Reframe & Reset Your Career: Job Search & Career Development Insights (Harsha Boralessa)

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Want to learn more about the 9 traits that can help you in your life and career? I had the pleasure of discussing this, her book Wild Courage and so much more with Jenny Wood on Episode 92 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

How she overcame her doubts to ask out her husband on the subway,

Showing resilience to land her job at Google,

Her book and the 9 traits that can help you in your life and career,

The Spotlight Effect,

Being weird and standing out from the crowd,

The benefits of being selfish (sometimes) and how this helped a vocalist get her fair share from a smash hit record,

Saying yes to the big projects and cutting back on the NAP (not actually promotable) work,

Learning to say no,

Improving your verbal communication skills,

Identifying and leaning into your strengths/ power assets, and

Building your personal brand.

Jenny spent 18 years at Google climbing the ranks from entry-level to executive, most recently running a large operations team that helps drive billions of advertising revenue a year.

She created one of Google's largest career development programs ever, loved by tens of thousands of employees worldwide. She is now a speaker and the author of a new book Wild Courage: Go After What You Want And Get It.

She earned her B.A. in Economics & International Business at Brandeis and was a research associate at Harvard Business School. She drinks tea and is a trained pilot, living in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and two kids.

People & Resources Mentioned

Carol Dweck – Mindset

Clare Torry

Vanessa Patrick - The Power Of Saying No

Contact Jenny

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyilles/

Website: https://itsjennywood.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsjennywood/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 9th April. 

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

How can playing tennis at an elite level help you succeed in your professional career? Ivana Petrich talked about this and much more in Episode 4 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Self-discipline and what it takes to be great,

How talent only takes you so far,

Dealing with pressure: how professional exams feel like a tennis match,

Resilience and learning how to lose but bouncing back,

Reconnecting with your 'why?' when the going gets tough,

The importance of preparation,

Redefining success: when winning isn't everything,

Teamwork and finding ways of bringing people together, and 

Developing new skills and trying new things throughout your Career.

Ivana is currently working with a leading energy SaaS company in the ESG Research area. Prior to that she was a client management professional at PGIM Fixed Income. She worked closely with institutional investors, including defined benefit pension schemes and fiduciary managers, across a broad range of active fixed income strategies.

As part of her role, she acted as a central point of contact to help deliver customised investment solutions and provide high quality service to clients. Having seen her grandparents dedicate their lives to securing their pensions, she applies the same dedication to helping clients achieve their investment objectives and secure the financial futures of pension scheme members. 

Ivana comes from a high performance sporting background, having played tennis from a young age and competed at an international level. When she was 5, her dad built a tennis court in their backyard and became her full-time coach for several years, travelling to tournaments across Canada and Europe. She was consistently ranked in the Top 4 in Alberta, Canada and regularly competed at national tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals of the U14 Canadian Outdoor Nationals.

She was recruited to play on the NCAA Div. 1 women's tennis team at the University of Delaware, where she broke the school record for all-time career singles wins. Ivana is passionate about the links between sporting excellence and the workplace and is a firm believer that career paths are highly influenced by formative years dedicated to training.

Ivana holds a B.Sc. in Finance, International Business from the University of Delaware. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) from the CFA Society of the UK. She was a team captain at the Cumberland Lawn Tennis Club in London, UK and regularly competed in the Middlesex and National Club leagues.

I met Ivana whilst volunteering for the CFA Society of the UK and we found that we both had a background in high performance sports, in my case it was cricket. We both realised that there were a number of lessons from sport that we were able to apply from our sporting experience to our careers and life in general. We had an enjoyable chat and Ivana was generous with sharing her stories and experience.

Resources mentioned

Playing Big - Tara Mohr

The Serendipity Mindset - Dr Christian Busch

Contact Ivana

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ivana-petrich-cfa

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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. 

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Looking to learn how leaders can continue to excel whilst taking care of their own & their team’s wellbeing? I had the pleasure of discussing this, her new book Emotionally Charged, and so much more with Dina Denham Smith on Episode 93 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Being open to new experiences can lead to opportunities,

How to get unstuck & get promoted,

Strategies to help leaders cope with the emotional demands of leadership.

What is emotional labour?

Ways to motivate your team, even when you have low energy,

The importance of self care for leaders,

How to bounce back from emotionally demanding events,

The benefits of journaling to help recover from redundancy or other setbacks,

Pay attention to your emotions, they can provide important signals and information,

Insights into decision making and

The recovery paradox.

Dina is a seasoned leader and executive coach with a 25-year proven track record in helping people and teams excel. Dina’s clients include senior leaders and teams at premier brands such as Adobe, PwC, Gilead, Gap, Sephora, Goldman Sachs, Google, and Netflix; high-growth companies like Dropbox, DocuSign, and Stripe; and PE-backed start-ups shaping the world.

Dina has written over 60 articles on leadership and career success for the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Forbes and is frequently featured in international media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Business Insider, and the BBC.

She is the lead author of Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work (Oxford Press). An East Coast transplant, Dina now lives in the SF Bay Area with her husband, kids, and two spoiled pups. Outside of work, she is a competitive equestrian, avid skier and reader, foodie, and travel enthusiast.

People & Resources Mentioned

Man’s Search For Meaning – Viktor Frankl

James W. Pennebaker

Dr Gabija Toleikyte

Contact Dina

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dina-denham-smith/

Website: https://www.dinadsmith.com/

X (Twitter): https://x.com/DinaDSmith

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 April. 

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Looking for ideas to help on your journey to achieving ambitious future goals? Dr Grace Lordan shares behavioural science based insights and practical steps from her best selling book "Think Big" and much more on Episode 6 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. Hopefully this will inspire you to start taking the steps to your dream future.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Her early education and how she moved from Computer Science to Economics,

Why it’s helpful to think in terms of skills & activities rather than careers,

How you can change your narrative,

Using your time more efficiently,

Taking small steps to achieve your goals,

The impact of emotions on decision making,

Dealing with life blows and being resilient, and

The danger of comparing yourself to others.

Grace is the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative (TII), Director of the MSc in Behavioural Science and an Associate Professor in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, my former university, but Grace has had a far more impressive career!

Grace has a PhD in Economics, and an undergraduate degree in computer science. Her research is focused on understanding why some individuals succeed in life and others don't. She is an expert on the effects of bias, discrimination and technology changes. Grace is an expert advisor to the UK government sitting on their skills and productivity board. Her academic writings have been published in top international journals in economics and the broader social sciences. "Think Big, Take Small Steps and Build the Future you Want" is her first book. Grace is a regular keynote and panel speaker at corporate events.

I first came across Grace through an excellent discussion on Careers which she was hosting at the LSE and the panel included our good friend Dorie Clark. I found her work interesting and reached out to her and she generously agreed to appear on the podcast.

Resources & People mentioned

Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

Kelly McGonigal

Antonio Damasio

Vincent Walsh

Contact Grace

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-lordan-0b88ab115/ 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/GraceLordan_ 

Website -  www.gracelordan.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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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. 

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Interested in learning more about the principles of influence and the ground breaking work of famed psychologist, Dr Robert Cialdini? Brian Ahearn, author, coach and consultant talked about this, his work and much more on Episode 27 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Applying the self discipline that he picked up from sport to work and aligning that to a goal;

How Brian first formed a connection with Dr Cialdini simply by being helpful;

The seven principles of Influence: liking, reciprocity, social proof, authority, commitment and consistency, scarcity and unity;

Using the liking principle to build relationships;

Creating content and social proof;

Reciprocity in the business environment;

Looking for things to like about people rather than making them like you;

Reciprocity may be used against you;

Applying influence when looking to be promoted at work; 

Pre-Suasion, the concept of unity and how it helped Brian get engaged to his wife!, and

His new book, "The Influencer".

Brian is a dynamic international keynote speaker, author, coach and consultant. He specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations.

He is one of only a dozen individuals in the world who currently holds the (CMCT) designation and one of just a handful to have earned the Cialdini Pre-suasion Trainer® (CPT) designation.

These specializations in the psychology of persuasion were earned directly from Dr Robert Cialdini, the most cited living social psychologist in the world on the science of ethical influence. I am a huge fan of Dr Cialdini’s work and his book “Influence” is the one that I most often reference on my podcast.

A cum laude graduate of Miami University, Brian has been in the business arena for more than 30 years and training people for over two decades. Brian is also a Competent Toastmaster and a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter.

Brian’s first book – was named one of the Top 100 Influence Books of All Time by BookAuthority. His second book, Persuasive Selling for Relationship Driven Insurance Agents, was an Amazon new release bestseller in several categories. His new book is “The Influencer”, which is a fictional account of how an ordinary young man, develops his influencing skills by learning from clients, colleagues and mentors and is partly based on stories from Brian's personal journey.

Brian shared this fascinating insight about Dr Robert Cialdini and his groundbreaking work on influence "Dr Cialdini … had an instinct that if we really want to understand the social influence process we can't confine it to a laboratory ... we've got to get out into the real world. So he took almost a three-year hiatus from teaching and he went out and got jobs … then after that three years he stepped back and he looked at everything that he had learned and he combined it with his understanding of the influence process … and he said you know what there are really six principles, now a seventh, but at the time six universal principles that people all across the globe tend to respond to in one way or another."

People & Resources Mentioned

Seneca

Influence - Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Contact Brian

Website: https://www.influencepeople.biz/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfahearn 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IinfluencePeopleBrianAhearn 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianahearn 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD_YhPzafzXUmtDhPWyDow 

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

Looking for insights to help you become a better leader? I had the pleasure of discussing this, her book Leading Inclusion and so much more with Dr Gena Cox on Episode 40 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Gena and I talked about the following:

Being taught by Arthur Ashe, the legendary US tennis player, at college,

How her father gave her book on psychology when she was young which inspired her interest in this area,

The huge influence of her grandparents on her life despite not having formal academic credentials,

The events which inspired her to write Leading Inclusion and to eventually leave corporate life,

The distinction between diversity and inclusion and the important role that leaders play,

The components which make an effective leader,

Having a back up plan if things are not working out in your current situation,

Updating your CV regularly as it is easy to forget/ overlook your achievements,

Starting a side project like a podcast or YouTube channel can enhance your career,

How to prepare for and manage difficult conversations at work, and

Creating a culture of safety, where your team are happy to provide feedback.

Gena is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, and author of the new book Leading Inclusion, a groundbreaking guidebook for corporate leaders who want to build inclusive organizations from the top down.

Gena has spent more than 25 years helping leaders in the Fortune 500 and other large global companies build healthy and engaging organizational cultures.

Gena is a straight shooter who brings warmth and generosity of spirit to her partnerships. A noted voice on human-centered leadership, Gena shows executives how to stop using 2019 behavior to address 2022 workplace challenges. Gena was born in England, raised in Barbados, lives in the United States and would like to holiday in Scandinavia!

Gena told me "You have to remember that leadership has two components to it or at least two ... you're helping people to get a job done that's what a leader does, it's not like you're pushing them to get the job done or telling them to get the job done the leader's job is to help people get a job done so there's the task part and then there's the part of the job that is the human part which is to interact with the humans who are getting the job done in such a way that it encourages them to do the work and does not take away any of their natural shine or capability".

Resources & People Mentioned

Maya Angelou

Natisha Lance

Sir Garfield Sobers

Arthur Ashe

Sophie Wade – Empathy Works

Dr Quinetta Roberson

Contact Gena

Website: https://genacox.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genacox/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/genacox

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

Website: https://www.harshaboralessa.com/ 

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful. 

I hope you had a great Summer and managed to recharge, I enjoyed my time off too! It's great to be back and there are some great guests lined up for the Autumn. 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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

Welcome to the trailer for the "Reframe & Reset Your Career" podcast. A podcast to help if you’re looking for a job, feeling stuck in your career, looking to change your perspective or just rediscover your why. The podcast came about from my passion for neuroscience and psychology and their interaction with career development. In each episode, I will be interviewing recognised experts and professionals about their career journey and experiences.

Are you struggling to find your ideal job or gain fulfilment at work? Don't worry, you're not alone, many people are going through this but there are strategies that can help. Emilie West, the founder of Alchemy Coaching, talked about this, job search, personal branding, growth mindset and so much more on Episode 9 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Bouncing Back From Being Made Redundant From Her First Job

Showing Resilience to Overcome Health Issues

Why You Don’t Have to Follow Your Passion

The  Importance of Personal Branding

Moving from Finance to Coaching

Growth Mindset and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs

Balancing Perfectionism and Getting Things Done

Dealing with Uncertainty and

Strategies for Finding a New Job

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 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 told me "When you're talking about this idea that you must have this passion or know what you want or even this sense of purpose, I think we've in a way gone too far with that and now I meet a lot of people who feel this pressure very early on in their career to know what their perfect job will be".

Resources mentioned

Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway – Susan Jeffers

Growth Mindset – Dr Carol S Dweck

Can’t Hurt Me - David Goggins

How To Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Thrive Global article - https://thriveglobal.com/stories/why-unhappiness-is-helpful-and-what-to-do-with-it/

Contact Emilie

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiliewest/

Website: 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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

"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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Looking for ideas to develop your creative process, create inspiring content and develop your online presence ? I had the pleasure of discussing this and so much more with David Hartley on Episode 90 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

How a cold email helped him connect with a well known content creator,

Focus on providing value through your content, your audience will find you,

Why it’s crucial to find your own voice but it may take time,

David’s creative process and how he generates ideas,

The importance of personal branding and creating a digital footprint,

David’s top ideas for starting a YouTube channel,

Take action, don’t overthink things,

Focus on being consistent and enjoying the process not the results, and

The power of storytelling.

