Episode 91: Making Authenticity Work For You Not Against You
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 91: Making Authenticity Work For You Not Against You. Today we’re talking about authenticity including the ways we use it to reach our goals and the ways it can hold us back from making an impact in the world.
Episode 41 (re-release): Thoughts on Starting A New Year
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 41 (re-release) Thoughts on Starting A New Year. “How should I start thinking about what I want from the coming year?” We get this question often at this time each year. In this episode, we offer our thoughts on the principles we use to guide our clients forward in their thinking and planning and offer helpful stories and reflection questions to support you as you plan your year.
Episode 24 (re-release): The Myth of Work Life Balance
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 21 (re-release)The Myth of Work-Life Balance. We had a conversation about reframing the term, so you get closer to what you truly want. We wanted to revisit this talk because one thing we all do at the end of the year is examine [and judge] how well we “did it”. This episode addresses work-life balance and why it is often a source of unintentional stress.
Episode 90: Dump the Cliches and Embrace Your Values
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 90: Dump the Clichés and Embrace Your Values. We’re not afraid of the deep work. We talk about the evolving nature of our values, what it means to live a life – and manage a career – that is in line with our values, how to notice when our values conflict with our work, and what to do when we are asked to work closely with someone who has a very different set of values.
Episode 89: Perfectionism By Any Other Name
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 89: Perfectionism By Any Other Name. In this episode, we talk about how self-punishing it is to live and work in environments with no room for mistakes, despite language we may use to suggest otherwise.
Episode 88: External Validation and the Inside Job
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 88: External Validation And The Inside Job. We’re navigating the dance between external and internal validation this week on the Inside Job podcast. We talk about what can be answered on the outside, what must be answered from the inside, and how to know where to look for the answers to some of the biggest questions in work and life.
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?