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Now displaying: October, 2017
Oct 30, 2017

Famed executive coach Annie McKee makes the case linking increased happiness to increased work performance...and shows how to improve both at once.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. Best practices for more happiness at work
  2. How following your “shoulds” can undermine happiness
  3. Key clues to help discern when something’s wrong at work

 

About Annie:

Dr. Annie McKee is a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania where she teaches and is the Director of the PennCLO Executive Doctoral Program. She is the bestselling coauthor of three successful books published by Harvard Business Review Press: Primal Leadership, with Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis (2002); Resonant Leadership, with Richard Boyatzis (2005), and Becoming a Resonant Leader, with Richard Boyatzis and Frances Johnston (2008); and is the author of Management: A Focus on Leaders (Pearson/Prentice Hall 2014). She advises leaders around the world, and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep223

Oct 27, 2017

Paychecks and Balances Podcast hosts Rich Jones and Marcus Garrett share some of their biggest money lessons learned from guests, experiences, and past mistakes.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. Pro-tips on getting hired for your dream job
  2. The critical thing to do before sealing the deal on your new job
  3. Why 90% of people become stagnant in their career by age 45… and how to avoid that

 

About Rich & Marcus:

Rich Jones, along with Marcus Garrett, co-host Paychecks & Balances, a funformative podcast covering work and money for millennials. They leverage their experiences to provide entertaining insights and helpful tips on money management, professional growth, and other topics relevant to 20 and 30-somethings trying to get ahead.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep222

Oct 25, 2017

Journalist Celeste Headlee breaks down the steps towards being a better conversationalist.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. The top ways to have better conversations
  2. The myths you believe about good listening
  3. An eye-opening way to find out your bad habits as a conversationalist

 

About Celeste:

Celeste Headlee, Public Broadcast Radio Show Host, and Author of Heard Mentality and We Need To Talk.  Celeste Headlee is the host of "On Second Thought" at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and has been a host and correspondent for NPR and PRI since 2006. She has trained many journalists through NPR's Next Generation program. Headlee also has appeared as a guest on CNN, the BBC, and other international networks, and in 2012, she anchored presidential election coverage for PBS World.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep221

Oct 23, 2017

Hollywood psychotherapist Barry Michels talks about dealing with failure and how to bounce back even stronger.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. How to identify and defeat your inner saboteur
  2. An approach to getting over energy speed bumps
  3. How to bounce back faster from failures

 

About Barry:

Barry Michels has a B.A. from Harvard, a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, and an MSW from the University of Southern California.  He has been in private practice as a psychotherapist in Los Angeles since 1986.  He’s referred to as one of “the most sought-after shrinks in Hollywood.” His client list boasts top writers, actors, producers, CEOs, and other creatives. In his books and public events, he shares the same Tools they use behind closed doors with their clients.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep220

Oct 20, 2017

Marlene Chism shares how to master resentment and frustration...along with best practices for channeling the the energy of anger.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. How feelings of resentment and frustration indicate a lack of clarity
  2. The valuable message and energy embedded within anger
  3. The “Release Resistance” process to better handle anger

 

About Marlene:

Marlene Chism is a consultant and international speaker whose personal passion is to help people discover, develop and deliver their gifts to the world She’s the author of “No Drama Leadership,” "Stop Workplace Drama” and more. Marlene delivers her message on stopping drama and creating enlightened leaders through corporate retreats and client work, as well as at association meetings, universities, and other speaking engagements.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep219

Oct 18, 2017

Positive psychologist Louisa Jewell discusses ways to become more confident and eliminate self-doubt to be able to pursue bigger goals.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. How self-doubt holds us back
  2. The mindset that prevents failures from impacting your self-esteem
  3. Best practices for boosting your self-confidence

 

About Louisa:

Louisa Jewell is a speaker, author, and Canada's leading expert on the topic of positive psychology who has facilitated thousands of people towards greater flourishing, both at work and in their personal lives. In 2012 Louisa founded the Canadian Positive Psychology Association, an organization that brings together leading-edge researchers and practitioners from across Canada to disseminate the knowledge of positive psychology to improve the psychological health of all Canadians.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep218