David is a London-based musician and educational content creator with a passion for making music education accessible to all. His journey began with classical guitar studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, followed by a Master's degree in Music at King's College London.

A skilled educator, David has translated his passion for music into a successful online platform where his engaging videos have garnered millions of views, he currently has over 125k YT subscribers and over 55k on TikTok. His content explores a diverse range of musical topics, presented in a way that resonates with learners of all levels and backgrounds.

Beyond his educational endeavors, David remains an active musician, expressing his creativity through classical guitar performance, songwriting, and electronic music composition.

Here is a clip from the episode where we talk about the benefits of sending call emails and how it helped him connect with a successful YouTuber, Ali Abdaal.

People & Resources Mentioned

The Game Of Tennis – W Timothy Gallwey

Ali Abdaal

Contact David

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-hartley-4a470086/

Website: https://www.musicwithdavid.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davidhartley94

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@davidhartley94

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 12th March. 

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Looking for ideas and inspiring stories to help you on your journey of self-transformation? Steven D'Souza talked with me about this, his career and much more on Episode 19 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Valuing our own story and achievements;

Healthy Ego;

The Illusion of Control;

Viewing uncertainty as a place of opportunity;

Making small experiments;

Enjoying the journey;

Reaching “the edge” and dealing with it;

Moving between entrepreneurship and corporate life;

His new book “Not Being”;

Transitions such as changing jobs or relationships taking time;

His relationship to time: Chronos versus Kairos;

Finding people to bounce ideas off about your life and career;

Not being solely validated by your work; and

Momento mori – reflecting on the bigger picture.

Steven is an educator, consultant and the author of four best-selling books. His new book “Not Being – The Art of Self-Transformation” was published recently. “Not Being” completes a trilogy of books which started with “Not Knowing” and was followed by “Not Doing”.

Previously he ran his own company, Deeper Learning Ltd, a global executive education consultancy. He was also an Associate Professor of IE Business School, an Associate Fellow of Said Business School at the University of Oxford, and Leadership Consulting and Coaching for INSEAD. His clients have ranged from individuals and small charities to some of the world's top business schools and global companies, including Accenture, Barclays, BT and Goldman Sachs.

He has also been recognised by www.Thinkers50.com on their 'Radar'​ and 'Thinker of the Month' for August 2015, which is dedicated to the leading management thinkers globally. And was placed on their RADAR list dedicated to the new generation of thinkers most likely to challenge management practice. HR Magazine named him one of the top 30 'Most Influential' thinkers in HR globally.

Steven D'Souza talked with me about the illusion of control and said: "Just take an example from the book “Not Knowing”, we talked about the “Thinking Fast And Slow” work by Daniel Kahneman and he talks about over 100 unconscious biases from primacy bias, recency, confirmation bias etc. He says if you think you have reasons for your beliefs you're probably mistaken and an example from chess … to be a grandmaster generally you have very high cognitive abilities … and they can think roughly around 15 moves ahead. That's a lot of moves ahead to hold in in your mind but they play in a game with fixed and predictable rules. Whereas we're operating in a world now where people are acting rationally and irrationally, predictably and unpredictably, so it's impossible that one person can have all the answers or know."  

Resources & People Mentioned

The Road To Character - David Brooks

Rumi

Antonio Machado

St Augustine

The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho

Thinking Fast And Slow - Daniel Kahneman

Epictetus

Think Again – Adam Grant

Maria Rilke

Bruce Lee

Life Is In The Transitions – Bruce Feiler

Let Your Life Speak – Parker Palmer

Wisdom At Work – Chip Conley

The Sunny Nihilist – Wendy Syfert

The Serendipity Mindset - Christian Busch

Contact Steven

https://stevendsouza.com/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steven-DSouza/e/B001JRWZ3S?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1632064964&sr=8-3

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It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!

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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  

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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.*

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/

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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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

“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/

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LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Looking for insights into mental wellbeing from a former investor who retrained to become a psychotherapist? Kelly Hearn discussed this, her career journey and much more on Episode 36 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Her love of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry and learning to sit with uncertainty,

Overcoming the initial rejection from the finance industry to volunteer which helped when applying to business schools,

There is more than one path to success, make a decision and be open and flexible,

Working out what is important for each of us and not being purely led by external considerations,

Working in investment management and managing stress by adopting a healthy lifestyle,

The importance of self care to manage burn out and feeling overwhelmed,

Following her interest in psychology and counselling & psychotherapy to transition out of finance,

Having open and honest conversations in the work place and managing conflict which may arise,

Reframing conflict, approaching it constructively and learning about each other’s perspective,

Managing emotions that arise  and understand your part in conflict,

Looking at potential ways to change your role at your current employer before looking outside,

Don’t just use the traditional methods when job hunting, approach it like an investigative journalist, and

Taking action helps you gain more information to shape your job search.

Kelly spent the first two decades of her professional life in the left-brain world of finance. After completing an MBA at Columbia Business School in New York, she moved to London to help establish one US investment fund, and then another, in Europe.

At some point along the way, Kelly turned her analytical focus away from spreadsheets and annual reports to the existential questions of everyday life.

Kelly spent two years pursuing writing as a means for exploration while completing an MA in Creative Non-Fiction Writing at City University, London. She then trained at the Centre for Counselling & Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) in London.

A registered member of the BACP and UKCP, Kelly has wide experience working with individual, couple and corporate clients within the NHS, private practice and at The School of Life. She is also an avid ‘sanity walker’ and yogi.

She is currently the co founder of Examined Life, which is a collective of therapists committed to innovation in the theory and practice of psychotherapy.

Kelly and I talked about questioning and understanding what is important, she said: “At some point, we need to stop following the rules and the externally set path and say what’s important to me and ask ourselves the really simple questions what do I love to do, what gives me energy, what do I get excited about, if I’m not moving in that direction, why not?”.

Resources & People Mentioned

Letters To A Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke

Rumi

Mary Oliver

David Whyte

Contact Kelly

Website: https://examinedlife.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kellyhearnuk

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E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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 the complexities of being promoted at work and potential strategies to help you land that next promotion? Amii Barnard-Bahn, who created the Promotability Index® (PI) framework and self-assessment and is the author of The PI Guidebook, talked about this, her career and much more on Episode 18 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Her early career as a lawyer and her move to a corporate role;

Developing your network by following your interests;

Being self-reliant, strategic and taking ownership of your career development;

Creating the Promotability Index® (PI) framework and self-assessment and writing the companion The PI Guidebook;

Obtaining regular and relevant feedback from your manager;

Working identity and being defined by your job;

Rebounding from redundancy;

Potential strategies for finding work;

Having a positive attitude when looking for work; and

Even if there are no promotion opportunities at work, keep learning and improving to build your skill set and enhance the value that you can bring.

Amii is a former Fortune Global 50 executive and is a consultant to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies like Bank of the West, Adobe and The Gap.

Recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives, she is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches.

Amii guest lectures at Stanford and UC Berkeley, is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Compliance Week, and is a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching.

Amii earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and her BA from Tufts. A lifelong diversity advocate, Amii testified for the successful passage of first laws in the U.S. requiring corporate boards to include women.

Amii talked with me about the importance of taking ownership of your career development and being self-reliant, she said: "There's no question I believe in radical self-reliance and because no one's looking out for your career, for you. You may be lucky to have a mentor or a sponsor that's fabulous but I can tell you it doesn't last forever … and you really have to rely on yourself and you have to ask the right questions and you have to be really aligned with your team and be thinking okay what's the next thing I need to be doing to be five years ahead of the curve to be a valued non-expendable resource".

People & Resources Mentioned

Peter Drucker

Woking Identity – Herminia Ibarra

Amii's HBR article - https://www.barnardbahn.com/post/promotions-arent-just-about-your-skills

Promotability Index® (PI) self-assessment - https://www.barnardbahn.com/promotabilityindex

Contact Amii

Website: https://www.barnardbahn.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiibarnardbahn/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amii.barnardbahn.3

Instagram: https://instagram.com/barnardbahn/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/amiibb/

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LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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

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YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 for ideas to get your job search going or strategies to help you advance in your current company? I had the pleasure of discussing this and so much more with my good friend Tammy Gooler Loeb, the award winning host of the Work From The Inside Out podcast and author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You, on Episode 88 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

The importance of mindset when approaching your job search,

The benefits of having one or more accountability partners,

How creating a regular routine can help you navigate the job search process,

How content creation can help build your brand and digital footprint,

Ideas to enhance your CV,

Strategies to help your interview preparation,

Potential questions to ask your interviewer at the end of an interview,

How to engage with your manager about potential ways to advance,

Engaging with your internal network to look for potential opportunities,

Viewing yourself as the CEO of your career and taking ownership of your career development, and

Regularly documenting your achievements so you have compelling evidence when asking for a pay rise or promotion.

Tammy is an Executive and Career Coach, Speaker, Facilitator and the author of the award winning book Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You. 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

Dr Robert Cialdini

Mac Prichard

Dorie Clark

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

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 15th 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

"It's also about not only allowing yourself to make mistakes but allowing other people to make mistakes, how do you acknowledge, address them? … Leadership to me is not just about talking, setting new rules, having these heartfelt conversations, … you actually have to build something that actually helps the team and you have to listen to them. If the team says that no we don't need a complicated process, … let's co-create something that people actually use and find it helpful … when that system breaks down a bit, start another conversation again. … so you have to be very iterative, respectful, be a good listener and act accordingly," Fei Wu told me on Episode 39 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Fei helps small business owners craft video content to showcase their products and services, and to grow their customer base with YouTube strategies designed to meet their business needs.

She is a bilingual podcaster (English and Mandarin Chinese), the creator of Feisworld Media (a monetized YouTube channel with 17K subscribers and 50K+ views per month), Feisworld Podcast / 菲的世界播客 (with over 200K downloads worldwide) and Feisworld Documentary Series on Amazon Prime.

She left her job in marketing and advertising to build a company of her own called Feisworld LLC, with a mission to help small businesses and creative entrepreneurs tell better stories, find more customers and create new revenue streams.

She also teaches others how to run better Zoom Meetings and Webinars, own and monetize their content on YouTube via Feisworld Academy.

Her stories have been featured by Dorie Clark in her best-selling book called “Entrepreneurial You”, as well as Harvard Business Review.

Fei was born in Beijing, China and moved to Maine, USA for high school as a teenager and graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. Fei has a 3rd-Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and worked as a DJ for the China National Radio Station (CNR) at the age of 16.

I had a great conversation with Fei and we talked about the following:

The importance of the mental game to high performance,

Moving to the US as a teenager, adapting to life in an unfamiliar country and playing on the ice hockey team with and against boys,

How embracing constraints rather than fighting them sparks creativity,

Good feedback helps shape career development and the focus of content creation,

Following her strengths to become a project manager early in her career,

Taking small steps to build her podcast which gave her the confidence to leave corporate life,

Why it's important to enjoy the content creation process rather than solely focusing on the results,

Interviewing Steve Wozniak and Mark Cuban,

Having a vision and goal for your life and career but being open to this changing over time as you grow,

The leadership lessons that she picked up from building her team, especially listening, and

Don’t overthink content creation, just start a blog or record a video, it does not have to be perfect!

Resources & People Mentioned

The Atherton Twins (Cirque du Soleil Aerialists)

Seth Godin

Dr Christian Busch

Dr Gabija Toleikyte

Dr Grace Lordan – Think Big

Steve Wozniak

Mark Cuban

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dorie Clark

Contact Fei

Website: https://www.feisworld.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/feisworldmedia

Podcast: https://www.feisworld.com/podcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feiwu/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/feisworld

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feisworld

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

I hope you had a great Summer and managed to recharge, I enjoyed my time off too! It's great to be back and there are some great guests lined up for the Autumn. 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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

"Stop comparing yourself to people, just stop, stop doing that period. Everybody had to start somewhere, everybody you're comparing yourself to was exactly where you were at some point and it doesn't happen overnight … Even though life is short, I think if you can just kind of say hey it's going to take time, I'm never going to be a finished product, I'm going to die being an unfinished product and just enjoy the process and the journey." Travis L. Scott shared with me on Episode 35 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Travis is a marketing and sales specialist and the Founder of Rainier Digital which helps companies solve interesting operational problems when it comes to marketing and sales. He also is the host of the Marketing UnBoxed and The Winding Road Podcasts.

After graduating high school, he attended Ball State University, eventually transferring to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana where he graduated with a degree in Environmental Science.

Early in his career, he decided he wanted to learn more about business so he went back to school and obtained an MBA with a focus in marketing from the University of Colorado. Since then, he has worked in sales, recruiting, and eventually marketing spanning a startup in Seattle to Microsoft to a small B2B distributor in Denver.

He realized how similar marketing is to just about everything in life since it's so deeply rooted in psychology.  That's when he realized he could help people by teaching basic marketing principles and demonstrating how they can apply to your career.

Travis is also the author of “Think Differently: How Recruitment Marketing Gets You Noticed Over The Noise”.

