Best Barbara Koegs Andersen Podcasts (2025)

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Is your lack of prioritization damaging your UN Career? 9:55

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1y ago9:55

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Hello, and welcome to this 26th episode of the Happy UN Career podcast which is all about the power of prioritization – and what happens when you fail to honour the prioritisations you’ve made. Or even to take the time to do the prioritisation in the first place. Many of my clients contact me because they’re not progressing in their career and thei…

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The Secret Tool for Time Optimists in the UN 10:17

3+ y ago10:17

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Are you a bit of a time optimist? Do you often take on a new task thinking: “Oh - I can easily squeeze this in between the next two meetings”? Only to find that you needed the time between meetings to go to the bathroom, find your papers, respond to an urgent email and a question from a colleague... And at the end of the day, you’re feeling deflate…

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Top Tips from UN Executive Coach – Interview w Christine Heyting 1:02:46

3+ y ago1:02:46

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I’m excited to share an interview with my friend and former colleague in the UNDP – and someone I consider a mentor - Ms Christine Heyting. Christine is Australian and we met in 2013 when she worked with UNDP Headquarters in the area of performance management and leadership development. Since then, she’s been a regular contractor for various UN age…

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Work With Reality and Move Your UN Career Forward 10:51

3+ y ago10:51

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Read the full show notes at www.barbarakandersen.com/23 where you’ll also find the 3 keys to take control of your own reality. This episode is about a topic that is on the one hand very basic – but on the hand quite essential for how you can effectively - and successfully - deal with your career. And your life! Simply put, it's about working with t…

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3 Keys to a To Do-List that Helps Your UN career 9:57

4y ago9:57

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Hello, and welcome to this 4th episode in a small series I’ve called: “Plan and Succeed”. Previously in this series, I’ve talked about effective planning principles, goalsetting and the underrated importance of having an overview. All of these things are of course interlinked and influence each other, but in this small series, I’m trying to take th…

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Dr. Akjemal Magtymova: a career of dedication and diplomacy 41:43

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I’m thrilled to be able to share in this episode an interview with my good friend, Dr. Akjemal Magtymova. Akjemal is a national of Turkmenistan where she started her UN career in 1998 as a G5 programme assistant with UNFPA. Today (in 2021) she serves with WHO as a D2, Head of Mission and Representative in Syria. I asked Akjemal to come on the podca…

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Is It Time to Take the Next step in Your UN Career? 8:39

4+ y ago8:39

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Is it time to get going? Hello, and welcome to this short episode which is about a mindset issue that many of us struggle with: When is it time to take the next step? Or to use my favourite car analogy: When is it time to go from “being parked” to “start driving”? Do you want something else? For this episode, I was inspired by a conversation with a…

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Creating Overview – an Underrated Professional Skill 11:08

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Hello, and welcome to this 3rd episode in a small series I’ve called: “Plan and Succeed”. Have you ever had that feeling at the end of the workday that you couldn’t really tell what you’d been doing all day? Back in the days, I distinctively remember evenings where my husband asked how my day had been, and I responded something like “umm, ok, I gue…

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Strengthen Your UN Career With SMART Goals 17:03

4+ y ago17:03

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Hello, and welcome to this 2nd episode in a series I’ve called: “Plan & Succeed”. In the previous episode, I argued that good planning and organizational skills will help you both in your daily work – and in your career. (That’s the episode called “Can Planning Help Boost Your UN Career?” which you can find at www.barbarakandersen.com/17). Planning…

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Can Planning Help Boost Your UN Career? 9:43

4+ y ago9:43

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Welcome to this 1st episode in a new series called: “Plan and Succeed”. In the last few episodes, I’ve talked about some of the big issues around career and work life. Your visions. Your dreams. And your values. So, basically all about what fulfils you in your work and life. However, a very important element in succeeding with all of this is your a…

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What Will Your UN Career Look Like 10 Years from Now? 11:46

4+ y ago11:46

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Welcome to this 5th episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and Your CV”. In the previous episode, I talked about how to use all the work you have to do anyway for your annual performance review to fuel your own work on your career development. You can find that episode at www.barbarakandersen.com/15. In today…

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3 Ways to Get a UN Career Boost from Your Performance Review Process 9:49

4+ y ago9:49

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Welcome to today’s episode which is related to something many of us dread - the annual performance review process! Oh, the hours I spent on this in my UN career. And, to be frank, not always convinced that the value of the process compared to the time I and everybody else invested in it. So, although I very much agreed with the theory of the perfor…

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3 Reasons Why You Need Goals for the Next Year 14:22

4+ y ago14:22

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Hello, and welcome to this 14th episode in the Happy UN Career Podcast - about 3 reasons why you want to set goals for the next year (and the 8 steps you need)! So, today’s episode is about looking forward in the next year – even if that seems difficult in the midst of the pandemic. But most of us are geared in such a way that we function best with…

