Podcast
Looking for a new job or want to move up in your company? Lesa teaches you the tools and strategies you need to land your dream job, increase your promotability, and successfully navigate your career.
018: How to Get That Internal Promotion
Are you effectively managing your career? Today’s topic will help tremendously with your efforts, as I talk about how to position yourself for internal promotions.
021: Taking Care of You During a Job Transition
Whether you have chosen to leave a position or that decision has been made for you, job changes can be one of life’s most stressful experiences. Today, we’re talking about managing the mental, physical, social, and spiritual aspects of a job transition.
022: Managing Relationships at Work
Here’s the main message I want to give you today: You can’t change anyone else. If you’re having difficulties with relationships at work, the only control you have in any situation is how you respond.
024: Increasing Your Value to Your Employer
Today’s guest is Jane Springer, life and style coach. We’re talking about how to increase the value you bring to your employer. Our discussion centers around the thought model developed by Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School.
025: Career Q&A with College Students (Part 1)
This week’s and next week’s podcasts will focus on a Q&A session I had with two college students. They fired questions at me that are on their minds, as well as career-related questions their friends wanted to ask.
026: Career Q&A with College Students (Part 2)
This week’s podcast episode is part 2 of my Q&A session with two Florida State University students, Melizza Black and Jolana Alonso.
029: Interview with Human Resources Executive
This week's podcast features an interview with human resources executive Gloria Reed, discussing the primary missteps she sees recent college graduates making in their first job out of college.
032: It May Not Be Your Dream Job, But…
In today’s podcast episode, I want to put into perspective your first job out of college. I also want to talk about getting your foot in the door and the steps you should take in your career development path.
034: How to Be Indispensable at Work
Circumstances are those things in your life over which you have no immediate control. The message I want you to hear in today’s podcast episode is that you have the option of making yourself indispensable at work, no matter the job you’re in or the circumstances surrounding that job.
035: Emotional Adulthood at Work
Yep, my dear Millennials, it’s time to be an adult at work. In today’s podcast episode, I discuss the difference between emotional adulthood and emotional childhood in the workplace, and how to properly express your emotions in a professional setting.
036: Managing Your Boss
If you haven’t entered the work force yet or are brand new to the work force, the concept of managing your boss may be foreign to you. In today’s podcast episode, I talk about how to approach your boss with conversations about work expectations and responsibilities.
037: The Work Stuff No One Ever Tells You (with Becky Cutright)
This week, my guest on the podcast is Becky Cutright, Communications Consultant with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Becky was my intern "back in the day" and she's been in the workforce for 10 years.
043: How to Speak and Write at Work
Writing skills are necessary to get the job, to move up professionally, and to develop the kinds of relationships with co-workers that lead to job success and satisfaction. In today’s podcast episode, I share useful tips to improve both writing and speaking skills for the business world.
047: Taking Advantage of Your Company's Professional Development Opportunities
Not providing growth and developmental opportunities to direct reports and teams can have a lot of consequences. Probably the most damaging is that they decide to find development elsewhere and leave for another opportunity externally. In today’s podcast episode, I present seven tools for you to take advantage of on-the-job professional development.
048: External Education Opportunities
In episode 47, I talked about taking advantage of your company’s internal training opportunities. I also talked about 7 strategies for creating one-on-one professional development opportunities for yourself, regardless of whether or not your employer has formal programs like these. Today, let’s talk about continuing your education outside your current employer.
049: What to Do if You’re Not Growing at Work
If you’re not being given new tasks or assignments, it’s time to speak with your boss. In today’s podcast episode, I discuss some of the ways to communicate with your boss about developing your position in the work environment.
050: Work/Life Blend (Balance is a Myth)
Think about it: Work/Life balance is like Work on one side of a teeter-totter, and Life on the other side. Rather, think of the Work/Life blend, meaning a delicious mixture of both where the Work ingredients are indistinguishable from the Life ingredients. In today’s podcast episode, I talk about how Work and Life can overlap in many manageable ways.
056: What Employees Value Most in an Employer
The theme for November is “The most important qualities in an employer.” In today’s podcast episode, I researched three online sites that share insights on what features people look for in their employers.
057: Three Amazing Employers – Case Studies
This month’s theme is: The most important qualities in an employer. Today, we are talking about what makes an amazing employer, and why some companies receive highly rated reviews.
061: Is it My Career or Just My Job?
This month’s theme is starting, restarting, or changing careers. Today I want to talk about job dissatisfaction. How to figure out what the problem is…and how to solve it.
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