The RIGHT Questions: Acting on the Next Right Thing at Work

What if the biggest thing we’ve been taught about success at work is wrong?

This week on Less Stress, More Joy, Amy Leneker challenges the belief that stress is simply the price we pay for achievement. Instead, she argues that stress is often a signal that something in the system needs to change.

Amy shares a personal leadership story she still regrets: answering a work request just 48 hours after coming home from the hospital with her newborn daughter — a moment that led her to work through most of her maternity leave.

From that experience, she developed the RIGHT Questions Framework, a simple tool leaders can use when facing stressors they care about and have the power to influence.

The RIGHT Questions help leaders pause and act with intention by asking:

• How can I Reframe this stressor from a threat to a challenge?
• What is my role in this moment?
• How can I ground my decision in my values?
• How do I hold myself accountable?
• What is the next aligned action?

Amy also explores how our decisions ripple outward — shaping team trust, workplace culture, and the signals we send about what leadership actually requires.

This episode is for leaders, parents, and professionals who want to break the cycle of chronic workplace stress and lead differently.

Less stress. More joy. Zero toxic positivity.

• Order Cheers to Monday: www.amyleneker.com/book
• Unstressing Method: katiecouric.com/lifestyle/workplace/how-to-stop-stress-at-work/

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome and Work Stress Lie

01:03 The Right Questions Framework

01:47 Maternity Leave Regret Story

03:59 R I G H T Steps Explained

09:37 Impact, Power Dynamics, and Wrap-Up