At Work, Under Pressure

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! People are often quick to label someone as lazy, unmotivated, distracted, or unable to hack it. But sometimes the problem is not willpower at all. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Michael Delman, founder of Beyond BookSmart and WorkSmart Coaching, to talk about executive function, ADHD, anxiety, accommodations...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Going on mental health leave is not a vacation. For many people, it means losing routine, confidence, identity, connection, and the sense that they are still contributing to the team around them. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Andrew Miki, psychologist, founder of Mental Fitness, and advisor in psycholog...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Law enforcement trains people to become exceptionally good at staying alive on duty. The harder question is how to keep that same career from slowly eroding the parts of life that make someone resilient off duty. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Kevin Gilmartin, author of Emotional Survival for Law Enforce...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Suicide prevention is not just a clinical issue. It is a public health issue, a systems issue, a workplace issue, and an economic issue. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Deb Stone, Senior Director of Knowledge and Review at The JED Foundation, to talk about the economic impact of suicide and self-harm, wha...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What if employees and managers never had to raise a ticket to get help? That is the question behind Kinfolk, the HR AI agent built to remove operational admin from HR, IT, payroll, and other teams that keep the organization running. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Jeet Mukerji, founder of Kinfolk, to talk abo...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Great leadership is not just about holding people accountable. It is also about understanding what is actually happening before deciding why someone is struggling. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with leadership coach and author Mike Goldman to talk about high-performing leadership teams, accountability, coaching,...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Everything starts with a job. A job supports families, homes, cars, dreams, and the ability to build a life. And for Janel Hunt, EVP of Human Resources at BGSF, that means HR is never just paperwork. It is where people, business, compliance, technology, and human support intersect. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! HR is not just paperwork, policies, and onboarding forms. At its best, HR helps organizations understand their people, build healthier cultures, and make sure employees have the tools they need to do good work. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Cindy Halstead of Archer HR Consulting to talk about fractional HR,...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Most organizations obsess over strategy, talent, and effort. But Karina Mangu-Ward argues that the real action is happening somewhere else: inside teams. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Karina Mangu-Ward, partner at August and author of Teams That Meet the Moment , to talk about decision-making, hierarchy, po...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Money can solve a lot of problems. But it does not make someone immune to loneliness, burnout, insecurity, relationship strain, career disappointment, or suicide risk. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Gregg Schoenberg, managing partner at Westcott Inc. and an executive coach specializing in the finance industr...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Human behavior is not mysterious. It is mechanical. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Evan LaPointe of CORE Sciences to talk about behavioral science, neuroscience, leadership, AI, stress, motivation, culture, and why leaders need to understand how human brains actually work if they want better performance. Eva...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Agriculture runs on urgency. When a combine is down during harvest, it is not a normal service call. It is closer to 911. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Mark Reid, CEO of Atlantic Tractor and co-founder of Opervia, to talk about agriculture, dealership culture, employee retention, leadership, onboarding, AI,...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Most people think they know how to have a difficult conversation. But when the stakes are high, confidence is not the same as competence. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Dale Olsen and Laura Humm of SIMmersion to talk about simulation-based communication training, suicide intervention, law enforcement int...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Sometimes the question is not, “What job should I take next?” Sometimes the question is, “What kind of life am I trying to build?” In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Korie Pelka to talk about career transitions, burnout, layoffs, retirement, creative identity, coaching, legacy, and what happens when successful p...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Employees do not stop being human when they walk into the office. They bring their mental health, family stress, grief, finances, relationships, anxiety, and caregiving responsibilities with them. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Olivia Carter-Hollis of Heitman to talk about workplace wellness, mental health r...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Grief does not wait outside the office door. It comes to meetings. It answers emails. It leads teams. It hits deadlines. And often, it stays hidden beneath performance, behavior, silence, and operational strain. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Patricia Bravo of The Empathetic Leader to talk about grief litera...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Executive protection is not just about being physically capable. It is about judgment, emotional intelligence, perspective, and knowing when to raise the flag. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Oded Krashinsky of Advanced Security Concepts and Pacific West Academy to talk about executive protection, veteran tra...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Men do not need to be attacked. They need to be invited into a better version of strength. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Jeff Perera of Higher UnLearning to talk about men, masculinity, mental health, emotional literacy, workplace culture, violence prevention, and what it means to move from harmful to helpf...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! People do not stay at a company just because there is a paycheck. They stay when the full employment experience works: the pay, the benefits, the culture, the communication, the trust, and the feeling that the company actually sees them as a person. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Brian Rea of Forged HR to ta...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Introverts do not need to become extroverts to succeed at work. But workplaces do need to stop treating extroversion as the default path to leadership, visibility, and advancement. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Janice Chaka of The Career Introvert to talk about introversion, energy management, networking, i...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Richard Bronson’s story starts on Wall Street, moves through Stratton Oakmont and federal prison, and eventually becomes a mission to help people coming out of incarceration rebuild their lives. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Richard Bronson, founder of Commissary Club and 70 Million Jobs, to talk about The...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! T rauma does not leave itself at the door when people come to work. And calling a workplace “trauma-informed” is not enough if leaders do not know how to embody that in everyday practice. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Adriana Leigh of ALG Consulting to talk about trauma, trauma sensitivity, psychological sa...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! When crisis hits, leaders do not magically become ready. They either have the tools, relationships, and emotional discipline to respond, or they create a vacuum. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Leonard Marcus of Harvard’s National Preparedness Leadership Initiative to talk about crisis leadership, meta-le...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Suicide Prevention Awareness Month gives us a chance to talk about saving lives, but to understand where suicide prevention is today, we also have to understand the long, complicated history that shaped the stigma, silence, punishment, and public health efforts surrounding suicide in the Western world. In this solo episode of At Work, Under Pressur...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Before E! became a global entertainment brand, it started with limited money, limited credibility, and a team small enough to include 11 employees and 31 interns. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Larry Namer, co-founder of E!, to talk about building a 24-hour television network from almost nothing, leading thr...