How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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:

1. Roadblocks that get in between creative people and their goals
2. Why you should throw that performance review framework out of the window
3. What’s a pain letter and why it will help you land your next job

About Liz

Liz Ryan is among the world’s most widely- read career advisors and CEO/Founder of Human Workplace, a think tank and publishing firm whose mission is to reinvent work for people.

Liz was SVP of HR for U.S. Robotics during its rise from $15M to $2.5B in annual sales. Liz was also CEO and Founder of WorldWIT, the world’s largest online community for professional women, before founding Human Workplace in 2012 to reinvent work for people. Liz writes for Forbes.com, LinkedIn and many other publications and is a sought after international keynote speaker.

Her new book is called Reinvention Roadmap: Break the Rules to Get the Job You Want and the Career You Deserve

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Share your feedback at AwesomeAtYourJob.com/chat
• Website: Human Workplace
• Book: Reinvention Roadmap: Break the Rules to Get the Job You Want and the Career You Deserveby Liz Ryan 
• Book: The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain
• Book: The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
• Book: The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

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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:

1. Principles behind the “Myth of More” and the “Power of Less”
2. Why experts are over-rated
3. The four keys of an effective stretching mindset

About Scott

Scott Sonenshein is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice University. His award winning research, teaching, and consulting has helped Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals in a variety of industries. He holds a PhD in management and organizations from the University of Michigan, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a strategy consultant for companies such as AT&T and Microsoft and lived the rise and fall of the dotcom boom while working at a Silicon Valley startup.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Share your feedback at AwesomeAtYourJob.com/chat
• Book: Stretch by Scott Sonenshein
• Book: Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
• Book: The New New Thing by Michael Lewis
• Website: http://www.scottsonenshein.com/

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Geoff Blades lays down the framework and mindset for achieving success in your career and in life.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to convert difficult questions into a process towards answering them
2. Dos and don’ts to discovering what “awesome at your job” TRULY means for you
3. 5 principles for winning at your career

(Also, apologies on my sound quality. I apparently failed to switch to my good microphone. 1st time out of 115 episodes that happened…)

About Geoff

Geoff is a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and investor at the Carlyle Group. He is an author and advisor to senior Wall Street executives, CEOs, and other leaders on all topics related to getting what they want in their businesses, careers, and lives.

In addition to working one-on-one and with groups, through newsletters, books, and videos he strives to serve more and more people in doing what they want. He’s the author of Do What You Want: A Career Guide for Professionals Serious About Winning.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Share your feedback at AwesomeAtYourJob.com/chat
• Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie 
• Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• Book: Do What You Want: A Career Guide for Professionals Serious About Winning by Geoff Blades
• Book: The Trump Presidential Playbook: A Wizard’s Path to the White House by Geoff Blades
• Website: GeoffBlades.com

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Dr. Jenny Brockis examines how the brain works and develops and shares how you can boost your brain to higher performance.

You’ll Learn:

1. Characteristics of the high-performance brain
2. Why you should give your brain permission to wander
3. Key habits for optimal brain performance

About Jenny

As a medical doctor, speaker and author, Dr. Jenny Brockis is passionate about all things ‘brain’. Her mission is to become the Jamie Oliver of cognitive health, empowering others to create their own high performance brain that is optimised to help them work at their best.

She works with those who seek to thrive in our increasingly complex world, by translating the complexities of neuroscience into easily understood strategies that can be readily integrated into our busy lives.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: DrJennyBrockis.com
• Book: Future Brain by Dr. Jenny Brockis
• Book: The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
• App: Headspace

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Veteran career coach Marc Miller gives pro-tips to understanding your core talents to find more fulfillment at work.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to find career fulfillment by discovering your core talents
2. Big open-ended questions to ask at your next job interview
3. Generational echoes and how to better understand each other

About Marc

Marc Miller’s career journey included 22 years at IBM, several thriving tech startups, a painful stint as a high school teacher, a gig raising funds for the Jewish Community Association of Austin and a near fatal bicycle accident that changed his perspective forever.

