Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
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049 - Future-proof your career!!
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
03/09/20 • 38 min
We’re all scared of our jobs being taken by robots, so let’s talk about the future of work and the skills you’ll need to get yourself there!
✏️ The wonders of writing shit **down**
😬 Penny shamelessly cross-promotes this very podcast, sorry
🔝 How do you figure out your career direction!?
🏅 Superstars and rockstars (from Radical Candor....again)
☠️ Dealing with negative comments on social media
💕 Mums on the internet....you know who you are!! We love you!
🙊 The many lolz of corporate speak: https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html
🤖 Say please and thank you to Siri
🧠 What are the mindsets you need to prepare for the FUTURE!!
📩 Penny’s newsletter AGAIN ;) https://mailchi.mp/189c5db78d87/pennyslinks?fbclid=IwAR2dFz3FcWsIYyHjJNmoVswmjob352zHLbvAgfH1oCEleTEMPsiRG8QSvAM
🍦What are your key soft skills, and how are you going to make the most of them?
🤸♂️ Parkour robot! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E
🎃 And creepy robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQXHEgjA
🥂 Next week is our FIFTIETH PODCAST EPISODE!!!!! Prepare yourself for some secrets and big reveals!
Thanks so much for listening!
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Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/
Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en
We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕
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007 - Saying no at work when you always say yes
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
03/31/19 • 55 min
Brittni’s drinking again and Penny is happy about it. In this fiery episode of Happy Hour, Brittni and Penny discuss how to say no to your boss, especially when you’re someone who always says yes. They also dive into the controversial debate, do you need to manage women differently than men in the workplace? If so, how? This episode is packed full of actionable advice, podcast recommendations and books you should be reading! Don’t forget to rate and review the podcast, and more importantly, share it with your friends!
Show Notes
👧🏼Brittni’s first alcoholic drink in....a while
👧🏻Penny was missed in the office this week
🎙Podcast Recommendation: How I Built This, episode with Jen Rubio from Away Luggage
🎙Podcast Recommendation: Hello* Monday with Tim Brown
💕Eileen Fischer is PURE CLASS
📚Book Recommendation: The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
👑How to know if you’ll be a great manager (Brittni reads an excerpt)
🎬Brittni’s content idea workshop
🚀The power of the co-creation effect
✅Always saying yes at work
📆The power of calendarizing your day
🙋🏽Should we manage women differently than men?
🦄 The meritocracy myth
🍌How to manage people who are more experienced than you
Resource of week! Ask a Boss from thecut.com
Got a question? Send us an email! [email protected]
Follow us on social medias! Instagram: @brittnibow and @vanta_blackmore
*Penny called it Happy Monday, but it’s actually called “Hello Monday” 😁
How we really feel about remote work, technology and tricky people - 056
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
06/03/20 • 41 min
Is remote work good or EVIL?! Do we all need to be a bit more tech savvy? And what’s the deal with difficult people? This week on Happy Hour, we dive into these topics and more in another rendition of that podcast that’s about work, but it’s actually a lot of chit chat... so actually it’s just like work!
Links:
Reversing the brain drain: why coronavirus could stop graduates moving to London
We refuse to link to Tiktok.
We’re so happy to be present in your ear holes. Have a wonderful week!
Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things!
Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected]
Follow us on the socials!
Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/
Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en
We’ll see you next time 💕
009 - Success, office politics, and being KEEN AS MUSTARD 🌭
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
04/16/19 • 49 min
We’re thrilled to be back in Penny’s kitchen (for the last time, we promise) this time a little tipsy and loving life. Have you ever lost sleep fretting about office politics? And what even ARE office politics?! You’ll be thrilled to know that Penny thinks there could actually be a good side to the whole office gossip thing! And also...is there such things as being too pumped about a job interview?! This and much, much more. You can’t hold us down!
Show notes:
🍷 We share one of life’s greatest pleasures
🏈 Brittni is ALWAYS thinking about goals
😂 One Britt’s all-time favourite comedians
🛍 Penny needs to get off Net-A-Porter
🇫🇷 We are going to Paris!!
