Your Weekly Breakdown

FIRED // Traci Cheng, co-founder of Moselle shares her story about getting fired.  As a keen marketer at a thriving startup, she was faced with a daunting project, questioning both her skills and the value the work she was tasked with. Traci joins host Emily Key to talk about her experience getting fired, how to better align expectations with your boss, and advise for managers on building trust their team. They also dive into the "likeability" trap.

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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Things mentioned in this podcast:

• Strengths-Based Leadership, book by Barry Conchie and Tom Rath
• The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, book by Patrick Lencioni
• How F*cked Up Is Your Management, book by Jonathan and Melissa Nightingale,
• Brené Brown's Netflix special

FIRED // Amandah Wood shares her story about getting fired.  While she founded Ways We Work, and currently does incredible work with the Diversity and Belonging team at Shopify, the path has not always been smooth. Amandah joins host Emily Key to talk about her experience getting fired, moving beyond the negative self-talk and spite, and advise for managers on developing empathy toward their team.

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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Things mentioned in this podcast:

-Mindset, book by Dr. Carol Dweck
-EMDR Therapy
-Ways We Work, blog and podcast by Amandah Wood

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FOUNDER // Heather Payne is the founder and CEO of Juno College of Technology. It’s been 8 years since she bootstrapped her business, and what is unique is that she didn’t exactly set out with a Big Vision. Heather joins host Emily Key to talk about her entrepreneurial journey, why people glamorize the idea of a ‘founder’, luck, and empathetic leadership. 

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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Things mentioned in this podcast:

-Good to Great, book by Jim Collins

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FOUNDER finds FREEDOM // Samaneh Sadaghiani founded and grew one of the premiere digital agencies in Toronto. After 10 years, she left it all behind. She holds nothing back as she joins host Emily Key to talk about the fear and exploration of the freedom she now has. Samaneh shares her story of coming to Canada from Iran as a 13 year old, feeling aimless as a teen, and the struggles of collaborating with business partners. 

She walks through the many emotions that come along with leaving your work identity behind in search of something new, and returning to one of her first loves, poetry. 

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment. Follow along @emilykeylovesthefword.

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Samaneh’s beautiful poetry book is available here.

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FEMINISM + FURY // Sarah Stockdale, founder of Growclass, joins host Emily Key to talk feminism, female rage, internalized misogyny, and burnout. You know, some light topics…

Sarah is an accomplished entrepreneur who is an internet troll warrior, badass advocate,  writes an epic newsletter, and hosts a great podcast called The Growth Effect. 

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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In this episode, the following were mentioned:

• Can’t Even, book by Anne Helen Petersen
• The Sum of Small Things, book by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 
• Who Cooked The Last Supper, book by Rosalind Miles
• Wintering, book by Katherine May
• WNTTA, Sarah’s newsletter
• Growclass, Sarah’s company

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With Arati Sharma, it truly is family first. The founder of Ghlee, the ghee-based natural skincare line, launched her latest business during her maternity leave from her long-time role leading product marketing at Shopify.

Now having transitioned to full-time entrepreneur mode and doing so in partnership with her siblings, Arati schools host Emily Key in the joys of motherhood, family values, and why taking time away from work is a good thing.

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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FEARLESS // Jeanne Lam, Chief Business Officer at Wattpad, joins host Emily Key to chat about overcoming fear and making fearless decisions. They talk about the importance of mentor-conversations, improving workplace culture by being intentional about connection when we're all remote, and how to "balance it all" as a mom and woman of colour in leadership.

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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In this episode, the following was mentioned:

-How Will Your Measure Your Life, article by Clayton M. Christensen.

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Avery Swartz, best-selling author and entrepreneur, joins host Emily Key to chat about turning Forty. With everyone hitting the “pandemic wall”, they talk about Spiral Career Paths, entrepreneurship, the upsides and downsides of aging, parenting strong-willed children, and good ol’ politics. 

Avery does A LOT and she carved out time from being the resident tech expert on CTV Your Morning and contributing to The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, and Today's Parent just to share some wisdom with us. She also hosts the A.I. Meets World podcast from Microsoft and the Globe and Mail Content Studio and fully made fun of Emily's amateur-level podcasting skills.

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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In this episode, the following were mentioned:

• Nice White Parents podcast
• If I Knew Then, book by Jann Arden
• See You On The Internet, book by Avery Swartz
• Spiral Career Paths, example here

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Briana Buckmaster spent seven years as Sheriff Donna on the incredibly popular show Supernatural. Now that it's wrapped, what's next? Briana joins host Emily Key to talk about facing the future with optimism instead of fear, and finding inspiration in the newfound freedom and the blank canvas before her. They dig into work identity, motherhood, and developing the community around you.

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

In this episode, we referenced the following:

• Human Design
• Enneagram
• Signs, a book by Laura Lynne Jackson

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Emily Tamfo joins host Emily Key to debunk the Myth of Adulthood, and why we’re wrong to seek Fulfillment in our careers. They walk through how Tamfo manages her 9-5 and life as a Freelance writer, and dig into fertility, family planning and millennial parenting, and why smart women love trash television.

What’s your favourite F word? Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about meaty F words like family, failure, getting fired, and feminism. Working women talk shop about juggling careers, kids, and fulfillment.

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In this episode, we referenced the following books:

• The Multi-Hyphenate Life by Emma Gannon
• Can’t Even by Anne Helen Petersen
• The Sum of Small Things by Elizabeth Currid Halckett
• Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
• Fast Machine by Elizabeth Ellen
• I Can’t Date Jesus by Michael Arceneaux

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