How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! With 25,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. This show helps grow your skills and impact at any job that requires thinking and collaborating.
Each week, Pete interviews thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. Their stories and advice sharpen the universal skills to flourish at work. Boost your time/energy management, leadership, confidence, career opportunities, and fulfillment—while still getting home earlier.
Try starting with episode 0: START HERE and listener favorite episodes we put at the beginning numbered: A, B, C, D, E, and F. (Subscribe and/or sort Old to New to find these starter episodes.) Welcome!
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Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! With 25,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. This show helps grow your skills and impact at any job that requires thinking and collaborating.
Each week, Pete interviews thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. Their stories and advice sharpen the universal skills to flourish at work. Boost your time/energy management, leadership, confidence, career opportunities, and fulfillment—while still getting home earlier.
Try starting with episode 0: START HERE and listener favorite episodes we put at the beginning numbered: A, B, C, D, E, and F. (Subscribe and/or sort Old to New to find these starter episodes.) Welcome!
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Page 17 · 50 per pageKaren 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.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored Message: Poshmark lets you shop from millions of closets across America – use code job5 for $5 off your first purchase
- Karen’s book: Taking the Work out of Networking: An Introvert’s Guide to Making Connections That Count
- Karen’s website: www.KarenWickre.com
- Research: Will This Year’s College Grads Job-Hop More Than Previous Grads?
- Research: The Strength of Weak Ties
- Book: Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
- Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- Book: The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
- Tool: WhatsApp
- Previous episode: 184: Building Your Network Before You Need It with Dr. Ivan Misner
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep372.
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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.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored Message: Poshmark lets you shop from millions of closets across America – use code job5 for $5 off your first purchase
- Karen’s book: Taking the Work out of Networking: An Introvert’s Guide to Making Connections That Count
- Karen’s website: www.KarenWickre.com
- Research: Will This Year’s College Grads Job-Hop More Than Previous Grads?
- Research: The Strength of Weak Ties
- Book: Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
- Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- Book: The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
- Tool: WhatsApp
- Previous episode: 184: Building Your Network Before You Need It with Dr. Ivan Misner
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep372.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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368: Upgrading Your Productivity through Accountability with Focusmate’s Taylor Jacobson
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366: Mastering Conversations through Compassionate Curiosity with Kwame Christian
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365: How to Switch to a Completely Different Career with Dr. Dawn Graham
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364: Overcoming Overwhelm with Tonya Dalton (Host of the Productivity Paradox podcast)
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363: Three Ways to Increase Your Pay (and Make it Go Farther) with Andy Hill (Host of the Marriage, Kids, and Money Podcast)
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360: Five Principles for Accelerating Your Career with G2 Crowd’s Ryan Bonnici
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358: Solving the Five Problems of Virtual Communication with Dr. Nick Morgan
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357: The Six Morning Habits of High Performers with Hal Elrod (Host of Achieve Your Goals podcast)
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356: Living Out the Wisdom of Napoleon Hill with Jeffrey Gitomer (Host of the Sell or Die podcast)
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354: Establishing Evening Routines to Optimize the Day Ahead with Jarrod Warren
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353: Optimizing Your Mood and Productivity through “Sonic Vitamins” with Lyz Cooper
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351: Bridging Skill Gaps through Strategic Learning with Andy Storch (Host of the Talent Development Hotseat and Entrepreneur Hotseat podcasts)
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350: Productivity Principles to Make Time for What’s Important with Jake Knapp
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349: The Case for Kindness at Work with Dr. Richard Shuster (Host of the Daily Helping podcast)
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347: The Power of Truly Living Your Values Daily with Drew Dudley (creator of TED Talks “Everyday Leadership” and “The Leadership Game”)
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342: Getting Creativity to Work with Thomas Heffner (Host of the Next Year Now podcast)
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Rick Miller outlines what power really means and the five components needed to build it.
