author Emma Harrington to explore what changes when people work together in person, what remote work does especially well, and how leaders can design hybrid work with greater intention.

 

Emma is a professor of economics at the University of Virginia and co-author, with research economist Natalia Emanuel, of In Person: How Working Together Fuels Creativity, Productivity, and Growth. Natalia is not part of this interview, but the episode highlights the research and ideas the two authors developed together. The book is available October 13, 2026.

 

Linda and Emma discuss the proximity effect, neurological synchrony, workplace creativity, informal learning, mentorship, AI, inclusion, promotion barriers, mental health, friendship, and the hidden tradeoffs leaders miss when workplace policy is reduced to a simple location mandate. They also examine why senior women often carry more invisible mentorship work, how remote work can expand access for people with disabilities and geographically constrained workers, and why coordinated in-person time matters more than filling office seats.

 

For HR professionals and leaders navigating the future of work, this episode offers a grounded challenge: stop treating location as the strategy. Start designing work around focus, learning, creativity, trust, connection, and the people the system is meant to support.

 

Guest and Book Links

In Person book site: https://inpersonbook.com/

Penguin Random House book page: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/795672/in-person-by-natalia-emanuel-phd-and-emma-harrington-phd/

Emma on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-harrington-b4ba43147

Emma at UVA: https://economics.virginia.edu/people/emma-harrington

Natalia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliaemanuel

Natalia at the New York Fed: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/economists/emanuel

 

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00:00	Are we debating the wrong question about where we work?
03:18	Meet Emma Harrington and In Person
03:58	Why face-to-face conversations put our brains more in sync
05:28	Remote work benefits and the case for coordinated hybrid work
08:20	Third places, cities, and the hidden engine of innovation
10:42	Productivity quantity versus the quality of work
14:50	AI, remote work, and the growing value of human judgment
16:30	The proximity effect, trust, and what Zoom cannot recreate
21:17	Why in-person teams generate more creative ideas
23:43	Zoom fatigue, walking meetings, and making space for ideas
26:45	From a basketball court to a pickleball court: our shrinking networks
30:11	What Pixar teaches us about designing offices for connection
32:26	Be the barnacle: how informal learning really happens
35:06	Why physical proximity strengthens digital feedback
36:47	Who is responsible for mentorship in hybrid work?
38:20	Senior women, invisible mentorship, and unequal tradeoffs
42:30	How remote work expands access for people facing workplace barriers
45:24	Remote opportunity and the risk of a new glass ceiling
47:28	Flexibility, isolation, friendship, and mental health
51:56	Is flexibility individual when connection is collective?
54:45	Remote work and connection to organizational mission
55:54	How leaders can design purposeful in-person time
01:00:34	Can one social day improve a remote team's productivity?
01:01:36	AI and a more human future of work
01:03:45	Final reflections: design work around how people thrive
01:05:38	Where to find Emma, Natalia, and In Person

Artificial intelligence is moving quickly. The harder question is whether our policies, systems, and judgment are keeping up.

In Episode 94 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis welcomes Brian Chidester, Head of Global Strategy and Innovation for Public Sector at Adobe and host of The Government Huddle Podcast, for a practical conversation about AI governance, public trust, and responsible adoption.

They explore why organizations can launch AI pilots yet struggle to scale them, what effective governance should include, and why data quality is inseparable from AI outcomes. Brian also explains how AI-powered search is changing the way citizens find information, why government risks losing digital authority, and how public policy can support innovation while protecting people.

For HR professionals, people leaders, executives, and public-sector decision makers, this episode offers a grounded way to evaluate AI: invest in people, measure what matters, listen for real friction, and ask whether the technology is creating meaningful value for the people you serve.

