Jeff Wetherhold
Podcasts
Hear the ideas behind the work.
Recent interviews
Podcast interviews go deeper into the ideas behind my work. Why does conventional change management keep producing the same results? What does an engagement-first approach look like in practice? These are a good place to start before we talk.
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A World of Difference
What "Resistant to Change" Is Really Telling You
Labeling people as resistant to change is both a judgment and a dead end. Jeff explains what the word resistance obscures. The information hiding underneath it is exactly what leaders need to move forward. A conversation about listening differently when change conversations get hard.
Talking to Change
Motivational Interviewing for Leaders
A conversation on leading change without losing yourself. The loneliness of leadership isn't a personal failing. It's a structural outcome of a model that was never designed to be sustainable. Jeff discusses what it costs leaders to carry the full weight of change alone, why Motivational Interviewing offers something most leaders have never received, and what it means to teach these skills in ways that actually fit the conditions leaders work in.
Growth Hacking Culture
What Leaders Deserve to Know About Change
Disengagement and turnover aren't the price of change. They're the price of communication left to chance. Jeff explains why leaders have been handed half the toolkit and made wholly responsible for the results, what skeptical staff are actually signaling when they push back, and why the word "resistance" is a dead end dressed up as a diagnosis.
Ideas and Leaders
Why Leaders Fail at Difficult Conversations
You are an amplifier. Every leader is amplifying something, whether they've decided to or not. Jeff explains why reflections do work that questions can't, what leaders are actually strengthening when they spend a conversation answering objections, and why anyone supplying all the fuel for a change is going to burn out. A conversation about listening for the motivation people already have.
The Nonprofit Exchange
Beyond Buy-In: Getting to Commitment
Buy-in is transactional. If they're buying, you're selling. Jeff explains what commitment looks like when people find their own reasons to move, why "resistance" gives a leader nothing to act on, and how someone's feelings about a change differ from their feelings about who they are. A conversation about mission-driven leaders and the half of the change toolkit nobody gave them.
The Influence Economy
What Skeptical Audiences Are Telling You
When someone pushes back, it’s easy to treat it as opposition to manage. It isn't. Jeff explains what skepticism from external audiences actually signals, why pushing back at the level of position almost always makes it worse, and what political canvassers can teach leaders about influencing people who have no obligation to change their minds. A conversation about building credibility and influence outside the organization, even when the room starts cold.
The ET Project
The Art of Conversation in Driving Organizational Change
SMART Performance
The Hidden Skill Most Leaders Overlook that Accelerates Change
Let's Talk Transformation
Transforming Conversations for Change
Your Intended Message
A Better Way to Drive Change
Play Big Faster
Change Management is a Communciations Problem
Grow Your Impact, Income, and Influence
Your Team Isn’t Resisting Change—They’re Resisting Confusion
Beyond AI: Wisdom at Work
Change is Conversational
I Am Refocused Radio
Guiding Change That Connects People and Purpose
We Not Me
Why We Are Approaching Change All Wrong—And What to Do Instead
We Not Me (second appearance)
Your Practical Guide to Conversations that Drive Change
Unprofessionalism
Driving Sustainable Change Through Motivational Interviewing
Biz Blend
Change Fatigue and Conversational Failure: How Leaders Can Build Real Momentum
We Live to Build
What Actually Stops People from Changing?