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In the podcast episode, I show you what needs to happen for you to be able to fully unplug AND be a productivity superhuman at work. I give you 4 strategies to take control of your time, whether you're at work or on vacation.
You'll learn:
The surprising reason why Henry Ford invented the 5-day work week and the impact of the industrial era on how companies work today,How face-time is still a big thing at companies, even when they don't acknowledge it, and most importantly, how you can work around it,How boundaries can get you more respect and recognition if you do it right,The key ingredient to checking email and messages less frequently and pushing back on time-sucking meetings,The calendar strategy that top writers and productive entrepreneurs use to get deep work done. And how you can implement it in meeting-heavy tech companies,The two modes of working that you need to set for yourself that will save you from burnout,How one of the most respected thought leaders in business successfully pushed back on weekend work in his competitive consulting firm and got away with it,And more!
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In this episode, I interview Tanya Bonamico, a Senior Product Manager at Amazon, leading a team of 50+ for seller risk management and a CareerClimb® client.
We discuss her career journey and the challenges she faced while working in a long-term role. Tanya shares her insights on the price of loyalty, the struggle for career advancement, and the importance of seeking support and making bold decisions. Her story sheds light on the need to prioritize personal growth and recognize when it's time to explore new opportunities.We talk about
The challenges of staying loyal to a company and its impact on career growth,The realization that flight risk often takes priority over merit for promotions,The importance of seeking support from peers and a skilled career coach,Making bold decisions and taking leaps when growth opportunities are limited,Tanya's personal journey and the lessons learned along the way,And much more!
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I dive into a juicy conversation with Gabby Bernstein's coach and author of the book "The Calling: 3 Fundamental Shifts to Stay True, Get Paid and Do Good" - Rha Goddess. We explore topics ranging from the practical to the spiritual. We discuss the importance of women connecting with themselves, the transformational power of community, and the need for conducive environments that foster growth and success. Especially at a highly chaotic and uncertain time when women need more support than ever.
Rha is an amazing woman and my interview with her put a smile on my face and charged me for days to come. I hope it does the same for you too!
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Today I interview one of my favorite clients ever - Lori Edwards, a Director at Niche - an ed-tech leader in school search.
If you’re in the first decade of your career and looking to break through the Director level, this conversation can give you the mindset shift that will help you replicate her success, even if you feel stuck and frustrated at the moment.
Lori had spent seven years as a Product Manager when she joined her current startup as a Senior PM. That’s when things got complicated.
The head of her team didn't have a product background, so Lori found herself managing everything and everyone. She was clearly operating below her level. Frustrated at waiting on a promotion that never came, she struggled to figure out why she was not moving up in the company.
Just when she had resigned that there wasn't a role above her opening up anytime soon, she discovered the Denali Executive Accelerator. After the Program and while continuing to work with CareerClimb, Lori received two promotions. She had set her initial goals for a year but achieved them 3 months early.Today Lori is a recognized leader in her company with a strong team.
How to cultivate the mindset of an athlete and a championThe critical importance of unlearning habits in order to relearn better onesHow to deal with failure and being stuckHow to get people to trust you, even though you may be the youngest in the group
In our conversation, I explore the secrets to her continued career success.Also, discover:
The go-to framework Lori uses for change management that has gotten her visibility and results at her companyThe way she learned how to negotiate with authority during a hospital stay and how she uses this skill at workHow Lori chooses who she surrounds herself with and learns from (hint: your environment trumps everything else)And more!
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Check out the Denali Executive Accelerator at https://executiveaccelerator.co/
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Today I interview Alessandra Ghini, my very first executive coach and a partner at Go Partners. We talk about what it was like working with Steve Jobs at Apple and how Alessandra survived the most difficult working environment for years before walking away at the peak of the company's rise. Following her tenure at Apple, Alessandra worked with Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks on relaunching the Starbucks brand.
