Disrupt Your Career

Asad Husain is a strategic Human Resources leader who is passionate about inspiring and influencing people to achieve their career dreams on a global scale. He has over 30 years of HR experience in blue-chip companies such as The Gillette Company, P&G and Dun & Bradstreet. He has lived and worked in USA, UK, UAE, Russia and Pakistan, and had responsibility for many other countries over the years. In the second chapter of his career, Asad wants to share his learnings to inspire success for future business leaders. We talk with Asad about how his international career has unfolded and the key lessons he learned working with many diverse leaders in global companies, his transition from corporate C-suite to consulting, his advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out in their careers, why he wrote Careers Unleashed and the main ideas of his book, the importance of knowing yourself and finding your ‘true north’ and the four kinds of career conversation people can have. Links from the episode: personal homepageCareer UnleashedLinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Dr. Evgenia Lysova is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In this second episode of Research Express, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Evgenia about her research on meaningful work and careers. personal profilepaper Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

How is digital coaching transforming employee experience and the future of work as we know it? Anna Tavis explores this important and timely question, shining a light on the rapid growth of professional coaching in the workplace and its superpower to change behaviors and transform organizations. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Anna Tavis about her book co-authored with Woody Woodward, The Digital Coaching Revolution: How to Support Employee Development With Coaching Tech (Kogan Page, February 2024). Their book includes information to help you scale digital coaching across your workforce and offers insight into how to determine what will help every company's specific needs and what questions to ask a digital coaching provider. Order Anna’s bookAnna’s NYU faculty pageAnna’s LinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Riet Grond is a Human Resources executive with 25 years of experience. He has a successful track record in strategic HR leadership, with in-depth experiences across major functional HR areas (Data & Analytics, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Organization and Culture Development), covering geographies such as China, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and the USA. He is recognized for excellence in leading transformative change, developing diverse talent, managing difficult situations, and creating inspiring and curious work environments that drive exceptional performance. We talk with Riet about how his extraordinary career has unfolded, his moments of pride and challenge, his transition from consulting to HR, the key lessons he learned working with diverse leaders, his advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out in their careers, his passion for mountaineering and how is uses it as a school for life and leadership, how individuals and organization can better frame returning to work after time spent parenting, how organizations should reconsider their approach to people management in a context of rapid change and his most exciting projects for the coming year. Links from the episode: LinkedIn profileCareers at NovartisBruno Jelk Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Octavia Goredema is the founder of Twenty Ten Agency, a career coaching company and the author of PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women. Her mission is to help underrepresented professionals advance their careers. Octavia has coached leaders at renowned companies including Google, American Airlines, Tinder, General Motors, Nike and Dow Jones. She is the host of the Audible Original series How to Change Careers with Octavia Goredema. Originally from England, she is based in Los Angeles where she has lived for over a decade. We talk with Octavia about how her own career journey unfolded, the lessons she learned working in PR, media and communications, her advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out in their careers, why she wrote Prep, Push, Pivot and the main ideas of her book, the importance of discovering your true worth and cementing your career values, her Audible book series How to change career, what she would like to see organizations doing better when managing talent and careers, and her most exciting projects for the coming year. Links from the episode: personal sitePREP, PUSH, PIVOTLinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Inflection moments are those points at which we stand at a crossroads and ask ourselves, as leaders, what’s the next mountain to climb? Sharath Jeevan explores the question of how to navigate those crossroads with the right roadmap, in his newly released book, Inflection. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Sharath about his latest book Inflection: A Roadmap for Leaders at a Crossroads (Intrinsic Press, February 2024). Sharath believes that these critical moments are when we have the chance to future-proof success – for ourselves, our organisations and others – for many years, even decades, to come. book InflectionhomepageDIAL FrameworkLinkedin profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Valerie Sutton is a thought leader in career theory, coaching, and leading teams. Creating “career consciousness” with clients is her passion. A seasoned career coach with specialization in the MBA and education sectors, she has successfully overseen offices catering to over 900 students on an annual basis and is a LinkedIn Learning Instructor. Valerie’s prior experience includes the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. We talk with Valerie about her own career journey and the lessons she learned along the way, her time as head of career in universities and her transition as a co-founder, her advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out in their careers, her motivation to be involved in volunteering projects, her thinking and recommended strategies around networking, what she wishes employers could change, and her most exciting projects for the future. Links from the episode: Career Solution by Valerie’courses on LinkedIn LearningLinkedIn Profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Jos Akkermans is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers and Organizational Behavior at the School of Business and Economics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In this first edition of Research Express, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Jos Akkermans about his research on what makes a career successful. https://www.josakkermans.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICR_TgRLfE Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Aha... Wow! Yes : how to accelerate learning, collaboration and transformation: towards a world of hope and joy” (Com-passion, 2023) explores nine mindset shifts essential when facing our future. It also outlines ten marks you need to make when leading transformation of organizations, systems and culture. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Gunnar George about his book Aha... Wow! Yes. Join Gunnar and his learning expeditions around the world – full of observations, reflections, big questions, practical models and inspiring stories. To order Gunnar’s book Aha... Wow! Yes To learn more about Gunnar LinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Julia trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (UCL) and went on to a successful career as actor, director and producer in television, film and theatre. She launched the pioneering You Brand methodology and philosophy in 1989, at the start of a major recession, and she and her team have been using it to help people and organizations realize their full potential ever since. We talk with Julia about her career journey from actress to leadership coach and the lessons she learned along the way, her advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out in their careers, her motivation and process to write ‘You Brand: a Manual for Confidence’ and the main ideas for her book, her view and advice on how to best communicate during video or AI powered interviews, the importance of confidence and authenticity, and her plans for the future including writing of her memoir. Links from the episode: Personal Presentation websiteYou BrandLinkedIn Profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

