Your Working Life

In this episode Caroline interviews Carrie Joy Grimes, the founder and CEO of WorkMoney, a nonprofit serving over 9 million Americans with practical financial guidance, and the author of the new book The Joy of Money: How to Do More With and Feel Better About Your Money No Matter How Much You Have. Drawing on her experience talking directly with everyday Americans about their finances, plus her own journey from living paycheck-to-paycheck to building a career helping others do better, Carrie Joy offers real strategies for navigating today's affordability crisis, from rising gas and healthcare costs to layoff anxiety.

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You can connect with Carrie on LinkedIn and Instagram (@therealcarriejoy). You can learn more about her work at workmoney.org.

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In this episode, Caroline talks with Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard, author of the new book Power Reimagined: My Mission to Get It, Grow It and Give It Away, she draws on personal stories—from a discrimination lawsuit she won as a teenager to negotiating equal pay as a junior attorney—to challenge conventional ideas about who holds power and how it's built. She offers a framework for turning obstacles into leverage through strategic relationships, hard conversations, and intentional courage. Khadijah shares practical lessons on claiming your voice as a source of strength, whether you're navigating a corporate career or your own life challenges. This conversation is for anyone looking to rethink their relationship with power, influence, and self-worth in the workplace.

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Upstream Color by Mike Wilson X. Free Music Archive. CC BY

Gustavo Razzetti, culture strategist and CEO of Fearless Culture, has spent 25 years helping teams break through the conversations they keep avoiding. In this episode, he introduces the concept of "conversational debt", the hidden cost that builds when smart people stay silent, talk in circles, or mistake politeness for progress. Drawing on his new book, Forward Talk, Gustavo breaks down the three patterns that keep teams stuck: avoidance, blame, and groupthink, and shares how leaders can turn stalled conversations into real decisions. If your team talks a lot but never seems to move forward, this conversation offers a framework for finally getting unstuck.

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In this episode of Your Working Life, Caroline Dowd-Higgins talks with Leidy Klotz about the power of our physical spaces.

Klotz, a behavioral scientist and University of Virginia engineering professor, wrote the new book In a Good Place: How the Places Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive. While most self-improvement advice focuses on what we do, Klotz makes a compelling case for paying attention to where we do it. He argues the spaces we inhabit profoundly shape our habits, relationships, and sense of self in ways we rarely notice.

More from Leidy Klotz:

Order Leidy's book and learn more about his work at leidyklotz.com

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Today, we have an appointment with the "Teamwork Doctor"!

Liane Davey is an organizational psychologist, CEO advisor, and author of her forthcoming book Thoughtload: Manage the Madness and Free Your Team to Do Great Work. With over 25 years of experience advising teams at companies like Amazon, Google, and Walmart, Davey argues that today's workplace crisis isn't caused by oversized workloads — it's the mounting cognitive and emotional demands, what she calls "thoughtload," that are burning teams out and flattening results. Drawing on science-backed research, she offers managers and teams practical steps to cut through the noise, regain focus, and create the conditions for truly great work.

More from Liane Davey:

Order Liane's book and learn more about here work at lianedavey.com.

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Today's guest is Caroline Maguire, an internationally recognized social-emotional learning expert, ADHD coach, and author of the groundbreaking new book Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults: A Guide for the Anxious, Uniquely Wired, and Easily Distracted. Caroline offers neuroscience-grounded strategies for a community too often left out of conversations about connection, belonging, and professional success. Drawing on both her clinical expertise and her own lived experience with ADHD, dyslexia, and learning disabilities, Maguire explores why anxiety and self-judgment so often undermine meaningful connection, and what to do instead.

More from Caroline Maguire:

Order Caroline's book and learn more about her work at carolinemaguireauthor.com.

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In this episode of Your Working Life, Caroline Dowd-Higgins speaks with Minette Norman, keynote speaker, former software executive, and award-winning author about her new book The Psychological Safety Playbook for Changemakers. Despite psychological safety topping the list of leadership priorities, Minette explains why it still isn't working in most organizations and why mission statements and one-off trainings are no substitute for the micro-moments of everyday leadership. From how leaders respond to dissent to whether they genuinely welcome differing perspectives, she reveals that subtle behaviors send far louder messages than words ever could.

More from Minette Norman:

Learn more about Minette and her work at thepsychologicalsafetyplaybook.com.

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In this episode, Caroline Dowd-Higgins is joined by Chris Dyer, whose new book Moments That Matter: See, Shape, and Scale What Counts offers a groundbreaking look at why we remember less than one percent of what we experience. Dyer reveals that the moments shaping our careers, cultures, and relationships rarely announce themselves, they happen in hallways, on quick phone calls, and in the first minutes of someone's first day. Drawing on two decades of CEO experience and research-backed insights, he introduces his practical See, Shape, and Scale framework to help leaders stop leaving their most important interactions to chance. If you want to show up more intentionally, at work and in life, this conversation will change the way you see every moment.

More from Chris Dyer:

Learn more about Chris' book and his work at chrisdyer.com.

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In this episode of Your Working Life, Caroline Dowd-Higgins sits down with Daniel Coyle, New York Times bestselling author of Flourish. Drawing on years of research and immersive reporting, Coyle reveals the surprising science behind what makes certain groups, from a band of miners trapped underground in Chile to a beloved Michigan deli, thrive with deep connection, joy, and purpose. He shares how flourishing communities do two essential things: make meaning through deep relationships and build community around a common good.

More from Daniel Coyle:

Learn more about Daniel's books and his work at [danielcoyle.com](http://danielcoyle.comhttps://danielcoyle.com/flourish/) and on LinkedIn.

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Upstream Color by Mark Wilson X. Free Music Archive. CC BY

Anthony Klotz is a professor of organizational behavior at UCL School of Management in London, best known for predicting the pandemic-era labor shift he coined the "Great Resignation" — a term that became a defining phrase of modern work culture. His new book, Jolted: Why We Quit, When to Stay, and Why It Matters, explores how over half of all decisions to quit are triggered by a single unexpected event — a "jolt" — and identifies six distinct types of jolts, from negative workplace experiences to positive life milestones, that can upend our careers and priorities. Ultimately, Jolted offers readers a framework for responding to these disruptions more wisely, helping them distinguish when a jolt calls for a bold career change, a small adjustment, or simply staying the course — so that life's inevitable surprises move us toward greater fulfillment rather than away from it.

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