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DesuckifyWork®

TJ Bennett - Executive Coach, Chief Desuckifier

We spend about half our waking lives working. Let’s make that time a bit better, shall we? And let’s chat with desuckifiers who are out there making it happen, every day. tjbennett.substack.com

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Only creativity can stop the suck

DesuckifyWork® ·

2024/09/05

I spoke with Katie McDonald for this week’s DesuckifyWork® podcast. And she reminded me why I became a coach. Katie’s good like that. Her words are ninjas, synaptic mercenaries bringing clarity to a chaotic mind. I began my coaching career a few years ago after 25+ years in the ad industry, working as an ECD, CD and writer for agencies big and small, including TBWA\Chiat\Day, Saatchi, Ogilvy, Hill Holliday and Garage Team Mazda.My mission is to desuckify work. And my long journey through ad-land has

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Episode 51: The selfless embrace of self care with...

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2024/09/03

You’re a selfish b*****d. You spend all day doing things. Work things. Family things. Community things. You’re busy as hell. Impacting people everywhere you go. But you’re not making time for you. You know, that dude or dudette in the mirror who stares back at you pleadingly, begging for some relief. Maybe tomorrow, you think as you run off to do more stuff. Important stuff! People are counting on you!You are also counting on you. And it’s pretty selfish of you to ignore that fact. Because the

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Episode 50: Reimagining the agency client...

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2024/08/27

If agencies are from Mars, where are clients from?Don’t answer that. Instead, listen to Leesa Eichberger, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast. Leesa has been leading marketing at large brands for a while now, including stints as a CMO at Jenny Craig and Head of Brand for Farmer’s Insurance. Full disclosure, we also worked together while I was at Chiat years ago and she ran marketing for Vonage—if you’re old enough you may have their goofy theme song ear worming its way into your brain right

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Episode 49: Being a more thoughtful leader with Chris...

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2024/08/20

Chris McMahon may just be the most thoughtful human in advertising. Everything about him, from his presence and demeanor to the way he connects the dots between each facet of his life to develop and hone his approach to leadership, is inspiring and illuminating. Now, if you’ve spent more than a minute in advertising, you know that for every Chris, there at least a few (hundred) not Chris-es. One of the reasons I became a coach was to help folks find their inner-Chris. And you can get a head start on

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Episode 48: Be perfectly flawsome with Michele Molitor

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2024/08/13

NOTE: We had some technical difficulties with the recording of this episode and apologize for any quality issues. You’re getting very, very, emotionally healthy. Very, very, emotionally healthy…This is the power of combining coaching with hypnotherapy. Something today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast does quite well. She also does a great job busting the myths and misconceptions around hypnosis. Spoiler alert: a waving watch is rarely involved. Michele Molitor is a coach, clinical

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Episode 47: Reclaiming our dignity at work with...

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2024/08/06

If you get a chance to bring George Tannenbaum on your podcast, you do it. And if you’re smart, you keep him on the line for as long as possible. I’m feeling pretty wise right about now. And you will too after watching or listening to this nearly 2-hour conversation with the most prolific human in advertising. George has opinions on a lot of things and he shares a bunch during this episode. 🐱 Not surprisingly, he offers a strong rebuke of the holding company model, saying they have industrialized

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Episode 46: Figuring out what's next with Jordan Atlas

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2024/07/23

What does the ad agency of tomorrow look like?If you think you know, you’re probably wrong.If you think you’d like to help figure it out, you should talk to Jordan Atlas, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast. Jordan’s been figuring stuff out before most of us, for the past 20+ years. He got curious about digital, before digital became everything. He moved across the country with his wife and a 3 month old. And he dove into the world of earned media as a creative as his friends looked on with

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Episode 45: Reclaim your swagger with Jennifer Mrozek...

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2024/07/16

Has the ad industry lost its swagger? All indications say yes. We devalue our product (commodity pricing), we struggle to differentiate our agencies (most seem interchangeable) and we have spent so many years chasing so many trends it’s not even clear what we actually do anymore. It’s tough to show up with any level of confidence when those things are true. But what if we could get our swagger back? Jennifer Mrozek Sukalo, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast can help.She literally wrote the

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Episode 44: Write your way to a better work story...

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2024/07/09

Can writing a book make you a better leader? A better employee? A better human?Vicky Quinn Fraser thinks so. Vicky is this week’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast and she believes writing can help each of us uncover the deeper meaning in our work, even in the seemingly mundane tasks. Imagine that. Writing as a tool of self discovery. To stem the swirl inside our skull. And help us find joy in the 90,000 or so hours we spend working during our lives. 🐱 Want to create more engagement with your

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Episode 43: Aligning our work and our purpose with...

