The Silver Linings Handbook

When it comes to team effectiveness, getting along does not always result in getting ahead. Sure, it’s nice when a team can work together in perfect harmony, but not at the expense of overall effectiveness. If you undergo a medical procedure, would you prefer the healthcare professionals in the room be friends or get the job done correctly? If your favorite sports team is winning championships, do...

In this episode, we're going to continue our conversation with Jason Usry, the creator, the producer, writer and head elf of the true crime, satire podcast Santa Maybe, a Criminal. We're talking about the thought process that goes into writing fiction, the inspiration for some of the characters on his podcast, what working in podcasting and Hollywood are like and what we can all do to build more j...

Joining Jayson today is Jason Usry, the creator, the producer, writer and head elf of the true crime, satire podcast Santa Maybe, a Criminal Jason has been an audio producer for more than half a dozen popular podcasts including several popular true crime podcasts. Jason grew up in a small town in Georgia where he learned the power of writing to help heal and entertain people. After watching the mo...

There are gifts and challenges of intergenerational differences in the workplace, at a moment where there are four generations still collaborating together at organizations across the world. Eliminating the friction and getting the most of differences will be critical to real diversity and inclusion and our success in the future. Jayson is joined by Kaitlynn King to discuss leadership across gener...

In this episode, with talk with FBI Profiler Julia Cowley in the second part of two episodes about the life of criminal profilers. In this episode, we discuss Julia's work on high-profile and little-known cases, including how a profile helped a Oklahoma investigator solve the murders of 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Placker by a stranger, Kevin Sweat, on a rural dirt road. We a...

In today's episode, the first in a two-part series, we are joined by former FBI Profiler Julia Cowley and we're going to discuss what profiling is and isn't and the true lives and work of FBI Criminal Profilers . We are and we're going to try and separate the fact from fiction and explore the lives of the real humans who take on the daunting task of living their lives thinking about and helping so...

In this episode, we explore the tough job of being a military family member when you sign up for the military. You're not just signing yourself up, but you're also signing up your entire family. We dive into the challenges and sacrifices faced by military families, particularly military spouses, and the importance of supporting them. We discuss the history of the Military Wives Association and the...

In this episode, Jayson is joined by Lisa Krull. Today we're going to talk about the concept of your personal brand, essentially your reputation and the importance of it to achieving success in work and life. Lisa is a Leadership and Career Coach who supports young professionals, mid-level managers, and C-suite executives in enhancing their leadership skills and achieving their career ambitions. L...

The 2020 killing of George Floyd was a huge step, a reckoning over the relationship between Black Americans and law enforcement. In all the debates about police reform, much less attention is paid to the competing incentives that shape police culture. In today’s episode, we are joined by journalists Daryl Khan and Clarissa Sosin, who spent four years investigating police corruption in Baton Rouge,...

Last episode we left off discussing the media coverage of the Garcia trial, today we're going to talk more about the Garcia case and some of the doubts that came up in that case, we're also going to touch on the Alex Murdough case, the Delphi Murders, the burden defense attorneys carry and those who have been exonerated long after being convicted. Listen to Part one with Bob Motta here . Learn mor...

In this episode, Jayson holds a panel with Brittney Lawhorn and Kristina Ralph where they talk about coaching the Inside, the importance of values in coaching and personal development, the significance of being self-aware and knowing one's strengths to find the right company and team to work with and the relationship between personality and values and how losing sight of one's values can affect th...

In this episode, we discuss the latest in true crime, including the killings at the University of Idaho, the Delphi Murders, the Murdaugh trial and the trial of Anthony Garcia with our friend and defense attorney, Bob Motta, the host of the Defense Diaries podcast. We also discuss the reality of the “soul crushing” profession of being a criminal defense attorney and Bob’s unique approach to tellin...

