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The Me-Suite

Author: Donna Peters

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How is work working for you right now? Welcome to The Me-Suite. There's a reason the show ranks top 1.5% of all podcast downloads globally and was Best Business Podcast Finalist competing against the likes of NPR's How I Built This and the NY Times' The Daily. The 250+ guests are amazing and diverse. At the soul of The Me-Suite is the conviction that we should lead our own lives with the same discipline that C-Suites lead the companies we most admire. Just like a C-Suite leader, we each need to stay true to our core values, to keep the day-to-day humming smoothly, and to stay fresh and relevant for the future we desire to have...what your host, Donna Peters, calls leading with a Me-Suite mindset. Each episode interviews a guest who shares tips for cultivating the role they want work to play in their lives. Put work to work for you. Check out our #1 International Bestseller: Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life.

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Your host, Donna Peters, shares the always-fan-favorite Greatest Hits from Season 5. Hear a compilation of each guest's Me-Suite suitener---advice for things we can do differently on Monday to lead with more purpose, planning, and power. Let's get in there! For the generou Garden for Wildlife offer mentioned in the episode, use code MESUITE to receive a discount on your first purchase of plants native to your area. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite...
Overcoming Self-Doubt

Overcoming Self-Doubt

2023-08-0122:54

Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Vicki Anstey on her personal journey from crippling self-doubt to record holder. As CEO of We Are Intrepid, Vicki helps leaders challenge limitations, to tap into the secret 60% they didn't know they had left in the tank. We too often fear the unknown and remain locked out of our own potential. Learn to embrace your fears and conquer self-doubt. Vicki's core values are: integrityself-relianceempathygrit and determinationagencywww.the-me-suite.c...
SleepWorking

SleepWorking

2023-07-1123:12

Your host, Donna Peters, chats with author of SleepWorking, Clay Stelzer. We cover eye-opening concepts such as: Conscious LeadershipPatterns keeping you from the results you want15sixty: we take 15 breaths each minute which is 15 opportunities each minute to "wake up" Commitment is not wantingClay is founder of 15sixty. His core values are: say something scarytake responsibility for the outcomescompassionwww.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite Linked...
Coach Yourself

Coach Yourself

2023-06-2729:29

Record-breaking Coach Bob McKillop joins your host, Donna Peters, in The Me-Suite. His 230 Southern Conference wins are more than any coach in league history. We discuss his personal journey of leadership, core values, and establishing a team culture through Trust, Commitment, and Care (TCC). Coach McKillop reflects on his lessons of humility as he coached through the years, including Stephen Curry's years as a Davidson College Wildcat and recent college graduation. www.the-me-suite.c...
Your host, Donna Peters, sits down with cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Azurii Collier. She shares an inspiring story about the moment her own plans unraveled. We discuss her work biologically mapping human behavior on the brain, especially as it relates to moments that matter in our careers. We explore such timely topics as: --managing the planned and the unplanned --intuition vs. insight --being comfortable with uncertainty --resilience --imposter syndrome --our brains and our problem-s...
Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Wall Street Journal bestseller, Monica Parker, on her new book The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead. You will not be the same after this listen. You'll be better. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO The Me-Suite podcast music by Moshun
This is a must-listen that will change you. Your host, Donna Peters, sits down with Carrie Santos for an inspiring conversation on finding your voice as a leader. Carrie has dedicated her career to the non-profit sector. She has led at the most senior levels, covering the globe for humanitarian support, human rights, and policy--from the American Red Cross and US Department of State, to CEO of Entrepreneurs' Organization and Board Advisor. Through her personal journey, Carrie reminds u...
In this bonus episode, your host Donna Peters interviews the co-founders of InterviewJam, Maya Aravapalli and Renee Bourbeau. Could there be a more timely topic? These entrepreneurs share AI's tremendous ability to help tailor our resumes, craft the cover letter, accelerate our interview preparation, and differentiate to land that ideal role. And of course, we talk about managing the watch-outs. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twi...
Such a timely topic for so many. Your host, Donna Peters, chats with Liz Brigham on how to thrive in a dual-career family. HBR research shows that dual-career families take on one of three shapes. Which are you? Primary-SecondaryTurn-TakingDouble PrimaryResearch also shows that while 60% of households have both parents working, relationships where the woman makes more than the man are 50% more likely to end in divorce. And women tend to take on 7.5 more hours of domestic work a week than the ...
Make Your Own Luck

