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By Morning Brew
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The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.
This week we’re bringing you another AITA-style episode (since we had so much fun doing it the first time). Listen to hear Kaila and Kyle read and weigh in on your “am I the a**hole?” submissions around your work-specific scenarios.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Scenario #1 - Dishonest Interview
04:11 Scenario #2 - Tattle Tale
10:31 Scenario #3 - Work Bestie Desserted Me
16:03 Scenario #4 - Boss Is Back From Paternity Leave
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dig into the real meaning of “Founder Mode” (made famous by Brian Chesky and Paul Graham), and whether or not it’s a good thing. Is it just a rebrand of micromanagement? Then, Kaila and Kyle debate whether or not micromanagement can ever be a good thing.
00:00 Intro
00:35 A brief explanation of “Founder Mode”
04:45 Talking micromanagement
06:43 The instances where being a micromanager is okay
09:49 The Delegation Ladder
14:57 The three buckets of micromanagement
18:50 What to do when you’re being micromanaged
23:30 Morning Brew’s founder on Founder Mode
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dive into the implications of going sober in your career with special guest Andrew Yeung, founder and CEO of Fibe. Can you still network and attend work happy hours when you’ve quit alcohol? What does it mean for climbing the ladder?
00:00 Intro
01:05 What prompted Andrew’s sobriety
05:40 What you miss out on when abstaining from alcohol
10:10 On having to explain your sobriety
15:36 How quitting alcohol impacted Andrew’s lifestyle
18:28 How getting sober impacted Andrew’s business
21:08 How alcohol has impacted Kaila and Kyle’s careers
24:26 Tactics for the sober curious
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle are joined by special guest (and Morning Brew social media star) Macy Gilliam to discuss whether Gen Z gets an unfair reputation at work, and address questions like: Does Gen Z overshare? Do they lack respect for office etiquette? Does Gen Z care less, or MORE about money than other generations?
00:00 Intro
02:38 Gen Z stereotype #1
08:40 Resume Builder stat
09:26 Gen Z stereotype #2
16:18 Gen Z stereotype #3
20:28 Gen Z stereotype #4
26:04 Gen Z stereotype #5
31:36 Advice for working with Gen Z
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dig into occupational personality tests—from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, to the science-backed Big Five—and debate their legitimacy, when they might be useful in the workplace, and whether or not they should be used at all.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Myers-Briggs (MBTI)
03:57 Criticism of the Myers-Briggs
07:28 The CliftonStrengths Assessment
18:11 The Big Five Personality Test (OCEAN)
25:19 A big critique of personality tests
27:29 Tactics
New York Times article cited in the episode: Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle tackle the age-old question of: how hard do you have to work to get ahead? Do you ACTUALLY have to put in overtime, or can you have a healthy “work-life balance”?
00:00 Intro
02:54 Stats on workplace boundaries
05:08 Defining what a workplace “boundary” is
06:10 The 60% Rule
08:55 Three things to keep in mind when adopting the 60% rule
16:30 Decoupling number of hours work from impact
18:19 The Eisenhower Matrix
23:27 The “three seasons of work”
29:15 Tactics for developing work-life balance that works for you
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle debate whether Amazon’s decision to mandate a 5 day in office policy for all employees is a smart move for the tech giant or just a cover for possible impending layoffs.
Amazon CEO letter cited: Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Strengthening our culture and teams
Want to get all of Kaila & Kyle’s career resources? Subscribe to Per My Last Email: https://www.permylastemailshow.com/
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dive into the unspoken rules around Slack, Teams, and email. What is proper etiquette when it comes to professional communication these days? When is email actually necessary in a Slack-driven workplace environment?
Plus, award-winning journalist and communication expert Celeste Headlee weighs in on what she thinks the new rules of workplace communication should be.
00:00 Intro
04:30 The issues with instant messaging
10:32 Have Slack and Teams hurt workplace communications?
15:12 How Slack affects workplace culture after a layoff
18:24 Tactics for Slack (or any workplace IM platform)
20:21 How to think about email when your company has Slack or Teams
26:28 An argument for the email before the meeting
31:42 Tactics for in-person communication
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the different styles of mentorship, how to find and secure a career mentor, and why mentorship benefits the mentor as well as the mentee.
00:00 Open
00:19 Intro
03:44 Can a boss be a mentor?
05:14 Defining mentorship
06:03 “Mentorship from afar”
11:00 How to get to an informal mentorship
15:00 Kyle’s advice for how to approach cold-emailing a potential mentor
19:03 The benefits of being a mentor
23:35 Mentorship vs sponsorship
28:27 Tactics
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the realities and misconceptions around imposter syndrome, why Kyle has never experienced it, and Kaila’s take on when imposter syndrome becomes a humble brag.
00:00 Open
00:22 Intro
01:07 Defining imposter syndrome
07:13 Stats on the prevalence of imposter syndrome
07:32 Why Kyle has never experienced imposter syndrome
12:35 Kaila’s experience with imposter syndrome
20:43 The people who are actually imposters
22:46 How Kaila overcame feeling like an imposter
26:27 Advice for listeners
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