The Future Of Work With Jacob Morgan

Today, there's noise and distractions all over the place. Being able to stand out and clearly share our ideas, points of view, and perspectives has never been more important. Without strong communication skills, a great proposal might get lost in the shuffle, an amazing candidate might not get hired for an organization, or a brilliant idea might never be heard. Think about how much information and...

Sheryl Palmer is the CEO of Taylor Morrison, a National Homebuilder and Land Developer who dares to challenge the status quo. Taylor Morrison's reputation is something one should never underestimate. From holding the title of America's Most Trusted Home Builder by Lifestory Research for six years running, recognized by Fortune Magazine as World's Most Admired Companies and Glassdoor's Best Places...

It's very easy for us to become burned out in this new world we live in. We're surrounded by technology at our fingertips, and it's easy to get exhausted because we're constantly multitasking. Studies show that multitasking actually takes you 25% longer to complete both tasks. Multitasking isn't your friend. It does come down to being able to prioritize and figuring out what you should be working...

Sondre Rasch is the co-founder and CEO of SafetyWing which offers health insurance for remote teams and nomads. They have people all over the world where you can have a dashboard, you can add employees, or contractors anywhere and any country. Also, Sondre was previously the founder of SuperSlide (YC W16) and policy advisor for the Government of Norway. He worked in the government for a while, enh...

Having a growth mindset is crucial to succeed in the future of work. There are a few things you can do to embrace this mindset: ✅View challenges as opportunities. Most people view challenges as opportunities to fail and as things they can't overcome. Instead, you should view any challenge you face as an opportunity to grow. You can do this by taking on more challenging tasks. Don't just play it s...

Krister Ungerböck is a #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of the book, 22 Talk SHIFTs: Tools to Transform Leadership in Business, in Partnership, and in Life.  Krister Ungerböck is a leadership communication expert, keynote speaker, and former CEO of a global tech company. His work has appeared in NPR, Forbes, Inc., HR.com, Chief Executive, Recruiter.com and Entrepreneur. Prior to exiting c...

It's time to start setting boundaries for yourself, the same way you set boundaries for other people. I have set 7 rules for myself that help me become more productive every day: 1.❌Don't check email or social media until 4:00 p.m. every day. 2.❌Don't take meetings with people who just want to pick my brain. I get a lot of these requests every week, and if I start saying yes, it will snowball. 3...

David Allen is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. The Getting Things Done Method rests on the idea of moving items of interest, relevant information, issues, tasks and projects out of the mind, by recording them externally, and then breaking them into actionable work items. And this allows attention to be focused on taking action on tasks i...

It doesn't matter what industry you're in. Chances are, there will always be people around you who are used to doing things the old way. So what can you do to battle that entrenched way of thinking? Jim Heppelmann, CEO of PTC, gave me some really useful advice for how you can fight rooted thinking: The first thing that Jim did was make change a part of the company's brand. In other words, he would...

I've had the opportunity to talk to a lot of great leaders around the world. And I noticed that there are three things that a lot of these great leaders typically do. ✅Take time for themselves Successful business leaders spend time exercising, journaling, meditating, or enjoying quiet time. Whatever it is they do, they always take time for themselves. This is when they get a chance to think big p...

For years, I've been interviewing leaders and experts on this podcast, The Future of Work with Jacob Morgan . But for some reason, everything felt different in 2021. These experts' advice and insights became more real and critical to success as organizations and leaders faced unprecedented challenges and change every day. The future of work is here, and we need to do everything we can to adapt and...

Katy Milkman is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, host of Charles Schwab's popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology, and president of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. In addition, she is the co-founder and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, a research center to advance the science of lasting behavior change. She's also th...

Mike Ettling, the CEO of Unit4, a software company with around 2700 employees in 26 countries that designs and delivers enterprise software and ERP applications including finance management, accounting, talent management, and student management modules. Today we are focusing on how leaders can create a sense of purpose and meaning for their employees. __________________ This episode is brought to...

My dad taught me an important lesson: we should all enjoy our mistakes. It can be hard to have this positive outlook on life, but everyone should learn how to enjoy their mistakes. Here are some tips on how to start doing it: Realize mistakes are common. A lot of people forget that nobody is perfect. When you realize that mistakes are common and everybody makes them, it removes some of that pressu...

Erica Dhawan, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and the best-selling author of a very timely book called Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance. She is best known as the leading authority on 21st-century collaboration and teamwork in a digital-first workplace. Today we are focusing on how digital body language is all the new cues and signals that have replace...

Be a perpetual learner if you want to future-proof your career. Being a perpetual learner means understanding and acknowledging that you can't rely on educational institutions or organizations to teach you everything you need to know to be successful. A perpetual learner is somebody who takes learning into their own hands. They take their growth and development into their own hands, and they learn...

Nathan Rawlins is the Chief Marketing Officer of Lucid, a software company with around 1000 employees that designs online visual collaboration applications. Its products are utilized in over 180 countries by more than 30 million users worldwide.  Lucid's online applications bring people together over the web from anywhere in the world to work together on a shared canvas.  Nathan joined Lucid in 20...

Here are my 5 best pieces of career advice for young people. 🥂Taste test When you are young in your career, most of the time you have no idea what you want to do. So try out different jobs before you commit. It's important that you enjoy what you are doing. 💪Build your own ladder You don't have to follow the template that everybody tells you to follow. You can build your own career. The first st...

Bob Chapman is the CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, a global supplier of manufacturing technology and services with over 12,000 employees. Bob was named the #3 CEO in the world by Inc. Magazine and Barry-Wehmiller is studied by business schools and organizations around the world because of their unique culture and Bob's truly human leadership style.  I have had the pleasure of speaking with Bob on many occ...

You need to view working at your company just like being in a relationship. Whenever you're in a relationship, you're inevitably presented with a choice. Do you keep the relationship going? Is it something that you turn into a long-term relationship? If you decide you want to fight for that relationship, then you have to fight like hell to make it work. Are you going to overcome the obstacles and...

I recently shared an image on LinkedIn on the evolution of the employee, and it went bonkers; like it went completely viral. It became the most popular thing that I have ever shared on LinkedIn. It's fascinating because this is something I wrote about in 2014 and the whole concept was looking at how employees are changing and how the idea of employees is changing. And even though I wrote about it...

Are you an implementer or an owner? According to Kate Johnson, president of Microsoft U.S., an implementer is somebody who takes somebody else's vision and actions and implements it. Implementers typically give the accountability and responsibility to somebody else. An owner is somebody who sets the vision and course of action. They provide clarity on the outcome and how a team or organization can...

As 2021 ends, I wanted to look back at some of the best leadership advice we heard from our guests over the last year and a half. I interview around 50 guests every year, and I've had the privilege of speaking with many great leaders around the world; these are some of my favorite conversations.  I have picked out some short clips from my interviews with five past guests. These leaders have brough...

I was able to witness first-hand the difference between empathy and sympathy. Before COVID, I spoke at a lot of events. I had the opportunity to speak at two financial institutions several months apart. When I went to the first company, I saw one of the executives get approached by a new employee. She introduced herself and told the executive that she was really nervous. She was given big responsi...

Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. Her TEDx talk has over 26 million views. Her books include Do Nothing: How to Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving and Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Race--And How To Do It.  Celeste is a 25-year veteran of public broadcasting. She was a host on NPR and she has also been on PBS a...