In 1962, there were only about 400,000 female business owners in the country. Today, there are more than 13 million women-owned businesses.

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🔑 Top 3 Takeaways

✅ Why workplace fairness is not just a “nice-to-have” but a business necessity
✅ How small, simple tweaks ( changing résumé formats) can lead to big impacts
✅ Why perceived unfairness fuels workplace anxiety and burnout—and what leaders can do about it

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They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

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When the U.S. Census Bureau first started tracking data on women-owned businesses in 1962, there were only about 400,000 female business owners in the country. Today, there are more than 13 million women-owned businesses.

ð Top 3 Takeaways

â Why workplace fairness is not just a â nice-to-haveâ but a business necessity
â How small, simple tweaks ( changing résumé formats) can lead to big impacts
â Why perceived unfairness fuels workplace anxiety and burnoutâ and what leaders can do about it

ð This week we welcome Siri Chilazi, Senior Researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School and co-author of Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results. Siri's mission is to bring real, measurable fairness to the workplace using the same data-driven approach that businesses use for profits and performance.

ð ¥ Final Thought: If you want a better workplace, measure what mattersâ and act on it! ð

ð Resources & Links

ð Make Work Fair â [Available January 2025]
ð Learn more: makeworkfair.com
ð Follow Siri Chilazi on LinkedIn

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ð ¥ Follow Chester & Adrian:
ð Website: TheCultureWorks.com
ð Anxiety at Work â Available wherever books are sold! ð

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ð © Contact us at TheCultureWorks.com

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Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

🤝 Negotiations are a delicate dance and can be anxiety-inducing for even the most seasoned professionals.

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What You'll Learn in This Episode:
🎓 Negotiation is a Learned Skill
📜 Preparation vs. Flexibility
😰 Managing Anxiety in Negotiation

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

🤝 Negotiations are a delicate dance and can be anxiety-inducing for even the most seasoned professionals.

✅ Like 💬 Comment 🔔 Subscribe 🧡 Share ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rate and review wherever you love to listen.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:
🎓 Negotiation is a Learned Skill
📜 Preparation vs. Flexibility
😰 Managing Anxiety in Negotiation

With us is our new friend Renowned negotiation expert Joshua N. Weiss. Dr. Weiss is co-founder of Harvard's Global Negotiation Initiative and offers a groundbreaking approach to reviving stalled negotiations in his new book: Getting Back to the Table: 5 Steps to Reviving Stalled Negotiations.

📚 Resources and Links

• 🌐 Dr. Joshua N. Weiss’s Website: www.joshuanweiss.com
• 📖 Books by Dr. Weiss: Getting Back to the Table 📘 and children's books 📚 on conflict resolution for ages 6-10.

Visit us at The Culture Works to learn more about creating high-performance workplace cultures.

Connect with Us:
📘 LinkedIn: Adrian Gostick | Chester Elton
🎙️ Podcast: Anxiety at Work
📧 Contact: christy@thecultureworks.com

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

How can we work more collaboratively with our colleagues, vendors and others in business?

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What You'll Learn in This Episode:

💡 What Is the Vested Model?
🏔️ Focusing on the What, Not the How
🤝 Building Trusted Supplier Relationships

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

How can we work more collaboratively with our colleagues, vendors and others in business?

In this episode of Anxiety at Work, Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick sit down with Kate Vitasek, international authority on collaborative business relationships, creator of the Vested business model, and leader of the University of Tennessee’s research on strategic partnerships. Kate shares the groundbreaking principles of her "Vested" model, a framework that shifts business relationships from transactional to transformational. Learn how adopting a "What's in it for we?" mindset can reduce workplace anxiety, foster innovation, and build partnerships that thrive in challenging environments.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

💡 What Is the Vested Model?
🏔️ Focusing on the What, Not the How
🤝 Building Trusted Supplier Relationships

Memorable Quotes:

• “A win for me is a win for you. True collaboration creates alignment, not opposition.” – Kate Vitasek
• “One plus one equals eleven when we focus on value creation instead of value exchange.” – Chester Elton
• “Moving from ‘me’ to ‘we’ is not just a mindset—it’s a business strategy that drives resilience and success.” – Adrian Gostick

Visit us at The Culture Works to learn more about creating high-performance workplace cultures.

Connect with Us:
📘 LinkedIn: Adrian Gostick | Chester Elton
🎙️ Podcast: Anxiety at Work
📧 Contact: christy@thecultureworks.com

🎧 If you enjoyed this episode:
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For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

Did you know that some 60% of the world’s workers are employed by family businesses?

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What You'll Learn in This Episode:
🏝️ Islands of Trust and Resilience – How family businesses build stability and loyalty during turbulent times.
🛡️ Crisis as a Constant – Why stability is the exception, and how to plan for disruption.
🌱 Succession Planning – How to mentor the next generation while keeping pride in the family legacy.

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

Some 60% of the world’s workers are employed by family businesses. Family businesses not only survive but thrive during turbulent times—making it through market failures, environmental disasters and even wars. How?

What You'll Learn in This Episode:
🏝️ Islands of Trust and Resilience – How family businesses build stability and loyalty during turbulent times.
🛡️ Crisis as a Constant – Why stability is the exception, and how to plan for disruption.
🌱 Succession Planning – How to mentor the next generation while keeping pride in the family legacy.

Our guests this week are Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg. Devin is Managing Partner at Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA), an advisory partner to leading family enterprises worldwide. He holds a master’s degree from the Kennedy School at Harvard with a focus in finance and economics. Ivan Lansberg has a doctorate from Columbia University and taught organizational behavior at Columbia and then Yale before moving into consulting. Devin and Ivan’s new book is “The Enduring Enterprise: How Family Businesses Thrive in Turbulent Conditions.”

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• Don’t forget to check out our books, Anxiety at Work and Leading with Gratitude.

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For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...