Alessandra and I discuss:
1) What was Steve Jobs like as a boss and how he would insult his people,
2) How to not get destroyed or infected by a toxic culture,
3) How to not sell your soul destroyed at the hottest company in the world, even if it's led by an iconic figure whom the whole world worships,
4) The bad name Steve Jobs had picked out for one of Apple's products and what made him change his mind (hint, it was not the input of his marketing team)
5) The difference between working with Steve Jobs and Howard Schultz and their distinct CEO styles.
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In this episode, I go through advanced networking strategies, especially for those who are looking for a job. Strategic networking beats transactional networking every time in terms of quality and quantity of results, hands down. Plus, it spares you from getting the reputation of a spammer.
In this episode, I cover:
- The biggest prerequisite you need before you start networking (it's not what you think)
- The precise formula and template for the reach-out message to your network
- What to ask for and how to ask for it
- Other considerations that will improve your connections, results and the quality and quantity of the opportunities that come from your networking.
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Nivedita Ojha has broken quite a few norms in her life. But none more significant than the decision she made to adopt an older child from an Indian orphanage as a single mom.
It was the spring of 2020 and as the world came to a halt at the onset of COVID, Nivedita was unable to travel to India to bring her new daughter home. What followed was 9 months of a forced wait as Nivedita's boss transitioned out and a new executive came in - one who felt threatened by the independence of an Indian woman who dared to adopt a child as a single parent and single provider.
Today as I sit down with this brave woman full of fire, passion, generosity, and optimism, I want to know the key to her ability to overcome challenges - both professional and personal - as a high-level female executive.
Nivedita is currently Chief Product Officer at FORT Robotics, in charge of a high-precision suite of products that combine both software and hardware. She loves her job, her company, and her team.
But the road to here has not been easy. It has taken her from leading her own startups to VP roles at companies like Citrix and Autodesk. There were many times in her career when Nivedita didn't exactly fit in with her big personality, big energy, passionate voice and bold vision in the package of an Indian woman.
But she persevered. And she's here to share the lessons learned and the keys to not just surviving some spectacular challenges, but to thriving and enjoying her life and work fully.
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Today I interview Evelyn Chou who currently works in Product at Coursera (ex-Uber) and whose passions include creating great articles and content on Medium and LinkedIn, working with data and analytics, traveling and launching products in different cities, as well as offering her advice and mentorship to up and coming PMs. Evelyn is also one of the hardest-working, kindest and bravest people I've had the honor to know and coach.
How she built a consistent habit of writing content and found the courage to press the "publish" button and what are some of her key principles that you can try as well in order to start writing, Why trying to "check boxes" works for aspects of her career and professional life but not with her body and fertility,How feeling "out of control" has changed Evelyn's perspective on life, career and her purpose in life,What she found when she chose to share her fertility journey with her manager and a few colleagues, and why you should consider doing the same if you're going through this journey,What she learned from her bad*ss Taiwanese grandma,
In our conversation, Evelyn opens up about a challenge that so many women face in private and keep a secret at work - her fertility struggles. She shares with us how the journey has evolved her and what it has meant to open up to her manager and a few close colleagues about it, as well as the gifts of choosing to not isolate herself and feel alone.
Tune in to find out:And more!
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In this episode, I introduce you to the mechanism responsible for accomplishing goals, including career goals. And I show you what so many psychologists, behavior change experts and best-selling authors agree is the KEY to not falling off the bandwagon but being successful in achieving your goals, even the most stretchy ones. This podcast episode is accompanied by a guided visualization (the prior podcast track) that will support you in using this powerful change strategy.
Books / Resources mentioned in the episode:
* The Alter Ego by Todd Herman
* Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
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This episode is intentionally missing the podcast intro music. It's intended as a guided visualization for you to use to create powerful change in your career and life by feeling into the identity you're trying to become - whether an executive, a CEO or an entrepreneur. The guided visualization starts with you picking a role model you'd like to emulate and practicing intentionally becoming them for a moment, in order to pick up how this person thinks.
