EP 017 A Moment of Truth, Great Advice, and Making the Plan – A Conversation with Rick Whipps

https://media.blubrry.com/theworkbench/content.blubrry.com/theworkbench/EP_017_A_Conversation_with_Rick_Whipps.mp3Welcome to EP 017 Hi all – welcome back to the workbench!  Today’s guest is my good friend Rick Whipps.  Rick and I have known each other since middle school, and I wanted to invite him to share his workbench stories.   We touch on a lot of topics in this conversation, including his move to […]

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EP 06: Where Does the Story Begin?

https://media.blubrry.com/theworkbench/content.blubrry.com/theworkbench/EP_06-Where_Does_The_Story_Begin.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIntroduction: In this episode, I had the chance to test drive the technology used to capture this conversation with Joan Kling, a friend and fellow traveler on the path of coaching and leadership. Joan and I met in 2012, and while we don’t see each other often, our friendship […]

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Ugh, Networking

Ugh, Networking   For so many years, I’ve had this aversion to the type of networking that occurs in many of the professional organizations – the kind of place where you have your business cards handy, smoothly carry your wine and appetizers, deftly hand over your business card; where so many are there relentlessly self-promoting […]

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Workplace Challenge: Navigating Workplace Tension with a Supervisor

Workplace Challenge: My friend Hannah, who works for a large medical device company, recently called to discuss a difficult situation at work.  She has a supervisor who is both driven and difficult to pin down, who expects a lot but doesn’t have time to fully outline the expectations and who often changes course.  As a […]

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8 Ways People Give Power Away and What They Can Do About It

8-4-17 Been thinking a lot about power and influence, and what it represents in the variety of relationships we attend to at home, in the community, and at work. For many years, I had shied away from these concepts – they seemed arrogant and sinister to me and at odds with “who I was” until […]

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Bad Decision Or Calculated Risk? A Story About Navigating Transition.

6-17-17 Back in 2013, I quit my job without having another one in hand. I had taken out loans to pay for my Master’s Program, we had very little runway, a fair amount of debt, but I did it anyway. I didn’t qualify for unemployment. On the face of it: an extremely bad decision. I […]

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