Great Mondays Radio

Josh Levine
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There is only one sustainable competitive advantage in business today—company culture—and I’m on a mission to help organizations harness its power. Josh Levine, here, the host of Great Mondays Radio. I’m an author, consultant, and educator with over fifteen years of experience helping hyper-growth technology companies become more effective, aligned, and profitable. My book, Great Mondays: How To Design A Company Culture Employees Love, was listed as one of BookAuthority’s best culture books of all time. Great Mondays Radio is my way of elevating the people and stories behind tech’s best company cultures so that more leaders can apply this powerful business tool to improve employee lives and their bottom line. If you're an experienced people leader or HR professional, apply to be a guest on the show at https://radio.greatmondays.com/podcast-guest

  1. When Smart Leaders Self-Sabotage and Call It “High Standards”. Plus, Why insight doesn’t automatically lead to behavior change.

    1D AGO

    When Smart Leaders Self-Sabotage and Call It “High Standards”. Plus, Why insight doesn’t automatically lead to behavior change.

    In leadership, we like to believe our biggest challenges are external. Market shifts. Economic pressure. Disruption. Competition. But what if the real friction isn’t "out there"? On this episode of Great Mondays Radio, host Josh Levine sits down with certified executive coach Rob Wise to explore the concept of leadership saboteurs—the hidden patterns of thinking that quietly shape our behavior when we’re stressed, tired, or feeling threatened. From the ever-present Judge to the Controller, the Hyper-Achiever, the Pleaser, and more, Rob breaks down how the very traits that fueled your success can, under pressure, start to erode trust, culture, and clarity. Together, Josh and Rob unpack the difference between judgment and discernment, reaction and response, insight and actual behavior change. They also dig into the practical side of transformation. Why awareness alone rarely rewires behavior. Why physical interruption matters. And how a simple pause can shift you from critique to curiosity in moments that matter most. This conversation is not about eliminating your shadow side. It’s about integrating it. Because leadership is not the absence of triggers. It’s the ability to navigate them with intention. If you’ve ever fired off an email you regretted, defaulted to control when things felt uncertain, or called your defensiveness “high standards,” this episode will feel uncomfortably familiar—in the best possible way. About Our Guest: Rob Wise is a certified business and executive coach specializing in leadership development, emotional intelligence, and organizational effectiveness. Through his work with leaders and teams, Rob helps high performers identify the internal patterns that limit their impact and build the habits that unlock wiser, more grounded leadership. Learn more at Focal Point Coaching. About Great Mondays: → Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply here. → Running our show takes a lot of coffee. Support us for just $3/month. → Watch Great Mondays Radio episodes on YouTube. → Want to learn more about Josh's work at Great Mondays? Visit greatmondays.com.

    31 min
  2. The Job Market Sh*t Show: Is Fractional Work the Uber-fication of Jobs?

    5D AGO

    The Job Market Sh*t Show: Is Fractional Work the Uber-fication of Jobs?

    Work is starting to behave like a scarce resource—and companies are adjusting their metabolism accordingly. In this episode, Josh explores how AI, short-term incentives, and belt-tightening are accelerating the unbundling of jobs into fractional roles, contractors, and piecemeal tasks. What once looked like flexibility and “portfolio careers” is starting to resemble something else: an uberification of work where organizations can buy talent in slices, avoid long-term commitments, and offload risk onto individuals. Josh unpacks why this shift feels sudden, why it may be structural rather than temporary, and what it means when stability becomes a perk instead of the baseline. About The Job Market Sh*t Show The Job Market Sh*t Show: How AI Broke Hiring and What Might Be Next is an investigation into how hiring actually works now, how AI and automation have upended the process, and why the old rules no longer apply. It blends reporting, analysis, and firsthand stories from inside a labor market that’s increasingly algorithmic, opaque, and indifferent to the people moving through it—while asking what, if anything, might replace a system that no longer seems to work for humans on either side of the process.

    14 min
  3. The Stories We Tell Ourselves. Emotional Intelligence at Work with Performance Psychotherapist Jade Wood. Plus Why 360 Reviews are Broken.

    FEB 9

    The Stories We Tell Ourselves. Emotional Intelligence at Work with Performance Psychotherapist Jade Wood. Plus Why 360 Reviews are Broken.

