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Deborah Perry Piscione is cofounder of the Work3 Institute, an AI and Web3 advisory firm. She is also a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and innovation and future-of-work thought leader. She is the author of multiple books, including the New York Times bestseller Secrets of Silicon Valley. She was previously a staffer in the U.S. Congress and at the White House, and she served as an on-air commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.  Website: https://work3.me/book/  Book: EMPLOYMENT IS DEAD: How Disruptive Technologies Are Revolutionizing the Way We Work by Deborah Perry Piscione, Josh Drean (Jan) Book promo: With disruptive technologies on the horizon, traditional employment models are becoming outdated. How will your organization adapt to the evolving landscape of work? Business is on the cusp of a profound transformation. Conventional work models are failing to adapt to the evolving needs and expectations of the modern workforce. Simultaneously, the emergence of disruptive technologies

LEAD WELL: 5 Mindsets to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your TeamBy Paula Davis A holistic, research-backed framework that helps leaders design healthier team cultures to unlock high-performance and increase well-being intelligence at work. In the wake of the pandemic and on the cusp of the generative AI revolution, the world of work has undergone a seismic shift. Chronic stress, burnout, and employee disengagement have reached crisis levels, and leaders are struggling to keep their teams motivated and inspired amid relentless change and uncertainty. Conventional management approaches are no longer sufficient, demanding a new leadership framework to address the root causes of these challenges. To meet this moment, Lead Well: 5 Mindsets to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your Team provides a timely and practical blueprint for a new era of leadership. Drawing on extensive research and workshops with thousands of leaders, Paula Davis, founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute and author of Beating B

Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator, and the creator of The Life Audit. She is the author of several nonfiction books and journals, including the new book, The Life Audit: A Step-By-Step Guide to Discovering Your Goals and Building the Life You Want and companion The Life Audit Journal (forthcoming). Her previous books include Rest Easy: Discover Calm and Abundance through the Radical Power of Rest, which received a starred review from Library Journal and was named one of BookRiot's Best Books of 2023, and Listen Like You Mean it: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection, which was a Next Big Idea Club finalist in 2021. Her writing has appeared in Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek, Forbes, and Fast Company, among others. She also writes Letters from Ximena, a newsletter about staying curious, getting creative, and living well. Ximena is a keynote speaker on topics such as empathetic and inclusive listening, navigating difficult conversations, and preventing burnout. A user res

Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi are leading gender experts and Harvard researchers. Their work centers on data-driven evidence to create accessible strategies to bridge the gender gap at work and create environments based on fairness. What makes Iris and Siri’s work different is that they focus on changing behaviors around equality, not attitudes. As they show, this helps us move from virtuous intentions to visible action without trying to tackle people’s deeply held beliefs. Iris and Siri explore these issues in their upcoming book MAKE WORK FAIR: Data-Driven Design for Real Results (Harper Business; January 28, 2025; must-read nonfiction title by the Next Big Idea Club) It’s cliché to say that the numbers don’t lie, but the fact is, they don’t: ·         McKinsey’s latest Women in the Workplace report shows that while women today make up 29% of C-suite positions (compared with just 17% in 2015), women are still progressing slower earlier in the corporate pipeline, at the entry and manager levels. ·         N

LAURA NGUYEN is an experienced marketing executive and entrepreneur with an extensive background in data-driven marketing, digital marketing, and communications for Fortune 500 companies. She is the founder of Solle Solutions, a marketing consultancy. Laura is also a certified executive coach, helping mid-career, high-achieving leaders go from burned out to balanced through her coaching program and online community. Laura received her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science at Truman State University, and her Master in Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with her family.   Book: CAREER BREAK COMPASS: Navigating Your Path to a Balanced Life Through Intentional Time Off. The book is a compelling guide for those considering a career break to reinvigorate their productivity and boost their overall happiness. The challenge of maintaining career momentum and drive amidst chronic overwork and lack of work-life balance is a serious issue for many mid- and se

