Looks Like Work
Welcome to Looks Like Work. After learning, succeeding, failing (a lot) and learning even more, I decided to do what I do best and ask lots of questions. In this podcast I’ll be exploring work, career, entrepreneurship and everything that makes for a fulfilling and joyful life through conversations, opinions and curated content. Looks Like Work is a podcast by Chedva Kleinhandler, a serial entrepreneur obsessed with the future of work, reading, politics and curiosity.
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Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
How do you celebrate big changes in your life? Olivia Howell is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fresh Starts Registry and March Lion Media. At Fresh Starts she helps people create registries for all their life milestones, not just weddings or having children.
In this conversation, we explore–
The importance of making hard decisions & the support we need to make them
How Olivia’s launched two businesses with her sister
Olivia’s career journey and what work looks like for her now
Divorce stories and sharing our personal lives online
Embracing an anti-shame, anti-judgment perspective to change
If you enjoy our conversation, please subscribe, rate & review the podcast wherever you listen. And subscribe to the Looks Like Work newsletter for more updates!
Links:
Visit the Fresh Starts Registry website
Follow Fresh Starts on Instagram and Facebook
Olivia & Chedva's recent faves: Somebody Feed Phil, Only Murders in the Building, Summer Breakdown by Colleen Temple
For more information on the course Olivia is launching, follow her & Chedva on Instagram @thedigitalyenta & @chedvakl
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
What do you do when you know what you want to do? This week I’m talking to sustainability consultant and founder Eliza Erskine about what work looks like for her.
Eliza Erskine is the founder of Green Buoy Consulting, a sustainability consultancy that provides ESG consulting, strategy and B Corp certification to high-growth companies. In this conversation, we talk about sustainability in all levels of our careers, businesses and lives. Together we explore–
What ESG is & why it matters
How Eliza got into corporate responsibility (even when no one else cared about sustainability)
The purpose of company values & how to implement them
Seasonality vs now-or-never thinking
Romanticizing “the one thing” in your work
Tips for managing your email inbox sustainably
If you enjoy our conversation, please subscribe, rate & review the podcast wherever you listen. And subscribe to the Looks Like Work newsletter for more updates!
Links:
Connect with Eliza on LinkedIn
Learn more about Green Buoy Consulting
Oldest daughter hotline
Free Time by Jenny Blake
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
How does failure help us grow? And how does not knowing something make us even more experimental? This week I’m talking to people ops expert Lisa Zaythik about what work looks like for her.
Lisa is the Chief People Officer and part of the founding team at AppsFlyer. In this conversation, we talk about career growth, start-up growth, and personal growth. Together we explore–
How Lisa transitioned from marketing to operations
The value of failure & challenging work
The importance of organizational culture
Envisioning the future of your work and the legacy of your company
Staying inspired while working hard
Social impact & social responsibility
If you enjoy our conversation, please subscribe, rate & review the podcast wherever you listen. And subscribe to the Looks Like Work newsletter for more updates!
Links:
Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn
Learn more about AppsFlyer
Watch Never Stop Dreaming on Netflix
Read No Room for Small Dreams by Shimon Peres
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
What does it mean to do less while following your passions? This week I’m talking to creative coach and workshop facilitator Anne Ditmeyer about what work looks like for her.
Anne is American by birth and French by hard work. Pulling inspiration from her design background, she guides people through creative experiences—which includes mapping on bananas—to get participants out of their head and looking at the world in new ways.
In this conversation, we look at the world in new ways through the lens of creativity & work. Together we explore–
Anne’s journey from designer to creative coach
How her blog & French bureaucracy inspired her career path
The power of doing less
The discomfort of failure and success
If you enjoy our conversation, please subscribe, rate & review the podcast wherever you listen. And subscribe to the Looks Like Work newsletter for more updates!
Links:
Visit Anne’s website
Read Anne’s blog Prêt à Voyager
Follow Anne on Instagram @pretavoyager
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Today’s episode is a little different than usual, because I’m getting personal and talking about suffering. This year has been hard for so many people, and I want to encourage all of us (myself included) to acknowledge our suffering and to admit that we might not be able to do our best work all the time.
This episode is for you if you’re feeling overwhelmed, upset, exhausted or in pain. I hope it resonates, and if it does please DM me on Instagram! I love talking to listeners.