An active member of the Launch Pad Job Club, Marc found himself counseling friends and associates on their career journeys and finally realized he’d found his vocation. He would use his extensive training experience to help others—especially Baby Boomers—find careers that they could grow into for the decades that lie ahead.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: https://careerpivot.com
• Book: Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the Second Half of Life (preview) by Marc Miller
• Book: Start with No by Jim Camp
• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• Book: Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine
• Book: Quiet by Susan Cain
• Tool: Birkman Assessment

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Refound CEO and author Jonathan Raymond explains how personal and professional growth are one thing, not two.

You’ll Learn:

1. How you can become the leader your team is waiting for
2. The makings of a perfect conversation
3. 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 teacher, Jonathan stopped trying to figure it out. He’s the owner of Refound, an online training startup that offers Good Authority training programs for owners, executives, and managers. He’s madly in love with his wife, tries not to spoil his daughter, and will never give up on the New York Knicks. Jonathan is the former CEO and Chief Brand Officer of EMyth, where he led the transformation of a global coaching brand and has worked in tech, clean tech, and the nonprofit world after graduating law school in 1998. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, a lovely town that’s too far away from a warm ocean.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Refound
• Book: Good Authority by Jonathan Raymond
• Tool: Growth Meeting Guide
• Book: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
• Book: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
• Software: Drip

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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:

1. Why you should find your 4% edge and lean on it
2. What is mindfulness and how to apply it in the office
3. Three keys to growth

About Toku

Toku works with brilliant leaders who are obsessed with greatness and helps them understand that ‘success’ is just the beginning of an amazing life and not the destination.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: UNEXECUTIVE.com
• Book: The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin
• Book: Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink
• Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport
• Book: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
• App: Time Doctor

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Dr. Beverly Kaye discusses how to get great employees to stick around with “stay interviews” and more…whether the great employee is you or your direct reports!

You’ll Learn:

1. Why should conduct a stay interview instead of an exit interview
2. How to ask your manager for what you really need to stay
3. The top reasons employees stay or go

About Beverly

Founder and Chairwoman of Career Systems International, Dr. Beverly Kaye is an international bestselling author and a leading authority in the world of modern workplace performance. She has dedicated her life’s work to helping individuals and organizations grow in a workplace that fosters greater commitment, fulfillment, and humanity.

Beverly Kaye and the CSI team provide cutting-edge and award-winning talent development solutions primarily to Fortune 1000 companies. Her work and research are distinguished and widely recognized for helping others discover greater meaning in their work and gain greater control over their career destinies. Dr. Kaye completed her graduate work at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and holds her doctorate from UCLA.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Book: Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go by Beverly Kaye
• Book: Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
• Book: Hello Stay Interviews, Goodbye Talent Loss by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
• Book: Up Is Not the Only Way by Beverly Kaye
• Book: Love It, Don’t Leave It by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
• Book: Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Yourself by Alan Webber
• Website: Career Systems International

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2U Vice President of IT Artie Jordan talks software and soft skills and how they can be applied to any workplace.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to keep your team agile
2. Common pitfalls in communication
3. The most important soft skill that your team should practice now

About Artie

Artie is a member of 2U’s tech leadership team, former member of the Obama for America team, and founding board member of CSTUY, a non-profit dedicated to bringing opportunities in computer science and technology to middle and high school students. Also a fellow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alum. He’s very active in the NY tech meet-up scene and an advocate for professional development and soft-skills training for technical workers. 

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Organization: CSTUY
• Company: Salesforce
• Company: Amazon Web Services
• Company: 2U
• App: Slack
• Podcast: EconTalk
• Book: Expecting Better by Emily Oster
• Book: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

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Business Improv Founder Bob Kulhan reveals how improv techniques can be applied to the workplace.

