The Me-Suite

As 2021 is being called the Year of Resignations and Reflection, your host, Donna Peters, partners with whole life coach, Lauren Lemieux to talk about the overwhelming sensation of feeling obligated and the power of surrounding yourself with options.  We explore how to trust our discontent and move to what we love to do versus just tolerate what we are doing now.   Lauren shares her own story of feeling trapped in a family business and how she broke through the trapped feeling of obligation. Such a timely topic.

Lauren's Core Values are Authenticity, Integrity and Loyalty.

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This episode is a Me-Suite "suitener."  Your host, Donna Peters, takes a  question from a listener.

The question is, "I haven't got the promotion I thought I'd have by now, and my performance feedback is 'keep doing what you're doing.'  What should I do with that feedback?"

Well, it's my favorite question. It's also the most painful because the honest answer is that feedback is lazy, and it's extremely unhelpful. So I want to break this down for a moment for the listener who submitted it and anybody else who might be facing this situation.

No one cares about your career more than you do, and so when you get feedback that is as vague, aka lazy, as keep doing what you're doing, it's going to require you to do a little bit of extra work, obviously, do it respectfully assume positive intention, these were not evil people. But you do need to do some extra work to get specificity around. What do you need to be doing in this next year? And how will you know what is the evidence that you have that you are progressing to the promotion in the next cycle. So this may require a follow up conversation asking for specificity. It may require that you get some tough feedback that you weren't expecting to hear. It may be that you were getting signals that you might have plateaued. And so therefore, you're getting wonderful information that you might want to be seeking work in another organization. Again, this is all information and you need it. And then the most positive thing that can happen is that you do get more specificity around that feedback. And you're very energized to be continuing to grow your skills and demonstrate that you are progressing to secure that next promotion doing everything in your power in your control to do so.  The next time you hear feedback, keep doing what you're doing, do not accept that as an answer, and get more clarity.

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Your host, Donna Peters, chats with Cary Prince, productivity consultant and certified organizer who specializes in getting professionals organized.  Often "our home and office clutter transitions into our mental clutter."  This has only been exacerbated by the pandemic.

In addition to her YouTube channel of super-practical advice that'll make you smile, Cary also shares perspectives on how organizing your home and workspace keeps your physical and mental spaces clear.  Her clients most often say "I feel lighter" after taking control of their productivity.
 
Cary was a senior executive in the music industry for twenty years working with some of the biggest names in the business.  She is now certified in numerous areas surrounding productivity, helping executives with the very work-life challenges she knows firsthand.

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Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Chinwe Onuchukwu, author of What's Next: Career Advancement Strategies for Young Professionals.  Chinwe is an HR professional, career coach and recognized among the Top 100 Career Women in Nigeria.  Every nugget from Chinwe is worth writing down.  We explore:

• you can't microwave your career 
• give yourself one year to explore
• understand who you are and what are your goals
• sometimes what you ordered is not what you get--then what?
• don't just focus on the job description
• have a mindset that you're building transferable skills
• be open to learning because everything is changing
• take ownership--don't blame others

Chinwe's Core Values are: Honesty, Accountability, Integity, Respect (HAIR)

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Put this incredible listen in your queue.  Your host, Donna Peters, chats with Stephan Aarstol, CEO Tower Paddle Boards, Shark Tank Winner and author of The Five-Hour Workday.  This packed episode fascinates at every turn as we cover:

• screwing up the Shark Tank pitch and still walking away with a Mark Cuban  deal
• being prepared when luck happens
• refusing to continue business with Amazon
• becoming a Harvard Business School case study
• the power of contrarian thinking to break our mental chains
• conducting 'live experiments' in the workplace to evolve the desired culture
• creating constraints to spark creativity

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When we think of shaping the life we want to live, 7 buckets are typically explored:

1. career
2. finances
3. health
4. family
5. relationships
6. personal growth
7. spirituality

Your host, Donna Peters, has explored all of these topics in The Me-Suite--except Spirituality--until today. Drew Henderson, pastoral counselor to executives and business professionals, joins to talk about the thing we don't talk about at work: our Spirituality.  Drew talks about balancing the Sacred and the Secular and the power in discovering what each of us was created to do.  Regardless of religious affiliation, this episode gets to the heart of our individual WHY.

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Your host, Donna Peters, talks with culture whisperer, Deborah Brecher.  Culture is what holds us together and tells us who we are.  We explore the special challenges faced by leaders during the pandemic and what leadership behaviors will now be essential: Connect, Consult, Co-Create.  Flattening the hierarchy, interjecting play and creating a sense of freedom are a few meaty topics we explore in this powerful morsel of an episode.

Deb's Core Values are:

• always be in service
• train independence

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Your host, Donna Peters, interviews our youngest-ever guest on The Me-Suite, Alex Idonije, Fulbright Scholar and founder of Naybo.  This episode reminds us that:

1. inspiration and innovation come when you're open to it
2. career paths need not be linear
3. the future is fully bright with talent like this in it

Alex shares the journey from his life-changing experience...to software engineer....to Fulbright teacher in Taiwan.  Through his Naybo innovation, he is helping people showcase their talents and skills to be matched with long-term work, while helping them get through short-term challenges. 

Alex' core values are: openness, radical honesty and gratitude.

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Invest in yourself with a listen to this fascinating episode--valuable learnings for today's leaders and parents raising next-generation leaders.  Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Dr. Marjorie Blum, Psychologist, Faculty and Founder of the Center for Self-Defined Leadership.  "There is nothing about the way we lead that hasn't been influenced by our family experiences."

From our need to belong, to our need for independence.  From the way we give praise, to the way we handle conflict.  From the way we handle success and setbacks.   "We interpret and respond to situations as if scenes from our family history."

This episode is bound to make you more aware and compassionate of yourself and others.

Marjorie's Core Values: Curiosity, Don't Make Assumptions, Have a mindset of Both, And

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Your host, Donna Peters, interviews healthcare leader and dad, Edouard Lassalle.  Edouard shares his journey across countries, cultures, kids and Kendo.  He challenges us to have our own version of Kendo. We talk about the power of teachers, listening, storytelling and the contrast of poor and brilliant leaders. 

Edouard's core values are: Respect & Loyalty, Test Opinions with Data, Make Healthcare Better for Patients

For more information on The Me-Suite career and leadership coaching services, visit me at the-me-suite.com and follow me on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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