A top-rated HR + leadership podcast with 80%+ listener retention.
A top-rated HR + leadership podcast with 80%+ listener retention.
Hosted by Kerri M. Roberts - HR consultant, leadership coach, and straight-talk strategist helping you lead with clarity in business and life.
New episodes weekly. Listen on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
Real Conversations. Real Growth.
Leadership isn’t clean - it’s chaotic, complex, and deeply human.
Each week, I sit down with entrepreneurs, executives, and experts to talk about the moments that tested them most - and what they learned from the mess.
You’ll hear candid stories, practical strategies, and the kind of conversations that make you rethink how you lead, work, and live.
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Don’t Waste the Chaos was built on the belief that our hardest seasons can become our greatest teachers.
We feature bold leaders, HR pros, and entrepreneurs who bring raw, real stories of:
Leadership & business growth
Resilience, rebuilding, and clarity
Faith, purpose, and meaning
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Explore the Archive:
- All Episodes 88
- Culture 3
- DEI 1
- Engagement 1
- Entrepreneur 1
- Faith 3
- Guest Episodes 38
- HRLaw 1
- Lead 1
- Leadership 3
- Management 1
- Mental Health 2
- Mindset 2
- Personal Growth 2
- Solo Episode 1
- Solo Episodes 50
- Top of MInd 1
- Trust 3
- Wellness 1
- compensation 2
- employee engagement 1
- employee satisfaction 1
- management 1
- operations 1
- systems 1
- tech 1
- tools 1
Episode 59: How to Know When It’s the Right Time to Expand Your Team
Kerri Roberts and Stevie Aylsworth break down modern recruitment strategies by exploring how to balance speed with intentionality. Their conversation highlights the importance of aligning candidate goals with company needs, leveraging behavioral assessments, and timing hiring decisions to foster growth in a post-COVID landscape.
Episode 58: How to Create Goals That Actually Motivate Your Team
In this conversation, Kerri Roberts breaks down the critical issue of unclear expectations in leadership and people management. She highlights how lack of clarity leads to employee frustration, decreased productivity, and missed opportunities. Kerri provides actionable strategies for leaders to set clear goals, define roles, communicate effectively, and document progress—ensuring a more engaged and accountable workforce.