You’ll Learn:

1. How improv’s “Yes, and…” philosophy can enrich many facets of work
2. Improv’s wisdom on conducting better meetings
3. How to reframe difficult conversations with “Yes, and…”

About Bob

Bob Kulhan is the Founder, President and CEO of Business Improv®, and a world-class leader in creating experiential training and development programs for corporations of all scopes and sizes. Based in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Business Improv serves a large international roster of blue-chip firms such as Google, PepsiCo, American Express, Capital One, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ford Motor Company, Hilton Hotels Worldwide and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. Kulhan’s consulting and teaching work with these clients emphasizes the use of improvisational techniques in developing leadership, improving managerial structure, honing team skills, fostering a collaborative corporate culture, busting blocks to creativity, facilitating conflict management, connecting Millennials, and encouraging creative and adaptive problem solving. His latest book is Getting to “Yes, and.”

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: www.businessimprov.com
• Book: Getting to “Yes, and” by Bob Kulhan

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R. Michael Anderson talks about identifying self-limiting beliefs and how to overcome them.

You’ll Learn:

1. How anxiety offers helpful clues for your personal development
2. Best practices in overcoming limiting beliefs
3. A simple way to deal with stress

About Michael

R. Michael Anderson is founder of The Executive JOY Institute. He specializes in teaching organizations, leaders, and individuals how to become even more successful through psychology, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness.

His unique background of real-life experience mixed with his world-class education allows his audiences to both learn and be entertained. Michael has taught leaders around the world, from Panama to the Philippines to Australia and Mexico, and has worked with a broad range of clients, including Microsoft, SAP, Stanford University, Vistage, Young Presidents Organization, and Entrepreneurs Organization.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Soul Centered Leadership
• Book: The Experiment by R. Michael Anderson
• Book: Soul-Centered Leadership by R. Michael Anderson
• Book: The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• Book: Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss
• Book: Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman

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Chris McGoff discusses universal patterns in human behavior and offers his take on what integrity really means.

You’ll Learn:

1. Approaches to building powerful alliances
2. What the word “integrity” truly means–and how to solidify it your team
3. Fatal patterns to watch out for in the workplace

About Chris

Chris McGoff is the founder of The Clearing, Inc., where he guides organizations to tackle their most complex and high-stake problems. Using his book, “The PRIMES: How Any Group Can Solve Any Problem “(Wiley; 2012), McGoff gives leaders clarity to see the resources they already have available.

He is a business leader and consultant with over 30 years of experience, helping leaders achieve their desired outcomes during the most uncertain times. From mergers and acquisitions to change in leadership, McGoff is passionate about serving the needs of enterprises across the globe.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: The Clearing
• Book: The Primes by Chris McGoff
• Book: Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore
• Tool: Echo Dot

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Andrew discusses how collecting letters and business cards from CEOs contributed to his quick rise to Executive Vice-President.

You’ll Learn:

1. Key lessons repeated among 500 letters from CEOs
2. How to change “I don’t know” from a negative to a positive
3. Effective approaches for mentor relationship building

About Andrew

Andrew is a founding member of 2U and head of university partnership and corporate development. He is uniquely good at relationship management and has had the quirky hobby of writing letters to CEO’s and collecting business cards since childhood. In fact, it was through that hobby that he got his first job at 2U – as an undergraduate college student. His personal motto is #Hustle.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Book: Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini
• Book: Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
• Online store: Shinola

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Pat McDaniel shares some of his wisest insights about decision-making fallacies and victories.

You’ll Learn:

1. A 5-step process to better decision making
2. Unexpected hidden influences that affect your decision making
3. How to maintain an openness to contrary information

About Pat

Pat McDaniel is the founder of WiseInsights.net a website dedicated to helping motivated but weary people keep moving forward by finding the smartest path toward their success.  Pat is passionate about sharing his story about how he kept hitting the wall, got mad, and was eventually ready to change how he made decisions, so that he could be on the right path.

