How To Be Awesome At Your Job: A Podcast For People Who Love Learning Improvement Tools For Happier Work, Career & Achieving

Glenna Crooks illustrates the eight different kinds of networks everyone has and why you should make sure these work for you while you work for them.   You'll Learn: The eight different kinds of networks in your life A method for successfully pruning your network The maximum number of connections each person can sustain   About Glenna: Glenna Crooks is a strategist, innovator and trusted counsel to leaders globally.  She was a Reagan appointee, global vice-president of Merck’s Vaccine Business and founder of a global strategy firm solving tough health care problems. She is active in academia, on boards, writes books and blogs, is a sought-after speaker and was recently named A Disruptive Woman to Watch. She is also a Zen artist and donates her paintings to support children with special needs.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep338

Matt Perman explains how to tell the difference between important tasks and urgent tasks, and how to make room for what’s important in your life and work.   You'll Learn: Why you should plan your day with your time, not your tasks Four tips for effective personal management Two ways to prioritize like a pro   About Matt: Matt is co-founder of What’s Best Next, which he started to help people excel in doing good for the world through productive work and God-centered living. Prior to that, he served at Desiring God for 13 years in several different leadership roles, including director of strategy and director of internet ministries, and at Made to Flourish as director of marketing.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep337

Jacqueline Carter reveals the three qualities of a good leader’s mind and how to build good foundations for those qualities in yourself.   You'll Learn: What the American workforce looks for in a career and leader How to avoid power corrupting you as you rise The distinction between compassion and empathy--and which one is more helpful   About Jacqueline: With a Master of Science in Organizational Behavior and over 20 years of experience supporting organizations through large scale change, Jacqueline has held a wide range of leadership and consulting roles across a range of industries including transportation, oil and gas, insurance and government. Jacqueline has many years of personal experience with mind training and over the past 10 years has focused on embedding mindfulness practices into daily corporate life.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep336

Marc Effron shares his extensive research on the eight essential steps to becoming a high performer at work.   You'll Learn: The eight steps to high performance The difference between goals and promises How to estimate and achieve your theoretical maximum of effort   About Marc: Marc Effron is the founder and President of the Talent Strategy Group and founder and publisher of Talent Quarterly magazine. He is coauthor of the book One-Page Talent Management and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Influencers in HR.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep335

Maxie McCoy advises dropping the grand plan of your life in favor of simpler questions to move you forward.   You'll Learn: Two exercises for discerning your direction Why you should keep a gratitude journal Five wise questions to ask your support network   About Maxie: Maxie McCoy is a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to believe in themselves. She writes weekly inspiration on maxiemccoy.com, and is the host and executive producer of the live-audience show Let Her Speak. She specializes in creating meaningful offline experiences for top brands and conferences. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, Bustle, Fortune, TheSkimm, INC, Business Insider, Yahoo, Marie Claire, GlassDoor, The Huffington Post, Women's Health and many others.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep334

Greg Williams reveals several secrets to negotiating for what you want effectively and respectfully.   You'll Learn: Three points to remember when negotiating with bullies Six common body language cues in American culture How to get productive outcomes through open communication   About Greg: Greg Williams, The Master Negotiator and Body Language Expert, has studied and practiced negotiation tactics and strategies for more than 30 years. He’s spent over 20 years studying the way body language can affect negotiation outcomes. Greg’s education and experience come from formal negotiation settings, universities, governmental municipalities, seminars, and the school of hard knocks. He’s served on numerous corporate, business, and governmental boards.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep333

Executive Dean Doris Savron highlights appealing opportunities and best practices for enhancing your career through online education. This episode is sponsored by University of Phoenix. You’ll Learn: The differences between certificate and degree programs Key trends on evolving fields with interesting opportunities Pro tips for finishing courses you start—and retaining the knowledge About Doris Doris Savron is the executive dean of the College of Health Professions, College of Education and College of Humanities and Sciences at University of Phoenix. Her career spans 20 years in healthcare, information technology and academia. Prior to joining the University, Savron spent 10 years in leadership roles in healthcare operations, rehabilitation services and information technology consulting. She holds a master of business administration from Cleveland State University and is completing her doctorate in health administration from University of Phoenix.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAt

Josselyne Herman Saccio opens up about creating your own context and communicating honestly for a more productive workplace.   You'll Learn: What most people get wrong about communication The danger of scapegoating How to get productive outcomes out of your team   About Josselyne: Josselyne Herman-Saccio is a communication expert with Landmark, a personal and professional growth, training and development company that's had more than 2.4 million people use its programs to cause breakthroughs in their personal lives as well as in their communities, generating more than 100,000 community projects around the world. In The Landmark Forum, Landmark's flagship program, people cause breakthroughs in their performance, communication, relationships and overall satisfaction in life.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep331

Nir Eyal shares how habits keep users coming back and how to become indistractable in the midst of such forces.   You'll Learn: How habit-forming products win over higher quality products Four steps to becoming indistractable How to turn a distraction into traction   About Nir: Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Worklife (acquired by Cisco), Eventbr

Dusty Staub shares seven acts of courage and how to apply them wisely to your work.   You'll Learn: The three biggest lacks of courage in the workplace The problem with being nice Finding and liberating others’ purpose, passion, and power   About Dusty: Robert “Dusty” Staub has worked for over 30 years with executives, families, and communities as well as with private and public companies. He has trained and coached executives and teams in creating high performance outcomes. Dusty has been a pioneer in the process of creating systemic accountability by aligning leadership and group behaviors with strategy to produce bottom-line results.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep329  

Jennifer Dulski breaks down how to rally communities around a common cause—and keep them going even without you.   You'll Learn: The three ingredients of a successful movement The keys to mobilizing people How to leverage criticism   About Jennifer: Jennifer Dulski is the head of Groups and Community at Facebook. Prior to Facebook, Jennifer served as president and COO of Change.org, a social enterprise company that empowers people everywhere to start and win campaigns for change. She was an early Yahoo! employee, rising through the ranks over her nine-year tenure to ultimately lead one of the company’s six business units as group VP and general manager of Local and Marketplaces. Jennifer left Yahoo! to become CEO of The Dealmap, a site acquired by Google in 2011, making her the first woman to sell a company to Google. Jennifer has a deep passion for making the world a better place and is a prominent thought leader in Silicon Valley.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep3

Dr. Srini Pillay shares why focus is over-rated and how unfocusing yields boosts to creativity and more.   You'll Learn: The five disadvantages of focus How hobbies and whole days off re-energize your brain The types of thinking that activate your creative brain   About Srini: Dr. Srini Pillay is a globally recognized, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, brain imaging researcher and author of Tinker, Dabble, Doodle, Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind. As CEO of NeuroBusiness Group, he works with non-profits and Fortune 500 companies globally to help people understand how to manage risk, uncertainty, and volatility, and to harness creativity. He is an in-demand keynote speaker and has been featured on CNN, Oprah Radio, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Forbes, and Fortune.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep327

Brenda Bernstein enumerates the top mistakes people make when crafting their LinkedIn profiles and what you should do instead.   You'll Learn: Two keys to crafting an eye-grabbing LinkedIn profile How to grow your LinkedIn network past 500 people quickly and easily The case for making recommendations   About Brenda: Brenda Bernstein, Founder and Senior Editor at The Essay Expert LLC, is the author of How to Write a Killer LinkedIn Profile, a book that held the #1 bestseller spot in Amazon’s business writing skills list for over two years. A sought-after speaker and award-winning businesswoman and resume writer, Brenda is a dedicated student of leadership and a trained life coach. Armed with a B.A. in English with honors from Yale and a J.D. with honors from NYU Law School, she has been partnering with job seekers and college applicants for over 15 years to create effective written application documents. Brenda practiced law for 10 years in New York City and spent a year as a J.D. Career Advisor with the Uni

Unabashed life coach Lauren Zander explains why you should have difficult conversations and how you can take charge of them.   You'll Learn: How to separate yourself from your recurring mental patterns The best communication approach during a worst-case scenario The ways you lie and what they cost you   About Lauren: Lauren Handel Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group®, an international corporate consulting and life coaching company. Her coaching methodology, The Handel Method®, is taught in over 35 universities and institutes of learning around the world, including MIT, Stanford Graduate School of Business, NYU, and the New York City Public School System. Lauren is also the author of Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life (Published by Hachette Book Group, April 2017), a no-nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there. She has spent over 20 years coaching thousands of private and corporat

