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Your Working Life
by Your Working Life with Caroline Dowd-Higgins
Your Working Life is an award-winning podcast series hosted by career and professional development author, speaker, and influencer, Caroline Dowd-Higgins. Featuring candid interviews with luminaries in the career, leadership, entrepreneurship, and wellness fields, listeners will benefit from wisdom about how to navigate life and career. Well-known personalities and industry experts including Tiffany Cross, Whitney Johnson, Guy Kawasaki, Melissa Daimler, and Marcus Buckingham give their personal take on how to thrive in your career. The podcast features a diverse array of experts with a special emphasis on female leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs.
Episodes
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How to Harness AI-Human Collaboration with Paula Goldman
How to Harness AI-Human Collaboration with Paula Goldman Paula Goldman, the first-ever chief ethical and humane use officer at Salesforce, joins Caroline to talk about her new book, [Manage the Machine: How to Harness Human-AI Collaboration at...
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Working Together Fuels Creativity, Productivity, and Growth with Emma Harrington & Natalia Emanuel
Natalia Emanuel and Emma Harrington are Harvard-trained economists and leading researchers on remote and in-person work, whose data-driven studies have tracked millions of work hours across Fortune 500 companies, startups, and call centers. In their new book In Person, they bring hard evidence to...
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Unlock the Power of Human Connection with Barb Betts
Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author of The Relationship Advantage, who helps sales teams and leaders build the trust-based connections that actually drive revenue, retention, and stronger teams. With more than 23 years in sales and leadership, she built a seven-figure business for…
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A Lawyer's Evolution from Prison to Purpose with Rashmi Airan
Rashmi Airan is a leadership expert and transformation strategist who once had it all, an Ivy League law degree and a high-powered Wall Street career. Then, a spectacular fall landed her in federal prison. Rather than let that failure define her, she rebuilt her life and now helps leaders and...
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Easy Discipline with Jia Jiang
In this episode, Caroline interviews Jia Jiang, to discuss his new book, Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things. Drawing on his own struggles with ADHD and procrastination, Jia argues that the most successful people don't rely on grit and willpower, they find ways to...
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Master Everyday Management Challenges with Caroline Webb
Caroline Webb is a leadership coach, economist, and author of "Leadership Intelligence: Science-Based Strategies for Mastering Twenty-One Everyday Management Challenges". In this episode, Caroline shares practical, science-backed strategies for making smarter decisions, managing conflict…
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Pioneer Your Career Change with Lata Hamilton
Lata Hamilton wants to help women navigate career transitions and earn what they're worth. Drawing on her own experience tripling her salary in three years, along with change management work that has touched over 100,000 people across major Australian companies, she offers practical strategies…
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Start Every Day with a Good Night's Sleep with Mary Helen Rogers
In this episode Caroline talks with Mary Helen Rogers, the Chief Marketing Officer at the International Sleep Products Association about how sleep and overall well being make us more productive at work. Mary Helen shares insights on why quality sleep matters and how small, consistent habits can...
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From the Playground to the Boardroom with Patty Azzarello
How do you keep climbing the corporate ladder while quietly panicking on the inside? Patty Azzarello knows firsthand. She became the youngest general manager in Hewlett-Packard's history at thirty-three, ran a billion-dollar business at thirty-five, and was a CEO by thirty-eight. In her new…
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Super Teams with Ron Friedman
What separates elite teams from average ones? According to psychologist Ron Friedman, it's not longer hours or more meetings, it's how teams manage energy, attention, and each other. Friedman, bestselling author of The Best Place to Work and Decoding Greatness, surveyed thousands of teams for his...
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Feel Better About Your Money with Carrie Joy Grimes
In this episode Caroline interviews Carrie Joy Grimes, the founder and CEO of WorkMoney, a nonprofit serving over 9 million Americans with practical financial guidance, and the author of the new book The Joy of Money: How to Do More With and Feel Better About Your Money No Matter How Much You…
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Power Reimagined with Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard
In this episode, Caroline talks with Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard, author of the new book Power Reimagined: My Mission to Get It, Grow It and Give It Away, she draws on personal stories—from a discrimination lawsuit she won as a teenager to negotiating equal pay as a junior attorney—to challenge...
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Getting Teams Unstuck with Gustavo Razzetti
Gustavo Razzetti, culture strategist and CEO of Fearless Culture, has spent 25 years helping teams break through the conversations they keep avoiding. In this episode, he introduces the concept of "conversational debt", the hidden cost that builds when smart people stay silent, talk in circles…
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In a Good Place with Leidy Klotz
In this episode of Your Working Life, Caroline Dowd-Higgins talks with Leidy Klotz about the power of our physical spaces. Klotz, a behavioral scientist and University of Virginia engineering professor, wrote the new book In a Good Place: How the Places Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us...
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Free Your Team from Excessive Thoughtload with Liane Davey
Today, we have an appointment with the "Teamwork Doctor"! Liane Davey is an organizational psychologist, CEO advisor, and author of her forthcoming book Thoughtload: Manage the Madness and Free Your Team to Do Great Work. With over 25 years of experience advising teams at companies like Amazon,...
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Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults with Caroline Maguire
Today's guest is Caroline Maguire, an internationally recognized social-emotional learning expert, ADHD coach, and author of the groundbreaking new book Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults: A Guide for the Anxious, Uniquely Wired, and Easily Distracted. Caroline offers…
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The Psychological Safety Playbook with Minette Norman
In this episode of Your Working Life, Caroline Dowd-Higgins speaks with Minette Norman, keynote speaker, former software executive, and award-winning author about her new book The Psychological Safety Playbook for Changemakers. Despite psychological safety topping the list of leadership…
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Moments That Matter with Chris Dyer
In this episode, Caroline Dowd-Higgins is joined by Chris Dyer, whose new book Moments That Matter: See, Shape, and Scale What Counts offers a groundbreaking look at why we remember less than one percent of what we experience. Dyer reveals that the moments shaping our careers, cultures, and...
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Flourish with Daniel Coyle
In this episode of Your Working Life, Caroline Dowd-Higgins sits down with Daniel Coyle, New York Times bestselling author of Flourish. Drawing on years of research and immersive reporting, Coyle reveals the surprising science behind what makes certain groups, from a band of miners trapped...
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Jolted with Anthony Klotz
Anthony Klotz is a professor of organizational behavior at UCL School of Management in London, best known for predicting the pandemic-era labor shift he coined the "Great Resignation" — a term that became a defining phrase of modern work culture. His new book, Jolted: Why We Quit, When to Stay…
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Unleash the Most Powerful Force in Business with Marcus Buckingham
In this episode, Caroline interviews researcher and author Marcus Buckingham about his newest book, Design Love In: How to Unleash the Most Powerful Force in Business. Buckingham challenges the prevailing belief that pressure, force, and intensity drive excellence — arguing instead that thirty...
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Why We Suffer and How We Heal with Dr. Suzan Song
Dr. Suzan Song is an internationally recognized humanitarian psychiatrist, anthropologist, and advocate who's dedicated her career to supporting forcibly displaced youth, former child soldiers, and other vulnerable populations worldwide. Her debut book, Why We Suffer and How We Heal: Using...
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A CEO's Guide to Reinvention in the Age of AI with Caroline Stokes
In this episode, Caroline interviews Caroline Stokes, a global leadership strategist and one of the world's leading voices on future-ready leadership in the age of AI and rapid disruption. Her new book, Aftershock to 2030: A CEO's Guide to Reinvention in the Age of AI, Climate, and Societal...
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Style Transformation with Stephanie Grabow
In this episode, Caroline talks to Stephanie Grabow, founder of SG Style Collective and personal stylist for executive women. Stephanie shares how two decades in public policy, politics, and philanthropy shaped her unique understanding of the power of personal image. Stephanie breaks down why the...
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A Compassionate Conversation Around Grief, Death, and Dying with with Liz Freedman
In this episode, Caroline interviews Liz Freedman, a community deathcare advocate and end-of-life doula. Liz's mission is to normalize honest, compassionate conversations around grief, death, and dying - with people of all ages - so that no one has to face life's biggest transitions alone. Liz...