Travis and I had a great conversation and talked about the following:

The importance of resilience and ignoring negative self talk,

How curiosity and the love of learning helped him start podcasting without prior experience,

Reassessing his priorities following the pandemic,

Strategies for overcoming ageism in the job search,

Choosing work which is fun and fulfilling rather than simply based on pay,

How playing sport developed his mental strength, resilience and discipline,

Initially working for the public sector but transitioning into sales and recruitment,

Working as a recruiter for a global tech company and insights for job seekers from a recruiter's perspective,

Creating content helps to share your knowledge and values,

Using marketing principles to build your personal brand,

Focusing on the process and your own journey rather than comparing yourself to others,

Writing his book on recruitment marketing in six months in an Akimbo workshop, and

Becoming comfortable with "good enough", perfection is not always required,

People & Resources Mentioned

John Mellencamp

Donald C Baker

Cal Newport – So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Seth Godin

Brannan Sirratt

Dorie Clark

Sam Jacobs

Contact Travis

Rainier Digital website: https://www.rainierdigital.com/

Winding Road Podcast: https://www.windingroadcareers.com/

Marketing Unboxed Podcast: https://www.rainierdigital.com/podcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisscott24/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milehighguy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/509marketer

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

I am honoured and grateful to Mac's List and Mac Prichard for including me in Mac's List top Career Podcasts of 2022. Thank you so much to the listeners and the wonderful guests who have made the show such a success!

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

How can professionals with diverse interests and skills integrate different career paths into a cohesive and successful journey? I discussed this and so much more with Dr Nazan Artun on Episode 87 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Understanding what success means to you,

How Nazan managed the transition from growing up in Turkey to life in the USA,

The benefits of being a generalist in a specialist world,

Understanding your career narrative and how to convey that to potential employers and collaborators,

Recognizing and leveraging strengths and skills from diverse experiences and seeing what is transferrable,

The power of making small experiments in your career,

Building confidence in your multifaceted career by understanding how your unique combination of skills adds value,

Identifying and developing your superpowers, and

Ideas to boost your job search.

Nazan is a Leadership and Career Coach, pharmacist, and award-winning artist with a PhD in Biotechnology specializing in Personalized Medicine. She empowers healthcare and biopharma leaders to gain clarity on their aspirations, transform their careers, and achieve personal and professional goals.

Using a tailored coaching approach rooted in mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, and behavioral neuropsychology, Nazan helps clients navigate high-stress environments, develop organizational and leadership skills, and foster creativity for personal and professional growth.

As founder of the Neotolia Fusion Jazz Band, she also inspires through music, proving creativity can fuel professional growth. Her mission is to create compassionate workplaces where leaders inspire thriving teams, reduced turnover, and meaningful impact.

People & Resources mentioned

Dr James Hollis

Dr Tasha Eurich

Contact Nazan

Website: https://www.drartun.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nazannihal/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 15th 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 insights into the four attributes that high achievers, like Olympic athletes, Nobel Prize winners and astronauts share and how this can help you improve your performance? Dr Ruth Gotian, discussed this, career development strategies and much more on Episode 25 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Her love of soccer from an early age and how she became the only girl on her soccer team;

How high achievers’ growth mindset helps them overcome challenges;

Following her passion to move from finance into learning and education;

The P.I.E. concept and how your exposure is significantly more important than your performance to professional success;

How Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan focused on the fundamentals and building strong foundations;

Discovering four attributes shared by high achievers: intrinsic motivation, perseverance, strong foundation, constantly learning through informal means;

Innovation & Creativity;

Being open to learning from the most appropriate person, even if less experienced;

Finding suitable mentors who connect with your learning style;

How a security guard helped Ruth find a mentor for her PhD;

Building your network through relationships and giving more than you receive;

Career development strategies including volunteering, especially outside your field and network and

Taking control of what you are able to control like Olympic athletes.

Ruth is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about ‘optimizing success’. She also has a weekly show and podcast by the same name where she gathers high achievers to talk about their journey to success. In 2021, she was one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking and is a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list.

During her extensive career, she has personally coached and mentored thousands of people ranging from undergraduates to faculty members.  As Assistant Dean for Mentoring she oversaw the success of nearly 1,800 faculty members at Weill Cornell Medicine. Currently, she researches the most successful people of our generation, including Nobel laureates, astronauts, CEOs and Olympic champions, in order to learn about their habits and practices so that we may optimize our own success.

Ruth was awarded the prestigious Thinkers50 2021 RADAR award and is the author of "The Success Factor" which is a great read.

Ruth received her B.S. and M.S. in Business Management from the University at Stony Brook in New York and certificates in Executive Leadership and Managing for Execution from Cornell University. She earned her doctorate at Teachers College Columbia University where she studied Adult Learning and Leadership and focused her research on optimizing success.

Ruth told me “Everyone thinks, I'm going to do a good job, people will recognise it and I will get promoted or recognised or whatever it is. The problem is that's not how it works! There's been a lot of research on this for over a quarter of a century and the needle has not moved on this … remember the word pie, P.I.E. … P is performance, I is your image and E is your exposure … the amount of your success that's actually based on your performance … is only 10%, that's it, 10%, your image is 30% and your exposure is 60%!”.

People & Resources mentioned

Tim Grover

Kobe Bryant

Michael Jordan

Dr Beau Lotto

Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Andy Lopata

Sally Helgesen

Marshall Goldsmith

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2021/05/18/why-kobe-bryant-and-michael-jordan-kept-winning-on-and-off-the-court/?sh=7acab068167b

www.ruthgotian.com/mentoringteam

www.ruthgotian.com/passionaudit

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

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 

LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

“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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Is it possible to found a tech start up without having any experience in this area? That is what Sophia Matveeva did and she discussed this, insights from building a new business Tech For Non-Techies and so much more on Episode 29 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Our shared interest in classical literature;

Studying politics at Bristol University and where this interest came from,

Her passion for communication which helped her find a job in PR at Finsbury Glover Herring,

Why marketing and selling skills are vital for a CEO and founder of a business,

Creating Enty, a fashion tech startup, despite not having a tech background,

Learning the tech skills and knowledge to help her lead a tech business,

Pivoting and moving her focus to her Tech For Non-Techies business once the pandemic hit,

The importance of creativity in tech companies,

Navigating the relationship between a Founder and the Chief Technology Officer, and

Cutting through “bro culture” and tech jargon to run a tech business.

Sophia is the founder of Tech For Non-Techies, an education company and consultancy. Sophia has contributed to the Financial Times, The Guardian and Forbes on entrepreneurship and technology, and hosts the top rated Tech for Non-Techies podcast.    She has also guest lectured at the University of Chicago, London Business School, and Oxford University, and led the Blackstone x Techstars accelerator at the University of Texas at El Paso.   As a non-technical founder, she has co-created apps and algorithms that have been used by thousands, won App of the Day by Mashable, and were featured by Inc, the BBC and more.    Sophia loves helping entrepreneurs and has advised Chicago Booth’s New Venture Challenge and Microsoft x London College of Fashion incubator.    She holds an MBA from Chicago Booth, and a BSc (Hons) in Politics from Bristol. She speaks English, Russian and French. Sophia also sits on the Board of University of Chicago’s Alumni in the UK.

I met Sophia on one of her courses just prior to the first lockdown in the UK as I am designing a personal development App. It was great to catch up with her again on the show.

Sophia and I talked about starting her tech business and told me "When I was doing my MBA at Chicago Booth, I actually remember I wrote in my application essay that my plan was to come up with an idea for a business, get a team and raise some money during my MBA and then leave business school for this company. I mean I didn't actually expect it to happen, I thought it would be nice if it happened, I didn't expect it to happen but you know what it did happen! I tested the idea, I had to do a lot of ego busting work to raise money but somehow I did it and essentially the team and I, we came up with an idea for a fashion tech company." 

Resources & People mentioned

The Odyssey

The Iliad

Dorie Clark

Rachel Rodgers

Contact Sophia

Website: https://www.techfornontechies.co/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-for-non-techies

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techfornontechies/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechForNonTechiesCommunity

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophiaMatveeva

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

“So there's a lot of pressure in change, in trying to engineer how we feel or how we think, thoughts just come into our heads randomly, who knows why we think certain things. We can respond to the thoughts but that's effortful, takes energy. So there's an alternative conceptualization which is that confidence doesn't have to be about how you feel or feeling good or having positive thoughts, confidence is more about an action and the action is driven by your values” Paul Berry told me on Episode 38 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

With a background in the field of performance psychology, Paul works with C-suite leaders, and those transitioning into leadership roles, to enhance various aspects related to organisational and individual performance.

Paul specialises in Developmental Coaching, which seeks to better understand how leaders construct their worldviews, and how this influences their approach to leadership, working relationships and decision-making. His coaching aims to enhance client critical thinking and achieve shifts in perspective.

As an experienced group facilitator, Paul works with several business psychology consultancies in the UK, delivering on large leadership development programmes. He also has an interest in developing coach expertise and has published academic work in this area.

Paul was previously a professional for nearly 15 years in the investment banking industry. He worked as an equity and credit derivatives trader for a global banking group, managing large risk positions.

Paul has numerous coaching and finance qualifications, including a masters in coaching and mentoring practice from Oxford Brookes University, a masters in Performance Psychology from the University of Edinburgh and a masters in Investment Analysis and a BA in Economics both from the University of Stirling.

I had a great conversation with Paul and talked about the following:

His interest in the psychology of performance,

Why Paul started working in Finance,

Managing stress in the financial markets and at work,

The importance of developing your network,

Reflection v Reflexivity,

Confidence and potential strategies for developing it,

Overcoming self doubt,

Managing nerves and being confident in a job interview scenario,

Intuition in decision making, and

“Kind v Wicked” environments in the context of intuition.

Resources & People Mentioned

An Astronaut’s Guide To Life – Chris Hadfield

Sylvie Guillem

Daniel Kahnemann

Gary Klein

Tatiana Bachkirova

Contact Paul

Website: https://humanperformancescience.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/paulmberry

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hpsperform

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

What is a career mashup and how can it help build the business of you? Connie Steele and I discussed this, her best-selling book “Building the Business of You and so much more on Episode 37 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Appreciating your achievements and talents, especially things you find easy,

Studying mathematics but moving into marketing research after researching options in college,

Being strategic and intentional to transition into Tech with AOL to learn new skills and accelerate her own growth,

Enjoying the agile Tech environment of experimenting, learning and not worrying about failure,

Becoming the "CEO of You", viewing yourself as a product/ service and showcasing how you add value and what you stand for,

Adopting a flexible mindset to deal with the increasing uncertainty of the world,

Her new book “Building the Business of You” which looks at providing a system/ roadmap to develop your career,

Being strategic when planning and developing your career not simply working hard,

Being honest about your abilities and seeing how they dovetail with macro and micro trends to identify potential career opportunities,

Work is not always meritocratic, you need to understand the bigger picture, develop soft skills and build strong relationships,

Creating a career development plan and sharing it with trusted people in your network so that they may help guide you to your goals,

Don’t take feedback as criticism but reframe it as a data point and way to improve and

The importance of emotional intelligence, it’s a skill that you can develop.

Connie is a future of work and life expert, author, co-founder of management consultancy Flywheel Associates and host of the Strategic Momentum Podcast. 

With over twenty years of experience, working at Fortune 500 (companies such as AOL and General Mills), start-up and scale-up organizations, high-growth tech companies, and consulting with C-level executives, Connie has observed firsthand how business is no longer straightforward, but collaborative and fluid. Connie has always been intrigued by the “why” behind companies and careers that thrive and has spent ten years studying the workplace trends that are now permanent changes. Her goal is to help people understand their skills, talents and interests to help them build their long term strategic approach in order for them to discover their portfolio career or superjob. She’s also passionate about helping leaders build fluid organizations to adapt and thrive in a world where uncertainty is the new certainty.

In her best-selling book “Building the Business of You,” Connie shares the trends of tomorrow so professionals can form their own career mashup – her term for the career of the future in which workers merge their skills, passions and values. Connie’s book shares future of work trends that provide the ‘why’ behind how people’s attitudes, motivations and expectations are changing with respect to work and life. Yet, it also touches on the implications to our personal and leadership development as a result. It teaches a strategic planning framework to help those take control of their career, because in today’s world you have to now be the CEO of you.

Connie’s perspectives and advice has appeared on Forbes, Authority Magazine, TechRound and Thrive Global.

Connie and I talked about how progress at work is not always directly linked to working hard and performing well and she told me: “For so many, you go into work thinking it is this meritocracy, you go in thinking it is black and white just like school ... the reality is that's not always the case at all, sometimes it is but in many instances there are so many other factors that influence an outcome and if you're not aware of that, you're not seeing the big picture, it's hard to understand. Many people get quite frustrated because they don't understand why peers might be moving up when they may not have that level of talent or commitment to delivery and so you see that there's this hidden game”.

Resources & People Mentioned

So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Cal Newport

Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Contact Connie

Website: https://www.conniewsteele.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conniewsteele/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/conniewsteele

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conniewangsteele/

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4TyNZ9626qKT3eP7S4UugQ

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.

