97% Effective

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com Want to achieving lasting, transformative change? Then don’t rely on slick “habit hack” books, says Jason Hreha, an expert in the applied behavioral sciences. Jason is the author of Real Change: Moving Beyond Habits to Achieve Lasting Transformation. In this episode of 97% Effective, we discuss how habits differ from “tran...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: How do you go from a senior role at an established company to entrepreneur, investor and Board roles? In this episode, Cecilia Hultén shares how she left a successful banking career in Europe and “built a bridge” to forge her own path. She speaks hard truths about not letting your company own you, managing your...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com In this episode of 97% Effective, host Michael Wenderoth interviews renowned theatre director, Tamzin Townsend, dubbed the 'Queen Midas' of the theatre by the Spanish press. They explore the intersection of theatre and effective communication. Tamzin shares insights on how to establish a powerful presence, manage p...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com How do companies retain talent, and whose job is it to manage careers? Alisia Gill, CEO of the North Star Organization, points out what employees and their companies miss, and need to do better. Drawing from her work as an economist, business analyst and Chief People Officer, Alisia shares how as a Coach she helps frustrat...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: At Leerink Partners, Sasha Kelemen runs an investment banking team unlike any other on Wall Street, specializing in women and family healthcare and technology. In this continuation episode, we discuss uncomfortable truths that women face in male-dominated industries: whether you need to act like a man to get ah...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: At Leerink Partners, Sasha Kelemen runs an investment banking team unlike any other on Wall Street. How did she rise to lead a team in women and family health, a historically overlooked and underfunded space? Sasha discusses how being a banker and mother are central to her identity – and success. We talk about...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: Jeffrey Pfeffer is Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Business School. A year ago on 97% Effective, I discussed with Jeff his best-selling book, the 7 Rules of Power (HERE: https://tinyurl.com/3y56bzcz ). In this episode, we go beyond his book, and get personal: We cover double-binds, intergender...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: Why is doing great work not enough to advance your career? Are you paying enough attention to all parts of your “PIE”? In this short episode, Michael helps you re-examine your PIE, sharing the thinking and actions that will disproportionately drive promotions, bigger bonuses – and your power and influence at wo...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: How do you avoid living in an echo chamber, deal with someone who has more influence, and prevent others from sowing misinformation? In this continuation episode, Michael and Jakub (Kuba) Kocinski debate how Jakub’s trust and safety insights can be applied to improving organizations, work relationships and care...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: What can we learn from a trust and safety expert about creating better workplaces and navigating our careers? In this episode, Jakub (Kuba) Kocinski shares his path from communist Poland to leading digital trust and safety in Silicon Valley for Google, Bytedance (Tik Tok), and Meta. Listen to how the world’s be...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES: Martin Young, Managing Director at M3 Partners, explains what turnaround and restructuring experts do – and how his training as a military chaplain has served him and his work on Wall Street. We discuss: thinking in terms of best interests, understanding organizational behavior through the theological concept...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  It's that time again: Promotions are being decided, and the path for the next year is being determined. Do you want to be in the driver’s seat, or frustrated that you got passed over? Does it feel like some of your peers operate by a playbook that you never got? In this short episode, Michael shares “The...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  Life is not fair, so why do we pretend that it is? Samia Qamar, Director People at S&P Global Pakistan, shares how hard work and educational degrees might be necessary – but are not sufficient – to accelerating your career and impact. She shares how a mid-career meeting in Dubai dramatically shifted her t...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  To mark the first anniversary of 97% Effective, host Michael Wenderoth highlights memorable moments from the more than 52 guests he’s interviewed. He shares 6 “hard truth” clips about accelerating our careers that most of us would rather avoid. May these provide bite-size fuel to challenge your thinking, embo...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  Chris Fenning, award-winning author of Effective Emails, wants e-mail to stop being such a time sink, and help you write ones that get to the point, and get results. In this episode, Chris analyzes and rewrites two e-mails, which Michael also runs through ChatGPT. You assess the difference – but listen closel...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  What if leadership did not require changing hearts and minds? What if you could make a big impact by making small adjustments that lead people to make better decisions, which created better outcomes? In this episode, I speak with decision-making and leadership expert Don Moore, Professor and Associate Dean at...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  What can we learn from China about leadership, power, and influence? Gabor Holch, intercultural leadership expert who has helped thousands of Western and Chinese leaders, discusses his latest book, Dragon Suit: The Golden Age of Expatriate Lives in China. Gabor busts myths, shares how working in China enhance...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  How you look matters, much more than we think. And your headshot, on LinkedIn and the web, shapes that critical first impression people form about you. Richard Waine, professional portrait photographer, helps you elevate your personal brand – and makes sure you don’t lose out on job offers, opportunities, or...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  How do you navigate a career in technology – even more so in fast moving, emerging markets? Maíra Gracini, GM Latin America at Atlas and C-Suite mentor of the year at Endeavour, shares how to “get new oxygen” to keep your career moving in the right direction. We discuss how to get out of your comfort zone, sh...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  Liz Banse, visual storytelling and communications expert at Resource Media, wants you to dial in your ability to be heard, shape conversations and get others to take action. She shares the biggest mistake people (and her clients) make in their presentations, how to test your approach – and the code of ethics...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  How do you get heard, shape conversations, mobilize support, and ultimately get others to take action? Liz Banse shares why pictures -- much more than words – are the key to your communication success. An expert in visual storytelling and strategic communications at Resource Media, Liz breaks down the science...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  Deep down you agree that speaking about your success is important – but you cringe at the thought of doing so, and can’t bring yourself to doing it. And being humble has cost you key projects, promotions, and more money that you rightly deserve. Enter Lisa Bragg, speaker and author of Bragging Rights. We disc...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  Forget start-ups and large corporations -- the more interesting place to work, learn, and grow is at “Scale-Ups,” says Joe Haslam, professor at IE Business School. We discuss why founders get ousted, power as the ability to cast a spell – and other insights from scale-ups that can help you accelerate your car...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com  SHOW NOTES:  To reach the C-Suite and Board, you need a robust network, personal brand and interviewing skills. But you also need to “take a step back”, says Anne Marie Segal, Execute Coach and Author. Anne Marie shares why and how this non-intuitive move raises your “inner game” and will accelerate your next career trans...

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES:  Feel frustrated that classmates or peers at work seem to be operating from a rule book that you never got? Or are you beginning your career, and want to make sure you start it off right? Gorick Ng, Harvard career advisor and bestselling author, is on a mission to help first-generation students and professional...