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I couldn't think of a more uplifting story and episode to share with you before this Thanksgiving Holiday (and at an economically challenging time for many when it's easy to feel down) than this conversation with Sabrina Ruelle.
I met Sabrina on a LinkedIn text message thread where she struck me with her thoughtful, well-articulated and insightful answers to my simple question: "What is the biggest challenge facing you in your career now?". She sounded way wiser than her years and I knew I wanted to talk to her.
It turns out Sabrina's story is a unique one. She was placed in foster care at 12 years old when her mom had to battle addiction and she spent the next few years defying the expectation that she would underperform in the system. After high school, the only college that would accept her was a community college but she didn't let that deter her either.
She ended up getting her master's degree at Boston University, and today, at 32 years old, is a Senior Director of Program Marketing and Management with a healthcare device startup. She's one of the best storytellers I've met and shows you what's possible when you choose career paths that follow your passion - healthcare for Sabrina, because of her mom's struggles.
Tune in to hear Sabrina's inspirational story and to see what's possible when you are determined to put down roots, bloom and count your blessings in any environment. -
In this episode, I break down the trend that we're starting to see in tech - companies using creative "performance management" strategies to cut costs and people in order to avoid labeling them as layoffs and avoid paying severance. These strategies also help companies shift the blame for a downward trend and buy time with investors, while you're left holding the blame bag.
Tune in to this episode to find out:
1) How to recognize a "sneaky PIP (Performance Improvement Plan)" is coming,
2) Why most companies use sneaky PIPs during downturns to conceal layoffs and hiring freezes and buy time with investors,
3) How to proactively manage your situation in a way that saves you money and time.
Getting support during this time of your career is critical. If you're interested in joining a confidential support group of female peers in tech who are affected by these trends, please indicate your interest by filling out a 1 minute confidential survey here: https://forms.gle/xvwfQV4SMLnLTQRV9 -
In this episode, I review the lessons learned from my most recent trip to Japan, where the environment is so calm and peaceful, it's easy to feel grounded and centered. In our more hectic reality in tech in the Western world, I offer you three simple strategies for cultivating a calm and peaceful attitude - the most important advantage you can have in your career.
Tune in to learn how to:
1) Cultivate a presence practice,
2) Cultivate a straight spine,
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In this episode, I challenge an often-held belief that success is working hard at a job you hate in order to retire early and not work anymore. I talk about the example of the late Queen Elizabeth who was working into her mid-90s until 2 days before her death at 96.
We examine the path of finding work you enjoy doing forever and how to use the little-used and little-understood concept of VALUES to accomplish the seemingly impossible feat. -
In this episode, I discuss something that a lot of us tend to overlook but can destroy even the best thought-out career plans and roadmaps, and I show you how to effectively manage it.
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Join me for a conversation with Shyvee Shi, a PM at LinkedIn and a LinkedIn creator with over 50,000 followers, to understand how to create content successfully and grow your LinkedIn follow-ship while holding a full time job. Join us in an information-packed interview to learn:
What type of content should you create and how often,How to choose your topics and audience based on your career goals and objectives,Tools and strategies to sustain the pace of your content creation,Why daily or even weekly content production may not be for you and what you should do instead to be successful with a less frequent content schedule,How to apply to become a LinkedIn instructor,How to overcome any doubts and fears you may have about not having done it before, not being an expert, not being a native English speaker, having an accent, not being confident and other challenges you may face in becoming a content creator.Here are resource links generously shared by Shivee. An accompanying LinkedIn newsletter article will be posted shortly. Subscribe to the newsletter HERE.