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 kindness such an important characteristic for leaders? Julie Adam, author of Imperfectly Kind and the Executive Vice President & General Manager at Universal Music Canada, discussed this, her successful career in the music industry and much more on Episode 28 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Her love of baseball and music from childhood;

The creative process and how taking time for yourself outside work helps;

Dealing with nerves;

How her mentors helped her realise that her skills lay in working behind the scenes rather than on air;

Making the most of an unexpected opportunity in an interim role as Program Director which became permanent;

Overcoming limiting beliefs to write her book;

How Julie created a management style of being kind which aligned with her values but was also great for her business;

Being kind does not mean you can’t make tough decisions;

Taking ownership for your career development;

Why it pays to be nice to everyone not just those with power;

Being flexible and dealing with uncertainty; and

Finding a job that you find fulfilling and is true to yourself and your values.

Julie is currently the Executive Vice President & General Manager at Universal Music Canada. Prior to this, she was responsible for driving the strategy and overseeing the management and development of Rogers Sports & Media’s local and national News & Entertainment brands, including the likes of CityNews, 98.1 CHFI, Citytv, KiSS 92.5, Pacific Content, Frequency Podcast Network, FX/FXX, OLN, OMNI Television, and Rogers tv. As President of News & Entertainment, her portfolio included Rogers Sports & Media’s 54 radio stations, 2 podcast networks, 29 local television stations, and 15 television channels.

With decades of experience in radio and broadcasting, Julie is a passionate and dedicated leader in her industry.

She began her career at Rogers in 1999 as the KiSS 92.5 Program Director. Since then, Julie has been recognized as Canada’s first female Vice President of Programming and is a recipient of the Rosalie Award from Radio Trailblazers. Julie is a graduate of Ryerson University and holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree, with a major in Radio and Television.

Julie is proud to sit on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, MusiCounts, Radioplayer Canada, and Canadian Broadcast Sales. At Rogers, Julie was Chair of Rise for Women, a part of the Rogers Women’s Network, and sat on the board of the company’s Inclusion & Diversity Council.

I met Julie through Seth Godin’s writing in community course, which led to her book “Imperfectly Kind: Why Kindness Is The Must-Have Superpower You Need To Lead”, which is an enjoyable read.

Julie and I talked about how you can be kind but firm as a leader and told me "Sometimes, people mistake kindness with weakness and that you can’t be a kind boss because then you’re giving up your power, that’s not it at all. In fact what I’ve learned in business is that often by being kind, you get more as a leader, people want to try harder because you treat them well. That does not mean that you let them do whatever they want or no matter how good or bad people are at their job, they get to stay in it, it’s the opposite." 

Resources & People mentioned

The Dalai Lama

Vincent Walsh TEDx talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyU-AbYiEd0

Contact Julie

Website - https://julieadam.ca/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieadamcanada/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/julieadam

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Looking for insights on how neuroscience can help your job search, improve your decision making and manage high stake situations at work? I had the pleasure of discussing this and so much more with Gunes Italiaander on Episode 89 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

What the film The Truman Show can teach us about career and personal development,

Why she moved on from studying for a neuroscience PhD at Oxford to the corporate world,

How she achieved success in her career but eventually had to face up to and manage burnout,

Self care and the benefits of taking time for yourself,

The importance of controlling what you can control,

Strategies to help deal with high pressure situations at work like interviews or presentations,

Bouncing back from adversity,

Understanding what success and professional happiness means to you,

Improving your decision making and understanding the role that emotions play and

How to manage the challenges when moving from middle to senior management.

Gunes is a purpose-driven leader and coach with a rich and varied career that spans neuroscience, data science, product management, and business strategy. Her journey reflects a deep passion for understanding how people think, work, and lead—and creating systems and solutions that drive meaningful change.

Her 15+ year professional story began in neuroscience, where she explored emotional decision-making, behavioral economics, and game theory, earning her a unique perspective on human behavior under pressure. From there, she transitioned into data science at Vodafone, where she solved complex marketing and business challenges through predictive models with a customer experience lens.

Eager to bridge technology and human interaction, Gunes shifted into product and design, working at Philips and IDEO to craft innovative, human-centric solutions. She then combined her technical and creative expertise at BCG X (digital ventures), where she played a key leadership role in building and scaling startups for Fortune 100 companies for many years.

Currently, Gunes serves as VP of Product and Engineering at Worksome, a scale-up that empowers enterprises to work seamlessly with independent contractors. She leads cross-functional teams across product, engineering, and design, driving strategy and execution to scale a platform that is used across the globe by some of the biggest enterprise companies.

People & Resources Mentioned

Daniel Kahneman

Antoni Damasio

Contact Gunes

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunesitaliaander/

Email: gunes.italiaander@gmail.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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 12th 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 strategies to future proof your career and business in a world where uncertainty and disruption is becoming ever more common? Jonathan Brill, a futurist and author of "Rogue Waves", discussed this and much more with me on Episode 20 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

How he studied Industrial Design and worked with Sony to build a museum for the future;

Becoming the Global Futurist at Hewlett-Packard (“HP”);

How to take advantage of disruption;

What are Rogue Waves?;

Preparing companies to cope with disruption;

The ABCs of Resilient Growth – Awareness, Behaviour Change and Culture Change;

Using simple tools to find solutions;

Why timing, sequencing and hedging are important?;

How Toyota used hedging to overcome supply issues;

How Elon Musk & SpaceX disrupted the space travel market;

Insights from basketball applicable to business; and

Territory Studio and its work on blockbuster movies.

Jonathan is a renowned expert on resilient growth and decision making under uncertainty. His insights are based on experience. As a senior leader and the Global Futurist at HP, he directed long-term strategy and intelligence programs.

He is the Managing Director of Resilient Growth Partners and a board member at Frost & Sullivan, a major market intelligence firm with offices in 46 countries.  He is the Futurist-in-Residence at Territory Studio, the creative visionaries behind the sci-fi tech in Stephen Spielberg’s Ready Player One, Ghost in the Shell and Blade Runner 2049, where he creates products and better worlds for both super villains and real-life heroes.

He advises globally on resilient growth strategy and product innovation to clients like Samsung, Microsoft, Verizon, PepsiCo and the United States government. He is an in demand thought leader, speaker and contributor for TED, Forbes and the Harvard Business Review.

He holds a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute, spent years as a research consultant to the MIT Media Lab and in management training at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

His new book, “Rogue Waves” was recently published, which looks at future proofing your business to survive & profit from radical change.

Jonathan told me "I think that combination of really getting down to the root cause, understanding the reality and then understanding how you model systems around that, I think it's a really powerful combination and you don't need to be Elon Musk to do these things. So much of what he does, so much of what he suggests, so much what he thinks, of what he thinks about is how do we do it in a more simple way, what are the underlying structural issues?" 

People Mentioned and Resources

Anaïs Nin

Elon Musk

Shane Battier

HBR article: https://www.jonathanbrill.com/recent/harvard-business-review-article-how-hp-turns-business-catastrophes-to-their-advantage

Helen Keller

Dorie Clark – The Long Game

Contact Jonathan

https://www.jonathanbrill.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbrill1 

https://twitter.com/jonathanbrill 

https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.brill.752 

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

What is growth mindset and positive psychology and how can it help enhance your job search and career development? Lucy Whitehall, the founder of Transform and Thrive, discussed this and much more on Episode 3 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about: 

Fixed versus Growth Mindset,

Developing a Growth Mindset,

Dealing with Failure,

Neuroplasticity and its implications,

Reframing and looking at the reality of the situation,

Strategies for job hunting in the current climate,

Networking in a virtual environment,

Content creation and developing your brand,

Dealing with difficulties in work related scenarios and

Improving working from home.

Lucy is a Masters level coach and employee wellbeing specialist. As a Positive Psychologist Lucy uses evidence-based approaches to help people tackle unhelpful assumptions and behaviours in order to enhance levels of psychological, emotional and physical wellbeing. Lucy is an accredited senior coaching practitioner with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and works one to one with C-suite leaders, partners, managers and entrepreneurs.

She is adept at creating psychological safety for her clients through a compassionate, non-judgemental style which empowers her clients to create solutions that work effectively for them. Lucy offers over 20 years of experience in employee wellbeing and has experience working with companies in the commercial and third sector, establishing wellbeing strategies that help employees flourish and businesses succeed.

Lucy holds a BSc in Life Sciences, MSc in Human Resource Management, and is a chartered member of the Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD). Lucy is a qualified Mindfulness guide and holds the world recognised Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology from the University of East London.

Clients are at the heart of Lucy’s work and her lifelong commitment to learning includes continued professional development in areas including: Thinking Environment Coaching, Mindful Self-Compassion, Trauma informed coaching, At My Best Strengths facilitation and Coaching Psychology.

I first met Lucy five years ago on a “Managing Personal Change Effectively” course organised by CABA, the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association, which Lucy presented. It was the first time that a personal development course resonated with me as she introduced me to Carol Dweck’s work on the growth mindset and neuroscience concepts. This inspired me to start my personal development journey, which helped bring about the “Reframe & Reset Your Career” podcast so thank you Lucy!

Lucy is also a big fan of Dorie Clark and she showed one of Dorie’s talks on the course. This was the first time that I had heard of Dorie’s work, which inspired me to reach out to Dorie, we connected and Dorie kindly agreed to be a future guest on the podcast!

Lucy told me "this work by Carol Dweck was essentially postulating that it's the way that we approach challenge and difficulty in life that really leads to the outcome. So are we going to approach it with a mindset that is what she calls fixed, this idea of really not seeing the opportunity. Also this concept of seeing failure as the end … people with a growth mindset they will also feel disappointed, hurt and sad when they fail but what they do differently is to pick themselves up and say yes this hurts this feels really uncomfortable, I don't want to fail but they then start asking themselves I wonder what I can do differently next time, who can I talk to, what resources can I draw on, what can I learn and who can I learn it from"

People & Resources Mentioned

Mindset – Dr Carol Dweck

Contact Lucy

http://transformandthrive.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-whitehall-990549a/

https://www.instagram.com/lucyswhitehall/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career. 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.*

Limiting beliefs impact many of us but there are strategies that can potentially help manage them. Deb Reuben and I discussed this, becoming comfortable with fear, how her business adapted to life after COVID and much more on Episode 23 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Overcoming limiting beliefs;

The value of building and maintaining strong relationships;

Being more curious to develop your life and career;

Moving outside your comfort zone;

Transitioning from gymnastics to the business world after an injury;

How she developed an interest in technology through the encouragement of her boss;

The lessons and mindset that she learned from gymnastics;

Becoming comfortable with fear, uncertainty and not knowing;

Gaining inspiration and knowledge from people outside her company to develop her career;

Continually evolving through your career;

Networking in the virtual world;

Looking into the future and adapting to not becoming obsolete;

“The Stockdale Paradox”;

Developing TomorrowZone and adapting to life post COVID; and

Potential strategies for job search and career development.

Deborah "Deb" Reuben is the CEO and Founder of TomorrowZone, a technology strategy consultancy inspiring fresh ideas and collaborations to shape the future of business. She encourages new thinking to explore the art of the possible through her extensive technical knowledge, equipment finance experience, and passion for challenging the status quo.  

 Her view on digital transformation and future readiness is radically different with over two decades of innovating, speaking, and most importantly, real-life innovation experience in finance and software industries. Deborah appreciates and shares with clients and audiences that digital transformation is less about the digital and more about the people.

Deb's clients and audiences include companies like PNC, Wells Fargo, Dell, Mitsubishi UFG, and Caterpillar.

 A member of ELFA's Board of Directors, Deb chairs the ELFA's Technology Innovation Working Group, serves on the Monitor Editorial Board and co-founded the Disrupted+ conference series with Monitor.

Monitor Magazine honored her as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women Leaders in Equipment Finance and, in 2021, named TomorrowZone one of the most innovative companies in the equipment finance ecosystem.

Deb spoke with me about becoming comfortable with fear and how this was developed through competing nationally in gymnastics in the US and said "You're building physical muscles but also ... building mental muscles and facing fear, getting used to continually facing fear and discomfort and knowing that as you're going through the learning process when you're trying something new, you're going to suck at it at first and you have to be okay with that if you're ever going to become awesome at anything. The ability to stick with it, the ability to try new things and a little bit of risk taking, I think a lot of that I got from my experience in gymnastics." 

Resources and people mentioned

William H Murray

Jim Collins – Good To Great

Admiral James Stockdale

Professor Vincent Walsh

Craig Dahl

Contact Deb

Website: https://tomorrowzone.io/

LinkedIn (TomorrowZone): https://www.linkedin.com/company/tomorrowzone/

LinkedIn (Deb Reuben): https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahreuben/

Twitter (TomorrowZone): https://twitter.com/tomorrowzone

Twitter (Deb Reuben): https://twitter.com/dreuben

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 ideas and strategies to help you build your dream career? Kathy Caprino, author of “The Most Powerful You: 7 Brave Paths To Building The Career Of Your Dreams”, discussed this, insights from her corporate career and much more me on Episode 34 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Don’t underestimate your achievements and the value of your talents,

How she is inspired by "Man’s Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl and the possibility to survive the most dire situations,

Insights from playing tennis at a high level and how they helped her personal development,

Empowering yourself and working on the “inner game”,

Don’t be afraid to reach out to people more successful than you but being courteous,

Shifting your perspective and looking at things from the other person’s viewpoint in difficult relationships,

Setting boundaries and being direct when dealing with disagreeable people,

Her regret on passing up a chance to interview for her dream job with a top publishing firm,

Interviewing at regular intervals to not miss opportunities and to ascertain your true value,

Having a successful corporate career but becoming increasingly unhappy,

Being laid off shortly after 9/11 and deciding to train as a therapist,

Seeking appropriate help if you are encountering difficulties at work or other areas of your life,

Her new book and the seven most damaging power gaps that hold people back,

Strategies for overcoming the three most common power gaps, and

Researching the new field and making small experiments in your spare time when thinking about changing careers.

