Work with Erika Ayers Badan

WORK Conversations: Emily Tisch Sussman

Hi! Happy Friday! It’s sunny out on the East Coast which feels great. If I were in college right now I’d be wearing flip flops and shorts despite it being 40 degrees. Ful

WORK Unsolicited Advice: More Money More Problems

This episode is about the stuff people don’t say out loud. The resentment when your partner makes less than you. The panic before asking for a raise. The isolation of bei

WORK Conversations: Meet Danielle Fette

Meet Danielle Fette. She’s the co-founder and CEO of FetTech, a medical device company. She and her husband got fired from their last job, used the settlement money to st

WORK Net/Net: Always Be Closing

First of all, Go Patriots. In today’s episode, we respond to David Rubenstein’s comments on being a great fundraiser. IMHO the fundamentals of being a great fundraise

WORK Underlined: Narrative and Numbers

Today we are talking about narrative and numbers. And the tension between the two. “Narrative driving numbers early in the life cycle and numbers driving narrative later

WORK Conversations: It's All A Mess - Meet Emily Kirkpatrick

Search traffic is down, referral traffic is drying up, platforms are changing their rules, people are evaluating what to do…and what’s next. Emily Kirkpatrick is one of

WORK Net/Net: Gen Z Says Take Your Work Emergency and Shove It

Gen Z is resisting the workplace emergency and honestly, they are not wrong. On today’s episode, we talk about Gen Z and their refusal to get wrapped up in manufactured

WORK Unsolicited Advice: You Are The Problem (and the Solution)

This is an episode for people grappling with how to manage and how to embrace AI. Good managers in the future will seamlessly balance being human, creative, fallible, e

WORK Conversations: Why Suffer At Work?

Meet Selena Rezvani. She is a leadership coach, four time author, and someone who spends a lot of time thinking about why work feels harder than it needs to be. We talk

WORK Net/Net: Mother F*ucker

The most vibrant channel on Work Like A Girl’s slack is the working mom channel. It’s also the most honest, acute and to the point. It goes something like this: One woma

WORK Underlined: It's a Marathon Not a Sprint

Today we are talking endurance. We breakdown the quote: “The trick in any field, from finance to careers to relationships is being able to survive the short-run problems

WORK Conversations: Say Hi to Halfdays Founder Ariana Ferwerda

Meet Ariana Ferwerda. She’s the founder of Halfdays. She’s looked at women’s ski apparel, thought it sucked and decided to do something about it. Ariana saw a real gap

WORK Net/Net: Control Is An Illusion

In this episode of WORK Net Net, Erika breaks down why worry feels productive but rarely helps. From the illusion of control to the mental toll of trying to plan for outc

WORK Unsolicited Advice: How to Build Good Habits and Avoid Bad Culture at Work

On this episode of Unsolicited Advice, we talk about what actually makes teams work. How clarity beats charisma. Why initiative matters more than experience. Why most par

WORK Conversations: The HR Problems No One Wants to Admit

Meet Katrina Gazarian. She’s an HR professional who decided the best way to talk about work right now was through satire, whiskey, and a YouTube show called Drunk at Work

WORK 2025 In Review: A Lot of Great Things Can Come Out of A Little Mess.

I got a text the other night from my friend Erin letting me know that the year of the horse is in fact coming but it’s ok to not be ready yet because we are still in the

WORK Unsolicited Advice: Your Company Is Going to Fail. Know How To Land On Your Feet

In this episode of WORK: Unsolicited Advice, Erika talks through what it really looks like to come out of the worst month of your career still standing. Not with hype or

WORK Net/Net: Your Kid Doesn't Need You At Practice. Neither Does Their Future Boss.

This topic comes to us complements of Abby Wambach and a handful of former US National Team players. Net/Net let your kid live, fail, grow, struggle, learn, connect and p

WORK What She Said: You Can Make A Business Around Something That Makes You Feel Alive

Kerri Rosenthal is an artist, a businesswoman, a mom, not someone giving up her ambition (is that what we’re supposed to be doing at work these days?), someone who’s goin

WORK Net/Net: So Much For Advancing at Work

This headline somehow feels both shocking and completely unsurprising. The McKinsey and Lean In Women in the Workplace study is out, and the takeaway is bleak. Fewer com