Working together takes on a whole new meaning when you are married as well! Alex and Michelle Schenker lead the Cover Story Media team as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. On top of all of this, their team is located at points throughout the world. So, how does this work? As you can imagine,…

Ever have that feeling when your work is overwhelming you? Maybe you need a virtual assistant or VA. What’s a virtual assistant, you say? A great person to answer that question would be Jess Ostroff, this week’s guest on The Work Talk Show. As founder and Director of Calm at Don’t Panic Management, Jess specializes…

As a best-selling author, professional voice actor and radio broadcaster, and consultant to some of the largest corporations in the world, including Microsoft, American Express, and Heineken International, Julien Smith has a lot of irons in the fire. Admittedly, he says that he’s “pretty good at working hard.” He attributes this to his rigorous method…

Last week Yahoo! President and CEO Marrisa Mayer made waves when she announced that the tech giant would be discontinuing their telecommuting policy. Talk about a Work Talk moment! Sadly we don’t have Ms. Mayer on the show this week (an invitation still stands) but we have the next best thing. Previous guest and tech…

As founder and president of Geben Communication, Heather Whaling leads a savvy digital PR firm that earns clients coverage in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and Tech Crunch. She also blogs about public relations at prTini.com and writes for Mashable and AmericanExpress Open Forum. If that’s not enough, Heather’s life is about to get even…

When it comes to work and productivity, there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach. You have to do what works for you. Eric Boggs knows a thing or two about getting work done. The Argyle Social founder and former CEO works almost exclusively from his email inbox and his mind, with simple rules for…

Four years ago, Craig Jarrow turned his lifelong passion for time management into the blog Time Management Ninja. This community helps people everywhere win the battle against wasted time, disorganization, and other evil things that rear their head in the workplace today. As someone who is a master of managing time, we were honored that…

In his role heading up global social media for the Online Services Division at Citrix, Justin Levy has a lot to say about how we get work done today. Indeed, his responsibilities at Citrix include serving as editor-in-chief of the company’s off-branded community, Workshifting, which examines many of the issues discussed on this podcast in…

Guy Kawasaki is a world-famous author, publisher, and entrepreneur. In fact, his new book is called APE: Author-Publisher-Entrepreneur. In addition to all of this, Kawasaki is the co-founder of Alltop.com, co-founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures, and maintains a robust speaking schedule. In the midst of all of this Guy took some time to stop by…