👽 What if your job “doesn’t exist”?
💩 You truly cannot please everyone, and nor should you try
🌵 Penny is not chilled
📗 Proclivity = tendency towards
📘 Verbose = likes to use fancy words
🔪 Urgh, office politics. Is this for real?!
↑ In Australia we say “it rots from the top”
🤓 Getting a little **too** excited about your next role
Big thanks to our podcast producer and sound designer, Max Gosford. If you’d like Max to work on your podcast, you can get in touch with him here - [email protected] :D
Our resource of the week is an absolute killer - a proposal template that you can use for new clients or internal projects. Please, use and enjoy!
Got a question? Send us an email! [email protected]
And here's where you can follow us on the social medias! Instagram: @brittnibow and @vanta_blackmore 💖💖💖
051 - Wrestling with resilience + figuring out life as a freelancer 🤝
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
04/06/20 • 45 min
We're staying super on-theme this week, making sure we're covering topics that we think will be useful to you, our dear listeners. First, Penny shares a few tips on how to navigate the economic downturn if you're a freelancer. Secondly, we tackle resilience: how to bounce back from a crisis, how to be flexible, and how to be positive *enough*. We hope you feel good after this eppy!
🌱 School of Life's approach to resilience: 5 Reminders for Resilience
https://mailchi.mp/theschooloflife.com/61015?e=aafc8f5972
🍄 We only just read this one so we're adding it here for your perusal: How People Learn to Become Resilient
https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-secret-formula-for-resilience
💪🏾 Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on resilience: Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
Thanks so much for listening!
Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things!
Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected]
Follow us on the socials!
Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/
Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en
We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕
048 - Your staff won't tell it like it is, but we will! We're talking LEADERSHIP 🏅
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
03/02/20 • 35 min
We hear a lot about leadership from CEOs and managers, but we rarely hear the perspective of people who aren't leaders! This week we're talking all things leadership, including what makes a great boss, what makes a terrible boss, and if you're a boss, why you should care! Seriously though, there are some real gems in here so make sure you tune in.
😢 Seasonal Affective Disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder
💄 It's great to be a woman! Unless you don't support other women, then you should take a look in the mirror.
📉 Female leaders are declining worldwide, but women are typically perceived to be more capable than men?! https://hbr.org/2019/06/research-women-score-higher-than-men-in-most-leadership-skills
🌈 Don't forget to ENJOY YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!
📩 Penny's newsletter. Sign up, or don't, she really doesn't mind :) https://mailchi.mp/189c5db78d87/pennyslinks?fbclid=IwAR2dFz3FcWsIYyHjJNmoVswmjob352zHLbvAgfH1oCEleTEMPsiRG8QSvAM
🤢 Sorry, but we're talking about the Corona Virus real quick. https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/cdc-releases-facial-hair-recommendations-for-coronavirus.html
🛑 Stop touching yourself!! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/well/live/coronavirus-spread-transmission-face-touching-hands.html
📺 Check out Pandemic on Netflix
💪🏾 What should leaders be focussing on (according to us!)?
💡 If you're a leader, trusting your team is not negotiable
💚The importance of trusting your team - https://www.speedoftrust.com/
💥 Radical Candor by Kim Scott - A must-read for anyone in a leadership or management space. https://www.radicalcandor.com/
☠️ Having a bad boss, and why you don't have the strength to leave - https://hbr.org/2018/09/what-to-do-when-you-have-a-bad-boss
Thanks so much for listening!
Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things!
Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected]
Follow us on the socials!
Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/
Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en
We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕
035 - Love it or loathe it, we're talking PUBLIC SPEAKING!! 🥳
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
11/25/19 • 33 min
Presenting to peers and clients is HARD, so this week, we delve into what works, what doesn't, and how to feel not freak out every time you have to speak in front of other people ;)
Show Notes:
🤕 Penny falls down the stairs for the second time in a week
🌪 Brittni runs FIVE WORKSHOPS in one day....yikes!