Pat has a highly diverse background. He has been a long-time student (made it through the 19th grade) a CPA, a pastor and church planter, a sales manager, a search engine marketing strategist working in a marketing agency, an entrepreneur who started his own business from scratch, and an author of the Ebook: 5 Step Process to Making Better More Successful Decisions.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: wiseinsights.net
• Ebook: 5 Step Process to Making Better More Successful Decisions by Pat McDaniel
• Infographic: 50 Cognitive Biases Wrecking Your Decisions
• Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Book: Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Book: Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini
• Book: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
• Book: Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath
• Book: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Book: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Book: Give and Take by Adam Grant
• Book: Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
• Book: Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
• App: Alarmed

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Michelle Tillis Lederman shares approaches to finding what’s likable in yourself to conveying it to others.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to form your self-perception to guide other’s perception of you
2. The power of opening yourself up to feedback
3. How to use curiosity for creating connections in conversation

About Michelle

Michelle Tillis Lederman is known for her energetic, engaging, and authentic presentations. An expert on workplace communications and relationships, Michelle’s mission is to help people communicate and lead with confidence, clarity, and connection. She is an accomplished speaker, trainer, coach, and author of three books including The 11 Laws of Likability, Heroes Get Hired and Nail The Interview – Land The Job, and named by Forbes as one of the 25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Michelle Tillis Lederman
• Book: 11 Laws of Likability by Michelle Lederman
• Book: Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

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Master resilience trainer and former drill instructor Sean Douglas shares lessons on overcoming a self-defeating mindset and growing in the midst of adversity.

You’ll Learn:

1. Why you should develop a gratitude habit
2. How to get over self-defeating behavior
3. Approaches for sustaining your energy throughout the day

About Sean

Sean Douglas was born in Detroit, MI, July 23, 1983. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, a Certified Master Resilience Trainer, and a professional Inspirational Speaker. Sean spent four years as a Drill Instructor in Air Force Basic Training where he developed over 500 young men and women into military leaders. Not surprisingly, he is energetic and passionate about inspiring others to succeed. Sean’s interactive training develops the participants’ skill in the mental, physical, social, and spiritual domains of resilience, and leaves people better equipped to manage change effectively.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Sean Douglas Speaks
• Book: Decisions by Sean Douglas
• Book: The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• Book: The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Shwartz
• Book: Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
• Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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ActiveInbox founder Andy Mitchell shares insights gleaned from years of collaborating with the many diverse users of his email and task management software product.

You’ll Learn:

1. Why email won’t die for a while… and what to do in the meantime
2. Why we experience euphoria at an empty inbox, and how to get there more often
3. How to avoid the productivity death spiral triggered by working late

About Andy

Andy Mitchell is the founder of ActiveInbox for Gmail, an email tool and task manager combined into one. He maintains an ethos of ‘leaving more in the world than I take out of it.’ Day to day, he’s trying to ensure the team is all pulling in the same direction to craft the best product they can. Prior to ActiveInbox, he worked in a number of high-tech roles at LocallyCompared, ProductiveFirefox, Dakin Flathers, and MeeCard.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Tool: ActiveInbox
• Book: The Winner Effect by Ian Robertson
• Book: The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
• Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Colonel Jill Morgenthaler draws from her vast experiences to combine broad wisdom principles with tactical tips that are valuable both on the battlefield and in the workforce.

You’ll Learn:

1. What it takes to stare down Saddam Hussein
2. The effects of radiating confidence – and how to do it
3. How to succeed in any project with several courses of action

About Colonel Jill

Colonel Jill Morgenthaler was one of the first women to enter an experimental class for women in the US Army ROTC and train as an equal with men. She was the first woman Battalion Commander in the 88th Regional Support Command Division and the first Brigade Commander in the 84th Division. She was also the first woman to be put in charge of Homeland Security for the state of Illinois. She received the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit for her leadership. During her military career, Colonel Jill led hundreds of men and women around the world in war and peace. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and author of the book The Courage to Take Command: Leadership Lessons from a Military Trailblazer.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: ColonelJill.com
• Book: The Courage to Take Command: Leadership Lessons from a Military Trailblazer by Jill Morgenthaler
• Website: Avanoo
• Audiobook: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

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Eliot Wagonheim deconstructs how to achieve goals and offers a useful mindset to adopt in order advance in the right direction.