In This Episode

The gap between AI pilots and enterprise adoption

AI governance, risk frameworks, and organizational ownership

Trust, transparency, privacy, and AI literacy

Government's role as both regulator and user of AI

Data readiness, workforce investment, and digital authority

The questions leaders should ask before scaling AI

Guest and Show Links

Brian Chidester on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abchidester/

The Government Huddle: https://www.governmenthuddle.com/

Brian's Adobe author page: https://business.adobe.com/blog/authors/brian-chidester-and-megan-lazalier

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Produced by LJM Productions.

 

00:00	Who gets to decide how AI is used?
03:26	Meet Brian Chidester
04:54	AI innovation, risk, and the frozen middle
08:10	AI incidents and shadow AI
11:07	Who should own AI governance?
13:37	Data, guardrails, and human judgment
18:07	Turning AI risk frameworks into practice
19:54	The trust gap between companies and government
23:46	Transparency, privacy, and AI literacy
26:47	How policy can protect without stalling innovation
28:31	Digital identity, fraud, and responsible AI
32:45	Government as both regulator and user
34:07	AI search, digital authority, and misinformation
38:42	Modernizing government's data foundation
40:04	Where AI is making government work better
42:31	AI, workforce readiness, and augmentation
46:20	Public-private partnership and public trust
52:50	Five questions leaders should ask about AI
56:11	What we need to get right before systems harden
59:04	Connect with Brian and The Government Huddle
59:28	Final reflections: technology does not decide the future

“We don’t have a people problem. We don’t have a leadership problem. We have a design problem.”

What if another training program cannot fix a workplace system that no longer works for the people inside it?

In Episode 93 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis welcomes Regent Cornell, Vice President of Market Evolution & Strategic Growth at Fierce Conversations. They explore why organizations often respond to friction with more training, communication, and restructuring without examining the design of the work itself.

Linda and Regent discuss the difference between restructuring and redesign, the importance of leadership alignment during change, and the cost of unclear language. They consider how constant interruptions affect the quality of work, how conversations build or weaken trust, and why leaders remain accountable for decisions made with AI.

For HR professionals, people managers, and organizational leaders, this episode is an invitation to ask a better question: If we designed work for today’s world, what would we change?

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Are we fixing the wrong workplace problems?
04:40 Meet Regent Cornell
06:22 Why more training may miss the problem
12:01 Are we changing people to fit broken systems?
16:02 Clear language and shared understanding
18:26 Leadership alignment during organizational change
24:08 Redesign versus restructuring
28:01 AI and the foundation beneath workplace change
34:29 Are we designing work for humans?
43:26 How conversations create culture
48:26 Trust and skepticism during change
52:00 Leadership responsibility when using AI
59:24 Connect with Regent and Fierce Conversations
01:04:18 Final reflections

GUEST LINKS
Regent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/regent-cornell-496b475
Regent at Fierce: https://fierceinc.com/fierce-facilitators/regent-cornell/
Fierce Conversations: https://fierceinc.com/
Fierce books and resources: https://fierceinc.com/resources/guides/

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What if optimism is not the belief that everything will be okay, but the belief that what you do next still matters?

 

In Episode 92 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis welcomes Michelle Gielan, positive psychology researcher, bestselling author, and former CBS Morning News anchor, for a practical conversation about resilient optimism in tough times.

 

The episode releases September 22, 2026, the same day Michelle’s new book, Resilient Optimism: The Science of Sustaining a Positive Mindset in Tough Times, is published by Harvard Business Review Press.

 

Michelle explains why optimism is a set of trainable behaviors rather than a feeling or fixed personality trait. She and Linda discuss rational optimism versus toxic positivity, the effect of negative news on the brain, resilience without tolerating unhealthy systems, meaningful progress as a protection against burnout, the identity pressures that make it hard for women to say no, and why rest belongs in a serious performance strategy.

 

They also explore how optimism spreads through teams, why quiet optimists need to speak up, what leaders can do to make rest credible, and a simple daily practice that helps the brain notice progress and possibility.

 

This conversation is for HR professionals, leaders, women navigating demanding careers, and anyone trying to remain hopeful without ignoring reality.

