Grossly Competent

Join Steve Counsell and Patrick Aleshire, your faithful - yet hideous - hosts as they share their love of Learning, Adulting, and all that is absurd in their world. If you like learning about careers, adult education, or listening to embarrassing stories from ugly people, look no further!

Come for the chat, stay for the laughs, and run from their faces: they're Grossly Competent.

Podcasting since 2025 • 56 episodes

Grossly Competent

Latest Episodes

They Came for the Chat: Rob Grant & John Guy

In this episode, Rob Grant and John Guy, organizers of Disrupt HR Milwaukee, share insights into the innovative format, the origins of Disrupt HR, and how it energizes HR professionals through quick, impactful talks. They discuss the importance...

October 14, 2026 • Episode 56 • 1:13:11

Corporate BS Generator

In this episode of Grossly Competent, Steve and Patrick chat about a Cornell University article that poses a question pondered over millenia:Are people that like Corporate BS Jargon ...

October 07, 2026 • Episode 55 • 1:11:22

Sunken Cost Fallacies and Iced Coffees

This is about as close as we've ever gotten to a DOUBLE FEATURE!That's right: in this episode of Grossly Competent, Steve and Patrick throw their two cents into the divided internet arena on one o...

September 30, 2026 • Episode 54 • 1:14:07

Getting Motivated with Archimedes' Legend

In this episode of Grossly Competent, Steve and Patrick talk about a legend, thousands of years old, that teaches a simple, tried and true method to break out of our own motivational gutters: sometimes, you need to <...

September 23, 2026 • Episode 53 • 1:01:38

Get Back to Work(ing in the office)!?

History became legend, and legend became the one-year anniversary of Grossly Competent. - Galadriel, obv.In this episode of Grossly Competent, Steve and Patrick celebrate one year of being gross and slightly...

September 16, 2026 • Episode 52 • 1:14:51

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