Looking for insights and strategies to develop your leadership skills and navigate the new world of work? I discussed this, her book Be Human, Lead Human and so much more with Dr Jennifer Nash, on Episode 86 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How she managed the transition from university to the professional world and gained a breadth of knowledge by working in different departments, The importance of understanding what you enjoy doing, what you like and trying to marry the two, How she reached out and connected with the CEO at Ford as his leadership style inspired her, The importance of building strong working relationships between managers and their team, How finding commonalities can strengthen working relationships and is easier than you think, Overview of the HUMANS leadership framework , Why it’s important to trust your team quickly rather than make them earn it over an extended period, How to transition from a purely technical role to leading a team, and There are different ways to lead effectively, find a leadership style that suits you and your personality. Jennifer is a leadership consultant and executive advisor who helps leaders and organizations prioritize people to power performance. Select clients include Google, Ford, Exxon Mobil, JP Morgan, IBM, The Boeing Company, Deloitte, The University of Michigan, and Verizon.  She is Founder & CEO of Jennifer Nash Coaching & Consulting, a global leadership advisory and consulting firm that connects people and performance to deliver exceptional results. She was invited to join Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches organization as one of the world’s top executive coaches. Jennifer is the author of the award winning book Be Human, Lead Human: How to Connect People and Performance.  Jennifer’s resume includes serving in executive and leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting and Ford Motor Company. She served as adjunct professor at the University of Michigan, where she earned her MBA, and taught hundreds of rising leaders at Deloitte University. Jennifer earned her PhD in management from Case Western Reserve University—during which she conducted multiyear empirical research on coaching and leadership as a research fellow at the Weatherhead School of Business. She is also a Harvard/McLean Institute of Coaching Fellow. Jennifer contributes leadership perspectives to Harvard Business Review and select academic journals, and has presented her groundbreaking leadership and coaching research at Harvard/McLean Institute of Coaching and Columbia University. A sought after speaker, she regularly presents to groups and organizations on topics related to the human element of business. She or her work have been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Inc., LinkedIn, Investor’s Business Daily, BBC Online, Deloitte, Leader to Leader, and other notable media outlets.    People & Resources mentioned Sylvie Guillem Dr Robert Ciadini Stephen Covey   Contact Jennifer Website: https://drjennifernash.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjennifernash/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjennifernash/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 18th December.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for strategies to help you navigate power differences at work and ensure your voice gets heard? I discussed this, her book Speak Out, Listen Up and so much more with Megan Reitz on Episode 85 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Lessons she learned from working in a start up in the early days of the internet boom, How she developed an interest in management, teamwork, change and culture, The TRUTH framework which can help you understand power and to communicate more effectively, The importance of empathy, Understanding and managing workplace politics, The 5 Ws of speaking up, Preparing for and having difficult conversations and How mindfulness can help leadership. Megan is Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult International Business School. She focuses on how we create the conditions for transformative dialogue at work and her research is at the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness. She is on the Thinkers50 ranking of global business thinkers and is ranked in HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinkers listing. Megan has written Dialogue in Organizations and Mind Time and she has just published Speak Out, Listen Up which is the second edition of her bestselling book Speak Up, with Financial Times Publishing. Speak Up was shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2020. Megan is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. She has presented her research on the BBC, CNBC and Deutsche Welle and she writes for numerous academic and practice-based journals. Her research on employee activism was nominated for the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award 2021 and her TED talk on the topic has been viewed more than one and a half million times. Her latest research focuses on ‘spaciousness’; how, whilst attending to the task, we can also create, hold and value the space to innovate, reflect, learn and develop relationships, in workplaces that are increasingly experienced as instrumental and addicted to busyness. She is mother to two wonderful teenage daughters who test her regularly on her powers of mindfulness and dialogue.   People & Resources mentioned Amy Edmondson TEDx Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_reitz_how_to_lead_in_the_new_era_of_employee_activism?subtitle=en   Contact Megan Website: https://www.meganreitz.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-reitz-3a44732   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 20th November.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Looking for insights to improve your communication skills at work? I discussed this, his books and so much more with communications expert and award-winning author, Chris Fenning, on Episode 84 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Being strategic and working smarter not just harder, Focusing on gaining new skills & experience will help you stand out in your current role and to potential new employers, You don’t have to be an extrovert to be a good communicator, How to escalate an issue and communicate its impact concisely to your boss, How communication can help you build your personal brand, How regular communication with your managers can keep you top of mind so they think of you when interesting opportunities come up, Opportunities are more available than your realise, take time to evaluate before reject anything, Strategies to help you ace your next interview, Ideas to make the most of your next networking event and Most people can become good communicators, you have to work at it and give it time. Chris helps us master our communication at work. He helps experts talk to non-experts, teams talk to executives, and much more. His practical methods are used in organisations like Google and NATO, and have appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Chris is the author of multiple award-winning books on communication and training, including The First Minute and Effective Emails, that have been translated into 16 languages.  Before starting his business, Chris held senior director and project roles for some of the world’s largest companies, where he managed teams of up to 100 people. He has a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southampton.   People & Resources mentioned Thinking 101 – Professor Woo-kyoung Ahn Croissants vs. Bagels – Robbie Samuels   Contact Chris Website: https://chrisfenning.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-fenning/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmIXD8AIH-LUV-B1V5KJ4Ww   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 23rd October.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for insights into finding, building and maintaining strong mentoring relationships from both a mentor’s and mentee’s perspective? I discussed this, her new book The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring and so much more with Dr Ruth Gotian on Episode 83 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: What are the 4 key elements of success? The importance of mindset to high achievement, The benefits of mentoring for the mentee and mentor, The differences between coaching, mentoring and sponsorship, Strategies To Find A Mentor, Developing a team of mentors including reverse mentors and peer to peer mentors, What makes a good mentoring relationship?, How to deal with a mentoring relationship which is not working, and How Social Media including LinkedIn can boost your job search. Ruth is the Chief Learning Officer, Associate Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean for Mentoring at Weill Cornell Medicine, is a globally recognized expert in mentorship and leadership development. Hailed by Nature, Wall Street Journal, and Columbia University as an expert in mentorship and leadership development, she was named a top 20 mentor worldwide. Thinkers50 ranked her as the #1 emerging management thinker in the world in 2021, and LinkedIn recognized her as a top voice in mentoring in 2023. A semi-finalist for Forbes 50 Over 50, Ruth is a prolific contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Psychology Today, where she shares insights on 'optimizing success.' With a focus on the mindset and skill set of peak performers, including Nobel Prize winners, astronauts, Olympic and NBA champions, she's also an award-winning author of The Success Factor and The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring along with Andy Lopata.   People & Resources mentioned Ann E. Dunwoody – A Higher Standard Robert Lefkowitz – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Stockholm Dr Robert Cialdini - Influence Mentoring: A Complete Guide To Effective Mentoring -  https://mentoring-guide.com/ Ruth’s Previous Interview (Episode 25) -  https://harshaboralessa.podbean.com/e/episode-25-the-success-factor/   Contact Ruth Website: www.ruthgotian.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgotian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthgotian Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthgotian/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. I will be taking some time off from the podcast over the Summer and will only be releasing a new episode every 4 weeks. The next episode will be available on Weds 25th September. Hope you're having a great Summer!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for ideas and strategies to help you find your purpose and unlock the leadership potential within you? I discussed this and so much more with Rashmir Balasubramaniam on Episode 82 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Understanding what success means for you, don’t compare yourself to your peers, Not being afraid to take risks and expand your comfort zone, especially if you’re risk averse, Learning from “failure” and how this eventually led to her working at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, What is authentic leadership and why it matters? We all have good ideas and the importance of partnering with the right people who will nurture them, Reframing setbacks and focusing on the experience and knowledge that you have acquired, Being aware of what type of leader you are and does it align with the current state of the organisation?, Strategies to future proof you career and Incorporating fun and enjoyment into your work. Rashmir is a Transformational Leadership Coach and Strategic Thought Partner to founders, philanthropists and changemakers. She specializes in enlivening leaders and their teams, aligning their work with their unique purpose to unlock greater authenticity, impact, creativity and joy. Known for her ability to build trust and foster collaboration among diverse, multicultural, and multidisciplinary groups, Rashmir has held strategic and leadership roles across the social impact and private sectors. At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she led a study of market-based approaches across the Global Health and Global Development teams and brought a systemic approach to work on water and sanitation unlocking a major new funding for this sector. She has served as a trustee/NED to non-profits in the US and UK, and founded an innovative social enterprise to address the global nursing brain drain. Her experience includes 6 years in finance and investment banking and work across Africa, South Asia, the US, and the UK. Rashmir holds a Yale MBA and numerous qualifications in business, international development, and coaching. As a dedicated meditation and mindfulness practitioner, she integrates these practices into her coaching, helping clients achieve a contemplative edge that transforms their personal and professional lives.    People & Resources Mentioned Gene Keys   Contact Rashmir Website: https://rashmir.net/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashmirbalasubramaniam/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rashmir   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. I will be taking some time off from the podcast over the Summer and will only be releasing a new episode every 4 weeks. The next episode will be available on Weds 28th August. Hope you're having a great Summer!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking to learn more about resilience and the strategies that can help you adapt and thrive when challenged at work and in life? I discussed this, his book Ordinary Resilience and so much more with Luis Velasquez, MBA, PhD. on Episode 81 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How Luis was inspired by his father who overcame a terrible accident to build a successful business, Overcoming being diagnosed with a brain tumour which took away a successful career as an academic, The importance of reframing difficult situations, The three key drivers of resilience, The five core pillars of resilience Expanding your comfort zone, Focusing on the potential benefits not the downside when faced with a challenging situation, Being aware of the value that you are creating at work or in your business, and Potential strategies for building resilience. Luis is an executive coach in Silicon Valley and a facilitator for the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Once a university professor and research scientist, Luis helps mid-level managers to C-suite executives around the world learn, adapt, grow, and thrive by helping them learn how to reframe their challenges and take the most beneficial next step. Luis is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and Fast Company and was featured in best-selling author Dorie Clark’s book, The Long Game. An avid endurance athlete, he runs marathons, ultra-marathons, and Ironman triathlons. Drawing from his rich background and personal challenges, including recovering from a life-altering medical diagnosis, Luis brings a unique perspective to the discussion of leadership and resilience.   People & Resources Mentioned Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway - Susan Jeffers Plan B - Adam Grant The Obstacle Is The Way – Ryan Holiday The Leadership Challenge – Barry Posner & James M. Kouzes   Contact Luis Website: https://www.velascoaching.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/velasquezluis/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/Luis1_velasquez   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. I will be taking some time off from the podcast over the Summer and will only be releasing a new episode every 4 weeks. The next episode will be available on Weds 31st July. Hope you're having a great Summer!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for social strategies to help you build and maintain your relationships and connections? I discussed this, his latest book The Laws Of Connection and so much more with David Robson on Episode 80 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How understanding and overcoming the liking gap can help build new connections, The impact of having an ambivalent connection/ frenemy, Understanding which connections are healthy from those that are not, Why benign envy can sometimes be helpful, The importance of conversation, asking appropriate questions and actually listening, How praise and appreciation of your colleagues can be valued by them like financial rewards, Giving honest feedback and limiting “white lies”, and How to promote yourself in a pleasant way and avoiding “humble bragging”. David is an award-winning science journalist. His first book, The Intelligence Trap, has been translated into 15 languages and his second, The Expectation Effect, won the British Psychological Society Award. Previously an editor and senior journalist at BBC Future, Robson is now a freelance journalist; his writing has appeared in The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Atlantic, Washington Post and more. He graduated with a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University.   People & Resources Mentioned Rebecca West Matt Haig – The Midnight Library   Contact David Website: https://davidrobson.me/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-robson-5761791b/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_a_robson   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. I will be taking some time off from the podcast over the Summer and will only be releasing a new episode every 4 weeks. The next episode will be available on Weds 3rd July. Have a great Summer!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

What is Culture and how can understanding it help you build influence, your personal brand and your career. I discussed this, his best-selling book For The Culture and so much more with Professor Marcus Collins on Episode 79 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How Marcus got his big break running digital strategy for Beyoncé, How he learnt that facilitating an existing community is more powerful than building it from scratch, What is culture and the three systems of culture? What is a congregation and how it can help spread the message? Differentiating products and services through the feelings they evoke rather than value and function, Moving your target audience through emotion, How brands like Patagonia and REI put their values into action even if it may potentially cost them financially, Find the “true believers”, who love you and your product and focus on cultivating a connection with them, Strategies for cutting through the noise and stand out from the crowd, and Creating content consistently over time and not focusing simply on what is popular as you never know who is viewing your content. Marcus believes there is no external force more influential to human behavior than culture. What we wear, what we eat, where we work, how we vote, and just about every facet of social living is informed by our cultural subscriptions. So he studies cultural contagion and how it manifests in our consumption proclivities, organizational dynamics, and society writ large. He leverages his scholarly work as a clinical professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and the many years he spent in marketing as an advertising executive—most recently as the head of strategy at Wieden+Kennedy, New York—to bridge the academic-practitioner gap and use this knowledge to help people get people to take action. Throughout his career, he has been acknowledged for his strategic, creative, and scholarly contributions (American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement inductee, Thinkers50 Radar Distinguished Achievement Award, Cannes Lion Creative Strategy juror, Ad Age's 40 Under 40 recipient, and Crain’s Business 40 Under 40 recipient) as well as launched successful campaigns like “Cliff Paul” for State Farm, the Made In America Music Festival, and Google’s “Real Tone” technology—among others. Before his tenure in advertising, he worked in music and tech as a startup co-founder. Then he led iTunes + Nike sports music initiatives at Apple before running digital strategy for Beyoncé. He is the author of the best-selling book, For The Culture, which examines the relationship between culture and human behavior. He has spent the last decade helping organizations—from Fortune 500 companies to startups and non-profits—use this knowledge to create culturally contagious ideas that get people to move. The book aims to do the same for readers. He is a graduate of Temple University (DBA) and the University of Michigan (BSE in Materials Science Engineering and MBA with an emphasis in strategic brand marketing).   People & Resources Mentioned The Alchemist – Paolo Coelho Emile Durkheim Raymond Williams Brené Brown Charles “C.C.” Chapman   Contact Marcus Website: https://marctothec.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marctothec/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 5th June with David Robson, the award-winning author of The Intelligence Trap, The Expectation Effect and his latest book The Laws of Connection.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking to understand how having vision and curiosity can help you create a strategy to progress at work and thrive in your career. I discussed this and so much more with Amanda Gibson on Episode 78 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Building your personal brand, What is strategy? Why is vision so important?, How testing and making small experiments can provide powerful insights and information to guide you, The power of building a following and a community, How strategy can be applied to your career, The value of exploring problems with friends and trusted colleagues, who can provide support and a different perspective, Why it’s important to be aware of the value you create, Strategies to help you pivot and transition in your career, and The value of sitting with uncertainty and being adaptable. Amanda is an organizational designer, growth strategist, leadership advisor, and executive coach. She helps senior leaders and organizations tackle their most complex challenges and accelerate success - particularly in times of significant change – so that they can deliver on their most critical growth, stakeholder, and leadership initiatives without burning people out in the process. Her approach uses strategy, organizational design, and stakeholder engagement as the threads that weave together purpose, vision, people, and results. This stems from 20 years of working with organizations as they adapt and expand into new capabilities and new markets, and combines with an educational background that includes a Global MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, a Master’s in Organizational Psychology, degrees in Finance and Spanish, and several innovation, leadership, coaching, and assessment certifications. Prior to starting her own practice, Amanda led change and people initiatives across various industries and business functions, as well as multimillion-dollar strategy and innovation efforts inside a multibillion-dollar corporation. Over the years, she has worked with everyone from small founder teams to companies of all sizes and forms in over 50 countries.   Amanda has been featured in publications like Fast Company, and some of her best work is done on a trail, in the garden, or by the ocean.   People & Resources Mentioned Kintsugi Taylor Swift   Contact Amanda Website: https://amandagibson.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/1amandagibson/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 22nd May with Professor Marcus Collins.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for ideas to help you bounce back from layoff, rebuild your confidence and find career happiness? I discussed this and so much more with Soma Ghosh, award winning career coach of The Career Happiness Mentor and host of The Career Happiness podcast, on Episode 77 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Ideas for building confidence, Practical steps to manage and bounce back from lay off, The importance of self care, Not being afraid to leave a job but taking time to think through your options and create a plan, Strategies to help prepare for an interview, How to manage a difficult boss and a challenging working environment and Making a career pivot. Soma is a careers adviser who has previously worked in education and helping young people with career advice and job hunting. She has a PGdip in Careers guidance as well as and degree in Psychology and Criminology.  Soma runs her own career mentoring business where she helps ambitious women find their dream job and career and understand what their idea of career happiness is.  Soma has written for Thrive Global and Happiful magazine. As well as hosting her own podcast “The Career Happiness podcast” since 2019.  Soma has been featured in BBC work life, Yahoo Finance, Stylist magazine, All Bright collective, Asian voice, Metro and has spoken about peer pressure in linking with careers on BBC Asian network. Soma talks about women who are going through anxiety at work, workplace bullying, confidence, and the importance of wellbeing at work. As well as career change and how to build a portfolio career.    People & Resources Mentioned Susan Cain – Quiet Office Space   Contact Soma Website: https://www.somaghosh.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soma-ghosh-26086638/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_careerhappinessmentor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sgcareers27    Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 8th May with Amanda Gibson.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

