Leading Up: The Work Shift
Udemy | Pod People
Shift happens. This podcast can help. Layoffs can leave you scrambling for what’s next. Company priorities can switch at the speed of light. Promotions can feel out of reach. Or perhaps you’re starting a new venture. For better or worse, our work lives are constantly changing. How do we forge our career path through this ever changing landscape?
Leading Up: The Work Shift is the compass that will guide you back to your career values, goals, and vision. If you’re feeling lost, you're not alone. Host Elizabeth Weingarten talks to executives, entrepreneurs, and Udemy instructors who have survived layoffs and career uncertainty. We ask how to rebound after getting fired, what blocks talented individuals from getting promotions, and how to build a career that makes you proud.
Elizabeth is a journalist, applied behavioral scientist, and author of the book “How to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty.” Elizabeth is the Director of Thought Leadership for Udemy, and your guide through whatever shifts are happening in your world of work.
We all deserve to thrive in our careers, even when we’re not sure what’s next. Whether you're stuck in a job that's crushing your soul, facing an unexpected layoff, or ready to make a bold move but don't know where to start, your next chapter starts now.
Follow Leading Up: The Work Shift on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube. New episodes drop Tuesdays.
Find out more about Leading Up: The Work Shift at business.udemy.com/leading-up-podcast
Production by Pod People
Leading Up: The Work Shift is the compass that will guide you back to your career values, goals, and vision. If you’re feeling lost, you're not alone. Host Elizabeth Weingarten talks to executives, entrepreneurs, and Udemy instructors who have survived layoffs and career uncertainty. We ask how to rebound after getting fired, what blocks talented individuals from getting promotions, and how to build a career that makes you proud.
Elizabeth is a journalist, applied behavioral scientist, and author of the book “How to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty.” Elizabeth is the Director of Thought Leadership for Udemy, and your guide through whatever shifts are happening in your world of work.
We all deserve to thrive in our careers, even when we’re not sure what’s next. Whether you're stuck in a job that's crushing your soul, facing an unexpected layoff, or ready to make a bold move but don't know where to start, your next chapter starts now.
Follow Leading Up: The Work Shift on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube. New episodes drop Tuesdays.
Find out more about Leading Up: The Work Shift at business.udemy.com/leading-up-podcast
Production by Pod People
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Apr 26, 2023 • 26min
Finding Your Way Through The Noise With Intention
Leaders often feel inundated with information. In those moments, it’s hard to make choices, and even harder to be heard from within the swell of emails, chat channels, and social posts. How does a person find their way, and identify their own voice?This week on the podcast, we welcome Dorie Clark, professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and author of best-selling titles The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out. Dorie tells us her strategies around making informed decisions, choosing to be bad at things, networking without feeling icky, and pivoting on feedback to find new perspectives.Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Apr 19, 2023 • 28min
Servant Leaders, Social Change, and Shared Value
People often change faster than the organizations they work for, and when cultural shifts meet shareholder interests, the perception is more of a clash than a compromise. But what if those ideas could converge in a place of shared understanding and shared benefit?Layli Miller-Muro is a purpose and impact strategist named by Goldman Sachs as one of the Top 100 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs. In this episode, she shares how serving others makes you a better leader. We unpack her extensive work in human rights and ESG, as well as examine her methodologies for fostering inclusive and equitable work environments. Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Apr 12, 2023 • 34min
Finding the Courage to Bring Our Best Selves to Work
As leaders, we have the momentous task of maximizing human potential from ourselves and our teammates. This can be a daunting task. How do we even get started?Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts joins us this week to break this down. She is an organizational psychologist who specializes in strength-based practices. She is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, and has taught at Harvard Business School, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, and the Wharton School. She is also the author of The Alignment Quest Toolkit. Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Apr 5, 2023 • 26min
Why Communication is the Most Important Skill
