This episode dives into something all us seem to want to know, but most of us are reluctant to ask for help with: how to be a good boss. What does it mean to be a good manager? How are we meant to navigate something that is rarely (usually never) explicitly taught to us? I asked one of the best manager-leaders I know, my friend Adam Waters, of British Forces Broadcasting Service, to help explain what it takes be a good boss, what we should avoid, and how we can lean into the human qualities that help us and our teams thrive. 

(I apologize for the audio in this episode; I was in a very echo-y WeWork in Oregon the day we recorded.)

In this episode, Ari helps us understand what it's like for her and others to work with ADHD, the challenges it entails, and the huge skill set and gifts that also come along with her diagnosis. We talk about the difference between ADD and ADHD, the differences in the ADHD brain, why those with ADHD make such great entrepreneurs, and what managers can do to support people with attention deficit disorders in their organization. 

In this episode, Gareth Davies and I do a deep-dive in the topic of failure with Shervin Talieh, the Founder and CEO of PartnerHero. In addition to his vast experience in business and tech, Shervin has undertaken tremendous work on personal growth, mental health, and values-based leadership. We explore the experience of professional failure, the fetishizing of failure, the ability to re-think our beliefs about success and failure, and emotions that come up around failure. Shervin also shares the mental health issues that can often be connected to the experience of failing. 

Shervin is the host of the "On Misogyny" & co-host of "What Am I Missing?" podcasts.