Best Moving From Employee To Consultant Podcasts (2025)

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What Got You Here, Won't Get You There 20:30

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🎙️ Hope and Possibilities with Nola Simon 🗓️ Episode Title: What Got You Here, Won't Get You There 🧭 Length: ~20 minutes 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts ✨ Episode Summary (from me, Nola): In this episode, I reflect on a concept that’s been showing up in a lot of places in my life and work lately: “What got you here won’t get you there.” It’…

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"I Watched a CEO Alienate 300 People in 10 Seconds." 37:14

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Eileen Wixted, a strategic communications expert with three decades of experience, went from advising Fortune 500 CEOs to uncovering a universal blind spot that derails even the most seasoned leaders, why slowing down to understand your audience is the fastest way to accelerate your message's impact. In this episode of the Speak In Flow Podcast wit…

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Achieving Body Harmony with Norbert Heuser 49:03

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Born and raised in Germany, Norbert Heuser spent most of his professional life between his residence in Germany and Asia. Norbert had his own companies in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Germany and in the USA. Working with and among the Chinese for the past 35 years he had a deeper look into the culture and lifestyle than a regular Western pers…

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Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop 37:36

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Two junior engineers recently joined my team, and I’ve been tasked with onboarding them. This is the first time I’ve been responsible for junior devs, and I’m struggling with how to coach them up. For context, we’re a small engineering team where self-sufficiency is highly valued; processes/…

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NFL Kickers on Mistakes, Pressure, Rejection, and How to Succeed in Football and Life 10:03

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In this special episode of My Favorite Mistake, host Mark Graban celebrates the kickoff of football season with a unique perspective: five legendary kickers who know what it means to perform under pressure. Guests include former NFL kickers Jay Feely, Shane Graham, David Akers, Nick Lowry, and University of South Carolina’s all-time leading scorer …

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Stop Gambling Your Retirement and Build REAL Wealth Instead 33:32

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Kris Miller, a legacy wealth strategist with over 35 years of experience, has helped over 6,000 clients but refuses to gamble their money in the stock market. In this profound conversation with Melinda Lee, Kris reveals the "safe money" strategies of the top 1%, shares the devastating family health crises that showed her the true cost of being unpr…

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Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time 33:26

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi! I’m currently working for a big tech company and I’ve just accepted an internal transfer to another team. At the same time, an external company reached out, offering me a job for a role I’m interested in and twice my current compensation. I’m not sure what to do. The offer from the new c…

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Mistakes in Houses and Hospitals: Grace Bourke on Trust, Verification, and Lasting Improvement 53:45

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My guest for Episode #323 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Grace Bourke, Consulting Director of the Performance Excellence Practice at Baker Tilly. With nearly 40 years of experience in healthcare quality improvement and industrial engineering, Grace has worked in clinical care, biotech, global public health, and senior leadership roles at org…

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Your Ticket to an Exhilarating Life with Evelyn and Natalie Kelly 51:54

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Evelyn and Natalie Kelly are a mother-daughter travel and writing team. They have traveled to seven continents, 88 countries (and counting), and 50 states. Buy their book: Have a Love Affair with Travel: Your Ticket to an Exhilarating Life https://www.amazon.com/Have-Love-Affair-Travel-Exhilarating/dp/B0DLTPBS4P…

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Presence, Work, and AI: Stories Beyond Location 21:44

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🎙️ Episode Title Presence, Work, and AI: Stories Beyond Location 📖 Episode Summary In this episode of Hope & Possibilities: A Love Letter to the Future of Work, I dive into a theory I’ve been working on: our stories about work are deeply tied to presence—but not always in the ways we think. When I look back on my own career, most of my success stor…

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How to Build Authentic Sales Teams That Win 24:38

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In this wisdom-filled episode of the Speak in Flow podcast, Melinda Lee sits down with Becca Gordon, VP of Sales and Marketing at Shadowbox, to explore how emotional intelligence and authenticity are revolutionizing leadership in startups. With over 25 years of experience in executive, advisor, founder, and investor roles, Becca shares tangible str…

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Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching 38:04

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave & Jamison, Long time listener, first time google-form filler outer! I work in a hybrid role as a lead developer and manager of a small team (less than 5). I’m new to management and most of ny experience so far has been with smart, motivated engineers. . . UNTIL! My new recruit is dri…

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Quitting My PhD: Rob Dorgan on Redefining Success, Beating Burnout, and Finding Purpose 43:32