Kathy is a career and leadership coach, a Forbes senior contributor, TEDx speaker, LinkedIn influencer, and host of the Finding Brave podcast (which has ranked in Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and beyond). Her mission is to support the advancement of women in business around the globe. Kathy is a speaker on topics spanning women’s empowerment, overcoming workplace adversity, effective communication, entrepreneurship, personal growth, and navigating change.

Prior to founding her executive coaching and consulting firm, she achieved an 18-year corporate career in publishing, direct marketing, and membership services, serving in director and VP roles in marketing, product development, research, and product management. Kathy earned an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fairfield University, a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University, and educational certifications and other training from New York University, the University of London, and the Institute for Life Coaching Training. 

Based in Stamford, CT, Kathy has been featured by top national publications including The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Times, SELF, Glamour, Oprah Magazine, and national television and radio outlets. Visit www.kathycaprino.com and https://findingbrave.org, and connect via Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.

Kathy is the author of “The Most Powerful You: 7 Brave Paths To Building The Career Of Your Dreams” and “Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Women’s Guide To Claiming A Life Of Passion, Power and Purpose”.

Kathy told me "No matter what job you're in right now, no matter how happy unhappy, you should be interviewing every three months, every six months, I don't mean just to kick the tire. I mean to understand your worth and your value in the workplace and what's available … I'm not saying don't be loyal, I'm saying put yourself first, it's your life, what could be more important than your life, interview and don't worry … put yourself first, pursue the big dream".

Resources & People mentioned

Man’s Search For Meaning – Viktor Frankl

Good To Great – Jim Collins

The Stockdale Paradox

Dr Nate Zinsser

Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

Alan Alda

Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Judy Robinett

Terry Real

Shawn Achor

Michelle Gielan

Contact Kathy

Website: https://kathycaprino.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathycaprino

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathycaprino

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElliaCommunications

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathycaprino/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

I am honoured and grateful to Mac's List and Mac Prichard for including me in Mac's List top Career Podcasts of 2022. Thank you so much to the listeners and the wonderful guests who have made the show such a success!

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Worried about how an ever more disruptive world and changes in the digital economy might impact your career and looking for strategies to help you adapt and retool? Nahia Orduña, the author of “Your Digital Reinvention”, discussed this and much more on Episode 21 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Overcoming limiting beliefs;

Taking calculated risks to progress in your career;

Creativity and solving challenging problems in technology;

Experimenting and having a broad experience at the start of her career;

How being adaptable and flexible can help your career;

Nahia's book and how it would help someone find a job in the digital world;

Working consistently over time to achieve your goals;

How Nahia finds the time to build her network whilst being a working mother;

Writing articles consistently to develop her ideas and thought leadership;

Sharing knowledge to pass on knowledge and refine ideas;

Building relationships authentically; and

Thinking of yourself as a start up when looking at your career development.

Nahia is currently a Manager in the Solution Architecture area at one of the biggest technology companies in the world. She has over 15 years’ experience in International IT and Tech companies and has held different roles in the field from Network Engineer to Solution Director in three different countries. She speaks speak Spanish, Basque, English, German and Data!

She is one of the leaders of the Women in Big Data organization, where she regularly engages, and shares thought leadership in forums to encourage and promote diversity in data careers. She won the Data Leader of the Year Europe 2019 Award at the Women in IT Summit awards.

Nahia is a contributor to the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business Review, where she shares her thoughts about the Future of Work and Digital Skills.

Her book “Your Digital Reinvention”, which was published in 2020, aims to help people find their place in the digital workspace. It is a blueprint for careers and retooling in the new digital world. 

Nahia told me "If you want to move on, you have to take risks so you have to be willing to take risk, you may go to a job where you don't know 100% what you're going to do but you go there or you look in a new field, going outside your comfort zone is the key to advancing your career." 

Resources & People Mentioned

Sheryl Sandberg

Nahia's HBR article: https://hbr.org/2021/03/why-robots-wont-steal-your-job

Grace Lordan

Jeff Gothelf

Contact Nahia

Website: https://nahiaorduna.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nahiaorduna/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nahiaorduna

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nahiaorduna/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

How can optimism help transform your life and career? I had the pleasure of discussing this, his new book The Bright Side and so much more with Sumit Paul-Choudhury on Episode 91 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

How Sumit developed his leadership skills and gained responsibility early,

The difficulties that come with leadership and how to manage them,

Why should you be optimistic in such a difficult world,

The Stockdale Paradox,

Unrealistic versus dispositional optimism,

Optimism and growth mindset,

Take your shot, you may succeed,

Fatalism versus controlling your future, and

Learning lessons from the past.

Sumit is an astrophysicist-turned-journalist, former editor in chief of New Scientist magazine and has served as a judge for the Baillie Gifford Prize (then Samuel Johnson Prize), the Wellcome Prize and the Costa Book Awards. The Bright Side is his first book.

He currently runs Alternity, a creative studio dedicated to what could, should and might be: alternative histories, social experiments and speculative futures. He trained as a physicist at Imperial College, where he earned a first-class B.Sc. and has an M.Sc. in Mathematics at Queen Mary & Westfield.

People & Resources Mentioned

Gottfried Leibniz

Oedipus Rex – Sophocles

Jim Collins – Good To Great

Voltaire - Candide

Contact Sumit

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumitpc/

Website: https://alternity.com/about-sumit/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 9th April. 

*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 ways to improve your communication at work and influence those people with more power? Dr Connson Locke, the author of Making Your Voice Heard, and I discussed this and much more on Episode 31 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Graduating from Harvard and starting her career in the non-profit sector,

Moving to Hong Kong and working in management consulting,

Developing an interest in training and teaching, which she developed at the Boston Consulting Group,

Earning a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley,

Her book Making Your Voice Heard and upward influence,

The four channels of communication: words, voice, touch and visual,

The importance of non-verbal communication, including facial expression, body language and tone of your voice, especially when communicating an opinion,

How to look and sound more confident through eye contact, voice and posture amongst other things,

French and Raven’s 5 bases of power, including developing Expert and Referent Power,

When starting a new job, taking time to understand the organisation and its power dynamics before trying to change things,

Stereotype threat,

Potential techniques for feeling more powerful such as visualisation,

Creating a “smile file” of positive feedback that you have received to pick you up in difficult moments,

Power posing and the research of Amy Cuddy and her colleagues,

Focusing on growing your Circle of Influence not your Circle of Concern,

The importance of picking your battles, upward influence takes time and effort.

Connson is a Professorial Lecturer at the  The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She joined the LSE in 2008 where she teaches Leadership, Organizational Behaviour, and Negotiation and Decision Making. Connson has over 30 years’ experience as an educator, coach, and consultant working in Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, and Australia. Prior to entering academia, she served as Regional Training and Development Manager for the Boston Consulting Group where she was responsible for the learning and development of consulting staff in 10 offices across Asia Pacific. Connson was awarded the LSE Department of Management’s Outstanding Teaching Contribution Award in 2013, was highly commended for Inspirational Teaching in the LSE Student-Led Teaching Excellence Awards 2015 and 2017, and received the LSE Excellence in Education Award in 2018. Connson holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Organizational Behaviour) from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University where she graduated with honours. Her book, Making Your Voice Heard, uses the research on power and influence to help people speak up to those who have more power than they do.

Connson told me: “Expert and referent power are really important … think about it as a reputation that you're building over time and the stronger that reputation when it comes time for you to actually suggest a change to the company or complain about something … then they will go "oh maybe we should listen" … it's a long-term strategy. So the expert power is basically people respect you for something for some kind of expertise, it doesn't have to be an expertise on the particular thing that they're discussing at that moment but it has to be an expertise in something that's important … The referent power is people want to work with you, they want to have this good relationship with you, you have a reputation as someone who's great to work with”.

Resources & People mentioned

The Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon

French & Raven

Dr Amy Cuddy

Dr Andy Yap

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

Influence – Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Contact Connson

Website: https://connsonlocke.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/connsonlocke 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/connsonlocke 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiHMQQ9zxBdOk-LdXv-l2YPWKN8Pn7ktM 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConnsonChouLocke/ 

LSE Executive Education: https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/executive-education 

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

I am honoured and grateful to Mac's List and Mac Prichard for including me in the Mac's List top Career Podcasts of 2022. Thank you so much to the listeners and the wonderful guests who have made the show such a success!

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

Looking for insights from an leader who had exposure to some of the top business minds during her MBA program at Harvard Business School but then decided to go down the path of entrepreneurship, writing and coaching? Marguerite Orane, discussed this and much more on episode 33 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast

In this episode, we will learn about:

Taking over the management of her family business and being successful, despite her youth,

Her experience at Harvard Business School and earning an MBA,

Meeting President Barack Obama,

Becoming comfortable with reaching out to people and not being attached to the outcome, especially if negative,

Taking a conscious decision to leave corporate life and start her own business,

Not allowing fear to hold her back from making decisions and taking action,

Her interest in strategy, facilitation and the balanced scorecard and how she applies it to a wide range of businesses,

Her passion for meditation and mindfulness, training as a meditation teacher and creating an online program,

Viewing aging positively and focusing on the opportunities to learn from younger colleagues and share knowledge,

Her enjoyment of blogging and how she turned this into her first published book,

Becoming clear what success means to you and not being distracted by other people’s ideas, and

Applying principles of stoic philosophy to make the most of life and gratitude for small joys.

Marguerite advises and facilitates leaders of growing firms in getting clarity on the results they want and implementing strategies for success with the added bonus of joy! An insightful and results-focused leadership coach, she has an outstanding record of empowering executives and their teams to envision a compelling future, articulate strategy, implement aligned organizational change and boost profitability.

She leverages her family business upbringing, 15 years in general management, over 20 years in consulting and exposure to the greatest business minds during her MBA program at Harvard Business School, to delight her clients. She is recognized as an articulate and inspiring coach with an engaging personality, relentless questioning and an ability to simplify complex issues.

Marguerite is an expert in Strategy articulation and Culture alignment, and in particular in the Balanced Scorecard. She has added value to organizations in the private, public, nongovernmental and educational sectors, including Cable and Wireless, TUI Marine, National Commercial Bank, City of Hamilton, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, Inter American Development Bank (IADB) and the Government of the Netherlands.

Marguerite is a trained practitioner of Transformational Coaching, Strategic Intervention Coaching, Group Process Facilitation and the Balanced Scorecard. In addition, she is a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader who knows that laughter releases creativity because she laughs … a lot! She has studied Improvisational Theatre at Second City Toronto and uses it to build teams that have each other’s backs!

Marguerite is the author of 2 books: “Forget It! What’s the Point?” and “Free and Laughing: Spiritual Insights in Every Day Moments” and is an avid blogger at www.margueriteorane.com 

"What does success mean to you, no one else? Sometimes people climb the ladder of success and find it's the wrong ladder for them and so become very clear about what really brings you joy, it's your own path of success because that's what keeps you going … get very clear on what success means to you not just only in terms of work but in all aspects of your life", Marguerite Orane shared with me on the episode.

Resources & People mentioned

Bob Marley

President Barack Obama

Dorie Clark

Dr Christian Busch

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

Contact Marguerite

Website: https://margueriteorane.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margueriteorane/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MargueriteOrane 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyenabler/ 

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

I am honoured and grateful to Mac's List and Mac Prichard for including me in Mac's List top Career Podcasts of 2022. Thank you so much to the listeners and the wonderful guests who have made the show such a success!

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

“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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

I am a complete novice to the podcast game and just did not think that I had the talent to host one. However, during lockdown last year, a good friend of mine, Lindsey Stewart, celebrated his 20 year anniversary at one of the big accounting firms and he kindly asked me to interview him for a podcast to mark the milestone. I have to admit that I was a little apprehensive but we had such a great time recording the interview and received some positive feedback and this was the initial spark to start me thinking about hosting a podcast.

I am not a professional career coach, my background is in Finance and I have worked for over 15 years in front office and advisory roles in Investment Banking, the “big 4” accounting firms and Investment Management. However, probably similar to many of you, my career path has not been linear or smooth, there have been a number of peaks and troughs. Even though, I have worked hard and achieved some good qualifications, I have been through periods where I have struggled to find the right job and sometimes have felt stuck and dissatisfied. 

This brought up two thoughts “is there a smarter more strategic way to approach career development as sometimes working harder is simply not enough?” and “is there a way of creating a systematic approach to the whole process?”

This started me on my journey to understanding and developing skills and strategies to assist the job search process but also helping career progression once we’re employed. One of the practical ways I did this was by volunteering for the last two years for the CFA UK Soft Skills Working Group and have helped organise a number of events and webinars on a range of topics from public speaking, changing habits to improving productivity.

I have also become fascinated by neuroscience and psychology, and was introduced to concepts such as mindset, neuroplasticity and and habit creation through wonderful seminars by Lucy Whitehall, a positive psychologist and Dr Gabija Toleikyte, a neuroscientist. I was intrigued by the notion that our brains are similar to those of our ancestors on the plains of Africa thousands of years ago. However, the life and death threats that our ancestors faced are very different from those that we face today.

It made me think that if we are able to gain a better understanding of our brains, it may help us to understand why we do the things that we do and provide insights as to how we might change. 

