348: How to Move Up, with Bonni Stachowiak

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She joins me monthly to respond to listener questions.

Questions

• Emily asked about strategies for growing her career while planning for a future family.
• Patrick asked our advice on how to communicate effectively when multiple cultures are represented in the room.
• Scott wondered about the best ways to transition to leading an accounting team, without having that expertise himself.
• Jennifer asked how she could move up into an executive position.
• Brian wanted to know what he could do to prevent managers from venting to their employees.

Resources Mentioned

• Mind the (Wage) Gap from HBR Women at Work
• slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations* by Nancy Duarte
• Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery* by Garr Reynolds
• Slidedocs
• Slideuments
• So Good They Can’t Ignore You* by Cal Newport

Related Episodes

• How to Listen When Someone Is Venting, with Mark Goulston (episode 91)
• How to Make Deep Work Happen, with Cal Newport (episode 233)
• How to Influence Cross-Culturally, with Erin Meyer (episode 286)
• Notice and Change Dysfunctional Culture, with Jonathan Raymond (episode 327)
• The Path to Start Leading Your Team, with John Piñeiro (episode 349)
• How to Create a Team Vision (MemberCast 4)

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