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Hello Sausers! As we get into season 4 and start to come out of winter, are you, by chance, feeling a want for a pep in your step or spending some time with a team-building exercise? If you want to do a team-building exercise, you might be trying to decide between a pint in the pub vs personality tests. If you decide on personality tests with your team, which ones should you use? In this episode,...

This episode is for you if you are leading people or have a manager! Russ Laraway is a former leader at Google and Twitter (leading teams up to 700). Russ went on to be the Chief People Officer at Qualtrics. After working, leading, and managing so many people, Russ found a simple (but not always easy) formula to being a manager of people.for Tune in to this episode to learn about Russ's leader...

Sausers! This is the final episode of Season 3. We celebrated Women's History Month and International Women's Day in March. Your hosts decided the last episode of the season would be around the theme of International Women's Day, inclusivity. In this episode, they refer to a BCG article that talks about how simple (but not always easy) it is to practice inclusivity with your team (as a...

Sausers! Your hosts love a guest episode and are excited to have our former colleague and good friend, Steph Jenkins on the Saus. Steph is currently VP at PandaDoc leading their sales organization. Steph joins The Saus talking all about Organizational re-orgs. What works well and what doesn't - really good, eye opening conversation where you see how leaders work through change. Of course we do...

Happy Leap Day! Sausers, have you had a manager you've worked with for many years, where everything gels, and you know how to communicate, and it's just easy? And suddenly, that manager shifts to a new role, and you have a new manager. How do you get to that 'easy' place you had with your previous manager? How do you make sure your manager knows how best to communicate with you and...

Have you ever heard someone say, "I am working on improving my executive presence," or you receive feedback to work on your "executive presence," and you think, ok, but what does that really mean? Or how do I break it down to know what to focus on? In this episode of The Saus, your hosts refer to an HBR article (see below) that defines executive presence into 3 buckets and what...

Gossip in the workforce, so many of us do it, but why? What purpose does it serve? Tune in this week as your hosts look at why we gossip and how gossiping can affect the workplace. Is gossip always bad? They also discuss when you feel the need to gossip, what some alternatives to gossiping are, and, if you must do it, tips on what less harmful gossip could look like. This is a topic that can make...

As we roll into 2024, we kick off the first episode with Business and Personal updates, tune in to hear more. And with the new year comes new year resolutions, or does it? Your hosts discuss what they are leaving in 2023 and what they are bringing or starting in 2024. We hope you Sausers use this episode to reflect and kick off 2024. Especially if it has been busy and you haven't had a moment...

As we wind down this year and many of us prep for the holidays, your hosts reflect on recent lessons they have learned or reflected on from Podcasts, Social Media, life experiences etc. For any Sauser, you know how much Liz & Mol love, admire, and respect Taylor Swift. As she was crowned Time's Woman of the Year, they took some key lessons from her. You won't want to miss as your hosts...

Sausers, it is one from the vault this week. Taylor is relaunching 1989 with vault songs, so we felt we would follow suit! Tune in to learn how Dini grew her career to a CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) and her journey into sales. If you are feeling a need for a reminder to be your authentic self. To show up as you every day and to work hard and never forget to be you, this episode is for you! Enjoy, S...

Jen Allen-Knuth is the queen of sales. The queen of authenticity and if you do not follow her on Linkedin, you are missing out! In this episode, we sitdown and we don't talk sales we talk about how to use one of her very favorite sales tips - constructive tension - in the workplace. Want to know what constructive tension is and how to use it to get your voice heard in meetings. We touch on men...

We often talk about giving tough feedback. There are tips, courses, rules to follow etc. But what about when you receive tough feedback. From your direct manager. This week on The Saus, your hosts talk about how It can be hard. Tough to process. Emotional. After you process, we talk about ways to work through it, react to it and ultimately grow from it. Good conversation, good tips and lots of rea...

