The Me-Suite
How is work working for you right now? Welcome to The Me-Suite. There's a reason the show ranks top 1.5% of all podcast downloads globally and was Best Business Podcast Finalist competing against the likes of NPR's How I Built This and the NY Times' The Daily. The 250+ guests are amazing and diverse. At the soul of The Me-Suite is the conviction that we should lead our own lives with the same discipline that C-Suites lead the companies we most admire. Just like a C-Suite leader, we each need to stay true to our core values, to keep the day-to-day humming smoothly, and to stay fresh and relevant for the future we desire to have...what your host, Donna Peters, calls leading with a Me-Suite mindset. Each episode interviews a guest who shares tips for cultivating the role they want work to play in their lives. Put work to work for you. Check out our #1 International Bestseller: Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 169
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Don't Mistake Kindness For Weakness
Donna Peters interviews SassyLass CEO, Janice Jackson. Janice is a career C-Suite leader and mom who champions:
1) never wear a "mask" at work (be at work who you are at home)
2) don't mistake kindne…
Managing Your Personal Fear
Donna Peters interviews strategist, Reza Firouzbacht, on the concept of the extremely timely topic, managing FEAR. Uncertainty has shaken our sense of health, community, security and livelihood. Ma…
Embrace the Hard Things: Timely Advice from a Chief Strategy Officer
Donna Peters interviews Chief Strategy Officer, Alan Nalle, for a prophetic interview on how to think strategically about:
- making big decisions (including saying no)
- embracing the hard things
- being rigo…
Listener Q&A: What Personal Board Do I Need Right Now?
Donna Peters has a Q&A with Me-Suite listener and attorney, Ellis Izlar. This Q&A dives into the most popular question we're receiving in The Me-Suite right now: How should I be building or rethinki…
Servant Leaders Ask How Can I Help You?
Donna Peters interviews Nicole Tranchitella, Senior Managing Director at Accenture, servant leader, wife, mom of 3 and a member of Donna's personal Board of Directors.
Who is emerging as a true leader…
Trapped in the Bored Room at Home? 4 Fresh Ideas
This short episode highlights 4 new, fun things to do with family and friends in this time of physical (not social) distancing. Each idea helps us flex our Me-Suite muscle:
1) Core Values: an exercis…
Improv will Improve your Work and Play
The 3 rules of improv can help improve our daily lives RIGHT NOW. Improv provides the building blocks for how we should be interacting with one another in all aspects of our lives. The 3 rules are…
Think Like a CFO
Donna Peters interviews Otis Aust, a fee-only financial advisor and tax geek, founder of Aust Financial Advisory.
What a timely topic! In this episode with the "Dollar Scholar" recorded in Dec 2019…
Flex Your Creativity Muscle
Donna Peters interviews award-winning Chief Creativity Officer and Founder of Curiosity Division, Mark Musto.
We need creative solutions to complex challenges RIGHT NOW. Mark offers up a powerful ch…
The Innovation Ninja Shares His Powers
Donna Peters interviews Shubber Ali, Innovation Ninja and University Lecturer, on what it really means to be innovative in all aspects of our lives.
HIGHLIGHTS OF EPISODE
--Shubber's Core Values: The …
Our Leadership Behavior DNA
Donna Peters interviews Chair and CEO of DNA Behavior International, Hugh Massie. Hugh is an author and most recently published, Leadership Behavior DNA. Discovering Natural Talents and Managing Dif…
Leading in a Pack of Alpha Dogs
We've heard there's no "i" in team, but, let's be real. Teams don't get the promotion. This bonus episode takes lessons from the amazing Alaskan Iditarod race on how to lead in a pack of alpha dogs…
Storytelling with a C-Suite Leader
*Note the F-word is used once in this episode at minute 20:40.
Donna Peters interviews her mentor and career C-Suite leader, Walt Shill. Walt has held multiple C-Suite positions (CEO, COO, CSO, CCO) …
Our Most Important Team
In this Bonus episode of The Me-Suite, we talk about the reality that the family is a team, our most important team. And we learn from Google's research on what makes an effective team: listening and…
Inclusion & Diversity: Not Just @ Work
Donna Peters interviews Tina Gilbert, Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer, on what it means to have an I&D mindset in the way we run our own lives, every day.
HIGHLIGHTS OF EPISODE
--Tina's Core Valu…
A Listener Shares Her Me-Suite Morsels
Donna Peters interviews Me-Suite subscriber and Me-Suite mindset role model, Felisha Liu Faulkner, for tips on living with a Me-Suite mindset. Felisha is a Corporate Strategy and Business Developmen…
Be the CEO-Chief Eating Officer: A Nutritionist Feeds Us Tips
In The Me-Suite, we build options through the decision we make in 4 areas: People, Skills, Health and Finances. This episode focuses on Health, specifically nutrition.
Donna Peters interviews Jon Dob…
Defining Your Personal Brand
This episode focuses on being the brand ambassador for your personal brand--just like a Chief Marketing Officer or Chief Communications Officer would do.
Donna Peters interviews Precious Price, former…
How to Have a Growth Mindset
Donna Peters interviews Dipak Patel, Chief Growth Officer, former Strategy consulting partner and Venture Capital Operating Partner. And crazy Pearl Jam fan.
HIGHLIGHTS OF EPISODE
--2:05 Dipak shares…
Who (In The World) Are You?
Donna Peters interviews Phil Bienert, a career Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), about the brand promise lessons we can apply to our own personal brand and how we want to show up in the world.
Phil has b…