Laurie Ruettimann is a  human resources leader turned writer, entrepreneur, and speaker. She’s been recognized by CNN as one of the top five career advisers in the United States, and she’s featured on NPR, The New Yorker, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Vox. Laurie’s mission is to fix work by teaching leaders how to create cultures that support, empower, and engage workers meaningfully – and her new book Betting on You: How to Put Yourself First and (Finally) Take Control of Your Career is now available.

1:25- Introduction

2:09- Inspiration behind Laurie’s book (Betting on you)

3:03- How systems of work do not actually serve individuals

5:17- What do you think of American corporate culture as it stands today?

8:21 –Prioritizing your wellbeing and taking control of your career

9:27- The four cornerstones of the book

10:10- Learning as the fundamental of everything

12:51- Work life balance

13:50- Prioritizing your wellbeing

19:22- Promoting wellbeing in the workplace

22:05- The stigma of admitting you need help in the workplace and how it is being addressed

23:38- Creating a safe space in the workplace

24;07- Stepping up as the CEO of your life

26:55- Advice and steps to help people build the resilience they need in this COVID economy

28:00 – As regards to recruiting, how does the pre mortem work?

30:40- Looking at the worst case scenario and coming up with ways to mitigate the problem

31:59- Stoicism exercise

34:34- Other ways pre mortem might be able to help recruiters

35:34- Examples of how a pre mortem has benefited a business

36:25- The company “GlitchPath” created by Laurie

37:23- What did that failure teach you?

39:27- The change in how leaders execute their role and how they treat their employees

40:03- What is your concept on servant leadership?

42:21- Investment in talent acquisition

44:55- Developing other skills aside talent acquisition

45:16- Automation in recruiting

46:24- How to contact Laurie

47:11- Conclusion

Takeaways from today’s episode

Your work is not your worth

You are the CEO of your life

It is incumbent upon you to live your life as a self leader

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