Best Emily Tsitrian Podcasts (2025)

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An engineering manager's take on measuring performance of individuals 37:08

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Vaz is an engineering manager for the Pages product at LinkedIn, where he helps organizations establish their presence and connect with professionals at a global scale. In this episode, we discuss Vaz's journey as a software engineer into leadership positions, and I get a great new perspective on performance management of individuals. Vaz has over …

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How do managers stay sharp with their craft while developing new leadership skills? 35:17

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Another episode where I speak with a fellow author! Mark Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You - a practical guide for navigating one's career that is packed with real-life skills they don't teach in college. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at…

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A Data Management VP reflects on management, innovation in tech, and Asian-American identity in leadership 33:17

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As the Vice President of Data Management at Castlight Health, Lauren Bui leads a diverse and dynamic team that delivers insights and modernization to 20+ million patient datasets through Castlight's suite of applications. That in and of itself is impressive feat, and in this episode of manager.flow, Lauren discusses her journey and growth into the …

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Why managers should stay people-first in times of rapid change 29:37

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Does your daily work involve a lot of time on Slack? If you're anything like me, it can sometimes feel like we live and die by Slack messages - and especially in the modern, remote-first workplace, it's become a critical part of how we communicate and collaborate at work. This week, I have a conversation with one of the former sales leaders at Slac…

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Turning mistakes into management lessons, without losing your humanity 32:07

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In this week's episode, I chat with a sales leader at BetterUp, a platform for coaching teams and people - very needed in today's uncertain world. A few weeks ago, one of Matt's posts on LinkedIn went viral and caught my eye - it was a raw, candid reflection of his growth as a leader and as a human over the past decade or so, and so I asked him to …

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How do "Type A" people become managers without internally combusting? 35:30

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Emily Sander has an impressive rap sheet. Among her achievements: being on the testing team for the first Kindle device, working on a 6-person startup team, building a global client management team from scratch, serving as a Chief of Staff for a CEO, and most notably (in my book - no pun intended!), an author. In our conversation today - she shares…

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How do hiring managers and recruiters work together to build a team? 48:15

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As a new people-manager, one of the most critical peer relationships to establish and nurture from day one is that with your recruiting team. Together, your recruiting partner and you will collaborate to create a hiring strategy, execute the process to build a hiring pipeline, and in the final moments of a hiring process - sweat through the candida…

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Why executive coaching for new managers should be a thing 45:10

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In this episode, I have an insightful conversation with Alex Black. Alex is a Leadership and Team Development Coach for new managers and founders, and is a firm believer in providing coaching for first-time managers and founders to help them and their teams succeed and avoid the many trap doors that exist in the first few months in these roles. Ale…

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Finding your North Star in the chaos of hypergrowth 37:17

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Naz Irani is a PreSales leader who has spent the past decade building Enterprise PreSales teams at companies including Akamai and Stripe. Her true passion lies in building high performing user-focused teams in high growth environments, and more importantly, playing a role in helping people build successful careers. As president of the PreSales Lead…

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How to meet the ever-increasing expectations employees have from their managers in the 21st century corporate world 41:12

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Emily VerMeulen is a customer service professional, a rescue dog enthusiast, an introvert, and a Gemini. She is currently working at Vineti, a cell and gene therapy logistics start-up, doing one of her favorite things- building a support department from, more or less, the ground up. But - she didn't start her career in tech...it was a chance encoun…

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From rebuilding Iraq to building the NYC skyline - one combat veteran's view of people management 37:20

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Robert Kipp is a construction legend - and happens to be a thoughtful people leader with a unique perspective of having served in the armed forces as a Captain in the United States Army. His two tours of duty in Iraq taught him quite a few lessons about leadership and life - and in this week's special Veterans Day episode, we talk about his journey…

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What life experiences shape a new people manager's leadership style? And what are the biggest early "gotcha's"? 35:17

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In this episode (recorded about a year ago) I speak with Lorrin Blair - a former Woman in Construction turned Woman in Tech. A Civil Engineer by training, she spent the first part of her career supporting construction jobsites all over North America. It was on construction sites where Lorrin first developed her leadership skills and styles - uncove…

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How can people managers be champions of inclusion, and intrepreneurs in large companies 33:39

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In today's episode, I converse with William A. Adam - an award-winning D&I innovator, engineering trailblazer, and global philanthropist. We cover many topics, but with a focus on how people managers can gain confidence and become influencers at their companies for diversity and inclusion topics. William and I also chat about his earlier profession…

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What does finance have to do with people management (and vice versa!)? 54:17

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On this episode, I discuss the unique journey of Mitzi Yue, a finance and culture leader in the healthcare technology sector. Mitzi's early experiences as an Asian-American female in the workplace were formative and shaped her leadership perspective today, and her discussion about the journey to unpack identity is fascinating and important. Today, …

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A former Y-Combinator batch director's best advice for new people leaders 35:25

