The Mentoring Lab Podcast

In this week's mentoring discussion "Just Say It," we talk about Ruinous Empathy and how it can hijack our ability to provide helpful feedback or criticism to others. Do you struggle with giving feedback? Do you sugarcoat it or beat around the bush? You are not alone. According to Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, ruinous empathy is the most common mistake most of us make when giving feedback. Listen to learn more about ruinous empathy and for mentoring tips to just say what needs to be said.

In this week's mentoring discussion, we have special guests Claire Meany and Regina Miller, Founders of Culture-Ricfic, Executive Coaches, Consultants and Educators.  We discuss navigating our inner critic, giving it a name and what we can learn from it. Visit https://culture-rific.com to learn more about Claire and Regina - and their "Impact for Good."  

In this week's mentoring discussion, we talk about building your tribe of mentors without being creepy, the different ways to find mentors, and our "dinner or funeral" threshold for mentors and work friends.

In this week's episode, we had a very special guest John Lee Dumas, the founder and host of the award winning podcast Entrepreneurs On Fire. JLD has interviewed over 3,000 successful entrepreneurs, and generates over 1 million listens a month on his podcast. We talked about his upcoming book The Common Path to Uncommon Success and his advice on mentorship.  

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In this week's mentoring discussion, we talk about burnout at work symptoms from those Brené Brown chandeliering moments a.k.a. Sarah's Paul Rudd moments, causes and advice for managing burnout.

In this week's two-part episode, we talk about the "Listen Linda" moments of communication. In part 2 Kelly continues the discussion with tips on how to be heard at work and addressing those "hepeating" moments (yes, this is a real thing).

In this week's two-part episode, we talk about the "Listen Linda" moments of communication from colleagues who don't listen, gaslight us, and don't read emails. 

In this episode, your work bff mentor Sarah shares a story when she knew she outgrown her job. We discuss what she learned from that experience and how to better move forward by learning to let go.

In this episode we discuss having courage at work.  Specifically, the courage to say yes to new opportunities or say no to assignments, projects, job offers, people and things that may not align with your career goals.   

In this roundtable episode we discuss our experiences with being authentic in the workplace.