What Works
Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 414
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
EP 330: Letting Go Of Complication With Brigitte Lyons & Sophy Dale
In This Episode:
* How Sophy Dale ended up running 3 separate businesses—and what made her realize it was all too complicated* How Brigitte Lyons realized that her PR agency was letting scope…
00:46:50 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
EP 329: The Anatomy Of An Opportunity
Sometimes it can feel like you don’t find opportunity, opportunity finds you.
But even then, it’s the fact that you were paying attention—listening, watching, taking it all in—that allows y…
00:26:31 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
EP 328: Navigating The Crossroads With Business Coach Justine Clay
In This Episode:
* How business coach Justine Clay decides whether or not to pursue an opportunity* Why she starts with feelings first and how she builds a “scaffolding” around those feelings…
00:48:15 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
EP 327: Building A Financially Sustainable Business Model With Systems Saved Me Founder Jordan Gill
In This Episode:
* How Jordan Gill used data and experience to set competitive prices for her business operations firm* Why she focused on serving seasonal service-based businesses and how th…
00:48:28 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
EP 326: Creating Sustainable Structures & Systems With Superscript Marketing Founder Anna Wolf
In This Episode:
* Why SuperScript Marketing founder Anna Wolf started her niche content marketing agency aimed at the financial service industry* How learning search engine optimization led …
00:46:47 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
EP 325: When Opportunity Meets Sustainability With Tara McMullin
What if your biggest opportunity didn’t involve doing more but doing less?
What if scaling back and simplifying wasn’t only a way to make your life better but a way to build a more successf…
00:24:12 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
EP 324: 4 Patterns That Make Relationship-Building A Challenge
A big part of how I do what I do is by spotting patterns.
As a podcaster, I’m looking for the patterns in the stories my guests tell me.
As a business coach, I’m looking for the patt…
00:35:13 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
EP 323: Get To Know Your Neighbors With Rebelle Founder Shannon Siriano Greenwood
Do you know your neighbors?
Sean and I know a couple of ours—but most are strangers.
At this point in time, not knowing your neighbors is pretty common. We mind our own business. We go a…
00:35:33 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
EP 322: Building A Stronger Team With Productive Flourishing Founder Charlie Gilkey
I didn’t start a business because I was excited about managing people.
I wasn’t dreaming of hiring a team while I was writing blog posts in the stolen moments between nursing my baby and na…
01:00:06 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
EP 321: Designing A Remarkable Customer Experience
“Exceptional customer service.”
I’m sure you’ve heard those words uttered during a training session for a retail or service industry job at some point in your life.
Heck, those words mig…
00:37:12 |
Tue 09 Feb 2021
EP 320: Making Your Business Your #1 Ally
Businesses are all about relationships, right?
Sure, I think we can all agree on that to one extent or another.
But what exactly do we mean by that?
Most often, a business’s relations…
00:32:28 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
EP 319: Why Our Plans Need More Margin
Margin is space—the space between and around.
There is the margin of a page, of course. And there is the margin around the border of a forest. There’s also the margin in your business–the s…
00:24:02 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
EP 318: Writing The 2nd Draft With Sell From Love Author Finka Jerkovic
In This Episode:
* What Sell From Love author Finka Jerkovic learned from the process of writing her book’s first draft* How she determined what problem the book was solving* Why her writing …
00:46:13 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
BONUS: Finding Your Podcasting Rhythm With The Standout Podcast Club
Flow. Rhythm. Consistency.
These are all words we want to associate with how we do our work, but so rarely can we actually describe a week or even a day as flowing, rhythmic, or even posse…
00:46:05 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
EP 317: Leveraging LinkedIn With The Pocket PhD Founder Emily Crookston
In This Episode:
* How The Pocket PhD founder Emily Crookston started leveraging LinkedIn after the pandemic threw a wrench in her public speaking plans* Why she went from posting spontaneous…
00:39:50 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
EP 316: Planning For Parental Leave With Startup Society Founder Gillian Perkins
In This Episode:
* How Startup Society creator Gillian Perkins prepared for her recent parental leave* What her normal 20-hour workweek looks like and how she adapted that as she was working …
00:37:45 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
EP 315: How I’m Planning For 2021 at What Works & YellowHouse.Media
In This Episode:
* What Works founder Tara McMullin shares how she’s planning for 2021 at both What Works & YellowHouse.Media, as well as how she’s allocating her resources to better serve he…
00:31:08 |
Tue 05 Jan 2021
EP 314: Discovering Who You Want To Become With Modern Leaders Co-Founder Melissa Emler
In This Episode:
* How Modern Learners Chief Learning Office, Melissa Emler, grew to meet the challenge her business faced leading thousands of educators through adapting to online learning* …
00:50:50 |
Tue 22 Dec 2020
EP 313: Focusing On What You Can Control With Co-Creating Inclusion Founder Alethea Fitzpatrick
In This Episode:
* How Co-Creating Inclusion founder Alethea Fitzpatrick navigated this year by focusing on what she could control and letting go of what she can’t* How she took care of herse…
00:57:41 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
EP 312: Surfing The Ebbs & Flows with The Change Agency Founder Valerie Black
In This Episode:
* How coach & strategist Valerie Black led herself through a year of ups & downs* The practices she uses to find her center and stay present—so she doesn’t end up “future-tri…
00:46:54 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
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