Your host, Donna Peters , shares the always-fan-favorite Greatest Hits from Season 5. Hear a compilation of each guest's Me-Suite suitener---advice for things we can do differently on Monday to lead with more purpose, planning, and power. Let's get in there! For the generou Garden for Wildlife offer mentioned in the episode, use code MESUITE to receive a discount on your first purchase of plants native to your area. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn:...
Aug 15, 2023•27 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Vicki Anstey on her personal journey from crippling self-doubt to record holder. As CEO of We Are Intrepid , Vicki helps leaders challenge limitations, to tap into the secret 60% they didn't know they had left in the tank. We too often fear the unknown and remain locked out of our own potential. Learn to embrace your fears and conquer self-doubt. Vicki's core values are: integrity self-reliance empathy grit and determination agency www.the-me-suite.com The Me...
Aug 01, 2023•23 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Your host, Donna Peters , chats with author of SleepWorking, Clay Stelzer . We cover eye-opening concepts such as: Conscious Leadership Patterns keeping you from the results you want 15sixty: we take 15 breaths each minute which is 15 opportunities each minute to "wake up" Commitment is not wanting Clay is founder of 15sixty . His core values are: say something scary take responsibility for the outcomes compassion www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: D...
Jul 11, 2023•23 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Record-breaking Coach Bob McKillop joins your host, Donna Peters , in The Me-Suite. His 230 Southern Conference wins are more than any coach in league history. We discuss his personal journey of leadership, core values, and establishing a team culture through Trust, Commitment, and Care (TCC). Coach McKillop reflects on his lessons of humility as he coached through the years, including Stephen Curry's years as a Davidson College Wildcat and recent college graduation. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-...
Jun 27, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Your host, Donna Peters , sits down with cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Azurii Collier . She shares an inspiring story about the moment her own plans unraveled. We discuss her work biologically mapping human behavior on the brain, especially as it relates to moments that matter in our careers. We explore such timely topics as: --managing the planned and the unplanned --intuition vs. insight --being comfortable with uncertainty --resilience --imposter syndrome --our brains and our problem-solving ...
Jun 20, 2023•24 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Wall Street Journal bestseller, Monica Parker , on her new book The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead. You will not be the same after this listen. You'll be better. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO The Me-Suite podcast music by Moshun...
Jun 06, 2023•20 min•Season 5Ep. 17
This is a must-listen that will change you. Your host, Donna Peters , sits down with Carrie Santos for an inspiring conversation on finding your voice as a leader. Carrie has dedicated her career to the non-profit sector. She has led at the most senior levels, covering the globe for humanitarian support, human rights, and policy--from the American Red Cross and US Department of State, to CEO of Entrepreneurs' Organization and Board Advisor. Through her personal journey, Carrie reminds us: don't ...
May 23, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 16
In this bonus episode, your host Donna Peters interviews the co-founders of InterviewJam , Maya Aravapalli and Renee Bourbeau . Could there be a more timely topic? These entrepreneurs share AI's tremendous ability to help tailor our resumes, craft the cover letter, accelerate our interview preparation, and differentiate to land that ideal role. And of course, we talk about managing the watch-outs. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitt...
May 16, 2023•20 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Such a timely topic for so many. Your host, Donna Peters , chats with Liz Brigham on how to thrive in a dual-career family. HBR research shows that dual-career families take on one of three shapes. Which are you? Primary-Secondary Turn-Taking Double Primary Research also shows that while 60% of households have both parents working, relationships where the woman makes more than the man are 50% more likely to end in divorce. And women tend to take on 7.5 more hours of domestic work a week than the...
May 09, 2023•26 min•Season 5Ep. 14
A must-listen, and a special offer for Me-Suite listeners! Your host, Donna Peters , checks in on 2020 guest, Shubber Ali , who is now living in the zone--at the intersection of what he loves to do, what he's good at, what the world needs, and what he can get paid to do. He's now CEO of the for-profit, Garden for Wildlife . Shubber shares how we can create the opportunities we want to have. Listeners can receive a 15% discount on purchases of plants native to your region--for gardens, yards, con...