    What if your biggest leadership blind spot isn’t strategy but self-awareness? On this episode of Great Mondays Radio, host Josh Levine talks with performance psychotherapist Jade Wood, MA, LMFT, MHSA about the overlooked power of emotional intelligence at work. They explore how trust breaks down when leaders lack self-awareness, why most 360 reviews fall flat, and what actually helps people grow: understanding how others experience you. Jade shares practical ways to build emotional fluency, explains why most conflict is unhealed trauma in disguise, and offers two deceptively simple questions that can shift how you lead. If you're building culture or managing people, this episode reframes EQ as a critical leadership muscle—one that separates good teams from great ones. About Our Guest: Jade Wood, MA, LMFT, MHSA is a clinical psychotherapist and performance coach who helps leaders and organizations build emotional intelligence from the inside out. Learn more about her work or get in touch via LinkedIn. About Great Mondays: → Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply here. → Running our show takes a lot of coffee. Support us for just $3/month. → Watch Great Mondays Radio episodes on YouTube. → Want to learn more about Josh's work at Great Mondays? Visit greatmondays.com.

    39 min
  4. The Job Market Sh*t Show: Can We Beat The Bots?

    FEB 5

    The Job Market Sh*t Show: Can We Beat The Bots?

    Can We Beat The Bots? Escalating AI Tactics in The Job Search Arms Race Applying for jobs used to mean competing with other people. Now, it often means competing with machines. In this episode, Josh looks at how AI has turned the job search into an arms race—where applicants experiment with prompt injection, keyword stuffing, and other tactics just to get a human to look at their résumé. He revisits Nathan, an AI researcher who’s tracked his response rates down to the percentage point, and explores why even small changes—like leaving in typos—can feel worth trying in a black-box system that offers no feedback. Along the way, Josh examines how “defensive cheating” is spreading, why recruiters are divided on whether these tactics are clever or deceitful, and what gets lost when hiring becomes a game of outsmarting bots instead of finding capable humans. About The Job Market Sh*t Show The Job Market Sh*t Show: How AI Broke Hiring and What Might Be Next is an investigation into how hiring actually works now, how AI and automation have upended the process, and why the old rules no longer apply. It blends reporting, analysis, and firsthand stories from inside a labor market that’s increasingly algorithmic, opaque, and indifferent to the people moving through it—while asking what, if anything, might replace a system that no longer seems to work for humans on either side of the process.

    13 min
  5. You’re Not Overwhelmed—You’re Just Stuck in the Wrong Frame: Dr. Allen Lycka on the Neuroscience of Resilience and the Practice of Perspective

    FEB 2

    You’re Not Overwhelmed—You’re Just Stuck in the Wrong Frame: Dr. Allen Lycka on the Neuroscience of Resilience and the Practice of Perspective

    What if adversity isn’t the problem—but the way we’re framing it is? On this episode of Great Mondays Radio, host Josh Levine sits down with Dr. Allen Lycka, known as the Doctor of Happiness, to explore why leaders feel overwhelmed, distracted, and constantly on edge in an always-on world. What starts as a conversation about stress quickly becomes a deeper examination of fear, perspective, and the mental habits that either trap us or set us free. Dr. Lycka breaks down how the brain responds to constant stimulus, why most of what we fear never actually happens, and how simple practices like breathwork, gratitude, and honoring natural cycles help leaders regain clarity. Drawing on neuroscience, lived experience, and insights from Viktor Frankl, the conversation reframes resilience not as grinding harder, but as widening the frame through which we see our lives and our work. They discuss leadership in uncertainty, the cost of ignoring rest and seasonality, and why treating perspective as a discipline—not a personality trait—may be one of the most important leadership skills of this decade. If you’re leading a team, an organization, or yourself through relentless change, this episode offers a calmer, more grounded way forward. About Our Guest: Dr. Allen Lycka is an internationally recognized physician, speaker, and advisor known as the Doctor of Happiness. He works with leaders and organizations around the world on passion, purpose, and possibility, helping them overcome adversity through mindset, neuroscience, and practical habits. Learn more at drallenlycka.com. About Great Mondays: → Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply here. → Running our show takes a lot of coffee. Support us for just $3/month. → Watch Great Mondays Radio episodes on YouTube. → Want to learn more about Josh's work at Great Mondays? Visit greatmondays.com.

    26 min
  6. The Job Market Sh*t Show: Is This an Open Role or B.S.?

    JAN 29

    The Job Market Sh*t Show: Is This an Open Role or B.S.?

