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- What The Workplace Will Look Like After COVID - 19 With Kelly Hensler
Kelly Hensler is a design leader and workplace strategist at the global architecture firm BWBR in Madison, WI. She is an NCARB certified and registered architect, and holds a masters of architecture degree for University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. She was recently appointed as an honorary fellow at the center for design and interior culture for her innovation and dedication to the future leaders at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she also received her bachelor degree in interior design. She sits on the UW -Madison interior architecture advisory board, along with intermittently teaching design studio courses there.
In this episode, Michael Gardon and Kelly get into how this COVID situation is impacting the future of workplace design, and whether or not there will ever be a time where we have to go into the office again. They also discuss how design thinking, and the skill related to design thinking are critical to all of us as we pursue our careers now, and into the future.
39 min - Nissar Ahamed On What It Means To Have A Non Linear Career
“In order to get any job it’s experience and education, but one thing people miss is the initiative you can take”- Nissar Ahamed
Nissar Ahamed owns and operates a website called careermetis.com, a site that aims “to be the primary destination for job-seekers and freelancers to find useful advice, insights, resources and inspiration for starting & growing their professional and freelance careers.”
In this episode Nissar and Justin touch on just about everything someone going through a job search can relate to. You’ll find a lot of practical advice and examples from Nissar’s own life and career transition, as well as inserts from Justin that talk about how the topics of the podcast relate to the current pandemic we are experiencing. careermetis.com
1 hr 16 min - Nissar Ahamed On What It Means To Have A Non Linear Career
"In order to get any job it's experience and education, but one thing people miss is the initiative you can take"- Nissar Ahamed
Nissar Ahamed owns and operates a website called careermetis.com, a site that aims "to be the primary destination for job-seekers and freelancers to find useful advice, insights, resources and inspiration for starting & growing their professional and freelance careers."
In this episode Nissar and Justin touch on just about everything someone going through a job search can relate to. You'll find a lot of practical advice and examples from Nissar's own life and career transition, as well as inserts from Justin that talk about how the topics of the podcast relate to the current pandemic we are experiencing. careermetis.com
1 hr 16 min - How Getting A Laugh Could Increase Your Sales With Jon Selig
After getting his start in technology sales, Jon Selig thought he’d give stand up comedy a try. What evolved was a teacher/comedian who now trains salespeople how to get a laugh and be memorable on their sales calls. His advice is relevant to professional networking. In this interview, we learn that jokes do indeed have formulas, and really, anyone can be funny if they know how to dissect the material. The little-known secret of comedy is that once you find a great joke you can use it over and over again. Jon inspires us to be creative with our stories looking for opportunities in the narrative to insert a punchline and thus punch up our first impressions as well as make meeting new people easier.
25 min - How Getting A Laugh Could Increase Your Sales With Jon Selig
After getting his start in technology sales, Jon Selig thought he'd give stand up comedy a try. What evolved was a teacher/comedian who now trains salespeople how to get a laugh and be memorable on their sales calls. His advice is relevant to professional networking. In this interview, we learn that jokes do indeed have formulas, and really, anyone can be funny if they know how to dissect the material. The little-known secret of comedy is that once you find a great joke you can use it over and over again. Jon inspires us to be creative with our stories looking for opportunities in the narrative to insert a punchline and thus punch up our first impressions as well as make meeting new people easier.
25 min - Informational Interviews in professional networking"I say this respectfully, never forget this one thing" I wanted to title the episode with that quote when I heard it. It was direct and clear. We're missing the point on Informational Interviews and it is costing you career to avoid learning this life lesson. If you don't have time to listen to the whole episode, here's the summary, "Do more informational interviews." They make job hunting so much easier but people don't do them because their hard to schedule or don't know who to ask, and the excuses continue. Stop the excuses listen to this episode for a crash course on professional networking. Host, Justin Dux. Editor Cameron Barrett Stewart. Producer, Omar Elkoton.59 min
- Informational Interviews in professional networking"I say this respectfully, never forget this one thing" I wanted to title the episode with that quote when I heard it. It was direct and clear. We're missing the point on Informational Interviews and it is costing you career to avoid learning this life lesson. If you don't have time to listen to the whole episode, here's the summary, "Do more informational interviews." They make job hunting so much easier but people don't do them because their hard to schedule or don't know who to ask, and the excuses continue. Stop the excuses listen to this episode for a crash course on professional networking. Host, Justin Dux. Editor Cameron Barrett Stewart. Producer, Omar Elkoton.59 min
- Shapr is a personalized, mindful way of networking.Shapr believes that meeting new people is the best way to find inspiration & new opportunities. So they set out to make professional networking simple, efficient and enjoyable for everyone. In this episode, I interview Mandy Menaker from Shapr. She explains how this app is getting many people as possible into the habit of meeting one new person every week. Networking is a common topic on our show because it is an important part of the job search. This is one of the few tools I recommend to assist the networking process. Produced by CareerCloud.com, producer Omar Elkoton, Host Justin Dux, Editor Cameron Barrett Stewart.37 min
- Shapr is a personalized, mindful way of networking.Shapr believes that meeting new people is the best way to find inspiration & new opportunities. So they set out to make professional networking simple, efficient and enjoyable for everyone. In this episode, I interview Mandy Menaker from Shapr. She explains how this app is getting many people as possible into the habit of meeting one new person every week. Networking is a common topic on our show because it is an important part of the job search. This is one of the few tools I recommend to assist the networking process. Produced by CareerCloud.com, producer Omar Elkoton, Host Justin Dux, Editor Cameron Barrett Stewart.37 min
- Beeya Part 2 From intern to COO Kelsey MackinWe'd all like to short cut our careers. Advance faster than seems humanly possible. But how do we get those opportunities? In this part 2 episode, we talk with Kelsey who quickly took on more responsibility with Beeya until earning the coveted title of Cheif Operating Officer. If you have not heard it already, go back and listen to Beeya Founder in part 1. Otherwise, enjoy this followup interview with Kesley to learn how she was open to networking while in school. Her professor was right, "There are three main pillars to success, you, me and what we can accomplish together". Host Justin Dux, Producer Omar Elkoton, Editor Cameron Barrett Stewart.24 min
About Breaking Work
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Entrepreneur Michael Gardon is on a mission to help people BREAK work and get intentional about their career journey. In 2018 work wasn't working for Mike, so he decided to BREAK work and design a…
better work-life. Now, he helps people do the same. Hear from corporate careerists who have found fulfillment in new industries. Hear from entrepreneurs and solopreneurs who invest in themselves in pursuit of a more fulfilled, more sane life. Hear from side hustlers who are building more resilient work lives. Hear what their break moment was, hear how they overcame resistance and their actionable advice for doing the same. You'll also hear a short strategy or story each week from Mike's own experience reinventing his career 6 different times! There's never been a better time to take control.