Episode 87: That's Grief You Feel
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 87: That's Grief You Feel. Maybe it’s because of colleagues who have left, cultures that have changed, futures that felt certain that are now not – clients and friends are feeling sad at work. In some cases, that’s the grief you’re feeling. It makes sense that we’d experience the full suite of emotions through our work, after all, many of our most meaningful contributions, our most important relationships, and most of our time happen at work. Let's discuss it!
Episode 86: Taking Time off Well
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 86: Taking Time Off Well. We dive into some of the social and internal beliefs we have about what time off SHOULD look like and the pressure to 'get it right', and offer a few practical suggestions around setting ourselves up to get what we need from our time away from work.
Episode 85: No, You Don't Love Change
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 85: No. You Don't Love Change. Most of us don’t want to change ourselves. Or if we do want to make a change, we find it hard to succeed at being consistent with new behaviors. In this episode we talk about why that’s true, and share our favorite tool for going deeper and understanding what’s really going on inside.
Episode 84: Being a Force for Good
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 84: Being A Force For Good. This week we talk about being a force for good through our work – how to bring others along and pay it forward by offering our time and expertise. We believe deeply that all of us – regardless of our level of experience or our formal leadership role, have something to give, and this week’s episode is an invitation to do something great for someone else.
Episode 83: We Used to Be Friends; Now They’re My Boss
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 83: We Used To Be Friends: Now They're My Boss. So what happens when the power dynamic shifts between friends? What changes when a friend is suddenly the boss? Or when you hire a friend? What shifts when there is suddenly a significant shared outcome that requires input, effort, and accountability between buddies? We tackle a ton of questions on this episode of the podcast. Listen in!
Episode 82: When It’s Unfair
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 82: When It's Unfair. What is fair, what is unfair, and who gets to decide have been prevalent topics in our coaching and our lives recently. What do we do when we feel like we aren’t getting what we deserve despite believing we have done everything we were supposed to do? We tackle all of this, and more, on the latest episode of the Inside Job Podcast.
Episode 81: Navigating Workplace Politics
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 81: Navigation Workplace Politics. For most of us office politics need to be navigated regardless of the time of year or cycle of the business. But what are office politics really? And are they always bad? We talk about this and more on this episode of the Inside Job Podcast.
Episode 80: Quick Wins Quick Bucks and the Need for Speed
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 80: Quick Wins Quick Bucks And The Need For Speed. Whether it be a need for belonging, more money, a clearer identity, more engaging work, or something else so many of us are looking for the short and quick path to “better”.
Episode 79: Should I Be Part of the Great Resignation
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 79: Be Part Of The Great Resignation. When we know that more than 11 million people have voluntarily left their work between April – July 2021 in the Great Resignation, we pay attention. So many of our clients, friends, and even family members are asking: should I be a part of this Great Resignation?
Episode 78: Everybody is Side Hustlin'
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 78: Everybody Is Side Hustling. As part of the great resignation, in the age of Etsy and online businesses, side-hustling has become mainstream. And, we’re fans of the idea. We dive into the idea of personal projects, consulting practices, teaching, making, and the other activities people engage with outside of their day jobs.
Episode 77: Why You Really Aren’t Getting Started
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 77: Why You Really Aren't Getting Started. If you notice you can’t get started on something, we invite you to explore that as a symptom of something else going on beneath the surface…we dive in deeper in this week’s episode. Is it possible that your goal is not really your goal, or it’s an idea that compels on the surface but you don’t have a deep longing to see this thing through?
Episode 76: If you're feeling the funk
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 76: If You're Feeling The Funk. Today we talk about the clues we experience when we’re at the point of funk, how genuine self-care can help, the risks of impulsive and drastic action, and how time can be our ally in the search for the right path.
Episode 75: You Are Not an Imposter
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 75: You Are Not An Imposter. On this episode we talk through how to do the work to uncover the imposter’s voice, its origins and its deception, and how to overcome the self-sabotaging behaviors it can lead us to enact. We talk about how to choose action over procrastination, practice instead of over-prepare, and show up instead of miss out. And we talk about the dark side of humility – which doesn’t get enough attention, but which absolutely makes us hard to work with.
Episode 74: Stop Dropping Hints
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 74: Stop Dropping Hints. As managers, as employees, as colleagues, partners and humans, how can we learn to be clear about what we want, expect and need? How can we learn to manage the complex and sometimes difficult feelings that lead us to dance around the facts, when the facts are really what would help solve the problem at hand?
Episode 73: Shawshank, Julia Roberts and Deciding For Yourself
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 73: Shawshank, Julia Roberts, and Deciding For Yourself. Institutionalization happens to all of us throughout our life. At its core, it’s a belief system that we develop about ourselves and about the way work gets done, primarily through the existence of loud and dominant external voices. It can show up in what we think is important to do and how to do it. We accept and abide by it so unconsciously that when things shift we struggle to adapt to the change.
Episode 72: What’s The Best That Can Happen
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 72: What's The best That Can Happen? In fact, why is it so hard to dream big as an adult? Think about it – if you were asked about the worst possible thing that could happen as the result of a choice, how long would it take you to end up living in a van down by the river? Now what if your choices were wildly successful? What if your dreams come true? Can you picture it?
Episode 71: To Reveal or Not To Reveal
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 71: To Reveal Or Not To Reveal. How much of your identity should you share with your co-workers? Does bringing your personal life to work help build trust, or does trust need to exist before you share your personal life at work?
Episode 70: I Can’t Talk To My Boss
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 70: I Can't Talk To My Boss. We discuss the ways differences in expectations, needs, and hierarchy play in communication breakdowns and how to adapt to and overcome each. We also talk about how to work through the dissonance that we experience when the present reality of our relationship with our boss is different than our historical experiences.
Episode 69: This Is Not What I Signed Up For
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 69: This Is Not What I Signed Up For. Which brings us to the word of the episode – resistance. Despite what we tell ourselves, humans don’t like change – and we have any number of habits that we’ll kick in to resist it as long as possible. In this episode we dive into our relationship with resistance, and how to overcome it as we adjust to our new reality.
Episode 68: Kicking Our Own Ass
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 68: Kicking Our Own As*. There is an old adage: “We are our own worst critic.” While it is often profoundly true, there are also too many instances where we go from being our own critic to being our own bully. So many of us are guilty of kicking our own ass, and it’s a cycle that we need to stop.