You’ll Learn:
1) Where true power comes from
2) Five ways to create insight and energy
3) Why supporting other people’s success grows your influence
About Rick
Rick Miller is an unconventional turnaround specialist, a servant leader, and a go-to Chief. He is also an experienced and trusted confidant, an author (Be Chief: It’s a Choice, Not a Title, September 4, Motivational Press), a sought-after speaker, and an expert at driving sustainable growth. For over 30 years, Rick served as a successful business executive in roles including President and/or CEO in a Fortune 10, a Fortune 30, a startup, and a nonprofit. Rick earned a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University and an MBA from Columbia. He currently lives in Morristown, NJ.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Rick’s book: Be Chief: It’s a Choice, Not a Title
- Rick’s website: BeChief.com
- Book: The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance by Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton
- Research: Dynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network: Longitudinal Analysis Over 20 Years in the Framingham Heart Study
- Book: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink
- App: Calm
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep340.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Rick Miller outlines what power really means and the five components needed to build it.
You’ll Learn:
1) Where true power comes from
2) Five ways to create insight and energy
3) Why supporting other people’s success grows your influence
About Rick
Rick Miller is an unconventional turnaround specialist, a servant leader, and a go-to Chief. He is also an experienced and trusted confidant, an author (Be Chief: It’s a Choice, Not a Title, September 4, Motivational Press), a sought-after speaker, and an expert at driving sustainable growth. For over 30 years, Rick served as a successful business executive in roles including President and/or CEO in a Fortune 10, a Fortune 30, a startup, and a nonprofit. Rick earned a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University and an MBA from Columbia. He currently lives in Morristown, NJ.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Rick’s book: Be Chief: It’s a Choice, Not a Title
- Rick’s website: BeChief.com
- Book: The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance by Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton
- Research: Dynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network: Longitudinal Analysis Over 20 Years in the Framingham Heart Study
- Book: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink
- App: Calm
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep340.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Glenna Crooks illustrates the eight different kinds of networks everyone has and why you should make sure these work for you while you work for them.
You’ll Learn:
1) The eight different kinds of networks in your life
2) A method for successfully pruning your network
3) The maximum number of connections each person can sustain
About Glenna
Glenna Crooks is a strategist, innovator and trusted counsel to leaders globally. She was a Reagan appointee, global vice-president of Merck’s Vaccine Business and founder of a global strategy firm solving tough health care problems. She is active in academia, on boards, writes books and blogs, is a sought-after speaker and was recently named A Disruptive Woman to Watch. She is also a Zen artist and donates her paintings to support children with special needs.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored messages: Blinkist summarizes great books for you
- Glenna’s book: The NetworkSage: Realize Your Network Superpower
- Glenna’s website: http://www.GlennaCrooks.com
- Glenna’s app: SageMyLife
- TED talk: The hidden influence of social networks by Nicholas Chistakis
- TED talk: How social networks predict epidemics by Nicholas Chistakis
- Book: Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle
- Aritcle: Coworker with two computer screens
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep338.
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Glenna Crooks illustrates the eight different kinds of networks everyone has and why you should make sure these work for you while you work for them.
You’ll Learn:
1) The eight different kinds of networks in your life
2) A method for successfully pruning your network
3) The maximum number of connections each person can sustain
About Glenna
Glenna Crooks is a strategist, innovator and trusted counsel to leaders globally. She was a Reagan appointee, global vice-president of Merck’s Vaccine Business and founder of a global strategy firm solving tough health care problems. She is active in academia, on boards, writes books and blogs, is a sought-after speaker and was recently named A Disruptive Woman to Watch. She is also a Zen artist and donates her paintings to support children with special needs.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored messages: Blinkist summarizes great books for you
- Glenna’s book: The NetworkSage: Realize Your Network Superpower
- Glenna’s website: http://www.GlennaCrooks.com
- Glenna’s app: SageMyLife
- TED talk: The hidden influence of social networks by Nicholas Chistakis
- TED talk: How social networks predict epidemics by Nicholas Chistakis
- Book: Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle
- Aritcle: Coworker with two computer screens
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep338.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Matt Perman explains how to tell the difference between important tasks and urgent tasks, and how to make room for what’s important in your life and work.
