Best With Pamela Chelsea Podcasts (2024)

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Cultural Production during the Ming-Qing Transition: A Conversation with Professor Lynn Struve 56:10

2M ago56:10

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The Ming-Qing transition was an extremely chaotic time in Chinese history. Millions died of warfare, pestilence, or starvation, and millions more were displaced. Yet despite all these issues, this was also a period of cultural production, which has often been overlooked as people focus on the wars, famine, and climate change that pervaded this peri…

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Professor Pamela Crossley on History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology 48:18

1y ago48:18

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The Qing Empire (1636-1912) ruled over one of the largest land empires in the world. Its territories encompassed not only what is considered today to be China proper and Manchuria, but also Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia. Its subjects were composed of people belonging to different identities, of which Manchu, Han, Mongol, Tibetan, and later Uighur b…

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The Maritime Kingdom of the Zheng Family: An Interview with Professor Xing Hang 54:26

1+ y ago54:26

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The fall of Beijing in 1644 did not immediately put an end to the Ming Dynasty. For almost half a century, Ming pretenders and loyalists in the south warred with the Manchus. One of the most prominent Ming loyalist factions was the Zheng family regime based in Fujian and Taiwan. Founded by the pirate-merchant Zheng Zhilong, the enterprise reached n…

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Professor Maura Dykstra on Her New Book ”Uncertainty in the Empire of Routine: The Administrative Revolution of the Eighteenth-Century Qing State” (Governing China, Part 2) 37:38

1+ y ago37:38

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Professor Maura Dykstra of Caltech joins us today to talk about her new book titled Uncertainty in the Empire of Routine: The Administrative Revolution of the Eighteenth-Century Qing State. According to the publisher, the book "investigates the administrative revolution of China’s eighteenth-century Qing state. It begins in the mid-seventeenth cent…

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The Ming Bureaucracy and its Practices: A Conversation with Professor Chelsea Wang (Governing China, Part 1) 48:29

1+ y ago48:29

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China has a long bureaucratic history and tradition, and the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was no exception. The Ming was one of the largest empires in the world at the time and it established a large and complex bureaucracy to govern it. In this episode, Professor. Chelsea Wang talks to us about some of the bureaucratic practices, which might seem stra…

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Reimagining and Transforming How People Work Together with Brian Elliott and Helen Kupp 40:16

1+ y ago40:16

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In today’s episode, I talk to Brian Elliott and Helen Kupp, who both work at the popular workspace and team communication app, Slack. They share how the pandemic allowed them to see an opportunity for growth and reimagine and transform how people work together with their latest project - Future Forum. Future Forum is a consortium that will help com…

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The Ming in the Southwest: Conquest, Rule, and Legacy 39:23

1+ y ago39:23

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In 1381, Ming armies marched into Yunnan and Guizhou and within a year had deposed the Mongol Yuan's Prince of Liang, who had been enfeoffed there by the Yuan court. The Hongwu's emperor's decision to annex Yunnan and Guizhou and establish Ming administration there was unusual, for before the Mongols conquered it in the mid-1250s, the area had neve…

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How to Approach a Shifting Workplace as an HR Leader with Abby Payne 24:00

2y ago24:00

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In today’s episode, I talk to Sailpoint’s Chief People Officer Abby Payne. Abby has been with Sailpoint since 2011, having created the company's original people team, including driving a differentiated employee experience and a globally recognized organizational culture. Abby's strong drive to attract and retain the best talent in the industry has …

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The Intersection Between Well-being and Work with Traunza Adams 38:20

2y ago38:20

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In today’s episode, I talk to a chief people officer expert with over twenty years of experience in human resource leadership. Traunza Adams has made the transition from HR and people management to working for herself in her family’s philanthropic pursuits. In her current role, she's overseeing the distribution of scholarships for individuals who h…

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How to Navigate The Hybrid Work Model with Jeanine Boyle 28:58