 

Guest Links

Resilient Optimism book site and resources: https://resilientoptimism.com/

Book page, Harvard Business Review Press: https://store.hbr.org/product/resilient-optimism-the-science-of-sustaining-a-positive-mindset-in-tough-times/10858

Michelle Gielan official website: https://michellegielan.com/

Michelle Gielan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellegielan

Michelle Gielan on Substack: https://michellegielan.substack.com/

 

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00:00	Why optimism is not denial
03:12	Meet Michelle Gielan
04:02	What resilient optimism really means
05:43	Rational optimism vs. toxic positivity
07:14	A NICU crisis and why the next action matters
10:39	Optimism as behavior, not personality
13:21	How negative news changes the brain
16:28	Staying informed without training helplessness
18:29	Resilience vs. tolerating broken systems
19:53	How one person can change the room
21:53	What happens when optimists get quiet
25:10	Busyness, burnout, and meaningful progress
26:54	How to triage commitments
29:07	Three questions that reclaim time
29:47	Why saying no is often about identity
33:08	Rest as career infrastructure
38:12	Positive deviance and workplace culture
41:25	Employee influence vs. leadership accountability
42:49	The power lead: changing how meetings begin
46:40	One habit for behaving like an optimist
50:15	What is on Michelle’s not-to-do list
52:27	Why Michelle is optimistic about AI
53:32	Where to find Michelle and the new book
54:29	Final reflections: what you do next still matters

HR cannot shape the future of work from the sidelines.

In Episode 91 of the Her Resources Podcast, host Linda Misegadis welcomes Christina Simanella, PPCC, leadership coach, consultant, former Vice President of Human Resources, and founder of Sphère, a bilingual HR development community based in Montreal.

Christina reflects on her journey from an ambitious HR leader focused on reaching the C-suite to building a career centered on the work she loves most: coaching leaders, developing people, and creating meaningful professional community. Her story offers a grounded reminder that success can evolve, career pivots can be intentional, and leadership growth rarely happens alone.

Linda and Christina examine what it takes for HR to become a trusted strategic partner. That means understanding how the organization makes money, asking better questions, connecting people initiatives to business outcomes, and speaking with courage even when the answer is not perfect. They also explore authentic leadership, executive presence, mentorship, sponsorship, peer support, and the pressure many leaders feel to know everything.

As AI, workforce expectations, and organizational change accelerate, this conversation brings the focus back to the human side of business. Strategic credibility matters, but so do empathy, relationships, continuous learning, and the willingness to care about how leadership decisions affect people.

Key takeaways:
- HR belongs in the room whenever business decisions affect people.
- Confidence grows through action, especially when the action feels uncomfortable.
- Authentic leadership begins with self-awareness, not imitation.
- People strategy and business strategy must be connected.
- HR leaders strengthen influence by learning finance, operations, and business language.
- Real professional relationships are reciprocal and require continued investment.
- Coaches, mentors, sponsors, and peers each support leadership growth differently.
- The future of leadership must keep humanity and empathy at its center.

Listen to Episode 91: https://youtu.be/_O9PW21KCdA

Connect with Christina Simanella:
Sphère: https://www.hrsphere.ca/
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/christinasimanella
Sphère on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/sphere-hr-development-community

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00:00 Why HR leadership matters now

03:45 Meet Christina Simanella

04:05 Christina’s journey from HR leader to founder

05:21 Redefining success beyond the C-suite

06:24 The missing community Christina decided to build

08:10 Why the work of HR is underestimated

08:45 HR belongs in transformation and AI decisions

10:02 Leadership lesson one: Do not do it alone

12:55 Courage, confidence, and using your voice

14:27 Making mistakes and practicing a growth mindset

14:58 Moving from HR executive to leadership coach

16:50 Using introspection to design a career pivot

19:32 How the role of HR has evolved

20:19 The cost of treating HR as administration

21:22 Business acumen and the strategic people lens

22:14 HR as a broad and valuable career path

24:25 Balancing business priorities and people priorities

27:09 Shared responsibility between employers and employees

28:48 Building confidence without becoming someone else

29:25 Do the thing, even when you are scared

31:24 Finding an authentic leadership voice

31:55 Self-awareness, reflection, and psychometrics

33:04 What do you want your team to say about you?

