The Happy Engineer ยท 2026-06-16 ยท 1h 4m
Watch the Engineering Director Promotion Plan (free): Your best people are quietly checked out. And you might not even know it's happening. Zach sits down with leadership consultant Anton Gunn to unpack why injustice in the workplace - not discrimination, but the daily slights, the excluded emails, the teams nobody wants to join - is quietly destroying your culture and driving retention. Anton breaks down the Eight Stages of Alienation, why 95% of leaders either miss it or do nothing about it, and exactly what separates the 5% who actually fix it. You'll learn: - The Eight Stages of Alienation: how one act of disrespect escalates into the "8:59 employee" who mentally quit years ago - Why injustice is invisible to half of leaders - and how to actually see what's happening on your team - The three questions every person silently asks their leader (and why your actions matter more than your words) - How vulnerability and imperfection make you a stronger leader than any perfect script ever could ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ?
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