How Can I Begin a Fourth Act Career?



On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: How Can I Begin a Fourth Act Career?

Our guest is Josef Katz.

Josef is an independent strategic marketing executive with subject matter expertise in several market spaces including healthcare and retirement services. He is also co-host of the PrimeLife Podcast.

This week’s lead question was posed by What’s Your Work Fit? viewer James:

James started his career at an ad agency. After that, he moved to corporate marketing and then onto running his own marketing consultancy which he is about to close.

He is not ready to retire, but he wants to take the opportunity to do something outside the scope of work that confined his career.

James asks: How can I begin a fourth act career?

During this information packed episode, Josef also answers “what’s your work fit?’ His personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Josef Katz is an independent strategic marketing executive with subject matter expertise in several market spaces including healthcare and retirement services. He is also co-host of the PrimeLife Podcast. Josef lives and works in the New York City suburbs of New Jersey.

This episode originated as a live show on June 14, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: June 23, 2023

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Can I Reinvent Myself for Career Bliss?



On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: Can I Reinvent Myself for Career Bliss?

Our guest is Debra Olshan Cooper.

Debra is the founder and president of Your Career Design Lab; by crafting unique stories, she helps professionals at all stages of their careers to excavate their passions and purpose and turn them into a paycheck.

This week’s lead question was posed by What’s Your Work Fit? viewer Jessica:

Jessica is a middle management executive who has performed well in whatever assignment higher ups have placed her. But sometimes, she feels like she is “just going through the motions,” bored and uninspired, and not achieving her own work fit.

Jessica asks: Can I reinvent myself for career bliss?

During this information packed episode, Debra also answers “what’s your work fit?’ Her personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Debra Olshan Cooper has enjoyed a multi-act executive career journey across fashion, public relations, marketing and serial entrepreneurship. She founded her executive career coaching company, Your Career Design Lab, in 2018. What is more, Debra is the host of The Passionate Professional podcast. She splits her time between New York City and Miami, Florida.

This episode originated as a live show on May 17, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: May 26, 2023

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How Do I Turn My Layoff Into Career Advantage?



On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: How Do I Turn My Layoff Into Career Advantage?

Our guest is Mike Faber.

Mike is a veteran learning and development professional who designs and facilitates leadership and training programming for sales professionals.

In January 2023, he was laid off from his full-time executive role. So, we ask Mike: How Do I Turn My Layoff Into Career Advantage?

Over five years on-the-job, What’s Your Work Fit? viewer Helen immersed herself in her work and workplace. Last month she was laid off.

And management assured her that her severance was not due to a performance issue, but rather for broader corporate-wide cutbacks. During her tenure, she never considered the possibility of a layoff. And now she’s wondering: how do I turn my layoff into a career advantage?

During this information packed episode, Mike also answers “what’s your work fit?’ His personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Mike Faber is a veteran learning and development professional. He lives and works in the Denver, Colorado area.

This episode originated as a live show on May 10, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: May 19, 2023

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How Do I Make My Start Up Human-Friendly?



On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: How Do I Make My Start Up Human-Friendly?

Our guest is Simon D’Arcy.

Simon is a partner at Evolution, where he works with leaders of fast growing start-ups and high-growth companies that strive to be iconic, world-enriching entities.

He is an executive coach, consultant and leadership mentor with over 20 years of experience assisting leaders and companies on six continents. And, along with Todd Emaus, he authored Scale Without Losing Your Soul: The Startup Culture Guide.

What’s Your Work Fit? viewer Connor launched a sustainable fashion start-up. He expects it to be operational within the next 9 months. In every startup Connor has been a part of in the past, he laments that the stress level of the workplace was extreme. It got to the point—quite early in the process—that “we had to make believe we all were having fun chasing the founder’s dream.” Now that Connor is a founder, he hopes to build a more compassionate talent experience for everyone joining up to get the brand off the ground and cashflow positive.

Simon takes us through the kinds of journeys that his founder-clients take, to flesh out their company essence, and establish a culture code, to render their start ups as great places to work. He also describes how Glassdoor has changed the way that career professionals look at the work-experience in startup companies.

During this information packed episode, Simon also answers “what’s your work fit?’ His personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Simon D’Arcy is a serial entrepreneur, startup founder, and leading thought-leader in the future of work and workplace. He lives and works in Santa Barbara, California.

This episode originated as a live show on May 3, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: May 12, 2023

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How Can I Remote Work Outside of My Home?



On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: How Can I Remote Work Outside of My Home?

Our guest is Amina Moreau.

Amina is the CEO and co-founder of Radious, an online marketplace that turns houses, apartments, and other residential properties into collaborative workspaces, rentable by the day.

As Amina describes Radious, “we’re like Airbnb and WeWork had a baby.” And the platform is getting high praise from guests who need to secure great venues to work and hosts looking for income from their residential properties.

Our viewer May lives with her partner in a “shoebox sized” apartment of less than 400 square feet. She’s been granted remote work privileges by her boss. But she laments that working from her and her partner’s tiny living quarters is difficult if not impossible. So May asks: “How can I remote work OUTSIDE of my home?”

Amina provides the stunning positive value proposition for Radious and describes how it is catching on in array of post-pandemic workplace options for companies and the people who work for them.

