Ever feel like your workplace culture looks fine on paper… but something still feels off?

In this episode of Work Besties Who Podcast, we’re joined by Ivonne Furneaux (corporate insider turned culture consultant) to talk about the hidden divides she calls “ghost gaps”—the invisible imbalances that impact who gets information, who gets a voice, and who gets seen.

Ivonne shares practical ways to narrow these gaps at the organizational, manager, and individual level—plus her actionable Four I Framework:
Inform • Involve • Inspire • Invest

We also get real about how culture shifts during layoffs, why middle management has an outsized influence on the day-to-day employee experience, and how “work besties” help people stay connected, resilient, and authentic at work.

Key takeaways

• What “ghost gaps” are (and why every workplace has them)
• The information gap between frontline and corporate teams
• The power gap and how to gather input without “everyone in the room”
• The visibility gap that many women experience—and how to close it faster
• How leaders can protect culture during layoffs with transparency and investment
• Why middle managers shape culture more than most people realize
• How levity + work friendships make work feel more human

Reflection question

What’s the biggest gap where you work right now—information, power, or visibility—and what’s one step you can take this week to narrow it?

Connect with Ivonne Furneaux

LinkedIn: (2) Ivonne Furneaux | LinkedIn

Website: Ivonne | Transform Your Workplace Today
YouTube: Ivonne Furneaux - YouTube

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This episode is for educational purposes and does not constitute legal or HR advice.

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Your Phone Is Not Your Work Bestie: How to Set Screen Boundaries Without Burning Down Your Career

What if the very thing you use to “stay connected” is actually the reason you feel scattered, exhausted, and weirdly lonely?

In this episode, we’re joined by strategist, speaker, and community builder Kelsey Green to talk about digital overload, screen boundaries, and how to reclaim your brain without torpedoing your job, your business, or your creative work.

Kelsey shares how she went from high-intensity roles and constant burnout to experimenting with digital minimalism, 7 p.m.–7 a.m. screen-free blocks, and 24-hour “phone fasts.” We talk about why our attention feels so fractured, how phones are quietly reshaping our relationships, and why real connection still lives in conversations, community, and being fully present with the people right in front of us.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why “always on” culture is wrecking our focus (and what dopamine has to do with it)
• Simple screen boundaries that actually work in real life (even if your job is online)
• How phones feed the loneliness epidemic—and how to start building your circle offline
• The power of sitting with discomfort instead of numbing out with another scroll

To learn more about Kelsey or join one of her communities, visit www.kelseylgreen.com.

If this episode made you rethink how you connect, send it to your work bestie and talk about it… face to face. 💎

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Allyship at work isn’t just about being “nice” — it’s about how people actually experience you. In this episode, Jess & Claude take the Ally Mindset Profile™ and unpack how they each show up as allies at work: where they shine in connection and compassion, and where candor, vulnerability, and follow-through are still a work in progress.

You’ll hear them walk through the five Ally Mindset practices (abundance & generosity, connection & compassion, courage & vulnerability, candor & debate, and action & accountability) and connect them to the “four yeses”: Can I count on you? Can I depend on you? Do I care about you? Do I trust you? Then they invite you to take the quiz yourself and compare results with your own work bestie.

🔹 Take the Ally Mindset Profile (free quiz):
https://skyeteam.cloud/youmewe

🔹 Listen next – the episodes we mention:
Morag Barrett – Unlocking Career Success Through Relationships
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2320118/episodes/17012072-unlocking-career-success-through-relationships-with-morag-barrett

Ruby Vesely – The Power of Work Bestie Culture
https://workbestieswhopodcast.buzzsprout.com/2320118/episodes/18080530-the-power-of-work-bestie-culture-5-leadership-practices-that-build-trust-joy-at-work

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