Happy Holidays! Here are some gifts that will help you be awesome at your job even during the holiday break.

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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:

1. Ways to positively disrupt the way you work
2. Concrete ways to mine the ideas of your organization
3. 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.

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Lean management authority Karen Martin shares how many workplace problems can be solved through better clarity.

You'll Learn:

1. Why people fear asking for clarity
2. Key clarifying questions that stimulate great thinking
3. 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.

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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:

1. The mother of all values
2. Three steps for zeroing in on your true talent
3. 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.

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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:

1. Scientific proof for the effectiveness of hypnosis
2. How to strengthen the neural pathways to achieve behavioral change
3. 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.

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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:

1. How to identify your values from your life’s peak moments
2. Approaches for discovering the values of others from what they say
3. 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.

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Josh Kaufman shares his research regarding tackling uncertainty, the value of persistence in new skill acquisition, and best practices for self-directed learning.

You’ll Learn:

1. The PICS formula for assessing your goals
2. The five parts of every business mental model
3. How and Why to pre-commit to learning a new skill

About Josh

New York Times bestselling author and psychiatrist Dr. Judith Orloff shines light on highly sensitive people, how to connect with them, and how to defend against forces that drain your energy.

You’ll Learn:

1. The difference between ordinary empathy, highly sensitive people, and empaths
2. Two ways to avoid absorbing the emotions of your environment
3. The important skills the rest of us can learn from highly sensitive people

About Judith

Bestselling author and Harvard professor Todd Rose dissects how Dark Horses became successful and how you can apply their secret to live a reliably fulfilling career and live

You'll Learn:

1. The implications of pursuing personal fulfillment vs. power, wealth, or prestige
2. The most important step to understanding what fulfills you
3. Why fulfillment isn’t just for the rich

About Todd:

Todd Rose was a high school dropout with D- grades and a GPA of 0.9.  He caused a ruckus in class and was suspended several times. He married his teenage girlfriend and by the age of 21, was trying to support a wife and two sons on welfare and minimum wage jobs.

In less than a decade, Rose was able to turn his life around from a dead-end factory job to the most influential spheres of American academia. Today he’s the director of the Mind, Brain, and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and cofounder of Populace, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming how we learn, work, and live. His previous book, The End of Average, was a best seller and his talks have been featured at TedX, the Aspen Ideas Festival, SXSW, Google, Microsoft, Pixar, Costco, JP Morgan, Chevron, and Colin Powell’s America’s Promise.

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Meditation practitioner and author Oren Jay Sofer hashes out the tenets of mindful and non-violent communication to help get ot the heart of every interaction.

You’ll Learn:

1. Key steps for getting what you want without causing defensiveness in others
2. Two points of subtext to listen for when someone speaks
3. How to gain emotional agility

About Oren

Stephen Warley shares the critical skills that keep you valuable in a changing work landscape.

You'll Learn:

1. Two exercises for increasing self-awareness
2. Four key questions to ask yourself every single day
3. Why--and how--to embrace discomfort better

About Stephen:

Stephen Warley has been self-employed for more than a decade, and he shares how to build the life skills that matter for the new nature of work. Stephen helps people build self-awareness  and other skills through his writing and coaching work at Life Skills That Matter.

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Weldon Long explains how his FEAR framework helped turn him from three-time ex-convict to a New York Times bestselling author and top sales expert.

You'll Learn:

1. How Weldon went from being a dropout and convict to a star salesperson
2. A five-step process for getting what you want from others
3. Achieving more consistent results through the FEAR framework

About Weldon:

Weldon Long is a high school dropout who spent 13 years in prison for robbery, money laundering, and mail fraud. While in prison, Weldon started studying; earning his GED, BS in Law, and MBA in Management. Then, at 39 years old, Weldon was released. While living in a homeless shelter, Weldon landed a commission-only sales position and quickly became the company's top sales leader. In 2004 he opened his own heating and cooling business and grew it into a multimillion-dollar enterprise. He now trains the sales teams at major Fortune 500 corporations including FedEx, Farmers, and Home Depot.

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Karen Wickre shares ways both introverts and extroverts can grow their networks without that transactional feeling.