You’ll Learn:
1) Why you should plan your day with your time, not your tasks
2) Four tips for effective personal management
3) Two ways to prioritize like a pro
About Matt
Matt is co-founder of What’s Best Next, which he started to help people excel in doing good for the world through productive work and God-centered living. Prior to that, he served at Desiring God for 13 years in several different leadership roles, including director of strategy and director of internet ministries, and at Made to Flourish as director of marketing.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Matt’s website: What’s Best Next
- Matt’s book: How to Get Unstuck: Breaking Free from Barriers to Your Productivity
- Book: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
- Book: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- Previous episode: 015: David Allen, The World’s Leading Authority on Productivity
- Tool: OmniFocus
- Book: Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More by Morten Hansen
- Previous episode: 278: The Critical Factors Separating High and Low Performers with Morten Hansen
- Book: ESV Study Bible
View transcript, show notes, and links at ].
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Matt Perman explains how to tell the difference between important tasks and urgent tasks, and how to make room for what’s important in your life and work.
You’ll Learn:
1) Why you should plan your day with your time, not your tasks
2) Four tips for effective personal management
3) Two ways to prioritize like a pro
About Matt
Matt is co-founder of What’s Best Next, which he started to help people excel in doing good for the world through productive work and God-centered living. Prior to that, he served at Desiring God for 13 years in several different leadership roles, including director of strategy and director of internet ministries, and at Made to Flourish as director of marketing.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Matt’s website: What’s Best Next
- Matt’s book: How to Get Unstuck: Breaking Free from Barriers to Your Productivity
- Book: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
- Book: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- Previous episode: 015: David Allen, The World’s Leading Authority on Productivity
- Tool: OmniFocus
- Book: Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More by Morten Hansen
- Previous episode: 278: The Critical Factors Separating High and Low Performers with Morten Hansen
- Book: ESV Study Bible
View transcript, show notes, and links at ].
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jacqueline Carter reveals the three qualities of a good leader’s mind and how to build good foundations for those qualities in yourself.
You’ll Learn:
1) What the American workforce looks for in a career and leader
2) How to avoid power corrupting you as you rise
3) The distinction between compassion and empathy–and which one is more helpful
About Jacqueline
With a Master of Science in Organizational Behavior and over 20 years of experience supporting organizations through large scale change, Jacqueline has held a wide range of leadership and consulting roles across a range of industries including transportation, oil and gas, insurance and government. Jacqueline has many years of personal experience with mind training and over the past 10 years has focused on embedding mindfulness practices into daily corporate life.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Jacqueline’s Book: The Mind of the Leader with Rasmus Hougaard
- Book: Great By Choice by Jim Collins & Morten Hansen
- Website: www.PotentialProject.com
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep336.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jacqueline Carter reveals the three qualities of a good leader’s mind and how to build good foundations for those qualities in yourself.
You’ll Learn:
1) What the American workforce looks for in a career and leader
2) How to avoid power corrupting you as you rise
3) The distinction between compassion and empathy–and which one is more helpful
About Jacqueline
With a Master of Science in Organizational Behavior and over 20 years of experience supporting organizations through large scale change, Jacqueline has held a wide range of leadership and consulting roles across a range of industries including transportation, oil and gas, insurance and government. Jacqueline has many years of personal experience with mind training and over the past 10 years has focused on embedding mindfulness practices into daily corporate life.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Jacqueline’s Book: The Mind of the Leader with Rasmus Hougaard
- Book: Great By Choice by Jim Collins & Morten Hansen
- Website: www.PotentialProject.com
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep336.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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335: Become a High Performer in Eight (Scientifically Proven) Steps with Marc Effron
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332: Making the Most of Online Higher Education with University of Phoenix’s Doris Savron
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331: Making Things Work through Context Creation and Candid Communication with Josselyne Herman Saccio
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323: The Surprising Power of Seeing People as People with Kimberly White
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Legendary copywriter Michel Fortin shares how to be more persuasive in any environment and situation.
You’ll Learn:
1) The platinum rule for persuasion
2) The OATH formula to better know the people you need to persuade
3) The ‘so-that’ technique to bridge arguments and persuade people
About Michel
Michel is currently Director of Communications at SEO TWIST, Inc., a full-service digital marketing agency that’s also a Premier Google Partner, Facebook Partner, and Shopify Partner. He manages a portfolio of 47 client accounts ranging from small businesses to multinationals. He’s also President and co-owner of Supportibles, Inc. (formerly Workaholics4Hire), an outsourced customer support solutions and backoffice business process services provider.