34:30 Releasing the pressure to be a perfect leader

35:07 Becoming a trusted strategic HR partner

36:09 Stop waiting for an invitation to the table

36:52 Learn how the business makes and loses money

39:00 Why leadership and HR should not be lonely

39:34 Peer feedback and learning through community

41:13 Creating visibility and career opportunities

42:04 The meaning and vision behind Sphère

43:07 Mentors who shaped Christina’s leadership

45:47 Building a personal board of directors

46:14 The roles of coaches, mentors, sponsors, and peers

47:06 Finding work that brings you back to life

47:54 Keeping humanity at the center of leadership

49:12 Hope for the next generation of HR leaders

50:42 Christina’s one takeaway: Build real relationships

51:43 How to connect with Christina and Sphère

52:29 Final leadership reflection and listener question

Every generation inherits systems it did not build. The question is what it chooses to do with them. In Episode 90 of the Her Resources Podcast, host Linda Misegadis sits down with Addy Morrison, a second-year Colorado State University student studying political science and history, for an honest conversation about Gen Z, education, work, artificial intelligence, and the future young adults are preparing to enter. Addy does not claim to speak for an entire generation. Instead, she offers a thoughtful view from where she stands: college can still create knowledge, community, communication skills, and opportunity, but its cost and connection to employment deserve serious scrutiny. Young people want meaningful work, yet they are also navigating housing costs, student debt, uncertain career paths, and entry-level roles that may be reshaped by AI. Linda and Addy discuss the difference between questioning a system and taking responsibility for changing it. They explore critical thinking, responsible technology use, purpose and pay, resilience, online outrage, misinformation, echo chambers, and the human conversations that can become harder when generations retreat into stereotypes. This episode asks listeners of every age to consider what is worth preserving, what needs to change, and what each of us is willing to help build. Key takeaways: - Success can be defined by positive impact, not only money or status. - A difficult system is not automatically broken, but every system should be open to improvement. - College offers value beyond the classroom, while cost and career access remain real concerns. - AI may remove some of the early work through which people build judgment and experience. - Purpose and meaningful work require investment from both employers and employees. - Criticism without participation does not create change. - Younger generations can learn perseverance; older generations can learn greater acceptance. - The future improves when generations listen to one another as people, not stereotypes. Listen to Episode 90: https://youtu.be/PP6C_0dl_Nc About Addy’s academic context: Colorado State University: https://www.colostate.edu/ CSU Political Science: https://polisci.colostate.edu/ CSU History: https://history.colostate.edu/ Connect with Her Resources Podcast: Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Podbean: https://herresourcespodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-resources-podcast/id1768680594 All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Produced by LJM Productions.   00:00 The systems every generation inherits 03:12 Meet Addy Morrison 04:23 Public policy, purpose, and life after college 05:12 Redefining success beyond money and status 08:23 How generational definitions of success differ 09:09 Which inherited systems feel outdated? 13:08 Why Gen Z experiences money differently 15:30 Career expectations and the one-path problem 18:04 When is a system broken rather than difficult? 20:12 Why “if it is not broken” is not enough 21:37 Is college preparing students for today’s world? 24:45 Is a college degree still worth it? 26:01 What students learn beyond the classroom 27:16 What universities should teach differently 29:19 Understanding history before changing systems 30:23 Degrees, experience, and the entry-level loophole 32:47 Redesigning college from scratch 34:27 The cost and accessibility of higher education 36:51 Entering an AI-native workforce 38:06 Addy’s concerns about AI and creative work 40:20 How students are using ChatGPT 41:43 Are schools teaching responsible AI use? 42:55 When AI removes entry-level learning opportunities 45:04 AI, judgment, and critical thinking 47:44 Human skills technology should not replace 48:48 Purpose versus paycheck 52:21 Do employer values have to match your own? 54:22 Who is responsible for meaningful work? 55:33 Does Gen Z need more resilience? 58:04 Criticism, participation, and keyboard activism 01:01:42 Growing up with unlimited information 01:02:12 What younger generations can learn about sacrifice 01:04:14 Social media, news, and deciding what is true 01:06:22 How to pause and verify online claims 01:06:55 Is Gen Z more resistant or vulnerable to misinformation? 01:08:26 Who is responsible for truth online? 01:10:13 Platform accountability and misinformation 01:12:21 Algorithms and online echo chambers 01:13:43 What Addy would redesign first 01:15:40 Protecting conversation and human connection 01:17:53 Acceptance, perseverance, and learning across generations 01:21:07 What Addy hopes Gen Z gets right 01:22:03 Generations are people, not stereotypes 01:23:35 What are you willing to help build?

