{"id":57203,"date":"2025-07-23T15:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/a069o4p\/pain-points-podcast-happier-teams\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:29:04","slug":"pain-points-podcast-happier-teams","status":"publish","type":"product-content","link":"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/a069o4p\/pain-points-podcast-happier-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain Points Podcast: Happier Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <strong>&#8220;Quiet quitting&#8221; isn&#8217;t going anywhere. Study after study   shows that disengagement levels are rising, good will is wearing thin, and   valuable talent is being stifled \u2013 or lost altogether.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p> More and more people feel isolated from their team, cut off from their organization&#8217;s purpose, and disinclined to do much more than the bare minimum as a result.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p> But there is an antidote, according to author and trainer Nick Smallman: &#8220;social wellbeing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> By reconnecting colleagues, developing shared values, and injecting some fun into work, Nick believes that we can re-energize ourselves and everyone around us. That way, we maximize performance, and make it much more likely that the best people stay \u2013 by turning social wellbeing into a strategic priority. <\/p>\n<p> In this episode of Pain Points, Nick Smallman explores the research into disengagement, describes the problems he sees playing out in demotivated teams, and shows how we can all leverage social wellbeing \u2013 and start loving what we do at work! <\/p>\n <div class=\"ew-audio\" data-source=\"embed\"> <div class=\"ew-audio-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/d4VJ4iHL-i6FVyGfQ.html\" title=\"Pain Points Ep91\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe> <\/div> <\/div> \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Share Your Pain!<\/h2>\n\n\n<p> You can contact the team anytime via email: <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"mailto:mailto:painpoints@mindtools.com\" href=\"mailto:painpoints@mindtools.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">painpoints@mindtools.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful Mindtools Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n<p> <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"amu4n58\/boost-your-teams-engagement\" href=\"\/amu4n58\/boost-your-teams-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boost Your Team&amp;#x27;s Engagement<\/a> (Infographic) <\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"a6kw61z\/6-ways-to-energize-your-workplace-video\" href=\"\/a6kw61z\/6-ways-to-energize-your-workplace-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 Ways to Energize Your Workplace<\/a> (Video) <\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"ah0wie1\/creating-an-energizing-work-environment\" href=\"\/ah0wie1\/creating-an-energizing-work-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating an Energizing Work Environment<\/a> (Article) <\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"alqug4s\/building-employee-engagement-video\" href=\"\/alqug4s\/building-employee-engagement-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building Employee Engagement<\/a> (Animation)<strong> <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This Week&#8217;s Expert Guest<\/h2>\n\n\n<p> <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/akeynotespeaker?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/akeynotespeaker?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Smallman<\/a> (via LinkedIn) <\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.workingvoices.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.workingvoices.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working Voices<\/a> (Nick&#8217;s training company) <\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Engaging-Teams-Wellbeing-Performance-Retention\/dp\/1398619728\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NHTQA5JEF5JC&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AutAUQdjWhB8T76oAjxJbrPDxN7YytVrVHdQNx-1AcJB_PkYjS2SFrep0Z-NMPtaQpFhi2MbyxtyZH-wM2isVQ.VgHXaVciMWzQSn6gqeEx0lcT77vHWVYzwzorTZYoiYo&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=nick+smallman&amp;qid=1751965956&amp;sprefix=nick+smallman%2Caps%2C173&amp;sr=8-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Engaging-Teams-Wellbeing-Performance-Retention\/dp\/1398619728\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NHTQA5JEF5JC&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AutAUQdjWhB8T76oAjxJbrPDxN7YytVrVHdQNx-1AcJB_PkYjS2SFrep0Z-NMPtaQpFhi2MbyxtyZH-wM2isVQ.VgHXaVciMWzQSn6gqeEx0lcT77vHWVYzwzorTZYoiYo&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=nick+smallman&amp;qid=1751965956&amp;sprefix=nick+smallman%2Caps%2C173&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&amp;quot;Engaging Teams&amp;quot;<\/a> (Nick&#8217;s book, co-written with Dan Parry, via Amazon.com) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the best ways to build engaged, energized, truly effective teams? 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