The Gallup Podcast

HBCUs Demonstrate the Power of a Strengths-Based Culture

As students file back into classrooms, many are returning to campuses transformed by a strengths-based culture. Gallup’s Camille Lloyd talks with Dr. Cheresa Simpson and Dr. Paquita Yarborough of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund about how historically Black colleges and universities are weaving CliftonStrengths into the student experience.

Leading With Strengths: Leslie Motter, CEO of Make-A-Wish America

What makes a leader worth following? At Gallup, this question has long guided both our research and our conversations with those shaping the course of society. As The Gallup Podcast pauses for the summer, we invite you to explore Leading With Strengths, a special series on global leadership. This collection of stories profiles real leaders confronting real challenges and shows how impact is shaped by each leader's unique strengths. 

Global Employee Engagement Falls for Only the Second Time in Gallup’s Trend

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report captures the voice of global employees in an evolving workplace. While the annual report has found a generally upward trajectory for global employee engagement, this year is an exception. Gallup’s Jim Harter, Claire DeCarteret and Benedict Vigers join the conversation to explore what the report finds about how employees are feeling around the world – and why it matters.    Read the latest State of the Global Workplace report:https://on.gallup.com/45DhNWc

Needs and Challenges Facing Black Parents in the U.S.

Gallup research with the Equity Research Action Coalition at the University of North Carolina explores how Black parents bond with their children and navigate through challenges, from transportation to conversations about race. Camille Lloyd, director of the Gallup Center on Black Voices, talks with Dr. Iheoma Iruka, the coalition’s founding director, about the findings.Read up on Gallup’s latest findings on this topic:Discrimination Takes Less Toll on Socially Connected Black Parents: https://news.gallup.com/poll/648344/discrimination-takes-less-toll-socially-connected-black-parents.aspx  Most Black Parents Discuss Racial Challenges With Children: https://news.gallup.com/poll/648410/black-parents-discuss-racial-challenges-children.aspx  25% of Black Parents Agree: Transportation a Childcare Barrier: https://news.gallup.com/poll/649631/black-parents-agree-transportation-childcare-barrier.aspxTogetherness: Shared Activities Within Black Families: https://news.gallup.com/poll/654335/togetherness-shared-activities-within-black-families.aspx  

What’s Behind the Divide Between Young Men and Women in the U.S.?

A surge in liberal identity among U.S. young women reveals itself in various Gallup trends, creating new gender divides not previously seen. Gallup Director of U.S. Social Research Lydia Saad speaks with Daniel Cox, Director of the Survey Center on American Life and Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion, about emerging differences between men and women -- and what will be important for public opinion researchers to track in the coming years.Read up on Gallup’s latest findings on this topic:  U.S. Women Have Become More Liberal; Men Mostly Stable: https://news.gallup.com/poll/609914/women-become-liberal-men-mostly-stable.aspx  Exploring Young Women's Leftward Expansion: https://news.gallup.com/poll/649826/exploring-young-women-leftward-expansion.aspx