Halelly Azulay is the CEO & leadership development strategist at TalentGrow LLC. She’s an expert in leadership, communication skills, emotional intelligence, and authentic networking, Halelly develops leaders that people *want* to follow. We discuss some of the practical ways to start building meaningful leadership skills today!
Read MoreConferences have the power to inspire and create momentum in your professional and personal life. But they can also be intimidating and overwhelming for a lot of people. In this episode of the Career Foresight podcast, I coach my friend, Chad Clark through some conference networking tips to help him get the most out of his upcoming conference.
Read MoreIn this episode, I’m teaching about two specific types of stories that tend to hold people back. “Disowned futures” and “used futures” stories are the most common types of thought patterns that hinder people’s ability to practice narrative foresight.
Read MoreForesight, in a nutshell, is about envisioning the future you want to create and then practicing prioritization to take action towards your goals. As you hone your foresight, you gain the ability to make decisions and pursue opportunities that work for you, for the specific reasons that matter to you.
Read MoreI am pleased to welcome Scott Knight to the Career Foresight podcast. Scott is the Co-Founder of Mintor a new platform designed to reimagine mentorship. Through Mintor, entrepreneurs, startups, and industry leaders are able to find and build goal-driven mentoring relationships. Scott is also an author and his new book about mentorship will be publishing soon!
Read MoreFinancial strategy and success start with knowing what you want and why you want it, Nechelle says. It’s not just, “I want to own a house,” or, “I want to take a vacation every year,” but knowing what those activities really mean to you. What is motivating those desires? What will change by attaining the given items, experiences or wealth? It seems, the better you can answer questions about what’s motivating your financial goals, the better your relationship with money will be.
Read MoreGaslighting is a horrible form of psychological manipulation and control. It's characterized by a manipulator causing a victim to question their own judgement, memory and sanity. In this episode, I discuss how to identify when this might be happening to you (or someone you know) at work and how to deal with it.
Read MoreDr. Trevor Spoelma is a management researcher and professor with helpful insights and practical tips for nailing negotiations. He's also my husband, and I couldn't be more proud to share him with you in this episode of Feminine Foresight!
Read MoreThis interview features Tjasa Ferme, the creator and an actor in The Female Role Model Project, a show currently on Broadway with plans to expand to additional cities.
Read MoreThis is an interview with my friend, Dr. Janelle Briggs. She is the Co-Founder of Stackhouse, which is a company built to provide sustainable, eco-friendly and affordable housing via shipping containers.
Read MoreIn this interview with Kait Masters we discuss how dealing with a chronic illness for 17 years has shaped Kait and her perspectives on work and life. Kait not only works a full time job with Honeybook & Rising Tide Society, but she also is a skilled watercolor painter and volunteers her time to advocate for other patients of chronic illness. Listen to our conversation in this podcast!
Read MoreBricolage is the positive state of 'making do with what's at hand'. Instead of focusing on the resources you lack, bricolage forces you to rely on my breadth of knowledge and skills to create something new--something unique to you. It is at the heart of creativity and innovation.
Read MoreThe rhetoric used in conversations of female strength often promotes the idea that there are some strong women, rather than promoting the truth that all women are strong. I want to see this change.
Read MoreA "judgeable" person is someone who is easy to perceive accurately and is less likely to be misunderstood. Someone who is judgeable is open, transparent, and easy to read, as opposed to someone who is closed, hard to read, and enigmatic.
Read MoreWhile misunderstanding might seem like one of those things that doesn’t require a definition I believe there’s benefit to it. For example, it reminds us that misunderstandings take place on a two way street. So often when we feel misunderstood it creates feelings of isolation. We tend to retreat because we feel unknown or unseen.
Read MoreWe’re all tired of the shouting, polarization and unwillingness to listen that dominates our current politics and news. But what’s worse is how these things are seeping into our culture’s own communication practices.
Read MoreFirst impressions - a concept we all know so well. Just thinking about making a good first impression probably brings on feelings of stress and anxiety. The situations that create first-impression scenarios tend to be high-stake already. It's no wonder we feel pressure at the thought of needing to appeal to others when we're already nervous.
Read MoreThe spotlight effect is when we overestimate the amount of attention people give to our outward appearance or behavior. It creates a climate that misunderstandings can thrive in. There are very real consequences in our day-to-day life, and professional opportunities alike, if we don't keep the spotlight effect in check.
Read MoreThe transparency illusion is the belief that what we think, feel, desire, and intend is obvious to others. We feel like we're expressing more than we truly are, so we don't make as much effort to communicate as clearly as we should. Transparency illusion often takes place when we feel uncomfortable, insecure or vulnerable.
Read MoreEven the most naturally empathetic people can experience burnout with empathy. Our desire to demonstrate empathy can easily be overloaded by responsibilities, negativity, or our own internal struggles. We tend to think of empathy as an innate trait, something we have or don't have. But new research suggests otherwise.
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