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Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerKnow Your Audience And Engage ThemYou have likely been told and also cautioned others to "know your audience", but we aren't often given the tools to know and deeply engage our audience. There are countless personality tests used in businesses today, such that we can get lost in the 70 question surveys and interpretations. Without the mindset upgrade I am offering in this episode, you will be unable to reap any real benefits from knowing your own leadership style or that of others. Let's get your mindset right to pave the way for using my simple leadership style profiler (the last one you will ever...
2026-02-2030 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSetting BoundariesAs overachievers we tend to default to giving every last ounce of ourselves to our work, thinking it's the only way to be successful or to hang on to our careers. Here's the issue - we can't sustain this so we burnout or quit, and our business loses a great talent. Today, I invite you to take the long view on your career, and start putting in place healthy boundaries for peak performance. No one else will suggest these for you, but you can take the lead and establish them now.What You'll Learn F...
2026-02-1334 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerTame Corporate RageIf you feel your work satisfaction and the quality of your work experience on a day-to-day basis depends on what lurks in your inbox, Slack messages, or next decision made from on high, this episode is for you. You can take back control over your state at work, rather than letting your colleagues or the typical corporate kerfuffles set the tone, be it one of corporate rage or any other less-than-helpful emotion. What You'll Learn From This Episode:2 universal truths about companies and colleagues that can help you today3 toxic emotions to look o...
2026-02-0628 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSelling YourselfIf you have ever said that you are terrible at self-promotion, or simply hoped that a mystical sponsor might tap you on the shoulder with your dream career offer, it's high time you learned how to sell yourself. Whether you are seeking promotion, a raise, or a new role, you must master the skill of selling yourself. What You'll Learn From This Episode:The inaccurate assumptions that make us avoid the idea of sales, including of ourselvesHow to sell yourself, your boss, and your key stakeholders by articulating your value-addThe all-too-common scenario that o...
2026-01-3029 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerOvercome Imposter SyndromeImposter syndrome - that feeling of not measuring up to our colleagues and the worry that our inadequacy will be discovered and that will surely lead to dismissal. As we launch into a new calendar year, especially for those of us with bigger roles and titles, imposter syndrome can be rampant. In this episode, we investigate what's behind it and how to halt it so that we can work at our best. What You'll Learn From This Episode:The single habit most of us have that is feeding our imposter syndrome dailyThe 4 core b...
2026-01-2328 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerCompensation Outcomes As DataIt's comp season for many industries. Annual compensation decisions are communicated to individuals, including salary raises, incentive compensation, and equity awards. In this episode, I show you how to cut through the emotion to focus on the facts, and decide your next move. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to receive compensation outcomes in the most constructive way for youHow to arm yourself to powerfully decide for, and deliver compensation to, your teamGolden rules to navigate compensation season effectivelyRecommended Related Episodes:Episode 30 - Managing UpEpisode 23 - G...
2026-01-1628 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerResolve Without The Doomed ResolutionsYou may feel the pull towards New Year's Resolutions, but also the statistics of how they are quickly discarded may be giving you pause. In this episode, I show you how to capitalize on that innermost desire to create a better year, while avoiding the pitfalls that so often trip us up.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to failure-proof your goals and ensure they are authentically yoursThe mindset when setting goals that ensures they will be discarded before seeing them throughWisdom from those with broader perspective at end of life as...
2026-01-0927 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerYour Success Guide For Year-End Activities Into Q1I had a good friend recently post about how year-end can feel like a vortex where business comes to a screeching halt and everyone is unplugged. If that were even true for the last week of December, it certainly won't be true come January 5th. Year-end activities will continue well into the first quarter. Don't be a passive participant in this season of the calendar year. Even if you are still shaking off the flu picked up at holiday celebrations like me or are jet lagged from holiday travel. These are crucial weeks where our level of success in...
2026-01-0226 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerDeciding To Be Ready For Positive ChangeIn this second installment of answers to frequently asked questions, we are focused on questions about your role in the coaching engagement. If you are considering making a change for the better and aren’t sure how to know if you are ready, listen in now. I explain how the first step to any positive change is deciding to commit. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Answers to questions about time commitment, the investment, and how to enlist the support of co-decision-makersResolve hesitations about whether you will do the work, asking for help, and...
2025-12-2634 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerFrequently Asked QuestionsIf you have never received coaching, it can be difficult to imagine what the experience is like. In this episode, I answer Frequently Asked Questions, from how do you know the coaching is working to exactly what coaching is not. If you have questions that I don't answer here, use the last link in the show notes to send me your question directly and I will respond to you. We are satisfying your curiosity on what you have been wondering about in this episode!What You'll Learn From This Episode:What coaching is...
