Eps. #208 Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
Most workplace advice assumes you can leave. Quit, find a better boss, start over. For plenty of people that option sits behind a student loan or a tight job market, and the advice has nothing left to offer them.
Lynnae Brown, Consultant and Strategist at Lynnae Brown LLC, spent more than a decade training and managing people in mental health recovery. She built her work navigation approach during her own burnout as a program director, when she was two and a half years from student loan forgiveness and couldn't walk away.
In this episode, she covers:
Why a micromanaging boss's habits become planning information once you ask whether he does it to everyone
How small, quiet experiments, like leaving at 6:00 instead of 7:00, show you which expectations are real and which are just habit
What HR can say to a struggling employee that starts with empathy and moves to questions, without sounding like the company line
Hit “Play” to gain valuable insights that can transform your HR practices!
Guest(s): Lynnae Brown, Consultant and Strategist, Lynnae Brown LLC
Guest(s): Lynnae Brown, Consultant and Strategist, Lynnae Brown LLC
For more than a decade, I trained and managed people with mental health recovery experience as they prepared for employment and workplace success.
What I learned surprised me: many workplace problems commonly attributed to motivation, resilience, or culture are actually problems of clarity. When expectations, responsibilities, and decision-making authority are unclear, people struggle. When those things become visible, people can respond more effectively—even when the workplace itself doesn't change.
I also discovered that clarity wasn't just helpful for staff; it was a sustainable way to lead. Unlike reassurance, encouragement, or constant intervention, clarity helped people navigate challenges more independently while creating a more stable foundation for everyone involved. That experience shaped how I think about work, leadership, and workplace wellbeing.
I've lectured at Columbia University, NYU, and Mount Sinai, and I hold a degree in International Business and Marketing from Northeastern University.