Shyvee's LinkedIn Learning course: Personal Productivity for Product Managers10 steps to create a LinkedIn newsletter from the LinkedIn Learning teamCreating LinkedIn Newsletters – a 21m course from Gemma Leigh Roberts, a popular instructor on all things emotional resilience and whose own LinkedIn newsletter has 500K+ subscribers —shares tips on how to create and publish newsletters on LinkedInApply to become a LinkedIn Learning instructorCreator Weekly newsletter published by LinkedIn's Editorial team to get a sense of trending topicsA form to subscribe to receive emails about LinkedIn Trending Topics to write about to be featured (click "Yes" in the last question) -
My conversation today is with the author of Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay - Alana Karen, a tech leader in Google and an articulate and successful woman in tech. In her book, she interviews 80 women and traces their triumphs, challenges, fears and misconceptions about tech and what it takes to be successful in the field.
In my conversation with Alana, learn:
1) What she learned from talking to 80 women about whether the myth of "it's hard for women to be successful in tech" and the #metoo articles presented a true picture or not,
2) Her advice to her younger self starting out in tech,
3) The gifts and pitfalls of responsibility and loyalty for women in tech,
4) How to ask for what you need,
5) The 5 tools in Chapter 8 of her book that will help you transition through the most vulnerable part of the journey - your mid-career,
6) The questions to ask if you're convincing yourself to stay at a job "too long" and how to get unstuck,
And much more!
Alana Karen is an award-winning tech leader, author, and speaker whose work impacts many of our everyday lives. From Google Search to Ads, Fiber to Google Grants and beyond, Alana has been leading the charge to develop, scale, build and drive team and product development that has seen a rippling industry impact. Alana has spoken at conferences and summits on technology, leadership, DEI, talent and innovation. Her award-winning book, Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay, aggregates hundreds of stories on these topics as well. She lives with her three children, husband, two dogs, and a cat in the San Francisco Bay Area.
More info and mailing list at: www.adventuresofwomenintech.comConnect or follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanakaren/
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Dalia Ramos Guerra is the Head of Build and Test for the BWT Alpine Formula 1 team, one of the most successful teams in Formula 1. She's also one of only 11% of females in the space and one of even fewer women in a management position. In her role, she is responsible for the last part of the process before the championship cars are delivered to the track every weekend race.
Dalia radiates a high degree of professionalism, combined with a refreshing curiosity and seeming fearlessness. She thrives on solving thorny problems. That's her job and it takes nerves of steel to do that at the round-the-clock pace that the role demands.
In my conversation with Dalia, we explore:
1) The drive to mastery and the secret ingredients behind her success,
2) The importance of childhood conditioning,
3) How she cultivates a trait that is shared among all top CEOs (and how you can too),
4) How to not believe people who may doubt you,
5) Finding the right culture that will support you and why that matters,
and much more!
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In this episode, I talk about my experience working with the famed Prof. Clayton Christensen, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma" and "The Innovator's Solution" and one of the most influential business thinkers of the past 50 years according to Forbes.
In 2014 I had the privilege of collaborating with Prof. Christensen and 18 other people, including Heads of Innovation for major corporations, other Harvard professors and a few alumni of Prof. Christensen's class on his work on the "Capitalist's Dilemma". It resulted in me being named a "community thought leader" in the Harvard Business Review in June 2014.
But more importantly, my interaction with Clay taught me a few valuable lessons beyond innovation, business and the theory of capital, including how to:
1) Lead and get the best out of people
2) Think in a disciplined way
3) Get amazing mentors who believe in you
4) Not get crushed by the pressures and expectations of your job
Tune in to listen to my lessons from working with this amazing person - the episode was recorded on what would have been his 70th birthday.
Books and resources:- The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M Christensen (NY Times Best-seller, 1997)
- The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth by Clayton M Christensen (2003)
- Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change by Clayton M Christensen (2004)
- How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M Christensen (2012)
- The Capitalist's Dilemma by Clayton M Christensen and Derek van Bever + collaboration by Lisa Kostova and other alums (2014)
- Investor's Business Daily: Clayton Christensen's Thinking Revolutionized Innovation (2022)- - The Christensen Institute: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/ - Laat meer zien
