The Career Dad Show

This week I’m joined by Freddie Bennett. Freddie’s a pretty inspiring guy: He’s a Guinness World Record holder, and since lockdown he’s ran an ultramarathon - 46 miles - around his back garden. 

But as Freddie himself will say: he’s just a guy. A guy who’s suffered with mental health, alcohol abuse and suicide attempts.

Now, he spends his time helping others face their fears to have a happier life.

Contents

• 0m 50s: A family of scoundrels and misfits
• 11m 05s: It’s all about time
• 17m 20s: Two ways to take ‘You only live once’
• 23m 52s: Becoming a world-record holders
• 31m 05: Where the self-help industry is going wrong

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Hey guys, and welcome back to The Career Dad Show. This week I’m joined by Joe Quattrone, Senior Vice President of The Sasha Group. Joe shares his story about marketing and agency life, particularly working for Gary Vee, as well as his plans for the future. 

We talk family (Joe has 2 kids - with a 3rd on the way), the power of setting goals, and why Joe is so passionate about helping others.

I hope you enjoy.

Contents

• 1m 0s: Gary Vee, VaynerMedia and The Sasha Group
• 11m 13s: How to find your drive
• 15m 05s: Work, family and lockdown 
• 23m 10s: The importance of long term planning
• 27m 30s: Why do I help people? Because I was helped
• 33m 12s: Getting in touch, and advice for new dads

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Hey guys, and welcome to another episode of AskDan. 

In these shorter podcasts I talk about what’s on my mind, and this week it’s all about LinkedIn and how to build an authentic network. I get lots of messages from you guys about not knowing where to start on LinkedIn, or how to grow your network. Hopefully this brings you value.

Also, this podcast was also recorded as an interactive Q&A on LinkedIn Live. Does it work? Let me know. Enjoy!

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Today I’m joined by Steve Preston - aka The Career Catalyst. Steve’s an internationally-acclaimed author, speaker, and career coach. 

One of his books, Winning through Redundancy, seems really apt right now; we focus on how to tackle redundancy, tactics you can deploy that lead to positive outcomes, and why mindset is everything. 

I hope you enjoy.

Content

• 0m 40s: The Career Catalyst
• 7m 14s: Winning through redundancy 
• 15m 44s: The ability to look to the future
• 20m 48s: Why people don’t do what they love
• 24m 17s: Portfolio careers
• 31m 41s: Common challenges amongst executives

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This week I’m joined by Sean Sheppard, a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, CEO of GrowthX, Educator, Mentor, Husband, Father… and all round nice guy.

Sean and I talk about why entrepreneurs fail, creating fake environments for our kids, and how the most toxic thing we can do is to talk negatively to ourselves.

We also talk about meaning, and why Sean pursues meaning over happiness.

This is a good one guys: enjoy.

Contents

• 0m 33s: Life of a venture capitalist
• 7m 53s: Why entrepreneurs fail
• 10m 38s: How lockdown is effecting business and personal life
• 15m 06s: Being kind to yourself
• 28m 35s: Building global businesses. Being a dad
• 34m 59s: Advice for new dads

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Today I’m joined by Sam Dossa, who is one of the UK’s top recognised coaches, and has international accolades as a trainer and coach for entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide.

In this episode we talk about the importance of looking after yourself, how we’re born to win but conditioned to fail, and why having fun is so important. I hope you enjoy.

Contents

• 1m: 07s: A career before coaching
• 6m 49s: The importance of looking after you
• 9m 33s: Listening was the last skill I learned
• 12m 58s: Born to win, conditioned to fail
• 26m 32s: Allow kids to experience fun
• 31m 48: My best advice for dads? Just enjoy it

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In this episode I’m joined by Anita Cleare, parenting expert and author of The Work Parent Switch.

I love that Anita talks about her struggles with parenting guilt, particularly given her job. We also talk about recurring themes for working parents, and how the power of play is the antidote to the fear of failure.

I hope you enjoy.

Contents

• 1m 02s: What is a parenting expert?
• 4m 52s: Key themes for working parents
• 12m 08s: Guilt: a recurring theme
• 19m 48s: Advice for parents
• 23m 29s: The Work Parent Switch
• 27m 51s: The power of play 
• 31m 04s: Home schooling in lockdown

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This week I’m joined by Lewis Maleh, who runs a boutique executive search firm called Bentley Lewis.

We talk about the importance of staying social, eating well and exercising; the human side of business; and what this whole Furlough thing is about. Lewis also gives his top advice for new dads.

Enjoy!

Content:

• 0m 30s: Intro
• 4m 34s: Staying social, eating well and exercise
• 9m 43s: The human side of business
• 17m 09s: Running an executive search firm, and the job market
• 26m 58s: Furlough
• 30m 32s: Going back to normal? What’s that…
• 35m 43s: Staying in touch, and advice for dads

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I think I've finally cracked. I've had enough of this 'toxic positivity'. You must have seen it: 'If you don't come out of this lockdown having learned a new skill you didn't lack time, you lacked discipline'.

Where's the empathy? Why do we always have to be 'learning a new skill'? What about people who have lost their jobs, or trying to work at home with the kids about... or just miss the freedom of grabbing a 'real world coffee'?

So if you do learn a new skill, that's great. Love it. But please don't feel like you're failing if you don't. Who needs that kind of pressure!

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In this episode I’m joined by the Co-founder of WorkLife Hub, Agnes Uhereczky. We talk about the importance of work-life integration, the anxiety of life under lockdown, and how some work personas are dealing with working from home better than others.

One of the topics that Agnes is so knowledgeable about, and is really interesting, is the 4 different work personas that exist... and how they differ with mandated working from home. Some great food for thought that I've taken away.

Agnes also covers a burning question: is this the end of working from home?

Content

• 0m 33s: The WorkLife Hub
• 3m 30s: Work-life integration
• 7m 52s: The importance of culture
• 10m 16s: Anxiety and grief: Living in lockdown
• 14m 29s: Gratitude, and the VUCA world
• 18m 31s: The future of our economy, and the workplace
• 24m 22s: The 4 types of worker
• 30m 34s: Is this the end of working from home?

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