In this episode, we will learn about potential strategies for navigating the uncertainty, disruption and fear that comes from mergers, acquisitions and other business transformation. I discussed this and so much more with Jennifer J. Fondrevay, the founder of Day1 Ready™ and author of "Now What? A Survivor’s Guide for Thriving Through Mergers and Acquisitions", on Episode 76 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Pivoting from her initial dream to be the US Ambassador to France to a career in advertising and marketing, Building your personal brand and digital footprint with marketing principles, Being thoughtful about your appearance and respecting your audience whether at interview or presenting, Strengthening connections through finding commonalities, The lessons she learnt that helped her become a better leader, Her TEDx talk and focusing on the things we can control such as Talent, Effort & Attitude (TEA), The power of story telling, Managing the uncertainty and disruption arising from M&A and business transformation, Understanding the value you bring to any potential employer, and Don’t be afraid to move jobs if things are not working out but have a strategy to help you navigate the transition. Jennifer is the Founder of Day1 Ready™, a consultancy that advises forward-thinking business leaders, owners, and C-Suite executives on how to prepare for the human capital challenges of M&A. As a Fortune 500 C-Suite “survivor” of three multibillion-dollar acquisitions, Jennifer has been on all sides of the deal equation. She saw countless growth strategies fail due to a workforce that couldn’t pivot and adapt as quickly as leadership anticipated. When her Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company” went viral, Jennifer recognized the power and interest in a human-centric approach to business transformation, where employees are at the heart of the change. She shares her expertise as a contributor to: Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Thrive Global, American Marketing Association, Middle Market Growth; and as a frequent podcast guest and keynote speaker for HR conferences, associations, and Fortune 500 companies. Jennifer and I talked about how you can turn things round if you encounter difficulties when leading a new team. She told me "What they wanted to know is how was I going to help them in the present moment, right? They hadn't had a leader in a year and … I worked that much harder to see how can I help this team? What value do I bring to this team? It's not about what I've done in the past, but it's what I can do now to help them in the future, moving forward. It made me work so much harder … it was about what I could do to contribute to their future."   People & Resources Mentioned Dorie Clark – The Long Game Dr Robert Ciadini - Influence Jennifer’s TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQpOCeKI3oE Dr Ellen Taafe Dr Gena Cox - Leading Inclusion   Contact Jennifer Website: https://jenniferjfondrevay.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-fondrevay/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferj.fondrevay2463   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 24th April with Soma Ghosh, the Founder of The Career Happiness Mentor and host of The Career Happiness podcast.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Looking for ideas to become happier at work and strategies to help your job search? I discussed this and so much more with Aoife O’Brien, the founder of Happier at Work and the Happier At Work podcast, on Episode 75 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Aoife taking the initiative to move jobs from Dublin to London, How working in Australia taught her important lessons about company culture, Ways to deal with a toxic working environment, How Leaders set the culture and tone, Not being afraid to ask for help at work, Imposter syndrome and ideas to manage it, Strategies to help your job search and Understanding your strengths and ensuring that they align with the roles to which you aspire. Aoife is the founder of Happier at Work, with the mission to solve the problem that 85% of employees are disengaged at work. Using her research-based Happier at Work framework, she partners with leaders to focus on: workplace culture; cultivating balance; and empowering leaders. Her work supports employees to thrive and to reach their full potential, and while supporting organisations increase their bottom line. Aoife has been featured by several national media platforms and public speaking events talking about imposter syndrome, fit, employee engagement, productivity, and remote working. Her award-winning podcast, Happier at Work®, features a combination of interview-based episodes as well as solo podcasting, and has a global audience of over 100k. She has lived and worked in Dublin, London, Perth, and Sydney and has a MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour, a Diploma in Executive and Life Coaching and a Certificate in Career Coaching.    People & Resources Mentioned Amy Edmondson Carol Dweck Vanessa Patrick (Episode 64) Matt Abrahams (Episode 62)   Contact Aoife Website: https://happieratwork.ie Website: https://www.impostersyndrome.ie LinkedIn (Personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/happieratworkHQ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@happieratworkhq TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happieratwork   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 10th April with Jennifer Fondrevay,  the Founder of Day1 Ready™.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

How can insights from a successful career in science and engineering boost your creativity, innovation and career? I discussed this and so much more with Dr Jayshree Seth, Corporate Scientist and Chief Science Advocate at 3M, on Episode 74 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Not worrying about where your career starts and focusing on the journey, Developing creativity and incorporating innovation into your work, How learning from failure and being resilient can help your career The importance of good communication with your stakeholders and managing their expectations, The mosaic building framework, Becoming comfortable with change and uncertainty, Insights to stand out in a job interview, Strategies to develop your leadership skills and Not underestimating the impact of luck (good and bad) in your career. Jayshree is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 80 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York.   Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the benefits of science and the importance of diversity in STEM fields to drive innovation.   She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds go to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM. She is a sought-after speaker, globally, on a multitude of topics such as innovation, leadership and STEM advocacy and has featured in local, national and international media. Jayshree and I talked about learning from failure and she told me: "People are not that comfortable with not knowing and if it doesn't work the way they wished for it to work, it's a failure. Emulating this scientific approach, can benefit career development because you can just adopt a mindset of continuous experimentation and learning … See, we can only learn if we act. And if we act, we can fail. Of course, if you don't act, you can fail too, because you just failed to innovate … embracing failure is part of the learning journey. You build resilience, adaptability, willingness to take risk."   People & Resources Mentioned Jayshree's TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00OXFWU28tA Jayshree’s song: https://www.playitforward.com/projects/344 Range - David Epstein Good To Great – Jim Collins   Contact Jayshree LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayshree-seth-6287b45/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 27th March with Aoife O'Brien, the founder of Happier At Work and the Happier At Work podcast.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Looking for strategies and insights to help you work with anyone? Amy Gallo and I discussed this, her best-selling book Getting Along and so much more on Episode 73 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Don't be afraid to reach out to people you don't know, people are more helpful than you realise and fortunately, Amy said yes, when I asked her for this episode, How Amy played to her strengths and shaped her career to align with them, The potential benefits of facing up to and managing conflict at work, Why good relationships at work matter, Dealing with passive aggressive behaviour at work, Managing a difficult boss, especially an insecure one, Dealing with a political operator at work and how to get fair credit for your efforts on a project, The benefits of diverse teams, and Other principles for getting along with your colleagues. Amy is a workplace expert who writes and speaks about gender, interpersonal dynamics, difficult conversations, feedback, and effective communication. She is the author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, as well as hundreds of articles for Harvard Business Review. For the past three years, Amy has co-hosted HBR’s popular Women at Work podcast, which examines the struggles and successes of women in the workplace. She is frequently sought out by media outlets for her perspective on workplace dynamics, conflict, and difficult conversations. Her advice has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Marketplace, and The Austin American-Statesman, as well as on WNYC, the BBC, and ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Amy and I talked about managing conflict and she told me: "It is the nature of human relationships that we are going to have conflict, we're going to have disagreements. It's not always going to be perfect, and that's okay … we are just told that conflict has to be heated and mean, and we conflate it with war and with fracturing of relationships, and I would encourage your listeners, choose the three people in your life who you feel closest to, who you trust. My guess is you have conflict with them, right? This is part of being in relationship with other people, and so we have to learn how to embrace it as something that gives us some positive benefits rather than something that should be avoided at all costs."   People & Resources Mentioned Amy Gallo TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnaLS7OE2pk Women At Work podcast: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-women-at-work Heidi Grant Ruchika Tulshyan Modupe Akinola   Contact Amy Website: https://www.amyegallo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyegallo/     Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 13th March with Dr Jayshree Seth, Corporate Scientist and Chief Science Advocate at 3M.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Interested in learning strategies to help unleash the leadership and career potential within ourselves. Sandy Seeber-Quayle and I discussed this and much more on Episode 72 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How being consistent and taking small steps can compound over time, Growing up in Eastern Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall and how this helped Sandy build resilience, Working her way up from an apprentice in an insurance company to a leadership position, The insights and lessons from travelling the world for over 2 years, The importance of understanding your career journey and the things that make you unique, Strategies to help you build a powerful network in an authentic way, Sandy’s KUBA Pilot Strategy and how it helps to develop middle managers, Ideas to help your job search and How more distant connections can be more effective than you realise in finding work. Sandy brings over two decades of leadership experience from managing and developing insurance businesses, navigating complex technical landscapes, and fostering collaborative partnerships. With a proven track record at Apple, Aegon, and CNP Santander Insurance, she excels in steering stakeholders, mentoring teams, and achieving company goals. Throughout her career, Sandy has trained and coached professionals in key skills from product knowledge, sales methodologies, effective communication and guiding individuals into management roles. She holds a degree in Insurance, a Diploma in Organisational Behaviour from the Irish Management Institute, and certifications in Train the Trainer and Executive Coaching. Specializing in organisational behaviour, Sandy actively promotes critical thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication.  Outside of work, she enjoys the outdoors and creative writing.   People & Resources Mentioned The Book Of Sand - Jorge Luis Borges Robert Cialdini Dorie Clark Croissants vs. Bagels - Robbie Samuels   Contact Sandy Website (company): https://kubapilot.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyseeberquayle/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandyseeber/ Newsletter: https://kubapilot.substack.com/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 28th February.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for ideas and strategies to help you gain a better understanding of yourself and discover insights to improve your career and life? Emilie West, the author of Maximum You, and I discussed this, her work and much more on Episode 71 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Gaining perspective and seeing the bigger picture, Finding roles which play to your strengths, Strategies to develop your leadership skills, Ideas to help you in your job search, Understanding what makes you unique and articulating this when applying for jobs and interviewing, Don't put too much pressure on yourself when interviewing as this may stop your authentic self coming out, The importance of being consistent during your job search and career, and How to manage a difficult boss. Emilie is an award-winning coach and speaker who helps her personal and business clients define and achieve their goals through positive change. Emilie combines her coaching experience with her knowledge as a wellness expert to provide holistic coaching supporting mental resilience, physical health and career success.  Emilie believes that the key to true inner confidence and life satisfaction lies in taking time to better understand ourselves, learning to play to our strengths and living life authentically. As well as holding a degree in Economics from Warwick University, Emilie is a qualified Nutritional Therapist and an accredited Emotional Intelligence Coach. She is the author of Maximum You, which was recently published and is a great read. Emilie talked with me about when you're looking for a new job, think about what makes you unique and how you can stand out from the other candidates and told me that. She told me "it's not always the obvious path that gets you where you want to go. Really stop and think about your strengths. You want to go and interview for a job where you are exactly what they're after. If you get very clear on what you're good at, there will be a company out there that really wants what you have to offer. So it's being very good at articulating that, both in a CV, a covering letter, and then with my clients, I will put them through interview practice, and help them get better and better at articulating what their strengths are ... So rather than comparing and despairing ... Think about what advantages do you have over the other candidates?"   People & Resources Mentioned The Untethered Soul – Michael Singer The Compound Effect - Darren Hardy   Contact Emilie Website (company): https://www.alchemycoaching.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiliewest/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 14th February.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

The Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast is now three years old, a huge thank you to the amazing listeners and guests for their support. I have learnt so much from the guests and wanted to share some of the insights and lessons that I have picked up from them and share some of my journey for those new to the show. To help me celebrate this milestone, I invited my good friend Aoife O’Brien, the host of the Happier at Work® podcast to interview me on Episode 70 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Expanding your comfort zone and being open to new possibilities, Being honest about your strengths and trying to finding roles which align with them, Opportunities are more available than you realise, Taking ownership and control of your career management, How learning Japanese in evening classes whilst working, indirectly helped me to move departments, The value of updating your CV in real time, How stories which highlight your strengths can help you stand out in an interview, How my interest in neuroscience arose from looking at techniques to enhance decision making, How the skills that I learnt from playing top level sport, helped my career development, There are many different paths to success and not letting setbacks hinder your progress, Focus on your own journey and don’t compare yourself to others and Regularly checking your progress to see if it's in line with expectations and that you're heading towards the goal you want. Aoife O’Brien is the founder of Happier at Work, a business with the mission to eliminate toxic working environments for good. She is passionate about ‘fit’ and especially how creating the right environment can help organisations increase their bottom line while supporting individuals to reach their full potential at work. She is a self-professed data nerd, with a 20+ year career in market research in the fast-moving consumer goods industry working with clients like Coca Cola, Unilever and Heinz to solve marketing problems using data analytics. She works with business leaders and employees to focus on: workplace culture; cultivating balance; and empowering leaders. Aoife has been featured by several national media platforms and public speaking events talking about imposter syndrome, fit, employee engagement, productivity, and remote working. Her two-time award runner-up podcast, Happier at Work®, features a combination of interview-based episodes as well as solo podcasting, and has a global audience of over 100k. She has lived and worked in Dublin, London, Perth, and Sydney and has a MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour, a Diploma in Executive and Life Coaching and a Certificate in Career Coaching.    People & Resources Mentioned Professor Thomas Curran Jeff Gothelf Alicia Ramsdell Professor Vanessa Patrick Adam Grant Dr Robert Cialdini - Influence   Contact Aoife Website (company): https://happieratwork.ie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien Instagram (company): https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie Twitter (company): https://www.twitter.com/happieratworkHQ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@happieratworkhq   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. The next episode will be available on Weds 31st January.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Learning about philosophy may seem like a luxury in our fast paced world but it has a number of benefits for your career and life, including developing your critical thinking skills and the ability to solve complex problems.   Dr Brennan Jacoby, a philosopher and the founder of Philosophy at Work, and I discussed this, his work with Philosophy at Work and much more on Episode 69 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How serendipity and chance can impact your career, Plato’s allegory of the cave and how this inspired Brennan’s interest in philosophy, The benefits of reframing and changing your perspective, How philosophy can help manage uncertainty and decision making, Stoic philosophy and controlling what you can control, Strategies for dealing with failure and regret, How doing philosophy can develop your thinking and problems solving skills and Ways of creating space in your schedule to have time to think. Dr. Brennan Jacoby is a philosopher and the founder of Philosophy at Work, a collective of philosophers that teach the thinking skills professionals need to think their best. Brennan holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D in philosophy, and his doctoral work analysed trust in the context of interpersonal relationships and corporate character.  Recent projects include helping Deloitte UK cultivate a growth mindset, supporting The Wellcome Trust to explore trust in healthcare, and enhancing curiosity across Sony Music’s global community. Brennan works across industries and sectors (examples include groups from Herbert Smith Freehills, Sky, Sony Music, Slaughter and May, Hogan Lovells, Capital One Bank, Deloitte, Media Arts Lab, Ropes and Gray, The Guardian, Nike, and The Financial Times), and with global teams, having delivered sessions in the UK, Ireland, USA, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, Spain, Australia and Taiwan. In addition to his role with Philosophy at Work, Brennan is a fellow at the Royal Society of the Arts. Originally from Detroit Michigan, he studied in Sydney, Australia and is now based in the UK.  Brennan talked with me about the benefits of philosophy and how it helps to develop your thinking and told me “complex problem solving, critical thinking and creative thinking are things that are needed for the future of work, for the fourth Industrial Revolution and that's what you get, those are the muscles that are built up when you do philosophy because you're given a tough challenge … doing philosophy is good for careers because we know that careers these days are so dependent on not just what you know but how you make sense of the data and also how you move from one thing you know to the next right or from one job to the next and so it's good not just for work but it's particularly good for careers because of careers being about how you navigate things right how you move from one point to the next.”   People & Resources Mentioned Iris Murdoch – The Black Prince Carol Dweck Alain de Botton The School of Life   Contact Brennan Website (company): https://philosophyatwork.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-brennan-jacoby-51807790/ Instagram (company): https://www.instagram.com/philosophy_at_work/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Wishing everybody a great start to 2024!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Looking for insights and strategies to boost your job search in the new year? As we're coming up to the start of the new year, I wanted to experiment with a different format and this episode focuses entirely on job search and has bite size clips from some of the previous guests on the podcast. Now that there are close to 70 episodes, some new listeners are not sure where to start so hopefully this will help. If this is successful, I will look to create episodes on different themes including leadership, mindset, communication and building your network. Please let me know what you think. The episode will begin by looking at mindset and its importance, especially if you have been laid off and are looking to start your job search with Amii Barnard-Bahn (Episode 18) and Octavia Goredema (Episode 57). The focus moves onto how to get your job search started and some strategies that may help with Minola Jac (Episode 50), Emilie West (Episode 12), Jenny Foss (Episode 49), Dorie Clark (Episode 5) and Simon Alexander Ong (Episode 11). Following this will be insights on the interview process and ideas to help you stand out and ace that interview with Shola Kaye (Episode 14), Navid Nazemian (Episode 44) and Paul Berry (Episode 38). We finish with ideas to keep your motivation going if you're not getting the results you want and ways of managing failure with Dr Kurt Nelson (Episode 61) and Tammy Gooler Loeb (Episode 59). I hope you found these insights helpful and wishing you success in your job search in 2024!   Contact The Guests All the guests contact details, including social media will be in the individual episode show notes or can be found on my website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/category/podcast/    Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Wishing everybody a happy new year!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for insights into leadership, career development and job search? Tony Martignetti and I discussed this, his new book Campfire Lessons for Leaders and much more on Episode 67 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How taking measured risk can help your career, How Tony created an environment where his team felt engaged and had agency, His interest in leadership and how good leaders are developed, Being honest with yourself and understanding what success and progress means to you, Don’t be afraid to promote yourself in an authentic way so that your colleagues and managers are aware of your achievements, The importance of long term thinking when viewing your career, Make it easy for your network to help you by being specific about your ask, Why it’s important to demonstrate  a strong business case when you’re looking to be promoted, Job Search Mindset, Learning to say no and using your time in ways that align with your values, Insights from Thinkers50 and How being a wing woman or wing man can lift others and help strengthen your relationships. Tony is a trusted advisor, leadership coach and facilitator, best-selling author, podcast host, and speaker. He brings together over 25 years of business and leadership experience and extreme curiosity to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. He has been recognized by Thinkers360 as one of the Top Voices in Leadership and by Leaders Hum as one of the Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023. Before becoming the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Inspired Purpose Partners, Tony was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. Tony hosts The Virtual Campfire podcast and is the author of “Climbing the Right Mountain: Navigating the Journey to An Inspired Life" and "Campfire Lessons for Leaders: How Uncovering Our Past Can Propel Us Forward.” He has been featured in many publications, including Fast Company, Forbes, Life Science Leader, and CEO Today. Tony Martignetti and I spoke about the importance of mindset when it comes to your job search and he told me "Get your mindset right because if you show up to an interview or to a networking event and you're still feeling down about yourself, it's hard to put on that strong face. Spend some time getting yourself to build the confidence, build back your resilience and part of that is also looking back. One of my exercises I do with coaching clients is basically going back into the past, doing an inventory of who I am, what brought me here, what are the things that make me who I am, and then going into the future and saying, well, who do I want to be?"   People & Resources Mentioned Carol Dweck Amy Edmondson Robert Cialdini Judith E. Glaser – Conversational Intelligence Ruth Gotian Dorie Clark   Contact Tony Website (company): https://www.ipurposepartners.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymartignett1/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyMartignett1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredpurposecoach/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Wishing everybody a happy and relaxing festive period.   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

