Totally Unacceptable with Ed Clementi
Some things in leadership, careers, and life don't just frustrate us.
They cost us. Real money. Real ambition. Real years.
Totally Unacceptable is where we name those things — honestly, directly, and without apology.
I'm Ed Clementi. I spent 25 years in financial services, rising from Executive Assistant to Managing Director. What I learned along the way is that the most important conversations — about leadership, about careers, about the life we're building around all of it — are the ones nobody is having out loud.
That changes here.
Some episodes shine a light on the external — the leadership behaviors, the organizational failures, and the cultures that hold great people back. Others turn the lens inward — on the choices we make, the stories we tell ourselves, and the moments where we have to decide who we're going to be.
Because leadership doesn't stay in the office. It follows you home. And how we lead — at work, in our careers, in our lives — matters more than most people are willing to admit.
If you're a professional who refuses to accept less than what you're capable of, this podcast was built for you.
🎙️ Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you listen.
Totally Unacceptable with Ed Clementi
We Were Builders Once: When Job Security Was You
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🎙️ We Were Builders Once: When Job Security Was You
Before résumés.
Before layoffs.
Before waiting for someone else to decide your worth—
Job security was you.
In this episode of Totally Unacceptable, Ed Clementi takes us back to the forgotten roots of work itself—when self-reliance, skill, and contribution were the foundation of stability. And he exposes how we traded that independence for an illusion of safety.
You’ll learn:
- How the “college–career–security” formula became one of the biggest lies of modern work.
- Why handing your livelihood to a corporation isn’t stability—it’s surrender.
- The mindset shift every professional needs in the age of AI and automation.
- How to reclaim the value that can never be laid off, outsourced, or deleted.
- Why self-belief is still the original skill set—and the only true job security you’ll ever have.
Because real leadership begins when you stop waiting to be chosen and start creating your own value.
And forgetting that truth… is totally unacceptable.
👉 Tune in to rediscover what we lost—and what it takes to build again.
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