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Interviews and minisodes on improving your leadership
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Episode 1: Three Things I Learned as a Leader During COVID-19
Episode 61: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Leaders
Episode 67: Your Permission Slip To Break the Mold of Old School Leadership with Madison Butler
Episode 80: You CAN give feedback as a Leader, and it CANNOT be triggering with Kim Scott
Episode 94: Heart Centered Leadership: Improv for the Soul with Claudia Martinez
Episode 101: The Rise of the Empathetic Leader with Career Development Visionary, Ryan McCrea
Episode 122: First Time Manager? How to Go from Peer to Manager in 5 Easy Steps with Ramona Shaw
Interviews and minisodes on failure
Interviews and minisodes on stories to inspire you
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Episode 54: Climb Your Own Everest with Sara Safari, Advocate, Adventurer and TedX Speaker
Episode 56: The Gifts of Going Blind with Chad Foster: International Motivational Speaker
Episode 57: Imperfections in Perseverance: How to Never Give Up with Casting Director, Lisa Stokes
Episode 64: From Failed It! to improve it! Over 26,000 Happy Participants and Counting
Interviews and minisodes on improving your
work-self
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Minisode 6: How to Fast Track Yourself for Career Growth with Rachel Oliveros
Episode 76: F Words at Work - The F Words Human Resources Should Want to Hear
Episode 86: The Number One Way to Network and Own Your Career with Andy Storch
Episode 97: Three Tips for Nailing Your Next Networking Event
Episode 99: Undaunted: How to Shake Self Doubt and the Self Doubt of Others with Kara Goldin
Episode 103: How To Stop People Pleasing & Accelerate Your Career On Your Own Terms
Episode 120: Up-Level Your Professional and Presentational Presence with My Coach Jane Atkinson
Interviews and minisodes on mental & physical health and work-life balance
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Episode 10: No More Morning #Fails - 5 Tips on How to Rock Your AM’S!
Episode 41: How to Kick Anxiety to the Curb
Episode 91: Habit Tracking Hacks: How to Level Up Your Leadership in 2022
Minisode 14: Need a Positivity Boost at Work? Three Ways Improv Improves Your Mental Health
Minisode 17: Morning Mindfulness Practice for Mission Driven Leaders
Episode 118: Sunday Scaries: Three Improv Techniques To Use to Reduce Pre-Work Jitters
Interviews and minisodes on how to crushing it, whether virtual or in-person
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Episode 55: 5 Tips on How to Lead Remote or Hybrid Teams
Episode 48: How to Show Up Virtually with Kathryn Janicek- Media and Digital Presence Expert
Episode 68: Hybrid Work Series: Engaging and Cultivating Company Culture in this New Hybrid World
Episode 70: Hybrid Work Series: Three Secrets to Self Care for Leaders of HybridTeams
Episode 72: Why You Should Still Have Candid Conversations In A Virtual World
Episode 78: Five Hacks to Have Highly Engaged Zoom Meetings
Interviews and minisodes on being seen, heard, and valued
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Episode 47: Your Budget = Moral Document. Lessons in DEI with Aubrey Blanche
Episode 58: LGBTQIA Communities at Work: Why Creating a Safe Space Matters with Betsy McCann
Episode 95: Building a Kick A$$ Culture of Inclusivity with Kim Scott + Trier Bryant
Episode 98: Bias, Racism and the Brain with Jason Greer
Episode 102: Value Yourself - Then Communicate That Value to Others with Chris Do
Episode 111: Anti-Racism in Business: Conversations with HR Conversationalist Shereen Daniels
Episode 112: How to Support Your Transgender Employees with Tara Robertson
Episode 119: Three Tips To Manage Neurodiverse Team Members with Joy Young
Episode 123: How to Use Improv to Magnetize a Culture Where All Feel Seen, Heard, and Valued
Interviews and minisodes on working parent strategies in today’s world
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Episode 52: What “Soft Skills” Parenting in A Pandemic Adds to Your Resume
Episode 53: MOM AF: Real Talk with Christine Michel Carter - The #1 Global Voice for Working Moms
Episode 105: Happy (Working) Mother’s Day - Three Improv Activities You Can Use on Your Kids
Episode 106: Priorities, Mental Health, and Being a Working Parent: A Conversation with My Mother
Interviews and minisodes on how to take your team to the next level
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Episode 66: Two Easy & Unique Icebreakers for your Next Corporate Team Meeting
Minisode 7: Using Improv to Team Build
Minisode 10: Want Your Team to Show Up For Each Other? Improv Can Help!
Minisode 12: 10 Ways To Know If improve it! Can Help Your Team!
Minisode 16: Planning Your Team Off-Site? Why Improv Is Better than any Trust Fall
Episode 127: Can You Lead Your Team to Communicate Effectively? 8 Must Know Tips!