JP Elliott is a forward-thinking global human resources executive with extensive experience implementing human capital initiatives across a broad spectrum of industries. He is currently the Chief People Officer at WilliamsMarston and previously worked at companies like McAfee, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Brink’s, Lenovo, IBM and Taco Bell. JP runs his own podcast, The Future of HR, the only podcast whose mission is to inspire the next generation of HR Leaders. He received his PhD in Organizational Psychology from Alliant International University. We talk with JP about his own career journey in HR, how he managed each transition, the lessons he learned working alongside the leaders of many prominent companies, his advice for young professionals who are looking to start their careers, especially those contemplating a career in HR, his motivation to create the Future of HR podcast, what he learned from it and the impact on its audience, what progress, room for improvement and advice he has for HR and Talent professionals, and what are his most exciting projects for the future. Links from the episode: Future of HR podcastLinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Your career might be in danger of going off the rails. You probably have blind spots that are leaving you closer to the edge than you realize. Fortunately, Carter Cast shows you how to avoid career derailment by becoming more self-aware, more agile, and more effective. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Carter Cast, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management, about his book, The Right - and Wrong - Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade (PublicAffairs, January 2018). Carter explores why talented people experience career derailment and provides tools and practical advice to help you see your blind spots and build a roadmap to career success. To order Carter’s book The Right—and Wrong—Stuff Carter’s LinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Jo Owen is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and social entrepreneur. Following a business career, he now helps great leaders, managers and teams become even better through coaching, writing and speaking. Jo started eight not for profit organisations and is a founder of Teach First, a top graduate recruiter in the UK. His books have been published in over 100 editions globally and he has appeared in major media including BBC, Fortune, Financial Times and The Times. We talk with Jo about how his extraordinary career unfolded in the UK and around the world, how he became an accidental leadership guru, his definition of leadership and how to learn and build leadership skills, what it takes for global teams to succeed, how to build trust remotely, the ‘tea bag theory of leadership’, the advice that Jo would give his 18 year-old self, his experience in social enterprises and the impact of Teach First. Links from the episode: personal homepageSmart WorkLinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

The Seven Games of Leadership is a guide for readers through seven key phases of personal and professional development, with the aim not of climbing a corporate ladder but of finding true and lasting satisfaction in what they do. In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Paolo Gallo about his book, The Seven Games of Leadership: Navigating the Inner Journey of Leaders (Bloomsbury Business, October 2023). Paolo provides the tools and practical advice you need to reassess your priorities and take the steps necessary to refocus your life, your career and the issues of the world around you. Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