2025-12-1932 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMy Signature System: Managing Partners & Managing UpWhen I look back at my podcast and my weekly blog articles, there is a topic that consistently generates the most feedback and inquiries - relationships. In business, no matter what the industry, we are always in a people business. Without leading in our relationships, excellence in our work simply will not be possible. In our last pillar today we also uncover what is necessary to earn handsomely in our work. Excellence and earning well are the two results we are after today. And to do so we are delving deeper into relationships with two more sets of stakeholders...
2025-12-1229 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMy Signature System: Leading Your Business And Your PeopleYou are in the right place in today's episode for the inside look at how we create more excellence, ease, earnings, and enjoyment in your work and life together. In this episode of this special podcast series, we turn outward to how you lead others. First, we broaden from your subject matter expertise to supplement your business acumen by mastering leadership skills. Then we turn to scaling your impact through people leadership. Don't miss these critical components to your success and satisfaction.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to set the strategy f...
2025-12-0528 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMy Signature System: Cured Burnout & Unlocked PotentialThis is the second installment in a special podcast series offering an inside look to exactly how my coaching works and the scope of the work that I do with my clients. Today I am continue the backstage tour of my coaching, to satisfy your curiosity, know what to expect, and also to offer up areas where you may want to elevate your own work and life, whether that is side by side with me or not. Feel free to take anything you hear and bring it to your free Work / Life Audit to explore it more deeply in y...
2025-11-2829 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMy Signature System: Inside LookThis is the first in a special podcast series offering an inside look to exactly how my coaching works and the scope of the work that I do with my clients. I hope you love this in depth look at my coaching also as a gauge for what you may want to be working on in your own career, whether that is side-by-side with me or not. This is how I deliver more excellence in your performance, with more ease, earning better rewards and recognition, while truly enjoying your work and life. Today we go deeper on Setting Your Ca...
2025-11-2130 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerThe Grass Is Greener Where You Grow ItWe think it's our industry, company, corporate culture, business outlook, boss, or title that most impacts our success and satisfaction in our work. We tend to believe the grass is greener in a different job situation. In my research and as a practitioner, I find that ultimately these are all neutral circumstances. It is what we make them mean about us and our future prospects that is the most accurate predictor of our career advancement and well-being. In this episode, I explain the process for curating our work experience by changing our approach to our work.
2025-11-1432 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerCorporate PoliticsHow many times do we lament that it's "who you know" that gets you ahead in the business world? Many will tell you that you need a sponsor to be successful. Corporate politics can have us recoiling and wanting to keep our head down working for fear of it being knocked off. But then there may come a time when we realize there is a game going on in which we haven't even been playing. In this episode, I reveal the strategy and mindset about corporate politics that will eliminate it as a barrier for you.
2025-11-0726 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerInitial Resistance - When To Ignore & When To Honor ItIf you have ever set out on a plan to achieve a goal, only to encounter resistance and promptly discard said plan, it's time for a new routine. Resolutions and new habits can be elusive because of how often we allow this initial resistance to keep us from exactly what we want. This episode will explain when to overcome the initial resistance or honor it, and how. What You'll Learn From This Episode:A tool to use in the moment to overcome initial resistanceHow to test your decision to know immediately whether to p...
2025-10-3128 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerYour Personal Sick Day PolicyIf you have ever worked through an illness and wondered why you can't just take the sick day, this episode is for you. It's time to reassess your own sick day policy and start honoring your health over face time at work. It's easier said than done, but today's episode will arm you with the perspective and actions that deliver. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How your business’ sick day and time off policy does not take the place of your ownPerspective on this topic from others, whether laid off, post-retirement, or end...
2025-10-2425 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerGrieving Missed Career MilestonesIn some industries, promotions are starting to be announced now, before becoming effective in January. This can be a difficult time for those who are gravely disappointed that they were not promoted. While peers are being celebrated, it's easy for discouragement to take hold. If you are grieving an unmet expectation in your career, a missed promotion, a negative compensation outcome, an unsuccessful job interview, a layoff, or a pending retirement decision, this episode is for you. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How grieving a missed career milestone can look different for e...
