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As we wrap our series in partnership with the University of Minnesota about facing and addressing racism in the workplace, our guests share ideas for how to continue to normalize the behaviors that will drive more equity and less bias.

As we continue our exploration into how race and bias impact our work experience, we talk with Bruce and Ryan about their experience with typecasting themselves into the same roles repeatedly and how that might inhibit professional growth.

Aileen and Elli talk with Lynn Farmer and Terry Harris about the experiences they've had with mentors and allies. Lynn and Terry share great insights that will help anyone in a leadership role or early in their career.

In partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, we are honored to have hosted a virtual event on June 25th, featuring students of the Carlson School as well as professionals from our community to come together and share knowledge and experiences that we will all be able to learn from.

This week, our guest Eri O'Diah shares a few of her experiences of being the youngest and only black person at work early in her career. Today, she runs a marketing company that she founded - but she still carries some of the damage that was done by corporate abuse.

Elli chats with Aaron Keller, founder of Capsule Design in Minneapolis, about the importance and tactics of networking - especially if you can't meet in person.

Elli has a conversation with Jeff Gothelf, author of Lean UX and Sense & Respond. Jeff has a new book coming out called Forever Employable, and it's a timely subject as our unemployment rate continues to climb during the COVID crisis.

Elli has a chat with Randi Myhre, a talent recruiter in technology, to get some tips about using recruiters and starting a job search in the midst of the Covid Crisis.

Aileen and Elli have a conversation with a human performance coach, resiliency expert, award winning author on the essential tools in the self advocacy tool kit. Jenny Evans, founder and CEO of Powerhouse Performance shares her insights on the role of alter egos (wait for it, she has one and you’re gonna want one too) and inner mentors in self advocacy and engagement.

Elli and Aileen talk with a former executive and head of merchandising at a Fortune 50 company about her experiences as a younger person in her career and her perspective now as a mentor and coach. Trish shares a unique view both as an ahead-of-her-time female leader and as a happily retired woman with lots of great hindsight...as expected, she talks about self awareness as a foundation and shared a bonus hint to mentees-be direct with your mentors and leaders!

Aileen and Elli have a conversation with a small business owner about creating an engaging culture with loyal employees. Kate shares some of her more corporate what-not-to-do stories that helped shape her view of the company culture she wanted to create with her team.

Elli and Aileen talk to a long time corporate lawyer about the importance of self awareness, and ultimately authenticity, in picking the right moments to self advocate. Bob shares his perspective and stories from his own career navigating corporate and law firm cultures.

Aileen and Elli spend some time with Alana, who shares stories of advocating for herself and opening up new opportunities in her career and also shares stories of helping others form a team to help them cultivate self-awareness.

S2E1- LiveEpisode with Margaret Murphy & Charles Youel by Elli Rader

In this episode, we switched things up a bit and had our wonderful guest, Erinn Farrell, interview Josh about his first few months on the job as a manager. We get into coaching and management styles, and the ins and outs of performance reviews. Related Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinn-farrell-0518483 - Erinn on LinkedIn http://www.andrewbird.net/ - Andrew Bird

This is our first episode in our new seasonal format, where we take a deep dive with DangerJosh and his first six to eight months on the job as an enterprise support manager at Code 42. In this episode, we talk about how he knew he was ready to take this role on, and how he got help with the interview process. Related Links: http://dangerjosh.com - All things Danger More to come, including a reading list and a post about our podcasting equipment. Professional Humans theme is: “We All Know The Way (Instrumental)” by The Builders And The Butchers. With additional music "Barbarian" by Pierlo. These songs is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Builders_And_The_Butchers/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/10_Barbarian

We had a conversation with Brendon Schrader, Founder and CEO of Antenna Consulting based in Minneapolis. Brendon has a great story to tell about the path to finding a way to make your work and your life fit together, and the pitfalls along the way. Related Links: http://www.antennaconsulting.com/company - Antenna Consulting https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendonschrader - Brendon on LinkedIn https://twitter.com/BrendonSchrader - Brendon on Twitter

We had a conversation about where power comes from with one of our favorite professional humans, Mahtab Rezai. The lessons in here aren't going to hit you over the head with obviousness - but there are some concepts in here for you to start to explore about yourself, like the Where You Were Forged idea, that will help you understand how you present yourself in the workplace, and what kind of work community draws out the best in your abilities. Related Links: http://cruxcollaborative.com/consultants/mahtab-rezai/ - Crux Collaborative https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahtabrezai - Mahtab on LinkedIn https://twitter.com/ms_rezai - Mahtab on Twitter

We have been working on a new format for the podcast, and did an impromptu episode with superfan and PH alumnus (http://prohumans.com/episode-13-managing-humans-not-projects/)Mike Mason to get his reactions to it. We are pretty excited about it, and look forward to hearing from you all about it as we go down this path. Related Links: https://gimletmedia.com/show/startup/episodes/season/season-1/ - Startup, Season 1 https://gimletmedia.com/show/mystery-show/ - The Mystery Show http://thrillingadventurehour.com/ - The Thrilling Adventure Hour Professional Humans theme is: “We All Know The Way (Instrumental)” by The Builders And The Butchers. With additional music "Barbarian" by Pierlo. These songs is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Builders_And_The_Butchers/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/10_Barbarian

As part of our ongoing sub-series about Minimalism and our journey to reduce and simplify our lives, we invited Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch to come in and chat with us about his own journey and explorations into minimalism and, specifically, breaking the buying habits that are at the root of having too much stuff. Related Links: http://www.breakthetwitch.com/ - Break the Twitch http://www.becomingminimalist.com/ - Becoming Minimalist http://www.theminimalists.com/minsgame/ - Mins Game http://simplerev.com/ - Simple Rev https://www.niceridemn.org/ - Nice Ride MN http://hopeeffect.com/ - The Hope Effect (Josh Becker) Professional Humans theme is: “We All Know The Way (Instrumental)” by The Builders And The Butchers. With additional music "Barbarian" by Pierlo. These songs is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Builders_And_The_Butchers/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/10_Barbarian