The Me-Suite

I'm your host, Donna Peters, and today we talk about one our most requested topics in The Me-Suite, the topic of Trust. If you're a leader, you're not as trusted as you think you are.  That's right. Ashley Reichheld and Amelia Dunlop's recently published research shows how trust impacts the human experience in the workplace--for customers and employees. Their book, The Four Factors of Trust, synthesizes the factors that demonstrate our ability to make and keep good promises.  The four factors are: humanity, transparency, reliability, and capability.  Notable quotables from this episode include:

• Leaders overestimate their trustworthiness by 40%
• 50% of employees don't trust their employer
• Trust is built in moments of vulnerability
• You have to give trust to receive trust

The authors also offer free access to their HXTrustID tool. Check out this tool to learn more about measuring trust and positively impacting the human experience in all we do. We're awake working, or doing something related to work, more hours in a day than we're awake not working. We must get trust at work right.

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Season 5 of the award-winning Me-Suite podcast is underway! I'm your host, Donna Peters. In this season, we shine a mic on our most requested topics from The Me-Suite community--topics from listeners just like you who are career-driven and life-minded. For career professionals, we're awake working, or doing something related to work, more hours in a day than we're awake not working. That's why it's imperative that we shape the role we want work to play in our lives. Check out the almost 200 interviews conducted over the first four seasons of The Me-Suite where our guests are leading their lives with a Me-Suite mindset--with purpose, planning, and power--like C-Suites lead the companies we most admire. If you find our content valuable, share a review. Reviews keep us alive out here. They really do make a difference. Thank you for joining me in The Me-Suite. Let's get in there!

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Our season finale montages are fan favorites, and this is no different! Hear the Season 4 finale bonus episode of The Me-Suite podcast. Your host, Donna Peters, shares a compilation of our guests' "suiteners," advice each guest had for things we can start doing differently on Monday to lead our lives with a Me-Suite mindset.  Enjoy!

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In this bonus episode, your host, Donna Peters, quickly highlights the 3 career personas in her book, Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life. Which persona best represents where you are at this moment in your career? Are you:

• Exploration Erika
• Crossroads K.T.
• Hamster Wheel Hank

And what is your corresponding next best move?

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Your host, Donna Peters, speaks with the award-winning author of Spacemaker, Daniel Sih. We talk about digital wellness and digital overuse--the why and how of unplugging, unwinding, and making space to think clearly in the digital age.  Daniel shares tips for finding our "productive middle," the optimal balance between productivity and digital technology usage. You'll hear tips for being the:

• email ninja
• list assassin
• prioritization samurai

And it all starts with your awareness.

• Spacemakers: https://spacemakers.com.au/ 
• Free book resources: https://spacemakers.com.au/book/free-chapters/
• Free Email Ninja videos: https://emailninja.com.au/

Daniel's core values are Community, Physical Activity, Playfulness, Hard Work, Learning.

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After two years of isolation, this episode could not be more timely.

Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Eduardo Garcia, Partner and first-generation to the US. Eduardo is an avid Me-Suite listener and nudged us to focus on two topics that needed more attention: stakeholder management and flexibility. Eduardo shares how we cannot rely on our work alone to speak for itself. We must do the work to understand how we are perceived by others. What is our personal brand? And how does knowing our personal brand help us meet stakeholder needs and build relationships through empathy and flexibility? Some notable quotables include:

• everyone has a story we can learn from--invest the time to learn others' stories
• assume positive intention whenever you face friction
• when things are done differently by someone else, there's a reason why, so listen and learn

Eduardo's core values are be provocative, be curious, be tenacious, and stewardship.

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Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Chris McManus. Chris has helped marshal the careers of thousands of people.  In this episode, we talk about this time of the Great Reflection from two angles:
1) the role leaders play in helping others succeed (inside and outside of the company)
2) the active role we can each play in shaping the future we want to have (inside and outside of the company)

So many powerful stories are packed into this discussion, including:

• leaders create a safe harbor for employees to have conversations about their next career move
• leaders take a personal approach to talent, not a transactional approach
• leaders help people see the whole field of options for their future (and sometimes help others see opportunities they don't see in themselves)
• leaders provide honesty to help others be successful

Chris's Core Values are: respect (with appreciation); loyalty (with support); creativity (with action); courage (with thoughtfulness)

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Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Tiffany Kent, CEO of Wealth Engagement. Tiffany shares her powerful, vulnerable story of how growing up without money drove her to the high-pressure environment of Harvard MBA and the world of investment banking. She learned to role-model aggressive behavior, to do what it took to win while managing a marriage and three children. The stress and volatility led her to a crisis moment at 40. She needed a new way of life. Through the serendipity of a parent seminar at her daughter's school, Tiffany came to know her why and launched her financial advisory business focused on wealth creation for women. And men, listen up, as you have an important role to play in this wealth equation.

It's truly amazing how many a-ha moments are packed into this 30 minutes including:

• how childhood experiences shape our relationship with money
• the cleansing power of admitting you've failed
• finding your why around 40
• the role of partners, friends, and mentors in figuring out your next big move

Tiffany's core values are purpose, empathy, and integrity.

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The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power
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LinkedIn: Donna Peters
Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO
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Your host Donna Peters interviews Arda Ural.  We cover so many topics that make you stop and think about the moments that have made us who we are as leaders.  Arda shares engaging stories of growth and resilience and challenges us to think about:

• Ikigai (reason for being): working  at the interesection of you love to do, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can get paid for
• Life's challenges and how we respond (Arda grew up in Turkey and immigrated to the US)
• Every day there's something to learn

Arda's core values are trust, authenticity, hard work, and intellectual curiosity.

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The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power
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LinkedIn: Donna Peters
Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO
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This is a must-listen. Wow. It's hard to summarize the amazing moments in this short interview--just listen.

Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Johanna Willer for what is sure to be a fan favorite episode.  Johanna shares powerful stories of:

• redefining her identity
• not being a chump
• understanding womanhood in the workplace

Johanna's core values are: make decisions that pass the death bed test, don't work with jerks, always be learning.

www.the-me-suite.com
The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power
FB: @mesuite
LinkedIn: Donna Peters
Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO
The Me-Suite podcast music by Moshun