In this bonus episode, Brittney and Kristina join Jayson again to discuss coaching and personality. This time, they focus on Coaching the Dark Side – the tendencies or risks that tend to get interfere with our ability to become successful in life. Brittney, Kristina and Jayson discuss the importance of paying attention to and even embracing the Dark Side. This bonus episode is the second of a thre...

As the world becomes more interconnected, it is increasingly important to raise understanding of the influence culture has on the way we communicate, what we eat and how we go about our work. In this episode we speak to Edith Coron, an executive coach in France who has done work across the globe with cross-cultural teams, about the importance of raising cultural awareness. "We use often this image...

Brittney Lawhorn, Kristina Ralph and Matt Florence, who support Goose Creek’s coaching efforts, join Jayson to discuss Coaching the Bright Side of personality. Brittney, Kristina, Matt and Jayson discuss the importance of focusing on the strengths and opportunities related to everyday personality to help with personal growth and relationship. This bonus episode is the first in a series of three. T...

Joining Jayson today is Roxanne Laczo. Roxanne is an expert on the intersection between people and data analytics. Rox obtained her PhD in Industrial Organizational Psychology and Statistics from the University of Minnesota. Rox has worked in a number of people analytics strategy and leadership development roles including working as the head of people analytics at Cloudflare, a Senior Consultant a...

Since the 1950s, psychologists have believed that our relationships with our early caregivers have a powerful impact on human experience throughout our lifespan. In today’s episode, we are joined by Victoria Grady, psychologist, business professor and expert in attachment styles in the workplace, to discuss her research in recent years that has demonstrated how our adult attachment styles impact o...

Today, at a time when more than eight million students in the United States participate in high school athletics, 480,000 participate in college athletics and thousands more participate in professional athletics, in this episode we are going to explore the psychology behind successful athletes, what sports can teach us about leadership, teamwork and why so many successful athletes struggle to make...

In this bonus from The Silver Linings Handbook, Jayson and Jillian discuss the joys of being in the LGBTQA+ community, some of the funny misconceptions friends and family members have when you come out and the best parts of taking part in Pride parade. The Silver Linings Handbook is a production of BlueSky Studios LLC. See the Privacy Policy at  https://art19.com/privacy  and the Califor...

Jillian Orr splashed onto the stage when she was graduating from Brigham Young University, the Church of Latter-Day Saints university. On the stage, on camera and in front of thousands, she opened her graduation gown and displayed a Rainbow Flag, the LBGTQA+ banner.  This episode explores coming out, in terms of walking on that stage, reconciling your faith and your identity and the role of b...

In this bonus from The Silver Linings Handbook, Jayson and Kent discuss the difference between what makes people successful at the CIA and what personality characteristics and skills people need to be effective in the field. They also discuss how the CIA, private sector companies and other organizations can build 'success profiles' that will help it do a better job of hiring the right people. Twee...

In this episode, Jayson is joined by Kent Clizbe and we're talking about life as an intelligence officer, the cost of being in a profession where you're being hired because of your clean record, and then are asked to turn your life into a house of lies and the silent trauma that accompanies much of that work and the stigma about getting help. Kent served as a staff CIA case officer in the 1990s, a...

In this day-and-age where people, public companies and publications give platitudes to social justice, John has spent decades giving sweet and tears, and even sacrificing in his career, to tell those stories. Today, we are going to talk about the importance of journalists telling those stories and why the forces of the industry, despite the words, push back against that happening. "I'm convinced t...

Not talking about mental health place has been one of the last bastions in the resistance against busting stigma. The COVID-19 pandemic forced some of those conversations out into the open, creating opportunities for employees, leaders and those who help them. Joining Jayson is Macey Cox who is a friend and a Learning and Development Specialist at the National Science Foundation and the co-chair o...

When Raquel Bono was a child, she told her father that she wanted to work at the hospital so she could spend all day with him. When she started listening to jobs she could do at the hospital, her father asked, “Why don’t want you want to be a doctor?” She replied, “Dad, I did not know that girls could be doctors.” That conversation led to a 30-year career as a trauma surgeon, to become a vice admi...