A recurring theme on Getting Work To Work is feedback, which is a critical component of the creative process. But to be honest with you, I struggle to this day with giving and receiving feedback. “Tell me what you think” is a challenging statement to hear because I want people to like me. Since I’ve equated […]

“How can people work together better?” is a question that fuels the curiosity and drive of today’s guest on Getting Work To Work, Iggy Perillo. Iggy is a leadership coach who helps people discover what makes them awesome and creates psychologically-safe spaces for them to engage with difficult challenges. In this conversation, we talk a […]

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of taking a quote that captures your imagination and thinking deeply about what it means. In today’s episode of Getting Work To Work, I’m going to explore a quote from physicist Freeman Dyson that I read in Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. If you […]

If you have 40 hours to invest in the advancement of your career, where should you focus? Do you focus on the skills directly related to your job or on something else entirely? Mark Herschberg, the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You, is here to explain why […]

How do you need to reinvent your business to survive? That is a question that today’s guest is daily asking to continue bringing beer to his customers and the local community. Michael Kora is the Founder & Lead Brewer of Montavilla Brew Works in Portland, Oregon. In this conversation, he shares how he’s reinvented his […]

How often do you need to reinvent your business to survive and thrive? According to Chief Reinvention Officer Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva, the answer is three years or less, depending on the industry. In today’s interview on Getting Work To Work, Nadya and I explore the topics of reinvention and thriving in chaos. From her early […]

I was thinking about advice that I often read for people who want to start businesses: Don’t quit your day job. Startup the company on the side, save your money, serve your clients, and make an impact. While this is helpful advice for people looking to dip their toes in the world of entrepreneurship and […]

Is the way you listen helping or hindering you? A powerful question to consider as I talk with Dave Momper, founder of Thrival Concepts, about the courage and discipline to listen with authenticity. With his curiosity of learning what it takes to thrive in our lives, Dave shares how he listens first, on purpose, with […]

We are just about three weeks into 2021, and my main goal for the first quarter of the year is toast. On the heels of a couple of less-than-positive experiences last year, I wanted to simplify everything in my business. I started with the why and how progressing to the who and the what. Everything […]

I’ve been asking myself for the past two months: How do I add more humor to what I do? On top of that, who naturally draws out my sense of humor? We’ll find the answers to these questions in today’s conversation with Gigi Rosenberg, a public speaking coach and lifelong learner of human behavior. In […]