Your Working Life

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.

Your Working Life is a business podcast hosted by career and professional development, with 300 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  From the Playground to the Boardroom with Patty Azzarello

  Aug 17, 202624 min

  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 memoir, Why Is SHE Still Here? My Ungraceful Journey from the Playground to the Boardroom , Azzarello pulls back the curtain on what that rise actually felt like: the imposter syndrome, the awkward missteps, and the constant pressure to prove herself in a male-dominated industry. In this episode, Pattys shares the candid, funny, and vulnerable stories about what it looked like to show up scared but how she did it anyway. More from Patty Azzarello: Connect with Patty on LinkedIn and follow her on Instagram (@pazzarello777). More from Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Head to carolinedowdhiggins.com to book Caroline as your next keynote speaker , check out her books or get in touch . Music in this episode: The Soft Approach by PC III. Free Music Archive. CC BY.

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  Super Teams with Ron Friedman

  Aug 10, 202624 min

  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 latest book, Superteams: The Science and Secrets of High-Performing Teams , drawing on real-world examples from Michelin-starred kitchens to NBA locker rooms to Nobel Prize-winning labs. In this episode, he shares counterintuitive insights on what actually drives team performance, from the meeting rule that cuts time in half to why "top of the room" thinking is a warning sign. More from Ron Friedman: Order Ron's book and learn more about creating a superteam at superteamsinc.com . More from Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Head to carolinedowdhiggins.com to book Caroline as your next keynote speaker , check out her books or get in touch .

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  Feel Better About Your Money with Carrie Joy Grimes

  Aug 3, 202626 min

  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 Have . Drawing on her experience talking directly with everyday Americans about their finances, plus her own journey from living paycheck-to-paycheck to building a career helping others do better, Carrie Joy offers real strategies for navigating today's affordability crisis, from rising gas and healthcare costs to layoff anxiety. More from Carrie Joy Grimes: You can connect with Carrie on LinkedIn and Instagram (@therealcarriejoy). You can learn more about her work at workmoney.org . More from Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Head to carolinedowdhiggins.com to book Caroline as your next keynote speaker , check out her books or get in touch .

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  Power Reimagined with Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard

  Jul 24, 202624 min

  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 conventional ideas about who holds power and how it's built. She offers a framework for turning obstacles into leverage through strategic relationships, hard conversations, and intentional courage. Khadijah shares practical lessons on claiming your voice as a source of strength, whether you're navigating a corporate career or your own life challenges. This conversation is for anyone looking to rethink their relationship with power, influence, and self-worth in the workplace. More from Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard: Follow Khadijah on Instagram @KhadijahDrinkard and LinkedIn . More from Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Head to carolinedowdhiggins.com to book Caroline as your next keynote speaker , check out her books or get in touch . Music in this episode: Upstream Color by Mike Wilson X. Free Music Archive. CC BY

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  Getting Teams Unstuck with Gustavo Razzetti

  Jul 19, 202623 min

  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, or mistake politeness for progress. Drawing on his new book, Forward Talk , Gustavo breaks down the three patterns that keep teams stuck: avoidance, blame, and groupthink, and shares how leaders can turn stalled conversations into real decisions. If your team talks a lot but never seems to move forward, this conversation offers a framework for finally getting unstuck. More from Gustavo Razzetti: Follow Gustavo on LinkedIn and subscribe to his Subtack, Demystify Culture . More from Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Head to carolinedowdhiggins.com to book Caroline as your next keynote speaker , check out her books or get in touch .

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