New year brings new approaches to workplace expectations and culture

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New year brings new approaches to workplace expectations and culture

By Leoneda Inge,

Published January 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM EST

It鈥檚 been about five years since the pandemic changed how and where work happens. Companies and workers alike are still trying to make sense of evolving workplace expectations, culture, and even etiquette.

Nashville-based Marq Burnett of The Business Journals talks with Leoneda Inge about the impact of generational stereotypes in the workplace and how many companies are embracing a "come as you are" approach as workers return to office.

Guest

Marq Burnett, Associate Editor, The Playbook at The Business Journals

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 瓜神app as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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