The Me-Suite

Your host, Donna Peters , shares the always-fan-favorite Greatest Hits from Season 5. Hear a compilation of each guest's Me-Suite suitener---advice for things we can do differently on Monday to lead with more purpose, planning, and power. Let's get in there! For the generou  Garden for Wildlife offer mentioned in the episode, use code MESUITE to receive a discount on your first purchase...

Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Vicki Anstey on her personal journey from crippling self-doubt to record holder. As CEO of We Are Intrepid ,  Vicki helps leaders challenge limitations, to tap into the secret 60% they didn't know they had left in the tank.  We too often fear the unknown and remain locked out of our own potential. Learn to embrace your fears and conquer self-doubt. Vicki&a...

Your host, Donna Peters , chats with author of SleepWorking, Clay Stelzer .  We cover eye-opening concepts such as: Conscious Leadership Patterns keeping you from the results you want 15sixty: we take 15 breaths each minute which is 15 opportunities each minute to "wake up"  Commitment is not wanting Clay is founder of 15sixty . His core values are: say something scary take responsibilit...

Record-breaking Coach Bob McKillop joins your host, Donna Peters , in The Me-Suite. His 230 Southern Conference wins are more than any coach in league history. We discuss his personal journey of leadership, core values, and establishing a team culture through Trust, Commitment, and Care (TCC). Coach McKillop reflects on his lessons of humility as he coached through the years, including Stephen Cur...

Your host, Donna Peters , sits down with cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Azurii Collier .  She shares an inspiring story about the moment her own plans unraveled. We discuss her work biologically mapping human behavior on the brain, especially as it relates to moments that matter in our careers. We explore such timely topics as: --managing the planned and the unplanned --intuition vs. insight --bein...

Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Wall Street Journal bestseller, Monica Parker , on her new book The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead. You will not be the same after this listen. You'll be better. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO The Me-Suite...

This is a must-listen that will change you. Your host, Donna Peters , sits down with Carrie Santos for an inspiring conversation on finding your voice as a leader. Carrie has dedicated her career to the non-profit sector. She has led at the most senior levels, covering the globe for humanitarian support, human rights, and policy--from the American Red Cross and US Department of State, to CEO of En...

In this bonus episode, your host Donna Peters interviews the co-founders of InterviewJam , Maya Aravapalli and Renee Bourbeau . Could there be a more timely topic? These entrepreneurs share AI's tremendous ability to help tailor our resumes, craft the cover letter, accelerate our interview preparation, and differentiate to land that ideal role. And of course, we talk about managing the watch-...

Such a timely topic for so many. Your host, Donna Peters , chats with Liz Brigham on how to thrive in a dual-career family. HBR research shows that dual-career families take on one of three shapes. Which are you? Primary-Secondary Turn-Taking Double Primary Research also shows that while 60% of households have both parents working, relationships where the woman makes more than the man are 50% more...

A must-listen, and a special offer for Me-Suite listeners! Your host, Donna Peters , checks in on 2020 guest, Shubber Ali , who is now living in the zone--at the intersection of what he loves to do, what he's good at, what the world needs, and what he can get paid to do. He's now CEO of the for-profit, Garden for Wildlife . Shubber shares how we can create the opportunities we want to ha...

Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Dr. Jennifer Butler .  Jennifer shares the moment the light switch went off--when she realized she'd been on autopilot moving through her life and career. A significant COVID moment made her stop to reassess and move forward with purpose and passion. We cover powerful, inspiring ground, incuding: turning maybes into yesses (realizing psychological barriers...

Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Patrick Mosher. He reminds us that we all have special talents and bottled up wisdom that needs to be shared to make significant impact in the world. "Wisdom isn't wisdom until it's shared." We need to: hone our talent know our story, our bottled wisdom see every interaction as an opportunity to serve And if we're having trouble identif...