2025-10-1727 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMaster Networking And Enjoy ItNetworking. Cue cringe for most businesspeople. Networking can seem like a dreaded chore, uncomfortable, and inauthentic. In this episode, I will explain why and then how to embrace it, master it, and actually enjoy connecting with others. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Common mindsets that tend to repel us from networking Constructive perspectives on networking that will inspire you to show up your best at the next eventStrategies in how to be most effective in networking for the best results Recommended Related Episodes:Episode 5 - Mastering Relationships at...
2025-10-1029 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerFree Up Time For What's Most ImportantIn today's episode learn how to take back your calendar to free up time for what's most important. If you want to take your day by storm and rule the day, rather than it ruling you, tune in now. I unpack the problem behind the problem of our over-scheduled calendar, to resolve this dynamic at the root cause. See what is possible when you take the lead in how your time is spent. This is the solution to take control of your calendar and stay in power over your time. What You'll Learn From T...
2025-10-0337 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSomeone To Believe In You FirstI am working with several new clients this month and has made apparent, once again, just how very unique our coaching relationship is. In today's episode, I will share the needs that we have as leaders and business professionals that aren't often met by our typical ecosystem of support. When new clients express relief and gratitude after just one hour together, it's because they recognize the value of having a trusted partner when facing their challenges. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How the support we need as leaders is not usually met b...
2025-09-2629 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerLife Is Short, Make It Count And Make It SweetWe spend a lot of our waking hours working. It would be a shame if we didn't enjoy that time. We tell ourselves that we don't have a choice. We have to follow the overscheduled calendar in front of us, it's part of the job. That is not true and in today's episode, I explain why taking control back over how you spend your time is the fastest way to boost your satisfaction and empowerment. You can start seeing benefits this week. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How we lose control of o...
2025-09-1927 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerWhat To Do With The Nightmare BossMaybe you've got a new sheriff in town who has made you her new mark. Maybe you were just offered your dream promotion but they low-balled your compensation and your new boss says it's out of his control. Before you hit the eject button on your role because of your manager, listen to this episode to make an educated and unemotional decision on your next move. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How our boss can become the scapegoat for our dissatisfaction with our workHow to handle a micro-manager and the key distinction t...
2025-09-1231 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerCelebrating Wins FirstToday we are discussing how to focus on wins, strengths, and benefits first, to calm our fight or flight stress response. Learn this simple yet powerful brain hack to start each day and use it before evaluating your performance in work and life. In this episode, I show you how to unlock more creativity and capacity for valuable innovation and growth. What You'll Learn From This Episode:What it's like to start this new habit of celebrating wins first even if it may seem foreign to usThe basic human need that we feed b...
2025-09-0527 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerLessons Leading At Work And At HomeAs leaders, we are called to lead in both our professional and personal lives. For two domains that tend to be pit against each other or that we feel we must compartmentalize, there are many parallels that we can recognize and use to our benefit. Experiences and skills developed in our career can translate to the home, and vice versa. In this episode, we explore these opportunities for better performance and satisfaction in the office and everywhere else.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to create synergies in your leadership at the off...
2025-08-2926 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSelf Efficacy & Taking The HillIf you are facing a crucible moment in your career that could pivot everything, this episode is for you. When we are at a milestone in our work that could catapult us forward, it's time to lock in. Success at these times certainly builds our self-efficacy, but there are hacks to help tip the scale towards success now even ahead of that opportunity presenting itself. In fact, these steps are sure to usher in the pivotal milestone sooner rather than later. As Referenced In This Episode:Book your free Work / Life Audit to t...
2025-08-2227 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerThe Power Of The Work / Life AuditThe best way to set the stage for transformational improvement in your work and life is to pause to evaluate what is working well and what you would like to evolve. This audit will clarify the opportunities that can be seized to dramatically shift your day-to-day experience. In this episode, I tee up my work / life audit and share a special offer to do this together. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to slow down from the hurry and rush of our daysHow to quiet the worry associated with repeating painful mistakes o...
2025-08-1527 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSecond Acts and Shifting Career GoalsIf you have ever felt inspired to shift your career goals over time, you may notice how hard it is to adjust your expectations and your plan. As Type A planners, flexibility may not come naturally and indecision can creep in. In this episode, we will cover how to shift the vision for your career from one you may have aimed for over decades to a new frontier. What You'll Learn From This Episode:What to do if you are feeling the pull to explore a different direction in your careerHow to get h...
