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The Social Work to Wealth Podcast is a social work podcast created to challenge the narrative that social workers shouldn’t care about money. Hosted by Taylor and Faith, two licensed clinical social workers, this podcast for social workers shares practical tips on managing finances, navigating career growth, and achieving financial wellness, because you deserve more than just getting by.

Managing up helps you build the sort of relationships that foster more communication, collaboration, cooperation, and understanding between people at different levels of power, with a variety of perspectives and skills. Managing Up is your personal manual for building this vital skill so you can begin building your best future. Real-world strategies give you a set of actionable steps, supplemented by expert advice from a top leadership consultant that helps you get on track to advancement.

Sarcasm is so deliciously tempting, especially when there are so many possible things to skewer at work! Sarcasm is a higher-level intelligence function - you've got to be bright to do it well. However, there can be a huge perceptual cost to you for indulging in this behavior. We'll describe the price and suggest alternatives for using your intelligence that won't harm the way you're perceived.

This podcast is designed for experienced child and family social workers who are considering a career transition, whether you’re looking to move up the ladder or explore opportunities beyond statutory social work. Join me as we delve into insightful discussions, expert interviews, and practical advice to help you navigate your next career move with confidence and clarity. Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. Let’s make your career pivot a success!

Tthe successful run of this series as a standard podcast offering is almost over.It will expire as an RSS feed podcast by the end of May 2024 and is now being archived on YouTube .All episodes should be available there by the end of May.On YouTube the series episodes can be found either by searching for Eco Social Work in Australia or for HOPEINCFILMS - the channel of the not for profit, HOPE INC. AUSTRALIA.

It sounds so simple: Tell stories from your life, and people will remember your message. But when you get down to crafting one, there's nothing easy about it. Material for stories surrounds us. Yet few people are skilled at sharing personal anecdotes and even fewer know how to link them to professional goals. Whether you want to stand out in the interview process, add punch to a presentation, or make a compelling case for a new initiative, Let the Story Do the Work shows you how to mine your experience for simple narratives that convey who you are.

The Work Psych Pod is a collaboration between by the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology (DOP) and the Association for Business Psychology (ABP) and asks the question: What really drives people at work?  The Work Psych Pod dives into big questions, emerging trends, and candid conversations with psychologists, practitioners, and thought leaders shaping the future of work. Whether you're charting a career path or reshaping a workplace, The Work Psych Pod is your regular dose of insight, challenge, and collaboration.

In a business world where we are told that time is money, the real currency is communicating clearly at a poised and measured pace. Better Business Speech: Techniques, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work by Paul Geiger focuses on the challenges of being a strong communicator in a range of business settings. It begins with the basic premise that all speaking for business is public speaking. Therefore, these are the communication scenarios where any lack of confidence in speech ability will be magnified.

Low-wage workers make up the largest group of employed parents in the United States, yet scant attention has been given to their experiences as new mothers and fathers. Work Matters brings the unique stories of these diverse individuals to light. Drawing on years of research and more than fifteen hundred family interviews, Maureen Perry-Jenkins describes how new parents cope with the demands of infant care while holding down low-wage, full-time jobs, and she considers how managing all of these responsibilities have long-term implications for child development.

Difficult questions can be thrown at you from your first job interview through to challenges you get when you've made it to the top. If you find yourself on the firing line on a regular or occasional basis, this is the perfect go-to guide to help you turn tough questions into positive opportunities. Great Answers to Tough Questions at Work promotes a confident "win-win-win" mind-set for questioner, answerer, and wider audiences beyond. Author Michael Dodd provides golden formulae and proven strategies for constructing inspirational answers.

Whether you're climbing the ladder at your current company or seeking a new job, in today's fast-paced work environment, you must proactively and continuously position yourself for success. Your credibility, visibility, personality, and personal style all make up your brand. Career Distinction outlines the proven personal branding process and provides case studies of successful professionals that will help you not only survive, but thrive, in today's dynamic and ultracompetitive workplace.

Jamie Merisotis, author of the award-winning 2016 book America Needs Talent, argues that people will coexist with smart machines by learning, earning, and serving others over their lifetimes. But Merisotis asserts large-scale change is necessary to develop and hone the knowledge, skills, and abilities that render us uniquely human. These qualities include compassion, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and interpersonal communication.

With research-backed insights, "Work Trends RU" covers a variety of issues, including the modern workforce, economic challenges, how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of work, and the ways public policies and private initiatives are responding to the needs of workers, job seekers, and employers. Join Dr. Carl Van Horn and other experts from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for engaging interviews, real-world stories, and data-driven insights that will give you a better understanding of the evolving worlds of work, ...

Why does a CEO who has already made hundreds of millions of dollars continue to work? Why does a rock star who has made a bundle continue to tour? Why do retirees' miss work as soon as they stop doing it? Why do we all wrestle with our life's work and talk about it incessantly? The thing about work is that we love it, we hate it, we need it, we miss it, we measure ourselves by it, we judge others by it - we are addicted to it. Work often defines us and fulfills us.

Women define career success in a wide variety of ways. But whatever a woman's personal definition, if she is in a traditionally male-dominated career - virtually all high status, highly compensated fields - her career is at risk because of pervasive gender stereotypes. This highly practical book makes clear that women don't need to change who they are to succeed in their chosen careers, and they certainly don't need to act more like men.

Work FORCE is a podcast hosted by Dr Grace Lordan (www.gracelordan.com), author of Think Big, Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want and professor at the London School of Economics. Work FORCE unravels the behavioural science behind things that happen in the workplace that impact your success and wellbeing, blending academic evidence with real life experiences. This podcast is produced by Decibelle Creative

The Work Futures Research Centre is an interdisciplinary research and enterprise hub tackling some of the most pressing challenges facing the world of paid and unpaid work. This podcast, run by WFRC fellows, brings academics and experts from the world of work into dialogue to explore a different topic each episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most people don't know how to deal well with anger, so when it shows up at work, it can be nasty - and costly! We'll give you awareness of what's happening and effective approaches on how to manage anger, so it doesn't manage you.

Based on extensive research and workplace experience, The Female Vision demonstrates that what women perceive in organizations and beyond that goes unnoticed and unrewarded is exactly what so many companies need to succeed. Helgeson and Johnson delve deeply into the stories of a number of women whose vision improved their companies - although often they had to struggle not only against unresponsive organizations, peers, or others, but also against their own personal fears.

Approximately half our working population is managing at least one chronic health condition. Factors including an ageing population, poor access to healthcare and affordable housing, social dislocation, precarious work, as well as the long tail of the pandemic, are compounding the prevalence of chronic illness in people of working age.Bodies @ Work interviews guests who are researching and working at the intersection of chronic illness/disability and employment. We aim to amplify conversations about how illness effects our working lives and what we can do to improve work outcomes for people ...