Episodes

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Karen Ferris is a kindred spirit. She lives 14 hours away on the other side of the world from me in Melburne, Australia, but when you listen to us talk, we laugh a lot. It's not that the topic is silly but more that is so nice to chat with someone with such a similar mindset towards change, leadership and the future of work. The work that we both do challenges the status quo and established mindsets. That's why Karen's...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode "🌟 Discover the truth about work-life balance! 🤔 Join us on an inspiring journey as we debunk the myth and explore the power of agency in Work Life Bloom. 🌸✨ Kudos to Dan Pontefract for shining a light on resilience and redefining success. 🙌 #WorkLifeBalance #Resilience #Agency" #WorkLifeBloom #FindingAgency #ShiningALight #HarrowingJourney #PerseveranceAndResilience #HatTipped #Resilience #NoWorkLifeBalance #WorkAndLif...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode I expected that this episode would be a conversation about leadership development, maybe with some talk of Sarah's book Don't Feed The Elephants and how leadership in hybrid/remote needs to be different from what we've always done. Sarah started the conversation with "I'd really like to talk about retaliation." Wow. That's not a topic most people acknowledge as reality in work and to have a whole discussion centred on ...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Pamela Kellert has a background in strategy and she brought this to the podcast prep with a 2 page document outlining the topics she hoped we could cover. It's a thing of beauty, covering leadership development while working hybrid/remote, culture, opportunities for women and minorities and a detailed chart of how improved leadership is a benefit and opportunity for organizations. Pamela and I met during YouMap coach c...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Jen Warrington and I used to work for the same company but never knew each other except via LinkedIn. We have a similar experience with working hybrid/remote for many years before the pandemic and in being restructured. She was laid off in March of 2020 and I was gone December 2020. It's been fascinating watching her build her business and how she incorporated the past into the future. We talk about all things hybrid/r...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Gillian Whitney is a LinkedIn Video Marketing Coach. She believes every business professional needs to be using video to market themselves. Video boosts your online visibility, increases sales, and promotes your brand like no other marketing tool. As a LinkedIn Video Coach, Gillian helps business professionals make videos in a way that is comfortable for them. She loves sharing Easy Peasy solutions to help folks get st...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode I met Amanda Lewis in a meditation class with my coach and podcast guest Kerri Twigg. Amanda edited Kerri's book as well as Leslie Ehm's book. I'm fascinated with network science and how people come to know one another. When I found out Amanda was publishing her own book, Tracking Giants, I knew I wanted to talk to her about the process of writing a book as an editor, the practices that support her creative process and...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Marti Konstant and I share an interest in futurism and shifting mindsets to help people succeed in the future of work. In this episode, we talk about the importance of being adaptable, combining your existing skills and interest to create innovative new ones and how to experiment with AI and why it's important to at least consider how you'd use it. Marti Konstant is a workplace futurist with an agile mindset. She is a...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Nikolas Badminton FRSA, Chief Futurist at futurist.com Nikolas Badminton FRSA is a global futurist speaker that mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to explore desirable futures, anticipate unforeseen risks, and strengthen strategic planning. He has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 300 leading organizations at the frontline of foresight, strategy and disruption - including NASA, Un...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode It's rare that I get to speak to anyone with 54 years of experience but particularly rare when that person is a change leader - one of the first directors of transformation as far as I can tell. Rose Fass founded a company FassForward with Gavin McMahon McMahon 2 decades ago. We've never spoken but I got to know Gavin on LinkedIn last year (I was the first person to tell him about being featured by LinkedIn News - now ...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Recently I had to sort through an ethical dilemma. I was approached by an organization to help with their return to office mandate. There was to be a keynote and a panel interview. It got cancelled yesterday but I still think it's important to talk about my approach to resolving this conflict. If you know anything about my work at all, you know that I'm in favour of autonomy. Autonomy and mandates are polar opposites...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Two sisters who are both famous in their own right go into business together to teach others the skills that have supercharged their own careers. That's the upshot of this episode but it's so much more than that. Erica Ehm has been a public figure since I was a teenager and although we didn't meet until today, her work has been a reality in my life for decades. She launched her digital media business catering, a digita...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Negotiation, Communication, & Commercial Strategy Specialist, Forward Focusing, @fotiniicon "I help people get what they want." Nicknamed "the negotiator" as a child, Fotini has always channeled her energy into a passion for the power of forward thinking. Today, business executives partner with her to achieve their business goals, increase profitability and create a competitive advantage. Fotini empowers executives and...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Sarah Vermunt is the Founder of Careergasm and the author of Careergasm and Career Rookie. She helps people figure out what the heck they want so they can quit jobs they hate and do work that feels good. Her work has been featured at Forbes, Fortune, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Fast Company. And each month, her career advice is pumped into 30 million homes across North America. Sarah lives in Toronto and online at Careerga...

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Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Michelle J Raymond is an international LinkedIn Company Pages expert, LinkedIn B2B Strategist, Corporate Trainer, podcast host and two times author, teaching marketing teams and agencies to sell more on LinkedIn. Her mission is to do "Good Business with Good People." https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-raymond-goodtradingco https://www.linkedin.com/company/good-trading-co-training/ https://michellejraymond.com/

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Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode The founder of the Executive Remote Worker, Kristie Sullivan, is a 20+ year veteran of climbing the corporate ladder in the US. She took a sabbatical from her career to travel the world full-time for 1 year. During her sabbatical, which overlapped the COVID-19 pandemic, she realized two things: 1) Life was short, and tomorrow was not promised to anyone. 2) There was a fast-growing, work-and-travel opportunity result...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Dave Cairns is a Senior VP of CBRE Canada but he's unlike any commercial real estate broker you've ever met. His career began in online poker - a great example of transferable skills from an unconventional background setting someone up for success for the future of work. Digital collaboration, online learning, risk tolerance are all skills Dave used to pivot into real estate and his current "homead" version of remote w...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode The Hybrid/Remote Centre of Excellence requires an episode on remote work. I share my background and outline my perspectives on remote work. I like to ask questions - creating remote excellence is a co-creation process.

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Mitko Karshovski hosts a top podcast called This Remote Life and he approached me to be on the podcast because we talk about many of the same things. He is a digital nomad who has also worked as a head of remote so his lived experience of remote is different than mine. Join us for an interesting conversation about travel, immigration, podcasting and the future of work. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitkokarshovski http...

Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode Shana and I have known each other for about a year - we belong to Urgent Optimists, a community run by Jane McGonigal of Institute for the Future. We are part of a futures buddy weekly meeting and this is the sort of free-ranging conversation we often have about the future. VUCA pretty much sums it up. Hope you find it fascinating - it's longer than my normal episode. We talk about mindset, brave thinking, foresight,...

Join Michelle Hurlburt and I for a conversation about leadership, accountability, mindset. Michelle is a self-leadership coach with a background in education and business. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellehurlburt https://3dlifeinc.com/ https://instagram.com/3dlifeinc?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= https://mobile.twitter.com/michelle3dlife

Phil Willcox's wife often introduces him at parties as a human lie detector. He's an expert on emotions and works with companies to help leaders understand emotions better which improves wellbeing, belonging and business results. Managers are often caught in the middle these days, suffering from overwork and burnout. We explore the impact of moral injury, self-awareness and Phil shares easy and effective methods to start understanding your emotions better. https://twitter.com/philwillcox?lang=e...