More Than A Paycheck
Learn how to navigate constant re-orgs, move your career forward through management changes, stop worrying about people judging you, and feel proud of the work you are doing so that you can confidently reach your career goals.
Do you wake up stressed about everything you need to get done? Are you tired of that constant hum of anxiety about the next unknown escalation? This is the podcast for you.
Lindsay Buchan, a 15+ year top performing eCommerce employee and certified life coach, teaches you all of her self-help tips so that you can learn how to be more confident. Discover how you can start feeling better todays so you can get what you want out of your job, but not have to sacrifice your personal life to get there. From her manager changing day one to getting promoted and leading teams, Lindsay has been sharing her wins and failures all along the way.
Learn how to navigate constant re-orgs, move your career forward through management changes, stop worrying about people judging you, and feel proud of the work you are doing so you can make it to your stock vesting while having fun along the way. Hit subscribe, and get ready to raise the bar.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 251
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
71. Moving from individual contributor to manager
Shifting your career from being an individual contributor to manager can be amazing and hard. It’s exciting to keep growing and learning new things. But also hard because what skills needed to manage…
70. Creating a strong personal brand
A brand is an intangible feeling and thought you have about something. When you feel excited, cool, and intrigued, you’re more likely to engage with that brand. Building a personal brand is no diffe…
69. Thriving vs. Surviving
Feeling like you’re just surviving and trying to make it through the day is not sustainable long term. We were not built to live in survival mode for extended periods of time. When you feel like you …
68. Mental Models
Mental models are a buzz word, but when used properly are a very helpful tool. They enable you to scale and be a leader that enables teams to align. Knowing and communicating clear mental models make…
67. The proven formula to getting the results you want
What is something that you want? That result you really want? The new job. A house. Better relationships. Health. More money. Whatever it is, the reason you don’t have it yet is because you keep doin…
66. Your work history is irrelevant
One of the biggest mistakes people make in their career is focusing too much on their past. What school they went to, their degrees, their previous jobs. That’s great, but your past only lives in the…
65. 7 lessons learned through the hardest trial of my life
Everyone struggles. We all have been, are, or will go through really big and overwhelming things. Things that feel like you’ll never survive. Things that make you questions everything. Things that fe…
64. Managing Up
Managing up is building healthy and effective relationships with higher-ups. But the tips and tricks about managing up like learning to communication in your leaders’ styles or bringing solutions and…
63. Advice for new employees
As someone that’s been at my company 10x longer than the average employee, I get numerous people asking me what my advice is. As I’ve thought a lot about this, I’ve decided there are 3 main things th…
62. Emotions are data points
Data is important to drive your business, but understanding the story that data is telling you is crucial. Without knowing how to interpret the data, it’s useless. The same goes with the data and sto…
61. When you don’t like your coworker
One of the things I love most about my job is the people I get to work with. They are smart, funny, caring, inspiring and some of the best people I’ve come across. While we get along with most of our…
60. When you don’t trust your manager
We’ve all had a manager that we just don’t trust. Whether they are taking credit for your work, throwing you under the bus, or telling you what you want to hear and not acting on it, it’s hard when y…
59. What to do when your manager is noT helpful
Join me on the podcast this week as we dive into what to do when you don’t have help from a manager. Most people feel like their manager can make or break their success, but what happens when you don…
58. Insider Training
Listen in today and I share some of the most popular emails from the Insider Training series. Each week I send out short bits of info to help get you through the week through the Insider Training ema…
57. The 4 steps to failing forward
Join me this week as we talk part 2 of failing. We get failure is important, but how to you actually do it? Think about what failure really feels like. I’m guessing it’s not great which is why you kn…
56. Failure
Listen in this week as we talk about the importance of learning to fail. This is not your typical, motivational, feel good talk about failure. This is the raw truth about why you are failing at failu…
55. Insecure overachievers
Listen in this week as we talk about the pros and cons of overachieving at work. Companies love overachievers and often reward them with promotions and more money. But what’s the cost of it to you. M…
54. Stop being defensive with these 3 words
Today is all about defense. The good, the bad, and the ugly parts of it. We are human and all humans get defensive at times. It can happen when someone tries to challenge us or even when we get any t…
53. How vs. What
Listen in on this week’s podcast as we talk about why we naturally focus and obsess over how to do something. Focusing on the how makes us churn in “I don’t know” which slows us down and make us play…
52. Healthy Pressure
This week we are looking at the different types of pressure you face in your job. Some pressure can be helpful, but it’s a very fine line between motivating pressure and overwhelming pressure. In thi…