How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Lee Caraher returns to talk about why it’s unrealistic to expect employees to stay for long stretches and the mutual benefits by “boomeranging.” You’ll Learn: A fresh definition of lifelong loyalty for the changing times How to make a graceful exit for both employees and employers How to tell if you’re boomerang ready About Lee Lee is the founder and CEO of a highly sought after communication...

Shannon Clark shares the story of her rise to exceptional expertise in human factor studies, sharing lessons learned for improving product and career concepts along the way. You’ll Learn: How to become invaluable in what you love to do Ninja tactics for improving the validity of your ideas – and career path How stress prevents you from getting to the next level About Shannon Shannon...

Dr. Ray Hull discusses how you can develop your skills in public speaking to make more memorable presentations – and we go “meta” comparing speaking rates – Ray/Pete/Walter Cronkite/TED Talkers/YOU – how do we stack up? You’ll Learn: How to overcome public speaking jitters Approaches to starting and ending a speech strong Perspectives on the optimal rate of speech About Ray Ray...

Mark Babbitt serves up a double portion of insight on the topics of working with interns and working your personal brand. You’ll Learn: How internships can be more mutually beneficial than you think A step by step guide to building high-quality internships Two simple questions for accelerating your career About Mark Mark Babbitt is a career and leadership mentor, and the CEO and founder of Yo...

Ben Bratt identifies critical elements of great teams to help get strategic view on how to build your team’s strengths and confront your team’s weaknesses. You’ll Learn: The 16 variables of a great team Why 80% of the teams you’re on are not effective – and what to do about it An approach to creating an open discussion of the key strengths and weaknesses of your team About Bennett Bennett Bra...

Infosys Senior Partner Jeff Kavanaugh talks about key skills and differentiators of winning professionals. You’ll Learn: The powerful career distinguisher of “leaning forward” with critical thinking, professionalism, and delivering “done-done” work The Pyramid Principle for communicating with impact Three concrete steps to take to level up in your field About Jeff Jeff Kavanaugh is a Senior P...

Matt Bodnar shares tools and mental models to be high-leverage as possible through better decision-making. You'll Learn: Why decision-making skills are a timeless key to being high-leverage Approaches to build a powerful tool box of mental models How to apply the 80/20 principle to life and work decisions   About Matt: Matt Bodnar has been named to Forbes “30 Under 30”, called a “Rising Restaurate...

Psychologist and executive coach Dr. Melanie Greenberg shows how to make the most of the stress work brings to the table. You’ll Learn: The key differentiators that make stress enriching vs. debilitating How meditation practices provide helpful distance between you and your thoughts The STOP and RAIN methods for bringing mindfulness into situations About Melanie Dr. Melanie Greenberg is a pra...

AdoptTogether founder Hank Fortener provides tools to celebrate your team members and create a workplace conducive to reaching optimal performance. You’ll Learn: How to create a culture of celebrating each other in the workplace A quick approach to accelerate team camaraderie How regular questions direct what teammates think about About Hank AdoptTogether founder Hank Fortener understands bot...

Paul Zak illuminates how the brain chemical oxytocin relates to how we can develop a higher trust, lower-stress work culture. You'll Learn: How to measure and manage trust in the workplace The benefits of a high trust workplace Why hugs should be the new handshake   About Paul: Paul J. Zak, PhD, is founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Psychology, a...

Adam Hansen identifies eight inherent cognitive biases, how they developed, and what we can do to overcome them. You’ll Learn: When you can still trust the wisdom of your instincts The massive power of taking six extra seconds to breathe and think How to apply the “for-ness” mindset to overcome negativity bias About Adam Adam Hansen is VP of Innovation/Innovation Process Consultant at Id...

Fellow podcaster Eric Zimmer shares how you can nourish your “good wolf” to help you reach optimal performance at work. You'll Learn: Pro-tips for wisely allocating your time and energy among all the roles you play An effective way to sustain your good habits, when you feel like quitting How being more yourself at work can help you be more awesome at your job   About Eric Eric Zimmer is the host o...

