316 episodes
The People Stack Podcast Jen Bunk
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We explore the intersection of Tech Leadership & Dream careers. We do this by creating inspiring podcasts - including interviews with amazing individuals in the tech leadership space.
Dr. Jen Bunk earned her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology (a.k.a. The Science of Work). She is a retired Associate Professor and an accomplished speaker & researcher. As the CEO of the People Stack, she’s used her decades of experience to coach hundreds of tech leaders to create their dream careers - and the dream lives that go with them.
Rob Allen (Jen’s husband) is a 20+ year software industry veteran who moved from IC to Leadership in 2010, where the focus has always been on helping the technical folks who worked for him live their best lives. In 2019, he broadened that to the tech community as a whole by joining Jen full-time at The People Stack as her Co-CEO.
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Guaranteed Career Success or Your Money Back!!! (just kidding)
There are no quick answers to complex problems - including career problems.
It’s never - “You just have to update your resume” or something similar.
Also, there are no guarantees in life so why should we offer guarantees to you?
In this episode, I explain exactly why we don’t offer money-back guarantees (like so many other coaches are doing right now)...
…and more importantly, I explain why embracing your own agency - your own badass power - is the key to your career success.
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April Wensel talks about Compassionate Coding, connection, assertiveness, and her real dream career
For this episode, Rob and I interviewed April Wensel, founder of Compassionate Coding.
We talked about:
What her mission at Compassionate Coding is
Why compassion is so important
How leaders can create more compassionate organizations
Connection, communication across differences, & assertiveness
The roles of suffering and intuition in building compassion
How mindfulness and spirituality are important pieces to the compassion puzzle
Her honest answer to “is this your dream career?”
Enjoy this multi-layered and useful episode!
Special Guest: April Wensel. -
Another Book for the Pile
It’s back-to-school time so let’s talk about books and online courses.
Let’s get serious about what they can and cannot do.
In this episode, I invite you to take an honest look at what you’re doing (and not doing) to intentionally create your dream tech career.
And ask yourself: Are those books and online courses REALLY helping?
Because they are NOT the key to career success.
In this episode, I talk about what that key is.
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Aviv Ben-Yosef talks about leadership as a profession, leadership training, and what REAL leadership experience looks like
In this episode of the People Stack Podcast, Rob sits down with author and consultant Avi Ben-Yosef to talk about:
smaller teams with smaller egos
leading teams worth leading
leadership as a profession
connecting tech teams more closely to business outcomes, and how that determines startup success
how you actually gather REAL experience (not just years or lines on your resume)
Enjoy this jam-packed episode!
Special Guest: Aviv Ben-Yosef. -
Josh Doody talks about fearless salary negotiation, transparency, pay bands, and financial freedom
For this episode, Rob and I interviewed Josh Doody, a self-employed Salary Negotiation Coach who specializes in helping high earners get paid what they’re worth.
We talked about:
Fearless Salary Negotiation
Pay Bands
Revealing Your Salary History
Salary Transparency
His money beliefs and definition of financial success
Why being a Salary Negotiation Coach is his dream career
Enjoy this informative and eye-opening episode!
Special Guest: Josh Doody. -
Your Career is Worth Way More Than $5M
What’s your career worth?
In this episode, I crunch some numbers to show why it’s worth way more than $5M.
And more importantly, I address why this is so important.
Spoiler alert: Many of you are not giving your career it’s due attention.
I talk about how to fix that.
Tune in right now!