2025-08-0827 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerIncrease The ROI On Your Work For More Impact In Less Hours (and Finally Stop Overworking)This week I am streaming the audio from my debut vodcast episode, How to Increase The ROI On Your Work For More Impact In Less Hours (And Finally Stop Overworking). I am so excited to offer this unique opportunity directly to you in a brand new format with the visuals to help communicate this content. If you are interested in watching instead of listening, you can find the full vodcast episode at the first link in the show notes. Or listen on and see firsthand this first installment of how to increase your success and satisfaction in this special...
2025-08-0128 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerBurnout vs Quiet Quitting and the Happy Middle-GroundIf you have ever experienced burnout, you may be weary of returning to that mode. If you are in borderline burnout right now, you may be tempted to quiet-quit and pull back from work altogether. In today's episode, I will show you how to find the happy middle-ground of working well without the danger of burnout. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to detect if you are experiencing burnoutThe real root cause behind burnout Why we think the two options available are all-in or all-out in our workWhy quiet quitting or full-out qu...
2025-07-2527 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerGet Your Team Member Promoted (And When Not To)As leaders, one of our key responsibilities is grooming and advancing our team members. We may be overly invested in our people, or be apt to hold them to sky-high standards. Use today's episode to objectively evaluate the talent on your team and get them promoted, if it's their time. Get the free download at the first link in the show notes to use my criteria to evaluate your own team member for promotion, and to articulate their readiness in a compelling way. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Check for u...
2025-07-1827 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMotivation Is Optional, Drive Is NotIf you have ever been held back from doing what you want to do because you don't feel motivated, this episode is for you. Feeling inspired is a hurdle that you can overcome today. When we let feelings rule the day, we end up regretting our decisions and our actions. I explain how to clarify your drive such that feeling motivated is no longer required. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How two forces are always at work as we consider taking a different action - drive and fearWhy m...
2025-07-1126 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerDelegate To EmpowerIf you discover that your team members are bringing you into their daily work such that they are taking more from your capacity than they do to multiply it, it's time to delegate to empower them. Whether you have an amazing relationship with your team member or it's a strained one, there are specific actions you can take that will benefit both of you and the business. As a special bonus, access my script for having these conversations, leaving your team member engaged and more motivated to work independently. What You'll Learn From This E...
2025-07-0427 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerAll It Takes Is A New Career StrategyIn our high-powered business careers, it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day. We blink and it's 4pm. Quarters and years, they fly by. We may be heads down, focused on our business deliverables and not setting aside time to strategically manage our own careers. For peak performance and peak satisfaction in our business careers, we must pause from the race of our successful businesses to decide a vision for our career and set a plan to achieve it. Learn more about my signature system to create the success and satisfaction you want.What You'l...
2025-06-2735 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerHow I Transformed My Work & LifeIn this episode I vulnerably share my own journey - the bad, the ugly, and later... the good. Whenever I share the challenges I faced personally, I am told that it gives others the permission to share their own struggles and gives hope that there is indeed another way to do work and life. I am resharing this podcast episode as a Must-Listen, so that if you are experiencing anything similar in your career, you remember that we are in this together and that if I can experience this kind of transformation, anyone can. Wha...
2025-06-2027 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerThe Most Valuable HourThe most valuable single hour you can invest in your career and personal development is your consult with me to set your career strategy together. Without a plan, your dream for your work and life will just remain a wish. Without progress, you will feel stuck or plateaued. There is no greater gift than feeling like you are working and living on purpose, fully engaged and awake to every moment, making it count. Investing one hour together in a consult is a powerful step forward with zero risk. In today's episode, I share the value that you can expect from...
2025-06-1332 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerLanding Your Next OpportunityIf you are searching for your next job or trying to land your next opportunity internally and feel like things aren't going according to plan, this episode is for you. You may be following all the right tactics and taking lots of action, but still repelling potential employers and setting yourself up for failure. Learn what to stop doing and what to do instead for more success in your job search or next career leap. You won't hear this anywhere else!What You'll Learn From This Episode:What AI won't tell you in...
2025-06-0628 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerConsistency Makes The Difference In Your PracticeThere are two skills that every successful businessperson could benefit from consistently honing: 1) actively managing our mindset and 2) setting and implementing strategy. This is how we create the exact results and outcomes that we seek and what allows us to curate how we experience work and life. In today's episode I explain why I teach every single client these two skills and how to master them as a practice. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How coaching support can be your best kept secret that distinguishes your performance and satisfactionWha...
2025-05-3030 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerExecutive PresenceExecutive presence is something that inevitably comes up for every business professional, even decades into their careers. At first blush, this can appear very vague and ambiguous, but there are specific, concrete strategies to building your executive presence. It's not an optional thing or purely based on personality. It's a skillset that allows you to be the most effective business professional possible. In this episode, I will dispel the myths and share mindsets and actions that you can apply today.What You'll Learn From This Episode:What to do when your inspiring lea...
