Inside Job

We're pleased to be joined today by Lesley Jane Seymour who's going to be talking to us about the concept of reinventing yourself.

Lesley has been the Editor-in-Chief of multiple magazines including More, Marie Claire, and Redbook. When her illustrious career in the magazine world came to an end, she was forced to reinvent herself.

Lesley has since turned her reinvention story into a company called CoveyClub, which supports women with both their career and personal reinventions.

It's easy to see just from this quick bio exactly why we thought she would be the perfect person to talk to about the reinvention of self and we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

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None of us are immune to feeling angry, but do we express it in a healthy and constructive way that minimizes the negative impact on those we work with?

A recent experience with one of Eric's clients has led to us tackling the topic of anger in the workplace from not just one angle, but two on this week's episode of the podcast.

Not only did this client's experience inspire this episode, but it also inspired us to take a hard look at how we handle our own anger that arises in our work. We invite you to listen to this episode so we can all do this inner work together and create healthier workplaces.

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Ever since our conversation last week with Maricella Herrera, we've been talking nonstop amongst ourselves and those around us about what can be learned as a result of making big decisions in our lives; more specifically the decision to quit our job.

As part of these conversations, we realized our clients frequently express a fantasy about quitting their jobs. So, today, we want to explore where the fantasy might end and reality begins as you consider even just the fantasy of quitting your job.

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Nayla's former student and current friend, Maricella Herrera, joins us on the podcast this week to chat about her experience quitting a job and what she's learned interviewing people on her podcast called, Sh*t I Just Quit My Job.

Maricella is also a strategy consultant and advisor for mission-driven companies who has more than fifteen years of experience building communities. Lately, she's been on a mission to bring more empathy and courage to the world and she believes honestly sharing our stories, especially around quitting our jobs, is a way to do just that.

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It's our nature to want to feel irreplaceable and that can bring up some complicated emotions whenever we hear how our former departments or organizations are holding up after we vacate a role.

In fact, a recent experience with one of Eric's clients where the workplace fell apart after she was promoted to a new role is what inspired him to suggest this week's topic to Nayla.

The realization that Nayla had a client who experienced the opposite situation but was left with the same emotions is why we're sharing the topic with you on the podcast this week.

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We know you'll find this shocking, but Eric has some strong opinions on this week's topic, and it might even lead to a rant or two.

A recent meeting with the owner of his son's racing team inspired this episode where we're diving into what you do when you feel like you're not being heard.

This is something we've all dealt with in the workplace… likely more than once. So, take a few minutes to listen to us as we share our insights on how to evaluate all sides of the conversation when you feel like people just aren't listening to you.

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In this week's episode of the Inside Job podcast, we're building off an interesting experience Eric had recently with a LinkedIn post where he shared an article about how to get a resume past applicant tracking systems that did not go the way he anticipated.

In fact, the response to that post has us both reflecting on what we think it means to be a good professional citizen. If you're wondering that as well, or even what we mean when we use the term "professional citizen," then don't miss this episode!

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The latest Green Day album kicks off our conversation today about expectations.

If something fails to meet our expectations, that doesn't always mean we set them too high, we need to lower them in the future, or we need to overcompensate to make easier for others to meet our expectations. What it might mean instead is that we need to change how we think about our expectations and that, of course, is an inside job.

Take a listen to this week's episode of the podcast to find out what type of inner work we should be doing and whether that Green Day album exceeded expectations or fell short.

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It's been a little while since we've taken listener questions, but we've received a few here lately that were really good, so we wanted to take the time to answer two of them on the show this week.

The first question is something that Nayla recently had some personal experience with when she spent about six weeks helping to care for her ailing mother, and the other question is something we've all likely thought about doing at some point or another in our careers.

You also don't want to miss yet another riveting conversation about candy corn; this time with a Will Ferrell twist.

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Do you have ghosts of work past?

No, we're not talking about the kind of ghost that comes to you covered in chains and leads you around in your old-timey nightshirt trying to get you to be less of a jerk.

Our ghosts are people, events, locations, behaviors, feelings, etc. that we associate with previous jobs or careers that show up for us long after we physically leave them behind.

These ghosts of work are more than likely negatively impacting your performance and your relationships with your colleagues. That's why we think it's time to break out the candles and have a metaphorical séance with these ghosts so you can stop letting them hinder your success at work.

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