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2024/07/02

There are 8 billion people in the world. And sometimes we feel like we’re responsible for all of them. This is the curse of social media. We know everything. We see a world on fire. And we want to fix it. But we can’t. Not all of it. We need to resist this urge to take it all on and instead do our part. Our 1/8,000,000,000th share. This wisdom comes courtesy of Nell Derick Debevoise, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast. Nell is a speaker, coach, facilitator, advisor and author who focuses on

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Episode 42: Creating true community at work with...

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2024/06/25

The return to office movement is BS. Not because going back to the office is a bad thing. It can be wonderful.But because leaders have gaslit their teams, saying it’s all about creating community and connection. Sorry, but putting people side by side answering emails all day is not community. That’s just one of the many brilliant bits of insight from today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast, Angela Stopper. Angela is the Chief Learning Officer at UC Berkeley. Yes, that UC Berkeley—the top public

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Episode 41: Remembering we all must die with Jodi...

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2024/06/18

We’re all gonna die. This is the good news brought to us by Jodi Wellman, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast. Jodi is an author, speaker and all around fascinating human. And she’s here to tell us why the grim reaper is your new best friend. When you let Mr. Reaper into your life, everything gets better. You live more deeply, with more purpose, have more fun, try new things. You embrace the fact that you only get about 4,000 Mondays in this life and you damn sure want most of them to not

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Episode 40: Making hard conversations easy with...

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2024/06/11

Having difficult conversations is different than making every conversation difficult. This may come as news for those of us in the ad biz. Where taking even the simplest discussion and turning it into a series of 10 person meetings is the norm. What if, instead of taking simple conversations and making them painful, we took hard conversations and made them easier?How the hell can we do that?Maureen Falvey, executive coach with Strong Training & Coaching and today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™

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Episode 39: Turning marketing into a force for good...

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2024/06/04

Can marketing be a force for good in the world?This is the question at the heart of my discussion with Jay Mandel, this week’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast. On the surface, the question sounds ridiculous. Marketing, a force for good? That’s crazy. It’s built on deception, manipulation and is single-handedly responsible for the proliferation of influencers in our lives. Screw you, marketing. But Jay has a different take. And he’s creating a movement to remake marketing into something rooted in

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Episode 38: Find your sparkle at work with Gina Balarin

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2024/05/28

Do you have a little sparkle on your shoulders at work?Well, you’re about to get some after listening to Gina Balarin, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast. Gina brings the sparkle through her work as “The CEO’s Voice,” helping leaders craft and amplify their message to those who need to hear it. This work is all part of her mission to end human suffering at work—just the kind of bold stance we love here in desuckify-land. How does she do it? She helps leaders work through imposter syndrome

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Episode 37: Love makes the work world go 'round with...

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2024/05/21

The late, great, Tina Turner once asked, “what’s love got to do with it?”Today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast, Meredith Bell, has the answer. And it’s everything. Meredith is a leadership and communications expert and co-founder of Grow Strong Leaders. And she firmly believes that love is at the center of all we do, when we’re doing work that matters. Love at work? Um, that makes me kind of uncomfortable, dude. Well, it shouldn’t, once you understand what it really means. * It means caring

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Episode 36: Transforming work into a hub of human...

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2024/05/14

If you could totally rethink work, what would it look like? You would start by paying attention to Wes Adams, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ podcast. Wes has quite a few thoughts on this subject. As founder and CEO of SV Consulting Group, his mission is to transform organizations into hubs of human thriving. Bold?Absolutely. And he’s got the chops to back it up, with more than two decades of experience as a successful entrepreneur and strategic partner for Fortune 500s, startups, and NGOs.His

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Episode 35: Giving work a much needed kick in the...

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2024/05/07

What does it mean to be authentic at work? And more importantly, what difference does it make? Turns out, it makes a huge difference. It reduces turnover. People at companies where authenticity is always practiced are over 2x more likely to stay at their company vs. those where it's never practiced.It builds trust. People at authentic companies are 4x more likely to say there's a high level of trust.It travels with you. Employees under authentic leadership are 6x more likely to follow them if they

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What if we questioned everything we thought we knew...

DesuckifyWork® ·

2024/05/06

What if we all called b******t on the idea that work is supposed to suck? That the soul for money exchange was the only option out there? What if we used our creativity to reimagine what's possible for ourselves? What if we started today?hashtag#desuckifywork hashtag#desuckifyworkpodcast hashtag#coaching hashtag#creativecareers hashtag#selfleadership Get full access to DesuckifyWork™ at tjbennett.substack.com/subscribe

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Episode 34: Rethinking how ad agencies work with Mark...

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2024/04/30

Dear agency leaders, AI is not the holy grail you think it is. It won’t fix your current problems.It won’t create massive new opportunities. It won’t save your agency. Unless. Unless you change your relationship with the people who do the work, day to day. They’re the holy grail. And they’re the ones who can help you take advantage of AI or any other tool that comes along promising advertising nirvana. Today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast, Mark Redgrave has created a framework for agencies to

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