What is mindfulness and how can it help boost your career, job search and wellbeing? Alicia Ramsdell and I discussed this and much more on Episode 66 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How Alicia built a successful career in Investment Management, How she managed to balance work and family life by planning with and discussing her situation with her manager, Transitioning from the corporate world to start her own business, incorporating mindfulness principles, How mindfulness can help focus on the present and the process rather than worrying about the results, Her TEDx talk and the importance of career fufilment, Her top strategies for finding a new job, How sharing personal stories which demonstrate your skills can boost your chances in a job interview, and Not being shy about sharing your achievements with your boss and other insights on how to stand out at work. Alicia is a TEDx speaker and the CEO of Mindful Career Path, LLC. With over 15 years of experience in Corporate America, Alicia has crafted a career that aligns with her passions and values. As a Certified Career Services Provider, Global Career Development Facilitator, and with certifications in Organizational Mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction techniques, Alicia brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. She not only helps individuals develop their careers but also shows them how to use stress as a tool to elevate their work and find fulfilment. Alicia's top priorities are captivating audiences as a keynote speaker, revolutionizing career development as a corporate partner, and empowering individuals to achieve career fulfillment as a coach. Her recent TEDx talk in York Beach, Maine, titled "Don't be afraid to fail in the career of your dreams. Be afraid to succeed in the career of your nightmares," is an inspiring reminder to fearlessly pursue your passions. She was named as one of Top 15 Coaches in Boston for 2023 by Influence Digest. Alicia and I talked about how can your personal stories help you stand out in an interview. She told me: "If you think about five people going into a job interview for one role, what's the one thing that's going to set you apart? It's your stories. They don't have your life. They haven't done what you have done in your career specific to the people you work with, this specific project, the numbers, the quantifiable results ... that's what's going to make you unique and stand out."   People & Resources Mentioned Jon Kabat-Zinn The Power Of Now – Eckhart Tolle   Contact Alicia Website (company): https://mindfulcareerpath.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciaramsdell/     Twitter (company): https://twitter.com/Mindful_Careers Instagram (company): https://www.instagram.com/Mindful.Career.Path/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful. The next episode is out on Weds 20th December with Tony Martignetti, leadership coach and facilitator, best-selling author, podcast host and speaker. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

What is perfectionism and does it lead to success and better performance? Professor Thomas Curran and I discussed this, other insights from his best selling book “The Perfection Trap”, being interviewed by Gwyneth Paltrow and much more on Episode 65 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How Thomas has had a non-linear career but has bounced back from difficult experiences, Failure is part of life and reframing failure can help to manage its impact, What is perfectionism? Understanding your purpose and not seeking external validation to provide meaning and motivation, How both genetic and environmental factors impact perfectionism, The dangers of comparing yourself to others, Setting realistic goals which are in line with your values and enjoying the journey, Why perfectionism does not lead to greater success and performance, and Strategies for managing perfectionism. Thomas grew up in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, before studying at De Montfort University and the University of Leeds, UK, where he received his PhD in psychology. He taught at several universities in Australia and the UK before joining the Department of Psychological and Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics as a professor in 2019. He studies the personality characteristic of perfectionism, how it develops, and how it impacts on mental health. His TED talk on perfectionism has received more than three million views. His research has been featured in media ranging from the Harvard Business Review to New Scientist to CNN and he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. He is the author of The Perfection Trap. Thomas and I talked about how becoming comfortable with failure can lead to success, he told me "What's a much more healthier way is to recognise failure as part and parcel of the learning process and actually if we can release the power of failure then we're likely to be more successful because we won't engage in those sabotaging behaviors that mean we avoid challenge and difficulty and try to choose the path of least resistance you know that might be good for success in the short term but when we're thinking about Innovation, knowledge economy and all the rest of it the modern workplace requires creativity, innovation that's where you're going to elevate yourself in those companies and above other people. I think we've got to get comfortable with failure."   People & Resources Mentioned Karen Horney Andrew Hill   Contact Thomas Website: https://www.thomcurran.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thom-curran/    Twitter: https://twitter.com/thom_curran   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful. The next episode is out on Weds 6th December with Alicia Ramsdell, TEDx speaker, CEO & Founder of Mindful Career Path and one of the top 15 Career Coaches in Boston. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Want to understand why saying no is so hard and how it can help free up time to focus on the things that really matter to you? Professor Vanessa Patrick and I discussed this, her new book “The Power Of Saying No” and much more on Episode 64 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: The importance of personal branding and sharing information that is of value for your audience, Why it’s so hard to say no, What is an empowered refusal?, How can you say no to your boss, The A.R.T. framework of saying no, What is a personal policy and how it helps you to say no, Think of saying no as a way of allowing you to spend your time the way you want rather than being dictated by someone else, A matrix to help work out which asks you should accept or refuse through assessing their relative benefits and costs, How to say no to “office housework” and other non promotable tasks, and Ways of dealing with “walnuts”, people who don’t take no for an answer. Vanessa Patrick, PhD. is the Associate Dean for Research, Executive Director of Doctoral Programs (PhD and DBA), a Bauer Professor of Marketing and lead faculty of the Executive Women in Leadership Program at the Bauer School of Business at the University of Houston. She has been recognized with a number of awards for both scholarship and teaching, including the LeRoy and Lucille Melcher Faculty Excellence award from the Bauer College of Business for Research Excellence (2011), Service Excellence (2016) and Teaching Excellence (2018). In 2012, she was named one of the top 50 most productive marketing scholars worldwide by the DocSig of the American Marketing Association. She was appointed as a Fulbright Specialist (2019-24) by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She served in this role by visiting the Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia in November 2022. She is a regular speaker at both academic and practitioner conferences, including the Association of Consumer Research Conference, the Society of Consumer Psychology conference, the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce annual conference, the NAWMBA Annual Gender Diversity Conference and the UH Women of Color Coalition. She is a prominent scholar in her field and serves on editorial and policy boards of leading academic journals. She is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Marketing Research and the Journal of Marketing. Vanessa and I talked about building a personal brand and she told me "Marketing is about creating value. When you are thinking about yourself as a brand, you have to be thinking about how do I create value in whatever I touch? And that means that you not only have to do good work, but people need to know that you can do good work ... You can think about your brand as a function of what people talk about you, your reputation and what you do, what associations do they have with you?"   People & Resources Mentioned Melancholy – Degas Influence – Dr Robert Cialdini   Contact Vanessa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessapatrick23/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/vpatrick23     Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/  YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful. The next episode is out on Weds 22nd November with Professor Thomas Curran, the author of The Perfection Trap and the world's leading expert on perfectionism. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

The TV industry is ultra competitive so how do you break in and build a successful career without any contacts in the media world? Kimberly Gobolt, the joint MD of executive search and staffing company Talented People discussed her journey and how she transitioned from being a Producer/ Director to building her business on Episode 63 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Forgetting your limiting beliefs and just asking: people are more helpful than you think, In high pressure situations, don’t dwell on the negative, How she got her big break by following up a random opportunity, Becoming a director in TV and overcoming people’s preconceptions, Building your personal brand by adding value and being generous, The difficulties of being a working mother and juggling her career and family, Starting a new venture and how a little naivety can be helpful, What she looks for in a candidate and their CV and Why diverse voices are so important in the TV industry. Kimberly is joint MD of executive search and staffing company Talented People – which specialises in TV production and the creative industries. She produces and hosts The Imposter Club podcast – which gives a fascinating insight into the lives of content-makers and welcomes anyone who’s ever doubted themselves in their career (all of us?!). Kimberly travelled the world as a self-shooting Producer/Director for popular factual series & documentaries on Channel 4, BBC, ITV & Channel 5 before turning her creativity and influence to the world of headhunting. She saw a way of staffing the creative industries in a more human and inclusive way and so set up executive search and freelance talent company Talented People with Rosie Turner in 2017. Together with their wonderfully diverse and experienced team, they've been placing premium talent in behind the scenes roles with integrity and a smile ever since. Kimberly's usually talking – either on Teams, on her mobile or gesticulating behind a microphone, and if she isn’t, she’s watching copious amounts of catch up to feed her insatiable appetite for great TV. Kimberly and I talked about building a personal brand and she told me "You have to work hard at giving generously in terms of content and your personality ... you need a presence because if someone wants to look you up and find out about you, or if they're wondering about whether to give you a role or not, they should be able to find something about you that helps them".   People & Resources Mentioned Radical Condor – Kim Scott Lin-Manuel Miranda   Contact Kimberly Website: https://talentedpeople.tv/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalentdPeople Podcast: https://www.theimposterclub.com/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is out on Weds 8th November with Professor Vanessa Patrick, the author of The Power of Saying No, marketing expert and the Associate Dean of Research and Bauer Professor of Marketing at the University of Houston.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*    

