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This Working Life is the audiobook you need to navigate your career with courage, openness and a good dose of laughter in these chaotic and uncertain times. Springing off the success of her ABC podcast, Lisa Leong, together with journalist Monique Ross, is bringing a deep curiosity to the world of work.

In the last three years, the relationship between an employer and an employee can at best be described as - mercurial. In the first two years of the pandemic, we tip-toed into each other’s private spaces and soon the office and the home shared the same room. Healthcare benefits, leave and employee engagement policies were overhauled as Covid raged. But once markets opened up, the equations became testy. Employees swiftly changed their loyalties and companies outmanoeuvred one another to retain talent. Then again, the tide turned as global markets and war put brakes on all future plans. Now, ...

What will your 100-year life look like? Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to collapse.

On the other side of the life you are trying to keep together, on the other side of the pain you think will never dissolve into peace, on the other side of everything you are forcing—is the life that is waiting. The life where you are not pushed by your fears, but moved by your vision. The life where the right things arrive, and remain, and you do not have to contort your truth to make them so.

We talk to ordinary people from various fields of work about their life in work and how work affects their life today. We delve deep into the journeys taken to reach their current point in their careers, what their jobs actually entails on a day-to-day basis, and provide listeners with insight into the realities of their chosen careers.In this show, we want to help you better understand the jobs and careers available to you and advise you on potential pathways reach these careers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inspiring Working Lives is the podcast that dives into the real stories behind the job titles. Each episode features honest conversations with inspiring leaders across the public and not-for-profit sectors — exploring how they got to where they are, the challenges they've faced, the advice they’d give to others, and their take on the future of work.Whether you're climbing the ladder, changing direction or simply curious about the people shaping our workplaces, Inspiring Working Lives offers insight, inspiration and a reminder that no two career journeys are the same.

What if Studs Terkel wrote a book with Bill James? You'd have a book on what it's really like to make a living in the world of baseball. For everyone who ever dreamed of making their love of baseball into their vocation, Working at the Ballpark will provide a view at their lives that might have been, with interviews with more than 50 people who make a living in major league baseball. Each is asked the same questions: What is your job? How did you get into this line of work? What does this job mean to you?

Many workers believe that to compete with other top talent they must embrace a culture that rewards long hours and constant connection to work. Businesses and society have encouraged this by endorsing busyness, overwork, and extreme commitment as the most valued traits in workers. But more often it's an implicit contract, a buildup of organizational and cultural norms and the adoption of new technologies that increasingly make it easy to tether people to work. Either way, this workaholic behavior is unhealthy and counterproductive for workers and for organizations. It's time to fight back.

Are you a working mom who is stressed out by trying to find time to fit it all in? Do you wish that you could be more present with your children? Desperate for time to think about what you need but don’t ever get there? Financial pressure keeping you stuck in this cycle?I am thrilled that you are here! This is the podcast for working moms who are juggling it all. Build your resilience so that you can overcome the overwhelm and be more productive at work and present at home. Learn stress management strategies that will boost your productivity and decrease your stress so that you can balance a...

Your Working Life is an award-winning podcast series hosted by career and professional development author, speaker, and influencer, Caroline Dowd-Higgins. Featuring candid interviews with luminaries in the career, leadership, entrepreneurship, and wellness fields, listeners will benefit from wisdom about how to navigate life and career. Well-known personalities and industry experts including Tiffany Cross, Whitney Johnson, Guy Kawasaki, Melissa Daimler, and Marcus Buckingham give their personal take on how to thrive in your career. The podcast features a diverse array of experts with a special...

Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. She was determined, confident, and ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong? Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she’d imagined. It would be eight long years before she landed her iconic role on The Office, nearly a decade of frustration, rejection, and doubt. If only she’d had a handbook for the aspiring actor. Or, better yet, someone to show her the way. Jenna wants to be that person for you.

In the last year we've all experienced new ways of working. This brand new podcast series lets you hear how guest business leaders spend a week in their flexible working life. A must listen for those interested in the future of work.

For a Better Working Life – Der Podcast rund um die moderne Arbeitswelt. Perfekt für alle, die den Puls der Arbeitswelt fühlen wollen. Wir sind Marc-Sven Kopka, der Kopf hinter der New Work Experience (NWX) bei der New Work SE, und Dr. Julian Stahl, Arbeitsmarktexperte bei XING, und nehmen dich alle zwei Wochen mit auf eine Reise in die Zukunft der Arbeit. Dich erwarten spannende Interviews mit Visionären, aktuelle Arbeitsmarkt-Insights und viel Inspiration für Deinen Arbeitsalltag. Wir knüpfen an an die erfolgreichen New Work Stories von Lisa Nölting und Alexander Kornelsen – ...

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In Mental Detox, renowned life coach and psychology expert Dr. Cheyenne Bryant offers powerful and timely guidance to help you shift your mindset, release negativity, and step into your true potential. Packed with practical tools, empowering insights, and real-world strategies, this book will...

What happens when you're no longer setting goals and chasing dreams that work for you alone? When the career choices you make have ripple effects on your family? These are some of the questions you ask yourself as you struggle to balance managing your career with managing your family. In Managing Your Career, experts provide answers to the challenges you face as a working parent, from negotiating a flexible schedule to overcoming the parenthood penalty whether you're taking time off, treading water, or reentering the workforce.

A podcast exploring moments where our work and personal lives intersect and the journeys we go on when they do. Open, inspiring and remarkable conversations with guests ranging from an award winning novelist to creative directors, broadcasters, entrepreneurs, and even a happiness consultant. Expect chats filled with love, loss, creativity, grief, parenthood, happiness....Adam Brody shrines, Usain Bolt boat parties...to list a few!Brought to you by Clarfelt + Co, a people consultancy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you struggle and search for ways to save time in your day? Do you wonder how other working moms get it all done? Do you desire more time for your Faith, Fitness, and Family? Are you an ambitious working mom needing to do more in less time? Then this podcast is for you! My name is Felicia - Wife, Mom, Vision Coach, Christian Mentor, and Daughter of the Most High King. And I welcome you to the Time Matters Method! A podcast where I share with you time-proven strategies for achieving a balanced life. Here, you’ll learn Time Saving Strategies, Prioritization, and Planning that will help you ...

As a working mother you often draw the short straw. Bosses and coworkers assume that since you're focused on your family, you don't prioritize work, and they give crucial opportunities to those around you. Advice for Working Moms can help you alleviate this stress. Drawing on the wisdom of experts and parents alike, it will help you strike the right balance between family and work, all while navigating the long-standing bias against mothers and, more broadly, women in the workforce.

As Darwin famously observed, the beaks of each generation of Galapagos Island finches change to accommodate shifting food resources, allowing the birds to survive by adapting their capabilities to the new environment. Today's business people should take note: In the post-crisis economy, traditional career strategies spell professional extinction, but the fluid new "gig economy" offers tremendous potential for anyone willing to adapt.