Dr. Nicole Lipkin outlines the factors that derail you from optimal performance at the workplace and the mindset to overcome them. You’ll Learn: Three common emotional derail-ers of success How technology is hurting your wellbeing Approaches to cultivating the growth mindset About Nicole Dr. Nicole Lipkin is an organizational psychologist, coach and keynote speaker. She is the CEO of  Eq...

Dr. Beatrice Chestnut discusses how using the Enneagram can help build an understanding yourself and the personality types of people you work with. You’ll Learn: What is the Enneagram and how it aids in understanding people Why 9 is the Enneagram’s key number Key practices for developing emotional intelligence About Beatrice Beatrice Chestnut, PhD MA is a licensed psychotherapist, c...

Linda Kaplan-Thaler shares how you can turn up your GRIT factor to better put in the hard work needed to achieve success. You’ll Learn: Why hard work trumps genius The GRIT framework for reaching success The research-based 30-minute rule that gritty winners follow About Linda Advertising Hall of Famer Linda Kaplan Thaler is responsible for some of America’ s most famous and award-winning adve...

Employee engagement expert/lawyer Jathan Janove shares hard-won wisdom in the management trenches. You'll Learn: How to breach difficult conversations with constructive confrontational questions The step-by-step to a win-win conversation The MIDAS touch method to making golden apologies About Jathan Having previously spent 25 years litigating workplace relationships that turned toxic, Jathan now w...

Career advisor Liz Ryan explores how the workplace has gone off the rails, how to connect with employers with a pain letter, and give your resume a human voice. You’ll Learn: Roadblocks that get in between creative people and their goals Why you should throw that performance review framework out of the window What’s a pain letter and why it will help you land your next job About Liz Liz...

Rice University Professor Scott Sonenshein proposes a change in mindset when it comes to constraints and stretching resources and getting more with less. You’ll Learn: Principles behind the “Myth of More” and the “Power of Less” Why experts are over-rated The four keys of an effective stretching mindset About Scott Scott Sonenshein is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice...

Geoff Blades lays down the framework and mindset for achieving success in your career and in life. You’ll Learn: How to convert difficult questions into a process towards answering them Dos and don’ts to discovering what “awesome at your job” TRULY means for you 5 principles for winning at your career (Also, apologies on my sound quality. I apparently failed to switch to my good microphone. 1st ti...

Alan Willett discusses optimal approaches to giving feedback and other means of making powerful improvements in your team. You'll Learn: What makes some employees “unleadable” and how to lead them Why people are afraid to give feedback – and how to overcome it How a two minute conversation can transform everything About Alan Alan Willett is of the rare species who is an expert international consul...

Fellow career podcaster Jamie Newman describes what a great manager looks like, how to get top performers to stay, and how employees and managers can work together to achieve professional and personal goals together. You'll Learn: 5 things to do if you want a promotion Why good employees leave How meaningful goal-setting builds tremendous loyalty About Jamie Jamie Newman is a management profession...

Dr. Jenny Brockis examines how the brain works and develops and shares how you can boost your brain to higher performance. You’ll Learn: Characteristics of the high-performance brain Why you should give your brain permission to wander Key habits for optimal brain performance About Jenny As a medical doctor, speaker and author, Dr. Jenny Brockis is passionate about all things ‘brain’...

Veteran career coach Marc Miller gives pro-tips to understanding your core talents to find more fulfillment at work. You’ll Learn: How to find career fulfillment by discovering your core talents Big open-ended questions to ask at your next job interview Generational echoes and how to better understand each other About Marc Marc Miller’s career journey included 22 years at IBM, several thrivin...

Refound CEO and author Jonathan Raymond explains how personal and professional growth are one thing, not two. You’ll Learn: How you can become the leader your team is waiting for The makings of a perfect conversation Approaches to receiving feedback constructively About Jonathan After twenty years of not being able to decide whether he was a business development guy or a personal growth teach...

Celebrated business coach Toku McCree shares curated wisdom gleaned from his coaching clients and years of zen monastery reflection on his career spanning over 30 jobs. You’ll Learn: Why you should find your 4% edge and lean on it What is mindfulness and how to apply it in the office Three keys to growth About Toku Toku works with brilliant leaders who are obsessed with greatness and hel...