Kathleen Nelson Troyer
Co-Host of Real Job Talk
Kat is the CEO of Jigsaw Solutions, Inc. where she works with companies as an organizational development consultant, team and career coach. Kat started her career in staffing and Human Resources working for Charles Schwab, Barclays Global Investors, Spirent Communications, Cloudera and several technology start -up companies. Kat's focus today is helping companies build and retain strong teams with constructive cultures. Kat practices and coaches her clients how to have a growth mindset to facilitate desired change in their work and careers. She is a firm believer that each individual is the CEO of their career and lives.
Kat lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her fabulous husband John, and their two cats. She loves to cook, hike and travel. She’s fascinated with dolphins and whales, and has had the opportunity to swim with them in Hawaii and Tonga. She strives to live a peaceful, joyful, and meaningful life with lots of laughter!
Kathleen Nelson Troyer has hosted 103 Episodes.
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Episode 43: Title: Building your personal brand and evolving with Carla Birnberg
August 18th, 2020 | 49 mins 41 secs
Liz and Kat talk with Carla Birnberg about navigating a career journey that includes a blog, a full-time gig, and side projects.
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Episode 42: How to prepare for a job interview
August 4th, 2020 | 35 mins 42 secs
Liz and Kat talk about how to prepare for a job interview
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Episode 41: Ask for what you need at work
July 21st, 2020 | 26 mins 30 secs
Liz and Kat talk about asking for what you need at work without feeling like you're high maintenance.
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Episode 40: Deep Listening with Oscar Trimboli
July 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
Liz and Kat talk about deep listening with Oscar Trimboli.
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Episode 39: Managing Up
June 23rd, 2020 | 30 mins 48 secs
Liz & Kat talk about managing up to your management.
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Episode 38: Write a Resume that Gets Past the Screeners with Katrina Kibben
June 9th, 2020 | 50 mins 26 secs
Katrina Kibben talks with Kat and Liz about effective resumes and job postings - authenticity is key but you also have to do the work to think about what you want.
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Episode 37: Building teams, connections, trust, and card games with Jason Treu
May 26th, 2020 | 53 mins 39 secs
Jason Treu talks with Liz & Kat about building teams, trust, social wealth, and his game, Cards Against Mundanity.
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Episode 36: Find a “career peer” for collaboration and support: Emily Kurze and Nate Kartchner
May 12th, 2020 | 57 mins 38 secs
Can you find a "career peer" - a partner for deep work - at work? Emily Kurze and Nate Kartchner join Kat and Liz to talk about personal and professional growth that developed into a business collaboration and a new podcast.
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Episode 35: Coworkers and communication: live coaching session with Vince Wood
April 28th, 2020 | 40 mins 3 secs
Liz and Kat tackle some questions about communications with coworkers in this session with Vince Wood.
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Episode 34: How a small tech company competes for talent: with Scott Loughmiller
April 14th, 2020 | 48 mins 12 secs
How does a tech company in San Francisco compete with Google & Facebook to get and keep the best talent? Kat and Liz talk with Scale Computing's Scott Loughmiller.
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Episode 33: Taking a sabbatical wherever it leads with Becky Elliott
March 31st, 2020 | 45 mins 3 secs
A live career coaching session: Becky Elliott, technologist, writer, and influencer joins Kat and Liz for some real job talk!
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Episode 32: Working from home
March 17th, 2020 | 33 mins 24 secs
Kat and Liz have worked from home for years - they talk about being effective and staying healthy if you and your team are now working from home