Next Year is Finally Now. It’s November 5th. The year is almost over. Have you achieved your goals? Want to take a risk in January but are afraid of getting fired? Are you looking to shake up your career in 2019? Well, you don’t have to be Mark Zuckerberg or Brené Brown to try new…
How can you tell when a candidate is lying? If you’ve worked in HR for more than a few weeks, chances are that you’ve encountered lies from candidates. Whether it’s a little lie about an ancient exam grade or a big lie about relevant experience, almost every candidate embellishes the truth at some point. I…
Are we ready for change? Are we prepared to do what it takes to make the American dream come alive again? It would take some drastic reforms to get those much-needed results. Something’s got to give, and this administration has to go. Today’s guest is Andrew Yang. He’s Asian-American, a 2020 Presidential Candidate, a serial…
Hi, everybody, I’m on medical leave. Nobody get any big ideas about asking me for anything. I’m milking this time off for every stinkin’ minute away from PR pitches and email messages about machine learning and cryptocurrency. But, since I have some free time on my hands while I heal, let me tell you about…
The world is changing, and us with it. We are living our lives 50% in the real world, and the other half in the virtual world. With the internet connecting the two, it’s harder than ever to imagine one without the other. While it seems like we’re more connected than ever, in truth, our communication…
Let’s Fix Work is wrapping up its first season at the end of the month. After six months, I can honestly say that I have a podcast to meet cool people. One of those people is Bob Sutton. Consider me a fangirl. He wrote The No Asshole Rule, and there’s nothing else on the market…
Are you living your dream or someone else’s? What does it really take to land a promising writing career in 2018? Joining Laurie today is sports journalist and New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman. They talk about Jeff’s amazing journey from screw up to best-selling author, the gig economy and the decline in the…
Let’s Fix Work is wrapping up its first season at the end of the month. This week, I’m highlighting some of the conversations I’ve loved. Here’s Jason Lauritsen talking about how to start small and get clear on what you want. Jason has a new book out called Unlocking High Performance: How to Use Performance…
The first season of Let’s Fix Work is wrapping up because I’m having gallbladder surgery. We’ve had some fabulous guests, including Scott Stratten of UnMarketing. Here’s the show if you missed it. The transcript is below. Laurie: Hi everybody, welcome to, “Let’s Fix Work”. I’m Laurie Ruettimann. I’m really glad you’re here for today’s first…
Isn’t it about time we had a corporate mindset shift? Because come on! There’s more to work than giving the company your heart and soul. Jon Fortt, co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk Alley,” joins Laurie to talk about what’s going right, what went wrong, and what’s broken in the world of work. They talk about the…