Relationships at Work - a trust-driven leadership podcast
Russel Lolacher
341 episodes
5 days ago
In this solo episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher digs into a leadership trap that quietly damages culture, disengages teams, and derails real progress: celebrating effort instead of impact. We hand out recognition for hard work, long hours, new initiatives, “busy-ness,” and well-packaged plans—but rarely pause to ask the only question that matters: Did any of this create meaningful change? Russel explores why organizations reward motion instead of momentum and how this lead...
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In this solo episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher digs into a leadership trap that quietly damages culture, disengages teams, and derails real progress: celebrating effort instead of impact. We hand out recognition for hard work, long hours, new initiatives, “busy-ness,” and well-packaged plans—but rarely pause to ask the only question that matters: Did any of this create meaningful change? Russel explores why organizations reward motion instead of momentum and how this lead...
Relationships at Work - a trust-driven leadership podcast
10 minutes
2 weeks ago
How Do You Know You've Even Taken a Break?
We talk a lot about the importance of taking breaks — but how do you know when you’ve actually had one? In this solo episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher shares what happened when he took a real pause from creating, producing, and strategizing — not because he stopped caring, but because he cared too much to keep going unsustainably. Through small grounding habits, reflection, and honest self-checks, Russel explores what it means to step away with intention — and how to retu...
Relationships at Work - a trust-driven leadership podcast
In this solo episode of Relationships at Work, host Russel Lolacher digs into a leadership trap that quietly damages culture, disengages teams, and derails real progress: celebrating effort instead of impact. We hand out recognition for hard work, long hours, new initiatives, “busy-ness,” and well-packaged plans—but rarely pause to ask the only question that matters: Did any of this create meaningful change? Russel explores why organizations reward motion instead of momentum and how this lead...