Oct 16, 2017

Kristen Berndt acquired the job she’s wanted for a decade--United Airline’s Manager of Baggage Planning--and shares her unorthodox approach to getting it.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. How to let the world know what you want...and keep in touch with the critical contacts
  2. A mindset that will give you back a third of your day
  3. How to nail interviews with the classic STAR framework

 

About Kristen:

Kristen Berndt is the Manager of Baggage Planning at United Airlines. When Kristen was 19 years old, she determined that she wanted to work in operations for United Airlines, and made it her life goal. She believes that confidence and persistence are the keys to achieving one’s dreams. She encourages others to network and build connections in order to be successful. Kristen lives and works in Chicago.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep217

Oct 13, 2017

Nate Regier shows how to tap into the positive powers of conflict and openness to effectively deal with drama.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. A useful, low-intensity definition of conflict
  2. The four-step ORPO formula for productive conflicts
  3. How upfront openness about motives can change everything

 

About Nate:

Nate Regier, Ph.D., is CEO and cofounding owner of Next Element, a global leadership training and certification firm specializing in communication and conflict skills. He’s an expert in social-emotional intelligence and leadership, positive conflict, neuropsychology, group dynamics, interpersonal and leadership communication, executive assessment, and coaching. Regier is a co developer of Next Element’s Leading Out of Drama® training and coaching system, an LOD® master trainer, and Process Communication Model® certifying master trainer. He is co-author of Beyond Drama: Transcending Energy Vampires. He’s an enthusiastic dad and husband.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep216

 

Oct 11, 2017

Anne Bogel provides a whirlwind tour across leading personality frameworks, providing tips on how to apply these insights along the way.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. How the Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, Enneagram, Five Love Languages, highly sensitive people enlighten you in their own ways
  2. How to use personality types to better your relationships
  3. Dangers of abusing personality frameworks

 

About Anne:

Anne is a resident blogger, bookworm, and big-question-asker at Modern Mrs. Darcy. She wrote Reading People, where she shares her own experience with the personality frameworks she loves the most, the ones that have made the biggest difference in her own life. She walks you through 7 different frameworks, explaining the basics in a way you can actually understand, sharing personal stories about how what she learned made a difference in her life, and showing people how it could make a difference in theirs, as well.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep215

Oct 6, 2017

Molly Beck shares a quick and easy formula for reaching out new people who can help you achieve your goals.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. The two components required to become an influencer
  2. The four types of reach outs--with benchmark response rates
  3. How to make awesome subject lines to get more email responses

 

About Molly:

Molly is the founder of podcast creation site Messy Bun; the creator of the lifestyle blog Smart, Pretty & Awkward; and a marketing expert who has provided digital strategies for numerous companies including Forbes, Venmo, Rice University, and Hearst. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, Redbook, Parade, HuffPost, and more. She is represented by CAA.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep214

Oct 4, 2017

Dorie Clark outlines how to flourish amid office politics by using electoral campaign strategies.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. How to create a campaign plan for your career
  2. The power mapping approach to smarter people decisions
  3. A genius tactic for highlighting your achievements without sounding boastful

 

About Dorie:

Dorie Clark is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine, one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year by Forbes, and was a Washington Post bestseller. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.”

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep213

Oct 2, 2017

Morra Aarons-Mele provides tips for the ambitious introvert to succeed at work and strategies on how extroverts and introverts can best work together.

 

You'll Learn:

  1. How introverts are fabulous secret weapons at work
  2. The false assumptions people make about introverts
  3. How extroverts and introverts can work best together

 

About Morra:

Morra Aarons-Mele is the founder of award winning social impact agency Women Online and its database of women influencers, The Mission List.  She is an Internet marketer who has been working with women online since 1999. She helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first Internet chat, and has launched online campaigns for world leaders and organizations including the United Nations, President Obama, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep212

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