Expand Your Professional Development With These 10 Podcasts

Pete Mockaitis has dedicated himself to creating a podcast that does exactly what the title suggests, letting listeners know how to be awesome at their jobs. Every week, Mockaitis invites different thought leaders to interview them and pinpoint which actionable steps everyday people can take to boost their work performance. You’ll learn things from building more confidence in the workplace, to personal skill development, to nailing interviews if you’re looking to switch roles.

Successful CEO and radio host Dave Ramsay draws upon over 30 years of experience to provide listeners with real-life business coaching. Ramsay takes listener calls to give real-time career advice.

Learn how to have the best of both worlds: the lifestyle you want and a fulfilling career. “Happen to Your Career” dispels the myth that to have a nice lifestyle, your work-life balance must be non-existent. From improving in your current role to switching careers, all the way to risk-taking, this podcast covers all topics related to career growth and change.

While this podcast is not explicitly professional development-focused, it does curate a podcast catalog full of advice for a better life. Bringing on your favorite motivational speakers — Brené Brown, Mel Robbins, Tim Ferris and many more — the podcast interviews top performers in their field to discuss how to improve livelihood, productivity and general well-being. This kind of self-improvement enlightenment is sure to feed into your career endeavors and work-life balance.

“Daily Creative” podcast is for, you guessed it, creative professionals seeking to improve their careers whether financially or creatively. Creative professions tend to be less secure and cut and dry like other career avenues. There is an element of feeling high risk with sometimes little reward. Henry seeks to dispel that narrative and empower creative professionals by offering actionable tips on dealing with overwhelm, resparking inspiration and leading a team under pressure.

Stephanie Dennis offers “holistic” career advice in this podcast that is anything but dry. Using humor and *insert parental advisory here* adult language, Dennis doesn’t beat around the bush in offering tips and advice that you can implement immediately.

Best-selling author, keynote speaker and entrepreneur, Lewis Howes, interviews some of the greatest, most successful athletes, authors, thought leaders, CEOs and many others of the best to get to the root of what makes them exceptional. Each interview is laced with highly motivating content guaranteed to mobilize you toward becoming your most successful self yet.

Bossbabe boasts of being one of the largest online communities of female entrepreneurs and ambitious women in the world. This podcast is dedicated to aiding women in building their wealth and creating the lives they love. Learn from women who are uber-successful and the best at what they do so you can start cultivating your dream career and lifestyle.

If you’re craving more of a leadership position in your company or are simply sick of hustling with no promotion in sight, Kimberly Brown’s podcast is exactly what you need to be listening to next. For the people who feel destined to be in a leadership role, this one's for you.

Scared to start that small business or company venture? This podcast is necessary for building the confidence you need to jump off that cliff. Listen to stories from entrepreneurs, innovators and idealists on how they built the very things they are now well-known and recognized for. Interviewed by entrepreneur Guy Raz, you’ll get to the core of what transforms an idea into a major success.