You'll Learn:

1. A pro-tip for how to build up your network despite social anxiety
2. How to farm for contacts instead of hunting for them
3. The strength of weak ties

About Karen:

Karen Wickre is the former Editorial Director at Twitter, where she landed after a decade-long career at Google. She is a member of the Board of Visitors for the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University, and serves on the boards of the International Center for Journalists, the News Literacy Project, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. She has been a featured columnist for Wired.com and is a cofounder of Newsgeist, an annual gathering conference fostering new approaches to news and information. She is the author of Taking the Work Out of Networking and lives in San Francisco.

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Nationally acclaimed speaker and long-time Sports Illustrated editor Don Yaeger highlights the key differences that make a great team.

You'll Learn:

1. How every organization is changing the world in some way
2. Key practices that can bring your team’s “why” to life
3. How great teams address dysfunction

About Don:

Don Yaeger is a nationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, longtime Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated, and author of over 30 books, eleven of which have become New York Times Best-sellers. His messages focus on achieving greatness. He began his career at the San Antonio Light in Texas, and also worked at the Dallas Morning News and the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville before going to work for Sports Illustrated.

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Professor and mentalist Jack Nasher shares compelling research revealing how conveying additional confidence perceived competence. 

You'll Learn:

1. The two things that enhance your perceived competence and how you can show them
2. How to optimally manage expectations
3. How likability and attractiveness play into perceived competence

About Jack:

Jack Nasher is on the faculty of Stanford University and the widest read business psychologist in continental Europe. An Oxford graduate, he has worked with the UN, the European Court of Justices, and Skadden. He is the founder of the NASHER Negotiation Institute and is a leading expert on reading and influencing people. A member of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology and a principle practitioner with the Association of Business Psychologists, he has spoken at TEDx and he also performs as a mentalist at the world-renowned Magic Castle in Hollywood.

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New York Times bestselling author Dan Schawbel discusses appropriate uses of technology and how to find fulfillment in your career.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to set career expectations
2. Three tips for increasing productivity and improving work relationships
3. How (and when!) to use technology to improve relationships

About Dan

Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, Partner and Research Director at Future Workplace, and the Founder of both Millennial Branding and WorkplaceTrends.com. Through his companies, he’s conducted dozens of research studies and worked with major brands including American Express, GE, Microsoft, Virgin, IBM, Coca Cola and Oracle. Dan has interviewed over 2,000 of the world’s most successful people, including Warren Buffett, Anthony Bourdain, Jessica Alba, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and me! He is the host of “5 Questions with Dan Schawbel”, a podcast where he interviews a variety of world-class humans by asking them 5 questions in less than 15 minutes. In addition, he has written countless articles for Forbes, Fortune, TIME, The Economist, The Harvard Business Review, and others that have combined generated over 15 million views. Schawbel has been profiled or quoted in over 2,000 media outlets. He has been recognized on several lists including Inc. & Forbes Magazines “30 Under 30.”

Focusmate founder and CEO Taylor Jacobson breaks down how tribal psychology and accountability work partners can do wonders for your work and life.

You'll Learn:

1.  The biggest distraction drivers in the workplace
2. Four streamlined to-do list hacks
3. Why NOT to rely on willpower

About Taylor:

Taylor is the founder and CEO of Focusmate building productivity software that works when nothing else will. He's a trained executive coach with clients like Yale, Cornell, and Wharton, a wannabe adventurer and a recovering pizza addict turned holistic  health aspirant.

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Speech coach and ex-opera singer Allison Shapira teaches tips and tricks for better projecting your voice.

You'll Learn:

1. How you’re likely breathing wrong and what to do about it
2. Three ways the power of your voice is reduced
3. The key things most people neglect when preparing for a speech

About Allison:

Allison is the CEO/Founder of Global Public Speaking LLC. A former opera singer and TEDx speaker, she teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School and offers keynote speeches, workshops, and executive coaching for Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofits around the world.

Allison works with global brands as a highly-rated speaker, trainer, and executive coach. She also travels around the world teaching leadership communication to help women leaders grow their business, run for office, or launch a nonprofit. She holds a master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, is a member of the National Speakers Association, and is an internationally-renowned singer/songwriter who uses music as a way to help others find their voice and their courage to speak. She speaks Italian and Hebrew and has studied 8 other languages.

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Negotiate Anything podcast host Kwame Christian lays out the compassionate curiosity framework and how to apply it to negotiations with others and with yourself for any aspect of your life.