Apr 25, 2023•22 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Dr. Jennifer Butler . Jennifer shares the moment the light switch went off--when she realized she'd been on autopilot moving through her life and career. A significant COVID moment made her stop to reassess and move forward with purpose and passion. We cover powerful, inspiring ground, incuding: turning maybes into yesses (realizing psychological barriers holding you back aren't real) the moment Jennifer knew, "I have so much to do." being 100% authentic at a...
Apr 11, 2023•24 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Patrick Mosher. He reminds us that we all have special talents and bottled up wisdom that needs to be shared to make significant impact in the world. "Wisdom isn't wisdom until it's shared." We need to: hone our talent know our story, our bottled wisdom see every interaction as an opportunity to serve And if we're having trouble identifying those special talents, Patrick encourages us to deviate from the norm, take a left turn, do something that the algorithm...
Mar 28, 2023•27 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Your host, Donna Peters , focuses on our timely challenge of burnout with psychologist, Dr. John Kello . Burnout is a syndrome, not a buzzword. We explore the physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms of burnout. How to prevent it, how to recognize it, how to reverse it--for ourselves and for our teams. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO The Me-Suite podcast music by Moshun...
Mar 14, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Explore the danger when our personal identities become shrunken by our work identities. Your host, Donna Peters , taps into the mesmerizing mind of innovation leader, Amelia Schaffner . Too often, innovation is talked about only in the context of companies. Here, we focus on approaches for innovating ourselves through: 1. associating, 2. questioning, 3. observing, 4. networking, 5. experimenting quiet inquiry reacquainting ourselves with our 'forgotten mystery'--hidden pockets of who we have bee...
Feb 28, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Decide to listen to this episode on making good decisions. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Professor Patrick Noonan on the topic of judgment and decision-making. We explore what it takes to trust our gut and how our biases impact the quality of the decisions we make. Dr. Noonan's own confetti of career decisions that took him from professional musician to Greenpeace to McKinsey to decorated MBA faculty is a bonus to this fun discussion. Hear why we should more often "feed our gut" and make ...
Feb 14, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Your host, Donna Peters , interviews David O'Coimin , Founder of Nook , and expert on neurodiversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Work spaces are historically, physically designed for the workforce mean. You'll quickly learn here why "one size misfits all" in the workplace. Our unique brains have unique needs. These needs must be met if we strive to balance personal wellbeing and productivity at work. David's research and expertise will make you think differently about physical work spaces,...
Jan 25, 2023•27 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Your host, Donna Peters, chats with CEO, financial strategist and TEDx speaker, Meredith Moore . We cover so much important, provocative ground that's perfect for this time of year, including: being clear on our impact and legacy getting to "work optional" don't want what you don't want power dynamics in families where there are imbalances in income, age, or education money talk with our kids, our partners, our parents Meredith's core values are: be intentional about how we surround ourselves wi...
Jan 10, 2023•27 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Your host, Donna Peters , typically sees three career personas in her coaching practice. The person who says, "I want more." The person who asks "How do I make this big decision?" And the person who says, "I'm stuck." In this episode, we interview a guest who may have been all three across the arc of her incredible career. Kara Kelly is a wealth advisor at Westfuller Advisors and co-founder of Lure , a CBD wellness venture. She focuses her talents on removing the shame from conversations on sex ...
Dec 13, 2022•29 min•Season 5Ep. 5
If you're at a career crossroads asking, "Should I be an entrepreneur? Is now the time? Is it for me?" this listen is for you. If you have an entrepreneurial itch, scratch it with this episode. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews serial entrepreneur, West Point grad and Army veteran, and MBA, Samir Patel . We talk about inherent characteristics of entrepreneurs and must-have skills. We discuss the importance of self-awareness and surrounding yourself with the right people. We share the role fam...
Dec 07, 2022•27 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Money isn't everything, but money impacts everything. Indeed, at the core of every career decision is the component of money, salary, compensation. Our behavior and relationship with money were hardwired early in childhood around the age of seven and have control over our senses, perceptions, decisions, and our identity. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews behavior and money insights pioneer, Hugh Massie , CEO of DNA Behavior . Hugh shares how critical it is to build positive Money Energy--deci...
