Professional Humans

Aileen and Elli spend some time with Alana, who shares stories of advocating for herself and opening up new opportunities in her career and also shares stories of helping others form a team to help them cultivate self-awareness.

S2E1- LiveEpisode with Margaret Murphy & Charles Youel by Elli Rader

In this episode, we switched things up a bit and had our wonderful guest, Erinn Farrell, interview Josh about his first few months on the job as a manager. We get into coaching and management styles, and the ins and outs of performance reviews. Related Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinn-farrell-0518483 - Erinn on LinkedIn http://www.andrewbird.net/ - Andrew Bird

This is our first episode in our new seasonal format, where we take a deep dive with DangerJosh and his first six to eight months on the job as an enterprise support manager at Code 42. In this episode, we talk about how he knew he was ready to take this role on, and how he got help with the interview process. Related Links: http://dangerjosh.com - All things Danger More to come, including a readi...

We had a conversation with Brendon Schrader, Founder and CEO of Antenna Consulting based in Minneapolis. Brendon has a great story to tell about the path to finding a way to make your work and your life fit together, and the pitfalls along the way. Related Links: http://www.antennaconsulting.com/company - Antenna Consulting https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendonschrader - Brendon on LinkedIn https://...

We had a conversation about where power comes from with one of our favorite professional humans, Mahtab Rezai. The lessons in here aren't going to hit you over the head with obviousness - but there are some concepts in here for you to start to explore about yourself, like the Where You Were Forged idea, that will help you understand how you present yourself in the workplace, and what kind of work...

We have been working on a new format for the podcast, and did an impromptu episode with superfan and PH alumnus (http://prohumans.com/episode-13-managing-humans-not-projects/)Mike Mason to get his reactions to it. We are pretty excited about it, and look forward to hearing from you all about it as we go down this path. Related Links: https://gimletmedia.com/show/startup/episodes/season/season-1/ -...

As part of our ongoing sub-series about Minimalism and our journey to reduce and simplify our lives, we invited Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch to come in and chat with us about his own journey and explorations into minimalism and, specifically, breaking the buying habits that are at the root of having too much stuff. Related Links: http://www.breakthetwitch.com/ - Break the Twitch http://www.b...

We wanted to get a more global perspective on the job hunting process, so we Skyped with a friend on the other side of the pond, Andrew Abboud, about what it's like to look for a job in Europe. It isn't that different! But, we had a good chat with him - enjoy! Related Links:  https://twitter.com/aabboud - Andrew on Twitter https://uk.linkedin.com/in/andrewabboud - Andrew on LinkedIn Professional H...

In Part 2 of Culture of Feedback, we continue our journey to being great at giving and receiving feedback in a conversation with Chris Pegg, an admired feedback-giver and esteemed colleague. Related Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poohsticks - Pooh Sticks https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pegg-41435b26 - Chris on Linked-In Professional Humans theme is: “We All Know The Way (Instrumental)” by...

When you hear the phrase “manage up” or “lead up,” it’s easy to assume that means that your boss isn’t doing their job and you have to teach them how to do it. But it’s not that simple. When you consider that 82% of leaders were promoted into their role because they were great at doing the job of the people reporting to them, not because they were identified as a great leader, it’s clear you’ll ha...

We talked with our friends Nate & Tom from Studio E, an entrepreneurial studio designed to help leaders navigate the unknown in a time of increasing uncertainty. By helping you shift your mindset, the Studio E curriculum can help you guide yourself - and your team - through the unknown and get to success. Related Links: http://yourstudioe.com/ - Studio E Website https://twitter.com/YourStudioE...

We talked with Andy Krueger of the Twin Cities craft show, Craftstravaganza, about how to know when your passion project is becoming your real job, things to watch out for as you get serious about your passion project, and just how important it is to have one of those projects in the first place. Related Links: http://www.craftstravaganza.com/ -Craftstravaganza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnMt...