Adam Gazzaley takes a deep dive into the brain, why we don’t have the ability to do everything at the same time, and the technologies that will help how your brain functions and focuses.   You'll Learn: The strengths and limitations of the human brain Three focus levers that you can learn to control Mindfulness practices that train attention   About Adam: Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry at UC San Francisco and the Founder & Executive Director of Neuroscape, a translational neuroscience center engaged in technology creation and scientific research of novel brain assessment and optimization approaches. Dr. Gazzaley is co-founder and Chief Science Advisor of Akili Interactive Labs, a company developing therapeutic video games, and co-founder and Chief Scientist of JAZZ Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in experiential technology to improve human performance. Additionally, he is a scientific advisor for over a dozen technology companies includ

Kimberly White breaks down why seeing people as people dramatically increases productivity at work and in life.   You'll Learn:   What you miss when you see people as objects How seeing people as people turbocharges problem-solving Three ways to change the way you perceive people     About Kimberly Kimberly White is the perpetually amused mother of some very theatrical children, and the lucky wife of the funniest person she’s ever known. Her nine months of research for The Shift included dozens of hours working alongside nursing home employees in offices, showers, vans, patient rooms, kitchens, and one very creepy basement. Kimberly earned a degree in philosophy, studying under C. Terry Warner and serving as his longtime research assistant. She was editor of her department’s undergraduate philosophy journal and copy editor for Epoche: A Journal for the History of Philosophy. She has also worked for the Arbinger Institute as a group instructor and as a first-draft editor of Leadership and Self-Deception. Kim

Legendary copywriter Michel Fortin shares how to be more persuasive in any environment and situation.   You'll Learn: The platinum rule for persuasion The OATH formula to better know the people you need to persuade The ‘so-that’ technique to bridge arguments and persuade people   About Michel: Michel is currently Director of Communications at SEO TWIST, Inc., a full-service digital marketing agency that's also a Premier Google Partner, Facebook Partner, and Shopify Partner. He manages a portfolio of 47 client accounts ranging from small businesses to multinationals. He’s also President and co-owner of Supportibles, Inc. (formerly Workaholics4Hire), an outsourced customer support solutions and backoffice business process services provider. He leads a team of three managers and 22 support staff, as well as over 200 part-time virtual assistants and remote workers. They handle an average volume of over 15,000 support cases daily with clients in a variety of industries and verticals. He’s also responsible for bu

Mamie Stewart shares her expertise in planning (and declining!) meetings, substitutes to the traditional meetings, and making meetings more beneficial and productive for everyone.   You'll Learn: How to decline a meeting so well, that they may just thank you for doing so Ideal alternatives to meetings Best practices for achieving your expected outcome in meetings   About Mamie: Mamie Kanfer Stewart is the author of Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging, and Enjoyable Meetings. Her company, Meeteor, helps teams and organizations build healthy meeting culture. As a coach, speaker, writer, and trainer, Mamie has helped thousands of people improve their meetings and how they collaborate. Mamie has been featured in Forbes, Inc, and Fast Company. She is a regular contributor on The Price of Business and is the host of The Modern Manager podcast.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep321

Anne Sugar shares how she’s helped high potential individuals command executive presence.   You'll Learn: The two key components of building trust Ninja tactics that help you read a room Power questions that provoke solutions   About Anne: Anne Sugar is an executive coach and speaker who has advised top leaders at companies including TripAdvisor, Sanofi Genzyme, and Havas. Anne serves as an executive coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education and has guest lectured at MIT.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep320

Bradley R. Staats discusses the essentials of dynamic learning, the best practices of a compelling learner, and the value of mistakes and asking questions.   You'll Learn: The 4 elements of dynamic learning How we are our own worst enemy when learning How to reframe how you think about mistakes   About Bradley: Bradley R. Staats is the author of Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive, and is an associate professor of operations at the University of North Carolina's Kenan Flagler Business School. His research examines how individuals, teams, and organizations can learn to improve their operational performance to build a competitive advantage, integrating work in operations management and organizational behavior to clarify how and under what conditions individuals, teams, and organizations can learn at their best.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep319