Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business Career

Cheri Gregov

Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction is the podcast designed for business professionals who want to excel with ease, get rewarded handsomely AND enjoy their work.  Master Coach and Executive, Cheri Gregov is sharing her intellectual property as a 20+ year business veteran trained and certified in neuroscience, a Wharton MBA of Strategy, Operations, & Entrepreneurship, and currently a Chief Operating Officer at a Fortune 500 company.  Her signature approach to proactively managing our careers is a mix of performance coaching, leadership development, business consulting, and life coaching. This C-suite executive is sharing secrets from inside the boardroom and delivering the direct career guidance and cutting edge thought leadership you won't hear anywhere else.  Tune in for the perspective, the strategies, and practical steps to unleash success in the office that spills over into health and relationships too. 

  1. Master Networking And Enjoy It

    6D AGO

    Master Networking And Enjoy It

    Networking. Cue cringe for most businesspeople. Networking can seem like a dreaded chore, uncomfortable, and inauthentic. In this episode, I will explain why and then how to embrace it, master it, and actually enjoy connecting with others.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: Common mindsets that tend to repel us from networking Constructive perspectives on networking that will inspire you to show up your best at the next eventStrategies in how to be most effective in networking for the best results  Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 5 - Mastering Relationships at WorkEpisode 20 - Leading In Our RelationshipsEpisode 30 - Managing UpEpisode 39 - Executive Presence Let's Connect: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster. Join my email list for weekly content to help you on your journey to Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction and be the first to receive invitations to my live events. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what brought me to the brink before my own career turnaround. Check out my clients' wins as evidence of what is possible for businesspeople everywhere. Choose which of their wins you will claim for your own. Read or listen to my book explaining how to choose your mindset and actions to create the exact results you want, available in hardcopy, e-book, and audiobook.Read my blog for weekly articles to inform your career journey.Message me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    30 min
  2. Free Up Time For What's Most Important

    OCT 3

    Free Up Time For What's Most Important

    In today's episode learn how to take back your calendar to free up time for what's most important. If you want to take your day by storm and rule the day, rather than it ruling you, tune in now. I unpack the problem behind the problem of our over-scheduled calendar, to resolve this dynamic at the root cause. See what is possible when you take the lead in how your time is spent. This is the solution to take control of your calendar and stay in power over your time.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: The top 3 symptoms experienced from an overloaded calendar to use as bright-line indicators that it's time for an upgradeHow to assess if the cost of your time and energy in your work is outweighing the benefits in terms of impact madeThe 4 most common root causes behind the problem of our overscheduled calendar and who or what we give our power to in each caseThe new, revolutionary mindset that you can adopt about your time, stewardship of your calendar, and you as the asset that shifts your perspectiveThe different outcomes available to you by working differently, with the new mindset and new actions adding up in a very big wayThe new approach and next steps you can take to free up time for what's most important and enjoy higher ROI on your effortsEye-opening revelations about our time and proven strategies to reclaim our calendar from my personal experience and that of my clients As Referenced In This Episode: Watch the full masterclass, Take Back Your Calendar, with the visuals and Q&A on the content for more insights. Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 7 - Ruthless PrioritizationEpisode 8 - Conquer the CalendarEpisode 12 - The Cause of BurnoutEpisode 36 - Multiply Time, Energy, Wealth, Health, & Success Let's Connect: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster. Join my email list for weekly content to help you on your journey to Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction and be the first to receive invitations to my live events. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what brought me to the brink before my own career turnaround. Check out my clients' wins as evidence of what is possible for businesspeople everywhere. Choose which of their wins you will claim for your own.Message me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    37 min
  3. Someone To Believe In You First

    SEP 26

    Someone To Believe In You First

    I am working with several new clients this month and has made apparent, once again, just how very unique our coaching relationship is. In today's episode, I will share the needs that we have as leaders and business professionals that aren't often met by our typical ecosystem of support. When new clients express relief and gratitude after just one hour together, it's because they recognize the value of having a trusted partner when facing their challenges.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: How the support we need as leaders is not usually met by our typical ecosystem of stakeholdersHow a zero judgment zone becomes a new benchmark, even for your self-talkWhy loneliness is so common for executives and how to establish trust in your confidantWhy scarcity of success can taint even well-intentioned well-wishersHow to borrow the belief from someone else while you find evidence to build your ownWhy audacious goals and your best interest being paramount, enable the feedback you need for successHow a rock solid, strong ear with practical actions coming out of every conversation, makes the difference in your results As Referenced In This Episode: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster.  Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 15 - Glass Ceilings ShatteredEpisode 25 - Why Engage A Coach and WhenEpisode 29 - Outside PerspectiveEpisode 42 - The Most Valuable HourEpisode 44 - All It Takes Is A New Career Strategy Let's Connect: Join my email list for weekly content to help you on your journey to Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction and be the first to receive invitations to my live events. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what brought me to the brink before my own career turnaround. Check out my clients' wins as evidence of what is possible for businesspeople everywhere. Choose which of their wins you will claim for your own. Read or listen to my book explaining how to choose your mindset and actions to create the exact results you want, available in hardcopy, e-book, and audiobook.Read my blog for weekly articles tMessage me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    29 min
  4. Life Is Short, Make It Count And Make It Sweet