He leads a team of three managers and 22 support staff, as well as over 200 part-time virtual assistants and remote workers. They handle an average volume of over 15,000 support cases daily with clients in a variety of industries and verticals. He’s also responsible for building the clientbase, developing strategic marketing plans, and implementing business growth campaigns.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored message: Learn a new language with babbel
- Internet Marketer: John Reese
- Author: Dr. Tony Alessandra
- Copywriting Coach: David Garfinkel
- Psychology Theory: Zeigarnik effect
- Book: Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz
- Website: SEOTwist.com
- Website: Supportibles.com
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep322.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Legendary copywriter Michel Fortin shares how to be more persuasive in any environment and situation.
You’ll Learn:
1) The platinum rule for persuasion
2) The OATH formula to better know the people you need to persuade
3) The ‘so-that’ technique to bridge arguments and persuade people
About Michel
Michel is currently Director of Communications at SEO TWIST, Inc., a full-service digital marketing agency that’s also a Premier Google Partner, Facebook Partner, and Shopify Partner. He manages a portfolio of 47 client accounts ranging from small businesses to multinationals. He’s also President and co-owner of Supportibles, Inc. (formerly Workaholics4Hire), an outsourced customer support solutions and backoffice business process services provider.
He leads a team of three managers and 22 support staff, as well as over 200 part-time virtual assistants and remote workers. They handle an average volume of over 15,000 support cases daily with clients in a variety of industries and verticals. He’s also responsible for building the clientbase, developing strategic marketing plans, and implementing business growth campaigns.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored message: Learn a new language with babbel
- Internet Marketer: John Reese
- Author: Dr. Tony Alessandra
- Copywriting Coach: David Garfinkel
- Psychology Theory: Zeigarnik effect
- Book: Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz
- Website: SEOTwist.com
- Website: Supportibles.com
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep322.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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321: Making Meetings Meaningful with Mamie Kanfer Stewart (Host of the Modern Manager podcast)
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Bradley R. Staats discusses the essentials of dynamic learning, the best practices of a compelling learner, and the value of mistakes and asking questions.
You’ll Learn:
- The 4 elements of dynamic learning
- How we are our own worst enemy when learning
- How to reframe how you think about mistakes
About Bradley
Bradley R. Staats is the author of Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive, and is an associate professor of operations at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Business School. His research examines how individuals, teams, and organizations can learn to improve their operational performance to build a competitive advantage, integrating work in operations management and organizational behavior to clarify how and under what conditions individuals, teams, and organizations can learn at their best.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored message: ZipRecruiter is the smartest way to hire
- Book: Never Stop Learning by Bradley Staats
- Research: Sticking With What (Barely) Worked: A Test of Outcome Bias
- Research: Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks
- Research: Making Experience Count: The Role of Reflection in Individual Learning
- Research: Commuting as Role Transitions: How Trait Self-Control and Work-related Prospection
- Offset Negative Effects of Lengthy Commutes
- Book: The Once and Future King by T.H. White
- Research: How Best-Self Activation Influences Emotions, Physiology and Employment Relationships
- Book: Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep319.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Bradley R. Staats discusses the essentials of dynamic learning, the best practices of a compelling learner, and the value of mistakes and asking questions.
You’ll Learn:
- The 4 elements of dynamic learning
- How we are our own worst enemy when learning
- How to reframe how you think about mistakes
About Bradley
Bradley R. Staats is the author of Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive, and is an associate professor of operations at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Business School. His research examines how individuals, teams, and organizations can learn to improve their operational performance to build a competitive advantage, integrating work in operations management and organizational behavior to clarify how and under what conditions individuals, teams, and organizations can learn at their best.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Sponsored message: ZipRecruiter is the smartest way to hire
- Book: Never Stop Learning by Bradley Staats
- Research: Sticking With What (Barely) Worked: A Test of Outcome Bias
- Research: Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks
- Research: Making Experience Count: The Role of Reflection in Individual Learning
- Research: Commuting as Role Transitions: How Trait Self-Control and Work-related Prospection
- Offset Negative Effects of Lengthy Commutes
- Book: The Once and Future King by T.H. White
- Research: How Best-Self Activation Influences Emotions, Physiology and Employment Relationships
- Book: Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep319.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.