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Career Stewardship with Michael Melcher

Jun 29, 2022

There are coaches all around the world.  In this episode, we examine executive coaching and career development from the point of view of someone who practices in a different hemisphere.  Michael speaks with Ana Pliopas, Ph.D, a coach in Brazil who trained at the Hudson Institute, where Michael also did his coach...


Jun 8, 2022

Career progress isn't just about how competent or hard-working you are.  It can require the ability to attain and exert power within organizations.  This is a scary thing because power tends to have a bad rap.  You might think you can't attain it, or you might not want to attain it.  As our guest Michael Chang Wenderoth...


May 18, 2022

In this episode, we speak Lara Sullivan, the CEO of Pyxis Oncology, and a friend of Michael's of many years.  Lara has served as CEO since 2019 after roles at Pfizer, McKinsey & Co. and in private equity.  No slacker, she also has both MD and MBA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.  In this episode, we...


May 4, 2022

And we're baaaaaaaaack.  Michael took a break to write a manuscript and manage some other life and career things, but here we are.  We're kicking off this new season with an exciting Coaching Realness episode.  Jennie Nash, America's favorite book coach and writing entrepreneur, last seen in Episode 31, returns to the...


Oct 27, 2021

What is really goes on inside a mentoring relationship?  How do these unique relationships start, evolve, manage bumps along the road, and be useful to both parties?  In this episode, Michael is joined by Lauren Laitin, the founder of Parachute Coaching who is -- spoiler alert -- Michael's mentee.  They review the...