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

Renowned leadership author John C. Maxwell discusses how to shift yourself so you can continually grow and influence on a bigger scale. You'll Learn: 1. John’s approach to mentorship 2. How insecurity kills effective leadership 3. The ACT method to make the most out of your reflections About John: John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 30 million books in 50 languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc. magazines. He is founder of The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, organizations that have trained millions of leaders from almost every country of the world. The recipient of the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell speaks each year to Fortune500 companies, presidents of nations, and ma

Writer and illustrator Liz Fosslien shares why we should listen to our emotions instead of suppressing them at work. She also reveals how to be considerate of others’ emotions while protecting our own.   You'll Learn: Why we should inspect instead of suppress our emotions Two ways to protect yourself from emotional contagion How to decode the wisdom your emotions are pointing to   About Liz: Liz is an author and illustrator whose projects have been featured by NPR, Freakonomics, The Economist, and CNN Money. Liz spent the past three years designing and facilitating workshops that empowered executives at LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, BlackRock, and Nike to build cultures of belonging. Previously, she led product and community projects at Genius and ran statistical analyses at the aptly named Analysis Group.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep396  

WyzAnt CEO and Founder Andrew Geant discusses the best and worst ways to learn, particularly when engaging a tutor one-on-one.   You'll Learn: The most in-demand hard and soft skills When you should consider engaging in one-on-one lessons How to give and receive good feedback   About Andrew: Andrew Geant is co-founder and CEO of WyzAnt, which brings the proven impact of personalized learning to all learners via the largest tutoring marketplace and community. WyzAnt has one of 75,000 tutors available within 10 miles of 97% of the US population offering their services in-person and online. Drew co-founded WyzAnt in 2005 with his Princeton classmate, Mike Weishuhn. Today, WyzAnt has 80 employees in offices in Chicago and San Francisco.  With now over 2 million tutors and students that have used the platform, the company was bootstrapped with just $10,000 and has been cash flow positive since inception.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep395  

Workplace psychologist Andrea Goeglein shares how language impacts workplace stress and how to successfully ask for help from others.   You'll Learn: The key causes of workplace stress Two verbal habits that exacerbate workplace stress How to ask for help optimally   About Andrea: Often called a “Success Sherpa,” Andrea prides herself on carrying the information that nourishes her clients careers and personal success. She’s the Creator of the trademarked “Don’t Die” book series, which is licensed to the renowned publisher Hay House and served as Chairperson of Speaker Selection for TEDxUNLV. Not only does Andrea Goeglein have the scientific knowledge that helps business leaders thrive, she has owned and operated several successful companies herself, including Evening Star Holdings, a hospitality operating business with $4 million in revenue and 60+ employees. Andrea also Founded the CEO Forum in Las Vegas, a senior executive think tank and boutique consulting practice.   View transcript, show notes, and lin

Ari Meisel breaks down his secrets to greater productivity...from virtual assistants, to the best productivity apps, to easier ways to make decisions.   You'll Learn: How working at your peak time makes you many times more effective The power of the 20-second rule Why you should consider using virtual assistants   About Ari: Ari is the best-selling author of "The Art of Less Doing", and "The Replaceable Founder." He is a self-described Overwhelmologist whose insights into personal and professional productivity have earned him the title, "The Guru's Guru." He can be heard on the award-winning Less Doing Podcast, on international stages speaking to thought leaders and influencers, and for those who prefer the written word, Ari's blog posts on Medium offer immediate and actionable advice for entrepreneurs seeking replaceability.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep393

Austin Belcak explains how deep research, cold emailing, and solving one of your dream company’s problems upfront accelerates job hunting--while building your skills.   You'll Learn: Two common themes to successful job searches How to do cold outreach that gets responses Two ways to effectively illustrate your value   About Austin: Austin is the founder of Cultivated Culture where he teaches people how to land jobs they love without connections, without traditional experience, and without applying online. Austin's created a community of over 30,000 job seekers who have leveraged his strategies to land jobs at places like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and more.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep392

