Episode 212: Hi! I'm the problem. It's me.
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 212: Hi! I'm the problem. It's me. In this episode, we dig into why we blame others and avoid taking responsibility for situations we’re unhappy with.
Episode 208: Can We Change How Others See Us
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 208:In this episode, we discuss if it’s possible to change how others see you and what you need to know if you’re providing feedback to members of your organization.
Episode 206: Anger at Work
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 206: In this episode, we explore how to respond to anger at work and when it’s appropriate to express your emotions in the workplace.
Episode 195: How Will You Measure Success
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 195: How Will You Measure Success? In this episode, we share our thoughts on how success should be measured. If you want to be more successful, you just need to work harder… right?
Asking what success means or looks like for you is one of the most foundational questions you can ask yourself. It’s something we work on often with our clients and something we frequently redefine for ourselves. Take a listen to this week’s episode to find out our thoughts on how success should be measured.
Episode 194: Blockbuster, Billie Jean, and Your Goal Setting Barriers
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 194: Blockbuster, Billie Jean, and Your Goal Setting Barriers. In this first episode of 2024, we reflect on the goals, or questions, we set for ourselves going into 2023. Did we achieve them? Did we under or overestimate the barriers to accomplishing our goals? Are we setting the same goals in 2024 or are we changing things up?
Episode 193: An Inside Job 2023 Year In Review
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 193: An Inside Job 2023 Year in Review. In this special episode, we recap the last year of the podcast and what it’s held for us, what it’s taught us, the things we’re still thinking about, our expressions of gratitude, and some things to help you catch up if you’ve fallen a little behind on the episodes.
Episode 192: Manifestos, Mission Statements, and Declarations
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 192: Manifestos, Mission Statements, and Declarations. As the title of the episode suggests, we’re talking about manifestos, mission statements, and declarations. More specifically, how and whether they have a place in our personal practices of tuning into ourselves, setting goals for ourselves, and just generally tending to ourselves.
We also share some examples of how this topic has shown up in our own work lately and the related exercises we take our clients through.
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 188: A Thanksgiving 3 - 2 - 1
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 188: A Thanksgiving 3-2-1. In this episode, we share some pieces of media that have resonated with or inspired us recently, a few things we’re grateful for, and an idea that we’ll be focusing on for the rest of this year and into 2024.
Episode 186: A Goal Setting Booster Shot
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 186: A Goal Setting Booster Shot. We share what we see when people are frustrated by the goals they set for themselves and offer some guidance to help you get back on track if you’re not achieving your goals.
Episode 184: Being More Coachable
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 184: Being More Coachable. If you want to know how you can become better or be more coachable, take a listen to the practical tips we have for you in this week’s episode.
Episode 181: Do I matter at work?
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 181: Do I Matter At Work? What if I, as an employee, feel like I don’t matter? As a leader who wants their team to feel like they matter, how do I create an environment that fosters that feeling?
This episode was inspired by not only our clients who ask us these types of questions on a regular basis, but also by a GQ interview with a member of the band Blink 182 and recommendations from the U.S. Surgeon General about workplace wellbeing. We explore how employees can evaluate if they believe they matter and how leaders can help their employees feel like they matter.
Episode 180: How Design Thinking Informs the Inside Job with Andy Hagerman Part 2
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 180: How Design Thinking Informs The Inside Job. Andy Hagerman, of The Design Gym joins us to discuss what it really takes to become inspired and get creative when solving a problem in our work or lives.
Episode 178: Is Work Helping or Hindering Your Healing
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 178: This week, we explore work's role in your healing process. We explore: How work can actually help us with the healing process at times, the one question you need to ask yourself about the role your work plays in your healing, the stories we tell ourselves about how taking time away from work to heal will lead to more hurt, and discuss a framework for evaluating the role work should play in your healing process.
Episode 171: How To Work With Your Nemesis
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 171: How To Work With Your Nemesis: This week, we focus on how to handle having a workplace nemesis. Is there one person at work who you dread having to interact with or team up with on a project? Have you deemed them your nemesis? While calling someone you work with your nemesis can be a playful way to express your frustrations with them, it can lead to some unchecked emotions that might spiral into much bigger problems if the situation isn’t handled properly.
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 167: We Have to Talk About Layoff
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 167: We Have To Talk About Layoff: This week, we focus on the first steps you should take after experiencing a layoff, and while we know we can’t cover it all in one episode, we do want to start diving into this discussion today to help you with those first few steps post-layoff so you can begin your journey down the path of thriving.
Episode 166: If You're Feeling Trapped
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 166: If You’re Feeling Trapped. One of the top five stories we hear from our clients - feeling trapped. This week, we focus on how to make choices and changes to your mindset that will help you stop feeling trapped in your current workplace situation.
Episode 165: The Easy/Hard Tradeoff
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 165: The Easy/Hard Tradeoff. Do you avoid doing hard or difficult things at all costs? Or, do you believe the harder you work for something, the greater the payoff will be? This week, we focus on how to do hard things, how to not make them harder than they need to be, and how to recognize the limit for how easy you can make them be.