Episode 216: Hustle Without Harm
In this episode, we’re diving into the nuanced topic of hustling and doing our best to figure out a way to hustle without harm.
Episode 215: If you don't choose, they will
In this episode, we cover how to evaluate what we actually want and how to course correct if we discover we’ve been letting others make our choices for us.
Episode 214: We're Back -- What We Learned From Our Break
Welcome back to the Inside Job podcast!
After taking our first break in four years of doing this podcast, we’re feeling equal parts rusty and excited to get back into the swing of things.
June 13, 2024: Why Is Figuring Out What I Want So Damn Hard (Re-Release of Episode 103)
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | June 13, 2024: Why Figuring Out What I Want So Damn Hard? (Re-release of Episode 103). In this rereleased episode, we’re tackling that persistent question of, “what we truly want from work or what we want to do next.” We’ll explore whether it really is hard to clarify these things and why it feels hard to answer that question no matter where we are in our lives.
June 4, 2024: Taking Time off Well (Re-Release of Episode 86)
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | June 4, 2024: Taking Time Off Well (Re-release of Episode 86) We sometimes have ideas that vacation should look a certain way or should include or not include certain things (we're talking about you, email) but those ideas can be quite far from how things actually go when we're officially away from work. Listen to the full episode for all the details!
May 22, 2024: Navigating Workplace Politics (Re-Release of Episode 81)
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | May 22, 2024: Navigating Workplace Politics (Re-Release of Episode 81)
During our conversation, we talked about how to make sense of workplace politics, and what to do about it. We talk about personal power versus political power and how to stand up for ourselves when we want to have more influence at work.
Episode 213: Summer Sendoff - See You In September
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 213: Summer Sendoff - See you in September. Take a listen to this quick episode to find out all the details about our upcoming break from the Inside Job podcast.
Episode 191: Exhaustion -- What's Guilt Got To Do With It
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 191: Exhaustion - What’s Guilt Got to do with It? In almost every conversation with a client, exhaustion is sitting there with us and part of the conversation. In this episode, we try to understand what could be going on, what we’re seeing in our client’s lives and in our own lives, and what we think we can start to explore or experiment with to start getting different outcomes.
Episode 174: What If I'm A Hard Person to Lead
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 174: What If I Am A Hard Person To Lead? This week, we shift the focus from becoming better leaders to becoming someone who can be better led.
Episode 170: Maybe It Isn't What It Is
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 170: Maybe It Isn’t What It Is? This week, we focus on how to identify and escape from a victim mentality. Does it seem like lately everything is going wrong even if you’re doing everything right? Whenever someone offers a possible solution to an issue you’re experiencing, do you immediately focus on why it won’t work? Listen, sometimes stuff does go wrong through no fault of our own. Sometimes suggestions of possible solutions aren’t actually viable. However, sometimes we get in our own way by unintentionally adopting a victim mentality.
Episode 169: Keeping A Healthy Emotional Boundary
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 169: Keeping A Healthy Emotional Boundary: In this episode, we’re discussing what your responsibility is when someone you work with is experiencing strong enough emotions that it’s interfering with their capacity to get work done. Is it your responsibility to help your employees and coworkers solve their problems? If you try to focus on your work instead of the emotions of those around you, does that make you a bad person?
Episode 150: Living With Tough Decisions + 150th Episode Celebration
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 150: Living With Tough Decisions + 150th Episode. What happens when the right decision for you stands to make other people unhappy? We’re talking about what it’s like to disappoint or aggravate others when we know we’re doing the right thing. Today we’re answering this question and celebrating our 150th episode!
Episode 149: Help People Help You
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 149: Help People Help You. Today’s conversation explores the inside job and outside action of becoming more help-able and how worthiness, guilt, shame, and vulnerability play a role in that work.
Episode 146: Is Ego Your Enemy?
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 146: Is Ego Your Enemy? Where’s the line between confidence, ego, and humility? We’ll talk about it this week on the Inside Job podcast. What does it mean to have a healthy ego? Why simply being present, observing, and listening can help us cultivate a healthier ego.
Episode 145: Leading Beyond Shorthand
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 145: Leading Beyond Shorthand. Today we’re exploring some of the most common leadership cliches and how they often work against us in the long run. And while some of these sayings may have kernels of truth to them they each deserve more scrutiny than we often give them. In today’s podcast, we’re exploring whether there is always a cost to doing nothing and how we can get clear on what’s really at play when we evaluate our options.
Episode 144: The Cost of Doing Nothing
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 144: The Cost Of Doing Nothing. Whether it’s a desire to respond to feedback or the need for a career change, we can often find ourselves feeling that we risk losing something if we don’t take action. And this feeling is only amplified by our productivity-driven world. In today’s podcast, we’re exploring whether there is always a cost to doing nothing and how we can get clear on what’s really at play when we evaluate our options.
Episode 143: A New Question to Start the Year
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 143: A New Question To Start The Year. Today, we’re exploring an alternative to “words of the year” and New Year’s resolutions: Questions. And we’ll share the practices you can use to create and get the most out of your question of the year.
Episode 141: Can We Rebuild Trust?
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 141: Can We Rebuild Trust? Whether it’s someone who says one thing but changes the story, makes a commitment they don’t uphold, or does something in violation of an existing agreement we had, it can be challenging to know what to do when someone violates our trust. Our discussion on the podcast this week centers around the work experiences that leave us asking ourselves, “How am I supposed to trust them now?”
Episode 134: Leading Yourself Through Guilt
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 134: Leading Yourself Through Guilt. This week we’re continuing our conversation about building a better relationship with work. We explore the roles of self-worth, accountability, and self-honoring in this relationship. The inside job is to explore what guilt is trying to protect us from. In these moments we need to decipher the difference between guilt and discomfort and choose the next right step that’s best for us and those we work with.
Episode 131: That's An Even Better Question
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 131: That’s An Even Better Question. Today we’re exploring the benefits of asking great questions and sharing some pitfalls to avoid and best practices to use when crafting better questions at work and in life. A good question not only unlocks potential in your team, fuels innovation, and builds relationships, but asking better questions can actually get us out of an unproductive loop.