Career Espresso
av Amanda Owen-Meehan
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Episode 125 - I’m bored at work (and I don’t know if that means I…
Episode 125 - I’m bored at work (and I don’t know if that means I…
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Career Espresso gives you a weekly shot of career and leadership know-how in under 15 minutes. I’m Amanda, and each week I share real stories and practical ideas to help you handle the challenges of work. from dealing with tricky bosses to building confidence as a leader. These short, straight-talking episodes are designed to give you something useful you can try for yourself and with your team. No fluff, no jargon — just honest conversations about how we work, lead and grow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Episode 125 - I’m bored at work (and I don’t know if that means I should leave) · 15 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 125Episode 125: I'm bored at work (and I don't know if that means I should leave) You're not unhappy, exactly. The job's fine. The pay's fine. Nobody's making your life difficult…
- Episode 124 - How to handle missing out on the promotion you wanted · 15 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 124How to handle missing out on the promotion you wanted You found out you didn't get it, and somewhere in the same breath you were already arranging your face into something…
- Episode 123 - How to stop being the person everyone vents to · 14 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 123How to stop being the person everyone vents to There's a queue that forms at your desk that you never advertised for. People bring you the impossible manager, the credit someone…
- Episode 122 - What to do when your job has changed but nobody told you · 14 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 122A new starter joins, and on their first morning they ask the most basic question there is. So what is it you actually do here? You open your mouth to answer and realise you're…
- Episode 121 - How to ask for what you want at work · 14 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 121How to ask for what you want at work You've been waiting for your manager to offer you the thing you could have asked for six months ago. You've done the work, you've stayed…
- Episode 120 - How to say "I Don't Know" without losing credibility · 12 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 120You're in a meeting and someone turns to you with a question you can't answer. You know it immediately. But instead of saying so, you start talking, because silence feels worse…
- Episode 119 - I messed up at work and everyone saw · 15 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 119I messed up at work and everyone saw Someone mentions a meeting from three weeks ago. An ordinary reference, nothing loaded in it. And your stomach drops because your brain has…
- Episode 118 - How to stop taking work home in your head · 15 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 118How to stop taking work home in your head You're on the sofa. Or making dinner. Or lying in bed. And your brain is still at work. It's replaying that conversation from this…
- Episode 117 - How to say the thing you’ve been putting off saying at work · 14 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 117You owe someone a conversation at work. You've owed it for a while. And every week you tell yourself this is the week, and every Friday it's still unsaid. Maybe it's a deadline…
- Episode 116 - How to make good career decisions when you can’t trust the information you’re getting · 15 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 116There's a career moment most people know well: you've just had a conversation with someone who should be able to tell you what's going on, and they did tell you, clearly and at…
- Episode 115 - What to do when a career opportunity you were counting on disappears · 12 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 115What to do when a career opportunity you were counting on disappears You weren't just hoping it might happen. You'd actually been working towards it, observing, positioning…
- Episode 114 - When what worked early in your career stops working · 12 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 114When what worked early in your career stops working You learned something early on in your career. How to read a room, when to speak and when to stay quiet. What got you noticed…
- Episode 113 - You can't think straight if you never stop to think · 14 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 113You can't think straight if you never stop to think You've had the same conversation with yourself more times than you can count. Not yet. When this project's done. When things…
- Episode 112 - How to build influence before you need it · 13 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 112There's a particular kind of career frustration that's hard to name. You're doing your job well. You're prepared, present, and contributing. But the conversations that shape what…
- Episode 111- When you're quietly doing your manager's job as well as your own · 15 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 111You're in a meeting and someone asks a question that should go to your manager. But they look at you. Because you're the one who's been answering those questions for months now…
- Episode 110 - How to stop justifying every boundary you set at work · 13 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 110How to stop justifying every boundary you set at work You said no to something last week. Or you tried to. What came out was closer to a small essay explaining why you couldn't…
- Episode 109 - When "just speak up in meetings" isn't the answer · 16 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 109You're speaking up. That's the frustrating part. You prepare, you contribute, you make your point clearly. And somehow it still doesn't land. Someone talks over you. Your idea…
- Episode 108 - Building career options before you need them · 15 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 108Everything's fine at work. Not exciting, but fine. You're getting on with it, you know what you're doing, and there's enough going on that you haven't had time to think about…
- Episode 107 - How to be direct at work without the three-paragraph explanation · 12 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 107How to be direct at work without the three-paragraph explanation You know what you want to say. That's not the problem. The problem is what happens between your head and the…
- Episode 106 - What to do when your authority keeps getting questioned · 17 min · Säsong 7 Avsnitt 106What to do when your authority keeps getting questioned? You make a decision. A clear one. And before you've even finished explaining it, someone's already pushing back. Not…
