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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, Sausers!

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 mentorship, women in business, how she build a great community and we did slip in a couple sales questions. Jen is fun, brilliant and full of knowledge - enjoy, Sausers! Follow Jen on LI : Jen Allen -Knuth

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 realness. Tune in and enjoy! Follow us on socials: IG: @thesauspodcast LI: @thesauspodcast Tik Tok: @thesauspodcast

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 say when speaking up in meetings. This episode isn't the most structured, but they promise great tips and of course a few laughs. Enjoy, Sausers!

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 meet up with coworkers and I have my own social circle. Tune into this week, because your hosts, Molly & Liz talk about why connection and the feeling of connected at work is just that important. Follow us on socials: @thesauspodcast - IG @thesauspodcast -Tik Tok @thesauspodcast - Linkedin Articles referenced: Forbes Betterup HBR

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 the way. Robert is honest, real, compassionate and fun! Molly and Liz have a lot of love, respect and admiration for Robert (if you cannot hear this throughout the podcast) and they think this is a perfect episode for some inspiration as many ppl head into the back half of 2023. Enjoy!

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 while it can be hard to accept ambition levels changing, it is normal and okay. And of course, we follow up on Liz's Morocco trip with @thirtywaves and the Taylor Swift Eras tour (Molly went!) Enjoy, Sausers! Follow us on Social: IG: @thesauspodcast Tik Tok: @thesauspodcast Linkedin: @thesauspodcast Article referenced in this episode: https://dailygrindplanner.com/blogs/dailygrindblog/mid-year-gut-check-how-to-reassess-your-goal-setting-habits

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 and what words to cut that might sound passive or perhaps unassertive. Good news, this is a subject Molly is passionate about. You won't want to miss it. Tune in and enjoy! Article referenced: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/concise-email-writing/ Follow us on Socials: IG: TheSausPodcast TikTok: TheSausPodcast Facebook: The Saus Podcast Linkedin: The Saus Podcast

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 & Molly who share how they prepare and what expectations they set when going on PTO and/or traveling for business. Happy Summer, Sausers HBR article referenced link here Don't want to miss the next episode? Social Media (give us a follow!): IG: thesauspodcast Tik Tok: thesauspodcast Linkedin: The Saus Podcast Youtube: The Saus Podcast

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 episode, Liz & Molly will cover all topics when it comes to business dining such as about is fashionably late a good thing? Is being fashionable a must? Do you pull out a chair for someone? Do you offer to pay the bill and what does BMW stand for when it comes to dining. Tune in for some good laughs, tips and tricks. Enjoy, Sausers! Follow us: IG: @thesauspodcast TikTok: @thesauspodcast Facebook: @thesauspodcast Article referenced in episode: https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/business/trends-and-insights/articles/14-dining-etiquette-rules-you-need-to-know/ https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/business-dinner-etiquette-guide