In the podcast, I talk about the highlights of the first two episodes. Episode 1 is with Dr Gabija Toleikyte, is a neuroscientist, lecturer, and performance and wellbeing coach, and the author of “Why the F*ck can’t I change”. Episode 2 is with Dr Christian Busch, who directs the CGA Global Economy Program at New York University (NYU) and is the author of “The Serendipity Mindset The Art & Science of Creating Good Luck”.  

Rather than simply talking you through my life and career, I talk about the following events and themes which have had a significant impact on my life and career:

Playing Cricket – I played for Middlesex, which is one of England’s professional teams and subsequently Essex from the under 11 to the under 19 sides and was lucky enough to play a couple of Essex Second Team matches. I was actually paid for one of the matches, so technically, I was a professional cricketer albeit with a very short career at the lowest level possible!

I talk about important life lessons which cricket taught me and I was able to apply to my professional career such as motivation, being resilient, learning to feal with failure, confidence, teamwork and gratitude.

Standing out from the crowd – I started my career as an Auditor at EY in London with over a 150  graduate trainees from the top universities in the UK, who were all ambitious and determined to succeed. It made me think how I would be able to distinguish myself from my peers. I discuss the ways in which I tried to do this and how learning new skills, such as speaking Japanese, and technical knowledge helped me.

Building relationships - much of my career progression has been based on being authentic and trying to build relationships based on having common interests rather than being transactional. I talk about Robert Cialdini, the renowned author of “Influence” and finding “commonalities”, how keeping in touch with a former colleague helped me find a job in banking and when building my network, the importance of a genuine connection, thinking long term and how both parties might benefit.

Luck – luck has played a huge role in my life. I was fortunate that my parents are both doctors who believed in education and was lucky to be educated at a great school and subsequently went to the London School of Economics. I talk about how it’s impossible to control luck but we are able to control how we react to bad luck and try not to dwell on it, thinking of it as a numbers game and the bad luck that I had when interviewing for jobs after university and how it turned around when I interviewed at EY.

Resources

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Mindset – Dr Carol Dweck

Contact

https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 

https://www.facebook.com/ReframeandResetYourCareer

https://twitter.com/HarshaBoralessa

*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 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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

If things are not working out in your current job, it's important to take action and not stay stuck. The first step may not take you to your ideal destination but if you persist, hopefully it will. Shola Kaye and I discussed how this approach helped her to move on from a career in teaching which was not fulfilling, public speaking, her books and much more on Episode 14 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

How Shola avercame adversity to move from teaching to management consulting;

Exploring change when you’re not satisfied;

Creating more inclusive meetings;

How to gain greater self-confidence;

Following her childhood dream to become a professional singer;

How to manage nerves before public speaking, presenting at work or performing;

Developing your personal brand and managing your career;

Preparing for interviews and how story telling can help; and

Strategies to help communication at work.

Shola is a multi award-winning speaker, specialising in communication, leadership and D.E.I (diversity, equity & inclusion). She is passionate about helping organisations create an atmosphere of belonging for their people and for those individuals, in turn, to have the skills needed to make their full contribution with powerful and effective communication. She does this through workshops and consulting.

Shola has had an amazingly diverse career. After graduating from Cambridge University and Emory University, she worked for blue-chip corporates in the high pressure industries of investment banking and IT management consulting in New York and London.

She then pursued her dream of performing as a Professional jazz and Motown singer, both internationally and throughout the UK. Whilst still performing, she started her business, which she has been running successfully for a number of years.

She has performed for, or spoken in front of tens of thousands of people internationally. She has delivered for clients like American Express, Tate & Lyle and The United Nations, and been featured in or written for Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar and the BBC.

She is the author of two books “Big Talk, Small Talk” and “How to be a Diva at Public Speaking”. I first met Shola through the Toastmasters programme, although she was a  significantly more accomplished public speaker than me. Shola is a Distinguished Toast Master, the highest level you’re able to achieve.

Shola told me: "You've got to think “well is this how I want to spend a significant portion of my life” because time is the one thing that we cannot replace … but there's just something in your gut that says this isn't right and you just have to keep taking the next step and the next step … and eventually hoping that all those steps will take you to a place where this is where I need to be and the experiences I've had in the past all lend themselves to me being successful in this moment in this time that I'm at now”.

People & Resources Mentioned

Think Big - Dr Grace Lordan

Thinking Fast And Slow - Daniel Kahneman

Noise - Daniel Kahneman

Mini Habits - Steven Guise

Oprah Winfrey

Zig Ziglar

Oprah Winfrey

Contact Shola

Website: https://sholakaye.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sholakaye/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakuplikeadiva/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakUpDIVA

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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. 

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

"Most guys who are playing professionally are good players technically and there’s not a huge amount to differentiate them. So what often is the factor that sets them apart … is what they’re like mentally", Robbie White, kindly shared with me on Episode 8 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Robbie is a professional cricketer with one of England’s top cricket clubs, Middlesex CCC. Robbie has been on Middlesex’s radar from the age of 10 and spent three years in their Academy before gaining a full-time contract with the club.

Prior to becoming a full time professional cricketer with Middlesex, Robbie attended Loughborough University, where he studied Psychology as he has always been interested in the mental side of sport.

Robbie is a batsman and wicket keeper and he scored heavily in the 2nd team which helped him into the first team in 2018 & 2019. He also spent a stint on loan at Essex in 2019, giving him yet more valuable experience at a first team level, where he played with Sir Alastair Cook, one of England’s greatest cricketers, and Peter Siddle, one of Australia’s top fast bowlers.

Over the winter Robbie used his time off to start working for David James Wealth as a Client Relationship Manager to start gaining experience in the business world to help him navigate his life after cricket.

I was interested in interviewing Robbie as I played a lot of cricket when I was young, funnily enough, I played for the junior Middlesex and Essex teams,  and found the mental side of cricket fascinating! Cricket is unique in the mental demands it places on the players due to the length of the game, one match may last for five days. Although it is a team sport, there is no place to hide as individual statistics are reported constantly and analysed just like baseball.

I also liked that Robbie took the time over the Winter to explore career options after his cricket career ends. However well he does as a cricketer, there are many years of work to be filled after cricket and it is important to be prepared. Unfortunately, there are many athletes, including cricketers, who have found the transition to life after sport quite difficult.

I had a great conversation with Robbie, it was especially impressive as this was his first podcast and we discussed the following:

Studying Psychology at University

Growth Mindset & Sport

How Robbie Uses Psychology in Cricket

Playing and Learning from Great Cricketers

Finding a Way to Succeed

Dealing with Stress & Pressure

Navigating the Team Environment

Maintaining Confidence Despite Constant Setbacks

Coping with Failure and 

Exploring Opportunities Outside Cricket

Resources

Mindset – Dr Carol S. Dweck

Contact Robbie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-white-8226a7164/

https://twitter.com/rwhitey15?lang=en

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

Job Search Process guide link - https://sendfox.com/lp/1w844e 

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 more about the strategies that helped Deepa Purushothaman become ‘a first’: an Indian American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in Deloitte's history. She discussed this, her book, “The First, The Few, The Only” and much more on Episode 30 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Her starting out in consulting at Deloitte as the only non-business school graduate in her intake,

The attributes that helped her become one of the youngest partners in Deloitte’s history,

Being comfortable about not knowing everything and asking other people,

Why Deepa transitioned out of her successful consulting career,

Starting her new company nFormation with Rha Goddess,

Why she wrote her book “The First, The Few, The Only”,

Taking power and control back,

Dealing with micro aggressive behaviour,

Navigating your career in a strategic way not just working harder,

How to play the game while you change the game,

Analysing if you should you stay at a company or leave and finding the right destination, and 

Don’t fear leaving your job and the associated title and status.

Deepa is the author of The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color can Redefine Power in Corporate America and the co-founder of nFormation, a company which provides a brave, safe, and new space for professionals who are women of color.

Prior to this, Deepa spent more than twenty years at Deloitte and was ‘a first’: an Indian American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in the company’s history.

In her time there, she helped grow Deloitte's Social Impact Practice, served as a National Managing Partner of Inclusion, and served as the Managing Partner of WIN—the firm’s renowned program to recruit, retain, and advance women.

Focusing on women’s leadership and inclusion strategies, Deepa’s mission is to help women of color navigate the complex and often opaque corporate structures of today—helping them not only take a seat at the table, but change the way the table is formed.

Deepa has degrees from Wellesley College, Harvard Kennedy School, and the London School of Economics. She speaks extensively on women and leadership. She has been featured at national conferences and in publications including Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Huffington Post, and Harvard Business Review.

Deepa and I talked about not putting up with situations that are not beneficial for us and she told me "The advice you're talking about is from one of my mentors, it's my favorite business advice and he said "never need a client more than you want a client" … but I do think it applies to life and I think part of what my work is about is in meeting all these women, now I've met thousands of women of color, I think there's also a lot that we're taught consciously and unconsciously so I think as a children of immigrants a lot of us were taught security is important, to stay in the job, just be quiet, just put up with it, like that setup as an example makes us stay in situations that don't work for us."

Resources & People mentioned

Dolly Chugh

Contact Deepa

Website: https://www.deepapuru.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepapuru

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deepa.puru/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deepa.purushothaman.75

Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepapuru

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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 from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

"There are ways that you can try to connect with somebody and let them feel seen and understood, it reminds me of something that Dale Carnegie said “be interested not interesting”, so take the focus off of yourself and show an interest in the other person but in a way where you are genuinely interested not just on the surface" Tammy Gooler Loeb kindly shared with me on Episode 12 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Tammy is an Executive and Career Coach, Speaker, Facilitator and the founder and host of the “Work From The Inside Out” podcast. 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, 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.

Tammy is the author of a book also titled “Work From The Inside Out”, which will be published later in the year.

It was a particular pleasure having Tammy on the show as she has been a great supporter and invited me on to her podcast shortly after we first met last year. I had a great time on her show and this helped push me to launch my podcaast in January and a YouTube Channel shortly afterwards.

Tammy and I had a great conversation and discussed the following:

Forming Meaningful Connections and Developing Your Network;

How Her Parents Influenced Her Life’s Work;

Working In The Mayor’s Office In Boston & Insights Into Public Policy;

Starting The “Work from the Inside Out” Podcast And Writing Her Book;

Acknowledging Your Fears and Not Allowing Them To Stop Your Progress;

What Does Success Really Mean?;

Confidence and Reframing Negative Thoughts; and

Building Your Profile & Brand.

Resources & People Mentioned

Maya Angelou

Influence - Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Dale Carnegie

Taming Your Gremlin – Richard Carson

Dr Andrew D. Hubermann

Simon Sinek

Contact Tammy

https://www.tammygoolerloeb.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammygoolerloeb

https://www.facebook.com/TammyGoolerLoebCoaching/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

https://twitter.com/tammygoolerloeb?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/tammygoolerloeb/

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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

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YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

“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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Would you like to know more about potential strategies and mindsets that can help bring more luck and serendipity into your life? Dr Christian Busch and I discussed this, his bestselling book and much more on Episode 2 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Casting your net as wide as possible when applying for jobs as it’s a numbers game,

The process of creating opportunities for serendipity to potentially arise,

Developing a process to deal with the unexpected,

Building meaningful not transactional relationships,

Reframing situations and looking for potential opportunities,

Setting serendipity hooks when meeting new people to find common interests,

Following his passion for serendipity to write his book and

Taking calculated/ managed risks when managing your career similar to a company using a portfolio approach.

Christian is a business professor at USC Marshall and a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE). He served as Inaugural Co-Director of the LSE's Innovation Center, directed NYU’s CGA Global Economy Program, and is the co-founder of Sandbox Network, a global community of young innovators, as well as of Leaders on Purpose, an organization convening leading CEOs.

Christian's bestselling book, The Serendipity Mindset (Penguin Random House), has been highlighted as a "wise, exciting, and life-changing book" (Arianna Huffington, Founder, Huffington Post); a "bracing and hopeful antidote to a world addicted to efficiency and control" (Daniel Pink, Bestselling author of Drive); "highly recommended" (Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder, LinkedIn); and offering "excellent practical guidance for all" (Paul Polman, former CEO, Unilever). The book has been updated and is now called "Connect The Dots: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck."

He describes in his book that he was rebellious as a teenager and this resulted in a life changing event when he ended up in a serious car accident, which made him question the meaning of his life. He developed a keen interest in serendipity from that day onwards and this also helped him to start turning his life around and focus on his academic career, which clearly paid off resulting in his PhD from the LSE!

His research has been published in leading journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, and was featured by Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Guardian, Fast Company, BBC, Forbes, GOOP podcast, WIRED, Handbook of Inclusive Innovation, among others. In 2016, he received the 'Best Paper Award' (Entrepreneurship) of Emerald Publishing, and the 'Best Social Entrepreneurship Paper Award' of the Academy of Management. The way in which I first came across Christian might have been a story straight from his book. I was watching YouTube in July 2020, saw a talk on The Serendipity Mindset and found it resonated with me. Then I cheekily reached out to him through LinkedIn and he kindly agreed to participate in a webinar that I was organising. The webinar went well and he was kind enough to be the first guest to commit to the podcast. 

People & Resources Mentioned

Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Contact Christian

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianwbusch/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cbusch

Website: https://theserendipitymindset.com/

Twitter: @ChrisSerendip

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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. 