Lauren Neal is the Founder of and Chief Programme Creator at Valued at Work (UK) – a consultancy that creates workplace cultures where no one wants to leave, in traditionally male-dominated sectors.   Since 2005, Lauren has worked as an engineer and project manager in the energy sector offshore, onshore, and onsite on multimillion-dollar projects across the globe. Chartered through both the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Association of Project Management (APM), Lauren is a sought-after speaker, writer, and consultant championing career progression within STEM and inclusive workplace cultures beyond the boundaries of demographics. Lauren’s book released in October 2023 – Valued at Work: Shining a Light on Bias to Engage, Enable, and Retain Women in STEM – became an Amazon #1 best-seller and is a finalist in the 2024 Business Book Awards. Book synopsis: Your gender stats are tumbling, women aren’t advancing, their feedback is poor, and too many are leaving. What’s going on? Women naviga

Claire McInerny is the Executive Producer of Refamulating, a podcast and newsletter that showcases all the ways to make a family. Claire is a podcast producer and writer based in Louisville, KY. Prior to podcasting she was a reporter for NPR stations in Indiana and Texas.  Julia Winston is the host and co-creator of Refamulating. She is also a facilitator, designer and teacher of human connection in the workplace and beyond based in Austin, Texas. You can learn more about her work at https://www.juliawinston.com/. Topics/Questions: I'm really proud of the partnership Julia and I created - I wasn't meant to be a partner until we started working on the show more months, and we had a lot of big conversations that led to the relationship we have now. I've learned so much from Julia about business and owning a project with another person that I'd love to talk about! We make the podcast but we're also proud of our monthly, free event called the Refamily Dinner. We have an expert come in and share their experienc

  Website: https://azimuthpsych.com   Dr. Koretz is the founder of Azimuth, a therapy practice specializing in the mental health challenges of individuals in high-pressure careers. She has spent over a decade helping her clients face and overcome their mental health issues by developing a unique understanding of industry-specific nuances in fields like law, consulting, finance, and technology.  Dr. Koretz has been featured in many publications, including Harvard Business Review and the Wall Street Journal, focusing on the importance of recognizing career/identity enmeshment. She also writes and speaks on the challenges of discovering and living your personal values.  Promotional info: Some workaholics lose their sense of self. That’s when you need to come to terms with the fact that “who you are” is not your career identity, according to Dr. Janna Koretz, a clinical psychologist and expert on leadership and mental health.  “A particular confluence of high achievement, intense competitiveness, and culture of

Website: www.StephanieCawthon.com  Stephanie W. Cawthon, PhD is author of DISABILITY IS HUMAN: The Vital Power Of Accessibility In Everyday Life, a researcher, and consultant who brings relatable insights and real-world skills to her mission that – when we tap the power of accessibility – we ensure disabled people can thrive and succeed. Dr. Cawthon’s groundbreaking research has been funded by over $50 million in federal and other grants. In 2023 she founded the National Disability Center for Student Success at The University of Texas at Austin, where she is a tenured Professor of Educational Psychology. She brings a lived experience to her work. In addition to her congenital hearing loss, she has several mental health and physical disabilities that have a significant impact on her ability to engage in important life activities. Dr. Cawthon earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.  Social media: LinkedIn: https://www.lin

Erika Ayers Badan is a digital innovator, disruptor, and seasoned executive on the cutting edge of content creation, distribution, and monetization of premier and culturally relevant content. As an early adopter of internet culture, Ayers has always been interested in what’s next, driving digital entrepreneurship and large-scale revenue growth within companies. Ayers Badan was recently named CEO of Food52 after serving as a board member and advisor since 2019. Ayers Badan currently serves on the boards of the Premier Lacrosse League, and global public safety technology leader Axon Enterprise (AXON). Ayers Badan is the author of forthcoming book “Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure is Good, The Great Ones Play Hurt and Other Hard Truths.” Intertwined with anecdotes from her own career, Ayers Badan shares inspiring insight into how work really works, and how you can get it to work for you.   As the first-ever CEO of media magnate Barstool Sports, Ayers Badan led the company through explosive growth (+50

