Send us a text What happens when flexibility stops being a perk and becomes the backbone of inclusion, well-being, and high performance? In this episode, we sit down with Michelle McDaid, founder of The Leading Place and long-time engineering leader across FinTech and HR Tech, to unpack how trust, autonomy, and psychological safety reshape the modern workplace. Michelle brings over two decades of experience leading and scaling global distributed product development teams — most recently as Se...
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Send us a text What happens when flexibility stops being a perk and becomes the backbone of inclusion, well-being, and high performance? In this episode, we sit down with Michelle McDaid, founder of The Leading Place and long-time engineering leader across FinTech and HR Tech, to unpack how trust, autonomy, and psychological safety reshape the modern workplace. Michelle brings over two decades of experience leading and scaling global distributed product development teams — most recently as Se...
Burnout, Breakdown, and a Big F*ck You to the Corporate Cult with Deb Haas
The Elephant in the Org
1 hour 4 minutes
6 months ago
Burnout, Breakdown, and a Big F*ck You to the Corporate Cult with Deb Haas
Send us a text Deb Haas spent 24 years in corporate HR before getting laid off — and finally getting free. Now, she’s helping others reimagine work for the AI era with transparency, humor, and zero tolerance for business as usual. In this episode: – The psychological toll of layoffs – Late-stage capitalism & the myth of the “dream job” – Why Gen Z won’t play along – What leaders keep getting wrong about flexibility & safety – Fractional work, portfolio careers & the future of empl...
The Elephant in the Org
Send us a text What happens when flexibility stops being a perk and becomes the backbone of inclusion, well-being, and high performance? In this episode, we sit down with Michelle McDaid, founder of The Leading Place and long-time engineering leader across FinTech and HR Tech, to unpack how trust, autonomy, and psychological safety reshape the modern workplace. Michelle brings over two decades of experience leading and scaling global distributed product development teams — most recently as Se...
