On a recent episode of Let’s Fix Work, I had the pleasure of speaking with Julie Zhou. She was the first intern employed at Facebook, and now she has worked her way up to VP of Product Design. She is the author of the new book, The Making of a Manager: What to Do When…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 76 This week on the podcast, we are going “meta” because my podcast producer Danny Ozment of Emerald City Productions is my special guest. If you are wondering what podcasting has to do with work, well, I often get asked questions about individual podcasting and enterprise podcasting. Questions like, “How do…
It’s Podcast Friday! Loved appearing on the Redesigning Wellness Podcast with Jen Arnold — who lives nearby! This was a fun conversation. Hope you enjoy it!
“How do I start a podcast?” Good question. Here’s my show. I started with zero listeners and grew to be one of the top management podcasts. So, you want to start a podcast but don’t know where to look? The first and easiest answer is to Google it. Then hire somebody to make it sound…
As the anniversary of September 11th draws near, I wanted to introduce you to Claudia Martinez Foster. Claudia Martinez and Curt Foster were married in October of 2000. She was talking about starting a family. She loved children. She loved makeup. She had a fun life, and she had a job on the 105th floor…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 75 This week I’d like to introduce you to Julie Zhuo. Julie is the VP of Product Design at Facebook and the author of the new book, The Making of a Manager: What To Do When Everyone Looks to You. Julie was also the first ever intern at Facebook in 2006.…
Hey, team! I’m back from a summer vacation that included a trip to Hawaii, a month away from work, and a foster kitten named June. It’s been a hectic few months, but I have some updates. I’m relaunching HR Books in the next few weeks. I missed it. The new site will be designed by…
Podcast Friday is Back! Happy to share an episode of Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby. Enjoyed talking about my book deal, how it happened, and all the secrets behind scoring an agent. Hope you find it interesting. Sure was scary and strange to talk about myself, but I hope it’s helpful!
I don’t know when the word hustle emerged in our lexicon as a good thing. It is not a good thing. It is not a proper way to live your life. It’s not a proper way to be connected to the people you love. And it certainly isn’t a good way to run a business. …
Let’s Fix Work Episode 74 We talk about and “remember” 9/11 in America in a very callous way, without truly remembering that nearly 3,000 people died at work. Nearly 3,000 people. A lot of people have memories of 9/11, but my memory of that day started a week or so before when I began my…