    Is This an Open Role or B.S.? Ghost Jobs and PR Trickery Job postings used to mean something. Now? They might just be corporate fan fiction. In this episode, Josh digs into ghost jobs—roles that look real but never get filled. He unpacks the story of a product manager who applied with a referral and still never got seen, and talks with a career coach who’s helped hundreds navigate the same dead ends. Whether it’s PR spin, bench-building, or future-proofing a hiring freeze, these jobs waste more than time—they drain hope. And while we can’t stop companies from posting them, we can learn how to spot them sooner. About The Job Market Sh*t Show The Job Market Sh*t Show: How AI Broke Hiring and What Might Be Next is an investigation into how hiring actually works now, how AI and automation have upended the process, and why the old rules no longer apply. It blends reporting, analysis, and firsthand stories from inside a labor market that’s increasingly algorithmic, opaque, and indifferent to the people moving through it—while asking what, if anything, might replace a system that no longer seems to work for humans on either side of the process.

    10 min
  7. The Kids Don’t Want to Work (Until They’re Treated Like Humans): What Leaders Get Wrong About Gen Z and Work

    JAN 26

    The Kids Don’t Want to Work (Until They’re Treated Like Humans): What Leaders Get Wrong About Gen Z and Work

    What if the problem isn’t that younger generations don’t want to work—but that work stopped making sense? On this episode of Great Mondays Radio, host Josh Levine talks with culture strategist and Call for Culture founder Angela Howard about why leaders keep misreading Gen Z—and how the familiar complaint “the kids don’t want to work” is really a signal of a broken social contract. From quiet quitting to calling out employers online, Angela explains why these moments aren’t trends, but symptoms of a deeper shift in power, fairness, and expectations at work. They explore how technology has given employees a voice previous generations never had, why ambition is being mislabeled as entitlement, and how organizations default to short-term efficiency at the expense of long-term resilience. The conversation digs into culture as risk management, why workplaces lag behind societal change, and what it actually means to treat people like humans—not resources. If you’re a leader navigating generational tension, return-to-office debates, or rising disengagement, this episode reframes the challenge. The question isn’t how to fix Gen Z—it’s whether your organization is willing to evolve before the next reckoning arrives. About Our Guest: Angela Howard is the founder of Call for Culture, a culture consultancy, and creator of Culture Impact Lab, a conference exploring the intersection of workplace culture and social change. She advises leaders on future-proofing organizations through fairness, dignity, and sustainable culture. Learn more at callforculture.com. About Great Mondays: → Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply here. → Running our show takes a lot of coffee. Support us for just $3/month. → Watch Great Mondays Radio episodes on YouTube. → Want to learn more about Josh's work at Great Mondays? Visit greatmondays.com.

    35 min
  8. The Job Market Sh*t Show: Hey Robot, Read My Resume?

    JAN 22

    The Job Market Sh*t Show: Hey Robot, Read My Resume?

    Hey Robot, Read My Resume? When AI Decides Who Gets Seen. Applying online feels like shouting into the void—and that’s because, more often than not, your first interviewer is a robot. In this episode, Josh breaks down the rise of AI in hiring: how automation is reshaping resume screening, where bias creeps in, and why so many qualified candidates are ghosted by systems that were built for efficiency, not fairness. Plus, why networking—not keyword cramming—might be your best bet for getting seen. About The Job Market Sh*t Show: The Job Market Sh*t Show is an investigation into how hiring actually works now, why the old rules no longer apply, and what’s quietly taking their place. It blends reporting, analysis, and firsthand stories from inside a labor market that feels increasingly automated, opaque, and indifferent to the people moving through it.

    16 min
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There is only one sustainable competitive advantage in business today—company culture—and I’m on a mission to help organizations harness its power. Josh Levine, here, the host of Great Mondays Radio. I’m an author, consultant, and educator with over fifteen years of experience helping hyper-growth technology companies become more effective, aligned, and profitable. My book, Great Mondays: How To Design A Company Culture Employees Love, was listed as one of BookAuthority’s best culture books of all time. Great Mondays Radio is my way of elevating the people and stories behind tech’s best company cultures so that more leaders can apply this powerful business tool to improve employee lives and their bottom line. If you're an experienced people leader or HR professional, apply to be a guest on the show at https://radio.greatmondays.com/podcast-guest

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  • Creator
    Josh Levine
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    149
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Josh Levine
  • Show Website
    Great Mondays Radio