Episode 52: Normalizing Equity and Facing our Biases

As we wrap our series in partnership with the University of Minnesota about facing and addressing racism in the workplace, our guests Denise, Linford and Gabriel share ideas for how to continue to normalize the behaviors that will drive more equity and less bias. Professional Humans · Episode 52: Normalizing Equity & Facing our Biases

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 41 ~ Finding Your Power (w/ Mahtab Rezai)

We had a conversation about where power comes from with one of our favorite professional humans, Mahtab Rezai. The lessons in here aren’t going to hit you over the head with obviousness – but there are some concepts in here for you to start to explore about yourself, like the Where You Were Forged idea, 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 30 ~ Lighten Up: Lifting the Burden of Ingrained Gender Stereotypes

We teamed up with the MPLS MadWomen to spark a conversation and dig into the ingrained, gender-specific perceptions about “strength” and “weakness” and how they show up in the workplace. We have hauled these biases around with us long enough, and we thought it was time to take a look at them in a new Read More …

Episode 18 ~ Being Busy Isn’t the Boss of You (w/Charles Youel)

GUEST: Charles Youel Language is a choice, and time is a construct. With our friend Charles Youel, we explore some ways to use that knowledge to create time for the things that matter in our busy lives. We also send out a challenge to listeners: go a week without responding “I’m busy” to your fellow Read More …

Episode 14 ~ What if You Don’t Know When to Quit? (w/Eric Johnson)

GUEST: Eric Johnson We’ve been building up to this episode over the last few weeks, because we have come across a remarkable number of friends who don’t seem fulfilled or even remotely happy in their current positions, and we wanted to do something about it. We thought it would be important to first explore some things you can do Read More …