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Amy Buechler has worked with thousands of the world’s best startup founders as Y Combinator’s first Batch Director and only embedded Founder Coach. Founders are often in an awkward position to not only build their companies but quickly transition to people-leaders as they start to hire and grow their teams. In this episode, we discuss some of the c…

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What Every People Manager should Know about Marketing 37:59

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If you're a people-manager and you think of "marketing" -- do you just think "advertising?" If so - you'd be wrong. Marketing has become a huge strategic growth lever in tech, and leaders of all types would be well served to understand some of the fundamentals. In this episode, we chat with Dorian Stewart, a marketing leader, about this topic as we…

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Is Management a Doomed Conclusion to a Fruitful Engineering Career? Liz Leddy doesn't think so. 47:09

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How could an experience at a teenager's after-school-retail job shape the future leadership style of an Engineering Director at a unicorn in Silicon Valley? And what *really* is the career path of a young software engineer at a startup? Buckle up, listeners - Elizabeth Leddy doesn't hold back in answering these and many other inquiries. Elizabeth h…

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Gender Diversity and Management - a Reflection from a QA Leader 40:24

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Formally transitioning genders in the workplace can be a tricky process to navigate, and a supportive manager and team can make all the difference in the world. But what happens when you ARE the manager and are ready to come out as trans? This is one of some great topics we discuss with seasoned and sassy QA manager Tayler Knight. Tayler is a multi…

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Why People Managers Should Care about Labor Day 33:46

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In this special Labor Day episode, we chat with a corporate-manager-turned-blue-collar-people-manager Leslie Caccamese about her pivot from a 15 year stint in corporate America to her role today in farming, and why tech workers should to remember why labor day matters in today's hyper-connected modern age. Leslie is a registered Farm Labor Contract…

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A Later-in-Life Career Renaissance and the Power of Strengths-Based Coaching 38:33

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Jo Halstead believes that people managers can make or break a company - and that new managers rarely get any real training on how to take care of their team, themselves, and the company. Let's change that! Jo currently manages a team of client success individuals for a large digital health company, but over her life her work has been varied - spann…

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As Pfizer makes History, their VP of CX Discusses Leading with Authenticity 27:09

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This is a historic moment in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as the FDA just fully approved the Pfizer vaccine for individuals 16 and over. In this episode, I am thrilled to speak with Miya Gray, who leads the Customer Experience and Engagement department at Pfizer, about her experience and journey into leadership. Miya's role today is fasc…

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The Emotional Labor Tax for New Managers, and Coming Out in the Workplace 32:47

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Drew Register is the Director of Epic Support and Staffing at Tegria, a healthcare services group focused on enterprise support and operational transformation. In this role, he manages 65 remote consultants and provides strategic direction to the team to keep them successful in the volatile healthcare IT consultant market. Drew and I discuss his jo…

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Make Every Interaction Count: a Sales Leader's Journey to Founding a Company that Helps Managers Thrive 46:44

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David Salinger is the co-founder and CEO at EyeLevel.io, the private social network for managers and their teams to build productive and engaging team culture. Prior to starting EyeLevel, his career has focused on building sales organizations from the ground-up at companies like Tableau and Parallels. David's core belief is that people-managers are…

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Leading through a Crisis: a head of Customer Support Reflects on 2020 and Workplace Racial Equity 32:06

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Nicole Patterson is a seasoned leader of customer support operations at a Castlight Health - a health tech navigation company. Two years ago, her entire support center uprooted from Charlotte, NC to Salt Lake City, UT and Nicole was tasked with maintaining business continuity while establishing the new campus. Just as the dust had settled, COVID hi…

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Conversations with a VP of Engineering: Staying Customer Obsessed and Building Great Teams 42:08

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Pat Copeland has been building software for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He is currently a Vice President in Amazon Advertising, responsible for the products, science, and engineering of Brand Advertising and Shopping Experiences programs. When you shop on Amazon, you will see and use the experiences his team creat…

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Public Speaking and Leadership Tips with Emily Tsitrian 33:39

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On this episode of Speakers Speak, I talked about public speaking, communication, and how to be a leader with Emily Tsitrian!

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Public Speaking with Robert Iyer 51:07

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Robert Iyer is a public speaker and coach. We talked about presentation skills, sales, and public speaking!

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Speaking with a TV News Anchor Turned Speaking Coach | Speakers Speak Podcast 33:17

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Kerry Barrett is an Emmy award winning 20 year veteran of the TV news business. She now uses her knowledge of on-camera delivery, presence, messaging and story-telling to help people grow their business, brand and credibility to a larger audience. Kerry teaches you how to make a 2 minute video in 2 minutes, with a result you like, that gets your au…

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When Life Isn't Going Your Way You've Got to Pivot | Eileen Sinett | Speakers Speak Podcast 49:22

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Eileen Sinett is a communication and public speaking coach and has been leading workshops on speaking for decades. We talked a lot in this podcast about her desire to be creative in the arts as an actress, and how when that didn't go exactly as planned, she found a way to pivot into still doing what she loved even if it was a different medium. Hope…

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Communicating Technical Information - Engineers 5:59

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I got a question after a keynote on communicating technical information. My response!

