Your Working Life With Caroline Dowd-higgins

  Jane Frankel is a business author, lifelong educator, workforce consultant, and successful entrepreneur. Today, she serves as the managing principal of The Art of Performance LLC and as an adjunct professor in economics at Temple University. Her new book is “The Intentional Mindset: Data, Decisions, and Your Destiny” (Business Expert Press, August 2023).    Big Idea: Why do some people consistently make good decisions—ones that drive them toward more and more success—while others seem to constantly derail themselves instead? Decisions are based on your mindset, and when you have an intentional mindset, you put yourself in control—fully free to navigate your life and work en route to your desired destiny.     So-What: Mindsets are just facts of life. But when left to chance, they serve little purpose. More importantly, they can cause otherwise fine people to fail, especially in the challenging and chaotic 21st-century workplace, where things—particularly post-pandemic—are fast, often remote, continuously cha

Book - HOW WORK WORKS: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead without Losing Yourself: https://www.michellepking.com/how-work-works/   Dr. Michelle P. King is a globally recognized expert on inequality and organizational culture. Based on over a decade’s worth of research, Michelle believes that we need to learn how workplaces work, so we can make them work for everyone. She is the host of a popular podcast called The Fix. Michelle is the author of the bestselling, award-winning book: The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work. Her second book, How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself, publishes internationally on October 10th, 2023 (HarperCollins).    Michelle is an award-winning academic with five degrees including a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Degree in Journalism and a PhD in Management. Mic

Anne Morriss is an entrepreneur, leadership coach, and founder of the Leadership Consortium, a first-of-its-kind leadership accelerator that works to help emerging leaders thrive. Her collaborators have ranged from early-stage tech founders to Fortune 50 executives to public-sector leaders building national competitiveness. Her recent TED talk, which has had over one million views, focuses on the move fast and fix things approach.   Co-Author Frances Frei is a professor at Harvard Business School. She served as Uber's first Senior Vice President of Leadership and Strategy, helping the company navigate its crisis in leadership and culture. Frei regularly works with companies embarking on large-scale organizational transformation. Her TED talk on the topic of building trust has had over six million views. https://www.theleadershipconsortium.org/team     Book title: Move Fast and Fix Things (by Anne Morriss and Frances Frei)   Key Messages:   Over a decade ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared they would,

Morra Aarons-Mele is the host of The Anxious Achiever, a top-10 management podcast that helps people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their leadership. Morra founded Women Online and The Mission List, an award-winning digital-consulting firm and influencer marketing company dedicated to social change in 2010 and sold her businesses in 2021. She helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first internet chat and has launched digital campaigns for President Obama, Malala Yousafzai, the United Nations, the CDC, and many other leading figures and organizations. She lives outside Boston with her family and menagerie. For more details, visit www.theanxiousachiever.com.    Book synopsis: Anxiety affects over one third of Americans. But anxiety at work, especially among leaders, has long been a taboo topic hidden in plain sight. Until now. In THE ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower, acclaimed podcast host and author Morra Aarons-Mele transforms anxiety

Barbie Brewer, author of Live and Let Lead began her career in Silicon Valley during the dot.com boom of the ’90s and is now an industry-leading expert in developing critical areas of modern business performance and culture, including remote and hybrid workforces. As Chief Culture Officer at GitLab Inc., Brewer contributed to the all-remote SAS company’s growth from 150 employees to over 1,000 in more than 60 countries. She was Vice President of Talent for Netflix when the streaming service expanded from 20 million subscribers to over 150 million. Learn more at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjbrewer/ ,www.barbiejane.com     Why Remote Work Can Change Both the Workplace and the World   This is a segment about why remote work, and the diversity it allows, is good for business—and good for the world.   The big idea: Remote work might have been a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, but forward-thinking companies now recognize its potential to transform the workplace by helping employees achieve better work-

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Zeynep Ton is a Practice in the Operations Management group at MIT Sloan School of Management. She is also president of the nonprofit Good Jobs Institute, where she works with companies to improve their operations in a way that satisfies employees, customers, and investors alike. Before joining MIT Sloan, Ton spent seven years on the faculty at Harvard Business School. She is the author of The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits and The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay and Meaning to Everyone’s Work.   From healthcare facilities to call centers, fulfillment centers to factories, and restaurants to retail stores, companies are struggling to find or keep workers, because the jobs they offer are low-paying, stressful, and provide little chance for growth and success.   In THE CASE FOR GOOD JOBS: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone’s Work, Zeynep Ton, MIT pro

Christina Wallace, a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, angel investor, and author of The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card.   A self-described "human Venn diagram," Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. After a decade as a serial entrepreneur, she joined the faculty of Harvard Business School where she is the course head of the first-year entrepreneurship class and runs the HBS Startup Bootcamp. Her latest book is The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card (Hachette, April 2023). 