    SEP 19

    Life Is Short, Make It Count And Make It Sweet

    We spend a lot of our waking hours working. It would be a shame if we didn't enjoy that time. We tell ourselves that we don't have a choice. We have to follow the overscheduled calendar in front of us, it's part of the job. That is not true and in today's episode, I explain why taking control back over how you spend your time is the fastest way to boost your satisfaction and empowerment. You can start seeing benefits this week.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: How we lose control of our calendar and become a taker of terms, both in how we manage our time and elsewhereWhy other things will expand to fill in any free time in our calendar does existWhich calendar personality we have and the associated lurking culprit that created it Real-life, relatable stories of how sacrificing all our time for work can backfireWhy taking control of our time is a great first mini-transformation in working our careers and living our lives by designThe unlock available to set our own vision and embrace our autonomy, because it's hard to love what you do and to love your life, if you don't love how you spend your daysWhat it would feel like when glancing ahead in our calendar to have butterflies of excitement and anticipation of what is to come  As Referenced In This Episode: Register for my free Masterclass: Take Back Your Calendar, to join live on September 30th or to receive the replay.Subscribe to my weekly email list to receive the calendar personality quiz and identify which culprit is responsible for stealing most of your time and energy.   Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 7 - Ruthless PrioritizationEpisode 8 - Conquer the CalendarEpisode 12 - The Cause of BurnoutEpisode 36 - Multiply Time, Energy, Wealth, Health, & SuccessEpisode 48 - Burnout vs Quiet Quitting and the Happy Middle-ground Let's Connect: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what brought me to the brink before my own career turnaround. Check out my clients' wins as evidence of what is possible for businesspeople everywhere. Choose whichMessage me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    27 min
  5. What To Do With The Nightmare Boss

    SEP 12

    What To Do With The Nightmare Boss

    Maybe you've got a new sheriff in town who has made you her new mark. Maybe you were just offered your dream promotion but they low-balled your compensation and your new boss says it's out of his control. Before you hit the eject button on your role because of your manager, listen to this episode to make an educated and unemotional decision on your next move.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: How our boss can become the scapegoat for our dissatisfaction with our workHow to handle a micro-manager and the key distinction to know that you are better off to move on to another roleHow to find peace with the manager who makes decisions based on emotions or politics, whether it relates to strategies or their verdict on people and whether they should be terminatedWhat to do when your manager is more concerned with following the unspoken rules and people-pleasing than making progressHow to recognize and respond when your manager has made you their mark and is set on having you move on, one way or anotherWhen your manager is missing emotional intelligence and empathy, how to cope and when to leaveThe specific mindset and strategy that prevents your manager's behaviors, decisions, and actions from limiting your career prospects and satisfaction Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 5 - Mastering Relationships at WorkEpisode 17 - People PleasingEpisode 20 - Leading In Our RelationshipsEpisode 30 - Managing Up Let's Connect: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster. Join my email list for weekly content to help you on your journey to Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction and be the first to receive invitations to my live events. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what brought me to the brink before my own career turnaround. Check out my clients' wins as evidence of what is possible for businesspeople everywhere. Choose which of their wins you will claim for your own. Read or listen to my book explaining how to choose your mindset and actions to create the exact results you want, available in hardcopy, e-book, and audiobook.Read my blog for weekly articles to inform your career journey. Message me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    32 min
  6. Celebrating Wins First

    SEP 5

    Celebrating Wins First

    Today we are discussing how to focus on wins, strengths, and benefits first, to calm our fight or flight stress response. Learn this simple yet powerful brain hack to start each day and use it before evaluating your performance in work and life. In this episode, I show you how to unlock more creativity and capacity for valuable innovation and growth.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: What it's like to start this new habit of celebrating wins first even if it may seem foreign to usThe basic human need that we feed by celebrating wins, and how gratitude can help us shake performance anxietyThe survival brain and the losing strategies it suggests when we slip into the fight or flight stress responseThe brain hack to shift yourself out of this stress response and survival mode for higher level thinkingThe top three situations where celebrating wins first will set you up for more successPractical steps for how to celebrate wins, channel gratitude, recognize sufficiency, and invite growth opportunitiesThe impact of living in breakthrough and celebration on those around us and in our legacy As Referenced In This Episode: Check out the wins celebrated by my clients here. Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 25 - Why Engage A Coach and WhenEpisode 10 - Maximizing Every OpportunityEpisode 4 - Embracing Continuous Improvement In Your CareerEpisode 40 - Consistency Makes The Difference In Your PracticeEpisode 21 - Harness The Power Of Your Mind Let's Connect: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster. Join my email list for weekly content to help you on your journey to Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction and be the first to receive invitations to my live events. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what brought me to the brink before my own career turnaround. Check out my clients' wins as evidence of what is possible for businesspeople everywhere. Choose which of their wins you will claim for your own. Read or listen to my book explaining how to choose yourMessage me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    28 min
  7. Lessons Leading At Work And At Home