Nov 29, 2022•31 min•Season 5Ep. 3
I'm your host, Donna Peters , and today we talk about one our most requested topics in The Me-Suite, the topic of Trust. If you're a leader, you're not as trusted as you think you are. That's right. Ashley Reichheld and Amelia Dunlop 's recently published research shows how trust impacts the human experience in the workplace--for customers and employees. Their book, The Four Factors of Trust , synthesizes the factors that demonstrate our ability to make and keep good promises. The four factors a...
Nov 01, 2022•27 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Season 5 of the award-winning Me-Suite podcast is underway! I'm your host, Donna Peters . In this season, we shine a mic on our most requested topics from The Me-Suite community--topics from listeners just like you who are career-driven and life-minded. For career professionals, we're awake working, or doing something related to work, more hours in a day than we're awake not working. That's why it's imperative that we shape the role we want work to play in our lives. Check out the almost 200 int...
Oct 30, 2022•2 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Our season finale montages are fan favorites, and this is no different! Hear the Season 4 finale bonus episode of The Me-Suite podcast. Your host, Donna Peters , shares a compilation of our guests' "suiteners," advice each guest had for things we can start doing differently on Monday to lead our lives with a Me-Suite mindset. Enjoy! www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO The Me-Suite podcast music by Moshun...
Apr 12, 2022•18 min•Season 4Ep. 27
In this bonus episode, your host, Donna Peters , quickly highlights the 3 career personas in her book, Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life . Which persona best represents where you are at this moment in your career? Are you: Exploration Erika Crossroads K.T. Hamster Wheel Hank And what is your corresponding next best move? www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power FB: @mesuite LinkedIn: Donna Peters Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO The Me-Suite podca...
Apr 05, 2022•5 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Your host, Donna Peters , speaks with the award-winning author of Spacemaker , Daniel Sih . We talk about digital wellness and digital overuse--the why and how of unplugging, unwinding, and making space to think clearly in the digital age. Daniel shares tips for finding our "productive middle," the optimal balance between productivity and digital technology usage. You'll hear tips for being the: email ninja list assassin prioritization samurai And it all starts with your awareness. Spacemakers: ...
Mar 29, 2022•28 min•Season 4Ep. 25
After two years of isolation, this episode could not be more timely. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Eduardo Garcia , Partner and first-generation to the US. Eduardo is an avid Me-Suite listener and nudged us to focus on two topics that needed more attention: stakeholder management and flexibility. Eduardo shares how we cannot rely on our work alone to speak for itself. We must do the work to understand how we are perceived by others. What is our personal brand? And how does knowing our per...
Mar 22, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Chris McManus . Chris has helped marshal the careers of thousands of people. In this episode, we talk about this time of the Great Reflection from two angles: 1) the role leaders play in helping others succeed (inside and outside of the company) 2) the active role we can each play in shaping the future we want to have (inside and outside of the company) So many powerful stories are packed into this discussion, including: leaders create a safe harbor for emplo...
Mar 15, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Tiffany Kent , CEO of Wealth Engagement . Tiffany shares her powerful, vulnerable story of how growing up without money drove her to the high-pressure environment of Harvard MBA and the world of investment banking. She learned to role-model aggressive behavior, to do what it took to win while managing a marriage and three children. The stress and volatility led her to a crisis moment at 40. She needed a new way of life. Through the serendipity of a parent sem...
Mar 08, 2022•30 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Your host Donna Peters interviews Arda Ural . We cover so many topics that make you stop and think about the moments that have made us who we are as leaders. Arda shares engaging stories of growth and resilience and challenges us to think about: Ikigai (reason for being): working at the interesection of you love to do, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can get paid for Life's challenges and how we respond (Arda grew up in Turkey and immigrated to the US) Every day there's s...
Mar 01, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 21
This is a must-listen. Wow. It's hard to summarize the amazing moments in this short interview--just listen. Your host, Donna Peters , interviews Johanna Willer for what is sure to be a fan favorite episode. Johanna shares powerful stories of: redefining her identity not being a chump understanding womanhood in the workplace Johanna's core values are: make decisions that pass the death bed test, don't work with jerks, always be learning. www.the-me-suite.com The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power ...
Feb 22, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 20
