Corporate Strategy

Halleluja, We are in purgatory this week and are discussing everyone's favorite subject. Religion in the workplace! Is it okay? Does it elevate your work? Will it send you straight to HR hell? We answer all these questions in this week's divine episode.   Support the show Click/Tap HERE for everything Corporate Strategy Elevator Music by Julian Avila Promoted by MrSnooze Don't forge...

Another week, another topic about how AI will ruin our lives. Not really. We think aggressively about how ChatGPT is changing the workplace and what you should do to make your work life so much easier. Spoiler Alert: you should use it! Support the show Click/Tap HERE for everything Corporate Strategy Elevator Music by Julian Avila Promoted by MrSnooze Don't forget ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ it helps!      

Somehow the Corporate Strategy podcast returned! I love democracy... and Clark loves bringing the tea about wacky managers at unexpected companies. Today we dig into dealing with people who set out to make others' lives miserable and sabotage themselves for the sake of self-promotion. They may think they are the senate, but they are just bad eggs and require careful handling. Our first respon...

We tackle another listener-submitted topic around negativity, but this time it's managing the thoughts inside our minds. Find out exactly how Bruce and Clark have dealt with their negativity in the past, and QUIT YOUR JOBS! JK JK, have a transition plan, then quit your jobs. For a better explanation of Amazon Basics than what Bruce provided: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/10/12/how-amazonbas...

Today we tackle a listener-submitted topic, dealing with when your company makes a big dumb decision and how you should, or shouldn't handle it.  Useful Links Visit our website to contact us and submit topics Join the conversation on the Corporate Fam Discord Follow us on LinkedIn Elevator Music by Julian Avila Promoted by MrSnooze Don't forget ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ it helps!               Support...

Alex Restrepo rejoins us to teach us a valuable lesson about our economy and what has become of it. Spoiler Alert: it ain't great, BUT it can be fixed! Thanks again to our guest, and we hope you enjoy the special educational episode. Sources How shareholders jumped to first in line for profits Changing the Director Voting Rules - Explained Useful Links Visit our website to contact us and subm...

New year, new 'strats! We are starting strong with a re-evaluation of CACC (Culture Autonomy (or is it Accountability?) Challenge and Compensation), the way we will evaluate and measure companies and the values of the employees that work therein. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Join the conversation on the Corporate Fam...

Clark and I have begun performing yearly retrospectives, which is a great practice for all things. Spend twenty minutes with us talking about ourselves and how we can be better, and send us your thoughts and feedback, PLEASE! Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Join the conversation on the Corporate Fam Discord: https://discord....

It's that time of year again, time to get real paid. Today we get festive and figure out exactly how to ask your boss for that ched you so deserve.  Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Join the conversation on the Corporate Fam Discord: https://discord.gg/zjNaEJfZdE Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateSt...

Alex is back, and he brought a great topic with him. Today we help you understand precisely how to make your next big move, and the Roman army is here to help! Whether you want to go from individual contributor to management or change roles entirely, this episode has the tips and tricks to jump. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.bi...

Clark made a boo-boo, but that's okay. We disect the heart of a mistake and how to best deal with them. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateStrats on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/corporatestrategy-biz/ or email questions@corporatestrategy.biz Elevator Musi...

Taking the time to express gratitude is important. Bruce and Clark walk down memory lane and expunge thanks upon all who deserve it in remembrance of this weird fowl-based holiday. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateStrats on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/corpo...

None of you asked, but we still listened. Here's a heaping helping episode dedicated to hydration, health, and snacks just for you!  Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateStrats on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/corporatestrategy-biz/ or email questions@corpor...

Keeping up with the recent news, we discuss the latest around Twitter and its brand new, slightly questionable owner Elon Musk. Musk recently asked employees to work 84 hours a week, and we think that's pretty crummy. We talk all about how we deal with this outrageous ask this week. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach...

It is the middle ground between an open laptop and a closed laptop, between meetings and impromptu calls, and it lies between the pit of the first coffee and the summit of  Bruce's lunch. Today we are taking you on a journey, through blocked calendars, time management, and notification silencing.   This is the dimension of productivity. It is an area which we call the Flow Zone. Love us, hate...

This episode was a journey! What started as an aimless discussion around how you start an email turns into a critique of executive leadership and how they dehumanize us. Better just to listen and discover for yourself. This week's call2action: Tell us about meeting briefs Be good to each other Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy...

Time to work through everyone's favorite topic: rejection. While we aren't touching on how to deal with a failed job interview (yet), we dig into the feeling of having an idea, piece of work, or anything you put some effort into rejected by someone who "knows better." Rejection sucks; let Corporate Strategy help make it better!  Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to kno...

Special guest Nathan will help us navigate the path of starting and maintaining extra-professional relationships. We discuss how to befriend your co-worker, why you should, and what advantages it can bring you. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateStrats on LinkedIn https://...

It's all the rage, but what is it exactly? We break down and share our thoughts on "just doing what is expected of you" and give some tips to quit quietly and live your best life. Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know. Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateStrats on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com...

We finally did it! We managed to schedule not one but two guests around Clark's buck-wild calendar. Today we managed to sit down and talk through some stories of what has worked for us regarding investing and personal finance. Thanks to Alex and Tony for joining us and sharing their experience with investing, stocks, real estate, 401k, and so much more. Disclaimer: Nothing this episode states...

It's been a minute, and we are sorry! We are bringing you 40 minutes of lived leadership experience and advice to make up for it. While leading is never easy, we may have cracked the code for learning how to lead and build yourself into the agent of change we want you to be.  Thanks as always to our topic submitters, keep em coming! Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know.  Visit o...

"Jack of all trades" will be said a lot during this episode. We break down our own experiences as both jack of all trades and experts and discuss who should specialize or generalize and why.   Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know.  Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateStrats on LinkedIn https://www.lin...

I can't believe it has been a year of podcasts! In this episode, Bruce and Clark open up about what has been good, bad, and otherwise in producing this podcast for you all.  Love us, hate us, wanna berate us? We want to know.  Visit our website: https://www.corporatestrategy.biz/ Reach out to us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CorporateStrats on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/corpor...

This week we are responding to another listener-submitted topic. Thank you, and keep the suggestions coming! Dealing with toxic people is never easy. Sometimes they can be aggressive and uncorrectable, which drags the entire workplace down. This episode discusses the best approach to handling those who hate being handled. As a bonus, we also touch on those snooty privileged types that like to flau...

Wow, this might be our longest episode yet!  This one is jam packed with listener submitted topics. We dive deep into addressing the challenges of being stuck in a dead-end individual contributor role when management positions are available and deserved. Bruce and Clark share their experiences of breaking out of their decade-long work engagements and offer tips to our dear listeners on what they s...