Episode 23: When Your Options Aren’t What You Expected
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 23: When Your Options Aren't What You Expected. In this week’s episode, we discuss how to make sense of career choices when what we expect and what we get are two different things. We talk about needs vs. values and the importance of changing the way we process these situations so we can expand the way we make meaning of our opportunities.
Episode 22: The Value of a Clean Break
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 22: The Value of a Clean Break. In a previous episode we talked about knowing when it’s time to leave, and this week we build on that idea by exploring how to exit with a clean break. Spoiler alert: it’s so much easier said than done.
Episode 19: What Are You Moving Towards?
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 19: What Are You Moving Toward? We’ve talked about how you know when it’s time to leave a job or professional situation, but how much do you know about how to explore what could be next? We discuss some of the ways we have managed our own exploration about our next steps, from daydreaming, to values and skills assessment, to enlisting the support of others.
Episode 17: Knowing When It's Time to Leave
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 17: Knowing When It's Time to Leave. What are the signs and signals that tell you it’s time to move on professionally? We talk about the importance of noticing when boredom or resentment at work, or skepticism about your organization are pieces of information telling us we need a change. We explore the need to identify not only what we’re moving away from, but also what we’re moving towards as a next step.
Episode 14: Challenging the Scarcity Mindset
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 14: Challenging the Scarcity Mindset. What if there aren’t enough opportunities, time and money? We talk about the limiting beliefs around scarcity, the ironies of how these beliefs that are meant to protect us from losing things we value actually trap us, and some ideas to free yourself of this mind trap.
Episode 13: You're Readier Than You Believe You Are
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 13: You're Readier Than You Believe You Are. In the first in a series of conversations about limiting beliefs, we explore how aiming for an ideal of ‘readiness’ for what’s next can hold us back from taking chances, asking for what we want, or seeing how much we’ve already accomplished. We explore how systems of measurement can lead to outdated forms of self-assessment, how comparison keeps us trapped, and how we don’t have to go it alone.
Episode 10: When Work Breaks Your Heart
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 10: When Work Breaks Your Heart. Work can hurt. Maybe it’s a layoff or firing, maybe it’s a professional disappointment, or a plan that doesn’t work out. Our instincts and culture tell us that we should get back to work – it’s just a job after all – figuring out what’s next. We know though, that there’s a time to experience the feelings and learn from them.
Episode 08: Don’t Feel Guilty if Works Feels Good
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 08: Don't Feel Guilty if Work Feels Good. There’s a dominant storyline around work being something we endure out of necessity. At the Inside Job, we think it’s great to feel good at work, and to learn from the moments where we experience flow, productivity and positive emotions.
Episode 06: Guidance If You Are Laid Off
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 06: Guidance If You Are Laid Off. Nayla shares some of the insights she’s gained in her study and work with professionals who were laid off in the 2008 Recession and since. We focus on the ideas of balancing the need to manage the practical realities of layoff with the opportunity for a thoughtful reset of your career plan.
Episode 05: Guidance for Graduating Students in Spring 2020
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 05: Guidance for Graduating Students in Spring 2020. Students graduating from college or graduate school in the Spring of 2020 are facing a different global economy than they (or anyone) was expecting. We offer a glimpse into the guidance we’re offering students finishing graduate school that we think is relevant for anyone completing their studies this year.
Episode 04: Your Job Title Is Not Your Identity
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 4: Your Job Title Is Not Your Identity. We share our stories of our personal experiences of being too attached to our job titles, and what we had to do to create professional identities that are based less on our titles, more on our work itself.
Episode 03: Work Worth Doing
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 3: Work Worth Doing. Is work supposed to make us happy? Or is work supposed to mean something else? We introduce the idea that we are in a relationship with the work we do, and how we believe that idea sets us up to derive greater meaning from work.
Episode 02: Inside Managing Job Uncertainty During A Global Crisis
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 2: Inside Managing Job Uncertainty During A Global Crisis. We share some early thoughts about how to navigate and take some action if you’re feeling job insecurity during a period of rapid change. We offer a number of strategies and ideas of how to use the time you have to both reflect and take action. We talk about effective networking during difficult times, researching companies or leaders you admire during this time.