Topics Lindsay covers
Pick the angle that fits your audience. Each topic page has talk details, proof, and conversation starters.
Questions hosts can use
- What is PR for HR, and why do most workplace changes stall in the message?
- How do false stories start inside a team, and how do you stop them?
- What does "what happens at work doesn't stay at work" mean for a community?
- What does a leader amplify without realizing it?
- Why do so many leaders spend half their week on work they never chose?
- What's the "ghost" most small businesses don't see coming?
- Who should a founder hire first, and why is it often not who they expect?
- How should managers weigh AI use in performance reviews?
- Why are small employers so central to keeping jobs and talent local?
- How do you build a business when you had no safety net growing up?
What to expect
- Unscripted, direct, and funny, with practical takeaways
- Real stories from inside thousands of workplaces
- A former host who keeps the conversation moving
- Remote or in studio
- Press photos and a ready bio, below
- Expert source for SHRM, Ragan, HR.com, Leader's Edge, Workable, and reWorked
- 40+ podcasts, press features, and stages since 2021
- PHR · SHRM-CP · Certified Professional Coach
Past episodes
- Talk CNY podcast, CenterState CEO (Season 4, Episode 6)2026
- Live podcast from the DisrUpstate Leadership Summit2026
- CNY Professionals Under 40 podcast2026
- Coast2Coast podcast: Conscious HR2025
- Brews n Banter podcast: HR Stories2025
- The Total Entrepreneur podcast with John Torrens2024
- DisruptHR talk: Not Your Mother's Industry, Moving Beyond Fear in Business2024
- Paychex Pulse podcast: Lessons in Workplace Flexibility2021
- HR Happy Hour podcast: Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace2021
Bio and intro, ready to use
Copy these for show notes and your intro. Press photos are on the press kit.
Lindsay Mastro is a leadership and workforce expert, keynote speaker, and the creator of How Work Works™. After 17 years in HR, advising thousands of small employers and training about 1,000 HR professionals nationwide, she helps leaders design and communicate change so it lands with the people living it. She is the founder and CEO of ConsciousHR and lives in Central New York.
"My guest today is Lindsay Mastro, a leadership and workforce expert who has spent 17 years inside workplaces of every size, and the creator of How Work Works™."
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