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

“We're not trying to tell people think this way, or think that way. What we're saying is just stop and think, just stop and think … Do you have what you want? Is it working for you? If not, be true to yourself. Reframe, reset what you need to, there is not one definition of success. You may have a definition of success, or a definition of how you should be going about what you want to achieve all these years of your life, then you wake up one day and you say this isn't what I want at all and so you can change it if you want,” Tammy Gooler Loeb shared with me on Episode 26 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Episode 26 is slightly different in format as it marks the 1-year anniversary of the show. Tammy, who hosts the "Work from the Inside Out" podcast, kindly agreed to co-host the show. We discuss and celebrate some of the insights and lessons that have been shared by the guests on Reframe & Reset Your Career. I first met Tammy in late 2020 to chat about podcasting and her encouragement gave me the final push to launch my own podcast and a YouTube channel just a few months later, thanks Tammy!

Tammy is an Executive and Career Coach, Author, Speaker, Facilitator and the founder and host of the “Work from the Inside Out” podcast. 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 Co-Active Training Institute and a graduate of the Co-Active Leadership Program. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Hampshire College and an MBA from Boston University.

Prior to establishing her practice, 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.

Tammy has written a book also titled: Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career that Fulfills You, which will be published on 25th January. The book includes 22 real-life stories that illustrate the hurdles that can hold you back, offering successful strategies and reflective activities that will move your thinking and actions toward new possibilities.

We had a great conversation and discussed the following:

How playing sport shaped my interest in performance development;

Managing failure;

My interest in neuroscience and how this inspired the podcast;

Starting the podcast and how Tammy’s encouragement helped overcome limiting beliefs;

Growth Mindset;

Luck and creating opportunities for yourself by being curious;

Defining what success means from each of our perspectives;

Empowering yourself and taking ownership of your career development;

Adaptability and being creative to deal with uncertainty;

Trying small experiments to test potential new areas for work;

Being resilient and responding to failure;

Focus on what you can control; and

The “Stockdale Paradox” as described by Jim Collins and reframing difficult situations.

Resources & People Mentioned

Why the F*ck Can't I Change - Dr Gabija Toleikyte

The Long Game - Dorie Clark

The Serendipity Mindset - Dr Christian Busch

Emilie West

Future Proof - Diana Wu David

Forever Employable - Jeff Gothelf

Rogue Waves - Jonathan Brill

Deb Reuben

Jamie Cox

Good To Great - Jim Collins

Contact Tammy

https://www.tammygoolerloeb.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammygoolerloeb

https://www.facebook.com/TammyGoolerLoebCoaching/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

https://twitter.com/tammygoolerloeb?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/tammygoolerloeb/

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

"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.*

Looking for insights and strategies to potentially make yourself forever employable? Jeff Gothelf and I discussed this, his career in tech, his book Forever Employable and so much more on Episode 15 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

His Early Life As A Musician;

Transitioning To Becoming A UX Designer;

How “Enthusiastic Scepticism” Has Shaped his Career;

Thinking Of Your Career As A Start Up;

Noticing And Adapting To Industry Trends;

The Five Steps and Qualities To Becoming Forever Employable;

Self Confidence & Managing Imposter Syndrome;

The Importance Of Execution & Taking Action;

Why Story Telling Is So Important; and

Creating A Routine.

Jeff helps organisations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond. Jeff started his career as a designer working with the first companies to use the internet as a new communication, sales and service channel. He now works as a coach, consultant and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management and human-centred design. Most recently Jeff co-founded Sense & Respond Press, a publishing house for practical business books for busy executives. His most recent book, Forever Employable, was published in June 2020. He has also written Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking.

Jeff shared this great insight with me on the show: "If I could figure out how to reclaim control over my career so instead of me pushing myself out into the market, if I could create a situation where I am attracting, I'm pulling opportunities towards me, well that would guarantee that no matter what came my way, whether I was 35 or 40 or 45 or whatever there was always an inbound stream of opportunities".

People & Resources Mentioned

Janice Fraser

Information Architecture For The World Wide Web - Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville

Astro Teller & his TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t13Rq4oc7A

So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Cal Newport

Alden Mills

Ali Abdaal

Seth Godin

Josh Seiden

Contact Jeff

Website: https://jeffgothelf.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gothelf/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jboogie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foreveremployable

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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. 

*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.*

"Employers hire people to solve problems and you need to recognize that and you need to explore that when you do have a job interview with a hiring manager … if you want to distinguish yourself from your competitors … one of the best ways to do that is to ask the hiring manager what's keeping him or her up at night … and you have an opportunity to reflect back on your own experience and share examples of how you've solved a similar problem or you can talk about your ideas for solving that problem and when you do that the nature of the conversation changes, you're becoming almost peers because you're working together to solve a problem" Mac Prichard shared with me on Episode 32 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Mac is a communications strategist and career expert based in Portland, Oregon. He is the founder and publisher of Mac’s List, where he writes regularly about job hunting, leads classes on job search skills, and hosts the Find Your Dream Job podcast.

He also owns and operates  Prichard Communications, a public relations agency that serves non-profits, public agencies, and foundations across the United States. Prior to running his own business, Mac had many years experience working in politics, government and non-profits.

He has a degree in political science from the University of Iowa and a masters in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.

He is the author of two books: Land Your Dream Job Anywhere and Land Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond). When he’s not hard at work, Mac can be found watching classic movies, taking photos during his travels, or walking around Ladd’s Addition with his wife Kris and Weimaraner Kai.

Mac and I had an enjoyable conversation and talked about the following:

His interest in politics from an early age and studying politics at the University of Iowa.

Working on political campaigns and the skills he learnt,

Developing his interest in communication through role models in his family,

How volunteering helped Mac secure a position with a human rights organisation in Washington,

Changing his job search strategy and using informational interviews to find a new job which was not advertised,

Setting goals and being clear about what you want during your job search,

Starting Prichard Communications whilst still in employment, which helped him manage the risk of starting his own business,

Insights into the hiring process and looking at it from the hiring manager’s perspective,

Potential strategies to demonstrate problem solving skills at interview,

Taking charge of your career development and being proactive, and

Not being afraid to follow up politely after making a request as sometimes people are too busy and forget to respond.

Resources & People mentioned

The Candidate

Robert Redford

Shirley Williams – British politician

Influence – Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Contact Mac

Mac's List website: https://www.macslist.org/ 

"Find Your Dream Job" podcast: https://www.macslist.org/podcasts

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macprichard/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mac_Prichard 

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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

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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.

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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]

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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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

"You've got to move forward, you've got to make sure that wherever you are each day, you're somewhere in front of where you were yesterday and if you take that simple approach other stuff works because you're always going to be dealing with something in your life that's not perfect" Jamie Cox shared this insight with me about the importance of managing failure both in cricket and life on Episode 24 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Jamie was a successful professional cricketer, enjoying an 18-year career in first-class cricket in both England and Australia, representing Somerset and Tasmania. He scored in excess of 18,500 first-class runs, as well as almost 6,000 in List A matches.

After his cricketing career, Jamie moved into sports administration and completed a Law degree with the Open University.

He has subsequently gone on to hold senior roles across a number of organisations including the Australian Institute of Sport, Cricket Australia, the South Australia Cricket Association, St Kilda Football Club and Cricket Tasmania.

Jamie is currently the Assistant Secretary, Cricket and Operations, at the Marylebone Cricket Club ("MCC"), where he looks after all the cricket departments of the MCC, including the delivery of the Out-Match programme, which sees the Club play around 500 fixtures each year, and the important overseas touring schedule. He is also responsible for delivery of the World Cricket committee.

We had a great conversation and talked about the following:

His interest in cricket and sport in general from an early stage;

Learning to manage failure and adversity in cricket;

Not dwelling too long if you’re stuck and taking action;

How the concept of “The Stockdale Paradox” has been helpful;

The importance of focus;

Dealing with pressure and clarity of thought;

How he overcame the loss of his consulting work during COVID;

Be present but set future goals and work towards them;

Taking ownership of your career development;

Looking forward and not dwelling when he encountered adversity;

The skills that he picked up from sport which helped his career after cricket; and

Being polite and treating people well no matter their position.

People & Resources mentioned

Sir Donald Bradman

Good To Great – Jim Collins

Admiral James Stockdale

Contact Jamie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-cox-62207340/ 

https://twitter.com/jamiecox1969/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

Why having a white belt mentality and remaining an eternal student is so important to help navigate the increasingly challenging times we're facing? Simon Alexander Ong, the award winning author of Energize, discussed this, insights to help your career development and much more on Episode 11 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast. 

In this episode, we will learn about:

Ways to develop creativity;

Having a learning mindset and acquiring new skills;

How he found a job in Investment Banking despite struggling at university;

How creating a compelling story about yourself can help build new relationships;

Control what you can control;

How curiosity helps on your career journey;

The benefits of mentors & support;

His book and the importance of energising yourself; and

How adding value today can help your career and life.

Everything that Simon does is built around inspiring people to see their world differently and igniting their imagination of what is truly possible so that they can unleash their deepest potential. From a young age, Simon has always been curious about learning and exploring the areas of personal fulfilment, human potential and organisational success. This curiosity was accelerated following his departure from the financial industry, in which he began his career in following graduation from the London School of Economics. Studying the mindset and habits of successful leaders and organisations, Simon enjoys distilling his insights into lessons that can be easily understood and codifying the key principles that have had the biggest impact. He speaks at international events, conferences and corporate events that have included those organised by Google, London School Of Economics, Barclays UK, The Institute Of Directors, Virgin, O2, Salesforce, 10 Downing Street, Natwest, Enterprise Nation and Microsoft. As a life coach and business strategist, Simon also helps leaders, entrepreneurs, organisations and celebrities to transcend perceived limitations and experience extraordinary transformations through the power of insight, perspective and energy management. Simon has been featured in a wide range of publications that include the The Financial Times, Women's Health, HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Virgin StartUp and Harvard Business Review. He has also been interviewed on Sky News, BBC Radio London, LBC radio's Business Hour show and for Barclays UK adverts.

Simon told me: "It’s no longer about just what you know, it’s about how you can keep learning, keep evolving because the world doesn’t stay still, the world keeps changing and it’s our ability to remain an eternal student, adopt that white belt mentality, that will help us navigate these uncertain times". 

Resources & People Mentioned

Professor Vincent Walsh

Jim Rome

So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Cal Newport (Just to clarify, Cal Newport does not advocate following your passion)

Think And Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

Contact Simon

Website: https://www.simonalexanderong.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonalexanderong/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonAlexanderO

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simonalexanderong.official

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonalexandero/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/simonong

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

Want to gain insights into the neuroscience behind creating change, habits,  decision making and gain a better understanding of some of our actions? Dr Gabija Toleikyte discussed this and much more on Episode 1 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Habits -  why we form them, what needs they serve, why it’s so difficult to change them and potentially looking for alternatives to those habits. Forming new habits takes time and repetition.

Emotions - The role of emotions and learning how to understand our emotions and their underlying cause. Activities such as meditation, physical exercise, and time with loved ones may help to calm emotions.

Motivation versus Inspiration – finding those activities and work which inspire you may help to increase motivation.

Procrastination – it’s important to understand the root causes of procrastination and then tackle the cause to improve productivity.

Decision making – when we have too many decisions to make, we may become stuck in analysis paralysis, and eliminating the decisions that don’t matter may help. 

The “Amygdala hijack” may lead to us saying or doing things we regret so it’s best to not make any important decisions at this time!

Overwhelming levels of stress are not good for performance but there are certain levels of stress which may help focus.

The importance of sleep, exercise, and nutrition for brain health.

Finally as an extra bonus, insights into personal relationships and why we are attracted to certain people.

Dr Gabija Toleikyte is a neuroscientist, lecturer, and performance and wellbeing coach.  She is currently a lecturer in psychology at Sheffield Hallam University and her first book, “Why the F*ck can’t I change?”, will be published in January 2021.

There were two significant events that helped develop Gabija’s interest in neuroscience, Firstly, when she was around 8 years old, she went to see a neurologist to deal with some migraines and he explained to her in detail how the brain worked, which fascinated her. There was a second slightly more sad event as her father had a stroke which severely affected him, fortunately, after intense therapy for three months he made a good recovery. 

Gabija completed her PhD at University College London and her PhD findings were published in one of the highest impact research journals, Nature Neuroscience, in 2017. Prior to that, she undertook award-winning research on Parkinson’s disease at the University of Helsinki.

During her PhD, Gabija also qualified as a business coach and coached UCL academics and administrative staff. Combining her neuroscience background with coaching experience Gabija started her own consulting company, providing coaching and seminars for organizations and the general public. Gabija is also a TEDx speaker and her work has been featured in the Guardian.  

I first met Gabija in 2017 at one of her evening lectures and quickly became a huge fan of hers and neuroscience and have attended a number of her lectures and workshops since then. I was so pleased when she agreed to appear as the first guest on my podcast and we had such a fun conversation.

Gabija discussed the importance of motivation or inspiration in relation to personal productivity and told me "I like to move from motivation to inspiration. So motivation is pumping yourself up to do the task you don't want to do which requires constant energy in order to do so. Now if you really get clear what things you really enjoy doing, what things are truly important to you and link that task to those things … you would naturally feel more inspired to do that task and being motivated would just follow naturally from it. So I find that a much more long-lasting effect."

