The holiday season is upon us, and it offers many an opportunity to reflect and enjoy time with loved ones, before starting the New Year. Are you unemployed? Are you underemployed? Are you simply seeking continuous improvement? This episode is for you! Our careers are constantly in need of reflection and retrospection. This episode encourages those who are unemployed while offering useful tips to those who are employed to seek out mentors, sponsors, and coaches so they may thrive in their professional environments. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast so that you don't miss future episodes! A ..read more

They say, "the only thing constant is change." But, how do we operate a world filled with consistent change that never seems to end? How do we lead ourselves and sometimes, a team of people or organization through change? We must foster change champions, become change leaders ourselves and continue to find resilience while acknowledging, change is often immensely uncomfortable. In my new podcast episode, I focus on "Change Management and Digital Transformation with Change Consultant, Bukky Sodunke, MHA, PSM. About Bukky Sodunke: Bukky Sodunke is a Change Management and Organizational Developm ..read more

About This Episode This is the "most" vulnerable episode of all of the episodes that I've ever published through this platform. In this uncut, unedited session, my fertility life coach, Poonam Gole and I discuss women in the workplace, leadership and what she has eloquently titled, "Being the Hero of Your Story". This episode focuses on women in the workplace who are facing issues related to infertility, grief, loss and childlessness. Research shows that 1 in 6 women face infertility issues. In this episode, I seek to boldly and confidently discuss these issues that are often kept very quiet ..read more

It seems like everywhere you look, people are talking about artificial intelligence or AI. Kirk Perry has been teaching people how to implement innovation and technology in infrastructures for the last 20 years. Kirk has worked in advertising, marketing, and product development. How might we learn to leverage AI as a tool or resource? If you use Siri or Alexa, you've already been using generative AI. In this episode, I talk with Kirk Perry about generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the role that it is currently having in the world of work, and how it's especially impacted those in the c ..read more

This Fall, Kevin has been a keynote speaker at the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Symposium and LTEN Learning Executive Series, a DevLearn panelist and more, and now, he's gracing us with his presence in this episode! He's a "Learning Detective" and he solves measurement mysteries. But, he's not only measuring impact, he's making an impact (in our global community)! Do you need to measure the impact of learning? He has 25+ years of experience doing this work! Check out this episode that talks about measuring the impact of learning, and making an impact in the community. About Kevin M. Yates: Ke ..read more

Are you in the midst of a career transition or career disruption? Career disruptions include everything from an organizational reorganization to a job layoff. How are you managing this time? In this episode, Amy Petrecick will encourage you to trust yourself and the professional expertise that you bring to the spaces where you show up. We also chat about developing and leveraging your consultative skills as a professional and getting stakeholder buy-in. Want to learn more about Amy? Amy is a seasoned learning leader who lives in Seattle, WA. She's passionate about making the world of work bett ..read more

Right now, do you feel like your best self, personally and professionally? What's holding you back from becoming your best self yet? What are the barriers to being well? In this episode, we celebrate World Mental Health Day by bringing on a corporate wellness expert and therapist who will discuss some of her personal and professional tips for achieving success. Whether you are a senior leader, individual contributor or people manager, your role requires that you be "well". Let's not just survive, but thrive! We chat about becoming more aware of your needs, redefining your identity and how you ..read more

In this episode with Life Coach, Tanya Jaklis, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, we discuss: - Women in transition, and aligning our core values to each season - Redefining what success means to us in each season of our lives - Going after dream opportunities WITHOUT experiencing burnout (overworking, saying yes when we want to say no, incorporating rest and play into our lives) - The mind and body connection - Work/life integration VS work/life balance Learn more about Tanya Jaklis and her work: www.tanyajaklis.com - website https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyajaklis/ - LinkedIn Profile https ..read more

In this episode, we sit down with Kate Udalova, co-founder of 7Taps. 7 Taps is a microlearning tool that may be used to design and develop microlearning. We also peek into Kate's journey as an entrepreneur and ed-tech startup co-founder.  ..read more

In this episode, Jonathan Carbin and I sit down to discuss the news and information that we absorb, and how it influences our thinking about learning and development, and our overall, worldview. Do you feel like you're in a L&D (learning and development) bubble? Are you only taking in news and information about learning and development? How do we expand our thinking, so that we cultivate diversity of thought in our personal and professional lives? Do you feel like it's a bit "noisy" on social media and in the news, with content coming at you from all different places? How do we cut through ..read more