This week on The Saus your hosts give tips on speaking up in meetings. Spoiler alert, they most definitely think you should! Be bold and raise that hand, but they also know, it is not always easy to feel the courage or the confidence (or find the right time to share). Tune in as Molly & Liz give tips on finding courage, confidence and boldness to raise that hand and what to say and what not to...

This week's episode is all about connections at work. Now, we are not talking finding your best friend at work, more so the importance of connecting, enjoying and having mutual respect with your coworkers. Post Pandemic, 43% of workers in America are saying they do not feel a sense of connection with co-workers. You may read this and think I am now remote, my lifestyle has changed, I can't...

Sausers! Your hosts are enjoying a last summer break, so this week's episode will be one from The Saus Vault (you will notice the old intro and nov video this week). On this episode from Season 1 with Robert Hohman, the former CEO and now Chairman of Glassdoor Robert talks about leadership, making tough decisions, and building a company from the ground up - and shares lessons he learned along...

We are one month past mid-year of 2023, so what is better than a mid-year goal check-in? In this episode Molly and Liz talk about looking over your goals, giving yourself some grace while holding yourself to your goals. In line with your yearly goal check-in, your hosts touch on seasons of life and different times in your life call for different goals, different levels of ambition and talk about w...

Have you received an email at work and thought, "this email is concise and clear on the ask" how do I write more like this? Or maybe, you are good at writing direct and clear emails, and when you receive emails from some colleauges you want to give them tips to cut out words like sorry, just, very, and should. This week's episode of The Saus covers clear and bold language in emails a...

As business travel picks up post-pandemic, and we are officially in summer, both mean time out of the office. So many times PTO (also referred to as Annual Leave) still means texts, Slacks, chats, and calls from colleagues. Business travel means you're working but preoccupied with meetings, conferences, and perhaps meals with clients. Tune into this week's episode with hosts Liz & Moll...

You know when you're invited to a business lunch or dinner and you think that restaurant is fancy, what do I wear? What silverware do I use? Do I show up on time. Here on The Saus, your hosts, Liz & Molly have you covered. Molly starts the episode telling Liz and The Sausers about her personal trip Chicago, where they both spent a lot of time dining with customers and coworkers. On this ep...

You know that feeling. You open up Linkedin and see a former classmate or colleague being promoted and you are immediately happy for them and also begin to question your career. Your career path. Your career choices, should you too be promoted? Should you have that title? Many of us have been in that position and join your hosts Molly and Liz as they discuss similar feelings and tips on how to not...

That is right Sausers, Danielle is a repeat guest and our first guest on Season 3. She is coming back to talk about her career growth all while expanding her family. When you first met Danielle, S1 Ep 18, as a Harvard Business School graduate herself, she helped us through the thought process of getting an MBA or not. As our first guest on Season 3, Danielle joins hosts Molly and Liz to talk about...

This week on The Saus your hosts discuss Growth vs Fixed mindset. As Molly's son is growing his LAX career and Liz watched a handful of colleagus finish a marathon, this was a perfect topic for this week. You know when you look back on something and go, "That was tough, but I learned a lot" or "That was tough, but I'm glad I went through it." Those are often signs of a...

Do you ever get an email at work that gets you heated? Do you often work with a co-worker that knows how to push your buttons? Every day we all deal with different stressors and pressures at work that gets us emotionally charged. Join us this week on The Saus Pod as we discuss those oh-so-common scenarios and how to handle them authentically and with calmness. As your hosts discuss this topic it i...

Do you ever get an email at work that gets you heated? Do you often work with a co-worker that knows how to push your buttons? Every day we all deal with different stressors and pressures at work that gets us emotionally charged. Join us this week on The Saus Pod as we discuss those oh-so-common scenarios and how to handle them authentically and with calmness. As your hosts discuss this topic it i...

Season 3 starts off with your hosts discussing traits that some of you may or may not see in your leaders - vulnerability and humility. Are they traits of strong leaders or weak leaders. Tune is as Liz and Molly discuss their take on the two traits. We hope you enjoy this episode and get excited for Season 3 at the Saus where your hosts strive to build a community and empower women everywhere.