Looking for communication strategies to boost your job search and career? Matt Abrahams, the host of the award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, shared his insights about this, his new book Think Faster, Talk Smarter and much more on Episode 62 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How fear can inhibit communication, How small talk can help build connections and grow your network, Communication strategies to help you in a job interview, Ways of making difficult conversations at work easier, Matt’s 6 step communication model, Managing anxiety when communicating in high pressure situations by dealing with the symptoms and sources, Ways of successfully navigating the Q&A format, How to use silence and pauses in communication, Communication strategies to help you stand out at work, and Understanding the needs of your audience to tailor your content appropriately.   The edited transcript of the interview is at the end. It has been edited for clarity and ease of reading. I hope you find it helpful.   Matt Abrahams is a leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach. As a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting. He received Stanford GSB’s Alumni Teaching Award in recognition of his teaching students around the world. When he isn’t teaching, Matt is a sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant. He has helped countless presenters improve and hone their communication, including some who have delivered IPO road shows as well as TED, World Economic Forum, and Nobel Prize presentations. His online talks garner millions of views and he hosts the popular, award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast. He is the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot. His previous book Speaking Up without Freaking Out: 50 Techniques for Confident and Compelling Presenting has helped thousands of people manage speaking anxiety and present more confidently and authentically. Matt talked with me talked about the importance of being able to communicate your story to the interviewer so it is easy for them to share this with the ultimate decision maker. He told me “"When you are interviewing, you are equipping your interviewer to tell your story to someone else. Most of the time, the person we interview with is not the person empowered to hire you on the spot. They have to get approval, they have to get a consensus so they need to discuss you with somebody else. So the better you equip them by having clear themes and having support and evidence that they can bring that helps."    People & Resources Mentioned Improv Wisdom – Patricia Ryan Madson Dr Carol Dweck - Mindset Dr Robert Cialdini - Influence   Contact Matt Website: https://mattabrahams.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maabrahams/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Abrahams_Matt   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is out on Weds 25th October with Kimberly Godbolt, MD of Talented People, a specialist TV staffing & Executive Search company, with 15 years of experience in TV programme making. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    Edited Interview Transcript   Harsha: [00:00:00] Welcome to episode 62 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Our guest today is Matt Abrahams. Before we begin, I want to thank all the supporters of the podcast. Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn. Do subscribe, like and share. It does make such a difference. Please note that in this episode, we touch on mental health and wellness topics purely in general terms. If you have specific issues or concerns, please contact a suitable professional. Now back to the show. Matt is a leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach. As a lecturer in organizational behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting. And he hosts a popular award winning podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast. He's the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter, and his previous book, Speaking Up Without Freaking [00:01:00] Out, has helped thousands of people manage speaking anxiety and present more confidently and authentically. Welcome Matt. Matt: Thank you so much, Harsha. I am excited to be with you and to have a good conversation. Harsha: Thank you. Thanks so much for taking the time today, Matt. Is there a performance, song, book or film which you'd like to share, Matt? Matt: Oh, so, wow, the answer is absolutely yes to all of them. So my, my favorite book, you know, putting aside the ones I've written, which I'm very passionate about I love the book it's called Improv Wisdom by Patricia Ryan Madsen. It is, it's a nonfiction book. It's a book to help you be a better person by using and leveraging improvisation. There's a great movie that I love because it's all about communication. It's called “Thank you for smoking”, it's an older movie, but it has so much to say about persuasion and influence and that can be really impactful in terms of a performer Unfortunately, he's deceased [00:02:00] but I am a huge fan of Robin Williams, my new book is about speaking in the moment, and he was amazing at being able to come up with things quickly and, and be able to, to just get things done immediately. Harsha: That's a great list. I was just expecting one! Matt: Well, you, asked me four or five things. I'll give you three or four answers. How, how's that? Harsha: So Matt, back to the beginning. You studied psychology at Stanford. Was there a strategy behind that or did you just like the subject? Matt: That's a great question. My whole academic career was me stumbling into what I was passionate about. So I was an undergrad at Stanford. I started thinking I wanted to be a doctor and then I met chemistry and calculus and they had a different idea. And at Stanford, they had a way that you could do some of the pre med requirements. But not do the main track and it was called human biology and it was a combination of social science and biological science and the very first day of class, they brought out a [00:03:00] psychologist and he started lecturing and I fell in love. I fell in love with the subject. I didn't know that psychology as a social science existed. I thought it was only for people who wanted to be clinicians. Very important, I'm glad that people do that but it just opened up my eyes. So I immediately literally after that class changed my major to psychology. And then in psychology, I came to study communication. And I realized that communication was a field because at Stanford, they only do mass communication like journalism, television and things like that. And what I'm interested in really is interpersonal. So my entire academic career was just stumbling on to things that I became passionate about and studied. Harsha: It's interesting, sometimes you're looking at serendipity or things to go in a particular way. And a lot of us sometimes stumble upon the things that we love, love doing. Don't we? Matt: Absolutely. And in fact, I encourage the students I teach my own kids, anybody I talk to, to one, be open, locking yourself into a way of [00:04:00] thinking is it can be. Challenging and detrimental in certain ways. And I tell everybody, take opportunities, when they come, if I have had any success in my career, it's because I've been willing to say yes to opportunities. Doesn't mean I go all along the way, but if somebody says, Hey, do you want to learn more about this? I say, yes. The whole podcast I do, which has done fairly well and I, thoroughly loved doing it.  Somebody coming to me and said, “Hey, what do you know about podcasting? Do you want it? You want to try to explore it?” And I said, sure, let's do it. And, and it turned into the, be just a wonderful gift to me personally. So I think staying open to opportunity, not locking yourself into one way of seeing your career or your life unfold is really important. Harsha: That's a really interesting point you bring up, Matt, because I think life is, there are full of opportunities out there. You need to be open to them because sometimes I think people almost go around thinking I'm not getting the breaks, I'm not getting the opportunities, but actually if you open yourself up to new [00:05:00] opportunities, they are actually always there to some extent. Sometimes you're actually getting in your own way, aren't you? Matt: Absolutely. And, and I talk a lot about getting in your own way. In the new book I wrote, it's all about speaking in the moment, speaking spontaneously. And one of the things that gets in the way of us being able to answer questions well, or give feedback on the spot is the fact that we get in our own way. And we often do that. And so we have to take the time to recognize it and see what happens if, if we maybe don't say no. Thank you. And just say maybe, or not yet that, that can further us in our career and personal aspirations. Harsha: I just love that. And I think sometimes just give it a go. It might work, it might not, but what have you lost from taking half an hour to speak to somebody or half a day to try something out, go to a lecture? Yeah, I definitely agree with that, that viewpoint. Now going on to communication, like you, I think it's such a massively important thing for your career, but [00:06:00] also for your personal life, because it helps you to stand out and you can build these powerful relationships. And actually, sometimes you meet these amazing people, but because they can't communicate what they stand for their values or their work, they just don't go ahead in life as maybe other people who are much more sharp elbowed and are very good at talking. So where did your interest in communication come from? Was it thinking about how communication and psychology fit together? I think that there's a lot of interrelated things going on there. Matt: Absolutely. Some people argue that. The study of communication is just one version of applied psychology. And people say the opposite that, that, you know, communication is the vehicle through which we express our psychology. So they're very related. I can trace my interest in communication back to when I was a very young boy two stories come to mind. I'll share very quickly. Both happened when I was between the ages of probably six and nine. The first was where I grew up, in a [00:07:00] suburb, there would be lots of yard sales or garage sales where people would take things that they no longer wanted and, and sell them for, for cheap to people. And there was one weekend in particular where my mother had just been frustrated with my brother and me. And she said, we are having a garage sale. She wanted to get rid of all of our stuff. And, and so. She instructed my brother and me to write signs announcing our garage sale, but she said, spell it incorrectly. And if you insert a B right in the middle of garage, you get garbage. So while all of our neighbors were having “garage” sales, we were having a “garbage” sale and we did phenomenally well, we sold more stuff than anybody else in the neighborhood. And my mother to this day still believes it's as a result of the fact that our sign made us stand out from the rest. I think people felt we were stupid and thought they'd get better deals. It does not matter. What it taught me as a young person was that language, words, communication can influence behavior. And [00:08:00] not too long after this, my father, who this was back in the day when people would actually read newspapers on actual paper. And my father was chuckling behind the newspaper. I said, what's so funny, dad. And he said, come here. And he was reading the comic strips. And there was a comic strip of a father who had his arm around his son, looking at the store that the father. And across the store, it said going out of business sale and the caption of the comic that was making my father laugh so hard said, someday, son, this will all be yours. And I was befuddled. I was like, I don't understand. And my dad explained to me that going out of business sign was a trick. It was a way of marketing. Because people thought they'd get good deals because it was going out of business again, reinforcing this idea that through communication, through language, through words, we could motivate people. So my interest in communication has been long lasting. I just didn't know you could actually study it. And it wasn't until I got to college and grad school that I really understood [00:09:00] that you can do rigorous academic research in the field. Harsha: I just love those stories and actually talking about communication, I think fear is something that really inhibits a lot of people, you know, there's this fear of public speaking, fear of communication, fear of doing the wrong thing or saying the wrong thing. And sometimes I think you're almost attached to the negative result. And that really stops you from doing things. Matt: Absolutely. You know, our perceptions of what's possible get in our way. And so we need to reflect and think about what it is we can and can't do to really help. And so our mindset matters a lot. In fact, in the new book, I spend four of the six first chapters talking about mindset and how we can adjust our mindset to be more successful. Harsha: I just love that. What would be helpful before we go into your book? I think for our listeners, essentially they're either looking for work or trying to develop in their career. So I'd like to [00:10:00] go through a few scenarios, where you can talk about your thoughts. Say, if you're attending a networking event and you know, it's the usual small talk and you're trying to build connections. I think sometimes the problem is that people put almost too much pressure on themselves. What are your thoughts on those networking events and making small talk? Matt: Yeah. So I think small talk gets a really bad rap. I think we need to rebrand small talk. I think small talk is, is fantastic. I keep referring to my book and I don't mean to do that, but I have a whole chapter on small talk because when it comes to spontaneous speaking, it's a big challenge for a lot of people. Here's the value of small talk. It allows you to connect. to learn, to practice things, to find out avenues of exploration that you might not have known. We often look at it as a necessary evil but if we embrace it and say, Hey, there's good things that can happen here, it can really change our perspective. It comes back. To what we talked about a little earlier about looking [00:11:00] for opportunities. I think small talk and many spontaneous communication situations are opportunities for us to grow to learn to expand. And we have to we have to embrace it that way. That said, there are some specific things we can do to make it easier for ourselves and for the others we talk to. But networking is critical. In life, but also in career management. I look at my career, you know, before I was an academic, I worked in high tech for for 10 years. And most of my jobs. In fact, I would say every single one of my jobs came through a connection. I had either at the place I ended up working or through somebody who knew me and knew the other place. So the only way I knew those people was through connecting. Harsha: And I love that point that Robert Cialdini makes, the author of Influence, that you're always looking for commonalities when you're meeting a new person. “Did you go to the same college? Do you live in a particular place? Are you interested in a particular sport?” I think if you can make these very [00:12:00] trivial connections, it shows that we're part of the same tribe, we're in the same gang, human beings are very tribal, unfortunately. But then you can go on to the more in depth conversations about work and, motivation and can we work together? Matt: Yeah. So I love that you're, you're quoting Cialdini. He, he is somebody that I met very early in my academic career. He came in guest lectured in a class I was in, and I was truly enamored with the work he did, how he did his work. And recently I've gotten to know him a bit by hosting him on my podcast. And he talks a lot about this notion of unity, feeling united, connected with people. And it's important. The, the thing I would advise against is just going in and trying to go through your list, like almost playing bingo, you know, do you like this? Do you like that? Do you like that? I think there are more subtle ways and a great way to do it is to share what's important to you and see how the other person responds. So you're right. Finding connection is important [00:13:00] and finding similarity is important, but you just don't want to go in like you're a detective grilling people until you get what you're looking for. Harsha: Completely. I think, obviously be sensible, be authentic. And yeah, don't try and be a detective. But I'm sure most of our listeners are hopefully sensible enough to do that. But actually, so moving on from that now, say you were in the interview scenario and I love that video you had on your YouTube channel. I actually put it on my Reframe & Reset Your Career LinkedIn page. Can you give our listeners who haven't seen the video some thoughts about the interview scenario? Matt: I have a lot to say about interviewing and thank you for sharing that video. So to me, there's a lot you should do in advance of interviewing and interviewing is spontaneous, but you can certainly prepare. And that's the big counterintuitive idea about spontaneous speaking is you can actually prepare for it. So here my advice and I do a lot of coaching of people on interviewing skills. I teach in an MBA program at [00:14:00] Stanford where a lot of our students go on to interview and I coach others. So first and foremost, you need to do a deep dive into the company itself. What is important to them? You should understand their mission, vision, and values. You should understand the scope and the variety of things that they do. You should also look into the leaders of the company, what's important to them. A lot of this is done through “cyber stalking”. Check out their LinkedIn profiles, their company bios, all of that. Then also think about what are the key themes you want to articulate about yourself. Maybe you are a very committed, dedicated employee. Maybe you have certain set of skills around programming or finance that you want to make sure you communicate. And with each of those themes, and you should have three specific examples that you can give that demonstrate those themes. And to my mind, there are three types of examples you should have. First is stories you can tell. So I can say, “Hey, I'm really good at program management”. Well, tell a story about the time you brought a program to market and what that [00:15:00] was like. Use data as well, data is important. “I saved the company 25 percent of their effort, or I made things twice as fast in the implementation.” Numbers can help. And then finally, if you can use testimonials from other people. So, my boss gave me this award, or some external person said that this was the best time they've ever gone through this process. So you understand the company, you understand your themes and you have support because the ultimate goal in an interview, the goal is assembly of ideas rather than creation of ideas. So when somebody asks you a question, you go, Oh, that links to this theme. And here's this example that I can bring to you. The bottom line is this, when you are interviewing, you are equipping your interviewer to tell your story to someone else. Most of the time, the person we interview with is not the person empowered to hire you on the [00:16:00] spot. They have to get approval. They have to get a consensus. So they need to discuss you with somebody else. So the better you equip them by having clear themes and having support and evidence that they can bring that helps. Harsha: I love the way you frame that, Matt, because actually the guy or the lady you are interviewing with, they need evidence from you so that they can go and say, Matt or Harsha, they're great candidates because of X, Y, and Z. And when they're putting you up against the other candidates that have come along, it's like when you're getting promoted at work all the managers are getting together and they have their favorite candidates. And not, not everybody can get promoted, so they clearly need to have enough evidence from you. Like, as you're saying, I've generated this amount of sales, people in other departments or clients have said how wonderful Matt and Harsha are, and it's always about that third party evidence, that almost social proof. Now, after we've done this podcast, I can say [00:17:00] I've had Matt Abrahams on my podcast. Matt: And I'll go one step further and say you're an amazing podcast host and you've got lots of value to bring. So there you go. A testimonial. I'm not sure. I'm not sure I carry much weight, but there you go! Harsha: Yeah. And, and, and actually one interesting thing that I've heard Cialdini say was that almost before you get into the interview, he says, actually ask the interviewer. “What is it about me that you liked from my CV to invite me for the interview?” So you're almost getting the interviewer to sing your praises and then you're sort of flipping around the psychology. Matt: I love that. I think that's a great first question. May I share my last question? It really has helped me whenever I am done interviewing and it's been a long, long time since I've done this, but I coach lots of people who tell me this still works. At the end of interviews, the interviewer will often say, do you have any questions for me? And I think it's very important to have a meaningful question there. I think the people who say, no, I think I got it. I think you miss an [00:18:00] opportunity. My question is always this. So imagine Harsha, you asked me the question, you say, do you have any questions for me? I would say, what do you wish you would have asked when you were in my position interviewing for your job? And I, let me tell you that unlocks so much detail about the company, about the person people say, Oh, I really wish I would have asked about X or, you know, I really wish I would have known this. And sometimes it's scary information. It's like, really? That goes on here. And other times it's just a wonderfully amazing information that just makes you more excited. So I have found that question to be really powerful for me when I end interviews and others have told me it does the same for them. Harsha: Thanks for sharing that with us, Matt. I think difficult conversations at work or in your personal life, they're obviously not, not easy to have. Now, if, if you have to have a discussion, say with your boss, you're trying to get promoted, but you're trying to figure out what it is that you need [00:19:00] to do, or say you're a manager and you're having a chat with a coworker who's not doing well now, are there any general themes that people can use for having these difficult conversations? Because I think a lot of times people think, “Oh, it's just too difficult. I'll kick the can down the road”, but actually I'm more thinking, it's much better to try and deal with it, it's never going to get any better. So it's almost better to have that sooner rather than later. Matt: So timeliness to feedback or timeliness to to critical crucial conversations is really important. Now, there's some factors to consider. So you don't want to make things worse. You know, so you're in a meeting and somebody who constantly interrupts interrupts. It might not be in your best interest in that moment to give the feedback there. Because of what else is being done, but you might want to say, Hey, I just want to schedule some time right after this to, to have [00:20:00] a conversation. So you put a pin in it. So that person who was interrupting recognizes, “Oh, I better, stay vigilant to what's going on here”. When you are giving these difficult messages, when you are in a situation where you have to give critical feedback or, or something of the sort, several things I think play out one, you first have to be very clear on what your goal is. So I have a dear friend I've known him for, for decades. Great guy, super smart. He is really big. He is six, eight, six feet, eight inches tall. He has a really deep voice and he's incredibly intelligent. His boss once told him as a form of critical feedback, he said, stop being intimidating. That's useless feedback, right? What do you do with that? I mean, he can't, he can't shrink. He can't change his voice. He's smart. They wanted to keep him at the company. That's not good feedback. What the issue really was. And my friend and I talked a lot [00:21:00] about what the issue really was, is that others in meetings were not contributing as much because. This guy had such a great presence and he was so smart. What he contributed was really valuable. So better feedback would have been,” I'd like for you to continue contributing to meetings, but let others speak first and paraphrase what they've said before you speak.” That is incredibly actionable advice that achieves the goal of inviting others to share instead of not sharing when this guy's in the room. So you have to know what is it you're after and what is it you want to see. Don't just give generic feedback. Second, you need to think about what might be leading to the behavior or not leading to the behavior that you want to see. I tell this story, I have two children and when they were much younger, I was in my office working and I hear this loud crash coming from the kitchen. So I run out to see what's happening. There's my older son having reached above his head to grab a plate that had clearly fallen on the ground and shattered. Being a [00:22:00] good parent. I noticed there's no blood. “What do I do? I start yelling at him. What are you doing on the counter? Why are you doing that?” It's dangerous. He starts crying and through his tears, he said he was trying to get the plate down for his younger brother. So they didn't have to interrupt me because they knew I was busy doing work. Well, how do you think I felt? I mean, here they are trying to help me. And here I am yelling at him. Should he have been on the counter? No, he needed feedback, but not the way I gave it to him. Understanding what motivated the behavior might change the way you hold that critical conversation, so we have to think about those things in advance. And then finally, when we go into giving the feedback, and I hope we can talk about this in a little bit, you should structure your response. Listing things, itemizing things are, is not useful to people. To me, these crucial conversations are actually invitations to problem solve. You're inviting the other to collaborate with you to fix the problem. So you need to frame it in a way, use a structure to help make that invitation without the person getting defensive. That was a [00:23:00] long winded answer, but there's so much you can do to make these critical, crucial, critical feedback situations better. Harsha: Moving on to your new book. I've enjoyed reading it. So can you tell us a little bit about it? And what, what are the sort of key takeaways that people should take? Matt: So I could say a lot about that. So the book “ Think Faster, Talk Smarter”, which is a derivative of the name of my podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart, is all about how to speak better in the moment. Most of our communication personally and professionally is spontaneous. We've already talked about a few of those situations: answering questions, giving feedback, making small talk, introducing yourselves, giving a tribute, making apologies. These are all situations where you have to speak in the moment. And most of us, if we've had any training in communication, it is always around planned or prepared presenting. It's a presentation, it's a pitch, it's a meeting that has an agenda. These are things that if we've learned, we've [00:24:00] learned that modality, but not the spontaneous speaking. So the book's purpose is to help people feel better about their spontaneous communication and, and really to do it. Well, three things have to be true. One, you have to adjust your mindset to, you have to work on your messaging and three, you have to practice and prepare for very specific situations. So the book is actually designed for that. It is, it is a very practical applied book. I have sections where I say, try this, or once you're done reading, practice drill this because communication is not something you just read about and then do well, you actually have to. Put it into practice, just like nobody becomes a great athlete just by reading about it. You have to do it. So that's the overarching purpose of the book and the overarching structure of the book. Harsha: You've got this model for going through communication. Is that a six step process or something? Do you just want to talk about that, Matt? Matt: I'm certainly happy to talk about that. So there's six steps. They divide into two major categories, mindset and messaging. So in terms of mindset, [00:25:00] we have to start first by addressing anxiety. Most people get nervous speaking, be it planned or spontaneous. And there are things we can do to reduce our anxiety. Second, we have to reduce the pressure we put on ourselves to be right, to be perfect. Many of the people who listen are listening to this, who are interviewing, we put so much pressure to give the right interview answer. I am here to tell you as somebody who's studied communication for decades, there is no right way to communicate. There's certainly better ways and worse ways, but there's no one right way. And by striving to be right, we actually make it more likely that we won't be that effective. The third, so we've got anxiety, reducing that perfection and pressure we put on ourselves. The third is to see these spontaneous situations as opportunities, as connection points, not as threats and challenges. Most people do not go into job interviews thinking, hey, this is a great opportunity for me to connect and learn. We go in saying, I have to perform, I have to defend my position, I have to show that I'm smart. [00:26:00] And when we have that mindset of challenge and defensiveness, It limits what we can do. So we have to reframe these as opportunities. And then the fourth and final part of mindset is listening. We don't listen very well. We listen just enough to get the gist of what somebody is saying, and then we move on beyond that. So we need to listen better so we can better understand how to respond in the moment. Then we move to messaging. And then only two steps in messaging. One is structure, how you organize your content. We don't just list things. And then the final step, I call it the F word of communication. And that's not the naughty one. It's focus. Many of us ramble on and on and on. When we're speaking spontaneously, we need to be concise. We need to be clear and we need to be memorable. So those are the six steps. Each step comes with advice and guidance and through some practice and work, everyone. Introvert, extrovert, experienced speaker, [00:27:00] novice speaker, everybody can get better at their spontaneous speaking. Harsha: There are so many sort of good points that you brought up there, Matt. I mean, with the mindset, I completely agree there, if you go into it thinking this is not a threatening situation, this is an opportunity for me to get my values across for me to get my knowledge across for me to build connections with these people. That's a very powerful way of looking at it. And actually just talking about mindset, you would have come across obviously Dr. Carol Dweck. Matt: We've never met in person. We've talked over email. We are working on having her be a guest on my podcast. I think her work on mindset is really, really important. And in fact, in the book, I talk about some of the aspects. One of the things that I find really empowering in her work is this notion of not yet. So somebody with a growth mindset sees that they can learn and evolve and grow in their abilities. Recognizing that I don't have that ability [00:28:00] currently, but I have the potential to have that skill or that ability is so powerful. And she calls it the not yet approach. So it's not that I can never have it. It's that I just don't have it currently, not yet. And I think that is so powerful in so many areas of our lives, but especially in our spontaneous speaking. Harsha: And I think in life where people look at almost things in a very binary sort of way, success or failure, I think that's such a good lesson because actually, you know, say with communication, the more you do it, the better you become. My first podcast episode, it was okay but now I've done 60 plus, you naturally get better because you do it more and more often. And actually if things go wrong or you forget your questions, or it's much easier to ad lib because you've got that experience behind you. I just love the points you make. Matt: I'm sorry to interrupt Harsha, but it's something you just said there is so important for developing communication skills. You have to take the time to reflect the only way you learn is to [00:29:00] think about what worked and what didn't work. There's that definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. That's how many of us communicate. We don't take the time to think about what worked and what didn't for many of us. Our goal is just to get through our communication. It's not to actually learn from it and develop. So if you take the time to reflect, as you just said, podcasting is a great way to learn. I've learned so much about myself and about the topics that we talk about because I take time to reflect what worked and what didn't. So I'm sorry to interrupt you, but that is such a critical point to improve in communication. Anybody who interviews for a job, when you're done, think about what worked in that interview, what didn't work. So the next time you can capitalize on it. Harsha: No, Matt, feel free to interrupt. You're the talent here! It is a great point you make because, say, after the podcast, if you actually go back and you listen to what you've done, what the guest has said, there are always ways of improving things. Ideally you're trying to get a sort of three to [00:30:00] four minutes soundbite and you're hopefully not trying to talk for too long, hopefully the guests also doesn't talk for too long. So it's, it's getting that, that sweet spot, but I also like the point you make about fear because say you're in you know, a public speaking situation or you're presenting and yeah, clearly it's that sort of flight or fight mentality, you're in this sort of threat mode. You've got to figure out a way of almost dialling down your anxiety and reframing it and saying, look, this is an opportunity. I could win a big client. I could make my boss look good and he would promote me. What are your thoughts on how to manage anxiety in those sort of situations? Matt: Yeah, this is a big one. And managing anxiety is, is very, very important. And I like that you use the word manage. A lot of people say, how do I overcome? I don't think you do. I mean, 85 percent of people report being nervous in high stakes situations. I think the other 15 percent are likely lying. I think we can make a situation where they'd get [00:31:00] nervous. Being nervous in communication is part of the human condition. We can, however, learn to manage it so it doesn't manage us. And we have to take a two pronged approach to managing our anxiety. We have to deal with symptoms, that's what you physiologically experience in your body and your mind, and then there are the sources, the things that initiate and exacerbate the anxiety. So I'll give you some real quick examples on both those fronts. The single best thing you can do to calm yourself down physically and mentally is to take some deep breaths. Belly breaths, the kind of thing you would do if you've ever done yoga or tai chi or qigong, where you really inflate your lower abdomen. And the key is the exhalation. You want the exhalation to be twice as long as the inhale. So if you take a three count in, take a six count out, and you only have to do that a couple times to slow down your autonomic physiology, to slow down your heart rate, to slow down your speaking, all of that, it benefits. So deep breaths can really help. Similarly, [00:32:00] if you get shaky, a lot of people get shaky when they speak using big, broad movements, stepping towards the audience. If you're physically in the same room, that can help. The shakiness is coming from adrenaline. Adrenaline's sole purpose is to move you from threat to safety. So anything you do that accommodates that can really help. So those are ways to manage Some of the symptoms and I have a ton of resources. I have a site called mad abrahams dot com. I have resources. There's a whole set of resources dedicated just to anxiety management. My work, the work of others. We also have to think about sources and we've talked about some of those sources, you know, striving to be perfect gets in the way. And so we, we need to reframe perfection and, and have our goal be about connection. If we remind ourselves that when we speak, we are in service of our audience, we have value to bring. That takes the pressure off of ourselves. Am I doing it right? I'm just giving you information. You've asked me to speak or you've asked to interview [00:33:00] me, which means you think there's some value that I could bring here. And so when I reframe it that way, it takes out some of those teeth that come with trying to be perfect. Another source has to do with what we're trying to achieve. If I'm trying to get a job, that's my goal. I'm nervous that I won't get that job. My students are afraid they won't get a good grade. All of the the anxiety is coming from a goal based approach. That is what's making us nervous is we are afraid of not achieving a potential future outcome. So to become more present oriented reduces that because by definition, if I'm in the present, I'm not worried about the future. So how do I do that? I listen intently to what you say. I do something physical like take a walk around the building before I go into the interview. I say tongue twisters. This is a trick I do. I say tongue twisters before I start. You can't say a tongue twister right and not be in the present moment. And it warms up your voice. So before you and I got on this call, I said a [00:34:00] tongue twister a couple of times to warm up my voice as well as to get me present oriented. So lots of things we can do to manage symptoms and sources. And I encourage everybody to take some time to work on that. Harsha: I love the point that you make about staying in the present because I think so many of us are looking forward too far and actually just listen to what the interviewer is saying or what somebody is asking you. Actually just focusing then it just does take the nerves away. But moving on to another bit in your book, the Q&A section, because I think that is a really interesting thing because You can prepare for say, giving a presentation, but then what happens afterwards is, is slightly out of your control. You just don't know what's going to happen. Have you ever done Toastmasters Matt? Clearly they talk about the more you do practice and you have your table topics and actually that spontaneous thing of, you know, you get the question, you always repeat the question and you say “Oh, [00:35:00] that's a good question.” That buys you time to start thinking, what am I going to say? Matt: I love Toastmasters. I was a Toastmaster for a little bit of time. I actually just spoke at their international convention. I am a huge proponent of what they do. If your listeners are not familiar with Toastmasters, I encourage them to check it out. It's very reasonably priced. Ridiculously price. And you meet weekly with people who are like minded trying to improve their communication and leadership skills. And really what it does is it gives you feedback and opportunities to practice. Now you did say one thing that I do not agree with. So sometimes we do need time to, to think if somebody asks us a question, we need to process. We need to think about our answer. Maybe we need to think about the most appropriate way to give feedback. I am not a big fan of saying good question to give us that time, because if I'm constantly doing that, imagine I have five questions in a row and I go, Oh, good question. Good question. Good. It loses value. I would [00:36:00] much rather you do one of three things. Either just pause. Silence is not a bad thing to ask a follow up question to clarify what that you've been asked or three, do a paraphrase where you summarize what the question is about. All of those I think are much more valuable than saying good question. Now, occasionally you get a really good question, in which case I think you should say good question. But if you do it all the time, you devalue it and it looks like a trick. Harsha: Matt, I'm from a sporting background, so I'm very coachable. Matt: Okay, there you go. Everybody has to find their own style, but that's a pet peeve I have when people always say, good question, good question, good question, because not every question is a question. Anybody who's ever taught knows that's true. Harsha: One interesting thing you brought up there was this idea of silence, you maybe you're discussing your appraisal or compensation with your boss. And silence is, I think, a very powerful sometimes in that situation [00:37:00] Matt: In any sort of conversation type situation. Silence is really important. And many of us feel very uncomfortable with silence. A lot of work gets done in silence by an audience. They're processing information. They're forming their thoughts. They're thinking about how they can apply what they've said. I mean, if you think about it, when you're speaking, your audience is following you. And when you come to silence, they catch up and there's some sense of relief with that connection. If I'm constantly talking and never pausing, you're constantly chasing after me and it can be exhausting to listen to a really fast talker for sure. So pausing is important, taking a break. And forcing ourselves when we are in the listeners position to really be silent for a moment to allow the other person to finish and to feel really listened to is important. If you finish talking and I immediately jump in, that doesn't feel so good. Right? So if I let it sit for a moment, it demonstrates I'm respecting you. And giving you the floor to say even more. So I think silence [00:38:00] is really powerful. I used to, when I taught a public speaking class, and I haven't taught this class for a number of years I used to have a moment of silence in class where every student got up in front of the class and for 90 seconds stood there in silence. It was so hard, but my students would tell me it was one of the most powerful experiences they had in the class because it helped them to realize that it was not awful. Many of us fear silence and they got through it and they said, you know, it wasn't bad. So, so learning to be in silence is a good thing. Harsha: That's a great point. When you're giving a talk or a presentation, sometimes say if you make a joke, you actually need to give a pause because our brains just can't catch up. And the really sad thing is sometimes you can make a really good joke. And because you go on so quickly, it's just completely lost. Isn't that right? Matt: Yes, absolutely. And it's not just with jokes, [00:39:00] you have to pause. I believe the most masterful communicators, planned or spontaneous, know how to play with silence. They know how to play with rhythm in their voices and cadence. And all of this is what adds to how we perceive them and their messages. Harsha: That's great and, say, in a workplace scenario what sort of thoughts would you give for our listeners about how can you stand out there without being too brash? Matt: Certainly. So I talk a lot about this. You want to be confident, but not arrogant. And it's a fine line sometimes. And I would recommend showing versus telling is the way to approach it. You can seem brash, egotistical, braggadocious if you just list things like, I was the best salesperson last year, or I've closed this many deals, or my boss told me I'm the best. If I'm listing things, itemizing things, it's [00:40:00] very different than, than me showing you how. So you talk to me about your approach to sales or, or how are you selling things rather than say, I'm great and I do this, I might say the last deal I closed took too much less time than we expected and it happened because I was able to connect. So I'm telling you the story and in the story, I'm demonstrating my abilities. This does two things. One, it makes me sound less braggadocious. And two, by telling you a story that you can turn around and tell to somebody else, that makes it much easier for you to represent me. If I just give you my LinkedIn profile with a list of information, it's hard to remember all of that. There are, there are really two ways to establish your credibility and demonstrate confidence. One, I call your schooling, your college and career credibility. That's the list or itemization of what you've done. And then I call it Costco. And I'm not sure Costco is all over the world, but it's a big store that sells lots of [00:41:00] stuff and they give lots of free samples. When I was in grad school, I survived essentially going to Costco once or twice a week and eating a lot of their free samples. But why would they give away free things? Because you try it, you experience it. And based on that experience, you say, yes, I want this. So if you can show people, give them an experience of your abilities, they're going to see you as credible and confident in a very different way than if you just list it. So I often tell people lean into Costco credibility, not career and college credibility. Harsha: I love that point because I think, you know if you can tell stories, it's so firstly, that it's much more memorable. It will resonate with whoever you're telling. It's much easier for them to go and explain that to somebody else as, “Oh, Matt, he, he told me this story about how he won this client and all the work that he had put in and how he had cleverly done the presentation. Matt: Absolutely. Totally. Storytelling is really powerful and memorable. [00:42:00] Our brains are wired to take story in and remember it. Our brains are not wired for lists of information. I interviewed a tremendous number of neuroscientists, both on my podcast and for my book that talk about the power of storytelling, we spin up so many brain systems when you tell stories that make it more vivid and memorable that really, really makes a difference. And a key component of that is adding emotion in a lot of people, especially when job interviewing, et cetera, just state of the facts. When you tell a story, you can bring in some emotion and emotions are much more memorable and moving than just information. Harsha: I think also going back to a presentation, if you've scripted the whole thing I mean, clearly you have to have some sort of structure, but you lose that spontaneity. Sometimes I think when you're in the moment stuff just comes out to you, and you can make these off the cuff comments, because I think if you've really worked hard and [00:43:00] prepared, then you have a certain level of mastery in that subject, and sometimes these insights has come to you without thinking. Clearly you have to have some flexibility as well when you're presenting or communicating or whatever to be able to put in these nuggets of wisdom, which may come to you. Matt: You're absolutely right. And part of preparing for spontaneity is to think through some of those stories. So when I coach executives, I'll say you should have a stockpile of a few stories that you can tell that support some of your key vision, mission and values of your company so that you can pull those in. And it's not that you've memorized the stories. But it's the power of story that can help you. And just by thinking through these in advance, it makes a lot of sense to do. Harsha: But are there any other key messages for our listeners, which we failed to cover in our discussion? Matt: There's one that, and thank you for the opportunity to, to fill in any blanks that I've perceived there's one I'd like to spend a little bit of time. And it [00:44:00] dovetails nicely off this notion of story structure is really, really important when we communicate. And to me, structure is a logical connection of ideas, beginning, middles and ends. And there are lots of structures that you can lean into when you're communicating. And so I encourage people to think about ways of positioning their messages. So, for example, one of my favorite structures in the whole world is “What?, So what?, Now what?” Three simple questions. And by answering these questions, you can tell a lot. So imagine somebody says, share with me one of the skills that you bring to this position. So I might say communication is really important in this role as a trainer. It helps people to better understand the information that you're teaching. That's the what? In this role, I can bring to bear my 20 years of communication experience to really tailor the information to your participants, to your students. That's the so what. [00:45:00] The now what is, I'd love to share with you a few examples of how I've done that in the past. So “What?, So what?, Now what?” is a way of presenting information. And it's not just for answering questions. It could be used for giving feedback, writing emails, having a structure, a beginning and a middle and an end can really, really help you. Harsha: In one of your previous interviews, you mention you really need to think about the audience and what it is they want, because say you're meeting a high level executive, he's just concerned about, okay, I don't really need to know about the operational issues. It's just tell me what is the bottom line? How much is this going to revenue or profit? And what are the risks? So literally like profit risks and downsides, and that's it, but really tailor your message. Matt: The most frequent bit of advice given across the hundred or so episodes I've done of my podcast, which is all about communication is exactly what you said. The biggest bit of advice that comes from almost everybody I talked to said in different ways. Know your audience. [00:46:00] It's about them. It's not about you. You're in service of your audience. One of my favorite versions of this, which is yet to be released Julian Treasure, who's an expert at listening and teaching listening skills, says, what is the, what is the listening I am speaking into? And I love that. That's another way of saying what's your audience care about. So yes, all of these that that's an incredibly important point. And the what your audience is looking for what they need should determine, as you said, the structure that you use. Harsha: Fantastic. And actually, the other thing I picked up was something your mother told you is Tell the time. Don't build the clock. Matt: I remember I talked about focus. Yes. My mother has a saying. I know she didn't create it, but it's tell the time. Don't build the clock. A lot of us are clock builders. And we do this for several reasons. One, we want to rationalize and justify what it is we're saying. So we want to give background. Sometimes we want to just demonstrate how smart and capable we are. So we go all into this detail that's [00:47:00] superfluous. I like to tell people, tell the time, and if people want to know how you built the clock, they'll ask. Let them guide you. Don't you assume that they need to know that. Harsha: Fantastic. And Matt, before we end now, how can people get in touch with you? Obviously, you're on LinkedIn, you've got a website, and all of this will be on our on the show notes. Matt: Well, thank you. I mean, clearly your website sounds really useful. So thank you. So single best place to find me is mattabrahams. com. You can listen to the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast. It's everywhere that podcasts exists. Consider buying the book, Think Faster, Talk Smarter. And as you said, I'm a huge user of LinkedIn and please connect with me. Happy to answer your questions there as well. And you have a YouTube channel as well. I do have. Thank you. I do. I have lots of, lots of videos up there. Lots of short videos that I hope are directly applied. . Harsha: Brilliant and Matt, one final thing. Is there anybody you'd like to give a shout out to who's helped you in your life or career apart from your mom's great [00:48:00] phrase. Matt: So I remember we started with you asking me a question, expecting one answer, and I gave you many. I'm going to give you many. So first and foremost, my family, my parents, my wife, my kids, incredibly supportive and helpful. I have studied martial arts for four decades. I've had one instructor primarily throughout that time. He's been hugely impactful in my life. And one of my early teachers, Philip Zimbardo was an amazing professor, but he also taught me how to tell story, how to be engaged with the research you do, and primarily how to do work that really helps people. So those are some of the biggest impact, people who've had impact, and certainly the teams that support me around my podcast and book have helped me a lot too. Harsha: Well, Matt, it's been such a pleasure. Thank you for taking the time and I'm sure our listeners will get huge value from your the things that you've said today. Well, well, thank you Matt: and keep up the good work. Your podcast is a great one and I've learned a lot from you as well.  Harsha: Thanks, Matt. Take care. Bye bye. Matt: Thank you. Bye bye.[00:49:00]   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

