{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unboxing the Office ","title":"Unboxing the Office | Episode 15: Escaping Performance Mode & Leading Authentically with David Cooke","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3472,"description":"In Episode 15 of Unboxing the Office, Bernie Youngblood sits down with David Cook, corporate transformation consultant and founder of Living Rogue Today, for an honest conversation about authenticity, fear, and the pressure to perform at work.\nAfter nearly 40 years in corporate leadership, David shares why success on paper can still leave people disconnected from themselves, and how “performance mode” creates low-energy, fear-driven workplaces. They unpack what it actually takes to repair culture: trust, honest feedback, individual accountability, and leaders willing to make decisions that pay off beyond the next quarter.\nFrom David’s personal journey from corporate achievement to Living Rogue Today, to a real six-month leadership transformation, this episode is for anyone who feels they are winning at work while losing themselves in the process.\n✅ In this episode, they explore:\n— Why fear drives performance culture\n— The difference between performing and being authentic\n— How low-energy workplaces affect culture and results\n— Why culture change begins with trust, honesty, and accountability\n— Leadership vs. management in today’s corporate world\n— Why meaningful culture work takes longer than a workshop\n— Turning perceived flaws into strengths\n— Creating workplaces where people feel seen, heard, and safe\n📚 Chapters\n00:00 Welcome to Unboxing the Office\n01:28 David’s Bali retreat and stepping away from Western culture\n03:07 Fear, gratitude, and the freedom to be\n06:30 What “performance mode” looks like at work\n10:05 The stories high-performing professionals tell themselves\n11:18 Low-energy living and its impact on organizations\n13:04 What employees need from workplace culture\n14:25 Rebuilding a fractured leadership team\n18:35 Why trust comes before transformation\n20:26 Honest feedback without defensiveness\n25:03 The one-on-one conversations that changed the team\n27:39 Collaboration, empathy, and working through COVID\n31:16 Leadership vs. management\n34:24 Why...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9_zmTw7hsYWxVkbsNhlm2nzCUUPYTjSAAN8uuAkaLRc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83YWQ5/ZDBjZDAxMzgyOWE0/ZDM5YTA0Yjk3MjEy/OTgyOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}