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Houzz We Manage
What will you find here? Tips on houzz to manage yourself. Additionally, you will hear from some of our leaders on houzz they manage, and how they got to where they are now. It’s the perfect way to take in bite-sized development tips and stay connected.
Episodes
72 episodes
S4E9: Increasing Your Visibility in an Organization
Do you ever wish you could stand out more, and become top of mind to senior leaders? Do you want to have more influence within your department, and be the go-to person for new opportunities and initiatives? Feeling “lost in the crowd” is a comm...
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S4E8: Using Passion to Guide Your Career
Finding your passion - or a personal “why” - and tying it to a bigger purpose can be a strong motivator in your career journey. In this episode, we’ll discuss how discovering your passion can be a starting point to help you uncover your “why”, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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8:32
S4E7: Open Houzz LIVE - Marketplace Ads with Claire Santamaria
We're back with our newest episode of the Open Houzz series, but this time, it's LIVE! In this recording of our live session, we chat with Senior Marketplace Advertising Manager Claire Santamaria. She shares with us:How her & he...
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42:30
S4E6: Persevering Through Change
We’ve all probably heard the saying, “The only constant in life is change.” However, we don’t often hear about the many emotions that accompany change, or how we can continue to find internal strength and motivation when it feels like things ar...
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16:22
S4E5: Open Houzz - User Experience Research with Paul Otto
In the next episode of our Open Houzz Series – interviews with Houzzers across the globe to learn more about their role and how they contribute to our shared mission – we hear from Paul Otto, Sr. User Experience Researcher. Paul and his ...
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38:46
S4E4: Effective Communication in Crucial Conversations
We all have crucial conversations from time to time whether it be in our personal or professional lives. At work, these conversations can range from sharing tough feedback with a colleague, talking about compensation or performance concerns wit...
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12:26
S4E3: Open Houzz - Learning & Development with David Hall
Welcome to the first episode of our Open Houzz Series, where we interview individual contributor Houzzers across the globe. In these episodes you'll learn more about their role, their team, how they add value to Houzz, what a day in the life lo...
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27:24
S4E2: Improving Your Productivity
Productivity is one of the more elusive skills we know we need to master…it seems simple in concept, but much harder in practice. Just having a checklist or to-do list isn’t enough to truly reach your full productivity potential, and in this ep...
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14:56
S4E1: Cultivating a Future-Minded Mindset
Over the last couple of years, it’s felt we’ve all been experiencing one big change after another. Between the pandemic and the turbulence of the macroeconomic environment, it has really felt like uncertainty is all around us…all of the time. I...
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11:18
S3E19: Setting Achievable Goals
Deciding that you want to do something is fairly easy…the hard part? Actually following through. If you’re someone who struggles with setting goals or are skeptical about why it’s important…then this episode is for you! You’ll hear from Brittne...
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32:48
S3E18: The Art of Asking Questions
We often hear people say that asking questions and being curious leads to professional growth. But what does that mean exactly? More importantly, what does asking good questions and being curious really look like or sound like in practice? In t...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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13:45
S3E17: Meet a Houzzer - Amanda Rosen
In this episode of Meet a Houzzer we get to know Amanda Rosen, Manager of the US Employee Experience (EX) team. She takes us through her professional journey with Houzz, and we discuss what it was like when she first started, as well a...
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19:44
S3E16: Increasing Your Influence
Influence is an essential skill in the workplace, regardless of title or role. We influence in an upwards direction when we manage up with our leaders, and we influence in a downwards direction as a manager with direct reports. But what about <...
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17:52
S3E15: Toxic Positivity
"It could be worse!" -- Yes, we all know it could be worse but we really don't want to hear it when things are tough. In this episode, we will dig into toxic positivity -- specifically, understanding the negative side effects of toxic ...
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9:20
S3E14: Using Radical Acceptance to Make Things Happen
At one point or another, many of us have been in situations at work or in our personal lives that are out of our control. These situations can often leave us thinking, "This just isn't fair," and can leave us with feelings of frustration,...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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19:07
S3E13: Meet a Houzzer - Deepa Ramachandran
In our second installment of our Meet a Houzzer series we speak with Senior Director of Engineering, Deepa Ramachandran. Deepa talks about what led her from being a passionate member of the Houzz Community, to a team member working to further d...
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Episode 13
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12:58
S3E12: Adapting Communication to Increase Impact
Communication is one of the most vital skills to building strong relationships. Yet, one of the biggest pitfalls we make is communicating with others based upon our preferences, and not theirs. In this episode we’ll teach you ...
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22:42
S3E11: Diversity - Beyond the Buzzword
This week’s episode is dedicated to celebrating diversity. Admittedly, the term “diversity” has become a somewhat buzz-worthy topic over the last couple of years, but diversity is so much more than a buzzword. It’s a very complex and l...
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13:15
S3E10: 3 Simple Ways to Connect in a Remote World
We are two years into what we thought would be a few weeks at home and there have been a lot of lessons learned. Have you felt disconnected or isolated in the WFH world? I know I have! Join me as we dive into 3 simple ways to bring human connec...
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8:48
S3E9: Embracing and Managing Stress
It’s common knowledge that stress can be unhealthy, but did you know that some stress can actually be…good? In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we reframe the stress narrative and dive into why it can be beneficial, what the op...
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18:55
S3E8: Meet a Houzzer - Emily Hurley
Have you ever wondered what Houzz looked like in the beginning? In the first episode of our Houzzer Profile series, we sit down with Director of Community, Emily Hurley. She shares with us what led her to Houzz over 10 years ago, the unique rol...
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22:56
S3E7: Prioritizing Growth Through Professional Development
Professional development...some love it, others loathe it. When we're busy, and the demands of our job and lives feel heavy, this often falls to the bottom of our priority list. But by ignoring it, we're actually neglecting our innate desire fo...
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S3E6: Celebrating Women's History Month with Ana Harris-Padley & Allison Gervis
Did you miss our live interview with VP of People, Ana Harris-Padley and VP of Branding & Communications, Allison Gervis? You're in luck, we have a recording! Use the link above to listen to our conversation with two of Houzz's female leade...
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S3E5: Changing the Narrative Around Change
“Change is tough – there’s so much uncertainty, fear, anxiety…it’s all so stressful!”This is the narrative we tend to hear when folks describe times of change. Yet, there’s a part of us that knows change is inevitable. Many of ...
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13:50
S3E4: How Curiosity Leads to Professional Growth
In this edition of the Houzz We Manage Podcast we spend some time getting to know our new manager of Talent Development, Maxwell Garces. We learn how his curiosity has helped him in his career and at Houzz, as well as uncover how it inspired a ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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17:27