# Brad Shuck

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Leading With Hope

Welcome to Office Therapy with Dr. Brad Shuck — a space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most at work and in life. In this episode, Brad explores what it really means to lead with hope in a time when so many are feeling the weight of uncertainty and exhaustion. Drawing on the…

When Culture Feels Off

When the culture’s pulse fades, meetings look fine on paper but feel lifeless in the room. In this episode, Dr. Brad Shuck names the quiet signs of a flatlined workplace—polite agreement, safe ideas, and no real spark—and explains why this isn’t a strategy problem, it’s a connection problem. Drawin…

Micro-Restoration: Small Rituals, Big Renewal

Winter in Kentucky, a crackling fire, and a simple invitation: slow down. In this episode of Office Therapy, Dr. Brad Shuck explores the quiet power of renewal—micro-restoration. Not sabbaticals or grand gestures, but small, human, repeatable acts leaders can use to reset in the flow of work. Throu…

The Activity Paradox: Why Hard Work Isn’t Always Healthy

Luis works hard—18,000 steps by lunch, steel-toed boots, freight runs on a spotless warehouse floor. But his doctor tells him to “exercise more.” That contradiction? It’s not just frustrating. It’s the activity paradox. In this episode of Office Therapy, Dr. Brad Shuck unpacks why physically deman…

Staying Human in an Age of More

In this episode of Office Therapy, Dr. Brad Shuck explores the hidden cost of efficiency in the age of AI. What happens when the tools designed to save us time don’t actually give time back—but instead intensify the pace of work? Through a deeply human reflection on burnout, task expansion, and th…

The Leadership Power of Pause

In today’s fast-moving workplaces, urgency has quietly become the default setting. Calendars fill up, meetings stack back-to-back, and leaders move from decision to decision without a moment to breathe. But what if the constant rush is actually making our organizations less effective? In this epis…

Interview with Carol Shulte - 2025 KYSHRM

The Workforce Therapy Files team attended the 2025 Kentucky SHRM Conference, in Louisville. We took the opportunity to interview over 20 professionals who stopped by our booth. Jamie and Molley were joined by Carol Schulte, Keynote Speaker and Founder of The Brāve Initiative. Dr. Brad Shuck als…

I'm not burned out. I'm designed-out.

"I'm not burned out. I'm designed-out." That's what a top operator told her CPO at 10:47 PM on a Tuesday. And Dr. Brad Shuck can't stop thinking about it. In this episode of Office Therapy, Brad unpacks why the burnout conversation is missing the point in 2026. Drawing on new Berkeley research show…

When Your Boss Is Less Engaged Than You Are

Everyone's talking about the Gallup 2026 headline — global engagement at 20%. Almost no one is talking about the finding that matters more: manager engagement has fallen 9 points in three years, wiping out nearly half a decade of gains. Female managers dropped 7. Managers under 35 dropped 5. And fo…

#546 Dr Brad Shuck on the Challenges and Suprises As He Began a Sabbatical From Work 8/10/26

Sabbatical. The concept of the sabbatical is based on the Biblical practice of shmita, which is related to agriculture. According to Leviticus 25, Jews in the land of Israel must take a year-long break from working the fields every seven years. A "sabbatical" has come to mean an extended absence in…