2025-05-2327 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMore Than A PaycheckWhen evaluating our work success and comparing our career path to others, we can get laser-focused on compensation because it's measurable and easily observable. There is so much more than that salary or incentive compensation when it comes to maximizing our wealth AND finding satisfaction in our career success. If you find yourself working for the money, in danger of "selling out" for a paycheck, or wondering if you should be making a career move to earn more, this episode is for you.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to evaluate w...
2025-05-1625 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerDo The Uncomfortable ThingHave you ever noticed how we decide to reorganize our desk or sort email in our inbox, instead of doing the uncomfortable thing that will actually move the dial? It can seem productive to complete tasks and we love that feeling of accomplishment, but beware the trap of doing this on the simple things so that you can avoid the important things. In this episode, learn how to choose high-impact work time and again. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to evaluate whether the right things are on your to do l...
2025-05-0928 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMultiply Time, Energy, Wealth, Health, & SuccessThe way of the world is that there is never enough, whether it's time, energy, wealth, health, or success. Feeling this lack and scarcity can place a level of pressure and stress on our day-to-day lives. It can seem like a chase for more of a limited supply. There is a lesser taken road when it comes to the chase for "enough" and it is counterintuitive and counter-cultural. In this episode, I am sharing strategies that you can use right away, and a special opportunity to practice this with my support all this month. W...
2025-05-0336 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerVision Casting For Your Business & CareerAs managers, we may have mastered organizational planning and task management, but we often fail to set aside the time or energy to set the strategic vision for our team and our careers. While it may seem that remaining ultra-focused on productivity and immediate deliverables is prudent, without bigger picture planning and direction, you may be racing towards the wrong near-term goals. In this episode, we'll jumpstart your strategic planning so that you are leading with the long-term in mind for both your business and yourself.What You'll Learn From This Episode:W...
2025-04-2528 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerFollow ThroughAs successful businesspeople, we have followed through consistently to advance our careers to this level. This week we apply this skill in all areas of life and check for sustainability. Listen to this episode to adopt the mindset for rock-solid self-discipline in your career, health, and relationships. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How following through on creating our vision works the same in our careers as it does in our personal lives with respect to our health and relationships tooWhy following through feels extraordinary, not boring or monotonous l...
2025-04-1831 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerManaging Horizontal Interpersonal ConflictIf a colleague has ever left you speechless in the moment, whether talking over you in a meeting, parroting your idea, or presenting a narrative as fact that you know is anything but, then you know how shocking and frustrating that can be. This week, we take on Managing Horizontally and all the growth available to us by facing these sometimes tenuous relationships head on. This includes knowing exactly how to respond in the moment, using your voice in a bold and constructive way.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The unique...
2025-04-1127 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerThriving in Rampant ReorganizationIn business, the one constant is change. Sometimes though, that change can feel like a blocker to our success. In today's episode, I share with you exactly how to set yourself up to thrive in an organization with rampant reorganization. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How significant change can appear both in hypergrowth companies and mature businessesThe mindset that can allow reorganizations to leave us feeling disorientedThe key question to ask yourself when you notice that you are resisting changeHow to get r...
2025-04-0429 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSick of Being Busy and TiredMost of us business professionals in high-powered, high-stakes jobs could reflect at any moment in time on how we feel "busy and tired". In this episode, I will show you how to break this vicious cycle of how we view our situation and stand out in a crowd by feeling more content and purposeful in our daily life. The words we choose to think and say have tremendous power over our level of satisfaction AND our performance. Join me in the ongoing practice to actively manage our minds and watch our business results and personal satisfaction grow as a...
2025-03-2829 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerManaging UpThis week we are taking on that sensitive relationship with your manager or leader. There is a lot of drama that comes up here that can keep us from advancing our careers and even enjoying our work on a daily basis. In this episode, learn the winning mindsets and strategies to make this crucial stakeholder a neutral factor in your career and even convert them into an advocate for your success.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The baggage mindsets that we often bring into any relationship with authority and hierarchy
2025-03-2131 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerOutside PerspectiveIn our business careers, and in life, we can benefit from systematically broadening our perspective. The challenge is that when we are in the moment, close to the details, this is harder than it seems. In today's episode, I will explain why and offer up some hacks to help you shift your perspective on cue. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How narrowness of perspective tends to sneak up on us allThe first step to finding the solution to every problemThe three patterns we subconsciously default t...
