Author: Kris Safarova
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Reimagine Your Career Before It’s Too Late
Reimagine Your Career Before It’s Too Late What if your goal is completely wrong? If you achieved your goal tomorrow, would your life be significantly better? Or just… slightly more tolerable? Most people don’t have a career strategy. They have a survival plan. They work hard because that’s what they were taught. But have they…
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Lionel Barber, Former Editor of the Financial Times, on the Secret Story of the World’s Greatest Disruptor
Strategy Skills episode 522 is an interview with the author of Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World’s Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son, Lionel Barber. In this episode, Lionel discusses his career and insights on leadership, journalism, and business transformation. He talks about his tenure at the Financial Times and offers advice to young professionals…
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Ten Lessons from Creative Destruction
Ten Lessons from Creative Destruction The California wildfires were a traumatic and shocking event. Though they tried, the media could never quite capture living through it. Many events stand out, but three will forever be etched in my memory. First, a neighbor stayed overnight and recorded the unfolding events over the first 24 hours. From…
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Rewriting Your Story: Dr. Margie Warrell on Fear & Courage
Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 522, an interview with the author of The Courage Gap: 5 Steps to Braver Action, Dr. Margie Warrell. In this episode, Margie shared her journey from a rural Australian dairy farm to a global career, and how she faced significant personal challenges including family illness and losing her first child.…
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Human-Powered Leadership in a Disrupted World with Christie Smith, Ph.D, Ex-Accenture Global CEO on Transformation
Our Strategy Skills episode 521 is an interview with the author of Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI, and Global Shifts are Creating a New Human Powered Leadership, Dr. Christie Smith. In this episode, Dr. Christie Smith shares her career journey through boutique firms, Deloitte, Apple, and Accenture. She shares key lessons about building client…
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Mastering Conversations with Harvard Expert Alison Wood Brooks
Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 520, an interview with the author of TALK: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves, Alison Wood Brooks. In this episode, Alison shares how her experiences at Harvard shaped her understanding of one of the most critical skills for anyone in any industry: conversation. She introduces the…
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Michael J. Lopez, Former EY and KPMG Managing Director, on Strategies for Navigating Change
For Strategy Skills episode 518, we interviewed the author of Change: Six science-backed strategies to transform your brain, body, and behavior, Michael Lopez. In this episode, Michael Lopez shares his consulting journey and leadership challenges that shaped his leadership style and led him to start his own firm. He shares his advice for consultants aiming…
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The real reason you are not promoted
More of What Doesn’t Make You Happy … Will Not Make You Happy We just released five episodes of a new Insider program (18-part program)… Workbook: This program also comes with a downloadable workbook. You will see it as a downloadable document on the program page, the way you can access workbooks for Innovators vs. Summarizers, Overcome the Fear of Failure, and Non-Traditional…
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Professor of Psychology Nilanjana Dasgupta on Succeeding as an Immigrant
Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 516, an interview with the author of Change the Wallpaper: Transforming Cultural Patterns to Build More Just Communities, Nilanjana Dasgupta. In this episode, Nilanjana Dasgupta discusses her career journey and research on implicit bias and diversity science. She highlights her groundbreaking 2001 study showing that implicit attitudes can be changed…