You'll Learn:

1. How and why to deal with our “inner toddler” in high-stakes conversations
2. How being persuadable makes you persuasive
3. Two key phrases for when you don’t know what to say

About Kwame:

Kwame is a corporate attorney with a passion for using negotiation and the psychology of persuasion to help clients get the best deals possible. HisTEDx Talk, Finding Confidence in Conflict, was viewed over 24,000 times in 24 hours and Kwame also hosts the top negotiation podcast in the country, Negotiate Anything. The show has been downloaded over 250,000 times and is a resource for business professionals in over 140 different countries.

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Wharton Career Director and Author of Switchers Dr. Dawn Graham shows how to make yourself an attractive candidate during a career switch.

You'll Learn:

1. The number one advantage of being a switcher
2. Three tips for rebranding yourself on LinkedIn
3. How to answer the “Why do you want this job?” question

About Dawn:

Dr. Dawn Graham is a career switch coach, Wharton Lecturer & EMBA Career Director, author, licensed psychologist, Forbes contributor, and Sirius XM Radio Host of the popular "Career Talk" show. She combines her experience as an Expert Career Coach, Licensed Psychologist, and Former Recruiter to give career switchers the strategies they need to break through obstacles and land the job they want.

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inkWELL Press Founder & CEO Tonya Dalton gives her take on being more productive daily by figuring out and focusing on your passions instead of on other people’s fires.

You'll Learn:

1. Where overwhelm truly comes from
2. How to craft the three components of your personal North Star
3. Approaches for doing a brain dump that boosts productivity

About Tonya:

Tonya Dalton is a highly sought-after productivity expert and successful entrepreneur. Tonya started her current business, inkWELL Press, in 2014 and quickly built it into a seven-figure company providing organizational tools & education to thousands of people around the globe. Her goal is to help you use the power of productivity to achieve your dreams and find fulfillment in all aspects of your life. She’s also the host of   Productivity Paradox.

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Andy Hill shares how he got his pay bumped in three different ways...and how to keep that money from flowing out.

You'll Learn:

1. How to figure out when you should change companies
2. Tips to boost the trait that helps you get a pay bump
3. The best mental trick for saving money

About Andy:

Andy Hill is award-winning corporate event marketing professional that has managed programs for luxury brands such as Gulfstream, Bentley and Audi of America. During his 15-year career, he's grown from entry level to Director level by exceeding his client's and his management's expectations each year. 

Maryann Karinch shares how to give information-rich responses and make connections that will steer conversations and interactions in your favor.

You'll Learn:

1. The difference between answering vs. responding
2. Three ways to use keywords for memorability
3. Body language tips for forming a connection

About Maryann:

Maryann Karinch has written numerous books on human behavior and health, including eight with Gregory Hartley that feature insights into reading and using body language. She uses this expertise in coaching business executives, law enforcement personnel, and other professionals in detecting deceit, defusing tense situations, and negotiating with both friendly and hostile sources.

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Communications expert and pitch champion Chris Westfall illustrates how leadership is a language of the heart and how to achieve it through a perspective change.

You'll Learn:

1. The three ways that people listen to each other
2. Two ‘you’ phrases that will help you get what you want
3. The thought that makes the impossible possible

About Chris:

Chris is national pitch champion and an award-winning MBA instructor at a top-20 program, He’s the official ‘pitch coach’ at the fifth-largest university in the USA – where his strategies have helped raise over $30 million for student start ups. Originally from Chicago, Chris resides in Houston, TX with his wife and two daughters, and is an avid supporter of the performing and visual arts.

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G2 Crowd Chief Marketing Officer Ryan Bonnici shares his five steps for figuring out and advancing along your career path.

You'll Learn:

1. Two core principles for mastering your craft
2. How to get good at giving and receiving feedback
3. Two LinkedIn tricks that make all the difference

About Ryan:

Ryan Bonnici is the Chief Marketing Officer of G2 Crowd, where he's driving growth of the world's leading B2B technology review platform that's helping more than 1.5 million business professionals make informed purchasing decisions every single month. Prior to G2 Crowd, Ryan held several leadership roles in some of the most well-recognized companies in the tech industry. He served as the senior director of global marketing at HubSpot, where his efforts led to triple-digit growth for the company's marketing related sales.

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