Career Contessa

We’re kicking off our first episode of the Power Moves series focused on the topic of self-care by discussing why self-care is important and three self-care power moves that you can do today. Don’t forget —Until May 19, 2020, you can pre-order Lauen McGoodwin’s book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose, and receive companion resources valued at $300+ for free by...

Career Contessa’s founder, Lauren McGoodwin, has some exciting news to share! Her book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose, is officially available for pre-order! In this episode, Lauren and Aliya discuss her journey to writing a book and some really amazing pre-order perks you will get when you order a copy of Power Moves before it’s released on May 19, 2020....

Is productivity on your mind? Due to the coronavirus, all of us have faced disruptions in our routines. We’re here to help with this bonus episode. Ready for the easiest productivity hack that can get you back to feeling accomplished—and moving on with your goals—quickly? Enter: The 15-Minute Win and its creator, Shira Gill, to teach you how to get a win today—including listening to this episode....

In this episode, we’re examining rituals and specifically, rituals at work (even when working from home) that can help boost your performance. Mason Currey, author of Daily Rituals: Women at Work, also joins to share 3 rules to follow when trying to create rituals at work. Plus, in Dear Career Contessa, we’re joined by career coach, Solu Nwanze, to address the Goldilocks conundrum—either overquali...

Goals are vital to our wellbeing. But how do you know you’re setting them right and what is the advice for setting goals when there’s, you know, a global pandemic that makes it almost impossible to think too far in the future?! Join positive psychologist, Dr. Sasha Heinz, for her tips on how to set goals during the Coronavirus that bring amazing results with a free workbook. Plus, in Dear Career C...

If you’re worried about your money plan in light of COVID-19, you’re not alone. From saving money to debt to repayment to investing, there’s a lot on everyone’s minds. And between the possibility of an upcoming recession, the recent stimulus bill, and the wild roller coaster that is the stock market, there’s plenty to be confused about. Let's talk about it on this bonus episode with Amanda Holden,...

In this episode, we’re discussing the ins and outs of a remote job including how you know remote work is a good fit for you and what you need to launch a remote job search with Purva Dandona, the head of talent acquisition for Goalbook, a company that is currently hiring for remote roles. Plus, on Dear Career Contessa, we’ll answer what you should do if your start date for a new job has been put o...

How to Create Value and Gain Influence at Work While nothing replaces or minimizes the need for hard work—creating value and gaining influence are essential for success. However, for your efforts to pay off, your hard work must be recognized and appreciated by some person/group able to choose you to do more—like your boss. On this episode, career and leadership expert, Shanna Hocking, is sharing 4...

As many of you already know, due to the Coronavirus and how it’s quickly affecting our careers, we are releasing special bonus episodes, which are webinar replays. Belma McCaffrey, the founder of Work Bigger, joins us to discuss how to proactively use this time, creative ways to manage your stress, strategies for building connections even during social distancing, and what you can do to prepare yo...

While we can’t predict when the coronavirus will be contained or regular life might be upon us again, we can help you prepare yourself and your finances for an upcoming recession and potential job loss. Shannon McLay, the founder of The Financial Gym, joins us to share her top things you can do to make sure your finances are in good shape if (or when) a recession hits. Then, on Dear Career Contess...

Running a meeting is already challenging but what about when the team is virtual? How do you run an online meeting that's effective without face-to-face interaction? We've got you covered ! On today’s bonus episode, you’ll hear a replay from a recent webinar where we discuss online meeting best practices, video meeting etiquette, remote meeting software, and what you can do to keep your whole team...

Due to the coronavirus, we’re living in an unusual time that has many of us working from home, away from our team, and our managers facing a new reality that is virtual management. How can you make a successful transition? We’re covering our best tips for remote work, including how managers can create a smooth transition. In “Dear Career Contessa,” we’ll help a listener who is launching a job sear...

Let’s finally cut through the confusion and simplify a question that plagues us working women which is what are you actually supposed to wear when the dress code calls for business casual.  Learn what business casual really means including, does what you wear really matter at work? We’re also joined by Abra Belke, editor of Capitol Hill Style, as we share tips around how you can determine what to...