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Overcome AI Overwhelm with Joe Huff
Joe Huff is a keynote speaker, bestselling author of Experiential Billionaire, and Action Catalyst who helps people and organizations turn intention into action—and momentum into lasting results. In this episode, Caroline interviews Joe's about his latest passion: helping people overcome AI...
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Thriving in a World of Continuous Transformation with Jana Werner
In this episode, Caroline interviews Jana Werner, an executive in residence at Amazon Web Services. Throughout her career, Jana led transformations across financial services, tech startups, and global logistics to help Fortune 500 leadership teams build more adaptive, customer-focused...
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How Great Leaders Drive Innovation with Emily Tedards
Emily Tedards is a Harvard researcher and senior consultant whose work examines how businesses, governments, and civil society organizations collaborate to tackle complex challenges — from climate change to economic development. Her new book, Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation,...
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Shattering Your Inner Glass Ceiling with Dr. Sheila Gujratji
Dr. Sheila Gujrathi is a biotech entrepreneur and physician who has spent 25 years developing medicines for serious diseases, building biotech companies, and championing women and underrepresented groups in leadership. Her new book, The Mirror Effect: A Transformative Approach To Growth For The...
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How Equality Wins with Kenji Yoshino
Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and co-founder of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging — the nation's only DEI center based at a law school. In his new book, How Equality Wins: A New Vision for an Inclusive...
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Use Your Explosive Power to Persuade in Meetings with Dr. Karen Lisko
Dr. Karen Lisko is a persuasion expert with more than 30 years of experience helping professional women amplify their influence in the workplace. Her new book, Kind Dynamite: Six Ways Women Can Use Our Uniquely Explosive Power to Persuade in Meetings, is a game-changer for any woman who wants to...
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Build High-Performing, Resilient Organizations with Purpose with Krista White
Krista White is a co-founder of Culture Design Lab, where she combines research, in-depth interviews, and storytelling to craft powerful narratives around intentional culture design, inclusion, and racial justice. Caroline talks to Krista about her latest book Culture Design: How to Build a...
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Don't Be Yourself with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is challenging the focus on authenticity in his latest book, Don't Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated and What to Do Instead. Caroline interviews Chamorro-Premuzic about our collective obsession with authenticity, exposing a deep disconnect between popular beliefs...
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Co-Create Work, So People Can Thrive with Samantha Gadd
Caroline interviews Samantha Gadd, author of the book Employee Experience Design: How to Co-Create Work Where People and Organizations Thrive. Samantha presents a proven, step-by-step methodology for implementing Employee Experience Design (EXD)—an approach that designs with employees rather than...
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Fixing Fairness with Lily Zheng
Lily Zheng is a leading organizational consultant, speaker, and strategist specializing in systemic workplace change. Their latest book, Fixing Fairness: 4 Tenets to Transform Diversity Backlash into Progress for All, introduces the FAIR Framework—a practical model grounded in Fairness, Access,...
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Leading with Executive Presence with Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Sylvia Ann Hewlett has dedicated her career to understanding workplace dynamics and leadership. Her updated book, Executive Presence 2.0: Leadership in an Age of Inclusion, builds on her groundbreaking earlier work that identified the essential components of executive presence—gravitas,...
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Your Best Meeting Ever with Rebecca Hinds
In this episode, Caroline sits down with Dr. Rebecca Hinds, Stanford-trained organizational behavior expert to discuss one of the workplace's most universal frustrations: unproductive meetings. In her new book, Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done,...
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In Praise of The Office with Ranya Nehmeh
When the pandemic started in 2020, many employees learned how to work from home for the first time. But six years later, what is the state of work-from-home and is it working? In this episode, Caroline welcomes Dr. Ranya Nehmeh, senior HR strategist and co-author of In Praise of the Office: The...
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More is Better with Kathy Miller
In this episode, Caroline sits down with Kathy Miller, a manufacturing executive turned leadership coach and author of MORE Is Better: Leading Operations with Meaning, Optimism, and Relationships for Excellence. Kathy has led multi-billion-dollar operations across aerospace, automotive, and...