Website: www.juansilvera.com   Juan Silvera is a marketing, communications and digital product strategy executive and author with 30+ years real-life experience with some of the largest financial services firms in the world and with marketing agency startups. He is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, a $45 billion lending institution. He has held executive marketing roles at Rabobank, Wachovia / Wells Fargo, Bank of America and MUFG Union Bank. In addition he was principal in three digital marketing startups, two in the U.S. and one in Europe. During his career he has lived and worked in countries and cities from San Francisco, to Salzburg, Austria and from Charlotte to Mexico City, Miami, Utrecht, Netherlands and Caracas, Venezuela.    His book, Improbably Successful: Proven Career Growth Strategies for the Rest of Us, provides real-life advice designed to propel careers at any stage of a professional’s journey.  Juan is an alumnus from Cal State Los An

Theresa Slater is the President of Empire Interpreting Service, which she founded in 2003. She built her company into a respected, award-winning organization with more than 300 interpreters and an array of customer-centric services. A speaker, author and advisor to new entrepreneurs, Slater’s love for business drives her on her path. Slater’s new book, The Language of Success: An Interpreter’s Entrepreneurial Journey (Business Expert Press, Aug. 30, 2024), is both autobiography and a how-to (or how not-to) guide for entrepreneurs.   Learn more at www.empireinterpreting.com.    It’s Time for Women Entrepreneurs to Know They’re Worthy  This segment is about how one woman’s journey from destitute teen to triumphant business leader is instructive for would-be women entrepreneurs.   The Big Idea: Statistics on failure rates for women-owned businesses would give would-be women entrepreneurs pause. Some 20 percent of startups fail in the first year, and nearly 50 percent by their fifth year. Further, women must batt

  Linda Ugelow (YOU-guh-lo) is a speaking confidence coach, podcast host, and author of the book, Delight in the Limelight: Overcome Your Fear of Being Seen and Realize Your Dreams  and hosts a podcast of the same name. Formerly stricken with public speaking fear herself, she now helps entrepreneurs, coaches, and business leaders transform their experience of speaking from dread to delight whether online or on stage, in the media or the meeting room. Website: https://www.lindaugelow.com/ Book promo info: It was a great opportunity…but stage fright made you pass. How does one get over their fear of speaking? Linda Ugelow is a speaking confidence coach, podcast host, and author. With over 160K followers on TikTok, she helps people all over the world. She holds a Master’s degree in Expressive Therapy and Movement Studies. Having performed as a singer, bassist, percussionist, and principal dancer for over three decades, she’s experienced at being in front of people. Yes, you can eliminate your nerves. This life

A coach, facilitator, speaker, consultant, author, and the founder of Create WorkJoy, Beth Stallwood has an impressive track record of enabling people to achieve their career and life goals. She’s spent 20 years developing her signature practical, passionate approach, and excels at getting to the heart of what’s actually going on. Her clients range from global corporations to tech scale-ups, sports governing bodies, charities, and higher education institutions.     Beth’s “WorkJoy: A Toolkit for a Better Working Life”, highly commended by the Business Book Awards 2024, is a practical and immediately actionable blueprint empowering readers to take ownership of their working lives and unlock the joy in work again. It is the ultimate guide to help individuals craft their personal WorkJoy, as it is different for everyone.   Social media links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-stallwood-415a0928 https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-workjoy https://www.instagram.com/createworkjoy/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/

Brigid Schulte is the author of the bestselling Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time and an award-winning journalist formerly for the Washington Post, where she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize. She is also the director of the Better Life Lab, the work-family justice and gender equity program at New America. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and two children.   Over Work Talking Points: ●      Redesigning Work to have Time for Quality of life. How to more deliberately prioritize quality of life in our hectic day to day lives, focusing on meaningful work, caring for and connecting with others, and time to rest and play? That’s why it’s so critical we create smart and effective work cultures. Drawing from the change agents featured in the book, Brigid can show that, while they use different methods to redesign work for more quality of life, there are key strategies that are universal. The first is articulating a vision of a different future and believing

