Career Types, Employee Engagement and What the World Cup Teaches Leaders | Career Stories

What does the FIFA World Cup tell us about leadership communication? And what kind of career do you actually have? In this June advice episode, Dr Luella Forbes and Associate Professor Michelle Gander explore three connected ideas: how organisations communicate difficult news, how careers have changed, and why real employee engagement is much rarer than most organisations realise. In this episode: What two different World Cup squad announcement approaches reveal about leadership values and communication Why the sequence of delivering difficult news matters as much as the message itself The traditional career is not dead — what the research on university students actually shows Portfolio, contemporary and hybrid careers: the differences, the trade-offs, and the financial realities Gallup's 2026 finding: only 1 in 5 employees globally are genuinely engaged at work What the best leaders do differently — without being prompted by systems or processes Book recommendation: Hidden Potential by Adam Grant Preview of July's AI-themed guest episodes Resources mentioned: Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2026: https://www.gallup.com/workplace/3494... Hidden Potential by Adam Grant: https://adamgrant.net/book/hidden-pot... Read the full blog post and show notes: www.the-career-library.com/career-stories-episodes/june-advice-2026 Career Stories is hosted by Dr Luella Forbes and Associate Professor Michelle Gander. New episodes every week. Subscribe to Career Stories: https://pod.link/careerstories The Career Library: www.the-career-library.com