{"podcast":{"title":"Communication Psychology and HR – with Gerhard Ohrband","slug":"communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749","podcast_index_feed_id":7155749,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f68ea69c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thegomethod.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41265439/41265439-1777975091199-c1e7402ce7432.jpg","author":"Gerhard Ohrband, MA in Psychology (University of Hamburg/Germany)","episode_count":132,"summary":"I’m Gerhard, a communication psychologist and consultant from Hamburg, Germany, working with HR teams and leaders in Moldova, South Eastern Europe, and beyond. Here, we explore the psychological research behind everyday HR and workplace communication — without buzzwords and without pretending everything is easy. Each week, we unpack one topic that HR professionals often hear about but rarely understand from a scientific perspective.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749"},"episode":{"title":"Employee Voice Between Pretense and Reality","slug":"employee-voice-between-pretense-and-reality","published_at":"2026-05-09T07:14:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/employee-voice-between-pretense-and-reality","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gerhardohrbandenglish/episodes/Employee-Voice-Between-Pretense-and-Reality-e3j47u5","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f68ea69c/podcast/play/119725445/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-9%2F423799616-44100-2-049eeb3f4f421.mp3","summary":"Many companies today speak about openness, participation, and employee voice. But what happens when employees actually challenge the status quo?In this episode, I explore the gap between HR branding and lived organizational reality — from onboarding processes that exist mostly on paper to cultures where speaking upward is still perceived as risky.Based on observations from Moldova and international research, this is a reflection on psychological safety, organizational culture, and why companies often unconsciously punish the very honesty they officially encourage.#employeevoice #OrganizationalCulture #Leadership #PsychologicalSafety #HR #Management #Communication #EmployeeEngagement #CorporateCulture #WorkplaceCulture #FeedbackCulture #LeadershipDevelopment","meta_description":"Many companies today speak about openness, participation, and employee voice. But what happens when employees actually challenge the status quo?In this ep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":906,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/episodes/employee-voice-between-pretense-and-reality/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/employee-voice-between-pretense-and-reality.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}