2y ago28:58

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In today’s episode, I talk to a talent acquisition expert who talks about employee wellness, moving from global enterprises to smaller startups, and what the future of the workplace looks like. Jeanine Boyle is the Chief People Officer at Zelis. Jeanine has more than 20 years of leadership experience in human resources and has worked in companies l…

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Professor Joanna Waley-Cohen on New Qing History 38:28

2y ago38:28

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Since the 1990s, the New Qing History school has loomed large in the study of the Qing dynasty. It has greatly informed not only the study of the Qing but study of other dynasties as well. Yet what exactly is New Qing History? What is "new" about it? How did it come into being? How was it received in China and the West? To answer these questions, w…

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Why Thinking Globally Is the Key to a Healthy Workplace with Pamela Mattsson 34:34

2y ago34:34

34:34

Being able to show up as your authentic self is something that lots of organizations talk about, but few have made possible. Enter Outreach - a company that enables people to accelerate their revenue strategy with a CMS platform powered by AI-driven insights. Pamela Mattsson, VP of People and Organizational Development at Outreach. Pamela shares ho…

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How to Manage Your Time Successfully 20:42

2y ago20:42

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In today’s episode, we are doing things a little differently by hosting a panel with industry experts who are Marlow coaches and have a lot to say on the super popular subject of time management. Marlow coaches are certified coaching experts in manager and leadership development who focus on combining traditional ICF coaching techniques with best p…

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An Innovative Approach to Performance Management with Tim Russell 35:56

2y ago35:56

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Performance excellence in many organizations looks like a continuous process where people understand that coaching, feedback, and checking in through conversations are one of the ways that continuous performance management occurs. Tim Russell is the head of learning and development at Magic Leap, an augmented reality company with the goal to influe…

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Wang Yangming and the School of Mind: An Interview with Professor George L. Israel 55:58

2y ago55:58

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Wang Yangming 王陽明 (born Wang Shouren 王守仁, 1472-1529) is one of the most famous pre-modern Chinese intellectuals and the founder of the School of Mind (心學) of Neo-Confucianism, which was hugely influential in the later half of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to being philosopher, he was also an accomplished statesman, military leader, and calligrapher…

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Trends in Talent Recruitment and the Hiring Experience with Kevin Grossman 41:26

2y ago41:26

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This subject of how to create a great candidate experience is something that is relevant to every hiring manager today. As shifting work environments change, the introduction of EDI becomes standard across companies and more employees seek benefits outside traditional compensation, hiring managers need to know what it takes to create a great candid…

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Leading Culture Change in a Large Organization with Badia Rebolledo, CPO at Krispy Kreme Mexico 42:21

2y ago42:21

42:21

Multinationals are great organizations to be involved in when it comes to learning the SOPs of your field, however startups offer a unique approach to work culture, SOPs and learning opportunities. Regardless of the level, when it comes to managing people it takes a lot of work, experience and trial and error. Meet Badia Rebolledo, Chief People Off…

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Diplomacy, War, and Interstate Order in the Late 13th century East Asia: A Reconsideration of the Mongol Invasions of Japan 34:47

2y ago34:47

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The two Mongol-Yuan invasions of Japan (1274 and 1281) were important events in Japanese history. The two typhoons that destroyed the Mongol fleet, known as "divine wind," (shinpū 神風, better known today as kamikaze) would forever be etched into Japanese historical memory, directly influencing the so-called kamikaze suicide bombers of World War II. …

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What is Coaching with Chelsea Seid 5:35

2y ago5:35

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Coaching has become this really popular, super interesting, ubiquitous term that, because it's used so commonly, almost means nothing. Coaching in a leadership and lifestyle sense is really a partnership where two equals discuss challenges and come up with solutions to these problems. Coaches are there to serve as a guide and create structures for …

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Rediscovering and Reconnecting: The Intellectual Exchange of Hui Muslims in the 19th and 20th Centuries 56:41

2y ago56:41

56:41

In the study of 19th and 20th century Chinese history, there is often focus on the intense Christian missionary activities happening in China. Yet at the same time, members of China's Hui (or Sino-Muslim) community were also beginning to reconnect with their co-religionists overseas. Armed with knowledge of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu and trained in …

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Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Encounters from the 1st to the 9th Century 45:30

2y ago45:30

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In this prequel to our first interview, UCLA Ph.D. student Greg Sattler talks about the diplomatic/tribute embassies that peoples and polities from the Japanese Archipelago dispatched to China from the 1st to the 9th centuries. While Japanese tribute embassies to China mainly evoke the missions that Japan dispatched to Tang China in the 8th and 9th…

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New Narratives on the Late Ming Military: An Interview with Professor Kenneth Swope 50:46

2y ago50:46

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For a long time, Ray Huang's influential book 1587: A Year of No Significance has colored our imagination of the Late Ming, painting the Ming as a state that was stagnant and in decline. Traditional historiography usually focuses on the poor finances of the Ming state, its inability to pay troops, its poor military performance against the peasant r…

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Feeding and Supplying the World’s Largest City: The Environmental Impact of Northern Song Kaifeng 41:58

2+ y ago41:58

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The Northern Song (960-1127) capital city of Kaifeng (also known as Bianjing or Dongjing) was the largest city in the medieval world. Its population surpassed the previous capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang and dwarfed contemporary world cities such as Baghdad and Constantinople. At its peak, Kaifeng boasted a population of well over a million people…

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The Mongol-Yuan Conquest of the Southern Song 34:27

2+ y ago34:27

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We hope everyone had a good Christmas! In this episode, Yiming Ha will give an introduction to the forty-four year war between the Mongol-Yuan and the Southern Song. This was one of the longest wars the Mongols had to fight against an adversary and the Southern Song was among the states that put up the longest resistance against the Mongols. This t…

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The Benefits and Challenges of Leading a Transatlantic Team with Ciara Lakhani 26:08

2+ y ago26:08

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Developing a Culture of Feedback with Kristen Dean-Hayward 31:29

2+ y ago31:29

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Many companies are now recognizing that the future of return to work and the culture of organizations are changing in light of the pandemic. Superhuman, a company focused on creating an optimized and tailored email experience, has approached the return to work and inner office culture differently since the pandemic. Kristen Dean-Hayward, head of pe…

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The Tributary System and Chosŏn-Ming Relations: A Conversation with Professor Sixiang Wang 46:43

2+ y ago46:43

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In our previous episodes, the term "tributary system" has come up a few times, yet we've never had the opportunity to explain what exactly it is. To better shed light on this topic, and as part of our exploration of Chinese diplomacy, we interviewed Professor Sixiang Wang, an Assistant Professor of Korean history at UCLA who specializes in the dipl…

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King Kwong Wong on Koryŏ Korea Under Mongol-Yuan Domination 36:46

2+ y ago36:46

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In 1231, Mongol forces invaded the Korean Peninsula, beginning almost three decades of warfare against the Koryŏ Kingdom. In 1258, the Koryŏ court finally surrendered and the kingdom became a part of the Mongol Empire. King Kwong Wong, an independent scholar who specializes in the relationship between the Mongol-Yuan and Koryŏ, joins us to give a b…

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New Perspectives on the Zheng He Voyages: A Conversation with Sean Cronan 36:16

2+ y ago36:16

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In this episode, Sean talks about some of the new scholarships and perspectives on the famous Zheng He voyages. Zheng He is widely known to history as the eunuch admiral who led several large-scale voyages to Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. For many Chinese, the story of Zheng He and his travels to the Indian Ocean (鄭和下西洋) is often seen as a s…

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Talent Development in the Remote Workplace with Chris Tobin 31:53

2+ y ago31:53

31:53

Traditional models of scaling businesses focus on quick and rapid growth that overlooks the importance of talent acquisition and retention. Chris Tobin, Senior Vice President of People at Intercom, shares his philosophy on talent development, the role leadership plays in company growth, and why companies need to adopt a people perspective. In this …

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The Rise of Merchants: Maritime Sea Trade in East Asia in the 10th to 12th centuries 29:04

2+ y ago29:04

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In our very first episode, Greg talks about some aspects of his research on the growing role of Chinese merchants in the East Asian sea trade between the 10th to 12th centuries. Diplomacy from the 7th to 9th centuries was dominated by official embassies that neighboring states dispatched to the Sui-Tang courts, but after the fall of the Tang dynast…

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Using Data Driven Insights to Improve Employee Engagement with Mark Gundacker 30:03

2+ y ago30:03

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Talent development and HR is facing a new era a year and a half after the global pandemic started. What do experts believe is the future of the working world? With over 25 years of experience covering a breadth of industries and human resources, Mark Gundacker, current Chief of People Officer at MetroMile shares his thoughts on employee satisfactio…

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The Future of Work, Culture in a Remote Environment, and Effective Onboarding with Nolan Church 32:41

2+ y ago32:41

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The labor market is changing, especially in the field of venture-backed startups. There are more well-funded companies than there ever were before. While the capital exists, it’s harder for companies to seek qualified individuals to fill the roles especially and these companies begin to scale up and many are hesitant about compensating fairly. Ente…

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Developing Employees Remotely with Gitlab's Head of Remote, Darren Murph 37:07

2+ y ago37:07

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The COVID 19 pandemic has been the catalyst for considerable changes and upheaval in how businesses are run. As a result, many of us have had to adapt to the world of remote work practically overnight, with hardly any preparation. This is not the case for GitLab, which has been a remote company for over a decade. In fact, they were so advanced in t…

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Return to Work, Vaccine Mandates and Big Tech with Protocol Journalist Allison Levitsky 20:13

2+ y ago20:13

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Return to work policies are continually in flux in the face of continued uncertainty. No matter what industry you work in, you are likely to look at how big tech is approaching these decisions to see what you can do in your business. Today, Allison Levitsky, Protocol journalist, joins us. Allison covers workplace issues in big tech and has been at …

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How to Write a Great Resume in Today's Post-Pandemic World with Leet Resumes’ Marc Cenedella 35:47

2+ y ago35:47

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Today’s guest is Marc Cenedella, the Founder and CEO of Leet Resumes, as well as the Founder and CEO of Ladders Inc., the community for $100,000+ careers. Marc is a nationally renowned thought leader on careers, career management, and recruiting. He is frequently sought out by national media organizations for his expert commentary on employment and…

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A Grassroots Approach to Employee Engagement with Jackie Shyman Holt 29:31

3y ago29:31

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Grassroots change requires a lot of trust, and it takes a lot more effort around communication, engagement, and ‘buy-in’ than simply barking out orders! Today’s guest is Jackie Shyman Holt, the Head of Human Resources at 7 For All Mankind. Jackie has more than 20-years’ experience in all aspects of HR, including transformational leadership and chan…

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Prioritizing Needs in Learning and Development with Sunita Arora 32:09

3y ago32:09

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Learning and development plays a vital part in the efforts of any business to level up. Today we are joined by Sunita Arora, the Head of Learning and Development at GE Digital. Sunita is a learning and development strategist with over 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies in Silicon Valley startups. She is known for her global l…

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Coaching Trends: Where today’s managers are focusing their time and energy with Bhavna Chadalavada 26:53

3y ago26:53

26:53

As a Marlow coach, Bhavna Chadalavada has inside information as to what is going on in the minds of company managers at this moment in time. The COVID-19 pandemic has been responsible for a large amount of change in all facets of life and business. In today’s conversation, Bhavna provides us with examples of the challenges that managers are experie…

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Taking an Agile Approach to Employee Experience and Talent Development 36:34

3y ago36:34

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Today’s guest is Amber Russell, joining us from Dutchie. Amber is leading the talent management in programs at Dutchie but has been part of the talent development teams at a few other notable companies, including Pegasystems and Vistaprint. As a key leader in talent and experience, her focus is on enabling innovative and unique employee experiences…

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Creating Space for Sensitive Strivers with Melody Wilding 36:03

3y ago36:03

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In today’s episode, we welcome to the show Melody Wilding, executive coach, human behavior expert, and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. Melody helps sensitive leaders escape self-doubt and overcome impostor syndrome and, in this conversation, she shares that, while being highly attuned to yo…

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Forecasting the Future of Talent Development Beyond the Pandemic with Dropbox Leader, Megan Bickle 51:21

3y ago51:21

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant talent management challenges, including hiring freezes and layoffs, a sudden shift to remote work, and increased employee stress and burnout. This week, we welcome Megan Bickle, Head of Talent and Performance Management at Dropbox. We discuss how organizations can rethink how work gets done, navigat…

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Transitioning from an Individual Contributor to a Manager of Managers 36:17

3y ago36:17

36:17

The exciting process of growing a company rapidly can easily become an unmanageable beast if the right systems and values are not in place from the beginning. Today on Leveling Up we are joined by Kristen Wiley, who is the Founder and CEO of Statusphere, a company that has gone from strength to strength in its young lifespan. We hear from Kristen a…

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Leadership Brand with Chelsea Seid 29:14

3y ago29:14

29:14

Our Host: Chelsea Seid, Co-Founder and COO of MarlowIn this episode, Chelsea Seid, Co-Founder and COO of Marlow, talks about what it means to develop a personal leadership brand and how you can develop a strong brand and truly live by it. Chelsea details steps you can take to shape the external perception of your leadership and leadership strategy,…

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The Changing World of Employee Benefits — with Jordan Peace (CEO of Fringe) 39:36

3y ago39:36

39:36

In this week's episode, Jordan Peace (Co-Founder and CEO at Fringe) shares the trends his team is seeing when it comes to helping more organizations gain access to flexible employee benefits.About Jordan:Jordan Peace is CEO of Fringe, a lifestyle benefits company. Hailing from the world of financial planning, Jordan co-founded Fringe in 2018 after …

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Redesigning Learning & Development with Nathan Knight (Better.com) 39:31

3+ y ago39:31

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Our Guest: Nathan Knight, Director of Performance Management & Learning and Development Better.comIn this episode, Nathan Knight, Director of Performance Management and Learning & Development at Better.com, speaks on how his team is approaching learning and development, as well as his views on how leaders can incorporate diversity, equity, and incl…

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Episode 21: Belonging and Inclusivity in the Workplace with Abadesi Osunsade 22:32

3+ y ago22:32

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Our Guest: Abadesi Osunsade, Founder & CEO of HustleCrewIn this episode, Abadesi Osunsade, Founder & CEO of HustleCrew, speaks her mind about how companies are approaching belonging and inclusivity in the workplace, specifically after the recent Black Lives Matter Movement, as well as what we can do to understand bias, foster inclusion, and support…

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What It Means to Be a Remote-First Company 37:50

3+ y ago37:50

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In this week's episode of Leveling Up, Mary speaks with three incredible industry leaders. Grant Goodale, the co-founder, and CTO at Convoy, a fully connected freight marketplace that uses machine learning and automation connect shippers and carriers. Neela Campbell, director of people and operations at HIMS and Hers, a telehealth service for men's…

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Episode 27: Accountability & COVID-19 w/ David Mann (Google)and Mary Fox (Marlow) 40:09

4y ago40:09

40:09

David Mann, People Partner at Google, joined us to discuss how leaders can hold their team members accountable while also being empathetic to shifting personal needs and priorities.By Leveling Up

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Episode 26: Professional Development During COVID-19 (Mary Fox & Chelsea Seid of Marlow) 38:32

4y ago38:32

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Episode 26: Professional Development During COVID-19 (Mary Fox & Chelsea Seid of Marlow) by Leveling UpBy Leveling Up

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