2025-03-1431 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerManaging Underperformers Up or OutAs managers of talent we may find ourselves on the fence about what direction to take with team members who aren't performing well. Emotions can run high and avoidance is tempting. In today's episode, I share how to make careful assessments and take decisive action in your talent dilemmas.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The mindsets that cause most talent decisions to feel like a conundrumA simple framework to assess talent immediatelyThe benefit of using a formal performance improvement planThe pre-requisites to...
2025-03-0729 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerFail Fast to SucceedFor successful businesspeople, failure is thought not to be an option. It's feared and avoided at all costs. This robs us of the learnings available to us if we are bold enough to pursue them. In fact, the faster we learn from our missteps, the better off our success and satisfaction will be. In this episode, I will show you why and how to fail fast to succeed. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to spot when fear is steering your career pathThe invisible failures that precede every s...
2025-02-2826 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSet Your Career StrategyIn our high-powered business careers, it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day. We blink and it's 4pm. Quarters and years, they fly by. We may be heads down, focused on our business deliverables and not setting aside time to strategically manage our own careers. For peak performance and peak satisfaction in our business careers, we must pause from the race of our successful businesses to decide a vision for our career and set a plan to achieve it. I have been offering complimentary career strategy sessions for years as it is the most valuable hour that I could gift...
2025-02-2133 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerWhy Coaching (And When To Take The Leap)In today's episode I am sharing my personal transformation story, why I engaged a coach of my own and why I trained to become the coach I am now. It will answer for you, WHY coaching and also, WHEN to take the leap in engaging support of your own. Take it from someone who didn't know what a coach was, outside of a sports coach that is - it can feel like a whole new world.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why we need to pick our heads up from working ha...
2025-02-1426 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSecure Your Next PromotionYour parents' advice on how to get promoted doesn't work in today's workplace. The simple suggestions to "dress for success", "wow the boss", and "work harder" simply won't cut it. Most promotion hopefuls go about it totally wrong following antiquated advice and generic guidance from the consultants and human resources “experts”. Instead, follow today's practitioner’s insider guide to what really matters to successfully secure that promotion.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why we seek promotionWhat promotion does not guarantee How to create the case for your promo...
2025-02-0731 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerGet Rewarded Handsomely For Your WorkJanuary is the season for annual incentive compensation conversations. Money is one of those topics that we are taught to avoid at the dinner table, but come this time of year we wish we had all the skills and expertise to navigate these emotionally-charged discussions with ease. Whether you are glowing with your compensation outcomes and the ones you delivered to your teams this year, or are feeling salty and worried about losing team members, this episode is for you. Money talks and today we are talking money, and all the unspoken myths and effective strategies that don't usually see...
2025-01-3129 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerThe Business Case To Leave Work At WorkThe problem of not being able to turn off from our work is so prevalent among successful businesspeople that I created a webinar to share the solution. Get instant access to my free course at the link in the show notes. In this podcast episode we will consider the business case for WHY to leave work at work as a prelude to HOW to leave work at work in my course.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to mine your brain to find the subconscious reason why you continue taking actions that you kn...
2025-01-2328 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerHarness The Power Of Your MindOur minds are powerful. They can be our best asset or our biggest liability. Learn in this episode some of my favorite neuroscience strategies for harnessing the power of our minds. This is how we propel our careers and lives forward. Immediately recognize these dynamics at play for you at work and at home, before learning the solutions that you can implement immediately.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Learn how your mind might be holding you back from success in an attempt to protect you, and how to move forward despite it
2025-01-1736 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerLeading In Our RelationshipsSo often we believe it's the people around us (their behaviors and actions) that determine the quality of the relationships we have in the office, and beyond. The one constant in all of our relationships is us. Learn in this episode how to take the lead in our relationships so that we cultivate them all, regardless of the stakeholder or challenges. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Reflect on the best relationships you have had professionally and personally and what made them soIdentify the 5 most common relationship killers and t...
2025-01-1032 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerReclaim MindshareOur attention is precious and often swept away by screens and media. By reclaiming our mindshare, we can create more free time, forge deeper relationships, and find more peace of mind. Learn the specific steps to take back your attention in this episode to boost both your performance and satisfaction. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How our screens and media effectively, however inadvertently, take over our days Assess how much our media consumption dominates our daysIdentify the new mindset to break from using these as a li...