People & Resources Mentioned

Daniel Kahneman – “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

Antonio Damasio – “Descartes’ Error”

Contact Gabija

Website: http://www.mybrainduringtheday.com/

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/phd-gabija-toleikyte

Twitter: https://twitter.com/supergcoaching?lang=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/supergabija

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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. 

*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.*

“Recycleye was Victor looking at the waste industry and also what I was doing in computer vision and then … here's some technology that could solve this problem and applying it to the industry … specifically on things that are currently manual” Peter Hedley told me on Episode 10 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

Peter is the co-founder and CTO of Recycleye, a London-based intelligent waste management start up, which is training the world’s most powerful recycling robotics  with machine learning to sort recycling waste in a more efficient manner. Recycleye was founded by Victor Dewulf, CEO, and Peter, who first met at the University of Bath.

Their team of technologists and creatives has developed computer vision algorithms that replicate the power of human vision to identify every item in entire waste streams – broken down by material, object and even brand. 

Recycleye secured £1.2 million in seed funding last December with MMC Ventures and Playfair Capital leading the round, with participation from leading funds. They recently sold their first machine, which is an amazing achievement!

Peter has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Bath and a Masters in Computer Science from Imperial College, London.

I first met Peter three years ago when he was setting up a Technology Club along with Jack Young and Sam Collins. I knew nothing about technology but was interested in learning more and became friends with Peter, Jack and Sam. Peter was helpful when I started designing a personal development App based on neuroscience and psychology and from this research came the Reframe & Reset Your Career Podcast and YouTube channel.

Peter and I had such a great conversation and we talked about the following:

His Interest in Technology and Pivot to Computer Science,

Meeting Victor and the start of Recycleye,

How He Finds New Ideas,

Technology as a medium of delivering content,

Reimagining your Career as a Start Up and Extracting Value for Your Skills,

The Reality of Working For a Start Up,

Thinking Creatively to Develop Their First Prototype,

Ways of Developing Creativity.

The Evolution of His Role As Recycleye Has Grown,

Switching Between Deep Work And Daily Tasks,

Managing Uncertainty On A Personal & Company Level

Finding A Path Into The Tech Industry, and

Fostering An Open Company Culture

Resources & People Mentioned

The Culture Code: The Secret of Highly Successful Groups – Daniel Coyle

Steve Jobs Stanford Speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Steve Wozniak

Garry Tan

Mindset – Dr Carol S. Dweck

Jeff Bezos

The Mom Test – Rob Fitzpatrick

Johnny Marr - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PV8-5zbbBI

Dorie Clark

The Miracle Morning – Hal Elrod

Contact Peter

https://recycleye.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-hedley/

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding.

Please feel free to join the LinkedIn page, details above. Thanks so much 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.*

Becoming frustrated that you're not achieving the success that your efforts deserve and looking for long term thinking and strategies to break out of this? Dorie Clark discussed this, her book “The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World” from Harvard Business Review Press and much more on Episode 5 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

How Dorie bounced back after losing her dream job in journalism,

The importance of content creation to help you stand out and build your brand,

Why you should not be shy about marketing yourself,

Creating multiple revenue streams for your business,

Being proactive and thinking differently when looking for a job,

How interpreting the same facts in a different way generates value,

Focusing on the process and execution, and

Testing your ideas through content creation and interacting with your audience.

Dorie Clark is an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Entrepreneurial You, which was named "one of the most important business books of the year" by Inc. magazine and one of the Top 5 Books of the Year by Forbes, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine. 

A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. You can download her free Entrepreneurial You self-assessment workbook and learn more about Dorie at dorieclark.com/entrepreneur.

She was named one of the Top 50 Business Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50, and the #1 Communication Coach in the World by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards, as well as one of the Top 10 Communication Professionals in the World by Global Gurus.

She is also a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album and invests in Broadway productions, and am a lyricist in BMI's Tony-Award winning Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop.

Her specialties include: marketing, branding, management consulting, strategy consulting, communications, speaking, keynote speaking, professional speaking, professional speaker, personal branding and executive coaching. 

I first came across Dorie, when I saw a video of one of her talks, five years ago on a personal development course run by Lucy Whitehall and CABA. Dorie's ideas on reinvention and personal branding resonated with me and I reached out to her via her website. This was something that I rarely did, I did not expect to hear back and had no thoughts of starting a podcast at the time. I was amazed when she kindly responded, we started emailing, became friends over the years and I joined her REx group. Now fast forward five years, I had the pleasure of having her on my podcast and we had such a fun interview!

Dorie talked to me about why content creation is important for personal branding and told me "I'm definitely a big believer in that you need at bats because it is very hard to predict. I mean when I was first writing my first book "Reinventing You", prior to coming to that as a topic, I had come up with three different ideas for potential first books that I could create and you know it turns out like pretty much no one was interested in any of them! … "Reinventing You" actually stemmed from a random blog post that I had written for Harvard Business Review that for some reason, I did not think it was special, in any particular way but the market was like “this, we want this” and so it ended up turning into my first book!".

People & Resources Mentioned

Influence – Robert B. Cialdini

The EMyth Revisited – Michael Gerber

TEdX Lugano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6leLPN8ipI

Contact Dorie

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dorieclark

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doriec/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dorieclarkauthor/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dorieclark/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DorieClark

Website: www.dorieclark.com 

Clubhouse: @dorieclark

Other Resources provided by Dorie

Entrepreneurial You self assessment workbook: dorieclark.com/entrepreneur 

Stand Out self-assessment workbook: dorieclark.com/join  

Recognized Expert Evaluation Toolkit: dorieclark.com/toolkit

Entrepreneurial You self-assessment: http://dorieclark.com/entrepreneur

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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. 

*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 about potential strategies and ideas to future proof you career? Diana Wu David, futurist and author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration, discussed this, her career and much more on Episode 16 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

Having An Experimentation Mindset;

Reflecting And Learning From Every Job Move;

Being Strategic With Your Career And Looking To The Future;

Transitioning From A Corporate To A Portfolio Career;

The Four Aspects Of Future Proofing Your Career;

The Power of Your Network;

The Importance of Adaptability In Your Career;

Resilience;

Taking Action On A Regular Basis; and

Being Proactive When Looking For Opportunities.

Diana is a former Financial Times executive, author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School’s EMBA Global Asia. She started out her career working on high level strategy as a management consultant and as an assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger. She works with global leaders, companies and boards to enhance their ability to adapt, contribute, collaborate and grow.  She has consulted with or spoken to clients including JP Morgan, AXA, Credit Suisse, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the World Bank, Asia Development Bank, Expedia and Randstad.

She is a futurist and writes about the future of work for publications including Fast Company, Inc and Thrive and speaks globally on the future of work, corporate governance and boards and East-West issues.

Dian told me “It's easier than ever for you to do those kind of experiments, so you can instead of deciding to launch a newsletter you can start writing on Medium and get feedback in terms of whether or not people are interested and I remember for myself I loved my job that was in venture capital and so at some point I was invited to join an Incubator, an angel investing fund, and I decided not to do it … I decided to just stay in my job and allocate a portion of my salary to investing in companies and I went on the advisory board for them instead of joining them as a partner”.

Resources & People Mentioned

Mizuta Masahide 

Henry Kissinger

Diana’s TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBObnvIZGwE

Donna Eiby

World Economic Forum Article on Skills of Tomorrow - https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/top-10-work-skills-of-tomorrow-how-long-it-takes-to-learn-them/

Dorie Clark

Tammy Gooler Loeb

Contact Diana

Website: https://dianawudavid.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianawudavid/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianawudavid

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dianawudavidpage/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianawudavid/

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

Looking to gain a better understanding of mental wellness at work including insights into psychological safety and managing uncertainty? Susanna Harkonen, an Organizational Mental Health Expert & Registered Counselor, discussed this with me on Episode 17 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.

In this episode, we will learn about:

How Mental Wellness Impacts All Areas Of Life;

The Nervous System And Its Impact On Mental Wellness;

Dealing With Uncertainty;

Psychological Safety;

Why Control Is Important;

Empowerment;

Dealing With Limiting Beliefs;

Understanding Our Emotions;

Job Search Strategies; and

Navigating Work Place Issues.

Susanna is a registered counsellor and a certified coach with a background in logistics and supply chain management. She worked globally for the International Labor Organization, and had considerable international business management experience before she decided to focus her career on improving mental wellness at work.

Susanna is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, a Certified autism spectrum disorder clinical specialist and a Certified grief therapist, and she is professionally trained in many other areas including neuroscience, positive psychology, and Mental Health First Aid for organisations.  Susanna works with organisations, coaches & therapists and offers individual counselling to people around the globe. 

Her purpose and passion is to make mental wellness the new normal in organisations, and empower stressed professionals to take charge of their lives and feel better at work.

Susanna told me “Empowerment is something where you make conscious decisions, you don’t put yourself down, you don’t put yourself up but you don’t commiserate and complain, you actually take action”. Thanks for a great interview Susanna.

People & Resources Mentioned

Polyvagal Theory

Wherever You Go, There You Are – Jon Kabat-Zinn

Contact Susanna

https://innerwork.world/

https://www.facebook.com/InnerWorkWorld

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanna-harkonen/

https://twitter.com/HarkonenSusanna

Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ

LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 

E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much 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.*

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*

“I wanted to work for an investment company … one of the regulators had a list of investment companies listed A to Z, so I had a very simple strategy. I started off with the ones starting with an A and wrote them all a letter … none of the initial As replied and I was just about to start on the Bs but I got a letter from a company beginning Ar and they said "we’re interested, come and have a chat with us" and that was purely good luck”. My good friend, Chris Bailey shared with me how he managed to get his big break into the investment industry, which set him on the path to a successful career without the aid of connections or contacts, simply hard work and writing lots of letters!

Chris is the founder of Financial Orbit, a research and investment consulting firm. He has 25 years of investment industry experience at long-only and long-short institutions as a global multi-asset fund manager, strategist/macro thinker and, in the earlier part of his career, as a securities and fund analyst. He strongly believes in the importance of the fusion of top-down and bottom-up analysis taking a view that an understanding of both aspects is the only way to get a full view of global opportunities. Prior to Financial Orbit Limited, Chris worked for a London based fund management group and headed the team for a range of globally directly invested mutual funds, personally running the Growth, Balanced and Conservative funds (collectively around US$2bn of assets) all of which were either first or second quartile against their respective peer groups from inception in 2010 to the end of 2012. In the four years prior to this, for the same fund management company, he managed global thematic equity and European equity funds that also outperformed their benchmarks. He is in the process of writing a book on his journey in the investing world which will be published in 2022.

We had a great conversation and talked about the following:

How he became interested in investing through breakfast TV,

The need for continuous learning in your career;

The role psychology plays in investing;

The danger of group think;

Learning from your mistakes;

Accepting failure and moving on;

How he got his first break into the investment industry;

Developing an enquiring mind and interest in investing to help your job search;

Insights from working for a hedge fund;

Dealing with pressure;

Leaving a successful career to start his own venture; and

Recovering from a serious illness.

Resources & People Mentioned

One Up On Wall Street - Peter Lynch

Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

Warren Buffett

Charlie Munger

Contact Chris

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bailey-5008ab63/ 

http://www.financialorbit.com/ 

https://twitter.com/Financial_Orbit 

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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!

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Lindsey Stewart is an investor engagement expert who works for KPMG's UK audit practice. He has a 20-year career in financial services and holds the CFA and CIMA qualifications in financial analysis and management accounting. An avid communicator, Lindsey has authored many articles and publications on a variety of topics: from technical accounting, to audit and corporate governance, to soft skills, to inclusion and diversity. As a senior Black finance professional from a working class background, he is keen to explore ways to remove barriers - whether societal or psychological - that prevent talented individuals from less privileged groups from reaching their full potential.

I first met Lindsey two years ago when he joined the CFA UK Soft Skills Working Group for whom I had been volunteering for a year. I quickly found that Lindsey had a passion for building on his already considerable knowledge in this area as well as a wide range of interests outside work, which I shared like music, sport and comedy, including Chris Rock!

We quickly became friends and during lockdown last year, Lindsey reached a 20 year milestone in his career and I offered to interview him for a podcast to mark the landmark. The first effort was not bad but we realised that we were capable of better so we recorded again and released the podcast, which generated some positive feedback.

Up to that point, I had not considered podcasting so Lindsey’s interview played a pivotal role in the my starting to consider a podcast. Initially I wanted to host it with Lindsey, unfortunately, he was too busy so I talked myself into starting it myself. Now here we are less than a year later and I have the pleasure of interviewing Lindsey. We had a great conversation talking about the following:

Becoming Resilient and Learning From Setbacks

How Lindsey Gained His Big Break into Finance

The Value of Gaining Professional Qualifications

The Significance of Soft Skills In Your Career

Why Emotional Intelligence is Important for Leaders

Potential Strategies for Job Seekers and 

Building Relationships Rather than Networking

Resources & People mentioned

Mindset – Dr Carol S. Dweck

Influence – Dr Robert B. Cialdini

Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

Lindsey's CFA UK article - https://www.cfauk.org/pi-listing/inclusion-and-diversity-spotlight-lindsey-stewart-cfa#gsc.tab=0

Lindsey's Medium article - https://link.medium.com/yK2wtY4Gefb

Brené Brown

Dr Sarah Lewis

Contact Lindsey

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseystewart/

*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 - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com

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.*