How can behavioural science help boost your job search, career development and other aspects of your life? Dr Kurt Nelson, shared his insights about this, his career and much more on Episode 61 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: If you’re not happy in your current role, consider potential internal moves first, What is behavioral science? How to maintain motivation during your job search and the problem of the “middle”, The benefits of maintaining a streak during your job search such as sending out CVs and connecting with people, Reframing failure and how loss aversion is relevant to a job search, Managing your emotions during a job search, Strategies to help with job interviews, What is the "pratfall effect" and how it can help in an interview?, Be mindful of taking on tasks which don’t directly lead to promotion, The benefits of broadening your interests so it’s easier to connect with new people, Leaders need to be mindful of the power of their words and actions and Enjoy the journey, focus on the process and not the destination. Kurt is a sought-after behavioral scientist and recognized leader in human motivation and behavior change. For over 25 years, Kurt has worked with global companies to apply behavioral science principles to drive change in their organizations. He is founder and president of The Lantern Group, a communication and behavioral design agency which uses behavioral science insights to improve employee engagement and motivation. Additionally, they have created the Brain/Shift behavior change catalogue of personal products. He also is the co-founder, with Tim Houlihan, of the award-winning Behavioral Grooves Podcast, where they interview leading academic and business executives from around the world and explore how they apply behavioral science to their work and lives. All his work focuses on understanding ways to positively influence how people behave. Kurt earned his MBA from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Capella University. Kurt discussed why the concept of loss aversion is relevant to a job search and being rejected. He told me “It's an element Danny Kahneman, along with his former research partner Amos Tversky, brought us: Loss Aversion and that rejection is a loss right. We had this this idea, even if it was just an idea that I was going to get this job now that job is lost, it's gone and that pain is double of that equivalent of a similar gain would be and so every time we get a rejection that loss really hurts … So reframing that and looking at the journey and what are these many steps that I'm doing that I can be successful on, hopefully can help alleviate that it's not going to take it away but it can help alleviate that.”   People & Resources Mentioned Linda Babcock Dr Robert Cialdini - Influence Dr Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow   Contact Kurt Website: https://lanterngroup.com/ Podcast: https://behavioralgrooves.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtwnelson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatMotivates  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lanterngroup/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatMotivates/    Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. We will be back to the usual release schedule in October with episodes coming out on Weds 11th October with Matt Abrahams and 25th October with Kimberly Godbolt. Have a great Summer! It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Looking for ideas about how to build a successful career in tech & DEI and ways to boost your job search after a lay off? Hady Mendez, shared her insights about this and much more on Episode 60 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Taking ownership of your career development, Opportunities are not always obvious, you have to put in the work and create them for yourself, The value of creating content, building your brand and being strategic to help you stand out, How diverse teams add significant value, Dealing with the sense of loss arising from a lay off and the importance of self care, Focus on your own journey and don’t compare yourself to others, Job search strategies, including strategically using social media like LinkedIn and How your network can help with your job search. Hady is the founder and CEO of Boldly Speaking LLC, a company that aspires to expand the conversation around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB). Through her role as a speaker and facilitator, Hady encourages employees and leaders to play an active role in creating more inclusive workplaces. With a diverse career spanning over 25 years, Hady has served as Head of Equality for a major tech firm, held multiple customer-facing roles in high tech and financial services, served as a leader across various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), volunteered as an international champion for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, and served as Community School Director at an elementary school in the South Bronx. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Manhattan College, plus graduate certificates in eBusiness and eCommerce from NYU and NJIT, respectively. She also holds a Family Development Credential from the University of Connecticut. Hady’s additional advocacy work has her serving as a member of the NY Advisory Board at Room to Grow, a nonprofit organization based in the South Bronx. Hady also serves on the Board of Pan Peru USA, an organization whose mission is to empower low income women in rural Peru. In her free time, Hady is an amateur street art photographer and an avid podcast listener. Hady and I discussed how she managed her lay off and she told me “I didn't post the same day, I probably waited a couple days and then I finally decided yeah this is going to be something that I'm going to be open and transparent about because that's very much in line with how I am. I pride myself in being very genuine and real … I think everybody has to decide for themselves what is the mourning period and also be honest, it's not like you mourn it and then you're done. There are days even when you feel you're done with the mourning that you think you had a really good interview and then you get "sorry we're going to move on with someone else or you never hear back”. “   People & Resources Mentioned Hello Monday – Jessi Hempel Dale Carnegie – How To Win Friends And Influence People Dr Robert Cialdini - Influence   Contact Hady LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadymendez/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hadyontheweb/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. Over the Summer, I will be working on some other projects so will only be releasing 1 episode per month. The next episode will be out on Weds 13th September. We will be back to the usual release schedule in October with episodes coming out on Weds 11th October and 25th October. Have a great Summer! It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for strategies to help your job search, develop your career and other reflections from two years of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast? To belatedly mark the 2 year anniversary of the show, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by my good friend Tammy Gooler Loeb, the host of the award winning Work From The Inside Out podcast and book, about this and much more on Episode 59 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: How I overcame my limiting beliefs to start the podcast helped by a nudge from Tammy, The value of building your network in an authentic way, The importance of life long learning, We are all more creative than we realise, Strategies to deal with the shock of being laid off and how to bounce back, Don’t be defined by your job but think about the skills you’re learning, Be open minded to new opportunities, Apply for roles even if you don’t meet all the requirements, Stay in touch with your network even once you’ve found a new role, Allocate time to do other things like create content during your job search, Simple ways to maintain your personal brand and strategically engage on LinkedIn, and Don’t take rejection personally. Tammy is an Executive and Career Coach, Speaker, Facilitator and the author of the award winning book Work From The Inside Out. She is passionate about working with clients to achieve growth and deeper satisfaction in their careers and work relationships. She does this by providing individual coaching, training, speaking programs and team facilitation in a wide variety of industries and professions. Tammy brings over 25 years of professional experience to her work and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach by the Coaches Training Institute and a graduate of the Co-Active Space Leadership Program. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Hampshire College and an MBA from Boston University. Prior to establishing her practice and Tammy Gooler Loeb Coaching & Consulting, Tammy held a variety of positions in mental health services, higher education administration, public policy analysis and fundraising. Her practical knowledge and experience in organizational and leadership development, workplace communications, and change management builds a relatable relationship with clients striving for higher performance results.   People & Resources Mentioned Roger Spitz Janice Mandel Wayne Dyer   Contact Tammy Website: https://www.tammygoolerloeb.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammygoolerloeb/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tammygoolerloeb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TammyGoolerLoebCoaching/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. Over the Summer, I will be working on some other projects so will only be releasing 1 episode per month. The next episode will be out on Weds 16th August followed by Weds 13th September. We will be back to the usual release schedule in October with episodes coming out on Weds 11th October and 25th October. Have a great Summer! It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Many of us struggle with communication and public speaking, however, there are simple lessons that if applied consistently over time can bring significant improvement. Jane Hanson, an Emmy Award winning NBC anchor, discussed this, her career and much more on Episode 58 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: The benefits of being a good listener, Don’t be afraid to reach out beyond your network, the worst that you’ll get is a “no”, Take time and be intentional about building a community of like minded people, How her Aunt Eunice helped Jane get her first job in TV in South Dakota, How Jane got her big break with NBC in New York, Dealing with the constant pressure of being on live TV, including being the first person live on air for NBC on the morning of 9/11, The importance of having a consistent, clear message when communicating, Insights to improve your communication, Jane’s top interview strategies, and The importance of building relationships. Jane Hanson grew up in rural Minnesota, coming to New York three decades ago to join  NBC as an anchor and correspondent in NY.  She co-anchored “Today in New York,” and hosted  “Jane’s New York”; She covered events ranging from the tragedy of 9/11 to the joy of Yankees victory parades to Wall Street and Washington; has interviewed presidents, business leaders, prisoners, and celebrities; traveled as far as the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the great depths miles below New York City for her special reports. Most recently, she hosted a daily entertainment and lifestyle program, New York Live, for NBC4. Jane has won 9 Emmys; was named Correspondent of the Year by New York’s Police Detectives and Firefighters, among many other awards. Jane has served as the March of Dimes Walk-America Chairman, honorary chair for the Susan B. Komen Foundation’s Race for the Cure, and as a board member of Graham Windham, Phipps Houses, the Randall’s Island Sports Foundation, the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, and Telecare. She has taught at Long Island University, Stern College, and the 92nd Street Y. and was President of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.  She is currently a much sought-after communications coach working with top-tier leaders in every field while continuing to emcee, speak and host broadcasts.   People & Resources Mentioned The Great Gatsby Maya Angelou Robert Cialdini   Contact Jane Website: https://www.janehanson.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janehansontv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/janehanson Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHansonTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHansonTV   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. Over the Summer, I will be working on some other projects so will only be releasing 1 episode per month. The next episode will be out on Weds 19th July, followed by episodes on Weds 16th August and Weds 13th September. We will be back to the usual release schedule in October with episodes coming out on Weds 11th October and 25th October. Have a great Summer! It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Looking for practical strategies and ideas to improve your CV/ resume, find a new job, negotiate a pay rise and advance in your career? Octavia Gordema, career coach & author, shared her insights about this and much more on Episode 57 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Overcoming her limiting beliefs to go to university, How she pursued her interests to work in PR & Communication, The importance of having big dreams to inspire you, How to manage being laid off and steps to bounce back, Strategies to help your job search, How 2nd & 3rd order connections can potentially help your job search much more than direct connections so don’t be afraid to reach out, Octavia’s top 3 CV tips, Keeping a current record of your achievements as it’s easy to forget relevant achievements, How content creation can build your brand & profile, Not being afraid to walk away from a job if things are not working out but have a plan, Potential strategies to use when negotiating a pay rise and Managing “job envy”. Octavia Goredema MBE is a career coach and the founder of Twenty Ten Agency. Her mission is to help underrepresented professionals advance their careers. Octavia is the author of PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women, published by Wiley. She has coached leaders at renowned companies including Google, American Airlines, Tinder, General Motors, Nike, and Dow Jones. A dual US-UK citizen, Octavia was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen in recognition of her work. Octavia is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, where she leads the Gender Equity network in the United States. Octavia told me if you lose your job or are laid off, "the first thing I would tell anyone to do is to take time to process how they feel, whether it's frustration, anger, upset, confusion … talk to somebody as you are doing that, I think that's very important, don't keep it all inside … maybe after a couple of days you can start to think about what you do next and some of that will be dependent on the time frame that you have in terms of your own personal finances and what you need to do potentially in the time that you have to find your next opportunity".   People & Resources Mentioned The Bandit Queens – Parini Shroff Kathy Caprino   Contact Octavia Website: https://www.octaviagoredema.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/octaviagoredema/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/octaviagoredema Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/octaviagoredema/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode will be released on Weds 21st June. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Why is it that some of your peers seem to land those amazing opportunities and have higher visibility even though their skills and experience are similar to yours? One answer might be their personal branding and how they market themselves. Janice Mandel, a PR & Communications specialist, shared her insights about this and how you can develop your personal brand on Episode 56 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: The skills that helped Janice become a good PR & communications professional, The benefits of being intentional in finding and connecting with mentors, Setting clear medium/ long term goals, being focused and not being distracted, How thinking strategically helped her move to her dream job despite the short term loss of a bonus and her VP title, How proactively reaching out and solving real issues, created value and raised her profile within a global corporation, How a better understanding of her own and each team member’s personality type improved her leadership skills, What is personal branding? How personal branding can help your job search and career development, and How building your brand can raise your profile and also benefit your current company. Janice helps business professionals build a strong personal brand by showing them simple and effective ways to build their visibility and get their message out so they can generate excitement and demand for what they do. Her background includes 25+ years building brands for companies like Microsoft, American Express and Procter & Gamble where she was head of public relations for Canada. She also ran a PR consultancy for small and medium-sized businesses in industries ranging from financial services and real estate to cannabis and mining. Janice understands that small business owners and professionals can benefit from the many of the same kind of strategies that big companies use to attract attention. She recently launched a podcast called Path to Visibility to teach just that. It covers topics like how to find your audience, clarify your message and build a profile that will get you noticed in a way that’s authentic to you—even if you’re shy and don’t like talking about yourself.   People & Resources Mentioned Tom Peters - The Brand Called You Steve Ladurantaye Janice’s Podcast (Path To Visibility): https://pathtovisibility.buzzsprout.com/2076083   Contact Janice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janicemandel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/janicemandel   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Octavia Goredema, author of "PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women", career coach and the founder of Twenty Ten Agency. The episode will be released on Weds 7th June. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Looking for insights to help your career development and job search from a coach who built a successful tech career culminating in being a manager launching global products for Facebook? Tutti Taygerly and I talked about this, moving her career in a different direction, despite all her success, and much more on Episode 55 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Tutti coaches cofounders and tech leaders to embrace their unique leadership style to achieve professional impact and a sustainable company culture. She focuses on working with women, people of color, and immigrants. Previously she was a design leader at design firms, startups, and large companies including Disney and Facebook. Tutti writes for Harvard Business Review, Business Insider,  and Fast Company and her book Make Space to Lead shows high achievers how to reframe our relationship to work.  Tutti grew up in seven countries on three continents and is settled in San Francisco as her home base. She spends her time parenting two spirited girls, obsessively reading, and paddling out for the next wave.  Tutti and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: The skills and attributes which helped her succeed in the tech world, Why being able to shift mindset is so vital for success in your career and life, The insights she gained from managing teams and developing her own style, Embracing and leaning into the things that make her different, How to develop a creative process, Strategies for managing being laid off and and looking for a new job, Not linking your identity and self worth with your job, and The importance of taking action on a consistent basis.   People & Resources Mentioned The Midnight Library - Matt Haig Maya Angelou   Contact Tutti Website: https://www.tuttitaygerly.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuttitaygerly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tutti/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Janice Mandel, an experienced communications and PR specialist with 25 years of top tier client- and agency-side experience. The episode will be released on Weds 24th May. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Just imagine, you’re called in for a big client presentation at work and you have to win the pitch to save your career. This is a scenario that professional athletes, including our guest Robbie White, face throughout their career. Robbie shared how he has dealt with this and much more on Episode 54 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.  Robbie is a professional cricketer with one of England’s top cricket clubs, Middlesex CCC. Prior to becoming a full time professional cricketer with Middlesex, Robbie attended Loughborough University, where he graduated with a Psychology degree as he has always been interested in the mental side of sport. Robbie is a batsman and wicket keeper and he scored his first hundred for Middlesex in 2021, which was soon followed by a second. During the winters Robbie has used his time off to start working for David James Wealth as a Client Relationship Manager to gain experience in the business world to help him navigate his life after cricket. Robbie is a good friend of the show and previously appeared on Episode 8. I was keen to get him back to do a deep dive into the mental side of sport, how athletes manage extreme pressure and how it can be applied to our working life. We had a great conversation and discussed the following: How studying psychology has helped his sporting career, Building resilience by managing and moving on from failure, Focusing on what you can control when faced with stressful scenarios, The benefits of visualisation and recalling what helped you succeed if you’re in a difficult situation, Becoming comfortable with uncertainty by creating a routine, How good leaders understand each team member’s unique needs and personality and The leadership insights that he has picked up by captaining the Middlesex second team.   People & Resources Mentioned Mindset - Carol Dweck The Chimp Paradox - Steve Peters Steven Sylvester   Contact Robbie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwhitey15/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RWhitey15    Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Tutti Taygerly, an award-winning Leadership Coach, Author & TEDx Speaker. The episode will be released on Weds 10th May. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Looking for ideas and strategies to design the career and long life you love? Ayse Birsel, one of the world’s leading industrial designers, and I discussed this, her creative process, her books and much more on Episode 53 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Ayse’s work can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).  She has helped thousands of people across the globe transform their lives by teaching them how to solve life’s problems using design, which has earned her the nickname Design Evangelista. Her goal is to improve 10 Million lives through her movement, Design the Life You Love. She is one of the Most Creative People In Business, according to Fast Company. She is recognized as "#1 Coach for Life Design,” by Marshall Goldsmith 100Coaches. Ayse coaches individuals, entrepreneurs, corporations, and communities on how to design their life and work through her training programs, workshops, and keynotes. Her new book, Design the LONG Life You Love, was published in December of 2022.  Ayse and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: How she develops her creative habit by starting early before the work day begins, Teaching is the best form of learning, Her design process which involves deconstruction and reconstruction, Although she is an introvert, she has reframed the way she build connections by viewing them as friends she is yet to meet, The principles of thinking like a designer: empathy, open mind, play, collaboration, and holistic thinking, Not being afraid to reach out for help as people are more helpful than you realise, How to be more productive and focused with your time, Living a life true to yourself and making time for what you love and Staying in the moment and focusing on the process.   People & Resources Mentioned The Creative Habit - Twyla Tharp  Brue Hannah Rowena Reed How To Begin - Michael Bungay Stanier  Ayse's TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G8_8YZbmw4    Contact Ayse Website: https://www.aysebirsel.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysebirsel/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/designthelifeyoulove/ Newsletter & Virtual Teas: https://www.aysebirsel.com/newsletter   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Robbie White, a professional cricketer with Middlesex, who in the off season works with David James as a Client Relationship Manager. The episode will be released on Weds 26th April. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Just imagine being diagnosed with cancer at 40 and you’re told it’s incurable. This is the dire situation that Dr Gil Winch faced over 20 years ago. Once he recovered from the shock, he set out to overcome his illness by strengthening his body, strengthening his mind and finding a new life mission. This eventually led to him founding Call Yachol, an outsourcing call center, which is a 100% underdog company composed mainly of people with disabilities and is a proving ground for his hiring and workforce-building model. Gil has served for 30+ years as an organizational consultant for many large companies and is an in-demand keynote speaker. His work creating Call Yachol has received international attention and led to an invitation to speak at conferences alongside Bill Clinton and other influential leaders. Gil is the author of Winning with Underdogs, which is an inspiring read and a practical step-by-step guide, using the lessons from his business, to help build a more just society, while benefitting your business―and everyone in it! Gil and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Moving from clinical to organisational psychology as it was more aligned with his personality, How he started his mission to assist people with disabilities back into work, Why helping people and giving is so transformative, The strategies that he used to take back control and overcome his illness, The power of reframing and how it helps to overcome fear, How his company reduces the stress and anxiety of the interview process, Ways of developing confidence, Managing difficult situations at work, Job search strategies, and Creating a caring environment and managing your team with kindness.   People & Resources Mentioned Gil Winch (The Way We Work, a TED series): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UiU99_tE7I Guy Winch   Contact Gil Website: https://gilwinch.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gil-winch-40a96711a/    Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is Ayse Birsel, who is one of the world’s leading industrial designers; her work can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. She is recognized as "#1 Coach for Life Design,” by Marshall Goldsmith 100Coaches. She is the author of Design the LONG Life You Love and her new book, Design the LONG Life You Love, was published in December 2022 and is a great read!  The episode will be released on Weds 12th April. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