2025-01-0328 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerLove Your Work AgainIt's easy for our work to become rote, routine, and we can find ourselves just going through the motions, living for vacation. In this episode, we will rekindle our love for our work again, leaving inspired to take advantage of this opportunity to fully use our talent and make a mark on the world. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to shed the view that work is a dreaded task to be avoided and endured, including the Sunday Scaries, Case of the Mondays, and AdultingWhy pining for a life of leisure is c...
2024-12-2726 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerPeople PleasingIn business, we can fall into a pattern of wanting to please the person sitting across the table, whether it's a boss, a peer, or a team member. It sounds innocent enough and full of good intention, but counterintuitively this can stymie your personal growth, your contribution to the business, and development of your unique voice, distinct from everyone else. In this episode, learn strategies to stop people-pleasing so that you can add more value to your business and advance your career. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How people-pleasing cam limit your a...
2024-12-2028 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerWe Can Have It AllThere has been much debate on the topic of whether we can "have it all" as business professionals. The successful career, fantastic health, and wonderful relationships all at once. Today, I am here to tell you that we absolutely can. It may not be obvious, common, familiar, or easy, but it is 100% possible. Learn in this episode the fallacies that lead us to believe it's impossible, and the keys to promptly then DO the "impossible". What You'll Learn From This Episode:The evidence that having it all, and all at the same time, i...
2024-12-1327 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerGlass Ceilings ShatteredIn coaching we break through limits, barriers, and obstacles - it's what we do. But I love describing them as glass ceilings, because so often in business we can see our career goals nearly within reach. We can see what's possible because someone achieved it or something like it. It can seem like there is an invisible barrier in our way that keeps us from taking that opportunity. In this episode, we will shatter the glass ceilings holding you down, both in the traditional use of the phrase, but also for ALL the invisible barriers standing in our way.
2024-12-0630 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerWork TraumaIf you feel a bit haunted by difficult experiences you have had in your career, it's time to extract the value from that work trauma and release the rest. Whether you were overlooked, abused, discriminated against, demoted, or fired, there is something to be learned from that experience. There is also a way to heal so that you stop limiting your own potential going forward. Bring your work trauma stories and let's put them to work for you. What You'll Learn From This Episode:The different forms of work trauma and how they can overlap with t...
2024-11-2930 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerRest - The Ultimate Power FlexRest is not often considered as a factor while aiming for peak performance and peak satisfaction in our careers. But, it's the ultimate power flex AND an important pre-requisite. What high-powered executive do you know that is available 24/7 with a wide open door? The most valuable players in the office know that staying at the top of their game means taking proper breaks too. Learn how to use rest to help your career and your overall satisfaction. If it's been a while since you truly embraced pure rest, this episode is for you.What You'll Learn From...
2024-11-2224 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerThe Cause of BurnoutFeeling burnt out on your work? I have been there. I would venture to guess that virtually all businesspeople have. If you have had it up to here at your job and are ready to tap out from burnout, this episode is for you. Contrary to popular belief, hustle and grind is not the most effective way to advance our career. It's time to cure the burnout and learn how to succeed without sacrifice. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why curing burnout is worth sorting out right nowThe sur...
2024-11-1534 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSelf SabotageToday we are discussing how we set a goal or intention to do a certain action, but when that time comes we cave to immediate gratification instead. We find ourselves doing the exact thing that we don't want to do, that we don't want to do when we are thinking clearly that is. It can feel like a vicious cycle, a habit so deep that we couldn't possibly overcome it. Happily this self-sabotage can be resolved and by the end of this episode you will know how. What You'll Learn From This Episode:
2024-11-0829 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMaximizing Every OpportunityToday we are talking about maximizing every opportunity in the role you have, in your company, and beyond. So often we put down roots in a role and stop evaluating opportunities to shape it and to consider other roles. In this episode, we will discuss loyalty AND job hopping to find the right strategy for you. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to avoid FOMO on greener pastures by maximizing every opportunity in role, in company, and external How knowing all of your alternatives will enable you to choose yo...
2024-11-0130 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerStop Time TravelIn our careers, we may often find ourselves running from a job or running towards a milestone. Inadvertently, we may spend a lot of time reliving past work trauma and / or working for retirement or a promotion. In this episode, learn how to appreciate the here and now without growing complacent or giving up on dreams. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why we tend to relive work trauma on repeat while also yearning for the good old days in our careersHow we might become fixated on "someday" when o...