Mistakes happen. Embarrassing moments happen, but when they happen at work it can feel like you might not ever recover. In this episode, we’ll hear real work horror stories from the Career Contessa community. Next, we’ll share four tips you can use to bounce back from embarrassment and move your career forward.  We’ll wrap up the show with our advice segment, Dear Career Contessa, to answer, “What...

We live in a culture obsessed with maximizing personal productivity and we dream about a 4-hour work week but, we’re also a culture that wastes, on average, 32 hours a month in meetings deemed “a waste of time” and use busyness as a status symbol. In our quest to be more productive, we seem more distracted than ever before. Learn why motivation is really the answer to getting more done and three a...

Burnout is a buzzy word you've probably heard a lot about lately. But, what is burnout? Is burnout really that serious? The answer is yes. In this episode we’ll discuss three types of burnout to watch out for with examples and how to tackle burnout if/when you have it. We’ll also teach some self-care tips from experts Amy Morin and Dr. Ellen Vora in our final takeaway tips.  We’ll wrap up the show...

Is being liked at work really that important? In this episode, we’re discussing why we think the answer might be "not really" with insight from expert and author of The Likeability Trap, Alicia Menendez. Plus, we’re sharing three tips for how to overcome the need to be liked starting with knowing when to turn away from likeability. We’ll wrap up the show with our advice segment, Dear Career Contes...

Meet Dr. Leah Sheppard a researcher at Washington State University who’s recent work found that attractive businesswomen are thought by supervisors, colleagues, and employees alike to be less trustworthy and more expendable. This phenomenon has been deemed the “Femme Fatale Effect” — a term usually reserved for a seductive, yet manipulative, woman (Think Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith.) Pu...

Meet  Heather Monahan, a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and podcast host focused on confidence including how to build more of it, what myths surround it, and how to recognize the triggers that knock you off your confidence game. How do you play big when self-doubt and a mean inner critic have drained your confidence? Heather will be answering that and more with actionable advice you can try...

Meet Tess Vigeland, author of Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want , who discusses what really happens when you leave a high-status job without the next steps lined up. Tess doesn’t hold back as she discusses what pushed her to leave her job at Public Radio’s Marketplace, the emptional rabbit hols she went down months after, how she landed a book deal, and...

Meet Bola Sokunbi the founder of Clever Girl Finance as well as the author of a newly released book by that same name. Bola’s a financial force but her story didn’t start like that. Today, her site gives financial advice and teaches financial literacy to millions of women each year, but less than a few years ago, Bola was making $54,000 a year and working toward a goal to become debt-free—and save...

Meet Annabel Chang, Vice President Bay Area for Alaska Airlines, and a woman who’s had a winding career path including law school, a tech startup and now at the 5th largest U.S. airline. Annabel’s career has included some tough questions that many of us do and will face in our careers like, “What do I want to do next?” and “I want more but I’m not sure how to get there.”  Walking away from a prest...

Meet  Marah Lidey + Naomi Hirabayashi, the founders of Shine, a digital self-care platform that gives you access to a daily motivational text, community, articles, and more. Marah and Naomi started Shine with the promise to offer users the same support they found in each other as friends and to help you feel more seen, heard, and represented in the world of self-care. And just a few years later wi...

Meet Veronica Rueckert,  former host at Wisconsin Public Radio, trained opera singer, and communications coach. She’s also the new author of Outspoken: Why Women’s Voices Get Silenced. Veronica’s research led to some pretty sobering facts and some you might not be shocked by like the fact that women’s voices aren’t being heard—at work, at home, in public, and in every facet of their lives. In this...

Meet Christopher Voss, a former FBI hostage negotiator who translated those tactics into modern-day negotiation training. He’s also the best-selling author of Never Split The Difference. Negotiations are a challenging part of our daily lives from salary talks and job offers to client projects and even within our family, but Chris shares some incredible tactics you haven’t heard a hundred times alr...