You’ll Learn:

1. Why you should switch to the Fire, Aim… Ready mindset
2. Why you should rethink doing your yearly evaluation
3. An innovative way for sketching out expectations

About Eliot

Eliot Wagonheim is a speaker, strategist, author, educator and business lawyer with thirty years experience helping clients embrace, rather than inhibit, innovation. Through his Outlawyer platform, Eliot serves as a confidante, mentor, strategist and sounding board for guiding entrepreneurs and organizational leaders for companies of every size across diverse industries, and brings humor, real world experience and an entrepreneurial spirit to everything he does.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: farsightedbusiness.com
• Book: Fire, Aim… Ready by Eliot Wagonheim
• Book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Book: Essentialism by Greg McKeown
• App: Todoist
• App: 10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

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Fashion guru Sharon Haver offers perspective on how to make people look powerful and professional at work.

You’ll Learn:

1. Three key ingredients to a style upgrade that will make you look knowledgeable and professional
2. How to find a wardrobe that fits comfortably, looks good and doesn’t break the bank
3. Why dressing how you want to be perceived is critical 

About Sharon

Sharon Haver teaches professionals to look like they’re worth it, so that they can create a relevant, authentic modern image. Halfway through her three-decade career in style, she left the lure of being a New York fashion stylist to help professionals make the most of what they’ve got. She founded FocusOnStyle.com in 1999. Although her impressive resume looks like a who’s who of media household names, her heart is with helping entrepreneurs refine their chic style to confidently pull their look together with ease.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: focusonstyle.com
• Website: stylewordbook.com
• Book: Style Word: Fashion Quotes for Real Style by Sharon Haver
• Book: The Way You Do Anything Is The Way You Do Everything by Suzanne Evans.
• Book: Details Men’s Style Manual: The Ultimate Guide for Making Your Clothes Work For You by Daniel Perez

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Robert D. Smith counts up the days and gives pro-tips on how to make each one count.

You’ll Learn:

1. Two questions to ensure you’re not wasting time
2. A fun framework for tackling big projects
3. How to trick yourself into feeling more excited about the task before you

About Robert

Robert D. Smith (TheRobertD) has managed and overseen the career of Andy Andrews, a three-time New York Times best-selling author. He has served as a private consultant to numerous best-selling authors, speakers, entertainers, and cutting edge organizations, educating them on the unique methods he has employed to sustain massive success and growth across multiple industries for his entire career.

Robert is the author of 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Life Right Now, a simple guide to injecting meaning into every second you live for the rest of your life.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: www.therobertd.com
• Book: 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course For Mastering Your Life Right Now by Robert D. Smith
• Book: The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews
• Book: Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There by Andrea Waltz
• Book: The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
• Book series: The Left Behind Series Complete Set, Volumes 1-16 by Jerry Jenkins

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Stacey Dyer shares how she applied best thinking practices to planning a kick ass wedding, and how we can use the same techniques to plan anything.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to avoid future mishaps with the time machine methodology
2. A 5-card hand that you should have in your back pocket to spark great ideas and solutions
3. Best practices for self-motivation

About Stacey

Stacey Dyer is currently a corporate Director of Customer Experience Design. Stacey is grateful for the mentors she’s had in her career, and thus strives to provide guidance and insight that reflects professional care and expertise. Outside of work, Stacey can be found in vocal sessions within the down tempo, jazz, and EDM space (in addition to running and practicing yoga) or writing blog posts (staceysdiylife.com) and books (Astro-Wed.com).

Prior to her current role, Stacey’s previous experience runs the gamut of in-house to agency side, working with a diverse array of clients from liquor and cigars to healthcare and youth non-profits.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Book: AstroWed: The Universe’s Most Kick-ass Wedding Planning Workbook by Stacey Dyer
• Website: OffbeatBride.com
• Book: Upward Spiral by Alex Korb
• Book: Originals by Adam Grant
• Book: Blue Mind by Wallace Nichols
• Book: Zag by Marty Neumeier
• Website: StaceyDyer.com
• Website: Astro-wed.com

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Michael Dolan shows us the way to deeper development as truly productive professionals.