Make Your Own Luck

2023-04-2522:19

A must-listen, and a special offer for Me-Suite listeners! Your host, Donna Peters, checks in on 2020 guest, Shubber Ali, who is now living in the zone--at the intersection of what he loves to do, what he's good at, what the world needs, and what he can get paid to do. He's now CEO of the for-profit, Garden for Wildlife. Shubber shares how we can create the opportunities we want to have. Listeners can receive a 15% discount on purchases of plants native to your region--for gardens, yards, ...
No More Autopilot

No More Autopilot

2023-04-1123:38

Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Dr. Jennifer Butler. Jennifer shares the moment the light switch went off--when she realized she'd been on autopilot moving through her life and career. A significant COVID moment made her stop to reassess and move forward with purpose and passion. We cover powerful, inspiring ground, incuding: turning maybes into yesses (realizing psychological barriers holding you back aren't real)the moment Jennifer knew, "I have so much to do." being 100% aut...
Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Patrick Mosher. He reminds us that we all have special talents and bottled up wisdom that needs to be shared to make significant impact in the world. "Wisdom isn't wisdom until it's shared." We need to: hone our talentknow our story, our bottled wisdomsee every interaction as an opportunity to serveAnd if we're having trouble identifying those special talents, Patrick encourages us to deviate from the norm, take a left turn, do something that the algorithm ...
Your host, Donna Peters, focuses on our timely challenge of burnout with psychologist, Dr. John Kello. Burnout is a syndrome, not a buzzword. We explore the physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms of burnout. How to prevent it, how to recognize it, how to reverse it--for ourselves and for our teams. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO The Me-Suite podcast music by Moshun
5 Ways to Innovate You

5 Ways to Innovate You

2023-02-2828:39

Explore the danger when our personal identities become shrunken by our work identities. Your host, Donna Peters, taps into the mesmerizing mind of innovation leader, Amelia Schaffner. Too often, innovation is talked about only in the context of companies. Here, we focus on approaches for innovating ourselves through: 1. associating, 2. questioning, 3. observing, 4. networking, 5. experimentingquiet inquiryreacquainting ourselves with our 'forgotten mystery'--hidden pockets of who we have been...
Decide to listen to this episode on making good decisions. Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Professor Patrick Noonan on the topic of judgment and decision-making. We explore what it takes to trust our gut and how our biases impact the quality of the decisions we make. Dr. Noonan's own confetti of career decisions that took him from professional musician to Greenpeace to McKinsey to decorated MBA faculty is a bonus to this fun discussion. Hear why we should more often "feed our gut" and mak...
Your host, Donna Peters, interviews David O'Coimin, Founder of Nook, and expert on neurodiversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Work spaces are historically, physically designed for the workforce mean. You'll quickly learn here why "one size misfits all" in the workplace. Our unique brains have unique needs. These needs must be met if we strive to balance personal wellbeing and productivity at work. David's research and expertise will make you think differently about physical work spaces,...
Your host, Donna Peters, chats with CEO, financial strategist and TEDx speaker, Meredith Moore. We cover so much important, provocative ground that's perfect for this time of year, including: being clear on our impact and legacygetting to "work optional"don't want what you don't wantpower dynamics in families where there are imbalances in income, age, or educationmoney talk with our kids, our partners, our parentsMeredith's core values are: be intentional about how we surround ourselves...
Making a Career Pivot

Making a Career Pivot

2022-12-1328:52

Your host, Donna Peters, typically sees three career personas in her coaching practice. The person who says, "I want more." The person who asks "How do I make this big decision?" And the person who says, "I'm stuck." In this episode, we interview a guest who may have been all three across the arc of her incredible career. Kara Kelly is a wealth advisor at Westfuller Advisors and co-founder of Lure, a CBD wellness venture. She focuses her talents on removing the shame from conversations on sex...
If you're at a career crossroads asking, "Should I be an entrepreneur? Is now the time? Is it for me?" this listen is for you. If you have an entrepreneurial itch, scratch it with this episode. Your host, Donna Peters, interviews serial entrepreneur, West Point grad and Army veteran, and MBA, Samir Patel. We talk about inherent characteristics of entrepreneurs and must-have skills. We discuss the importance of self-awareness and surrounding yourself with the right people. We share the role fa...
Money isn't everything, but money impacts everything. Indeed, at the core of every career decision is the component of money, salary, compensation. Our behavior and relationship with money were hardwired early in childhood around the age of seven and have control over our senses, perceptions, decisions, and our identity. Your host, Donna Peters, interviews behavior and money insights pioneer, Hugh Massie, CEO of DNA Behavior. Hugh shares how critical it is to build positive Money Energy--de...
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GBH

Excellent topic and of course timely. One potential concern is that companies create a counter response to people who leverage ai scripts, even if they don’t use verbatim, not as much during a live interview but with written responses and tests which are often part of technical role interviews.

Jun 16th
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