Counsel Culture with Eric Brooker

Author: Eric Brooker

Counsel Culture is the preeminent leadership and culture podcast. We take advice from experts on culture and leadership and hear their inspirational stories in hopes of motivating us to become the best versions of ourselves, as well as leaders in our community. Over the last few years, we have interviewed; Fortune 500 CEOs, professional athletes, NY Times best-selling authors and so many more. This has been done all in an effort to learn, grow and mature as; individuals, leaders, parents, spouses, and more. Tune in to Counsel Culture weekly for all things culture and leadership from some of the world's greatest leaders.
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Be Yourself at Work with Claude Silver
Episode 167
Monday, 10 August, 2026

Claude Silver is Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia, where she's spent 12 years building culture under Gary Vaynerchuk, and author of the new book Be Yourself at Work: The Groundbreaking Power of Showing Up, Standing Out, and Leading from the Heart. In this conversation, Claude opens up about the 93-day wilderness expedition in the Colorado Rockies at age 19 that taught her she could choose the voice in her own head, a lesson that still shapes how she leads today. She and Eric dig into the real difference between authenticity and oversharing at work, why "emotional optimism" is the hardest skill for leaders to build, how she managed six months in a workplace that wasn't safe for her to be herself, and what Gary Vaynerchuk is actually like behind the public persona. They also trade honest stories about the personal cost of writing a book, for Claude, two years of COVID-era starts and stops; for Eric, a marriage that quietly took the hit while he wrote his own. This show is dedicated to Claude's journey, this conversation is what we make it. This is Counsel Culture. Learn more at www.ericbrooker.com | https://www.claudesilver.com/