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The Curiosity Curve with Dr. Debra Clary
In this episode Caroline interviews Debra Clary, author of the new book The Curiosity Curve: A Leader's Guide to Growth and Transformation through Bold Questions. Clary believes curiosity isn't just a nice-to-have soft skill but a competitive edge that drives agility, innovation and…
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From Story to Action with Sally Perkins
If you can tell a good story, you can persuade someone of something. That's the premise of strategic storytelling expert Sally Perkins's new book, From Story to Action. In this episode, Sally and Caroline talk about how neuroscience research shows well-told stories literally sync the brains of...
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Transform the World with Integrity, Impact and Purpose with Eveline Shen
In this episode, Caroline interviews Eveline Shen, a social change strategist who teaches leaders how to navigate oppression, adversity, and complex challenges without compromising their values or burning out. In her new book, Choosing to Lead Against the Current: The Courageous Operating System...
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Claim Financial Freedom and Build a Life You Love with Steph Wagner
After Steph Wagner experienced financial devastation following an unexpected divorce—despite being financially savvy person—she transformed her pain into purpose, dedicating her career to ensuring other women never feel financially powerless. In her new book, FLY! A Woman's Guide to Financial...
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How to Thrive Working with Fear-Based Leaders Kate Lowry
Kate Lowry is a CEO coach, venture capitalist, and author who has made it her mission to help people not just survive but thrive under toxic leadership. In this episode, Caroline interviews Kate about her new book, Unbreakable: How to Thrive Under Fear-Based Leaders, where Lowry explains why...
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The Unexpected Power of Boundaries with Sheri Jacobs
What if the key to sparking real innovation isn't unlimited freedom—but strategic constraints? In this episode, Caroline sits down with Sheri Jacobs, author and innovation strategist, to explore this counterintuitive fact: boundaries don't stifle creativity, they fuel it. In her latest book, The...
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How to Reject Competition and Unlock Success w/ Ruchika Malhotra
What if the very thing we've been taught drives success is actually holding us back? In this episode, Caroline sits down with Ruchika T. Malhotra, founder of global inclusion strategy firm Candour and author of the groundbreaking new book UNCOMPETE: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success.…
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The Secure Leader with Jaime Goff
In this episode, Caroline interviews Jaime Goff about her new book The Secure Leader: Discover the Hidden Forces that Shape Your Leadership Story - and How To Change Them. Jaime argues that effective modern leadership requires more than mastering techniques—it demands deep self-understanding....
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This Isn't Working with Meghan French Dunbar
When a woman moves into a leadership position at work, she is much more likely to burnout, be depressed and face different criticism than her male colleagues. It's something author Meghan French Dunbar experienced herself, and why she wrote her new book,This Isn't Working: How Working Women Can...
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Unblock Your Leadership with Muriel Wilkins
Muriel Wilkins is a leadership coach, Harvard Business Review podcast host, and author whose new book Leadership Unblocked tackles the unconscious beliefs that prevent leaders from reaching their full potential. Caroline and Muriel talk about the hidden "blockers"—such as "I know I'm right" and…
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Discover How to Be Yourself at Work with Claude Silver
Claude Silver is on a mission to spread the word of human-centered leadership. In her debut book, Be Yourself at Work: The Groundbreaking Power of Showing Up, Standing Out, and Leading from the Heart, she makes a compelling case that authentic presence is today's greatest business superpower. The...
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Your Working Life is an award-winning podcast series hosted by career and professional development author, speaker, and influencer, Caroline Dowd-Higgins. Featuring candid interviews with luminaries in the career, leadership, entrepreneurship, and wellness fields, listeners will benefit from wisdom about how to navigate life and career. Well-known personalities and industry experts including Tiffany Cross, Whitney Johnson, Guy Kawasaki, Melissa Daimler, and Marcus Buckingham give their personal take on how to thrive in your career. The podcast features a diverse array of experts with a special emphasis on female leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs.
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