Today on the RAFT podcast, Jeremie and Johnanna Ganz continue their discussion about occupational identity and how it connects to leadership and the development of organizational culture.
Episode Time Codes
0:00 Intro0:45 Johanna reviews what it means to have a strong occupational identity.2:51 What is “Organizational Culture Development”? How does it relate to leadership?3:00 Definition of formal and informal organizational culture4:20 How organizational culture connects to occupational identity management through leadership.5:36 Johanna shares 6 factors that can promote or prevent the rate of burnout that people experience in an organization.6:30 Johanna emphasizes the role that leaders play in shaping these 6 factors.7:01 Discussion.8:41 How a strong occupational identity amongst advocates and leadership can create an “us” vs. “them” dynamic.9:41 Johanna discusses 3 factors that can cause this “us” vs. “them” mentality to occur.13:49 How to better manage and/or alleviate this dynamic.14:31 Discussion.16:06 If we know that strong, potentially unhealthy occupational identity exists in an organization, how can that organization ensure that new advocates entering the organization maintain a healthy occupational identity?17:30 Johanna shares 6 ways that leaders can help promote healthy occupational identity among new advocates in an organization.23:08 Discussion.25:00 Johanna and Jeremie discuss what leadership can do for a brand new advocate that comes into an SV/DV organization with an interest in the work but limited experience and/or connection to the movement (both personally and professionally).27:49 Johanna explains the relationship between micromanagement and occupational identity.30:00 Johanna shares advice for advocates who might be dealing with a supervisor that struggles with micromanagement.33:39 Johanna shares advice for leaders who notice micromanagement occurring in their organization.34:25 Discussion.37:29 Discussion about the challenges that come with grant reports: Johanna explains 4 ways that leaders can encourage their successful completion.44:27 Jeremie and Johanna discuss how to change organizational culture and cultivate healthier occupational identities in a field that can be resistant to change because they have operated in one specific way for such a long time.46:59 Johanna shares tips for creating structural change in the SV/DV field in order to move towards healthier occupational identities.50:39 Discussion.53:06 Johanna shares how to get in touch with her and learn more about her work.54:43 Outro
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