During this information packed episode, Amina also answers “what’s your work fit?’ Her personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Amina Moreau is a serial entrepreneur, startup founder, and leading thought-leader in the future of work and workplace. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

This episode originated as a live show on April 26, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: May 5, 2023

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How Can Journalism Be My Work Fit?



On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: How Can Journalism Be My Work Fit?

Our guest is Jonathan D. Salant. He is an award winning journalist and the newly appointed assistant managing editor for politics at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Previously, Jonathan led the Washington bureau for NJ Advance Media which includes the Newark Star-Ledger and other papers. Prior to that role, he was a Washington-based reporter for Bloomberg and the Associated Press. 

Rachel, a rising college senior reached out to pose a career question. She’s long dreamt of becoming a reporter but is concerned that becoming one wouldn’t be a sustainable career move. Plus, her parents worry that she won’t earn enough to live on. She asks and Jonathan answers: how can journalism be my work fit?

Jonathan’s storied career happened as a result of years of hard work, but also by forming trust with elected officials who recognize his commitment to reporting the news with impartiality and fairness.

During this information packed episode, Jonathan also answers “what’s your work fit?’ His personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Jonathan D. Salant is a D.C. based veteran journalist who covers Capitol Hill and the White House for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Jonathan is a reporter’s reporter; he is a current member of the Standing Committee of Correspondents, former National Press Club president, former Regional Reporters Association president and former president of the D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

He lives in (and often works remotely from) the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.

This episode originated as a live show on April 19, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: April 28, 2023

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Why Can’t My Boss and I Agree on My Next Role?



On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this viewer question: Why Can’t My Boss and I Agree on My Next Role?

Our guest is Julie Winkle Giulioni. She is a workplace growth and development champion, a prized consultant working with c-suites in major companies, and the author of the new book, Promotions Are SO Yesterday.

One of the-most vexing challenges for head count managers is in how they recognize, reward, and support their team members. Yet, what few managers recognize is the way that talent seek recognition and support today is less about the kinds of promotions that past workplaces experienced, that is compensation and title enhancements. 

That’s why Julie’s book is entitled Promotions Are SO Yesterday, because the trajectory of one’s career progression is no longer a ladder climb. And today’s talent want to benefit from the kind of guidance that allows them to become intentional workplace leaders.

And recognizing what motivates career professionals in the workplace today is key to ensuring that they retain on-the-job longer while crushing their deliverables.

During this information packed episode, Julie also answers “what’s your work fit?’ Her personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Julie Winkle Giulioni is a champion for workplace growth and development. She believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to reach their potential. And she supports organizations and leaders who want to make that happen with keynote speeches, consulting, and training. Julie lives and works in Southern California.

This episode originated as a live show on April 12, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: April 21, 2023

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Why Won’t My Team Willingly Return to the Office?



On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this viewer question: Why Won’t My Team Willingly Return to the Office?

Our guest is Fran Saele. He is a workplace, and real estate solutions expert and a frequent thought-leader in the area of future of work. Fran’s professional passion includes the dynamic new ways of work and the transformation of the workplaces that support it. Fran answers this and other questions.

There are some roles that hiring managers believe have to be done face-to-face in the co-location. These may include executive assignments where, they believe, “being in the room” ensures that high level consultative skills are mastered. 

And yet, those same managers struggle to recruit prime hiring prospects and workplace veterans to work in the co-location. In the wake of Covid, many of their people learned to be intentional and highly efficient at their roles while working from anywhere.

During this information packed episode, Fran also answers “what’s your work fit?’ His personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Fran Saele is a veteran of the commercial real estate space who held senior executive positions with Accenture, CBRE, and Newmark. On social media, Fran publishes some of the-most compelling thought-leadership on future of work and workplace. He lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio.

This episode originated as a live show on April 5, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: April 14, 2023

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How Can I Create a Neurodiverse-Friendly Workplace?



On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: How Can I Create a Neurodiverse-Friendly Workplace?

Our guest is Kay Sargent. She is Senior Principal and Director of Workplace at HOK and a globally recognized thought leader on intentional workplace design. Kay answers this and other questions:

Neurodiversity in the workplace impacts the needs and preferences of career professionals who present on the Autism spectrum. However, the neurodiverse workplace in the wake of Covid now includes millions more, such as people suffering lasting effects of “Long Covid.” Designing an intentional workplace for a diverse constituency such as this can help people to thrive and perform well on-the-job.

During this information packed episode, Kay also answers “what’s your work fit?’ Her personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Kay Sargent is Senior Principal and Director of Workplace at HOK and a globally recognized thought leader on intentional workplace design. She lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area.

This episode originated as a live show on March 31, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: April 7, 2023

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Why Doesn’t My Company’s Founder Respect Me?



On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: Why Doesn’t My Company’s Founder Respect Me?

This week, neuro-resiliency and leadership Coach Justin Noppe answers this and other important questions.

Neuroresilience helps career professionals to thrive in the workplace. To that end, it also enables them to make work a wonderful part of a day that includes lots of other wonderful experiences, and not the entire day.

During this information packed episode, Justin answers “what’s your work fit?’ His personal vision surely will resonate with many career professionals.

About our guest:

Justin Noppe is a neuro-resiliency and leadership coach who helps to revitalize today’s workplace. He also takes to social media to address leadership’s pivotal impact on the future of work. Justin lives and works in Houston, Texas.

This episode originated as a live show on March 29, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: March 31, 2023

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