2024-10-2529 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerConquer the CalendarToday we are talking about time. Us business professionals, we seem to be fighting the clock. We believe there is never enough time in the day. So much to do, so little time. We are always busy. Fear not, in this episode we are conquering the calendar. What You'll Learn From This Episode:What's behind our rushing and racing at the office and beyondHow feeling like we never have enough time blurs our judgment How to truly understand where your time is going and how long things ta...
2024-10-1830 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerRuthless PrioritizationThere is generally so much to do. We may feel short on time, energy and resources to handle all the things we care about. Today we are making the difficult decisions and prioritizing. This will open up new stores of energy, new levels of capacity simply by having more clarity than ever before. In fact, today's episode will arm you to be absolutely ruthless with your prioritization so that everything you do is in line with your priorities. There is much in the balance.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to avoi...
2024-10-1128 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerLeaving Work At The OfficeIf you have ever struggled to turn off from work, then you are in good company. Our type A, overachieving selves sometimes know only one gear and that is "all in". In today's episode I unpack why it can be so challenging and arm you with how to transition from the office to home so you don't miss out on a full life despite your high-powered career. If you deeply desire to be truly present and enjoy the rest of your day, the rest of your life, today's episode is for you. What You'll L...
2024-10-0428 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerMastering Relationships at WorkNo matter the industry or function, all businesses depend on their people. Our level of career success will also be limited or fueled by our professional relationships. No matter the daily annoyances or conflict encountered in your relationships at the office, the round-up of key stakeholders in today's episode will arm you with unique strategies and perspective. It's time to master your relationships with your colleagues.What You'll Learn From This Episode:What to do when interpersonal conflict and destructive politics rule the work environmentHow to manage up effectively...
2024-09-2732 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerEmbracing Continuous Improvement In Your CareerWe might be masters at driving continuous improvement in our businesses, our teams, and our companies. When it comes to our careers, not so much. It's time to take our leadership skills plus some new neuroscience knowledge in today's episode to accelerate towards the peak performance and peak satisfaction in our careers. In this episode, I show you how to shift gears in your career to increase your growth and development. Once we move past the initial discomfort, it will be a boost to your professional satisfaction.What You'll Learn From This Episode:H...
2024-09-2027 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerSet Your Non-NegotiablesWe don't often take the time to consider and articulate our own non-negotiables when considering what role to accept or to remain in. This includes our core values and priorities that we would not sacrifice, even when presented with an attractive job offer with benefits that interest us. In this episode, I show you how to explicitly decide these upfront, so you can commit to honoring them. Learn the steps to free up your brain from fearing that what you hold most dear will be compromised, so you can access the part of your brain that is ready to thr...
2024-09-1325 min
Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerBe the captain of your fateSometimes we see our careers as unfolding around us with most of our success outside of our control. In this episode, I show you how to become the master of your fate in your work rather than waiting for good luck. Learn specific strategies and tools to help you take radical ownership of where you are now and where you are headed next. Leave this episode empowered to create your own opportunity. What You'll Learn From This Episode:The pre-requisite for every better opportunity to come our way in our careers
2024-09-0728 minPeak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business CareerThis is NOT just "how it is in the business world"If you have ever looked at your work situation and told yourself, "this is just how it is in the business world", this episode is for you. Resist the trend to succumb to "adulting" and unleash a new level of hope in your career. Learn what strategies and beliefs about our work hold us back from the peak performance and peak satisfaction that we seek in business. What You'll Learn From This Episode:The usual protocols for approaching our careers and why they don't workWhen switching jobs sometimes reveals that the grass isn't a...
2024-08-2923 min
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Title: Choice
Author: Cheri Gregov
Narrator: Cheri Gregov
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
Release date: 08-14-23
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Genres: Hygiene & Healthy Living
Publisher's Summary:
This book offers hope against a backdrop of high-stress, wide-road, rat race, corporate ladder climbing, hustle and grind, against a cut-throat, hamster wheel culture that can feel like the only path, the one way street, the only choice. It turns out there is another way...and this book is a guide down that road less traveled which leads you to love this...
2023-08-141h 17
The Pour GenerationWhole Life SuccessHello & Welcome to The Pour Generation! In today's episode, we will talk about whole life success with our special guest Cheri Gregov. We'll discuss the ins and outs of being successful in our career & our home-life. Join The Community:Instagram:@thepourgenerationWebsite:thepourgeneration.buzzsprout.comEmail: Thepourgeneration@gmail.comYouTube Channel ThePourGeneration(Subscribe / like / comment / share / Download)
2022-12-0530 min