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What is “Return to Office” Really About?

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On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: What is “Return to Office” Really About?

We are joined by our new What’s Your Work Fit in the Workplace? series co-hosts Mark Gilbreath and Fran Saele.

For ten years, Mark has stubbornly held onto the conviction that the commercial real estate industry’s grip on how and where we work needs a complete reset.

As Founder and CEO of LiquidSpace, Mark is helping some of the coolest companies and their employees around the world to “work from where it works, for you, your team, the planet.”

And Fran is a globally recognized workplace and commercial real estate solutions expert and a frequent commentator on LinkedIn in the area of future of work and workplace.

His professional passion includes the dynamic new ways of work and the transformation of the workplaces to support it.

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

Marsha is a not typical consumer of mainstream media for she thinks that one topic in particular, the return to the office, has become unnecessarily polarized—with a tilt towards “return to the office or else” warnings.

And she doesn’t think that the TV discussions are all that helpful, because many guests booked on cable TV morning shows often glorify the pre-pandemic workplace experience.

So, Marsha asks: what is “return to the office” really about?

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

About our What’s Your Work Fit in the Workplace? co-costs:

Mark Gilbreath is the founder, CEO and skipper of Liquidspace which powers clients’ hybrid workplaces with its global marketplace of on-demand office space and its workplace management platform. He lives and works in Ketchum, Idaho.

Fran Saele is a veteran of the commercial real estate space who held senior executive positions with Accenture, CBRE, and Newmark. On LinkedIn, He publishes some of the-most compelling thought-leadership on future of work and workplace. Fran first appeared on What’s Your Work Fit? in April 2023. He lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio.

This episode originated as a live show on September 6, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: September 15, 2023

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How Do I Keep My Boss From Invading My ME Time?

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On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: How Do I Keep My Boss From Invading My ME Time?

Our guest is Geoff Woliner.

Geoff is the executive producer and host of the entertaining 40 Going on 4 live show on LinkedIn. He is also an author, motivational speaker, and consultant who leverages humor for organizational team-building.

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

Helen is a marketing operations manager at a hospitality company. Helen’s work can be very intense, she says “it’s like juggling axe handles and bowling balls.” She is good at her job and, to make sure things don’t go BOOM, she’s built redundancies into her work, with dependable people and processes, that ensure excellent quality control.

Helen manages her day well and strives to make work a wonderful part of a day doing other wonderful things, a work fit.

But Helen’s boss knows no boundaries. He’s made her cancel dentist visits and hair appointments, and worse, she had to miss her kid’s first swim practice. Helen is frustrated, especially since she’s already cancelled two hair appointments on short notice. Her stylist says she’ll fire Helen as a client after a third cancellation.

Helen likes her job, but in frustration she asks: How do I keep my boss from invading my ME time?

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

About our guest:

Geoff Woliner is the executive producer and host of the 40 Going on 4 live show on LinkedIn. He is also the author of The Path to Perfectia. Geoff lives and works in Alexandria, Virginia.

This episode originated as a live show on August 9, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: August 18, 2023

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How Do I Promote People Who Don’t Look Like Me?

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On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: How Do I Promote People Who Don’t Look Like Me?

Our guest is Lauren Daley PhD.

Lauren is a globally recognized future of work expert, advocate for women in the workplace, public speaker, career coach, and educator.

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

Devin is a senior manager and “top B school” MBA; he leads a team of 20 VP-level managers. Throughout his career, Devin followed the edicts of the C-suite to hire and promote career professionals with similar pedigrees and philosophies about work and workplace.

And for many years, that strategy seemed to work.

But Devin laments that promoting people who looked like him rendered a culture that blots out diverse points of view. What is more, because of rigid return-to-office (RTO) policies, Devin adds that his company hasn’t retained top people.

He asks: how do I promote people who DON’T look like me?

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

About our guest:

Lauren Daley PhD is on the leading edge of the future of work. She is also an advocate for women in the workplace, public speaker, career coach, and educator. She lives and works in Gainesville, Florida.

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

EPISODE DATE: July 21, 2023

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I Need Upskilling. How Do I Ask For It?

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On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: I Need Upskilling. How Do I Ask For It?

Our guest is Marti Konstant.

Marti is a workplace futurist, motivational speaker, professional trainer, and best-selling author of Activate Your Agile Career: How Responding to Change will Inspire Your Life’s Work. 

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

Julie entered the workforce in Fall 2022, joining up with a mid-sized medical services company on one of the client support teams. She loves the company which engages an ever-changing marketplace.

But she feels as if she’s run out of tricks in her trick bag, to respond to all the novel client demands and technological changes including AI.

Julie recognizes that she needs to up her game but she is unsure—and a bit anxious— about how to engage her supervisor for help. And as she writes “I need upskilling. How do I ask for it?” 

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

About our guest:

Marti Konstant is a globally recognized workplace futurist, motivational speaker, professional trainer, and best-selling author. She lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.

This episode originated as a live show on June 21, 2023. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.

EPISODE DATE: June 30, 2023

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Can I Reinvent Myself for Career Bliss?

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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 Can I Remote Work Outside of My Home?

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

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

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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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