Today we’re joined by Maya Lau. Maya is the host of Other People’s Pockets, a podcast that takes salary transparency to a new level. Throughout the show, Maya asks people from all walks of life to get radically transparent about their personal finances in order to learn more about who they are and what makes them tick. Luckily for us, Maya is sharing some of the surprising money behaviors she’s noticed since starting the show, how she made a career pivot from a newspaper and her advice on how you can use radical money transparency to your benefit.

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Today we have returning guest, Aliza Licht, on the show to talk about all things personal branding and building social capital. Aliza is an expert on this topic and lived through a personal re-brand when she left her role at DKNY where she was well-known as DKNYPR Girl after 17 years. Now, she’s written a new book called On Brand where she is teaching all of us how to tell our compelling career stories. 

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Katie Welch: https://www.instagram.com/katiewelch

Sasha Charnin Morrison: https://www.instagram.com/sashacharninmorrison

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Today we’re chatting with Melissa Ben-Ishay, the founder and now CEO of Baked By Melissa, a popular TikTok creator, and so much more. After getting fired from her job, Melissa went home and started baking her cupcakes. Fast-forward 15 years and Baked By Melissa is an incredibly successful business that still offers its signature product: bite-size cupcakes. What does it take to build a long-lasting brand? How does Melissa push through impostor syndrome? And how does she come up with that much content?! Honestly, she has shared a new recipe on TikTok for 600+ days in a row and has no plans to stop. Get ready for a fun (and very open) founder interview.

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One of the most popular interview questions recruiters love to ask is why are you looking for a new job. But candidates, or even people who are passively networking for a new job, easily freeze up with this question or overshare. On today’s episode we’re reviewing some advice on how to answer this common interview question. Plus, we’ve got a bunch of examples to inspire you!

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Have you ever thought “I’m stuck. What’s wrong with me? Is this all there is? Today’s guest, Satya Doyle Byock, hears these refrains regularly in her psychotherapy practice where she works with “Quarterlifers,” individuals between the ages of (roughly) sixteen to thirty-six. She understands their frustration. Some clients have done everything “right”: graduate, get a job, meet a partner. Yet, they are unfulfilled and unclear on what to do next. While society is quick to label the emotions and behavior of this age group as generational traits, Satya sees things differently. She believes these struggles are part of the developmental journey of Quarterlife, a distinct stage that every person goes through which has been virtually ignored by popular culture and psychology. We’ll discuss her new approach to a quarterlife crisis, why it matters, and engage with Satya’s four pillars of Quarterlife development.

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Today we had the pleasure of talking with Durana Elmi. She’s a business woman, mother, people-first leader, and truly someone we could have talked to for hours. Officially Durana is the Co-Founder & COO at Cymbiotika, a supplement company that helps fill the nutritional gaps caused by modern-day diets. Durana shares not only her great advice for managers, and entrepreneurs but also talks about failures and feeling like she’s not doing enough. A feeling too many of us can relate to!

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Why do some people break through and make an impact at work while others get stuck going through the motions? In every organization, there are Impact Players—those invaluable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. Whether they are on center stage or behind the scenes, managers know who these top players are, understand their worth, and want more of them on their team. While their impact is obvious, it’s not always clear what actually makes these professionals different from their peers. Today on the show we have Impact Players author and researcher, Liz Wiseman, here to explain what the most influential players are doing differently, how small and seemingly insignificant differences in how we think and act can make an enormous impact, and why—with a little coaching—this mindset is available to everyone who wants to contribute at their highest level.

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We’re very excited to be talking with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, a psychiatrist and author of Real Self-Care. We’re discussing why it’s hard to escape toxic wellness culture and the difference between faux self care and real self care. Plus, Dr. Pooja explains her 4 principles of real self-care that includes unique advice on boundaries, guilt, and understanding your values.

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The salary transparency movement is well underway: In 2021, Colorado paved the way for new laws requiring businesses to list salary ranges on job ads, and New York City rolled out its own pay range law in November 2022. Now, in 2023 a handful of other states and cities are rolling out their salary transparency laws and naturally, we want to know how this will impact your life. We invited negotiation expert, Andres Lares, to the show to discuss how you can use these salary transparency laws to your benefits, tips for talking about salary during a negotiation process, and #1 thing you need to build before you can persuade anyone at work.

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Through a business education at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, you will gain infinite opportunities to grow and transform both personally and professionally while learning from the brightest minds at the intersection of business and technology. Visit gtmbawomen.com to learn more.

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Today we’re discussing networking. Yes, it gets a bad rap but networking is a necessary skill to success—and it won’t seem that hard after a little practice. Plus, according to HubSpot, 85 percent of jobs are filled through networking. to-get-a-job-often-comes-down-to-one-elite-personal-asset.html#:~:text=Opinion%20%2D%20CNBC%20Work-,How%20to%20get%20a%20job%20often%20comes%20down%20to%20one,still%20don't%20realize%20it&text=Research%20shows%20that%2070%25%20of,through%20personal%20and%20professional%20connections."> Seventy percent of jobs are never even published publicly, meaning that many opportunities come from simply talking to people — whether it’s a formal meeting or over an Instagram DM. It’s a daunting reality.  Luckily, there are plenty of tactics and tools anyone can use to strengthen or build new relationships — and that’s what we’ll be covering today with the help of expert, Eliana Goldstein.

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Through a business education at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, you will gain infinite opportunities to grow and transform both personally and professionally while learning from the brightest minds at the intersection of business and technology. Visit gtmbawomen.com to learn more.

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