If there’s one constant throughout our careers, it’s change. Over the past few years, the way we work has evolved dramatically from in-person to distributed work. Arguably, there's one skill you need to hone more than any other in order to keep up with rapid change: Communication, the ability for nothing to get lost in translation. This week on the podcast, we're talking to Molly Nagler, the Chief Learning Officer at PepsiCo, where she is responsible for the learning strategy, covering more than 300,000 global employees. Previously, she ran executive education at the Yale School of Management and the University of California, Berkeley. She shares her tips for courageous conversations, building authentic relationships, and setting positive examples as a leader. Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Mar 29, 2023 • 27min
Leading From Your Strengths
We all have our strengths and weaknesses. But as leaders, how do we bolster our weak points and build off of our strengths?That’s what we dive into this week with our guest, Kristi Burnham. She is the Vice President, Employee Engagement and Development at UNICEF USA. She has worked for the humanitarian organization for more than two decades, and she got her start in leadership with the Girl Scouts. We cover how to capitalize on your strengths, leading in a social impact organization, and why a manager is the most important role in any organization. Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Mar 22, 2023 • 27min
How a Strong Career Vision Keeps You Steady
When was the last time you talked about your broader career vision in a one-on-one? This week on the podcast, we’re talking about why it’s so important for managers to have big picture career conversations with their direct reports.Siya Raj Purohit discusses her tips and tricks to coach teammates and develop a strong career vision. Purohit is the Global EdTech& Workforce Development Category Lead at Amazon Web Services, where she coaches team members to follow their unique career pathways.Purohit’s strong career vision has shaped many of her professional steps, starting at age 19 when she wrote a book about the skills gap in the field of engineering. She has worked throughout the EdTech industry at Udacity and Springboard, and she is also the Co-founder and General Partner at Pathway Ventures.Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Mar 15, 2023 • 28min
How Total Leadership Transforms Your Life Beyond Work
Leadership is a lifelong practice. When practiced well, your leadership skills can completely transform your mental health, business performance, community engagement, and home life. This is what Stew Friedman calls Total Leadership. Stew founded The Wharton Leadership Program and the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project at The University of Pennsylvania. He has authored several bestselling books, including Total Leadership and Leading the Life You Want. According to The New York Times, Friedman inspires “rockstar adoration from his students.”Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Mar 8, 2023 • 23min
Leading Authentically to Build High Trust Environments
Who are you as a leader? On International Women’s Day, our podcast guest encourages all of her new managers to reflect on this question, as it can help them lead authentically, purposefully, and effectively. Lisa Dahms is the Global Head of People Development IT at TUI Group, the world’s leading tourism company based in Hanover, Germany, with over 13 million customers and $16.5 billion in annual revenues. Dahms shares valuable lessons from accelerating her career, navigating burnout, and fostering talent at TUI Group.Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Mar 8, 2023 • 2min
Leading Up is Back with Season Two
Leading Up is back with a new season. Leaders face challenges every single day: evolving workplace culture, closing skill gaps, employee burnout, and let’s not forget about the economic uncertainty nipping at our collective heels. In this season, we continue to explore how great leaders drive creativity, business outcomes, and an inventive spirit. Hear fresh perspectives and insights from real-world business and leadership experts.Your host, Alan Todd, the Udemy Vice President of Leadership Development, talks to a forward-thinking leader or business professional in each episode. Together, they give you the tools to work, lead, and live differently.New episodes drop every Wednesday, so be sure to follow the podcast to never miss an episode. Leave us a rating and review if you like what you hear. Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
Jan 18, 2023 • 34min
How Parenthood and Purpose Create Strong Leaders
Earlier this season, we talked with positive leadership expert Kim Cameron, and purpose-driven leadership expert Bob Quinn, both from the University of Michigan. This week on the podcast, we're talking to a guest who lives and breathes these values as a business leader. Erin Mara is the Vice President of Talent Management at BJ's Wholesale Club, a $17 billion per year retailer, where she oversees learning and talent development for 35,000 people. Before that, she spent 19 years at Staples, ultimately becoming their Senior Director of Learning and Development. And importantly, she's also a mother to a daughter. We talk about how being a positive and purpose-driven leader can help navigate the world of business and parenthood.Learn more about Udemy Business at https://bit.ly/udemy-podcast.