    AUG 29

    Lessons Leading At Work And At Home

    As leaders, we are called to lead in both our professional and personal lives.  For two domains that tend to be pit against each other or that we feel we must compartmentalize, there are many parallels that we can recognize and use to our benefit.  Experiences and skills developed in our career can translate to the home, and vice versa.  In this episode, we explore these opportunities for better performance and satisfaction in the office and everywhere else. What You'll Learn From This Episode: How to create synergies in your leadership at the office and at homeWhy the current rhetoric about balancing work and life discourage us from finding the benefits of leading across domainsThe invisible work vortex that can strike at home and in the office plus the steps to halt or delegate itHow to halt martyrdom by taking on more than one person's workWhy micro-managing is a losing leadership style at work and at homeThe steps to set team members and household members up for success to thrive within the system at the office or at homeWhy investing in your team by providing training and coaching offers the best return on your effort and energy As Referenced In This Episode: Book your free Work / Life Audit to take stock and articulate your vision for your career and life as a first step to making it real Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 5 - Mastering Relationships at WorkEpisode 20 - Leading In Our RelationshipsEpisode 33 - Managing Horizontal Interpersonal ConflictEpisode 39 - Executive PresenceEpisode 45 - Delegate to Empower Let's Connect: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster. Join my email list for weekly content to help you on your journey to Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction and be the first to receive invitations to my live events. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what brought me to the brink before my own career turnaround. Check out my clients' wins as evidence of what is possible for businesspeople everywhere. Choose which of their wins you will claim for your own. Read or listen to my bookMessage me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    27 min
  8. Self Efficacy & Taking The Hill

    AUG 22

    Self Efficacy & Taking The Hill

    If you are facing a crucible moment in your career that could pivot everything, this episode is for you. When we are at a milestone in our work that could catapult us forward, it's time to lock in. Success at these times certainly builds our self-efficacy, but there are hacks to help tip the scale towards success now even ahead of that opportunity presenting itself. In fact, these steps are sure to usher in the pivotal milestone sooner rather than later.  As Referenced In This Episode: Book your free Work / Life Audit to take stock and articulate your vision for your career and life as a first step to making it realInstantly access your free download, 9 Steps To Build Self-Belief, to apply what was discussed in today's episode What You'll Learn From This Episode: The #1 ingredient necessary to take on that bold and audacious professional or personal goalHow stepping in to your boss' role, elevating your health and wellness goals, and closing the deal of a career serve as examples of setting bold goalsSpecific mindsets to practice to increase your probability of success including your unchanging identity, embracing challenge, and recasting past adversityNext steps you can take to increase your probability of success including time limits on self-pity and fighting reality and filtering feedbackHow to be decisive even with fear and even when it's time to cut our lossesThe skill of how to find the opportunity for every external development to work in our favorHow verbalizing your vision and taking small consistent action improves your probability of success Recommended Related Episodes: Episode 10 - Maximizing Every OpportunityEpisode 29 - Outside PerspectiveEpisode 34 - Follow Through Episode 35 - Vision Casting For Your Business & Career Episode 37 - Do The Uncomfortable Thing  Let's Connect: Book your complimentary Career Strategy Session with me to chart your course from where you are now, to the career you want, and decide whether to engage my coaching support to get you there faster. Join my email list for weekly content to help you on your journey to Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction and be the first to receive invitations to my live events. Connect with me on social for daily inspiration:Follow me on LinkedInFollow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TikTokSubscribe to me on YouTube For More Information: Watch the behind the scenes look at my own career journey, the twists and turns, and what broughMessage me your thoughts on this topic / episode here

    27 min

About

Peak Performance & Peak Satisfaction is the podcast designed for business professionals who want to excel with ease, get rewarded handsomely AND enjoy their work.  Master Coach and Executive, Cheri Gregov is sharing her intellectual property as a 20+ year business veteran trained and certified in neuroscience, a Wharton MBA of Strategy, Operations, & Entrepreneurship, and currently a Chief Operating Officer at a Fortune 500 company.  Her signature approach to proactively managing our careers is a mix of performance coaching, leadership development, business consulting, and life coaching. This C-suite executive is sharing secrets from inside the boardroom and delivering the direct career guidance and cutting edge thought leadership you won't hear anywhere else.  Tune in for the perspective, the strategies, and practical steps to unleash success in the office that spills over into health and relationships too.