{"podcast":{"title":"Leadership Today - Practical Tips For Leaders","slug":"leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049","podcast_index_feed_id":572049,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/129287/destinations/781896.xml","website_url":"https://leadership.today/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/6/7/8/a678d18a0f990d2388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Practical_tips_for_leaders.jpg","author":"Andrew Beveridge","episode_count":314,"summary":"Practical tips for leaders. Hosted by psychologist and founder of Leadership Today - Andrew Beveridge. Leadership Today is a weekly leadership podcast for managers, team leaders and executives who want practical, evidence-based leadership advice. Hosted by psychologist Andrew Beveridge, each episode translates the latest leadership and organisational psychology research into simple strategies you can use immediately. Discover practical tips on leadership, management, coaching, emotional intelligence, difficult conversations, delegation, employee motivation, psychological safety, team effectiveness, change leadership and workplace performance. Go to www.leadership.today for episodes and more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T08:20:21.194195+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 234 - The Hidden Motivation Trade-Off in Hybrid Work","slug":"episode-234-the-hidden-motivation-trade-off-in-hybrid-work","published_at":"2026-07-31T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episode-234-the-hidden-motivation-trade-off-in-hybrid-work","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049","url":"https://leadershiptoday.libsyn.com/episode-234-the-hidden-motivation-trade-off-in-hybrid-work","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/leadershiptoday/Leadership_Today_-_Episode_234.mp3?dest-id=781896","summary":"Summary Hybrid work isn't simply about where people are most productive. New research shows that working remotely tends to satisfy our need for autonomy, while office days strengthen our sense of connection, with both playing a vital role in sustaining motivation. Rather than debating attendance, effective leaders intentionally design office days for collaboration and relationship building, and remote days for focused, independent work. Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 234 of the Leadership Today podcast, where each week we share practical tips to improve your leadership. This week we look at the hidden motivation trade-off in hybrid work. The debate about hybrid work often comes down to a single question: where are people most productive? Are they better off working from home or in the office? While that's an understandable question, new research suggests it may not be the most helpful one. Instead of asking where people work best, perhaps we should be asking which psychological needs are being met in each environment. A recent diary study published in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology followed 187 employees over ten working days, collecting almost 3,000 daily observations. Rather than simply measuring productivity or job satisfaction, the researchers looked at three fundamental psychological needs identified in Self-Determination Theory: autonomy, competence and relatedness. Autonomy is our need to feel we have choice and control over our work. Competence is our need to feel capable and effective. Relatedness is our need to feel connected to other people. These three needs are important because they underpin high-quality motivation. When they're met, people are more likely to feel engaged, energised and willing to contribute. When they…","meta_description":"Summary Hybrid work isn't simply about where people are most productive. New research shows that working remotely tends to satisfy our need for autonomy,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":319,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episodes/episode-234-the-hidden-motivation-trade-off-in-hybrid-work/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episode-234-the-hidden-motivation-trade-off-in-hybrid-work.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}