Kelly speaks to Melody Wilding, an executive and leadership coach, licensed social worker and a former researcher at Rutgers University. She is a professor of Human Behavior at Hunter College and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Business Insider. She has a new book, “Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from …

Kelly connects with Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz to discuss her new book “Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior.”    You open your book talking about the tiny village in Germany that you grew up in, where everyone knows everyone else’s business. What is that tiny village now?  “It’s now …

Kelly welcomes Scott Barry Kaufman back to the podcast to talk about his new book “Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential.”     To a certain degree, all of us can point to a trauma or disadvantage that was a setback, but at a certain point, don’t we …

Kelly connects with Raffi Grinberg, a business leader, author, and educator based in Washington, DC. When teaching at Boston College, Raffi created a popular class called “Adulting 101.” He’s turned the teachings from that class into the book, “How to Be a Grown Up.”   Does this book about adulting step from personal experience?  “When I …

Kelly talks to former Gap executive Abby Davison, who has co-written a book with legendary Stanford University Professor Myra Strober called, “Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life’s Biggest Decision”    I had an emotional response to the title of the book, “Money & Love,” probably because it was the title of an article about …

Kelly connects with CEO Wes Adams and Professor Tamara Myles about their new book, “Meaningful Work: How to Ignite Passion and Performance in Every Employee.”     It’s not often that the ‘Yes, And’ concept specifically shows up in one of our guest’s books.  “Well, as you know, we reference Second City actually multiple times in …