www.webpsyched.com   Jessica Pryce-Jones is author of INTUITION AT WORK: Using Your Gut Feelings To Get Ahead. She started her career in finance where she learned about numbers, strategy, and leadership. After ten years in the corporate world, she completed a psychology degree – she wanted to understand why some of her bosses were brilliant and others were dismal. Those insights launched a new career facilitating, coaching, designing interventions and writing. Clients include multinationals in healthcare, professional services, FMCG, banking, creative, education, manufacturing, publishing, and engineering industries as well as the public and not-for-profit sectors. Pryce-Jones has also worked as adjunct faculty in leadership development at many business schools including Cambridge Judge, Cass, Cornell, Chicago Booth, Cranfield, London Business School, and Saïd (Oxford); she is a Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching. She has written two previous books, Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychol

Thriving Women Leaders in Higher Education   https://www.thrivingwomenleaders.com/   Imagine a safe space to talk about your career, life challenges and aspirations with fellow high-achieving women leaders in Higher Education. Imagine an intimate cohort of national women that distinctly understand the challenges you face - a group who inspires and supports you to achieve your unique goals to live a meaningful life and career. Thriving Women Leaders is a virtual executive coaching program specifically designed for successful women leaders in the field of Higher Education. Rising Women Leaders This program is designed for high potential women on the rise. Leaders at the Director/Senior Director, Executive Director, and Assistant/Associate Vice President level with an eye towards career growth. We’ll tackle managing and leading, influencing and negotiating, delegating, and giving/receiving feedback – plus communicating up, down, and across the organization, so you can lead with confidence. Executive Women Leader

Siobhan McHale has worked across four continents, helping thousands of leaders to create more agile and productive workplaces. She also has been on the “inside” as the executive in charge of culture change in a series of large, multinational organizations. One of these inside jobs was a radical seven-year change initiative at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Bank that transformed it from the lowest-performing bank in the country into one of the highest-performing and most admired banks in the world. Professor John Kotter used her work with ANZ as a Harvard Business School case study designed to teach MBA students about managing change. Her book, The Hive Mind at Work: Harnessing the Power of Group Intelligence to Create Meaningful and Lasting Change, will be published on Sept. 3, 2024 from HarperCollins Leadership. Book promotion: Growing up on a farm in Finea, a small village in southern Ireland, McHale watched the bees as they swarmed in the orchard of her family’s farm. This fascinatio

Gina Battye is the Founder and CEO of the Psychological Safety Institute. Her mission is to create work environments where people thrive. Gina’s expertise has been sought after by the world’s largest multinational corporations, spanning countries and cultures. As the visionary behind the 5 Pillars of Psychological Safety, the Hierarchy of Psychological Safety and Lux, the psychological safety diagnostic tool, Gina’s contributions have earned widespread recognition. Her work has been featured extensively in global press outlets, and she serves as an advisor for TV and film. Gina is also the author of The Authentic Organization: How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace Mastering Psychological Safety: Your definitive guide to cultivating a psychologically safe workplace In The Authentic Organization: How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace, CEO of the Psychological Safety Institute Gina Battye, delivers a hands-on manual to create work environments where people thrive. You’ll discover actionable st

Mindy Vail has more than two decades of experience in leadership development, change management, education, and public speaking. Working with emerging leaders to veteran executives, her focus is cultivating a growth mindset and fostering resilience. Her new book, The Mindshift Effect: Where Change Management Is Redefined and Leadership Is Defined (April 16, 2024), provides a wellspring of inspiration for leading meaningful organizational change. Learn more at themindshifteffect.com. GUEST WEBSITE: www.themindshifteffect.com Segment-- Creating a Supportive Environment for Organizational Change  This segment is about what leaders can do to promote a growth mindset, organization wide that embraces change.  The Big Idea: Today, change management is an integral part of organizational strategy. Yet change in any form or context tends to disrupt our sense of stability and security. Whenever new concepts, methods, or ways of thinking are introduced, they inevitably come up against resistance. Apprehension abou