Links:
The Gap - This American Life
Chedva's playlist for suffering
Yoga for Suffering - Yoga with Adriene
Color Me Loverly's TikTok
Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
How do you grow and challenge yourself without burning out?
This week I’m in conversation with Efrat Dagan. Efrat is the CEO and Founder of WorkAround, Strategic Talent Acquisition Services. Efrat has led Google Israel's Staffing for about a decade and managed the recruitment of six Google offices in Europe, including Israel, Russia and Northern Europe and Waze. Simply put: Efrat can help figure out your growth pains.
In this episode, we talk about—
What work looks like for Efrat
The value of doing more than one thing
Efrat’s career evolution at Google and beyond
The importance of partnerships & collaborations
Growing a business in alignment with your goals and energy
How the pandemic has changed work and employee experience
If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate & review the podcast wherever you listen. And subscribe to the LLW newsletter for more updates from Chedva!
Links:
Visit the WorkAround website (Hebrew)
Follow Efrat on LinkedIn
Do What You Love Mug
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
This week we’ve got another Rooms & Words team member on the podcast! Madison T. Clark is a content writer and social media strategist with over eight years of experience in the communications sector. She’s an avid traveler, a long-time remote worker, and a full-time freelance writer.
Together we talk about–
Madison’s freelance career & what work looks like for her
What “ the future of work” looks like right now
Cultivating a team of freelancers
How unrecognized work contributes to burnout
Learning to talk about money and conflict
Creating new opportunities for the next generation
If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate & review the podcast wherever you listen. And subscribe to the LLW newsletter for more updates from Chedva!
Links:
Visit Madison’s website
Connect with Madison on LinkedIn
Learn more about Rooms & Words
Mentioned in the episode: Nicole Antoinette, Refinery29 Money Diaries
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
What’s your relationship with productivity? Are you working to grow at all costs or are you centering ease & joy in your day-to-day?
Today I’ve invited Liron Lavi Turkenich back on the podcast to join me in conversation about our last episode with Jenny Blake and her book Free Time.
Together we talk about–
Reframing productivity so it’s not about growing at all costs
Creating systems that serve us
Letting go of the guilt we feel when time management tools don’t work for us
Writing ourselves permission slips to find our flow
How to find pockets of time to recharge
Liron shares so many amazing resources. You’ll definitely want to check out the links below, then please subscribe, rate & review the podcast wherever you listen. And subscribe to the LLW newsletter for more updates from Chedva!
Links:
Listen to Jenny Blake on episode 14 of Looks Like Work
Listen to Liron on episode 2 of Looks Like Work
Find Liron’s work & subscribe to her newsletter
Follow Liron on Instagram
Rahaf Harfoush
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
I love Jenny Blake’s book Free Time so much that my entire team is reading it together and implementing the ideas. So, as you can imagine, I am thrilled to have Jenny on the podcast today!
Jenny Blake is an author and podcaster who helps entrepreneurs move from friction to flow through smarter systems, powered by Delightfully Tiny Teams. She is the author of Pivot and Free Time, which just came out in March.
In this episode, we talk about–
The value of adding “founder time” to your week
How to help yourself & your team members work exclusively on things you love
Learning to delegate so you can earn twice as much in half the time
Building your business to grow with ease
I love this conversation so much. I hope you’ll listen and share it! Then tune in next week for a follow-up conversation with past podcast guest Liron Lavi Turkenich about how we’re implementing the book in our work and lives.
Links:
Find Jenny’s book & podcast at itsfreetime.com
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Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
What does it mean to you to start from scratch? How often have you done it in your career or life? This week I’m talking to Osnat Benari. Osnat is a product strategist and builder and an active mentor for startups and young professionals. She is the founder of Web3 strategy & creative agency DragonsCanFly and the author of Starting from Scratch, a book about managing change and making smart career choices.
In this episode, we talk about—
The three things you need to start from scratch
The importance of having a learning mindset
How to develop a personal board of directors
This conversation left me feeling so inspired to keep following my interests and starting from scratch. And now thanks to Osnat, I have a process to guide me.
Links:
DragonsCanFly
Starting from Scratch
Follow Osnat on LinkedIn
From Fraud to Freedom by Phyllis Njoroge
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