Episode 46: Forever Employable w/ Jeff Gothelf

Elli has a conversation with Jeff Gothelf, author of Lean UX and Sense & Respond. Jeff has a new book coming out called Forever Employable, and it’s a timely subject as our unemployment rate continues to climb during the COVID crisis. Relevant Links: Forever Employable, the book Whitesnake, the band Everything Jeff does

Season 2, Episode 6: Alter Egos and Inner Mentors

Aileen and Elli have a conversation with a human performance coach, resiliency expert, award winning author on the essential tools in the self advocacy tool kit. Jenny Evans, founder and CEO of Powerhouse Performance shares her insights on the role of alter egos (wait for it, she has one and you’re gonna want one too) Read More …

Season 2, Episode 4: Creating Your Own Conditions

Aileen and Elli have a conversation with a small business owner about creating an engaging culture with loyal employees. Kate Kunkel-Bailey shares some of her more corporate what-not-to-do stories that helped shape her view of the company culture she wanted to create with her team. Related Links: The Employee Engagement Myth The 318 Cafe

Episode 42 ~ Getting Your Dream Job, Part 4: Are You Ready for Independence? (w/ Brendon Schrader)

We had a conversation with Brendon Schrader, Founder and CEO of Antenna Consulting based in Minneapolis. Brendon has a great story to tell about the path to finding a way to make your work and your life fit together, and the pitfalls along the way. Related Links: Antenna Consulting Brendon on LinkedIn Brendon on Twitter Read More …

Episode 35 ~ Navigating the Unknown (w / Nate Garvis & Tom Wiese)

We talked with our friends Nate & Tom from Studio E, an entrepreneurial studio designed to help leaders navigate the unknown in a time of increasing uncertainty. By helping you shift your mindset, the Studio E curriculum can help you guide yourself – and your team – through the unknown and get to success. Related Read More …

Episode 34 ~ Passion Project or Real Job? (w/ Andy Krueger)

We talked with Andy Krueger of the Twin Cities craft show, Craftstravaganza, about how to know when your passion project is becoming your real job, things to watch out for as you get serious about your passion project, and just how important it is to have one of those projects in the first place. Related Read More …

Episode 33 ~ Getting Your Dream Job Part 3: The *Not* To Do List (w/ Kelly Groehler)

We talked with Kelly Groehler of Sprosty Network about her progression from Director of External Relations at Best Buy to her present job working in a retail startup accelerator here in the Twin Cities. Kelly tells us about how she spent time deciding what she didn’t want to do, which ended up being important as she made Read More …

Episode 28 ~ Getting Your Dream Job, Part 1 (w/ Tamara Dennison)

We chatted with the founder of Atomic Collaborative, Tamara Dennison, about how she created her dream job by starting her own company. This is part 1 of a 2 part series exploring how to find your dream job. Next week, we’ll chat with Kat Duncan of CLICK Talent about how to get yourself to the Read More …

Episode 23 ~ Negotiation & Small Business Challenges (w/Matty O’Reilly)

Matty O’Reilly is a talented entrepreneur, and we chatted with him for quite a while about negotiating skills, buying businesses, real estate, working with vendors and other business owners, and a whole bunch of other stuff.