We talked with Kelly Groehler of Sprosty Network about her progression from Director of External Relations at Best Buy to her present job working in a retail startup accelerator here in the Twin Cities. Kelly tells us about how she spent time deciding what she _didn't_ want to do, which ended up being important as she made her way to the role she's in now. After reflecting on the conversation, we...

We had a talk with our friend Justin Royer about what a "Strategist" really does - and also try to find a new paradigm of venn diagramming. Related Links: http://growwithgo.com/ - Justin's day job when not envisioning squenn diagrams Professional Humans theme is: “We All Know The Way (Instrumental)” by The Builders And The Butchers. With additional music "Barbarian" by Pierlo. These songs is licen...

Over the last 4 months, we have purged most of our belongings and moved into a much smaller apartment, and it has been a very rewarding endeavor - but very difficult and exhausting. In this episode, we share some of the work we did to get to a more minimalist lifestyle, and some of the things we did to get ourselves into the mindset of living more simply - like traveling with only a few things in...

We teamed up with the MPLS MadWomen to spark a conversation and dig into the ingrained, gender-specific perceptions about “strength” and “weakness” and how they show up in the workplace. We have hauled these biases around with us long enough, and we thought it was time to take a look at them in a new way and maybe start to lighten up from the burden they bring. Guests include Alison Beattie of Tar...

This is episode two of two that we did about finding your dream job. Last week we talked with entrepreneur Tamara Dennison, who found her dream job by starting a company. This week we talk with Kat Duncan, Managing Partner at CLICK Talent, about how and when to best use a recruiter. Related Links: https://www.quintcareers.com/15-recruiter-tips/ - 15 Recruiter Tips http://clicktalent.net/ - CLICK T...

We chatted with the founder of Atomic Collaborative, Tamara Dennison, about how she created her dream job by starting her own company. This is part 1 of a 2 part series exploring how to find your dream job. Next week, we'll chat with Kat Duncan of CLICK Talent about how to get yourself to the right company. Related Links:  http://www.atomiccollaborative.com/ - Atomic Collaborative https://www.link...

We talked with Zack Naylor, founder of Aurelius, about how to incorporate better user-centered design into our every day lives, and also did a little exploration into whether it's better to ride a roller coaster frontward or backward. Related Links: http://www.zacknaylor.com/ - Zack Naylor dot com https://twitter.com/zacknaylor - Zack on Twitter https://aureliuslab.com/ - Aurelius http://hbswk.hbs...

We had a conversation about Self Organizing teams with DangerJosh's boss, Brad Walter of Code42.  Brad has a great story about how he instinctively learned to run his team in a way that enabled them to be self-organized. Related Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradprime - Brad on LinkedIn http://www.code42.com/ - Code42 https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/the-role-of-leaders-on-a-self-org...

GUEST: Aly Wallberg We hung out with our friend Aly to talk about some tips and tricks she has up her sleeve to improve your public speaking adventures. This was also our first official "soft pants" episode. Related Links: https://twitter.com/AlyWallberg - Aly on Twitter https://www.linkedin.com/in/alywallberg - Aly on LinkedIN http://www.ignitempls.org/ - Ignite Minneapolis https://twitter.com/st...

GUEST: Pilar Gerasimo We chatted with Pilar about the pending arrival of spring, and how to balance that fever of wanting to get outside and play with needing to stay productive at work. Doesn't that sound like NO FUN? But Pilar has some great ideas and information to help us through it. Related Links: http://pilargerasimo.com/ - Pilar's Website http://revolutionaryact.com/app/ - 101 Revolutionary...

Matty is a talented entrepreneur, and we chatted with him for quite a while about negotiating skills, buying businesses, real estate, working with vendors and other business owners, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Professional Humans theme is: “We All Know The Way (Instrumental)” by The Builders And The Butchers. With additional music "Barbarian" by Pierlo. These songs is licensed under an Attri...

"The good news is that real time is mental. It exists between your ears. You create it. Anything you create, you can manage."  - Entrepreneur Magazine In this episode, we brainstorm and share ideas about how to manage your calendar more proactively as a communication tool, rather than a bot that controls your life. We would love to hear input from listeners who have tips and tricks that help us al...