At Work, Under Pressure

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Modern work often rewards performance, extraction, and fitting in. Katherine Dudtschak believes there is another way. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Katherine Dudtschak of Sincerely to talk about wholeness, storytelling, gender affirmation, psychological safety, leadership, trauma, hope, and what it means to...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Sometimes the workload looks reasonable on paper, but your team still looks exhausted, distracted, reactive, and overwhelmed. Dr. Liane Davey says that is because leaders are often looking at the wrong load. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Liane Davey of 3COze to talk about thoughtload, burnout, conflict...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Some workplaces take care of their employees because the law says they have to. Others ask a deeper question: who do we choose to be as an employer? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Mike Frost of the Ko-Kwel Casino Resort to talk about hospitality, tribal HR, employee dignity, gaming, rebranding, integrated be...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! When suicide loss touches a workplace, employees do not need leaders to have perfect words. They need leaders to show up. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Monica Tomchick of UniBank to talk about suicide loss, grief, workplace response, HR preparedness, parenting through family mental health history, and why o...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Inclusion is not just a nice message during Pride Month. It is the difference between people showing up guarded, exhausted, and afraid, or showing up with enough safety to contribute fully. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Mischa Oak, author of Rainbow Wisdom , to talk about LGBTQ+ inclusion, queer resilience,...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Most workplace problems are communication problems. But that does not mean they are simple. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Marlo Lyons, executive coach, HR leader, attorney, former investigative reporter, and host of Work Unscripted , to talk about feedback, trust, team dynamics, workplace investigations, le...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! The hardest workplace conversations rarely go well by accident. They go well because leaders have built trust, created clarity, and learned how to handle human moments before the crisis arrives. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Sara Stowe of True Terpenes to talk about psychological safety, difficult conversat...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! HR is often treated as a collection of disconnected functions: benefits, payroll, hiring, compliance, performance, and employee relations. Kayshia Kruger sees it differently. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Kayshia Kruger of ORC to talk about people operations, organization development, AI, people analytics,...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Older workers are often treated as expensive, outdated, or past their prime. Dan Pontefract thinks that is not only wrong, but dangerous. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Dan Pontefract, author of The Future of Work Is Grey , to talk about ageism, older workers, institutional knowledge, multi-generational team...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Buying a business is not just about the deal. It is about what happens when you walk in on day one and meet the people who already know how the business works. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Mike Bourgeois of Cardinal Heating & Air to talk about military service, search, acquiring a home services busines...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! High-growth companies move fast — but without clarity, speed can turn into chaos. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Sarah Frymire of OneSource to talk about scaling a company from 90 to 250 employees, building agile teams, communicating through change, creating clarity, supporting high performers, and why peer...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Trust is one of the most important forces inside any workplace — but most organizations do not define it, measure it, or teach leaders how to build it. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Colleen Kelly to talk about trust theory, employee surveys, psychological safety, 360 reviews, first-line leadership, conflict...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What if HR was not just about policies, compliance, hiring, and firing? What if HR could be one of the most powerful drivers of performance, culture, mental health, and human potential inside a company? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with David Alsop, CHRO of Ultradent and co-author of Making HR Matter: What CEOs...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Buying a small business sounds exciting. You get to be your own boss. Run the company. Build something. Create wealth. Own your future. But the reality is much messier. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Mark Fleming of Owner Actions to talk about small business acquisition, searchers, SBA financing, people mana...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Employee benefits are not just a recruiting tool. They are one of the places where healthcare costs, prevention, mental health, productivity, employee education, and workplace culture all intersect. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Chris Kerwood of USI to talk about employee benefits, rising healthcare costs,...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What happens when HR is grounded in psychology, business strategy, and humanity? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Jonathan Fedak to talk about industrial-organizational psychology, human resources, workplace culture, managing up, mental health, mergers and acquisitions, and what it means to lead people through...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Most leaders understand that suicide prevention matters. But when it comes time to fund training, build a peer support program, or make the case to the executive team, compassion often needs numbers behind it. In this solo mini-sode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer breaks down 10 suicide prevention statistics every HR professional and busin...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Why do so many workplace wellness programs fail? Because most of them ask people to change too much, too fast, for reasons that do not actually matter to them. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Clark Lagemann of Avidon Health to talk about workplace wellness, employee engagement, behavior change, motivational i...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What should employers actually know before running a background check? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Gavin Bray of Alliance 2020, a nationally accredited background screening firm headquartered in Washington State. Gavin breaks down what employment screening really includes, why accreditation matters, how b...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What does it take to buy, build, and scale a business without losing sight of ethics, culture, and people? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Jim Tolbert of ExecCap Advisors to talk about entrepreneurship through acquisition, the business of education, regulated industries, private equity, trade schools, leaders...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! When a student is struggling, they may not go to a counselor first. They may go to a professor. A coach. A resident director. A staff member. Someone they already know and trust. In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Erin Ruff, an HR leader at the University of Puget Sound and president of the Washington State chap...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! Who takes care of the people who take care of everyone else? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Memories Mannix, an HR professional with Renton Regional Fire Authority, to talk about first responder mental health, peer support, suicide prevention, workplace culture, and what it looks like to support firefighters...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What does it look like for HR to stay human when the workplace keeps changing? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with William West, a people and HR leader whose career has spanned nonprofits, food, chocolate, high-growth tech, remote work, acquisitions, layoffs, and AI-driven workplace change. William’s path into HR...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What if the biggest barrier to mental health care is not just cost, coverage, or provider availability — but language? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Warren Sadler of Therify for a thoughtful, deeply human conversation about emotional literacy, access to therapy, grief, workplace behavioral health benefits,...

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE! What if your workplace communication problem is not actually a communication problem? In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure , Jessi Beyer sits down with Brandy Ferrer, communication and leadership consultant, founder of Pathfinder Strategies, and creator of the SPARK method. Jessi first became obsessed with Brandy after seeing the title of one...