You’ll Learn:

1. Pitfalls to look out for that hinder a deeper development
2. What’s a “positive no” how to deliver one
3. Tips and tricks to upgrade your workflow process

About Michael

Before he found his calling as an executive coach, Michael spent 15 years in corporate management, leading teams in the advertising, consumer marketing, and design industries, where he gained deep appreciation for the intense personal and organizational demands that successful executives must meet everyday. Michael has five years of experience as a Senior Coach and Director of Business Development for Coaching Services at The David Allen Company.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: trulyproductive.com
• Book: The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes by William Ury
• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
• Book: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Warner Klemp
• Online Scheduling: ScheduleOnce
• Online Scheduling: Calendly

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Maneesh Sethi proves that a little shock goes a long way and shares other hacks for forming great habits.

You’ll Learn:

1. Helpful things to do everyday to make your day go smoother
2. Fundamental questions to ask to realign yourself with your goals
3. How to hack your emotions

About Maneesh

Maneesh Singh Sethi is an American author and internet entrepreneur. He authored Game Programming for Teens when he was sixteen years old. He is best known as the founder of the behavior modification wristband Pavlok, launched in 2013. Sethi is the chairman and chief executive officer of Behavioral Technology Group, Inc.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Gadget: Pavlok
• Book: The Culture Code by Clotaire Repaille
• Blog: Hack the System: Cheat Codes for Life
• Book: The Ultimate Introduction to NLP by Richard Bandler 
• App: Todoist
• App: Rescue Time

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Farnoosh Brock shares key lifestyle shifts to help make you healthier and more productive.

You’ll Learn:

1. How being healthier will make you accomplish more in a shorter amount of time
2. Optimal options to integrate into your 15-minute morning routine
3. Approaches to finding, developing, and building confidence

About Farnoosh

Farnoosh Brock is an entrepreneur, author, and business coach. After a successful corporate career at a Fortune 100, she started Prolific Living Inc. to fulfill her diverse entrepreneurial passions. She helps business owners and executives achieve new heights of success in their businesses and their health, to maintain a balanced life. When she is not serving her clients, Farnoosh is traveling extensively and stays devoted to her daily yoga practice.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: ProlificLiving.com
• Book: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
• Breathing technique: Pranayama
• Book: The Power of Full Engagement by Tony Schwartz
• Website: TheEnergyProject.com
• Book: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• Tool: Todoist

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Science genius Dan Caspi talks automation, software, and why we shouldn’t be afraid to learn a little code.

You’ll Learn:

1. Processes that you can automate that you didn’t know you needed to
2. Nifty hacks to help you maximize Excel
3. A checklist to serve your need for computer speed.

About Dan

Dan has a PhD. In Organic Chemistry and is a senior scientist at AbbVie. He is also currently serving in a hybrid Process Chemistry/Chemical Engineering position as a member of the Center for Reaction Engineering.

Dan is highly proficient with technology, programming (Perl, Python, PHP, JS, HTML) and computers, and is the computer genius behind Element 26, a boutique computer consulting company based in Evanston, Illinois.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Element26.net
• Application: Automator
• Programming Language: AppleScript
• Software: Anti-Malware
• Author: Malcolm Gladwell
• Article: Solid State Drive vs. Hard Disk Drive

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Michelle Gielan returns with even more ways to spread positive energy for positive results.

You’ll Learn:

1. The ABCs to formulating solutions
2. How to weaken the power of negative thoughts
3. Keeping up to date with current events while remaining positive 

About Michelle

Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness.

Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and is partnered with Arianna Huffington to study how transformative stories fuel success. She is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course.

Michelle holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her research and advice have received attention from The New York Times, Washington Post, FORBES, CNN, FOX, and Harvard Business Review.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• TV Show: Inspire Happiness with Michelle Gielan and Shawn Achor
• Website: broadcastinghappiness.com
• Video Workshop: Inspire Happiness
• Organization: Solutions Journalism Network
• TED Talk: Amy Cuddy
• Book: The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

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Graphic designer Prescott Perez-Fox gets creative in finding solutions to getting in the zone, maintaining a smooth workflow, and more.

