In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss what having high agency at work really means, the problems having high agency poses in certain contexts, and how to cultivate more of it in order to help your career.

00:00 Intro

01:20 Defining what having “high agency” is

06:52 The elements of high agency

10:34 An important point about having agency

14:17 An important element of truly effective high agency

15:03 A time when Kaila demonstrated high agency in her career

17:46 A time when Kyle demonstrated high agency in his career

21:32 A debate on the merits of disagreeableness

30:22 Research on the “internal locus of control”

31:43 Tactics for developing more agency

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