Susan Ashford is Chair of the Management and Organizations Group at the
Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Her passion is using
her teaching and research to help people be maximally effective in their
work settings. Sue and Stew discuss how to make the gig economy work for
you by cultivating connections to people as well as to place, establishing
routines, and focusing on purpose…[Click for more]
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Keith Ferrazzi is a New York Times best-selling author of Never Eat Alone,
entrepreneur, and master networker. His research and consulting firm,
Ferrazzi Greenlight, helps companies manage networks and relationships in
order to reach strategic goals. Keith and Stew talk about the importance of
relationships in all parts of life. [Click for more]
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Yuri Kruman is an experienced executive and management consultant for
Fortune 500 companies. He has a book coming out soon — What Millennials
Really Want from Work and Life. Yuri and Stew talk about how the trajectory
of careers has changed; the pros and cons of career switching; and the
effects of mobility for individuals, families, organizations, and society…
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This week Stew speaks with three guests who are all advocates of paid
family leave: Ellen Bravo (founding director of Family Values at Work),
Washington State Republican Senator Joe Fain, and Hawaii Democratic State
Representative Kaniela Ing. They discuss the need for paid leave (beyond
parental leave) and the economics for employers and employees and societal
impact. [Click for more]
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Dr. Leah Weiss is author of How We Work: Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your
Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind. She teaches a perennially waitlisted
course at Stanford Business School called “Leading with Mindfulness and
Compassion.” With a degree in Social Work and in Theology she she brings a
distinctive perspective to business education. Stew and Leah talk about how
to help people recognize what they truly care about so they can live and
work more purposefully…[Click for more]
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Dan Calista is founder and CEO of Vynamic, named #1 boutique consulting
firm, as well as Best Small Firm and Best Places to Work. Vynamic is the
Philadelphia area’s largest management consulting firm focused exclusively
on the healthcare industry. Dan talks with Stew about creating a work
culture that emphasizes the happiness and health of his team members as
well as his clients…[Click for more]
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Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author and former Boston Globe columnist
known for her penetrating coverage of social issues, especially
technology’s impact on humanity. Her first book, What’s Happening to Home?
Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age, examined the loss
of home as a refuge. Stew and Maggie discussed her most popular book
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age which
jumpstarted our global conversation on the steep costs of fragmenting our
attention. For tips from Maggie and Stew… [Click here for more]
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Maurice Schweitzer is the Cecilia Yen Koo Professor of Operations,
Information and Decisions at the Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania. His research focuses on emotions, ethical decision-making,
and the negotiation process. Maurice is co-author of the powerful and
incredibly useful book…[Click for more]
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Susan David is the author of the bestselling book Emotional Agility: Get
Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life. She is one of the
world’s leading management thinkers and an award winning Harvard Medical
School psychologist. She is CEO of Evidence Based Psychology and Cofounder
of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate).
Susan and Stew talk about the importance and benefits of embracing emotions
rather than pushing them away or putting on a happy face…[Click for more]
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Laine Joelson Cohen is Director of Leadership and Executive Development at
Citigroup. Stew and Laine talk about how to effectively coach others, how
to be coached well, how to provide useful feedback, and the importance of
networking in a way that doesn’t feel icky…[Click for more]
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