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The Talent Forge: Shaping Workforce Behaviors with Jay Johnson
Welcome to The Talent Forge: Shaping Workforce Behavior with Jay Johnson — the podcast where behavioral science meets the day-to-day challenges of leadership and talent development.
Each week, Jay Johnson, behavioral architect, two-time TEDx speaker, and corporate trainer, brings you bold conversations and tactical insights to help organizations develop better managers, improve communication, and shape workplace behavior that drives results.
Whether you're an emerging leader, a C-suite executive, an operations manager, or an individual seeking growth, this show delivers behavior-based strategies that stick. Jay and experts in the field come together to share a behind-the-scenes look at the tools that build high-performing teams, reduce burnout, and foster cultures of accountability and trust.
From leadership development and management coaching to behavioral intelligence and culture transformation, you'll walk away with actionable tools to improve your people, processes, and performance.
This isn’t theory. This is real-world behavior, transformed. Welcome to the Forge.
Interested in being a guest? Please contact Madison Bennett via email (madison@coeuscreativegroup.com).
The Talent Forge: Shaping Workforce Behaviors with Jay Johnson
Latest Episodes
How Family Roles Shape Habits and Reactions
The fastest way to meet an older version of yourself is to walk into a familiar room with familiar people. You can spend years building emotional intelligence, confidence, and communication skills, then find yourself getting defensive, shutting...
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Why Workforce Behavior Gets Personal This Season
Behavior runs the workplace; not the org chart and not the slide deck. Season 3 of Talent Forge opens with our host, Jay Johnson, back on the mic, and we’re taking a sharper, more personal angle on workforce behavior and behavioral change, beca...
The Little White Lie: "I'm Fine"
“I’m fine” might be the most polished sentence in the workplace and one of the least honest. We dig into the quiet reality behind that answer: it’s often a containment strategy that helps us avoid conflict, stay “professional,” and keep moving ...
The Intellectualization Reflex and How To Break It
You can be brilliant at patterns and still be terrible at presence. We’re naming a common trap for leaders, coaches, and high performers: the intellectualization reflex, that lightning-fast move where something hurts and we respond by explainin...
