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The Evaluation Couch — 68 episodes
67. How Amy Built Career Clarity and Landed a Director-Level Evaluation Role
66. Too Junior for Senior Roles, Too Senior For Junior Ones? How Hairat Found Her Way
65. Women in Evaluation | How Doaa Abou Hussein Built a Pro-Palestine, Impact-Driven Consulting Firm
64. Women in Evaluation | Feminist Evaluation, Caregiving, and Identity with Claudia Olavarría
63. One Year On: Rebuilding After Career Disruption and Launching a Business with Beeta Tahmassebi
62. One Year On: Resiliency, Advocacy, and CES Leadership with Matt Sanscartier
61. One Year On: Leading AEA Through The Inflection Point with Karen Jackson
60. Making Learning Real in MEL with Florence Randari
59. Six Strategies That Accelerated My Evaluation Career
58. Personality Types and Leadership in Evaluation
57. How AI Is Transforming Evaluation Consulting with Slavica Stevanovic
56. Visibility Through Consistency: Cecilia Eva Beloqui's LinkedIn Journey
55. An Evaluator's Journey into Portfolio Careers: Mishkah Teladia's Story
54. Embracing Portfolio Careers With Kelsi Kriitmaa
53. Making The Case For Evaluation (Live from Eval25)
52. Owning Your Path: Mahesh's Career Story
51. Interviewing With Your Edge Part 2
50. Interviewing With Your Edge Part 1
49. Your Career Logic Model
48. The 6 Myths That Hold Evaluators Back In Their Careers
47. Feeling Like an Imposter as an Evaluator with John LaVelle
46. Building Your Consulting Sales Pipeline with Paul Bakker
45. Turning Learning Into Action: Building Evaluation Capacity with Allison Prieur
44. Three Times I Almost Stand In The Way Of My Own Career Growth
43. Why and How To Detach Your Identity From Your Job Title
42. Redefining Compensation Practices in Evaluation: A Conversation with Corey Newhouse and Komani Cedano
41. From Passive to Proactive: Improving Your Job Search Strategy
40. Reflections from the Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge (EC3)
39. The PhD Dilemma: My Experience In Academia
38. Five Career Reminders Grief Has Given Me
37. Cathexis Consulting on Being a B Corp
36. Work-Life Integration in Evaluation: A Conversation With Giovanna Montagner
35. Becoming a Credentialed Evaluator: Would I Do It Over?
34. Growing Your Career with Evaluation Competencies
33. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Nina Sabarre
32. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Monique Liston
31. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Kat Haugh
30. Transitions Across Sectors with Eric Barela
29. Ratiba's Learnings From Navigating Uncertainty in International Development
28. Transitioning to Corporate Philanthropy with Veronica Olazabal
27. Building Community: A Dialogue on Values and Collaborative Reflective Practice
26. The Power of Community in Our Careers: A Conversation with Torriel Harris
25. Navigating Salary Negotiations as a Woman
24. The Evaluation Hiring Perspective: Resume Myths and Tips
23. Writing Cover Letters
22. Knocking On Other Doors
21. Beyond the Basics: Transforming Your Resume
20. Amplifying Eval24 Voices: Career Risks, Goals, and Advice
19. To Apply or Not To Apply
18. How to Tailor Your Job Application
17. Healthy Job Search Mindset Part 3: Identifying Your Strengths to Improve Your Story
16. Healthy Job Search Mindset Part 2: Embracing Failure, Grit, and Resilience
15. Healthy Job Search Mindset Part 1: Maintaining Your Perspective
14. Beyond Attending: Leveraging Conferences to Grow Your Career
13. Navigating Our Fear Zone: Insights From Launching My Podcast
12. The Ink that Connects Us: Stories of Evaluators
11. Doodling a YOU Career: A Conversation With Chris Lysy
10. Bridging the Generational Gap: Transforming Workplaces for Younger Generations
9. Our Use of AI: Barriers and Self-Limiting Beliefs
8. Reframing a Bad Job Experience
7. Navigating Scarcity Mindset: Earning Potential in Evaluation
6. Lifelong Learning and Career Goals: A Conversation with Michelle Anderson-Draper
5. Plain Language: Seven Tips to Help You Use Appropriate Words
4. ADHD and Evaluation: A Strengths-Based Reflection
3. Elections and Reflections: Leading EvalYouth
2. Planned Happenstance
1. Positionality Statements
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