Short Story Long

About Short Story Long

Short Story Long shares life-changing stories of growth, resilience, and reinvention from leaders, coaches, and everyday people navigating pivotal turning points. Hosted by leadership coach Beki Fraser, each episode explores the moments that shaped someone's path and the lessons we can all learn. Every other week, Beki follows up with a Skill Builder episode that breaks down insights from the previous story into practical tools, reflection prompts, and leadership actions. Whether you're building a business, transitioning into a new career, or learning to lead with greater purpose, this podcast offers real stories and practical strategies to help you grow. New episodes every other week.

Publisher

Beki Fraser

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Sept 2024

Latest episode

12 May 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 May 2026

   The Power Of Raising Your Hand — Barry Moline

   Have a story or inflection point to share? Tap here to message us — we’d love to hear it. The career moments that change us rarely arrive with spotlights. Sometimes they show up as an awkward pause in a staff meeting, a simple request for volunteers, and a quiet choice to raise your hand when nobody else will. Becky Fraser sits down with longtime CEO and leadership consultant Barry Moline to unpack a story that starts with a holiday party committee and ends with real executive visibility, cle...

2. 

   5 May 2026

   Choose Your Own Career Path

   Have a story or inflection point to share? Tap here to message us — we’d love to hear it. A promotion can look perfect on paper and still feel wrong in your gut. That moment is where we start, with Theresa Gutierrez choosing sustainability over HR and Felicia MacDonald stepping from a large corporation into leadership at a very small e-commerce company. Their stories point to the same truth: a career transition gets easier to navigate when you stop chasing someone else’s ladder and start defi...

3. 

   28 Apr 2026

   Lessons from Leading Large v. Small Teams — Felicia MacDonald's Story

   Have a story or inflection point to share? Tap here to message us — we’d love to hear it. A layoff list can change how you see leadership forever. I sit down with Felicia MacDonald, a steady, thoughtful leader who spends years in big corporate publishing, navigates a major digital transformation, and then hits the moment many professionals fear: being asked to plan layoffs. What happens next is a sharp career pivot into small business leadership, where the org chart disappears and the real wo...

Who has been a guest on Short Story Long

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Richard Dodds
• Beki Fraser
• Alan Heymann
• Toby Adamson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

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