A Real Work Ready™ Podcast
The conversations nobody else is having about how work actually works. New episodes weekly.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
The rules of work exist. Nobody just said them out loud. Until now.
Most professionals spend years figuring out the unwritten rules of work on their own. Not because they aren't smart enough. Because nobody ever told them.
After 15 years building and leading teams — watching capable, motivated people operate blind in a system nobody ever made explicit — Laura Massetti built the show that should have existed years ago.
Every episode: a conversation with leaders, executives, and professionals who finally decided to say what nobody said to them. The invisible rules. The unspoken standards. The things that determine who gets trusted, who gets promoted, and who quietly gets left behind.
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Every Wednesday
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HOSTED BY
Laura Massetti
What nobody said to them. Said here.
RECENT EPISODES
13
RESILIENCE · CAREER THROUGH ADVERSITY
You Can Do All the Right Things and Life Still Happens.
Erica Olenski — Healthcare Strategist · Founder, August's Artists
She did not pause her career during the hardest chapter of her life. She made strategic decisions inside it. Erica Olenski on what it actually looks like to keep moving when your plan and your life stop running on the same track — and what every early professional needs to build before their own defining moment arrives.
EPISODE 13
12
MANAGING UP · WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS
Managing Up: What Nobody Tells You Before You Need It.
Jeff Sigel — Leadership Advisor & Coach
He spent two decades inside some of the most demanding corporate environments before dedicating his career to saying out loud what most managers are thinking and most early professionals never hear. Jeff Sigel on what your manager actually needs from you — and why most of the friction people experience early in their careers has nothing to do with the work.
EPISODE 12
11
CAREER GROWTH · EXPOSURE & NETWORK
The Real Reason Your Career Plateaus — and What to Do About It.
Giuseppe Stigliano — Global CEO · Thinkers50 Honoree
He built a global career from Italy, delivered keynotes in more than 30 countries, and got into Philip Kotler's room before almost anyone knew his name. Giuseppe Stigliano on why skills and hard work plateau — and why the real inflection points in a career come from exposure, not effort.
EPISODE 11
10
CAREER STRATEGY · SELF-ADVOCACY
You Do Not Have to Figure This Out Alone.
Dr. Lindsey Plewa — Career Coach & Speaker
She has spent over fifteen years watching early professionals make the same costly mistakes before they even know they are making them. Dr. Lindsey Plewa on the unspoken rules of hiring and career growth that nobody puts in a job description — and why the strongest professionals you will ever meet are the ones who figured out how to ask for help.
EPISODE 10
HOSTED BY
Laura Massetti
New Yorker. Now based in northern Italy. Laura spent 15 years inside Fortune 100 organizations hiring, building, and evaluating talent. She was also the early-career professional who showed up early, stayed late, and still couldn't figure out why the effort wasn't translating.
She built No One Tells You This because the conversation she needed most — the one where someone who had actually made the decisions finally said what they were thinking — didn't exist. It does now.
Fortune 100 Executive
MBA · Baruch College
Harvard Executive Education
Imperial College London
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