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On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: how can I overcome confidence envy?

This week, Remarkable Speaking‘s co-founders Shelley Goldstein and Mark Bossert answer this and other questions.

Early in her career, Shelley, a self-described extrovert, had in public facing situations felt confidence envy. And she froze. “All the doubt, all the fear and anxiety terrified me. And for years I stayed in the background.”

Even the-most successful of career professionals must overcome confidence envy. Shelley and Mark believe that public speaking practice and focus can help get professionals to success.

Mark’s introversion negatively impacted his confidence when speaking; he didn’t like that his work peer outshined him. Now, he asserts that the best way to overcome confidence envy is public speaking practice.

During this engaging episode, Shelley and Mark offer career professionals of all ages actionable strategies for overcoming confidence envy.

About our guests:

Shelley Goldstein and Mark Bossert are internationally recognized and respected public speaking coaches. They are principals of Remarkable Speaking, a brand which helps clients to gain the confidence that they need to become effective communicators in the workplace and in life. Shelley lives and works in Los Angeles, California while Mark is based in British Columbia, Canada.

This episode originated as a live show on December 20, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: December 23, 2022

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On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: can I side-hustle my work fit?

This week, Hudson-Davis Communications and Hudson-Davis Creative Agency co-founders Amanda and Nick Huddy answer this and other questions.

Amanda was a well established and highly respected corporate executive. But she needed to work remotely. Nick talked her through her corporate exit. And Amanda’s boss assured her: “we will work with you as a client.”

Career professionals today wonder: can I side-hustle my work fit? Side-hustles are fun and can turn into meaningful careers. Amanda and Nick turned theirs into a successful enterprise.

Amanda: “We were having a lot of conversations with people. We’d been through a year of the pandemic. And people were starting to realize: ‘I need marketing in my business.’”

What’s key to their great success turning a side-hustle into a work fit? Perhaps it is investing in counseling to make sure that both their business and marriage thrives. Nick recognizes that it is not a good thing for couples to agree on everything in running their business.

About our guests:

Amanda Huddy was a B2B corporate marketing executive before becoming co-founder of Hudson-Davis Communications and Hudson-Davis Creative Agency. Nick Huddy, is a serial entrepreneur with deep knowledge of, and a record of success in, marketing agency leadership. He is also the co-founder of Hudson-Davis Communications and Hudson-Davis Creative Agency. Amanda and Nick live and work in Los Angeles, California.

This episode originated as a live show on December 12, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: December 16, 2022

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• Instagram (Nick)
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• Hudson Davis Creative Agency (Website)

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On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: how do I become a workplace leader?

This week, globally recognized leadership expert and host of The Packard Network, Bret Packard, answers this and other work and career questions.

Bret believes the key to becoming an effective workplace leader is to figure out the “antiquated 1970s shareholder first, profits before people” culture. And then, to successfully navigate it to have a highly engaged following.

Most career professionals today express the desire to become a workplace leader. But the best models for them to apply are often nuanced.

Considering two popular leadership models, coach and facilitator, Bret believes that career professionals benefit when they draw from the best aspects of each.

About our guest:

Bret Packard had a storied management career in the global financial services space. And throughout it he kept up to 89 journals which he filled with leadership insight. Now, on The Packard Network, he leverages his insight to help others become respected workplace leaders in their own right. Bret lives and works in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This episode originated as a live show on December 6, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: December 9, 2022

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On What’s Your Work Fit we ask a jarring question posed by several of our viewers: is my boss spying on me?

This week, workplace diversity, equity and inclusion expert Dr. Betty Johnson, answers this and other work and career questions.

“The home was formerly a sanctuary, the place where you could take a breath, drop the mask (the mask of performance), ” laments Dr. Johnson.

With so many workplaces adopting a hybrid work policy, more workers are feeling intruded upon. What is more, many now feel pressure to perform after hours at home.

In this episode, Dr. Johnson answers:

• Is my boss spying on me.
• What channels are companies using to surveil their talent?
• What is allowable versus disallowable intrusion?
• Are bosses using “find my device apps” to watch me?
• Is there transparency around the expectations of remote workplace presence?

Dr. Johnson adds: “Is this a culture of transparency? Or is this a culture where we don’t trust each other, where we do everything that we can to maximize our own self-interest?”

She believes that as transparency wanes, we in the workplace lose trust in each other.

About our guest:

Dr. Betty Johnson is the founder of Bridging the Difference. She is a keen observer of people in the workplace and DEI. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Ph.D. in Leadership from Antioch University. Dr. Johnson lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This episode originated as a live show on November 29, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: December 2, 2022

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• Website
• Bridging the Difference Live Well Planner (described in this episode)