The People First Podcast

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Teevee Aguirre, Digital Marketing Specialist at Rockstar. Marketing about parenting with EQ. Devin and Teevee chat about Teevee’s journey to intentionally applying EQ to parenting, the effects of focusing on EQ more in the parenting process, and the specific effect of EQ on Teevee’s daughters and how that has lead to them ta...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa flys solo and recaps Season 1 of the People First Podcast. Jon highlights a few episodes that were both impactful to him and act as a good starting point for people who may be stumbling upon the podcast for the first time. Jon wraps up by briefly talking about the plans for Season 2 of the podcast.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Endia Turney, Content Marketing Manager at soona about being a generalist in today’s working world. Devin and Endia chat about Endia’s realization that being a generalist is its own unique skill, and what she is now doing to further lean into cultivating this skillset. Devin and Endia wrap up with some advice to people looki...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Lauren Bryant, VP of Global Value Practice & Field Architecture at AppDynamics and Founder at Spark Life Coaching about being your authentic self in the working world. Devin and Lauren chat about Lauren’s realization about her own authentic self, and the good/upside that comes from leaning into your authentic self, and h...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Apologies for the brief smoke alarm sound in the background. It’s us, not you. On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Brian Perrott, Venture Operations Officer at BluePallet (amongst other things) about achieving work/life balance. Devin and Brian chat about the true definition of life balance and factors that play into it, as well as areas in whic...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Matt Phillips, Founder of Transcend, about finding meaning and purpose in work. Devin and Matt chat about Matt’s decision to transition away from technology sales and start his own business, as well as some advice for people that may be feeling uninspired and ready to make a change in their day-to-day. Devin and Matt wrap up...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Chris Amaefule, Account Executive at ThoughtSpot AND President of PFP’s TOLA chapter about being a champion. Devin and Chris chat about the definition of being a champion and how to go about establishing champions in your professional and personal life. Devin and Chris wrap up by talking about how you earn the right to call...

On today's episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Teresa Au, EA to CEO & CTO and Director of Executive Operations at Gem about leveraging Employee Resource Groups (ERG/EROs). Devin and Teresa chat about the definition of ERG/EROs, their benefits, and what happens when ERG/EROs begin to flourish. Devin and Teresa wrap up by chatting about the steps for people to take to...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Lauren Ball, Area Director at App Dynamics about progressing your career as a female and being a male champion. Devin and Lauren chat about some of the typical challenges that female workers run into in male-dominated industries, as well as some considerations for people who want to succeed in less forward-thinking industrie...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Tony Do, Head of Pre-Sales Engineering at Starburst Data about leading through adversity. Devin and Tony chat about what leading through adversity means, the adversity that Tony has faced throughout his life, and how he’s channeled that into personal/professional success. Devin and Tony wrap things up by talking about how cu...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Morgan Weltner, Area Director of Sales for the Nordics/Netherlands at BMC Software about building a personal brand. Devin and Morgan chat about the definition of a personal brand and what having a strong personal brand looks like in action. Devin and Morgan close the conversation with a few tips and tricks for building, stre...

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Jon Gainey, the Director of Americas SDRs at ZScaler about being a high performer during the early stages of your career. Devin and Jon discuss making a good first impression, both during the interview process and after you get the job, as well as ways to confidently take control of important meetings and discussions early on i...

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Jesse Jones, the Founder of Fourscore Law about staying active as a busy professional. Devin and Jesse discuss Jesse's background and history with fitness/exercise science, some common errors that folks make when starting their fitness journey, and wrap-up with a discussion around mental health and tips for exercising at home.

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin sits down with Rick Reddington, professional Leadership and Career Coach, on the concept of a "safe workplace." What is a safe workplace?  How does this concept intersect with "inclusivity?"  Who's responsible for creating a safe and inclusive workplace?  What are the benefits (soft dollar, hard dollar, culturally) of creating a saf...

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Joe Sinsheimer, a 30 year veteran in venture and real estate investment. Devin and Joe chat about common investment mistakes and misnomers, investment myths, emerging investment trends as well as tried and true fundamentals for investing.

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Devin Williams, President and Co-Founder of People First Professionals about making the transition from individual contributor to a first-time leader in the workplace. Jon and Devin discuss things that people can do in order to earn a promotion, the pillars of success for first-time leaders, and what potential challenges new leaders...

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Frankie Vignone of the Professionals on Purpose Podcast about living a life of purpose. Devin and Frankie discuss the meaning of living a life of purpose, how listeners can recognize that they need to make the shift to living a purposeful life in their own day-to-day, and what the benefits of living a purposeful life are.

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Will Barfield of Barfield Revenue Consulting about job search best practices.  Devin and Will discuss Will's background and various organization involvements, "table stakes" job search best practices, and adapting your job search and interview approaches in the age of COVID-19 and work-from-home.

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Parm Uppal of DataRobot about fostering a culture of development. Devin and Parm discuss Parm's journey from being an individual contributor to Chief Revenue Officer, what the definition of "culture of development" is, and advice to people who want to develop further, but feels as if their employer doesn't have the same focus.

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Matt Kursh, CEO of Oji Life Lab about growing your emotional intelligence daily.  Devin and Matt discuss common failures of people as they embark on improving their EQ intentionally, what Oji Life Lab is and how it's helping, and some best practices to maximize personal EQ growth while minimizing self-frustration.

On this episode of the People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Ed Dudley of We Are Connect-ED about diversity and inclusion in the professional world.  Devin and Ed discuss the definition of D&I, some difference between D&I in the corporate vs. start-up world, and what people can do to better champion D&I in low-diversity environments.

On the first episode of the People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Devin Williams about People First Professionals' digital plans going forward. Jon and Devin discuss plans to adapt PFP's content delivery methods to better cater to the age of COVID and WFH, as well as the various formats of podcasts that listeners can expect to hear.