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My guest for Episode #322 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Rob Dorgan, a multi-talented professional whose career path has taken him from paralegal to college professor, retail store owner, manufacturing company president, and now licensed massage therapist, certified yoga educator, meditation teacher, and astrologer. Rob is also the author of…

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How to Craft Compelling Stories That Move Your Audience 24:46

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In this conversation with Melinda Lee, structural engineer and author Wayne Kalayjian reveals how he transformed the untold story of Michelangelo’s collapsing dome, a crisis that birthed modern engineering, into a compelling narrative. He reveals how he translated 18th-century Italian archives and complex physics into a gripping narrative and expla…

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Through The Lens of Vendors - Greg Reffner 28:34

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Message the show! Greg Reffner joins Irina on WFM Unfiltered with a refreshingly blunt take on what really goes on behind the scenes of B2B vendor-client relationships. With years of experience navigating the high-stakes world of tech sales and customer success, Greg shares war stories that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew abou…

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Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work 35:59

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Jamison and Dave! I am not a developer, but my question is hopefully transferable. I sit in between lawyers and developers. I advise on technology that can be applied to legal processes and I support our teams in using a range of platforms and AI tools to be more efficient across their wo…

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Why Listening to Yourself Is the First Step to Better Communication — Cynthia Kane on Learning to Pause 42:19

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My guest for Episode #321 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Cynthia Kane, founder and CEO of the Kane Intentional Communication Institute and author of several books, including How to Communicate Like a Buddhist and The Pause: How to Keep Your Cool in Tough Situations. Cynthia shares a pivotal mistake from early in her life: letting other peopl…

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Why Emotional IQ Beats Technical Skills in Hybrid Teams 24:41

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In this episode of the Speak In Flow podcast, Melinda Lee interviews Abdalmohsen Elmalk, a product performance manager at ASML with a Ph.D. in physics. Elmalk shows us how he transformed obstacles into leadership wisdom. Growing up in Sudan, where resources were scarce and opportunities were limited, he refused to let language barriers, financial c…

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From Lab Work to Leadership: Dr. Jen Heemstra’s Guide to Thriving in Science Careers 11:39

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🎙️ In this bonus episode of My Favorite Mistake, Mark Graban welcomes back Dr. Jen Heemstra, Charles Allen Thomas Professor and Chair of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. Jen joins us to talk about her new book, Lab Work to Leadership: A Concise Guide to Thriving in the Science Job You Weren’t Trained For. She shares how the book was…

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Having it All with Kara Duffy 40:03

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Kara Duffy is an entrepreneur, business coach & consultant who uses her Have It All Method™ to help business owners become Extraordinary CEOs and organizations to scale. She’s worked with over 100 businesses and brands across the world to show them how business can be more successful, more fun, and more impactful. Her unique background from streetw…

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How to Lead Without Faking It: WFM, Coaching & Confidence - Danny Green 34:13

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Message the show! What happens when you stop pretending and start leading? In this week's episode of WFM Unfiltered, Irina sits down with Danny Green—a former contact centre sales pro turned respected operations and leadership expert. His career didn’t start with a polished plan. It started in the trenches, facing real problems and learning from ha…

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Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL 26:59

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I’m the CTO of a small startup. We’re 3 devs including me and one of them is a junior developer. My current policy is to discourage the use of AI tools for the junior dev to make sure they build actual skills and don’t just prompt their way through tasks. However I’m more and more questionin…

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The Costly Expansion Mistake That Made Damon Lembi a Better 'Learn it All' CEO 43:53

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My guest for Episode #320 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Damon Lembi, CEO of Learnit, a live learning and development platform that has helped upskill over 2 million professionals. Episode page with video, transcript, and more A former college baseball player and now a two-time bestselling author, Damon shares the story of how youthful ambit…

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The #1 Reason Employees Quit (And How to Retain Your Best People) 19:58

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Kaylee Keil, HR professional, leadership coach, and board member, joins Melinda Lee in this episode of the Speak In Flow podcast to unpack why communication is the most critical and often overlooked skill for leaders. From her experience curating HR events at The Nimble Group, Kaylee reveals how failing to "own" communication drives turnover, while…

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WFM Career - The Sky is the Limit 34:10

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Message the show! What if the secret to a thriving contact centre career wasn’t in your CV, but in your mindset? In this episode of WFM Unfiltered, Irina sits down with Nenad Lukikj, a self-made leader who went from humble beginnings to reshaping the way we think about workforce management, innovation, and personal growth. Nenad’s story isn’t your …

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Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting 28:34

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I’m a senior developer on a small team, and I’m feeling frustrated with a junior developer I work with. They’re smart and perfectly capable, but they stick very strictly to the confines of their assigned work. They’ll finish their tickets, but unless they’re directly asked, they don’t offer …

