Ep. 253 - The Expectation Dilemma: Balancing Organizational and Employee Needs

Workplace expectations are rapidly shifting to employees seeking flexibility, purpose, and well-being, while organizations focus on performance, productivity, and culture.This episode will examine how companies can navigate these expectations to drive engagement and long-term success in a market that sometimes seeks to quiet the worker voice.   In this episode: Dr. Emi Barresi, Tom Bradshaw, Nic Krueger, Lee Crowson, Amanda Rea   I/O Job Hunt Course: https://www.seboc.com/job Visit us https://www.seboc.com/ Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/sebocLI Join an open-mic event: https://www.seboc.com/events   References: Anand, A., Doll, J., & Ray, P. (2024). Drowning in silence: a scale development and validation of quiet quitting and quiet firing. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 32(4), 721–743. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-01-2023-3600   Arruda, William. “How Great Leaders Bring Core Values to Life.” Forbes, 11 Feb. 2025, www.forbes.com/sites/williamarruda/2025/02/11/how-great-leaders-bring-core-val ues-to-life/.   Bakker, A. B., & Demerouti, E. (2017). Job demands–resources theory: Taking stock and looking forward. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 22(3), 273–285. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000056   Corbeanu, A., & Iliescu, D. (2023). The link between work engagement and job performance: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 22(3), 111–122. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000316   Deloitte. “Deloitte 2023 Global Human Capital Trends.” Deloitte Insights, 2023, www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/human-capital-trends/2023/future-of-wor kforce-management.html.   Kim, W., Kim, J., Woo, H., Park, J., Jo, J., Park, S.-H., & Lim, S. Y. (2017). The relationship between work engagement and organizational commitment: proposing research agendas through a review of empirical literature. Human Resource Development Review, 16(4), 350–376. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484317725967   Pflug, D. P. (2025). Human-Centric Leadership in the Digital Age. In Ironwill 360° Leadership (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 113–121). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003518099-13   Zenger, Jack, and Joseph Folkman. “Quiet Quitting Is about Bad Bosses, Not Bad Employees.” Harvard Business Review, 31 Aug. 2022, hbr.org/2022/08/quiet-quitting-is-about-bad-bosses-not-bad-employees