The Corporate Kitchen
Welcome! The Corporate Kitchen is an informative, fun, and stimulating discourse about the ins and outs of Corporate America. Come learn how to navigate this complicated world, as we explore various characteristics in Corporate America and use plenty of food based analogies to simplify concepts. After all, we all eat some form of food. No good meal would be complete without a great story to tell at the dinner table... so we'll reminisce on every subject. Hope you enjoy the listen!
Episodes
44 episodes
April Fools 101 in the Kitchen and at the Table?
I mean it is April 1st, why not have fun here? To listen or not to listen.... the decision is always yours and I thank you for the consideration.
Consultants 101 (Part One: Ketchup in the Kitchen)
We aren't perfect by no means at all. Sometimes we need to ask others for help after exhausting the team. Bringing mom or grandma in the kitchen to get that meal just right, the seasoning levels correct... oh how they could just eye ball 3 teas...
Absolute Events 101 (Part Two: Air Fryer at the Table)
If he says fundamental one more time, I'm going to break the kitchen. Haha lucky we are at the table now and out the kitchen. In all seriousness, these changes get us back to the basics, which we tend to stray away from. We'll use today's episo...
Absolute Events 101 (Part One: Air Fryer in the Kitchen)
Renovating a kitchen, bathroom, or putting a pool in the backyard are all major events in someone's life. It doesn't provide the fundamental change in the lifestyle to make it permanent. Now buying that first house... monumental! There aren't a...
Manager Feedback 101 (Part Two: Steak at the Table)
Listen to the sizzle of the steak made to perfection thanks to your input, we can provide you great feedback at the table from the work we did in the kitchen. Inputs and outputs sounds very mechanical but we need to use some basic working parts...
Manager Feedback 101 (Part One: Steak in the Kitchen)
It's that time of year already. Well, it should be your favorite time of year with all the green in March. No, not St. Patrick's Day, we are talking about the Dollar Dollar Bill green. The time when Corporate stops talking and starts sharing ra...
Dating 101 (Part Two: Mixing Foods at the Table)
Now that we come to an understanding whether to do or not to do a non-apron wearing relationship, we can start to truly gossip. Let's talk about some people we saw without their aprons, and whether or not it lasted. After all, we are all trying...
Dating 101 (Part One: Mixing Foods in the Kitchen)
So we're adults here? I think... It's time to have one of those serious conversations. This one about whether or not we mix our foods, foods being a metaphor and quite literally. A lot of issues in Corporate comes down "to do or not to do" type...
Company Portfolio 101 (Part Two: Pantry at the Table)
That may have been a lot to digest, we may have to get out of the kitchen for some examples. There is a constant power struggle in Corporate, and I want to make sure you have some of that energy for your own gain. Let's talk through some storie...
Company Portfolio 101 (Part One: Pantry in the Kitchen)
First month done, and it's time to take a step back and look at the entire kitchen here. We worked really hard on meals and overlooked the basic elements that make up our kitchen. Let's spend some time really understanding what makes our kitche...
Personal Health 101 (Part Two: Fruit at the Table)
Because of Valentine's Day, we can consider February the month of Love. With that being said, we hope the time in the Kitchen this week really tenderized your commitment to Health and reinforced the Love for it. With all the different weights t...
Personal Health 101 (Part One: Fruit in the Kitchen)
I swear this apron fit me last week, must be slacking with the effort to the goals. But I be hungry... for food and knowledge. We really need to cook up something great for the body and mind, ya know? Both need to work in harmony to be able to ...
Goals 101 (Part Two: C.H.E.F. at the Table)
Did it taste good? Do we need to revisit some of the ingredients? Are we sure we want these goals or has the world changed so much we are just trying to survive each day? If you need to change your choice of beverage for the table, do it now be...
Goals 101 (Part One: C.H.E.F. in the Kitchen)
Week 3, and it's already time to start learning acronyms. Before we whisk your brain too much with new lingo, let's talk about some kitchen upgrades. Countertops, backsplashes, and what else do you want in the Kitchen? After all, we are working...
Mentorship 101 (Part Two: Mashed Potatoes & Gravy at the Table)
Aliens, am I right? Now that we have established what wears the best mentor apron, let's chat about the human ones. How did you find yours? I'll share with you a couple of my advocacy relationships I had. Hopefully you don't make the same mista...
Mentorship 101 (Part One: Mashed Potatoes & Gravy in the Kitchen)
Let's cook up relationships! Not the romantic kind but the advocacy type ships. There are two aprons a person can choose from, being the mentor and the mentee. But which one is more important? Is it the Mashed Potatoes or Gravy that's more crit...
Introductions 101 (Part Two: Lemonade at the Table)
If we got this far, then my introduction wasn't horrible and you want to digest this meal more with real world examples. Well come to the table and I'll share some stories with you. Toast to Week 1, after all introductions are only...
Introductions 101 (Part One: Lemonade in the Kitchen)
All great things have to start with an introduction.. and these are hard! Here is my attempt at an introduction for the podcast and advice on doing intros in Corporate. This episode isn't perfect, feel free to text me all the errors, but we had...