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Your Work Won’t Speak for Itself: Mistakes & Branding Lessons from Sapna Pieroux 44:46

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My guest for Episode #319 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Sapna Pieroux, award-winning author of Let’s Get Visible!, a branding consultant, and the founder of Inner Visions ID. Episode page with video, transcript, and more With a background spanning 20 years in media and experience working with major brands like Toyota, Sony, and L’Oréal, Sap…

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Relational Medicine with Donald W. Kipp 58:35

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Donald W. Kipp has practiced natural health care, natural pain relief and bio-structural therapy for over 35 years. He is a best-selling author and an educator. Don has helped thousands relieve pain, perform better, breathe easier, digest better, see better and literally be taller. Don is the founder of Relational Medicine™ and the Neuroenergetic R…

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Why Women’s Leadership is the Future of Tech 27:24

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Anna Radulovski, CEO of WomenTech Network and author of Chief in Tech, went from navigating male-dominated tech conferences to creating the world’s largest platform for women in technology. In this episode of the Speak In Flow podcast with host Melinda Lee, Anna reveals how resilience, generosity, and imperfect action can dismantle barriers and why…

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Doing Outbound Right - Garry Gormley 35:46

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Message the show! From flipping burgers to flipping the script on outbound sales - Garry Gormley’s journey is anything but average. In this episode of WFM Unfiltered, Irina sits down with the founder of FAB Solutions to dissect what makes outbound tick, why most organisations do it so badly, and what leadership really means in the contact centre tr…

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Awaken to the 5th Dimension with Kimberly Meredith 45:24

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https://www.thehealingtrilogy.com/ Kimberly Meredith is a world-renowned Celebrity Medical Intuitive Psychic Medium, Global Speaker, Influencer, Holistic Practitioner, Hands-on Healer, Spiritual Teacher, and the best-selling author of Awakening to the Fifth Dimension: Discovering the Soul’s Path to Healing published by Macmillan (St. Martin’s Essen…

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Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code 30:12

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I was on a meeting with a team generally regarded to be pretty annoying to deal with and not particularly useful. The meeting was pretty annoying and not particularly useful. I audibly said to myself after leaving “holy crap what a waste of time.” Turns out I hadn’t left and may not have bee…

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The Art of Preventing Stupid: Lawyer and Author Matthew Davis on Business Mistakes and Growth 45:12

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My guest for Episode #318 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Matthew Neal Davis, an attorney, entrepreneur, and author of the provocative book The Art of Preventing Stupid. Episode page with video and more Matthew is the founder and managing partner of Davis Business Law, which has grown more than 1,000% in six years, earning a spot on the Inc. …

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Persuasion Tactics That Actually Work for Cross-Departmental Buy-In 32:49

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You can’t persuade people when you’re stuck in your own head. Stephen Mar knows what it’s like to lose an audience. As Chief Legal & Administrative Officer at Odeko. But his biggest communication breakthrough didn’t happen in a courtroom. In this episode of the Speak In Flow podcast with Melinda Lee, Stephen reveals how an early-career email taught…

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Agent Mentorship into WFM - Aaron Wojtak 31:39

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Message the show! Aaron Wojtak joins Irina on WFM Unfiltered for a brutally honest dive into what’s really happening at the intersection of real-time analytics, agent performance, and leadership in contact centres. With a background that spans frontline agent roles to strategic workforce planning, Aaron brings a grounded, no-nonsense perspective th…

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Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk 35:53

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I’m a long time listener to the podcast. Thanks for reading and answering my question! I have over 20+ yrs experience as a manual QA and 6+ yrs experience as a SDET. I’m in a new role as a hybrid manual QA / SDET for a company that hasn’t had QA for a few years. After a couple of months a ne…

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Why Going to Law School Was Her Favorite Mistake – Davina Frederick of Wealthy Woman Lawyer 44:47

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My guest for Episode #316 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Davina Frederick, founder of Wealthy Woman Lawyer, host of the Wealthy Woman Lawyer Podcast, and a business coach who has helped women law firm owners scale their practices to seven figures and beyond. Episode page with video, transcript, and more In our conversation, Davina shares why…

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The Power of Connection with Dr. Dianne Olvera 47:41

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Dr. Olvera has worked as an international diplomat, spy, educator, professor, brain researcher, and clinician for over four decades. Her doctoral degrees in bilingual special education, language, and cultural differences are based on research and practice highlighting language's power. These proven and effective strategies transform the lives of ev…