Suddenly in Charge with Roberta Matuson
Your Working Life with Caroline Dowd-Higgins
Release Date: 06/08/2024
The Doors You Can Open with Dr. Rosalind Chow
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Dr. Rosalind Chow is a professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at the Tepper School of Business, and also affiliated with the group at Dietrich College. Her research, teaching, and writing focus on how we all participate in social systems in ways that have implications for the maintenance or attenuation of inequitable outcomes. She currently serves as the faculty director for , offered through the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University in partnership with Deloitte. CLIMB focuses on preparing Black and Latino professionals for leadership positions...
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Tap Your Wild Courage with Jenny Wood
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The music used in this episode is Keeping Score by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: Free Music Archive (CC BY-NC-ND) In her 18 years at Google, Jenny Wood grew from entry-level to executive, and she most recently led a large operations team that helped drive billions in revenue per year. In 2021, she started a passion project within Google called Own Your Career, which grew to one of the largest career development programs in Google’s history. Through the program she founded, she has trained tens of thousands of people on: acing a job search, building...
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Become the Manager You Want to Be with Sabina Nawaz
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Sabina Nawaz episode: The music used in this episode was Sweeping Broomstick by Jangwa from Free Music Archive (CC BY) Sabina Nawaz is an elite executive coach who advises C-level executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions around the world. Sabina gives dozens of keynotes, seminars, and conferences each year and teaches faculty at Northeastern and Drexel Universities. During her fourteen-year tenure at Microsoft, she went from managing software development teams to leading the company’s...
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Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants with Jennifer Moss
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Jennifer Moss episode: The music used in this episode was Senility by Jangwa from Free Music Archive (CC BY) Jennifer Moss specializes in future-focused leadership development, expertly balancing employee well-being with performance. As an award-winning writer and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, she specializes in transforming workplace culture using data-driven leadership strategies. Her book, The Burnout Epidemic tackled employee burnout and was among Thinkers50's "10 Best New Management Books for 2022." Book: WHY...
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How to Get Along with Anyone with John Eliot
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The music used in this episode was Hurt by Unheard Music Concepts from Free Music Archive (CC BY) Website: Book: HOW TO GET ALONG WITH ANYONE: The Playbook for Predicting and Preventing Conflict at Work and at Home by John Eliot and Jim Guinn The average American worker spends 156 hours a year engaged in moderate-to-intense workplace conflict, and managers spend twenty-six percent of their time addressing and resolving conflicts on their teams. It doesn’t have to be this way. Drs. John Eliot and Jim Guinn have three decades of experience building and...
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How Disruptive Technologies Are Revolutionizing Work with Deborah Perry Piscione
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Deborah Perry Piscione is cofounder of the Work3 Institute, an AI and Web3 advisory firm. She is also a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and innovation and future-of-work thought leader. She is the author of multiple books, including the New York Times bestseller Secrets of Silicon Valley. She was previously a staffer in the U.S. Congress and at the White House, and she served as an on-air commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. Website: Book: by Deborah Perry Piscione, Josh Drean (Jan) Book promo: With disruptive technologies on the...
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Lead Well with Paula Davis
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By Paula Davis A holistic, research-backed framework that helps leaders design healthier team cultures to unlock high-performance and increase well-being intelligence at work. In the wake of the pandemic and on the cusp of the generative AI revolution, the world of work has undergone a seismic shift. Chronic stress, burnout, and employee disengagement have reached crisis levels, and leaders are struggling to keep their teams motivated and inspired amid relentless change and uncertainty. Conventional management approaches are no longer sufficient, demanding a new leadership framework to...
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The Life Audit with Ximena Vengoechea
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Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator, and the creator of The Life Audit. She is the author of several nonfiction books and journals, including the new book, and companion (forthcoming). Her previous books include , which received a starred review from Library Journal and was named one of BookRiot's Best Books of 2023, and , which was a Next Big Idea Club finalist in 2021. Her writing has appeared in Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek, Forbes, and Fast Company, among others. She also writes , a newsletter about staying...
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Make Work Fair with Siri Chilazi
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Iris Bohnet and are leading gender experts and Harvard researchers. Their work centers on data-driven evidence to create accessible strategies to bridge the gender gap at work and create environments based on fairness. What makes Iris and Siri’s work different is that they focus on changing behaviors around equality, not attitudes. As they show, this helps us move from virtuous intentions to visible action without trying to tackle people’s deeply held beliefs. Iris and Siri explore these issues in their upcoming book (Harper Business; January 28, 2025; must-read nonfiction...
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Intentional Time Off with Laura Nguyen
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LAURA NGUYEN is an experienced marketing executive and entrepreneur with an extensive background in data-driven marketing, digital marketing, and communications for Fortune 500 companies. She is the founder of Solle Solutions, a marketing consultancy. Laura is also a certified executive coach, helping mid-career, high-achieving leaders go from burned out to balanced through her coaching program and online community. Laura received her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science at Truman State University, and her Master in Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology. She...
info_outlineRoberta Matuson, The Talent Maximizer®
LinkedIn Top Voice in Workplace and Leadership
For more than 25 years, Roberta Matuson, president of Matuson Consulting, has helped leaders in highly regarded companies, including General Motors, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Microsoft, and small to medium-size businesses, achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent. She’s the author of seven books including, the newly released, third edition of Suddenly In Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around, a Washington Post Top 5 Business Book For Leaders, Can We Talk? Seven Principles for Managing Difficult Conversations at Work, and Evergreen Talent: How to Seed, Cultivate, and Grow a Sustainable Workforce.
Literally two books in one, Suddenly in Charge provides all of the tools necessary to be successful at managing up and down the line of any organization. With a foreword by Alan Weiss, bestselling author of Million Dollar Consulting, this handy little book is a must-have resource to help the new manager truly shine from day one.
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