Lauren Baer joins Michael Melcher on his Career Stewardship podcast to discuss her transition from foreign policy to politics to organization leadership.
Author Archive | Michael Melcher
How Welcoming Is Your Company to People with Disabilities?
Ed Gray, Director of Accessibility for Avid joins Michael Melcher on his Career Stewardship podcast to talk about disability.
“You Are Bigger Than You Know” – Leadership Lessons from the Not-for-Profit Sector
Michael Roberts joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and shares questions to ask when interviewing with nonprofits.
“The Person You Cannot Disappoint Is Yourself” – Lessons from shifting into a new career with more purpose, joy and meaning
NPR host Ailsa Chang joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and shares how the person you cannot disappoint Is yourself.
How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World
Dorie Clark joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and shares how to be a strategic thinker.
Get more of the right things done with less stress
Michael Dolan joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and shares three tips to improve your productivity.
How to recognize and eliminate workplace injustice—and transform your career and organization in the process
Kim Scott and Trier Bryant join the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and discuss team diversity.
The Essential Inner Skills Needed to Grow Your Career
Pam McLean, PhD, of The Hudson Institute joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and discusses how to coach yourself.
Best Practices for Negotiating Compensation
Rebecca Zucker joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and discusses how to score better compensation packages.
Making Effective Networking Requests
Rebecca Zucker joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and discusses how to make effective networking requests.
Lessons from Chip Conley on building a midlife career of meaning and relevance
Chip Conley joins the Career Stewardship podcast with Michael Melcher and discusses building a midlife career of meaning and relevance.
Career Stewardship with Michael Melcher: a new podcast to help move your career forward in 20 minutes a day
A podcast by Michael Melcher that offers best practices, stories from the field, and bite-sized tips to help build your career.
Leadership Under COVID-19 Starts With Leading Yourself
With a looming threat like COVID-19, an often overlooked aspect of leadership, self-management, becomes vital. Here are questions to get you started.
How Not To Suck at Biz Dev
You know you need to do it. But your business development efforts are not happening or you’re not actually seeing results. Here’s what you can do about it.
Beware the ROI Unicorn
How do you show leadership development ROI? Start with the realization you may be chasing a unicorn. Instead, there are four important questions you need to ask.
The Secret to Finding Lasting Career Satisfaction
A successful career requires occasionally taking a step back and looking at the big picture.
Effective Listening for Leaders
Most leaders are good talkers but not such great listeners. Real leadership depends on two key skills: listening effectively and asking powerful questions.
Northland Controls: How One CEO’s Values Led to Explosive Growth
What happens when a company with a poor reputation and low morale aligns around five core values? It grows from $1.5 million to $60 million in 10 years.
The Secret Lives of CEOs
If you are a CEO, you’re likely to wrestle with complex career questions for which your previous experience doesn’t provide clear answers.
20 Minutes a Day to Career Fulfillment
By devoting just 20-minutes a day, career fulfillment and success at work are within reach. This article gives useful guidance for daily career action.
2015: Year of the Great Boss
Fewer things affect quality of work more than someone’s relationship with their supervisor. Learn about the hallmarks of a great boss and you too can be one of them.
Why Thinking Like a Lawyer Is Bad For Your Career.
When you apply thinking like a lawyer to your career, there’s a good chance you’ll conclude that future possibilities or unfamiliar behaviors probably won’t work. So you probably won’t try, or try hard enough. (more…)
