hosts Elli and Jenna chat with their long-time friend, Ben Steinbach, about something we've all faced: feeling totally overwhelmed.Ben shares his own story of hitting, and growing through, a breaking point and how he uses the analogy of 'the G

episode 56: Live Episode w/Kate McRoberts & Mark Hines

Jan 27th, 2024 1h 17m

It’s live episode time!! Elli and Jenna, a dynamic audience of Professional Humans, and Fathom Consulting CEO, Kate McRoberts, come together to celebrate the launch of Gray Cardigan and its founder, Mark Hines.Their discussion tackles the ofte

episode 55: what if you need a coach?

Dec 23rd, 2023 36m 45s

In "What if you need a coach?", Elli and Jenna talk with the lovely and lively Alison Gretz about her journey from corporate design leader to launching her own coaching business. They delve into the essence of coaching versus traditional leade

episode 54: what if you started a business?

Nov 18th, 2023 41m 18s

Elli and Jenna chat with Mark Hines (Gray Cardigan) and Robert Nelson (Soto Digital), wonderful folks who've recently dived into different entrepreneurship ventures. They share their experiences making the leap, tackling everything from dreami

Episode 53 - Tiny Episode with Jenna Alden & Elli Rader

Nov 9th, 2023 10m 7s

Elli introduces new host, Jenna Alden! And they talk about what's in store for the next era of the podcast! And they definitely do not talk about Oregon Trail.

Episode 52: Normalizing Equity & Facing our Biases

Dec 28th, 2020 36m 25s

As we wrap our series in partnership with the University of Minnesota about facing and addressing racism in the workplace, our guests share ideas for how to continue to normalize the behaviors that will drive more equity and less bias.

Episode 51 - Typecasting Yourself in Roles & Behaviors

Oct 27th, 2020 35m 43s

As we continue our exploration into how race and bias impact our work experience, we talk with Bruce and Ryan about their experience with typecasting themselves into the same roles repeatedly and how that might inhibit professional growth.

Episode 50: Mentoring and Allyship for Black Professionals

Oct 6th, 2020 36m 52s

Aileen and Elli talk with Lynn Farmer and Terry Harris about the experiences they've had with mentors and allies. Lynn and Terry share great insights that will help anyone in a leadership role or early in their career.

Episode 49: Understanding Racism at Work

Jun 29th, 2020 1h 4m

In partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, we are honored to have hosted a virtual event on June 25th, featuring students of the Carlson School as well as professionals from our community to come together an

Episode 48: Building Empathy for Black Professionals pt. 1

Jun 16th, 2020 24m 25s

This week, our guest Eri O'Diah shares a few of her experiences of being the youngest and only black person at work early in her career. Today, she runs a marketing company that she founded - but she still carries some of the damage that was do

Episode 47 Networking during a Pandemic w/ Aaron Keller

May 26th, 2020 17m 45s

Elli chats with Aaron Keller, founder of Capsule Design in Minneapolis, about the importance and tactics of networking - especially if you can't meet in person.

Episode 46: Forever Employable w/ Jeff Gothelf

May 12th, 2020 30m 27s

Elli has a conversation with Jeff Gothelf, author of Lean UX and Sense & Respond. Jeff has a new book coming out called Forever Employable, and it's a timely subject as our unemployment rate continues to climb during the COVID crisis.

Episode 45 - Resumes and Recruiters

May 1st, 2020 21m 22s

Elli has a chat with Randi Myhre, a talent recruiter in technology, to get some tips about using recruiters and starting a job search in the midst of the Covid Crisis.

S2E6: Alter Egos and Inner Mentors w/ Jenny Evans

Jan 3rd, 2019 41m 59s

Aileen and Elli have a conversation with a human performance coach, resiliency expert, award winning author on the essential tools in the self advocacy tool kit. Jenny Evans, founder and CEO of Powerhouse Performance shares her insights on the

S2E5: Ask for what you need w/Trish Adams

Jan 3rd, 2019 40m 1s

Elli and Aileen talk with a former executive and head of merchandising at a Fortune 50 company about her experiences as a younger person in her career and her perspective now as a mentor and coach. Trish shares a unique view both as an ahead-of

S2E4 - Creating Your Own Conditions w/Kate Kunkel Bailey

Jan 3rd, 2019 35m 32s

Aileen and Elli have a conversation with a small business owner about creating an engaging culture with loyal employees. Kate shares some of her more corporate what-not-to-do stories that helped shape her view of the company culture she wanted

S2E3 -For Reals Though, Know Thyself Guest w/Bob Seng

Jan 3rd, 2019 42m 26s

Elli and Aileen talk to a long time corporate lawyer about the importance of self awareness, and ultimately authenticity, in picking the right moments to self advocate. Bob shares his perspective and stories from his own career navigating corpo

S2E2 -Self Awareness is a Team Sport w/ Alana Siebenaler-Ransom

Jan 3rd, 2019 30m 34s

Aileen and Elli spend some time with Alana, who shares stories of advocating for herself and opening up new opportunities in her career and also shares stories of helping others form a team to help them cultivate self-awareness.

S2E1- LiveEpisode with Margaret Murphy & Charles Youel

Jan 3rd, 2019 1h 15m

S2E1- LiveEpisode with Margaret Murphy & Charles Youel by Elli Rader

Episode 44: Josh the Manager, Part 2 (w / Erinn Farrell)

Nov 28th, 2016 42m 5s

In this episode, we switched things up a bit and had our wonderful guest, Erinn Farrell, interview Josh about his first few months on the job as a manager. We get into coaching and management styles, and the ins and outs of performance reviews.

Episode 43: Josh the Manager - Part 1 (The Interviews)

Oct 23rd, 2016 33m 36s

This is our first episode in our new seasonal format, where we take a deep dive with DangerJosh and his first six to eight months on the job as an enterprise support manager at Code 42. In this episode, we talk about how he knew he was ready to

Episode 42: Getting Your Dream Job, Part 4: Are You Ready for Independence? (w/ Brendon Schrader)

Oct 9th, 2016 36m 36s

We had a conversation with Brendon Schrader, Founder and CEO of Antenna Consulting based in Minneapolis. Brendon has a great story to tell about the path to finding a way to make your work and your life fit together, and the pitfalls along the

Episode 41: Finding Your Power (w/ Mahtab Rezai)

Sep 25th, 2016 53m 53s

We had a conversation about where power comes from with one of our favorite professional humans, Mahtab Rezai. The lessons in here aren't going to hit you over the head with obviousness - but there are some concepts in here for you to start to

Episode 40: We Iterate

Sep 11th, 2016 28m 6s

We have been working on a new format for the podcast, and did an impromptu episode with superfan and PH alumnus (http://prohumans.com/episode-13-managing-humans-not-projects/)Mike Mason to get his reactions to it. We are pretty excited about it

Episode 39: Cut the Crap, Part Three (w/ Anthony Ongaro)

Aug 28th, 2016 45m 36s

As part of our ongoing sub-series about Minimalism and our journey to reduce and simplify our lives, we invited Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch to come in and chat with us about his own journey and explorations into minimalism and, specifica