Dr. Shawn Jones discusses the burnout epidemic and how mindfulness, reflection, and compassion can be used to combat it.   You'll Learn: Three ways people experience burnout How to re-personalize what you’ve depersonalized Four best practices for preventing burnout   About Shawn: Shawn C. Jones MD, FACS is a board-certified ear, nose, and throat physician, head and neck surgeon with 30 years of experience in medicine and a thriving ENT practice in Paducah, Kentucky. He's on a mission to combat the effects of the growing physician burnout epidemic by sharing his own inspiring story of recovery. Dr. Jones shares his story of burnout and recovery in his book, "Finding Heart in Art: A Surgeon’s Renaissance Approach to Healing Modern Medical Burnout.”   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep391

Ed Muzio shares how teams can function better through smarter iteration.   You'll Learn: How many organizations are planning poorly Approaches for greater clarity How to make wiser group decisions   About Ed: Ed Muzio is CEO of Group Harmonics and an award-winning three-time author. An expert in the scientific study of measuring and modifying human behavior, he is a sought-after consultant to business and industry worldwide and a popular media source. His new book is Iterate: Run a Fast, Flexible, Focused Management Team (An Inc. Original, 2018). He can be found at IterateNow.com.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep390

Coach Beth Benatti Kennedy shares actionable ways to recharge your career and beat burnout.   You'll Learn: The five focus areas for recharging your career How to use a Purpose Mind Map A more exciting way to introduce yourself   About Beth: Beth Benatti Kennedy, MS LMFT brings more than twenty years of experience to her role as a leadership and executive coach, resiliency-training expert, and speaker. With an extensive background in career development, she coaches high-potential individuals on how to use their influence strategically, collaborate effectively, and focus on innovation. Her clients include Gillette Company, Nike, Converse, and many others. Her new book, Career Recharge: Five Strategies to boost Resilience and Beat Burnout, was published in October.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep389

Founder of Raise the Bar, Aaron Levy, shares four key habits that improve team performance.   You'll Learn: Why must managers suck How and why to listen better Examples of powerful questions   About Aaron: Aaron is the Founder and CEO of Raise The Bar, a firm focused on helping companies address the problem of millennial turnover. Aaron is an ICF Associate Certified Coach, a Thrive Global contributor, an 1871 mentor, the Co-Director of Startup Grind Chicago and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council. He has educated, coached, and consulted over 5,500 business leaders, helping them to define goals, create action plans, and achieve sustained success. Aaron is on a mission to transform the manager role – by empowering each manager with the tools, skills, and training to be leaders of people who unlock the potential of their team.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep388

Julie Benezet discusses the importance of taking risks and being comfortable with the discomfort of outcome uncertainty—and how you can achieve that comfort.   You'll Learn: How discomfort brings out your best game The four steps to becoming comfortable with discomfort Four self-sabotaging behaviors and how to stop them in their tracks   About Julie: Julie Benezet has devoted her professional life to exploring the new, building businesses and helping others do the same. She currently works as an executive consultant, coach and teacher, following 25 years in business and law. She is the founder of The Journey of Not Knowing®, a leadership development program that teaches its executives how to navigate the new. Julie spent four years as a member of the Amazon.com leadership team that brought the company from the early steep ramp up phase to its emergence as an established business. As its Vice President, Corporate Resources and Director of Global Real Estate, she is credited with leading the delivery of over

Podcaster and real estate investor Mindy Jensen shares strategies for building wealth.   You'll Learn: The number one tip for earning more at your job The power of tracking your spending Tips for optimizing big expenses   About Mindy: Mindy Jensen is the Community Manager for BiggerPockets.com, and the co-host of BiggerPockets Money, a podcast for anyone who has money or wants to have more.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep386

Hal Gregersen explores methods for asking better questions to address your biggest challenges.   You'll Learn: How to ask better questions The four-minute Question Burst method to spark new ideas How the most creative organizations use questions wisely   About Hal: Hal Gregersen is the Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center and a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management where he pursues his vocation of executive teaching, coaching, and research by exploring how leaders in business, government, and society discover provocative new ideas, develop the human and organizational capacity to realize those ideas, and deliver positive, powerful results.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep385