Want to know more about how your mindset and beliefs can transform many aspects of your life including careers, fitness, managing stress and health? I spoke about this to David Robson, the author of The Expectation Effect, and the winner of the 2022 BPS Book Awards. David is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. His first book, The Intelligence Trap, was published in 2019, and received worldwide media attention. After graduating with a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, he worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years. His writing has also appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon, Men’s Health and many more outlets. David and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: What is the nocebo effect and how it differs from the placebo effect? Don’t underestimate the power of positive thinking, Looking at the brain as a prediction machine, Reframing stressful situations and focusing on the positive aspects, Changing mindset is important but results can’t be achieved without preparation and effort, Reminding yourself of the work that you’ve done may help prior to an event like an interview or presentation, Finding opportunities to push yourself out of your comfort zone without taking on excessive risk, which helped David with his public speaking, Celebrating your achievements can help reinforce your mindset, and Is it possible to increase your willpower?   People & Resources Mentioned Professor Sarah Garfinkel Sally Adee – We Are Electric Richard Fisher - The Long View   Contact David Website: https://davidrobson.me/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-robson-5761791b/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_a_robson   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Gil Winch, an organizational consultant for many large companies for over 30 years, an in-demand keynote speaker and the author of Winning With Underdogs. His work creating a 100% underdog company, composed mainly of people with disabilities has received international attention and led to an invitation to speak at conferences alongside Bill Clinton and other influential leaders. The episode will be released on Weds 29th March. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Struggling with your job search? Looking for insights to find a new job and boost your career by using a change mindset? In this episode I discuss this with Minola Jac, an experienced change manager, who is fascinated by people and passionately curious about what makes them tick. A journalist by trade, and a Change Manager by choice – she stumbled upon Change Management two decades ago, through a series of fortunate circumstances, and has been enjoying every day since! Minola and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Strategies to help your job search, Ignoring negative self-talk. Analysis is important but learning to trust your gut instinct, How her career has been a squiggly line but always focused on people, How following her interests led to her career in change management, How small steps can lead to big results in your career over time, Not being afraid to change the direction of your career, no matter what stage, Staying mindful and connect the dots, and The importance of planning but plans can evolve over time.   People & Resources Mentioned Angela Champ – The Squiggly Line career   Contact Minola LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minolajac/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. He is the author of The Expectation Effect which is the winner of the 2022 BPS Book Awards. The episode will be released on Weds 15th March. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*      

“We recruiters can sense when somebody's panicked and it's just unfortunately not going to be to your advantage … so I would say fundamental to moving forward as a job seeker or if you're trying to grow or change your career is thinking through, how can I get my head straight, how can I be at my best? … I will say that there's not a simple answer and I don't like it when people project that it is "just go do this, everything will be great" … it is challenging for a lot of people but coming from the recruiter's perspective, I would say it will absolutely benefit you if you get your mindset in a decent place as you go forward” Jenny Foss told me on Episode 49 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Jenny is a long-time recruiter, job search strategist, and the founder and CEO of the internationally recognized career website, JobJenny.com. She also partners with LinkedIn in developing career-focused video courses for their LinkedIn Learning platform. Through all of her work, Jenny aims to provide exceptional, accessible, and easy-to-act-upon advice that enables people to thrive in their careers. A Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), ferocious Scrabble player, and mean margarita maker, Jenny lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, three kids, and rescue dog Daisy. Her book “Do This, Not That: Career” was recently published and is a great read! Jenny and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Starting out as a journalist and transitioning into PR and marketing, Not being happy with the trajectory of her career and moving into recruiting, The importance of marketing, positioning yourself and building your brand, Why mindset and not being fearful are crucial when looking for a new job, The similarities between job search and dating, Jenny’s top 3 CV tips and the importance of adapting your CV, It’s worth applying for jobs even if you don’t meet 100% of the job specs, Building strong relationships with your boss and co workers, Setting clear milestones and objectives with your boss when starting a new job, How to ask for a raise or promotion, and Dealing with a difficult boss or co-worker.   People & Resources Mentioned Dolly Parton The Plot – Jean Hanff Korelitz Cal Newport - So Good They Can't Ignore You Mac Prichard Adrian Granzella Larssen   Contact Jenny Website: https://www.jobjenny.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyfoss Twitter: https://twitter.com/jobjenny Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jobjennydotcom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jobjenny_com/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Minola Jac, a journalist by trade, and a Change Manager by choice. She stumbled upon Change Management two decades ago, through a series of fortunate circumstances, and has been enjoying every day since! Her episode will be released on Weds 1st March. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

“Failure and invention go hand in hand and ultimately you need a lot of failures, humanity is evolving by its mistakes and by its survival on those mistakes and that's what creates the resilience. You learn from the mistakes, … ultimately you're getting information from that, it's a feedback loop, you're getting information and more perspective, you're learning by virtue of the trial and error and in a complex world what's important.” Roger Spitz told me on Episode 48 part 2 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Based in San Francisco, Roger is President of Techistential (Climate & Foresight Strategy) and Chairman of the Disruptive Futures Institute. He has given over 100 keynote talks globally, and guest lectured at many of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions. He is also the author along with Lidia Zuin of four guidebooks that are being published on The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption. As former Global Head of Technology M&A with BNP Paribas, Roger advised on over 50 transactions with deal value of $25bn, and raising $2bn in capital. He launched the bank’s US M&A practice in San Francisco, having built its European Technology & Digital investment banking franchises in London and Paris. After a Masters in Corporate & International Finance from the University of Durham in the UK, Roger qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He has lived in 10 different cities across three continents, and is bilingual English & French. Roger and I had a great discussion and talked about the following: Collaborating with Lidia Zuin to write The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption, How diverse perspectives can add real value and help companies survive by questioning assumptions and the status quo, How science fiction can help innovation, What is design fiction and how applying it, can enhance your life and career?, Developing a mindset to become comfortable with the uncertainty of modern life, Reframing failure as a part of the process of invention and creation, How software development principles can empower and reinvent yourself, The difference between complex and complicated, and Managing your time in a strategic way and the “three horizons” framework.   People & Resources Mentioned Dave Snowden Cynefin Framework Jean-Paul Sartre Martin Heidigger The Wright Brothers The Great Gatsby The Remains of the Day Christian Busch Alex Budak   Contact Roger LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerspitz Twitter: https://twitter.com/rogerspitz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techistential/ Disruptive Futures Institute Website: https://www.disruptivefutures.org/ Thriving On Disruption Website: https://www.thrivingondisruption.com/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Jenny Foss, a job search strategist, recruiter, career coach, and certified professional resume writer. She is the founder of the popular website jobjenny.com and she recently published a book “Do This, Not That: Career”. Her episode will be released next week on Weds 15th February. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*    

"If you're relevant and that relevance is something that's tested every day you can be relevant today and not tomorrow but vice versa … you can be irrelevant today and suddenly become relevant … so to have the right skills, to stay in the game to continue what you're doing or to develop something new you really just need to develop relevance but that's relevance for your stakeholders, for your boss whether it comes through skills, expertise, something unique you have, that you're just very likable, that you're so indispensable that people cannot do without you” Roger Spitz told me on Episode 48 part 1 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Based in San Francisco, Roger is President of Techistential (Climate & Foresight Strategy) and Chairman of the Disruptive Futures Institute. He has given over 100 keynote talks globally, and guest lectured at many of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions. He is also the author along with Lidia Zuin of four guidebooks that are being published on The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption. As former Global Head of Technology M&A with BNP Paribas, Roger advised on over 50 transactions with deal value of $25bn, and raising $2bn in capital. He launched the bank’s US M&A practice in San Francisco, having built its European Technology & Digital investment banking franchises in London and Paris. After a Masters in Corporate & International Finance from the University of Durham in the UK, Roger qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He has lived in 10 different cities across three continents, and is bilingual English & French. Roger and I had a great discussion and talked about the following: Determinism v Free Will, Why Roger decided to study Finance at university, Training as a chartered accountant which gave a great grounding and opened up options for his future career path, The importance of standing out from the crowd and adding value in your job, Insights into M&A and valuing companies, The key skills to achieve success in investment banking, Developing emotional intelligence and understanding yourself and your colleagues at work, How relevance and staying relevant helps employability, What are the skills that makes a good venture capital investor?, Insights into decision making and overcoming cognitive biases, and Jeff Bezos and reversible v irreversible decisions   People & Resources Mentioned Smoking/ No Smoking – Alain Resnais Monty Python Amara’s Law – Roy Amara Elon Musk Jeff Bezos   Contact Roger LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerspitz Twitter: https://twitter.com/rogerspitz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techistential/ Disruptive Futures Institute Website: https://www.disruptivefutures.org/ Thriving On Disruption Website: https://www.thrivingondisruption.com/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. Part 2 of my interview with Roger will be released next week on Weds 8th February. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.    *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*  

"Conversation analysis is the study of real talk, the data is recordings … of real interactions so not simulations, not role plays … we look at real talk in the wild, as it happens ... the aim is to understand the complete encounter from the moment it starts all the way through to the end. Over 50 years of research, conversation analysts have shown that we are pulled around by language by that I don't just mean words, I mean everything that we use as a resource to interact with others so of course our gestures, our gaze, our intonation … So we look at all of those things and ... by what happens in the opening of the encounter and how does that sort of manifest in a trajectory all the way through to the end" Professor Elizabeth Stokoe told me on Episode 47 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Liz joined the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science in January 2023. Previously, she was Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University, where she was Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for REF2021 (Research Excellence Framework) (2019-2021) and Associate Dean Research (2013-2018). She is also visiting Professor II at University of Southeastern Norway (2016-). She conducts conversation analytic research to understand how talk works - from first dates to medical communication and from sales encounters to hostage negotiation. She has worked as an industry fellow at SaaS companies Typeform and at Deployed. In addition to academic publishing, she is passionate about science communication, and has given talks at TED, New Scientist, Google, Microsoft, and The Royal Institution, and performed at Latitude and Cheltenham Science Festivals. Her book, Talk: The Science of Conversation, was published by Little, Brown (in 2018) and she has a co-authored book on Crisis Talk coming out later in 2022. Her research and biography were featured on BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific. During the Covid-19 pandemic she has participated in a behavioural science sub-group of the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and is a member of Independent SAGE behaviour group. She is a Wired Innovation Fellow and in 2021 was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the British Psychological Society. Liz and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Studying psychology at university, How a lucky break and a supportive supervisor helped her gain a fully funded PhD and set her on the path to specialising in conversation analysis, How following her instincts and taking action helped her career journey, What is conversation analysis and why it is important?, Conversations generally have a structure and follow a path similar to a racetrack, Busting myths about communication such as the importance of body language and non-verbal communication, Why asking someone “how are you” at the start of a conversation is not just pointless filler talk, The significance and meaning of silence in conversation, Improving communication at work by thinking about the other person and the purpose of the interaction, Ways to improve interview performance from both the interviewer’s and interviewee’s perspective and Why it’s not always important to build rapport to have good communication.   People & Resources Mentioned Dr Eunice Fisher Professor Derek Edwards Dr Harvey Sacks Professor Albert Mehrabian Max Atkinson Dr Robert Cialdini Liz’s TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOG5PK8xDA   Contact Liz LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-stokoe-5150a419 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizstokoe   Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Roger Spitz, former Global Head of Technology M&A with BNP Paribas, who is currently President of Techistential (Climate & Foresight Strategy), Chairman of the Disruptive Futures Institute and a venture capital investor/ adviser. He is also the author of four guidebooks that are being published on The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption. As Roger has had such a wealth of experience his interview is being split into two parts, the first of which will be released on Weds 1st February.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your continued support!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

“Think about yourself as a business, what's your USP, what's your unique selling proposition and you may not know it now and that's okay because it's something that evolves and you can certainly ask people around you in work or your friends … but if you understand yourself as a little business, it's part of a helpful journey to understand what's unique about yourself and how to put yourself forward because I think we do have to be much more self-aware” Sophie Wade told me on Episode 46 of Reframe & Reset Your Career. Sophie Wade is a work futurist, international keynote speaker, author, and authority on Future-of-Work issues. She is the host of the widely popular Transforming Work podcast and 450,000 learners have taken her four LinkedIn courses which cover Future-of-Work skills, empathy, and Gen Z. Sophie is the Founder and Workforce Innovation Specialist at Flexcel Network, a Future-of-Work consultancy. Sophie’s executive advisory work and transformative workshops help companies futureproof their work environments and attract, engage, and retain their multigenerational and distributed talent. She helps corporations maximize the benefits and minimize the disruption in their transition to talent-focused new work environments. Sophie has held senior management, strategy and finance roles around the world—in Asia, Europe and the U.S.—working in media, technology, and venture capital for companies such as IMG and Yahoo. With a strategy and finance focus for her first career, she assisted entrepreneurs and major corporations identify, develop, and execute strategic initiatives, build teams and ventures and create partnerships. Her first book, Embracing Progress: Next Steps for the Future of Work, has been an Executive MBA Program textbook and required reading for several management school leadership courses and her new book is Empathy Works, which is a great read. Sophie served on the Board of the New York City chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) as chapter President 2015-17, and a member of NAWBO National’s Presidents' Assembly Steering Committee 2016-19. She is on the NY Advisory Board of Common Sense Media. Sophie has a BA from Oxford University and an MBA from international business school, INSEAD. Sophie and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Appreciating different cultural perspectives by living in multiple countries, How she started working in media and technology. How creating content like a podcast and articles can help build your brand and network, which is especially helpful for introverts, The value of an MBA and if she would pursue one now, Why it’s important to be self aware and build on your strengths, Think of yourself as a start up and understand what is your USP, Why empathy is so important at work and how managers and their staff should have empathy for each other, Why it’s so valuable for leaders to listen to their team and get contribution from all levels, Customer and audience feedback is vital for enhancing and developing products and services, Uncertainty is challenging but also gives countless opportunities, and The increasingly non linear nature of careers and why it’s crucial to take ownership of you career development,   People & Resources Mentioned The Princess Bride Gena Cox Dom Price   Contact Sophie Website: https://www.sophiewade.com/ Company Website: www.flexcelnetwork.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-wade-380b8 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ASophieWade Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asophiewade/   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode is with Professor Elizabeth Stokoe, a specialist in conversation analysis. She was formerly Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University, UK and joins the London School of Economics Department of Psychological and Behavioural Sciences in January 2023. She is also the author multiple books, including Talk: The Science of Conversation. I had a great conversation with her and her episode will be released on Weds 18th January.  It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your support and wishing you a successful and fulfilling 2023!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

"You don't know what your perfect job is, I don't know what my perfect job is, so go exploring. It's like buying houses you have to look at a lot of houses and then one day you go in one and you go "I love this house and the price is right". It's the same with jobs, really explore as much as possible because then one day you'll have the interview or have a contact with someone and you'll just suddenly be "oh okay this feels like a really good fit for me" " my good friend, Emile West, told me on this bonus episode of Reframe & Reset Your Career. In this episode, Emilie, who previously appeared on Episode 9, and I talk about an interview that we did on careers for Thrive Global, the link to the article is in the show notes. We discuss creating a conscious and fulfilling career and potential strategies for developing in your current role or looking for new opportunities. At the time of recording, the plan was to release only the video but we thought that it might be helpful to release the audio for podcast listeners, given the current difficulties in the job market. Emilie is passionate about empowering individuals and businesses to achieve their goals through transformational change and draws on her extensive experience working in investment banking and personal development to achieve this. She was also recently awarded Career Coach of the Year 2022 from SME News Greater London Enterprise Awards. She offers coaching, business consulting and professional speaking services across a range of areas including leadership, brand and image, wellbeing and emotional intelligence. She has 14 years Investment Banking experience most recently heading up the Leadership Development programme for RBS Corporate & Institutional Banking, transforming leadership and wellbeing for 1000+ staff. She was also Head of Personal Development for the RBS Women's network. As a nutritional therapist she specialises in stress management and works with companies to setup educational and engaging wellbeing programmes that will make a tangible difference to individuals health and resilience through practical and easy to make changes. As well as providing mentorship for young professionals, she also supports the charities Action for Children and the HER Centre. Emilie and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Why it’s important to examine your career path and be strategic, Does it take a particular mindset to achieve a fulfilling career? Why adaptability and the ability to become comfortable with change are increasingly more important, How important is passion when people are looking at which career path to take, How careers are increasingly non linear and there are many different paths to success, Strategies for finding a new job and changing career paths, The role of personal branding and marketing in your career, Ways to stay on track and monitor your career development and Overcoming “perfectionism” and sometimes "good enough" is all that you need.   People & Resources Mentioned Susan Jeffers - Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway Dr Carol Dweck - Mindset Dr Robert Cialdini - Influence Dorie Clark - The Long Game  Dr Christian Busch - The Serendipity Mindset Dr Gabija Toleikyte - Why the F*ck Can’t I Change? Dr Grace Lordan - Think Big Thrive Global Article: https://community.thriveglobal.com/finding-your-path-creating-a-conscious-and-fulfilling-career/   Contact Emilie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiliewest/ Website: https://www.alchemycoaching.co.uk/    Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. The next episode with Sophie Wade, who is an authority on Future of Work issues and author of Empathy Works, will be released on Weds 4th January. Sophie and I had such a fun conversation talking about her career, the new world of work and even touching on our mutual love of The Princess Bride! It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your support and wishing you the best for the holidays and a happy 2023!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

“Internal signals can also influence decision making and I think there is space for both approaches. Sometimes our feelings can not necessarily align with what the right thing is to do and there are definitely situations where we need to make the hard decisions … there's space for that rational thing where you know why you're feeling what you're feeling and choose to override it however I think there's also the reverse scenario where actually paying attention to these bodily signals can also be extra informative” Professor Sarah Garfinkel told me on Episode 45 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Sarah is Professor at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, where she leads the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Group. She completed her PhD in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex, before undergoing a fellowship in Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan. At the Brighton and Sussex Medical School she underwent further training in autonomic neuroscience before transitioning to UCL in September 2020. Her current work focuses on brain-body interactions underlying emotion and cognition in clinical groups, with a particular focus on the heart.  In 2018, Sarah was selected as one of 11 researchers on the international Nature Rising Stars Index across all STEM disciplines, and in 2021 she was awarded the 'mid-career' award for the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience.  Sarah and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Why she chose to study psychology at university rather than art, How she had a lucky break when she was offered a place to study for a PhD, How dyslexia helps her to think differently and come up with creative and novel solutions, Interoception and whether it is possible to develop it, How emotion and gut feelings impact decision making, Her work on a trading floor study which looking at the connection between trader’s profitability and their interoceptive ability, Managing stress before a high pressure situation like an interview or a big presentation, How practicing beforehand and replicating difficult scenarios may help to manage pressurised situations, Insights into the creative process, How Sarah uses a collaborative style of leadership and it is possible for leaders to be kind but firm, and  Using power and influence to encourage and support research efforts.   Resources & People Mentioned Richard Diebenkorn William James Daniel Kahneman Antonio Damasio Tim Dalgleish Barnaby Dunn Pablo Picasso Vincent Walsh Hugo Critchley Mahinda Yogarajah   Contact Sarah Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSFink   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I will be taking Christmas off from the podcast but have already recorded the next episode, which will be released on Weds 4th January. The guest is Sophie Wade, an authority on Future of Work issues and author of Empathy Works, and we had such a fun conversation talking about her career, the new world of work and even touching on our mutual love of The Princess Bride! It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your support and wishing you the best for the holidays and a happy 2023!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

“If you have self-doubt, it makes us work harder and avoid complacency … it makes us work smarter by prompting us to rethink our strategy, the self-doubt that is ongoing really makes us work smarter because we do not want to be perceived like that … it also makes us better learners … because we will seek support and ideas from other people, we always want to do a good job and therefore we don't want to leave it at chance.” Navid Nazemian talked with me about the potential benefits of Imposter Syndrome on Episode 44 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Navid is the author of the international best selling book Mastering Executive Transitions: The Definitive Guide and an Executive Transition Coach, who helps senior leaders transition successfully into new roles by de-risking and accelerating their transition into the C-suite. He has combined working in management roles, in Vodafone, Roche and Adidas with coaching executives from ABB, BP, CCLA, Coca Cola, ColgatePalmolive, KPMG, Pearson, Shell, Sonova, Vodafone, and several successful high growth start-ups such as Alibaba, digikala, Snapp!Group, and more. He is an ICF accredited coach which took him on a three year journey across three continents in Europe, Africa and America. Working with 100+ C-level coaching clients worldwide, Navid distills key insights, guidance and coaching for maximizing leadership impact in this book. Using strategies designed to avoid and overcome obstacles quickly, he has helped numerous c-suite coaching clients to successfully eliminate unproductive actions and solve their toughest, most complex transition challenges. Navid and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: How he transitioned from a successful career in sales to working in HR, Potential job search strategies especially the importance of activating your network and proactivity, How to stand out as a candidate from an HR perspective, Reframing Imposter Syndrome and the potential benefits based on work by Professor David Clutterbuck and Adam Grant, Why executive transitions are difficult and the difficulties that Navid faced when he moved companies, Managing the politics and cultural adjustments when moving to a new company, Undertaking appropriate due diligence to see if you are a good fit when contemplating a job move, How a career coach is able to help to formulate a strategy for a new role, How to create an open environment as a leader, and How to prepare yourself for moving to a new employer.   Resources & People Mentioned Coldplay Professor David Clutterbuck Adam Grant - Think Again Rudi Kindts   Contact Navid LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/navidnazemian Twitter: https://twitter.com/navidnazemian Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masteringexecutivetransitions/?hl=en   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your support and have a great week!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

"Goal setting is massively important … that objective setting and the key results of the milestones along the way that you need to achieve. It's helpful, it's not just for business owners or people in jobs it can help you in any aspect of your life ... if you're just blindly turning up to your job every day … that's like jumping into your car and driving randomly for an hour in a certain direction and scratching your head going why wasn't that fulfilling and why don't I like the destination?" Robin Waite told me on Episode 43 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Robin is a business coach, keynote speaker, the Founder of The Fearless Business Accelerator and the best selling author of Online Business Startup and Take Your Shot. He was entrepreneurial from a young age and used his earnings from a paper round to invest in second hand CDs, which he sold to his school friends. Whilst attending university, Robin spent four years as a systems analyst for a medical devices company, helping them increase their turnover by 50 per cent, from £1 million to £1.5 million. After graduation, he ran a successful design and advertising agency serving over 250 clients for over 12 years. During this time, he helped over 1,000 business owners improve their marketing, product architecture, pricing, websites and digital advertising. Then he had a life changing moment whilst riding his bike and decided to close his agency, which led to the start of the work he is doing today. Robin and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: Building a strong network by first offering to help rather than asking, Balancing working as a systems analyst, DJing and studying at university all at the same time, Starting his own branding and design business after university, Strategies for standing out at work, How content creation can help build your brand, Insights into creativity, Creating a work culture where employees feel they are being listened to and are comfortable challenging the status quo and offering new ideas, Strategies to help manage fear in uncertain times, The real life inspiration behind his book “Take Your Shot” and helping business owners reimagine/ transform their process and pricing, Setting goals and measuring your performance against them, and The importance of taking action and not procrastinating.   Resources & People Mentioned Simon Alexander Ong Curtis “Fifty Cent” Jackson  – Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter Pitbull Matthew Syed – Black Box Thinking John Warrilow -  Built To Sell Rich Litvin & Steve Chandler – The Prosperous Coach   Contact Robin Website: https://www.robinwaite.com/ LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robinmwaite Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobinMWaite   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your support and have a great week!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Interested in learning more about becoming a changemaker? Alex Budak shared his insights about this, his book and much more on  Episode 42 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. In this episode, we will learn about: Focus on the process and producing good work not the results, Making change requires strong relationships and teams, His time at UCLA and cheering on the Bruins, What is a Changemaker and how do you become one? Adopting a mindset where you learn from failure and you’re not overcome by it, How Laila Ohlgren, a telecoms engineer, played a key role in the development of mobile telephony through questioning the status quo and reframing problems, Having a student mentality where you’re always willing to learn and adapt, Effective leaders have confidence but also humility to learn from others, How Alex changed his leadership style to create the right culture in the start up he cofounded, Microleadership and how there are leadership moments and opportunities every day, Learning from examples of bad leadership and making a conscious decision to be different, Good leaders are effective listeners and don’t have preconceptions, Action is vital for changemaking to be put into effect, and The concept of “Fire Bullets, Then Cannonballs” developed by Jim Collins, in the context of Steve Jobs and the development of the iPhone. Alex is a social entrepreneur and a professional faculty member at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where he created and teaches the transformative course, “Becoming a Changemaker.” He recently published a book of the same name, based on the course and his work, which has been well received. He previously co‐founded StartSomeGood and held leadership positions at Reach for Change and Change.org. He teaches, speaks, consults, and advises organizations around the world, with the mission of helping people from all walks of life become changemakers. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and UCLA and received UCLA’s recent graduate of the year award. He loves spending time with his two favorite changemakers: his wife, Rebecca, and their baby son. Alex told me "What you're raising is so important, it's called the "Failure Paradox" which is when we look at people who we deem successful, we tend to think “wow they've succeeded a lot” and that may be true but what the data show is that they've also failed a lot that often the people who are most successful have more failures than most people and more successes than most people it's simply about in American baseball terms the number of bats you can have. How many times can you give it a shot and then success can come if you can learn to fail forward. to learn from your failures".    Resources & People Mentioned Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda Dr Christian Busch Aurora Lopez Laila Ohlgren Paul Batalden Julie Adam - Imperfectly Kind Steve Jobs Adam Berman Jocelyn Ling Malan   Contact Alex Website: https://www.alexbudak.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbudak TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexbudak   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your support and have a great week!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

"You can actually also reach flow in the workplace and it happens when we have just the right mix of chemicals in our brains and those are dopamine, noradrenaline, acetylcholine. I think that's a mouthful to remember so I called it fun, fear and focus when you have fun at work, your brain releases dopamine, when you have just the right level of fear not too much not too little, your brain releases noradrenaline that gives you like an energy kick and when you're fully focused your brain releases acetylcholine. So when those three come together fun fear and focus you can reach flow", Friederike Fabritius, told me on Episode 41 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Friederike, is a neuroscientist and trailblazer in the field of neuroleadership. Her brain-based leadership programs have transformed how Fortune 500 executives think, innovate, and navigate change. She is a thought leader and keynote speaker, known for engaging global audiences at organizations like Google, Ernst & Young (EY), Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Adecco, Accenture, Deloitte, BMW, Bayer, SAP, Harvard Business Review, trivago, and Audi. Ever since she can remember, Friederike has been curious about the way the brain works and why people behave the way they do. That’s why she chose to become a neuroscientist. An alumna of McKinsey & Company and the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, she serves on the prestigious German Academy of Science and Engineering. She is the author of the award-winning book, The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier and her new book is The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay, which will be published on 11th October. Friederike is fluent in six languages and lives with her husband and five children in Heidelberg, Germany. Friederike and I had a great conversation and talked about the following: The dangers of group think. How Friederike became interested in neuroscience, The unusual way she became a management consultant, Her new book and the importance of diversity of thought, How to get into the flow state through “Fun, Fear and Focus”, The process for finding creative solutions which involves deep work and having time for yourself, Learning to say no as you can’t please everyone, The “ten commandments of great work relationships”, which include setting realistic expectations from the start and fairness within the team, How introverts can thrive in the workplace, Changing one’s natural behaviour can waste cognitive resources, Dealing with stressful situations by creating an element of control, even it’s just one thing, How Sport, Snacks, Sunlight & Sleep, the 4 S’s, can help to boost your body and brain, The benefits of creating good habits and how it can free up mental resources, Decision making insights and situations where it may help to follow your instinct/ intuition rather than over analysis, and Neuroscience insights into great relationships.   Resources & People Mentioned Karsten Dusse Dr Gabija Toleikyte Gerd Gigerenzer Steve Jobs Mark Zuckerberg   Contact Friederike Website: https://friederikefabritius.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/friederikefabritius/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FriederikeFab YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FriederikeFabritius1   Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer  LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true E-mail - [email protected] Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear your views. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks again for your support and have a great week!   *Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*