Your Working Life

Hosted by Your Working Life with Caroline Dowd-Higgins

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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.

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September 8, 202623 min

Master Everyday Management Challenges with Caroline Webb

Caroline Webb is a leadership coach, economist, and author of " Leadership Intelligence: Science-Based Strategies for Mastering Twenty-One Everyday Management Challenges ". In this episode, Caroline shares practical, science-backed strategies for making smarter decisions, managing conflict, building trust, and steering through uncertainty. Whether you're a new manager or a seasoned executive, her actionable playbook offers tools designed to make leadership feel less like guesswork and more like a craft you can master. More from Caroline Webb: Learn more about Caroline's work and order her book at https://carolinewebb.co . You can connect with her on LinkedIn , Facebook and Instagram . 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: Liberosis by Nihilore. Free Music Archive. CC BY.

August 31, 202623 min

Pioneer Your Career Change with Lata Hamilton

Lata Hamilton wants to help women navigate career transitions and earn what they're worth. Drawing on her own experience tripling her salary in three years, along with change management work that has touched over 100,000 people across major Australian companies, she offers practical strategies for pivoting careers, building unshakeable confidence, and future-proofing your professional path. In this episode, Lata shares real-world tools for overcoming self-doubt, identifying your ideal career direction, and maximizing your earning potential—plus her perspective on how AI is reshaping the future of work and career growth. More from Lata Hamilton: Learn more about Lata's work and order her book at www.latahamilton.com . Connect with her on 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 .

August 25, 202625 min

Start Every Day with a Good Night's Sleep with Mary Helen Rogers

In this episode Caroline talks with Mary Helen Rogers, the Chief Marketing Officer at the International Sleep Products Association about how sleep and overall well being make us more productive at work. Mary Helen shares insights on why quality sleep matters and how small, consistent habits can help listeners start every day with a good night's sleep. Her practical, science-backed approach makes this a must-listen for anyone looking to improve their energy, focus, and overall quality of life. More from Mary Helen Rogers: Follow Mary Helen on 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 .

August 18, 202624 min

From the Playground to the Boardroom with Patty Azzarello

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.

August 11, 202624 min

Super Teams with Ron Friedman

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 .

August 4, 202626 min

Feel Better About Your Money with Carrie Joy Grimes

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 .

July 24, 202624 min

Power Reimagined with Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard

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

July 19, 202623 min

Getting Teams Unstuck with Gustavo Razzetti

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 .

July 10, 202625 min

In a Good Place with Leidy Klotz

In this episode of Your Working Life, Caroline Dowd-Higgins talks with Leidy Klotz about the power of our physical spaces. Klotz, a behavioral scientist and University of Virginia engineering professor, wrote the new book In a Good Place: How the Places Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive . While most self-improvement advice focuses on what we do, Klotz makes a compelling case for paying attention to where we do it. He argues the spaces we inhabit profoundly shape our habits, relationships, and sense of self in ways we rarely notice. More from Leidy Klotz: Order Leidy's book and learn more about his work at leidyklotz.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 . Music in this episode: Spring by 1000 Handz. Free Music Archive. CC BY

July 7, 202621 min

Free Your Team from Excessive Thoughtload with Liane Davey

Today, we have an appointment with the "Teamwork Doctor"! Liane Davey is an organizational psychologist, CEO advisor, and author of her forthcoming book Thoughtload: Manage the Madness and Free Your Team to Do Great Work . With over 25 years of experience advising teams at companies like Amazon, Google, and Walmart, Davey argues that today's workplace crisis isn't caused by oversized workloads — it's the mounting cognitive and emotional demands, what she calls "thoughtload," that are burning teams out and flattening results. Drawing on science-backed research, she offers managers and teams practical steps to cut through the noise, regain focus, and create the conditions for truly great work. More from Liane Davey: Order Liane's book and learn more about here work at lianedavey.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 . Music in this episode: Sweeping Broomstick by Jangwa. Free Music Archive. CC BY