Connected Culture with Dr. Jamie Shapiro

Dr. Jamie Shapiro

You want an ambitious career and a life you actually want to live. You want to build teams that thrive without burning yourself out leading them. Connected Culture is the podcast for you. Each week, organizational psychologist and CEO coach Dr. Jamie Shapiro brings you research-backed conversations on leading with vitality, building healthier team cultures, and designing a career with the capacity to hold a real life around it. New episodes weekly.

Episodes

  1. May 28

    Stop Having Meetings After the Meeting (If You Want A Successful Business)

    Your team isn't struggling because they lack effort, they're struggling because decisions keep piling up while everyone stays "busy." In this episode, organizational psychologist and CEO coach Jamie Shapiro breaks down decision debt, a pattern she sees constantly in high-performing teams, where meetings happen nonstop but nothing actually moves. She shares the real cost of leaving decisions unresolved and the small, practical shifts that rebuild alignment, clarity, and momentum.You'll learn:— What decision debt is and why it quietly kills team performance— How to tell the difference between motion and momentum in your organization— Why misalignment in one meeting creates fractures across entire teams— The five-minute meeting close that dramatically improves accountability— How to identify who actually owns a decision before a meeting ends— The one-way door vs. two-way door framework for smarter, faster decisions— When more data is actually hurting your decision-making, not helping itSHOW NOTES(00:00) Motion without momentum: does this sound familiar?(03:19) What decision debt is and how it builds up(04:36) The real costs: duplicative work and broken alignment(05:54) Why we keep trying to change too much at once(07:35) The five-minute meeting close that fixes alignment(08:11) The meeting after the meeting, and why it has to stop(08:36) Decision debt and leader vitality: the energy connection(12:25) One-way door vs. two-way door decisions explained(13:30) Three steps to run a real decision-making meetingABOUT THE HOSTDr. Jamie Shapiro is an organizational psychologist, master-certified executive coach, and the founder and CEO of Connected EC. She holds a PhD in Positive Organizational Psychology from Claremont Graduate University and has coached CEOs and executive teams since 1998. After experiencing executive burnout herself, she became committed to reshaping how leaders show up (for themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Jamie is the bestselling author of Brilliant: Be the Leader Who Shines Brightly Without Burning Out, and her new book, Connected Culture: The New Science for Thriving Teams and Cultures, introduces the 5Cs model that anchors this podcast). Learn more at connectedec.comIf this episode resonated, please follow the show, leave a rating, and share it with one leader you think needs to hear it. New episodes drop weekly.

    16 min

  2. May 22

    Psychologist Explains Why High Performers Can Ruin a Team

    Most leaders think assembling a room full of high performers guarantees results but what actually happens is the opposite. Jamie Shapiro, organizational psychologist and CEO coach, breaks down the famous super chicken study and explains why individual talent without connection, trust, and a "we" mindset quietly destroys team performance. She unpacks the real behaviors that separate high performers from high performing teams and gives leaders a clear, practical framework for building both. If your team looks great on paper but keeps underperforming, this episode is the answer.You'll learn:— Why high performers placed together often underperform instead of thriving— What the super chicken study reveals about competitive team dynamics— The difference between an "I" mindset and a "we" mindset on teams— What a toxic rockstar looks like and how they damage culture— Why asking for help is a strength, not a burden— How removing the "busy badge" creates psychological safety on teams— The 5 C's framework: Connection, Candid Communication, Clarity, Collaboration, and ContributionSHOW NOTES(00:00) When your all-star team is still underperforming(03:09) The super chicken study explained(04:22) High performers vs. a high performing team(06:19) What a toxic rockstar actually looks like(07:07) Why asking for help builds the team(08:34) Drop the busy badge, lead with humanity(09:51) How to know if your team has a trust problem(10:32) The 5 C's of high performing teamsABOUT THE HOST Dr. Jamie Shapiro is an organizational psychologist, master-certified executive coach, and the founder and CEO of Connected EC. She holds a PhD in Positive Organizational Psychology from Claremont Graduate University and has coached CEOs and executive teams since 1998. After experiencing executive burnout herself, she became committed to reshaping how leaders show up (for themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Jamie is the bestselling author of Brilliant: Be the Leader Who Shines Brightly Without Burning Out, and her new book, Connected Culture: The New Science for Thriving Teams and Cultures, introduces the 5Cs model that anchors this podcast).  Learn more at connectedec.com If this episode resonated, please follow the show, leave a rating, and share it with one leader you think needs to hear it. New episodes drop weekly.

    11 min

  3. May 14

    Excellence vs. Perfection: A Psychologist Explains Wabi Sabi

    Have you ever sat through a meeting where every status was green and you knew, deep down, that wasn't actually true?This isn't a communication problem. It's a perfectionism problem. In this episode, Dr. Jamie Shapiro unpacks why so many teams default to "everything's on track" when it isn't and introduces a 500-year-old Japanese philosophy that her firm has adapted into a structured team practice for moving from a fear-based culture to a learning-based one. You'll learn: — Why "this isn't a communication problem, it's a perfectionism problem"— The difference between fear-based and learning-based team cultures— What wabi sabi means and how Jamie discovered it inside a public company— Why "failure" became a four-letter word — and what to call it instead— The failure spectrum (and why most teams treat all failure the same)— Type 1 (doing) vs. Type 2 (reflecting) learning, and the one teams skip— The 6-step Wabi Sabi Practice for honest team reflection SHOW NOTES(00:00) Why "everything is green" is a red flag(01:12) Fear-based vs. learning-based culture(01:48) What is wabi sabi?(02:32) The company that banned the word "failure"(05:34) Why perfectionism kills performance(07:44) Failure is a spectrum (Amy Edmondson)(09:20) Type 1 vs. Type 2 learning(10:28) The 6-step wabi sabi practice(13:36) A note from a recovering perfectionist If this episode resonated, please follow the show, leave a rating, and share it with one leader you think needs to hear it. New episodes drop weekly.

    14 min
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You want an ambitious career and a life you actually want to live. You want to build teams that thrive without burning yourself out leading them. Connected Culture is the podcast for you. Each week, organizational psychologist and CEO coach Dr. Jamie Shapiro brings you research-backed conversations on leading with vitality, building healthier team cultures, and designing a career with the capacity to hold a real life around it. New episodes weekly.

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