The People Stack Podcast
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.
Episodes
April 21, 2024 • 25 mins
I don’t want you to waste your time or energy while you’re on the job market for a tech leadership job.
So, in this episode, I talk about a mistake many of our clients make when they start working with us: They go on interviews that they shouldn’t be!
I understand it’s hard to be on the job market and you want to do SOMETHING to move the process forward, but trust me, going on interviews just because you were invited is a waste of...
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April 14, 2024 • 33 mins
How do you advance in your tech career without feeling overwhelmed?
In this episode, I define what overwhelm is as well as some of the (sneaky) ways it can show up in your life.
And, I share 2 practical tools that you can start implementing today so that you can shift from an emotional home of overwhelm…
…to an emotional home of quiet stillness, flow, and peace.
Enjoy!
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March 30, 2024 • 33 mins
Stop fighting, striving, pushing, and enduring my friends!!!
It’s time to make $hit happen without the forcing struggle.
In this episode, I talk about why slowing down is essential to manifesting your career goals.
And I give you two practical and tactical tools so you can translate this into real, everyday life.
Enjoy the journey of slowing down and relaxing into your dreams - and watch them manifest even more easily and effortles...
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March 8, 2024 • 29 mins
What are the most powerful moves one needs to make as a new director (manager of managers) to generate momentum?
A client recently asked us this and I answer it on this podcast!
I share the 5 most important actions to take if you’re new to an organization and want to create a massive, sustainable impact as a leader of leaders.
I encourage all of you to listen and apply these battle-tested leadership principles.
Enjoy!
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February 29, 2024 • 27 mins
It’s nucking futs right now in the tech world.
Layoffs, job search mayhem, hiring chaos…it’s all there.
AND, I want you to tap into your inner fortitude - your inner power - even now.
In this episode, I give you a practical tool that’s zero-cost and takes less than 5 minutes to implement.
It’ll help you thrive amidst the chaos so that you can continue on the path towards your dream career.
Check it out right now!
P.S. If you want M...
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Rob interviewed Dan Pickett, President and Founder of Launch Academy and LaunchWare.
They talked about:
* The Launch Academy apprenticeship model and why it works
* What Dan learned about the best ways to prepare engineers for future jobs
* Why high-pressure techniques for training engineers fail
* What’s wrong with Computer Science Education
* Weaving a positive cultural fabric of trust for developers and leaders
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February 11, 2024 • 25 mins
What’s in your blind spots? And how do you even find them?
I show you how in this episode.
I show you how to begin to leverage your internal guidance so that you can see what you’ve previously not seen.
This is going to help you build an even more powerful mindset, make even more mission-aligned decisions, take more inspired actions, and create your dreams!
Pay very close attention to this one!
Check it out right now.
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February 1, 2024 • 29 mins
Yes, I said it. Stress is a gift.
In this episode, I show you how to embrace whatever stress you’re feeling, see the gift in it, and turn that into powerful career decisions and actions.
And I promise the process I share is not the usual “just accept it” mumbo jumbo.
We all feel stressed so I know every one of you is going to get value out of this one.
Check out this episode right now!
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January 25, 2024 • 32 mins
How do you create a powerful resume that significantly increases your chances of landing your Hell Yes job?
In this episode, we show you by revealing our top 10 pieces of terrible resume advice.
I also explain why they’re terrible so you can start applying powerful, sustainable, proven strategies for creating your dream career.
Check this one out right now!
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January 18, 2024 • 42 mins
Ready to take action in an entirely new way?
In a way that’s sustainable, fun, fulfilling, and full of impact on the other side?
To do this, you must first understand the paradox of action.
In this episode, I explain what that is and what your next action should be to create your dream career and dream life.
Enjoy this very practical episode filled with proven exercises to help you take the best actions possible!
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January 10, 2024 • 27 mins
It’s time to soar towards your career goals in 2024!
How? By applying this principle:
Action beats motivation
What does this mean and how do you apply it in YOUR career so that you can finally create the tech career you truly deserve?
Check out this podcast right now!
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December 13, 2023 • 37 mins
It’s hibernation season.
It’s also the season to prepare for massive growth in the new year.
In this episode, I define exactly what I mean by “hibernate” and “hyperspace.”
I also give you several practical and tactical tools so you can begin making micro-habit changes starting TODAY!
MASSIVE transformative changes are coming in 2024. Are you ready for them? ;)
Listen to this one right now to prepare!
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December 5, 2023 • 106 mins
For this episode, Rob and I interviewed Jason Silver. He’s a startup advisor and his new book, “Quietly Crushing It” is coming out in Summer 2024. We talked about:
Finding joy in doing the hard things - while you deliver MORE (not less) value
Why your dream job is not something you “win,” it’s a practice
How to add agency to everything you do as a leader
Assumptions about sales - what it is and what’s it’s not
Feedback: the good, t...
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November 28, 2023 • 35 mins
How many more “drop everything!” crises can you handle right now?
It’s probably your current load minus 1 (or minus 10).
We live in an era of surrounded by overwhelm.
And it’s overwhelming!
How do you handle it like a badass leader so that you can intentionally create your dream career and dream life?
Check out this episode for a simple, zero-cost, 3-step process that you can do TODAY to start optimizing your response to stress.
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For this episode, Rob and I interviewed Shobana Radhakrishnan, Senior Director of Engineering at Google TV.
We talked about:
* Overcoming feeling “stupid” and asking “dumb” questions at large group meetings
* Why women employees don’t need crutches
* Building a culture of psychological safety (no, it doesn’t happen by accident)
* Why taking ownership is the key to career and leadership growth
* Why training job interviewers is of ...
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November 14, 2023 • 32 mins
Online courses - even with the best intentions - are self-improvement theater.
And there’s nothing wrong with theater! What’s important is to understand what it can and cannot do for you.
In this episode, I take a deep dive into online learning - what its value REALLY is, what it’s not, how to set yourself up for success when you take courses, and most importantly what to do AFTER.
Grab your favorite note-taking tools and cuddle u...
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For this episode, Rob and I interviewed Kathy Sebuck, Founder/CEO of Marchitecture and author of Waves of Change: Growth Mindset Tools for Connected Balance.
We talked about:
-What is a growth mindset and how do we know we’ve achieved it?
-Why discovering our core values is so important
-How to avoid weaponizing mindfulness and positivity
-Why being color blind to red flags might be ruining your life
-What adulting REALLY means (n...
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October 31, 2023 • 30 mins
Some red flags are truly useless - like that colleague who always sends emails with “asap” in them and it’s never truly an emergency.
But others are helpful. And if you ignore these red flags, your career will suffer.
How do you know what red flags you’re ignoring that you shouldn’t be?
And why bother, anyway? Why is it so important to be aware of what we’re tolerating?
I explain all of this in this episode so that you can have a ...
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For this episode, Rob and I interviewed Dave Sobel, the host of the Business of Tech podcast (https://www.businessof.tech/).
We talked about:
The ins and outs of managed service providers (MSPs) and why they’re relevant to a growing number of people (yes, even you)
Why the intersection of business and tech is the key to success for so many tech folks
How to move from being a cost center to being a revenue generator
The importance o...
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October 17, 2023 • 31 mins
Even if it’s well-meaning, advice can be harmful.
This goes for both giving and receiving advice.
Why is it harmful and what do you do instead?
I want you to empower yourself and others w/out treating them like robots…
...while you co-create all of the marvelous work & career & life outcomes you desire!
Check this one out right now!
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