🦐 Introducing Beatrice, your new bestie ❤️
💥 Appearing to be confident but not cocky
🍾 Nailing public speaking, presentations, and slides in general ;)
🤾🏾♀️ Flailing on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9cSbmdluyQ
🏅 The 10/20/30 rule
⏰ Intermittent fasting.....why do we do it?!
Thanks so much for listening!
Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things!
Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected]
Follow us on the socials!
Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/
Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en
We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕
032 - Chris Do's biggest work fail - and other juicy stories (It's our first guest!) 🎉
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
11/05/19 • 62 min
012 - Penny is CONFIDENT AF: How to deal with imposter syndrome 🔥
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
05/06/19 • 41 min
Ok, yes, we’re a little tipsy in this ep, but that makes it even more fun. This week is all about gathering some gosh-darn confidence baby! Time to stop beating yourself up and start bringing in the bacon. We talk about what to do if you're feeling the dreaded IMPOSTOR SYNDROME! We also discuss how to position yourself as leadership material, even if people don't see you as a manager right off the bat! Enjoy!
Shownotes
🎈Max, our Podcast Producer, has a lovely deep baritone
🌈 Getting Curious with JVN, we love him: https://www.earwolf.com/show/getting-curious-with-jonathan-van-ness/
💅🏽 Penny is outraged that she never knew about Brittni’s hand modelling career
🤔 Psychological safety - we wanna know what you think!
🏅 How to motivate yourself to get to the OLYMPICS (note: sarcasm)
⏲ Giving your mind some time out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY
🌤 And a useful article about the benefits of daydreaming: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-benefits-of-daydreaming-170189213/
🐦 What are birds going on about?! We’d love to know.
👯 The wonder of interspecies friendships
👽 Dealing with the dreaded imposter syndrome! http://time.com/5312483/how-to-deal-with-impostor-syndrome/
💯 Penny is alarmingly confident and is gonna teach you how to be too
🏈 What does a leader look like?
🙋🏽 Society is geared towards extroverts: https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0307352153
✏️ Please just write us a cute letter, please! For fun!
💥 Resource of the week: https://hbr.org/2017/08/high-performing-teams-need-psychological-safety-heres-how-to-create-it
Big thanks to our podcast producer and sound designer, Max Gosford. If you’d like Max to work on your podcast, you can get in touch with him here - [email protected] :D
Got a question? Send us an email! [email protected]
Follow us on social medias! Instagram: @brittnibow and @vanta_blackmore and Penny is also on Twitter @penelope_noir :)
018 - INTROVERTS UNITE: How to take charge as an introvert 🔥
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny
06/25/19 • 46 min
For many introverted people, the thought of leadership is scary. In this episode we talk about how you can take charge in a workshop, run an effective meeting, lead a team, all the while still being YOU (introverted)! We also discuss the challenges of getting a job in a different country... we both happen to be experts in this one 😉
Ps. WE HAVE A NEW MIC! Our sound should be crazy good in this episode (and in all future episodes) HURRAY!
Join our Happy Hour Facebook Group! Meet new people, ask questions and have a whole mass of cool people supporting you in your career!
🎙WE GOT A NEW MIC!
🎶The sound of an oboe goes like this
🙊We have a new community for you to join!
🚘Let’s get automated
👽Brittni learns about “Singularity”
👩🏽🏫Facilitating workshops as an introvert
📕Book Recommendation: Quiet by Susan Cain
💼Applying for jobs in a different country
💻How to write a killer cold email
🇦🇺Penny tells us about the Australian food scene
Send your questions to our email: [email protected]
Resource of the week: Happy Hour Career Talk Facebook Group! Join us and let’s get the conversation going!
Follow us on the SOCIALS!
Instagram: @brittnibow @vanta_blackmore
Twitter: @penelope_noir
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Have a wonderful week! 🍓
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How many episodes does Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny have?
Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny currently has 93 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Society & Culture and Podcasts.
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The episode title '049 - Future-proof your career!!' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny is 43 minutes.
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The first episode of Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny was released on Feb 11, 2019.
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