• The sacred contract between employer and employee. 0:01
• Melanie introduces her guest for this episode, Kerry Bunker.
• The power of vulnerability and contemporary leadership.
• The sacred contract between an employer and an employee.
• The psychological contract between employer and employee.
• Mental Health in the Workplace. 4:16
• Mental health in the 70's and 80's.
• Total life stress and its impact on people.
• Stress was being studied at a surface level.
• Ideal relationship between employer and employee.
• Cultivating the ability to learn. 9:58
• Cultivating the ability to learn and balancing the six paradoxes.
• Lessons learned from the 80's.
• Diversity and inclusion are hot buttons right now.
• The false idol of change.
• The same lesson over and over again.
• The role of masking in leadership.
• Vulnerability and how it affects relationships. 18:11
• People with the cleanest houses have the messiest divorces.
• Change can be a distraction.
• The year-long experience.
• The emotional fallout of downsizing in the 90's. 23:21
• The Canadian government asked for help with downsizing.
• The emotional fallout from downsizing in the 90's.
• Leaders don't understand what it feels like to be on the other side.
• Downsizing by a third.
• How to get people to share their stories. 29:23
• Releasing a secret that was kept for years.
• A week-long program with questions.
• What it feels like to be you right now.
• The first session with the clients.
• Listening to and choosing learning partners for the week.
• Leveraging connections to connect with the group.
• Reactions from groups when they were told no. 37:50
• Making changes in the group.
• Decide independently who will leave the group in 20 minutes.
• Sacred contract with the employer.
• Reactions when groups had to execute tasks.
• The emotional fallout of not following through. 42:59
• A wide range of emotions, from anger to complacency.
• The process of debriefing.
• The emotional fallout of not speaking up.
• The three-star general in the army.
• The importance of trust in leadership. 49:17
• The agreement could be very different for different people.
• Expectation and violation is extremely powerful.
• Becoming bonded for life after the program.
• Why the program was created.
• What was learned from the experience.
• 80% of change management failed because they underestimated the human side.
• The power of human connection. 56:53
• The power of the pyramid in the program.
• The open invitation to dinner.
• Human connection is a potent medicine.
• The paradox of in-person vs remote work.
• Balancing paradox and the end of the week. 1:02:58
• Balancing paradox, under-do and over-do anything.
• Parker Palmer's personal paradox of overdoing it.
• The paradox of being rejected and adored at the same time.
• A stress-related heart attack.
• Managing the mental health of the patients. 1:08:24
• Huge wake up call.
• All powerful learning experiences have both positive and potentially negative downsides.
• Balancing self-care and taking care of others.
• The importance of supporting each other.
• How to get more information about Kerry and his work.
• How to contact Kerry.

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