What kind of workplace makes engagement possible? In Episode 89 of the Her Resources Podcast, host Linda Misegadis welcomes Dr. Rosalind "Roz" Cohen, founder of Socius Strategies and author of The Engagement Dilemma: How to Create a Culture of Belonging, for a timely conversation about employee engagement, inclusive leadership, and the future of work. For decades, organizations have invested in engagement surveys, culture initiatives, wellness programs, and leadership development. Yet many employees still feel disconnected from their work, their leaders, and one another. Roz invites leaders to look beyond engagement as discretionary effort and consider the conditions that allow people to contribute at their best. At the center of the conversation is Roz's engagement trifecta: I think, I feel, I belong. Employees need work that engages their minds, an environment where they feel valued, and a culture where they can connect with others while still being recognized for who they are. Linda and Roz also discuss how AI is changing the way organizations define contribution, why HR must be involved in workforce decisions, how the leadership say-do gap erodes trust, and why managers will need stronger human skills as technology takes on more routine tasks. This episode offers practical insight for HR professionals, people leaders, and anyone trying to create a workplace where people feel seen, heard, trusted, and able to belong. Key takeaways: - Engagement must evolve as AI changes tasks and measures of contribution. - Connection and belonging are related, but they are not the same. - Employees are more invested in solutions they help create. - Trust depends on consistent, honest communication when plans change. - Managers need training in coaching, inclusion, and human connection. - Change communication should begin with why the change is happening and how it may affect people. Listen to the full episode: https://youtu.be/NlNEWv17z5I Connect with Dr. Roz Cohen: Website: https://drrozcohen.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosalindfcohen/ The Engagement Dilemma: https://www.amazon.com/Engagement-Dilemma-Create-Culture-Belonging/dp/1969679085 Connect with Her Resources Podcast: Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Podbean: https://herresourcespodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Produced by LJM Productions.

 

00:00 Why engagement and belonging matter now

03:22 Meet Dr. Roz Cohen

03:50 Rethinking employee engagement in the age of AI

08:53 The difference between connection and belonging

12:00 Individual rewards, teamwork, and workplace culture

13:35 The engagement trifecta: I think, I feel, I belong

16:56 Clarity, purpose, and meaningful work

19:18 Inclusive leadership behaviors that create stability

21:12 Listening tours during organizational change

23:53 Employee voice, agency, and shared responsibility

26:47 Trust and the leadership say-do gap

28:59 Radical connection and a sense of purpose

31:03 How organizations create connected cultures

33:08 Why managers need better training and support

34:06 Will AI replace middle managers?

35:42 Vulnerability as a leadership strength

37:46 Human connection during major change

40:13 The first thing leaders should communicate in change

41:54 Change champions, skeptics, and communication

43:49 Why engagement is earned, not mandated

46:25 Three takeaways for leaders, employees, and HR

47:16 Connect with Dr. Roz Cohen

47:52 Final reflection: Would your team feel they belong?