Climb On Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:00:01 -0400 en-us © 2026 Climb On yes d41a1d6c-bd09-5898-b83d-9c032ff8166b Gunjan Sethi episodic false Most careers happen by default. You take the next role because it's the next role, and one day someone asks why and you don't have an answer.

Climb On is about the other way of doing it. Each episode is a conversation about a decision that mattered — leaving something good, walking away from money, changing direction late, or figuring out what you're actually for.

Host Gunjan Sethi (G) spent twenty years in tech at Microsoft, VMware, and Armada, and coaches on the side. She was laid off in 2014 with no idea what she was good at. She's spent the decade since learning how to choose on purpose.

New episodes weekly. Guests include coaches, founders, authors, and women who changed direction when staying would have been easier.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Gunjan Sethi https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vx4zjg50ehsbmtv0sro9rw7l3gk7?.jpg Climb On Boundaries Held. Freedom Didn't. Boundaries Held. Freedom Didn't. After five months away, I went back to work with a written plan. The boundaries held. The freedom didn't. A solo episode on what returning really costs, and why slow doesn't mean not growing.

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]]> After five months away, I went back to work with a written plan. The boundaries held. The freedom didn't. A solo episode on what returning really costs, and why slow doesn't mean not growing.

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> Gunjan Sethi Buzzsprout-19905402 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0400 856 1 5 full false People, Balance and Slow Ambition - with Natasha Gaitonde People, Balance and Slow Ambition - with Natasha Gaitonde Eighteen years at Microsoft, all in engineering. Natasha made it to M2 — and then went back to M1, because that's the work that fills her up.

A conversation about building a network before you need it, the mistakes worth making, and what she calls balance. On taking your shot, learning what fulfillment actually feels like for you, and slow ambition.

Find Natasha @ inkedin.com/in/natasha-gaitonde-7035512

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> Eighteen years at Microsoft, all in engineering. Natasha made it to M2 — and then went back to M1, because that's the work that fills her up.

A conversation about building a network before you need it, the mistakes worth making, and what she calls balance. On taking your shot, learning what fulfillment actually feels like for you, and slow ambition.

Find Natasha @ inkedin.com/in/natasha-gaitonde-7035512

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> Gunjan Sethi Buzzsprout-19878693 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1619 1 4 full false Are You Choosing, or Just Continuing? - with Rekha Raghu Are You Choosing, or Just Continuing? - with Rekha Raghu Rekha turned down a job at the IBM lab that built the computer that beat Jeopardy — and she's never called it a mistake. Twenty-five years into her career, she's asked herself three different questions about what to do next. This episode is about how you know when the one you're using has expired.

Rekha Raghu is a fractional executive, a coach, and my co-founder at Climbon Coaching.

Contact Rekha: linkedin.com/in/rekharaghu

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> Rekha turned down a job at the IBM lab that built the computer that beat Jeopardy — and she's never called it a mistake. Twenty-five years into her career, she's asked herself three different questions about what to do next. This episode is about how you know when the one you're using has expired.

Rekha Raghu is a fractional executive, a coach, and my co-founder at Climbon Coaching.

Contact Rekha: linkedin.com/in/rekharaghu

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> Gunjan Sethi Buzzsprout-19845872 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400 797 Career, Choice, Questions 1 3 full false The Rooms I Built Without Knowing Why The Rooms I Built Without Knowing Why Earlier this year I stopped working for five months. Ten years ago I couldn't have done that — and this episode is about why.

Next episode: Rekha Raghu, fractional executive and my co-founder at Climbon Coaching.

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]]> Earlier this year I stopped working for five months. Ten years ago I couldn't have done that — and this episode is about why.

Next episode: Rekha Raghu, fractional executive and my co-founder at Climbon Coaching.

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> Gunjan Sethi Buzzsprout-19819927 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:00:00 -0400 686 1 2 full false Coach told me what I already knew! Coach told me what I already knew! When Microsoft laid me off in 2014, it felt like being jilted by a lover. There were no boundaries between me and my work — I didn't have a job at Microsoft, I was my job at Microsoft. So when the job ended, I couldn't tell you what was left.

In this first episode I tell the story of the two coaches who split my career in half. The first one, in 2014, was handed to me after the layoff. She worked on my strengths and told me something I'd known my whole working life without ever saying out loud.

The second one, in 2022, I found and paid for myself — while I still had the job, the title, and the stock package. She worked on my values. That conversation is why I walked away from two million dollars at Broadcom before the golden handcuffs closed.

Strengths tell you what you're good at. Values tell you what to do when the good option and the right option aren't the same option.

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> When Microsoft laid me off in 2014, it felt like being jilted by a lover. There were no boundaries between me and my work — I didn't have a job at Microsoft, I was my job at Microsoft. So when the job ended, I couldn't tell you what was left.

In this first episode I tell the story of the two coaches who split my career in half. The first one, in 2014, was handed to me after the layoff. She worked on my strengths and told me something I'd known my whole working life without ever saying out loud.

The second one, in 2022, I found and paid for myself — while I still had the job, the title, and the stock package. She worked on my values. That conversation is why I walked away from two million dollars at Broadcom before the golden handcuffs closed.

Strengths tell you what you're good at. Values tell you what to do when the good option and the right option aren't the same option.

Find us at Climboncoaching.com

]]> Gunjan Buzzsprout-19776305 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0400 706 1 1 full false