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How to Let 2020 Help You Grow in Your UN Career 10:29

5y ago10:29

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Hello, and welcome to today’s episode which is about using the end of the year to take stock and celebrate everything you did and all that you accomplished in 2020. Remember the Career Car analogy that I talked about in Episode 3? Well, imagine that you’ve been driving for a while now. The traffic has been dense, and you’ve often had to find new ro…

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Do You Need Others to Approve of Your Career? 11:27

5y ago11:27

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Welcome to this 12th episode of the Happy UN Career Podcast! I’m so pleased to see that the podcast has been well received by you who are listening to this. Because without you – there really wouldn’t be much point in doing this. It’s very interesting to see the metrics for the different episodes and I can see already that some episodes are particu…

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5 Key Principles for a Great CV 15:22

5y ago15:22

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Hello, and welcome to this 3rd episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and CVs”. In the previous episode in this series (the episode called “Why You Always Want to Have an Updated CV!”) I talked about 5 problems you solve by always having a good, updated CV. You can find that episode at www.barbarakandersen.co…

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Take a Chance - Interview w Mike Dodd (UNDP) 25:34

5y ago25:34

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I’m thrilled to be able to share an interview with my good friend and former colleague, Mike Dodd. Mike is from the UK and he started with UNDP in 1991 and retired at the end of 2015. I asked Mike to come on the podcast because I think he’s had a very interesting career path, but maybe more importantly – because of the way he has approached work an…

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Why You Always Want to Have an Updated CV 8:42

5y ago8:42

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Hello, and welcome to this 2nd episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and CVs”. In the previous episode (the one I called “Keep Your UN Career Open - Look for Jobs”) I talked about the importance of staying open to new opportunities. Regularly looking at vacancies and applying. You can find that episode at ww…

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Keep Your UN Career Open – Look for Jobs! 12:15

5y ago12:15

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Hello, and welcome to this 1st episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and CVs”! In the last episode, I suggested that you should prioritise time to work on your CV and keep yourself updated about vacancies. Even if you’re perfectly happy in your current job! So, in this and the next episode, I’ll delve into t…

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Are You Ready to Take Action in Your UN Career? 10:03

5y ago10:03

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Hello, and welcome to this episode which is all about taking action! In all the episodes until now, I’ve offered you ways to reflect on what works and what doesn’t work in your career and work life. And then I’ve suggested that you look for and decide on action points. Big or small. So today, I’ll share some tips that will help you do exactly that:…

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Pump your Wheel of Life and help your UN career! 12:11

5y ago12:11

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Hello, and welcome to this episode which I’ve called “Pump your Wheel of Life and help your UN career!" (Alluding to my favourite career car analogy...) This episode belongs to the “What drives you and what drains you?” series and today we’re going to talk about drivers on a more existential level, you could say because we’re going to look at your …

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Are You Feeling Stuck in Your Career? 12:09

5y ago12:09

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Hello, and welcome to today’s episode which is on a topic that probably ranks among the top 3 most burning issues among my clients. And it’s all about feeling stuck in your job. If you recognize this, it may be because you feel your career has plateaued. Maybe your duty station is saturated when it comes to relevant positions in your area. Or maybe…

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How Was Your Career Journey? 10:19

5y ago10:19

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In the previous episode, I talked about how you can learn a lot of details about what motivates you and what drains you from your daily work life. That was episode 3, which you can find at barbarakandersen.com/3. Today, I’ll show you how to take a long-distance view and get a bigger perspective. Because you’re going to take a look at (and hopefully…

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What Drives You – And What Drains You? 12:28

5y ago12:28

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Hello, and welcome to this second episode in a small series I’ve called: “What Drives You – And What Drains You?” And I thought that that would also be a fitting title for today’s episode. In the previous episode (the one I called “Your UN Career Project Starts Here” – which is episode number 2) I talked about how we can easily get so caught up in …

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What's the Happy UN Career Podcast All About? 2:05

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When I talk to people in the UN, they often tell me something along these lines: “Working in the UN is a dream come true. I’m so proud to be here and to work for a cause that is close to my values and ideals. And I really enjoy and appreciate the multicultural environment. But…” They may be feeling stuck somehow. Unfulfilled maybe. Sometimes undera…

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My UN Story and Why This Podcast 6:27

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Hello – and welcome to the Happy UN Career Podcast! I look so much forward to be sharing guidance and advice with you on how to create that happy UN career. But first I thought I’d you give you a little bit of information about who I am – and why you should be listening to me. My Story With the UN I am Danish and I started out working in Human Reso…

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Your UN Career Project Starts Here 7:51

5y ago7:51

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Hello, and welcome to the first episode in a small series I’ve called: What Drives You – And What Drains You? Most people I talk to are well into their careers. If you’re anything like them, you’ve had years of serious and hard study followed by years of trying to get into your chosen field and maybe your favourite organization. And at the same tim…