Vice President  of Twitter Bruce Daisley shares the key differences that make the difference between work delight and drudgery.   You'll Learn: Two hacks for restoring your personal equilibrium at work The benefits of connecting with your colleagues through laughter Why working more than 40 hours a week is a bad idea   About Bruce: As European Vice-President for Twitter and host of the UK’s number one business podcast Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat he is in the centre of the debate about the way work and communication is evolving. Daisley has been one of the Evening Standard’s 1,000 Most Influential Londoners for four years and is one of Debrett’s 500 Most Influential People in Britain. Campaign magazine asserted that Daisley is ‘one of the most talented people in media.’   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep384

Happy Holidays! Here are some gifts that will help you be awesome at your job even during the holiday break.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/

GM’s Chief Talent Officer Michael J. Arena explores the idea of ambidextrous leadership to help lead your organization in its current state and in its future – at the same time.   You'll Learn: Ways to positively disrupt the way you work Concrete ways to mine the ideas of your organization Why conflict is essential to the evolution of ideas   About Michael: Michael is the Chief Talent Officer for General Motors (GM), where he launched GM2020, a grass roots initiative designed to enable employees to positively disrupt the way they work, which was highlighted in Fast Company and Fortune. Michael is the author of the book Adaptive Space, which is based on a decade long research initiative that won the 2017 Walker Prize from People + Strategy.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep383

Lean management authority Karen Martin shares how many workplace problems can be solved through better clarity.   You'll Learn: Why people fear asking for clarity Key clarifying questions that stimulate great thinking Why tolerance for ambiguity is actually bad   About Karen: Karen Martin, president of the global consulting firm TKMG, Inc., is a leading authority on business performance and Lean management. Known for her keen diagnostic skills and rapid-results approach, Karen and her team have worked with clients such as AT&T, Chevron, Epson, GlaxoSmithKline, International Monetary Fund, Lenovo, Mayo Clinic, Prudential Insurance, Qualcomm, and the United States Department of Homeland Security to develop more efficient work systems, grow market share, solve business problems, and accelerate performance.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep382

Bestselling author and Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum Soulaima Gourani discusses the importance of knowing and owning your own dignity and making the most of what you’re good at.   You'll Learn: The mother of all values Three steps for zeroing in on your true talent To clearly distinguish what you enjoy vs. what you’re good at   About Soulaima: Soulaima is a TED Talks Mentor and works with corporate clients and world leaders as a World Economic Forum expert in behavioral science and education. She is a two-time author and speaks on the topics of change management, career development, leadership, entrepreneurship, global trade, emotional intelligence and much more. Everything she does always serves a common purpose: to create more innovators, critical thinkers, and problem solvers–more peace in the world.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep381

Trainer, author, and master hypnotist Jane Ransom discusses how you can remap the brain’s neural pathways toward what you want using self-intelligence and self-hypnosis.   You'll Learn: Scientific proof for the effectiveness of hypnosis How to strengthen the neural pathways to achieve behavioral change The interconnectedness of self-discipline and self-forgiveness   About Jane: Jane Ransom is a coach, speaker, trainer, master hypnotist, dedicated optimist and an incurable science nerd. The international publisher Quarto Group recently released her book Self-Intelligence: The New Science-Based Approach to Reaching Your True Potential. She helps individuals transform their lives and works with organizations to improve leadership and strengthen employee engagement.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep380

Veteran life coach Barney Feinberg shares how appreciating your many values can help you better connect with others and facilitate chemistry for smooth working relationships.   You'll Learn: How to identify your values from your life’s peak moments Approaches for discovering the values of others from what they say How we end up settling in our relationships   About Barney: Barney Feinberg began his career as a CPA learning the language of business. At the age of twenty-five, his career journey took him to live in Asia for seven years, where he was COO for a large clothing conglomerate. There he learned how to assimilate into a multitude of cultures, always with the purpose of building strong relationships at work. His career in executive placement began in 1994 and in 2002, he became a certified coach with the Coaches Training Institute. Over the past 25 years he has worked with thousands of executives, coaching them on how to strengthen their chemistry factor for greater success.   View transcript, show no