A former Fortune 50 senior executive turned board director, professor, leadership coach, and author, Ellen Connelly Taaffe is on a mission for women to have more seats and voices at the table of workplace decisions. In her book, The Mirrored Door (Page Two, October 2023), Ellen uses her vast experience to help women understand and navigate through internal and external obstacles to create the future career they desire. We talk with Ellen about how her own career unfolded and the lessons she learned from working in brand management, how she managed to move into consulting, coaching, academia and writing, her advice for early career professionals, why she wrote The Mirrored Door and the main ideas of her book, her advice to overcome some of the perils of success―such as being prepared to perfection, eager to please, or trying to fit the mold— and her most exciting projects for the future. Links from the episode: personal websiteThe Mirrored DoorLinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Tomas about his book, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique (Harvard Business School Press, February 2023). Tomas looks at what it means to be human in the age of AI and explains how AI has the potential to change our lives for better or for worse. To order Tomas’ book Tomas’ homepage Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Rich Rosser is an ex-McKinsey consultant turned start-up co-founder of Movemeon with Nick Patterson. Their vision is to get all the best jobs for strategy, management consultants and freelance consultants in one place, with none of the frustrations of agencies or job boards. Rich holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. He is a dad of three and spends Fridays looking after his kids. We talk with Rich about his own career journey, the lessons he learned from McKinsey and how he transitioned to start-up founder, his advice for early career professionals who are looking to start their careers, the importance of defining a career Plan A and vision, his experience with social media platforms, the ideal transition out of consulting or financial services and the do’s and don’ts to consider, what he would like to change about the world of work, and his most exciting projects for rest of the year. Links from the episode: Movemeon homepageWhat's "plan A"​? And why does it matter?LinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

In this edition of Author Chat, Disrupt Your Career speaks with Sven Sommerlatte about his new book Successful Career Strategy: An HR Practitioner’s Guide to Reach Your Dream Job (Springer, June 2023). Sven Sommerlatte, the CHRO of Boehringher Ingelheim, explains that advancing your career in the best possible way requires a well-structured and targeted approach. An edited version of the conversation follows. To order Sven’s book Career Stories on Sven’s blog Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

A business leader, psychologist and executive coach, Chris Parke is passionate about building inclusive organisations where business and individuals thrive. Following a career in investment banking and consulting, he co-founded Talking Talent in 2005 to help organisations link strategy to inclusion and remain relevant in rapidly changing diverse markets. Chris has a diploma in Clinical Organisational Psychology from INSEAD and was awarded a scholarship MBA from Imperial College London. We talk with Chris about how his own career unfolded, how he became interested in leadership, his transition from corporate to entrepreneurship, his advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out, his motivation for creating the podcast ‘Voices with Talking Talent’, what leaders can do to build a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace, the impact of coaching on individuals and groups, and his most exciting projects for the rest of the year. Links from the episode: Talking Talent homepageVoices with Talking TalentLinkedIn profile Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast

Aliya Hamid Rao is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics. She completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University. Her research interests span the study of work and organizations, family, gender, economic sociology, and emotions. Her first book, Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment, provides a detailed examination of how professionals in the US contend with unemployment. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and publications such as the Financial Times, the New York Times and Harvard Business Review. We talk with Aliya about how her own career unfolded and the lessons she learned along the way, what drew her towards her research on gender, family, and their influence on the workplace and individual careers, her advice for early career professionals, why she wrote Crunch Time and the main ideas of her book, her practical advice for women who have gaps in their careers and are seeking to be rehired, examples of good Diversity & Inclusion practices by organizations, and her most exciting projects for the future. Links from the episode: personal homepageCrunch Time: How Married Couples Confront UnemploymentLinkedIn profileGetting to Diversity: What Works and What Doesn’t Thanks for listening! Visit our homepage at https://disrupt-your-career.com If you like the podcast, please take a moment to rate it and leave a review in Apple Podcast