 A frequent public speaker on topics including entrepreneurship, failure, and women in tech, Christina is also known for her viral TED talk on using a sales funnel for online dating and her TEDx talk about portfolio careers and the future of work. A business and creative non-fiction

LORI R. SACKLER is a financial advisor, senior vice president and family wealth director at a major financial institution where she leads a wealth management group. Her team is dedicated to helping individuals and families keep up with change, satisfying their financial security, addressing lifestyle and legacy concerns, and successfully guiding them through life’s transitions. Sackler is a certified investment management analyst, a certified financial planner and non-practicing certified public accountant. She is the author of The M Word: The Money Talk Every Family Needs to Have about Wealth and Their Financial Future, published in 2013 by McGraw Hill and The M Word Journal: How to Have the Money Talk released in 2016. She is the creator and former host of the radio show “The M Word” on WOR in New York City.   Book: THE M WORD: The Money Talk Every Family Needs to Have about Wealth and Their Financial Future, 2nd edition   MONEY. It’s still the elephant in every family’s living room. Planning for a

  Michael Osborne is a podcast veteran, with over twelve years of experience as a podcast creator and host. He's the head of 14th Street Studios, a podcast production and marketing firm based in Austin, TX. Michael started his first show while he was finishing his PhD in climate science at Stanford, and, after completing his degree, he spent five years running a podcast incubator for Stanford. His most recent podcast is called "Famous & Gravy – a conversation about quality of life, one dead celebrity at a time." 14th Street Studios specializes in creative development and podcast marketing for individuals and organizations.   Websites: 14th Street Studios Famous & Gravy   Socials: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076654703402 LinkedIn links Famous & Gravy  Michael Osborne Twitter handles @famousandgravy @osbornemc  

Genevieve Piturro is all about Purpose and The Human Connection. She was a successful television marketing executive until a sudden inner voice challenged her direction and she dramatically altered the path of her life. She found her true purpose when a simple question from a six-year-old girl in an emergency shelter changed everything. In 2001, she jumped off the corporate ladder and founded the hugely successful national non-profit, Pajama Program. This year, the Program celebrates its 22nd anniversary, having delivered more than 7 MILLION magical gifts of new pajamas and new books to children through its 42 chapters across the U.S. Genevieve is now an inspirational speaker and purpose consultant inspiring individuals, groups, and companies to find their purpose & embrace the human connection for success. She created the Purpose ACER business training program to help leaders create a shared culture by aligning the goals of the company and management with the goals of its employees. Her first book, shari

Mary-Frances Winters (she/her/hers) is the best-selling author of Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit and We Can’t Talk About That at Work! How to Talk About Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics. She is the Founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Inc., a global diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice consulting firm. She came of age during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and is a passionate advocate for justice and equity. Named a top ten diversity and inclusion trailblazer by Forbes, Mary-Frances believes in opening doors and amplifying marginalized voices and their allies. She has received many awards and honors, including the ATHENA Award, Diversity Pioneer from Profiles in Diversity Journal, and The Winds of Change recognition from The Forum on Workplace Inclusion. As CEO of The Winters Group for the past thirty-nine years, Mary-Frances harnesses her extensive experience in strategic planning, change management, diversity, organization development, training

JENNY TSE Join author, Jenny Tse on a journey through the world of tea as she shares her in-depth knowledge of tea (from harvesting the leaves to types of tea and brewing to tea’s health benefits) interwoven with her own story of personal and transformational growth.Shared from an autobiographical perspective with foundations in both science and culture, The Essence of Tea is a very enjoyable read and so much more than a “textbook on tea.”   Jenny delightfully shares: tea’s interesting history, how and why the caffeine in tea and coffee affect you differently, the nutritional properties of tea, why and how to drink matcha tea, how to properly taste tea, tea’s healing properties, and much, much more!   From Fairbanks, Alaska to China and back, this book truly uncovers tea’s essence. So grab this book and a cup of tea and be transported into the world of the #1 consumed beverage on the planet. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, Jenny Tse is the founder and owner of Sipping Streams Tea Co

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker and leadership coach. She has been inducted into the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, which honors those whose ideas have shaped the field of leadership worldwide. She is also ranked number 3 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus. Sally’s latest book, Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace, offers practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams, and workplaces. It soared to Amazon’s number one top-seller in its field in the first week of publication. Rising Together builds on Sally’s remarkable success with How Women Rise, co-authored with legendary executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, which examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women as they move forward in their careers. Rights have been sold in 23 languages.   Other books include The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, hailed

BREAKING THROUGH Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World   “The world was depending on us. But vaccine skepticism, suspicion around Big Pharma’s motives, economic insecurity, political polarization, civil unrest, and just plain fear were challenges we had to recognize and respect. We had to address those challenges in a way that didn’t alienate people but, instead, brought them into the conversation. Was I up to the task? I’d have to be,” declares Sally Susman, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Pfizer. In 2020, she found herself at the helm of one of the most urgent, high-stakes public dialogues of our times. Based on her flash of insight, she and her team found ways to break through the noise and fear and persuade millions to change their assumptions about Big Pharma, make complex science accessible, and build confidence in the lifesaving technology.   In BREAKING THROUGH, Susman shares hard-earned lessons not only from the pandemic but from her life and distinguished career, from g