Your host, Donna Peters , focuses on our timely challenge of burnout with psychologist, Dr. John Kello . Burnout is a syndrome, not a buzzword. We explore the physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms of burnout. How to prevent it, how to recognize it, how to reverse it--for ourselves and for our teams. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna P...

Explore the danger when our personal identities become shrunken by our work identities. Your host, Donna Peters , taps into the mesmerizing mind of innovation leader, Amelia Schaffner . Too often, innovation is talked about only in the context of companies. Here, we focus on approaches for innovating ourselves through: 1. associating, 2. questioning, 3. observing, 4. networking, 5. experimenting q...

Decide to listen to this episode on making good decisions. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Professor Patrick Noonan on the topic of judgment and decision-making. We explore what it takes to trust our gut and how our biases impact the quality of the decisions we make. Dr. Noonan's own confetti of career decisions that took him from professional musician to Greenpeace to McKinsey to decora...

Your host, Donna Peters , interviews David O'Coimin , Founder of Nook , and expert on neurodiversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Work spaces are historically, physically designed for the workforce mean. You'll quickly learn here why "one size misfits all" in the workplace. Our unique brains have unique needs. These needs must be met if we strive to balance personal wellbe...

Your host, Donna Peters, chats with CEO, financial strategist and TEDx speaker, Meredith Moore . We cover so much important, provocative ground that's perfect for this time of year, including: being clear on our impact and legacy getting to "work optional" don't want what you don't want power dynamics in families where there are imbalances in income, age, or education mone...

Your host, Donna Peters , typically sees three career personas in her coaching practice. The person who says, "I want more." The person who asks "How do I make this big decision?" And the person who says, "I'm stuck." In this episode, we interview a guest who may have been all three across the arc of her incredible career. Kara Kelly is a wealth advisor at Westfu...

If you're at a career crossroads asking, "Should I be an entrepreneur? Is now the time? Is it for me?" this listen is for you. If you have an entrepreneurial itch, scratch it with this episode. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews serial entrepreneur, West Point grad and Army veteran, and MBA, Samir Patel . We talk about inherent characteristics of entrepreneurs and must-have skills...

Money isn't everything, but money impacts everything. Indeed, at the core of every career decision is the component of money, salary, compensation. Our behavior and relationship with money were hardwired early in childhood around the age of seven and have control over our senses, perceptions, decisions, and our identity. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews behavior and money insights pioneer...

I'm your host, Donna Peters , and today we talk about one our most requested topics in The Me-Suite, the topic of Trust. If you're a leader, you're not as trusted as you think you are.  That's right. Ashley Reichheld and Amelia Dunlop 's recently published research shows how trust impacts the human experience in the workplace--for customers and employees. Their book, The F...

Season 5 of the award-winning Me-Suite podcast is underway! I'm your host, Donna Peters . In this season, we shine a mic on our most requested topics from The Me-Suite community--topics from listeners just like you who are career-driven and life-minded. For career professionals, we're awake working, or doing something related to work, more hours in a day than we're awake not working...

Our season finale montages are fan favorites, and this is no different! Hear the Season 4 finale bonus episode of The Me-Suite podcast. Your host, Donna Peters , shares a compilation of our guests' "suiteners," advice each guest had for things we can start doing differently on Monday to lead our lives with a Me-Suite mindset.  Enjoy! www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options A...

In this bonus episode, your host, Donna Peters , quickly highlights the 3 career personas in her book,  Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life . Which persona best represents where you are at this moment in your career? Are you: Exploration Erika Crossroads K.T. Hamster Wheel Hank And what is your corresponding next best move? www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Boo...

Your host, Donna Peters , speaks with the award-winning author of Spacemaker , Daniel Sih . We talk about digital wellness and digital overuse--the why and how of unplugging, unwinding, and making space to think clearly in the digital age.  Daniel shares tips for finding our "productive middle," the optimal balance between productivity and digital technology usage. You'll hear tips...