You’ll Learn:

1. Great habits that your future self will thank you for
2. How small rituals will help your team power through a project
3. The classic/evolutionary/revolutionary system for generating broad alternatives

About Prescott

Prescott Perez-Fox is a New Jersey-based graphic designer and brand developer with more than 14 years of experience in branding, packaging, graphic design, and web design. Following varied experience working in-house for agencies, and as a freelancer, Prescott created his business, Starship Design, to work directly with small business and startup clients.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Busy Creator
• Website: Starship Design
• Book: The Culture Code by Clotaire Rapaille
• Audiobook: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Software: TextExpander

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Lawyer and mentoring enthusiast Jolene Blackbourn makes the case for helping others to help ourselves.

You’ll Learn:

1. What you think you know about your job, but you actually don’t
2. How not to add a task to your to-do list
3. A drag and drop tip to collecting praise

About Jolene

Jolene has been an in-house attorney with a major insurance company for almost 10 years. She serves as a mentor to many new attorneys and helps prospective law students determine whether law school is right for them. She also coaches a youth soccer team.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Jolene’s Twitter: @JoleneAndOils
• Jolene’s Pinterest: jolene1209
• Jolene’s Email: abetterlife05@gmail.com
• App: Overdrive

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Professor and author Mark Allen presents different opportunities to climb the corporate ladder, even if you don’t want to be a manager.

You’ll Learn:

1. Alternatives to the traditional managerial track

2. Why going for manager may not be optimal…even if you’re a top performer

3. Means of valuing your team in the workplace

About Mark

Dr. Mark Allen is an educator, speaker, consultant, and author who specializes in talent management and corporate universities. He is the author of Aha Moments in Talent Management and the co-author and editor of The Next Generation of Corporate Universities, and The Corporate University Handbook. He has also written numerous articles in practitioner and academic publications.

Mark is a professor at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. He is also a senior faculty member of the Human Capital Institute, a senior associate with the Kiely Group, and has taught for Vatel University and the American Management Association.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Book: Aha Moments in Talent Management: A Business Fable With Practical Exercises by Mark Allen
• Book: The One Thing You Need to Know… About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success by Marcus Buckingham
• Book: The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind
• Website: Prezi
• Email: mark.allen@pepperdine.edu

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Dave Nevogt’s company Hubstaff earns its revenue from observing how people work. Here’s what he has learned about workers’ best practices along the way.

You’ll Learn:

1. Two questions to ask yourself before handing over your deliverables
2. One quick trick to get 1,000 LinkedIn connections in 60 minutes
3. An improved approach to initiating tasks that delights managers and stretches employees

About Dave

Dave Nevogt is the co-founder of Hubstaff.com which helps virtual teams communicate better through automatic time tracking and activity tracking. He’s been running online businesses since he was 23, and now manages a team of 30 remote employees. Dave has been honored as one of Indianapolis’s top 40 under 40 entrepreneurs, and focuses on teaching others to manage remote teams. His writing can be found here.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Software: Hubstaff
• Software: Basecamp
• Software: Trello
• Software: Asana
• Software: Rapportive
• Software: Pivotal Tracker
• Book: The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch

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We got “meta” with Podcasting Hall of Famer Rob Walch who shares principles of successful podcasters that apply to the workplace.

You’ll Learn:

1. Pro-tips on nailing your presentations
2. How to bolster your communication by forgetting yourself
3. Why you should start your own podcast right now

About Rob

Rob Walch was inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in 2016. Rob Walch saved his life, marriage, and career with podcasting. Rob is the Vice President of Podcaster Relations for Libsyn (LSYN). Prior to joining Libsyn in 2007, he was President and founder of podCast411, Inc. Rob is co-author of the book Tricks of the Podcasting Masters an editors pick as a Top 10 Reference book by Amazon.com. Rob was listed as the 5th most influential person in podcasting according to the book “Podcasting for Dummies”.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Podcast: podCast411
• Podcast: Today in iOS
• Podcast: Sisters of Flow
• Podcast: Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
• Podcast: Lore
• Podcast: Revolutions
• Podcast: School of Podcasting
• Podcast: Manager Tools
• App: Evernote
• App: SoundSoap

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Ambassador of Happiness Maura Sweeney paves the way to more productive outcomes in the workplace by creating a happier environment.

