Disrupt Your Career

Imagine living a life with no limits, overcoming self-doubt, and making the most of every situation. What if you could go to bed every night without worrying about tomorrow? Dr. Benjamin Ritter offers a powerful roadmap to build self-confidence, resilience, and a fearless mindset.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Dr. Benjamin Ritter about his new book, Becoming Fearless: 65 Strategies to Journey from Self-Doubt to Self-Mastery (Live for Yourself Consulting, September 2024). In this transformative guide, Dr. Ritter provides actionable strategies to help readers overcome their fears, defeat self-doubt, and unlock their inner strength. Order Dr. Benjamin Ritter’s bookDr. Benjamin Ritter’s personal pageDr. Benjamin Ritter’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Mosongo Moukwa is a seasoned executive and consultant who has dedicated his career to helping companies thrive by commercializing new technologies, diversifying their product offerings, and entering new markets. Across thirty-plus years in leadership positions, Mosongo has applied his unique talent for identifying leadership gaps and developing the talent and culture necessary for success. He is the author of Be a Leader of Significance: Build Your Legacy, Leave an Impact, was featured in Business Today and is a regular contributor to Business Standard.In this episode, we talk with Mosongo about his career journey, the importance of leadership and human connection, his unexpected transition from research scientist to manager, and the value of psychological safety in leadership. We also explore why he wrote Be a Leader of Significance, the key ideas from his book, and how impactful leadership is achieved through meaningful interactions and trust-building. We discuss the significance of small gestures and moments of connection in fostering team engagement and development, and touch on Mosongo’s most exciting upcoming projects.Links from the episode: Mosongo’s personal siteMosongo’s book Be a Leader of SignificanceMosongo’s LinkedIn ProfileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Sarah Wittman is an Assistant Professor of Management at George Mason University’s School of Business. Her research explores people’s transitions within, across, and beyond organizational boundaries; the organizational impacts of transitions; and the social, technological, and learning support systems that can help make these comings and goings more personally and organizationally successful. She holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour (INSEAD), a Master’s degree in Comunicación Política y Corporativa (Universidad de Navarra-George Washington University), and a Bachelor of Business Administration (Simon Fraser University).We talk with Sarah about her career journey, the lessons she learned from collaborating with other academics and insights on being a thinker, human, and leader, her advice for young people considering a career in academia, her HBR article on career transitions, the importance of psychological transitions for new hires and finding roles that fit one's identity, the phenomenon called the ‘Big Stay’, tips for handling offboarding gracefully, Sarah’s vision for changing the world of work, and her most exciting projects and articles for the future. Links from the episode: Sarah’s academic biographySarah’s HBR article When Changing Jobs Changes Your IdentityWashington Business Journal article about the ‘Big Stay’Sarah’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Carmen Wee is the Founder and CEO of the strategic HR Advisory services firm Carmen Wee & Associates. She brings a strong track record as a global C-suite business HR leader with over 25 years of international business experience, driving large scale transformation within fast-growing companies. She sits on several boards and serves the community through her active involvement in government agencies and educational institutions in Singapore. She is the author of 'From The Kampung To The Boardroom: My Leadership Journey'.We talk with Carmen about how her career has unfolded and the key lessons she learned working alongside diverse leaders, her transitions from corporate HR leader to consultant then board member and author, her advice for HR professionals and aspiring board members, why she wrote ‘From the Kampung to the Boardroom’ and the main ideas of her book, the importance of job readiness as an antidote for unexpected career breaks, what she would like to see organizations doing better when it comes to talent and career management and her most exciting projects for the coming year. Links from the episode:  Carmen’s LinkedIn profileCarmen’s book 'From The Kampung To The Boardroom’Thanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Do you feel dissatisfied with the contribution you're making? Afraid I’m falling behind? Stuck in your job with no way out, or passed over for jobs, projects or clients? If the answer is 'yes' to any of the above, this book is a blueprint for pursuing a career on your terms, whatever stage you’re at.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Angela Lane and Sergey Gorbatov about their book, Move Up or Move On: 10 Secrets to Develop your Career (Pearson Business, May 2024). Their book includes 10 practical ways to get clarity on where you are now, your career options, what you need to do, and how to keep evaluating your progress towards your goals. Order Angela and Sergey’s bookAngela and Sergey’s Edge websiteAngela and Sergey’s LinkedIn profilesThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Andre Martin, PhD, is an organizational psychologist and talent management executive with 20+ years of experience in talent development, executive team development, employee engagement, culture change, C-suite assessment and succession planning, innovation/design thinking, strategy development, and employee experience design. He has worked at or with Nike, Disney, Target, Mars Inc., Google, and more. He is also a father, a husband, and a wildly curious learner who is dedicated to ensuring iconic brands become iconic companies.We talk with André about how his career has unfolded and the key lessons he learned working with iconic leaders, how he transitioned from a corporate employee, to a consultant while becoming an author along the way, why he wrote Wrong Fit, Right Fit and the main ideas of his book, the importance of knowing ourselves when looking for jobs and to keep our engagement high, the pitfall for companies and talent to try to be ‘first-date’ ready for interviews, the challenge for leaders to build trust and relationship in a hybrid work environment, and André’s most exciting projects for the coming year. Links from the episode:  André’s personal homepageAndré’s book Wrong Fit, Right FitAndré’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

How will artificial intelligence change the world of work? Joerg Staff explores this important and timely question, providing an overview of the perspectives, strategies, opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence on management, organization and human resources. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Joerg Staff about his book co-authored with Michael Groß, The AI Revolution in the World of Work: Perspectives for Management, Organization and HR (Haufe, May 2024). Their book, currently available in German language, offers highly topical contributions on the applications of AI in the HR field that are already possible today, with concrete recommendations for action and practical examples from well-known companies and institutions. An edited version of our conversation with Joerg follows.Order Joerg’s bookJoerg’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Asad Husain is a strategic Human Resources leader who is passionate about inspiring and influencing people to achieve their career dreams on a global scale. He has over 30 years of HR experience in blue-chip companies such as The Gillette Company, P&G and Dun & Bradstreet. He has lived and worked in USA, UK, UAE, Russia and Pakistan, and had responsibility for many other countries over the years. In the second chapter of his career, Asad wants to share his learnings to inspire success for future business leaders.We talk with Asad about how his international career has unfolded and the key lessons he learned working with many diverse leaders in global companies, his transition from corporate C-suite to consulting, his advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out in their careers, why he wrote Careers Unleashed and the main ideas of his book, the importance of knowing yourself and finding your ‘true north’ and the four kinds of career conversation people can have.Links from the episode:  Asad’s personal homepageAsad’s book Career UnleashedAsad’s LinkedIn profileThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Dr. Evgenia Lysova is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In this second episode of Research Express, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Evgenia about her research on meaningful work and careers. See Evgenia’s personal profileRead Evgenia’s paper on what enables us to better experience our work as meaningfulThanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

How is digital coaching transforming employee experience and the future of work as we know it? Anna Tavis explores this important and timely question, shining a light on the rapid growth of professional coaching in the workplace and its superpower to change behaviors and transform organizations.In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Anna Tavis about her book co-authored with Woody Woodward, The Digital Coaching Revolution: How to Support Employee Development With Coaching Tech (Kogan Page, February 2024). Their book includes information to help you scale digital coaching across your workforce and offers insight into how to determine what will help every company's specific needs and what questions to ask a digital coaching provider.Order Anna’s bookAnna’s NYU faculty pageAnna’s LinkedIn profile Thanks for listening!Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.comIf you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast