Workplace Forward Podcast

The Workplace Forward Podcast, hosted by Tegan Trovato, empowers perpetually busy, always overstretched executives and senior leaders to prioritize professional development that drives business outcomes. Each episode we answer the question: what behaviors, practices, beliefs and skills must leaders possess so that they can successfully lead systems that perpetually change at warp speed?
Following the success of her first podcast for growth-oriented leaders—the Life & Leadership Podcast—Bright Arrow Coaching Founder and CEO Tegan Trovato launched Workplace Forward to provide senior-level leaders and executives with best practices on using the more human side of leadership to drive greater productivity and financial returns.
The podcast features Tegan’s interviews with executives, experts, authors, and innovators about their leadership journeys. Tegan’s conversations with her guests focus on leadership teaming, addressing workplace issues, prioritizing business initiatives, and identifying strategic solutions that will help executives learn, recharge, and stay ahead of the curve on emerging leadership concepts.
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Conagra VP of Precision Marketing Dane Mathews, on The Art of Making Big Decisions — With or Without Data
How do leaders make informed choices in the absence of precedent? Listen in as Dane Mathews explores the art of making big decisions—with or without data.
Leaders Let the Story Do the Work with Esther Choy
How does persuasive storytelling create business opportunities? Listen in as Esther Choy explores what it means for leaders to ‘let the story do the work.’
Angel Investor, Sue Bevan Baggott on How (Human) Connection Drives Innovation
Sue shares how she ‘accidentally’ became an angel investor and explains why focusing on startups drives the change she wants to see in the world.
The Transformative Power of Liminality with Dr. Deb Loftus
Liminality comes from the Latin root limen, which points to a threshold, border or beginning. And while liminality does imply change, it’s more than that. Moving through a liminal space has the…
How Leaders Develop and Practice Insight with Gina Fong
Consumer insight helps brands predict behavior and anticipate what you need—before you even know you need it. And as leaders, we, too, need to know what motivates our team members, clients and other…
The Business Case for Empathy with Liesel Mertes
Amid a global pandemic, empathy in the workplace has become a popular topic. But is it just a PR thing? Or does empathy really impact the bottom line? According to social science data, demonstrating…
Desirable Difficulty and Crucible Leadership Moments with Suzanne Coonan
The last two years have tested leaders, pushing us to operate under intense pressure at an unprecedented pace. And while these Crucible Leadership Moments can be…
Workplace Forward Podcast Trailer
What we ask of leaders has changed dramatically in the last two years. The systems we operate in have been overtaxed, and we've had to lead despite the ambiguity and volatility. So, how might...
About the Host – Tegan Trovato

Tegan Trovato
Founder and CEO
of Bright Arrow Coaching
Workplace Forward Podcast Host
Tegan Trovato, Founder and CEO of Bright Arrow Coaching, has hosted The Workplace Forward Podcast since its inception in 2021.
An HR industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience advising strategic leadership teams, Tegan holds deep expertise in talent acquisition and development and organizational learning.
Before leaving corporate leadership to become an entrepreneur and CEO, Tegan served as an executive or leadership team member for Levi Strauss, Zynga, Xerox, and Cielo.
Tegan previously co-hosted the Life & Leadership Podcast with speaker and author Katie Rasoul from 2018-2020. She is a recipient of HR Executive Magazine’s HR Rising Star Award, a frequent keynote speaker, and a regular contributor to many top business publications, including Forbes and Fast Company.
Tegan holds several credentials from top coaching programs, which include being a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Certified Hogan Assessment Administrator, and a Master Practitioner for the Energy Leadership Index Assessment (ELI-MP).
Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul hosted the Life and Leadership Podcast from 2018 to 2020 with the goal to share ideas, real life stories, and inspiration for powerful people to level up.
In each episode, Katie and Tegan share knowledge and experience from decades of coaching and working in HR, and often invite others to weigh-in on a variety of topics that speak to the whole leader: relationships, money, fear, personal values, leadership, love, parenting and more.
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