Megan Carle spent 30 years rising steadily through the ranks at Nike, finishing her career there as Vice President/General Manager of Basketball for North America, where she drove businesses featuring superstars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant. She was elevated multiple times to roles no woman had ever held, including stints leading international teams in London and Amsterdam. She founded Carle Consulting LLC, where she gives workshops on handling workplace bullying and creating an inclusive culture of connection and trust. You can learn more at www.megancarle.com Megan Carle worked at Nike for over 30 years, rising up the ranks to eventually become head of North American Basketball. But she left shortly after attaining her dream job due to a toxic workplace culture that allowed and left unpunished workplace bullying.   Carle isn’t alone, and Nike isn’t an outlier among employers. Workplace bullying is called “the undiscussable” business topic, despite affecting 80 million Americans a yea

Lisa Bragg is the award-winning entrepreneur behind MediaFace, one of Canada’s first content companies and the soon-to-be-published author of Bragging Rights: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion. Lisa is on a mission to help people talk about their successes. Put your head down, do good work and eventually, someone will notice you is the lesson many of us learned to get ahead, but in reality, it’s a lesson in staying stuck while opportunities slip away. Lisa’s also conducted the most extensive research study into bragging and self-promotion and would be thrilled to share the research, stories and tips with your audience. Select consulting clients include BMO, Raymond James, Sun Life, RBC, CAA, Ontario Government (VOR), UHN, Children's Aid Societies, Learning Disabilities Association Ontario, everywoman (UK organization), Dentons, and Canadian Defence Lawyers. Lisa is also the host of the podcast Bold(h)er: Stories of and for Women Who Stand Out, for BMO for Women.

Lesley Jane Seymour is a media entrepreneur and founder of CoveyClub, a new club for lifelong learners launched in February 2017 (Covey is a small flock of birds). CoveyClub allows women 40+ to bond over issues of interest and concern through virtual salons (Coffee & Conversation Zoom calls) or topics in the CoveyClub blog which is written and produced by the best journalists around the world. CoveyClub also offers a weekly podcast called Reinvent Yourself with Lesley Jane Seymour with women who have done it, tight one-on-one networking groups called Covey Pods, a private social app (CoveyConnect) and special weekly coaching sessions called Positive Mornings. Seymour is a certified Tiny Habits coach. In January 2008, Seymour was named Editor-In-Chief of More Magazine, the leading lifestyle magazine for women over forty with a readership of 1.5 million and Editor-in-Chief and Social Media director of More.com. In July of 2015, Seymour created history by having the First Lady of the United States, Michel

Do you head to work every day feeling as if you’re living a lie, in fear of raising your authentic voice because you worry about how others will perceive you? If you’re stifling your hopes and dreams in your career—and feel yourself shrinking—you may be ready to embrace your Wild Hair! Tracy J. Edmonds struck out bravely into that uncharted territory in her role as Chief Diversity Officer at a Fortune 500 Company. Once she made the leap and literally let loose her “wild hair,” she never looked back. Tracy defines a Wild Hair moment as the point in your career when you hit a crossroad and ask, “Am I being true to myself? What do I really want in my career?” It’s the moment when you choose you—your authentic self. Wild Hair will resonate with all inquisitive, ambitious, and hard-working women—especially minority women—who sit on a mountain of untapped potential. You have a unique contribution to make in this world. So, what are you waiting for? Don’t ignore your authentic voice. Elevate to that next level by fo

Nicole Gebhardt is the Founder and Chief Storyteller at Niche Pressworks (https://nichepressworks.com), a full-service publishing agency that works exclusively with mission-driven business leaders. She and her mighty team have helped over 200 speakers, coaches, consultants, and influencers expand their influence and grow their business through strategic book planning and publishing.  In this episode we flip the script and Nicole interviews Your Working Life host, Caroline Dowd-Higgins about her new book, Your Career Advantage: Overcome Challenges to Achieve a Rewarding Work Life Whether you are a mid-career professional, or a C-Suite executive, you know that navigating a career journey can be overwhelming with the challenges you face, and the blind spots you never see. Often living your best life becomes an afterthought. Discover the secrets to having a successful career while you enjoy a fulfilling life. With relatable examples, and actionable Pro Tips, Your Career Advantage reveals how to: ·       Adva

Donna Griffit, author of STICKING TO MY STORY:  The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups, is a world-renowned Corporate Storyteller and Pitch Alchemist. She has helped over 1000 startups, corporates and investors raise over one billion dollars and accelerate their sales with a personal touch and unmatched messaging savvy, in any industry, at any phase. For more information, please visit www.DonnaGriffit.com   THE ART OF STORYTELLING FOR STARTUPS   Corporate Storyteller Donna Griffit Shares How To Deliver Winning Investor Presentations   Storytelling as an art has been practiced for thousands of years, but entrepreneurs focused on building their businesses often lose sight of telling great stories during investor presentations. In STICKING TO MY STORY: The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups, corporate storytelling expert Donna Griffit distills her experience from reviewing thousands of investor pitch decks into an easy-to-use guide for startup founders. The human brain is hardwired for a structured stor