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Workplace Psychology with Martha Grajdek addresses a wide variety of topics related to the workplace. The podcast examines current issues through the lens of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (I-O Psychology),...
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Workplace Psychology with Martha Grajdek addresses a wide variety of topics related to the workplace. The podcast examines current issues through the lens of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (I-O Psychology), a branch of psychology that focuses on improving both performance and the well-being of individuals and organizations. In addition to discussing various topics, the podcast will explore potential solutions to workplace-related issues. Intended to stimulate conversation, listeners are invited to further consider each topic as it applies to them and their workplaces.
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Workplace Psychology with Dr. Martha Grajdek
Workplace Psychology with Dr. Martha Grajdek
Martha Grajdek, PhD, MBAEpisodes & Posts
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10 NOV 2025 · Performance systems can grow people, or they can teach them to play defense. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores common rater errors, and suggests how to replace vague competencies with behavior-anchored rubrics tied to outcomes. She addresses separating potential from performance as well as empowering employee agency through evidence logs and feed-forward goals. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
3 NOV 2025 · Hybrid work quietly rewards face time unless employers design for equal access to opportunity. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores proximity bias and hybrid work equity. She discusses proximity bias and shows how to neutralize it with outcome-based goals, time-zone fairness, and rotating meeting roles, to name a few. Moreover, Dr. Grajdek presents managers with tangible norms to equalize exposure. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
27 OCT 2025 · In this episode, Dr. Grajdek reveals why the best hire might be the talent you already have, and how psychology shapes whether internal moves feel fair or political. She unpacks self-efficacy, expectancy theory, and procedural justice, then translates them into a practical internal-mobility system. Dr. Grajdek also explains which metrics to track when considering and executing internal mobility practices. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
20 OCT 2025 · Chronic over-commitment is a process problem, not a personal failing. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek teaches teams to visualize demand vs. capacity with Kanban and WIP limits, prioritize, and renegotiate. Set SLAs for inbound requests, prune the backlog quarterly, and protect maker time – so that “no” becomes a professional, data-backed path to reliable delivery (and saner weeks). Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
13 OCT 2025 · Knowledge Transfer & Institutional Memory
Critical know-how too often lives in one person’s head. When they leave, knowledge and information leaves with them. Whether this is part of regular turnover or is fueled by AI-inspired changes, the results can be equally detrimental. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek differentiates tacit vs. explicit knowledge and discusses how to capture both. She also explores ways of keeping a single source of truth while keeping knowledge and information fresh and findable. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
6 OCT 2025 · Ethical Dilemmas And Moral Injury At Work
In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores ethical dilemmas and moral injury at work. When people feel pushed to act against their values, the harm lingers beyond stress – it can erode identity, trust, and engagement. Dr. Grajdek defines moral injury, shares red-flag indicators, and provides decision guardrails. She also makes suggestions of best practices for individual employees and organizations. Dr. Grajdek points out that while prevention is best, when ethical dilemmas and moral injury at work become reality, healing and rebuilding integrity quickly become priority one. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
29 SEP 2025 · In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores how globally distributed teams often stumble not on skills but on mismatched norms, such as direct vs. indirect feedback, time-zone fairness, and distance. She decodes these differences and offer tools that preserve respect across cultures. Listeners learn to turn friction into fluency and documentation into a unifying culture. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
22 SEP 2025 · Invisible Work & “Office Housework”: The Non-Promotable Task Trap
In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores invisible work and “office housework” in terms of their necessity, contribution, and burden. From taking notes to emotional glue work, non-promotable tasks keep organizations running but rarely count toward advancement, thus disproportionately burdening reliable high performers. Dr. Grajdek explains how to inventory and rotate this work, add it to performance criteria, and give public credit. She also teaches boundary language and manager best practices to rebalance invisible workload so that essential service is valued without quietly capping careers. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
15 SEP 2025 · Meeting Science: Fewer Meetings, Better Outcomes, More Deep Work
In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores replacing the overload of too many meetings with a science-based redesign where only meetings related to decision or co-creation are truly required. She reviews lean facilitation (owner/decider/scribe roles, decision logs, 25/50-minute caps) and team norms (no-meeting focus blocks, monthly audits). Moreover, Dr. Grajdek recommends practices that focus on tangible metrics and suggests a 30-day challenge to cut 15% of meetings while improving decisions. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
8 SEP 2025 · Job Crafting: Redesigning Your Role Without Changing Your Job Title
In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores how employees can tailor tasks, relationships, and mindsets to better align with strengths and values thus boosting energy and performance without a promotion or a job change. She highlights guardrails that keep job crafting from creating extra work for the individual employee and/or peers. As an exercise in exploring job crafting, Dr. Grajdek offers a two-week experiment idea that can be utilized by employees and employers alike. She also offers ways for employers to explore and monitor job crafting as a practice that can benefit everyone involved, where the result embraces small, sustainable changes that compound into higher engagement and greater satisfaction. Tune in to learn more.
Check out Stress-Free With Dr G on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCxHq0osRest0BqQQRXfdjiQ
The Stress Solution: Your Blueprint For Stress Management Mastery
https://a.co/d/07xAdo7l
Workplace Psychology with Martha Grajdek addresses a wide variety of topics related to the workplace. The podcast examines current issues through the lens of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (I-O Psychology),...
show more
Workplace Psychology with Martha Grajdek addresses a wide variety of topics related to the workplace. The podcast examines current issues through the lens of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (I-O Psychology), a branch of psychology that focuses on improving both performance and the well-being of individuals and organizations. In addition to discussing various topics, the podcast will explore potential solutions to workplace-related issues. Intended to stimulate conversation, listeners are invited to further consider each topic as it applies to them and their workplaces.
show less
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| Author | Martha Grajdek, PhD, MBA |
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