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Speaker Sessions Episode 3 - Kyle Kane 59:36

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Episode 3. Video on YouTube. Hope you all enjoy!

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Understanding Public Speaking from a Philosophical Perspective 30:35

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Keynote - 2.3.20 - First one of 2020! Hope you all enjoy.

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Understanding Public Speaking with Kayla Conley 24:21

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A new episode of the pod with Kayla Conley, based in the UK. She goes over her experience with getting into public speaking.

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Speaker Sessions Episode 2 - Bringing Closure to Your Conclusion 1:23:21

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Hey podcast, this was a fun episode. Pretty long but has some good stuff in it. I talked with a leadership coach on her upcoming ted talk about Resilience, and we went through what goes into build a storying that has a unique hook which correlates to the ending. Hope you enjoy! #creamcheeseandjellysandwich…

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#SPEAKERSESSIONS Episode 1 - Jordan Gross 52:08

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First of many speaker sessions. Hope you all enjoy!

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From Tour Guide to Public Speaker - Rob Willis 37:22

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Rob Willis was originally a tour guide out of college and experimented with publicly speaking to large groups about places he was showing to different groups of people. He soon recognized that he had a knack for public speaking and eventually decided to transition to doing this full time.

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365 DAYS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING | DAY 1 #365PS 4:47

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Welcome to the journey...

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Retired At The Age of 40 Because He Knew How To Speak - Randy Gage 1:02:13

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Randy Gage began his public speaking business at the age of 30 and ultimately had been speaking enough to retire by 40. He is in the speaking hall of fame and has performed for over 2 million people across 50 countries. He has some good insights into public speaking.

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How To Become A World Champion at Public Speaking - Aaron Beverly 48:40

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Aaron W. Beverly is A highly skilled communicator and public speaker. Aaron became the 2019 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking emerging from a field of over 30,000 participants worldwide. He sits down on this podcast to share his best tips and secrets to competitive public speaking success.…

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How To Understand Audience Demographics for Public Speaking 3:00

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Speech Analysis Miniclips - How To Understand Audience Demographics for Public Speaking Arianna Huffington

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How To Effectively Use Visual Aids in Your Public Speech Simon Sinek Speaking 3:23

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Speech Analysis Miniclip - How To Effectively Use Visual Aids in Your Public Speech Simon Sinek Speaking

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Speaking At Companies to Make Them Not Suck | Podcast with GoodCompanyConsulting 48:12

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Hannah and Lisa are a dynamic duo of two entrepreneurs who spent years in the consulting/speaking industry. Eventually they both came to the conclusion, based on what they heard from their friends, that work life sucked and they made it their mission to build a consulting firm that helped organizations actually retain their employees and create an …

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Saving You From Death By Powerpoint | THOMAS KRAFT 42:14

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Thomas Kraft is the co-founder of presentation boss, a communications consulting firm based in Brisbane, Australia. He specializes in visual communication, specifically in designing and coaching clients on their powerpoint skills. He gives some insight in this episode about understanding visual communication strategies and the most effective ways t…

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Building Effective Communication Strategies - Robert Kennedy ||| 45:09

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Robert Kennedy is a public speaker and coach who enjoys the process of communication and building stories that connect with audiences. He takes us into this mindset in this podcasts for how he approaches teaching public speaking the value he finds in it.

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How To Be A Presentation BOSS | Kate Norris 25:42

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Kate Norris is the owner and co-founder of presentationboss.au, a communications consulting firm based in Brisbane, Australia. She specializes in how to help people take technical data and translate it into something that can be communicated.

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Extroverting your Introvertedness | ERNEST CRIM THE THIRD 46:27

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Ernest is a high school social studies teacher currently expanding on his speaking career. He enjoys speaking to youth about challenges they have in their life and specifically focusing his narratives around his personal experiences and their relationship to history.

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How to Be ON POINT w/ Your Communication | Cindy Skalicky - The Public Speakers Podcast 41:38

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Cindy Skalicky is full time public speaking and presentation coach based out of Colorado. She has some amazing insight on how to better communicate and take ideas and turn them into narratives people can buy into. Follow Cindy: https://onpoint-communications.com/

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Getting Over The Fear of Public Speaking At 40 Years Old | Laura Reid - The Public Speakers Podcast 44:53

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Laura Reid is the owner of Storyforth, a public speaking and communications consulting firm based in Hawaii. She spent most of her life being afraid of speaking and finally had a breakthrough after different events in her life - she now coaches business owners how to get their story out and communicate their purpose! Follow Laura: https://www.linke…