You’ll Learn:

1. Effective remedies for stress addiction
2. Methods to countering a negative environment
3. How to turn your adversaries into allies by challenging while advocating

About Maura

Podcaster, international speaker, Huffington Post contributor and creator of the Foundations of Happiness eCourse, Maura Sweeney guides others on the path of “Living Happy – Inside Out.” Armed with decades of experience as a law school “escapee”, a corporate manager and a home schooling mom, Maura launched out at midlife to pursue her dream vocation. A world traveler and trademarked Ambassador of Happiness®, Maura is a popular media guest sharing unifying “good news” perspectives with the world.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Maura4U.com
• Book: The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• Book: Favorite Happiness Quotes by Maura Sweeney
• Course: Foundations of Happiness
• Podcast: Maura Sweeney: Living Happy Inside Out
• TV Series: Nathan for You

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Intuition expert Lynn Robinson shows how to access the wisdom of your gut.

You’ll Learn:

1. Scientific discoveries about neurons in your stomach and why they matter
2. Ways to stop intuition-killers when brainstorming in a group
3. Checks and balances so you’re not going astray with intuition

About Lynn

Lynn Robinson is one of America’s leading experts on the topic of intuition and has been sought out internationally for her advice on the topic. She’s the author of Put Your Intuition to Work. She’s a popular and widely recognized author and speaker who works with businesses and individuals as a trusted advisor, offering valuable insights into goals, decisions and strategies.

Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She’s been featured in the Boston Globe, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune, and has been a guest on many national radio and television programs, including ABC and Fox News.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: Lynn Robinson
• Book: Put Your Intuition to Work by Lynn Robinson
• Book: How To Listen To Your Inner CEO by Lynn Robinson
• Book: Six Ways to Supercharge Your Intuition by Lynn Robinson
• Book: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
• Book: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
• Book: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy
• Website: Full Slate
• Facebook: Lynn A. Robinson
• Twitter: Lynn A. Robinson

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Lisa Bodell shares pro-tips on how to declutter our work lives to better focus on what truly matters.

You’ll Learn:

1. Tools to eliminate unnecessary complexity in the workplace
2. A methodology to reclaim 50% of your time spent in meetings
3. The optimal attitude that gets your bosses to notice and value you

About Lisa

Lisa Bodell serves as a global council member of the World Economic Forum; and has helped thousands of senior leaders ignite innovation at Bloomberg, Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, and many others. She has been rated as a top speaker at Google’s client events and is the author of the best-selling book Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution, which won the 2014 Axiom Best Business Book Award and was voted Best Business Book by USA Book News and Booz & Co. Her new book, Why Simple Wins, releases October 2016. Lisa is an advisor on the boards of the Association of Professional Futurists; and Novartis’ Diversity and Inclusion Board in Basel, Switzerland. Among her many academic activities, Lisa has taught innovation and creativity at both American and Fordham Universities.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Book: Why Simple Wins by Lisa Bodell
• Website: Future Think
• Twitter: @LisaBodell
• Book: Originals by Adam Grant

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Author Rebecca Morgan shares how you can provide the best service to your customers – internal and external.

You’ll Learn:

1. Overlooked tactics to better serve your customers
2. The step-by-step of calming upset customers
3. How to deal with workplace conflict

About Rebecca

Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC, is an international speaker, trainer and consultant specializing in creating innovative solutions for workplace effectiveness challenges. She’s appeared on 60 Minutes, Oprah, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and USA Today as well as international media.

Rebecca is the bestselling author of 26 books, including Calming Upset Customers, Grow Your Key Talent, Remarkable Customer Service … and Disservice and her just-released book, Extraordinary Leadership Lessons from Everyday People.

She partners with clients to accomplish high ROI on their key-talent development projects. Since 1980 she’s transformed executives, managers, salespeople and customer support staff into much more effective workplace contributors.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Website: www.rebeccamorgan.com
• Book: Remarkable Customer Service… and Disservice by Rebecca Morgan 
• Book: Calming Upset Customers by Rebecca Morgan 
• Book: Making a Living Without a Job by Barbara Winter
• Book: Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting  by Lynn Grabhorn
• Book: Extraordinary Leadership Lessons from Everyday People by Rebecca Morgan

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