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219: Making the Most out of Your Workplace Anger with Marlene Chism Oct 19, 2017

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Marlene Chism shares how to master resentment and frustration…along with best practices for channeling the the energy of anger.

You’ll Learn:

1) How feelings of resentment and frustration indicate a lack of clarity

2) The valuable message and energy embedded within anger

3) The “Release Resistance” process to better handle anger

About Marlene

Marlene Chism is a consultant and international speaker whose personal passion is to help people discover, develop and deliver their gifts to the world She’s the author of “No Drama Leadership,” “Stop Workplace Drama” and more. Marlene delivers her message on stopping drama and creating enlightened leaders through corporate retreats and client work, as well as at association meetings, universities, and other speaking engagements.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Sponsor: TextExpander, the productivity multiplier – Now 20% off!!!
Marlene’s Website: MarleneChism.com
Marlene’s Books: No-Drama Leadershipand Stop Workplace Drama
Marlene’s LinkedIn Learning course: Anger Management
Neuroscientist: Dr. Joe Dispenza
Book: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
Book: The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
Book: The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav
Book: The 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey
Book: Focus by Daniel Goleman

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218: The Science-Based Paths to Massive Self-Confidence with Louisa Jewell Oct 17, 2017

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Positive psychologist Louisa Jewell discusses ways to become more confident and eliminate self-doubt to be able to pursue bigger goals.

You’ll Learn:

1) How self-doubt holds us back

2) The mindset that prevents failures from impacting your self-esteem

3) Best practices for boosting your self-confidence

About Louisa

Louisa Jewell is a speaker, author, and Canada’s leading expert on the topic of positive psychology who has facilitated thousands of people towards greater flourishing, both at work and in their personal lives. In 2012 Louisa founded the Canadian Positive Psychology Association, an organization that brings together leading-edge researchers and practitioners from across Canada to disseminate the knowledge of positive psychology to improve the psychological health of all Canadians.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Louisa’s Book: Wire Your Brain for Confidence
Louisa’s Website: LouisaJewell.com
Louisa’s Podcast: Your Weekly Juice
People: Albert Bandura, Carol Dweck, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Website: Positive Psychology News Daily
Study: Pygmalion in the Classroom by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson
Book: Behave by Robert Sapolsky
Book: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky

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217: An Effective (but Rare) Strategy to Snag Your Dream Job with Kristen Berndt Oct 15, 2017

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Kristen Berndt acquired the job she’s wanted for a decade–United Airline’s Manager of Baggage Planning–and shares her unorthodox approach to getting it.

You’ll Learn:

1) How to let the world know what you want…and keep in touch with the critical contacts

2) A mindset that will give you back a third of your day

3) How to nail interviews with the classic STAR framework

About Kristen

Kristen Berndt is the Manager of Baggage Planning at United Airlines. When Kristen was 19 years old, she determined that she wanted to work in operations for United Airlines, and made it her life goal. She believes that confidence and persistence are the keys to achieving one’s dreams. She encourages others to network and build connections in order to be successful. Kristen lives and works in Chicago.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Sponsor: TextExpander, the productivity multiplier
Kristen on Twitter and LinkedIn
Book: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Previous episode: Episode 167: Nick Campbell

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216: Transforming Conflict Into Breakthroughs with Dr. Nate Regier Oct 12, 2017

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Nate Regier shows how to tap into the positive powers of conflict and openness to effectively deal with drama.

You’ll Learn:

1) A useful, low-intensity definition of conflict

2) The four-step ORPO formula for productive conflicts

3) How upfront openness about motives can change everything

About Nate

Nate Regier, Ph.D., is CEO and cofounding owner of Next Element, a global leadership training and certification firm specializing in communication and conflict skills. He’s an expert in social-emotional intelligence and leadership, positive conflict, neuropsychology, group dynamics, interpersonal and leadership communication, executive assessment, and coaching. Regier is a co developer of Next Element’s Leading Out of Drama® training and coaching system, an LOD® master trainer, and Process Communication Model® certifying master trainer. He is co-author of Beyond Drama: Transcending Energy Vampires. He’s an enthusiastic dad and husband.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Nate’s Books: Conflict Without Casualties and Beyond Drama
Nate’s Website: Next-Element.com
Book: Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute
Person: Dan Rockwell
Website: The Drama Resilience Assessment

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215: Expanding Self-awareness Using the Top Personality Frameworks with Anne Bogel (Host of the What Should I Read Next? podcast) Oct 11, 2017

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Anne Bogel provides a whirlwind tour across leading personality frameworks, providing tips on how to apply these insights along the way. You'll Learn: How the Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, Enneagram, Five Love Languages, highly sensitive people enlighten you in their own ways How to use personality types to better your relationships Dangers of abusing personality frameworks About Anne: Anne is a resident blogger, bookworm, and big-question-asker at Modern Mrs. Darcy. She wrote Reading People, where she shares her own experience with the personality frameworks she loves the most, the ones that have made the biggest difference in her own life. She walks you through 7 different frameworks, explaining the basics in a way you can actually understand, sharing personal stories about how what she learned made a difference in her life, and showing people how it could make a difference in theirs, as well. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep215 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

214: How to Massively Expand Your Network in 10 Minutes a Day with Molly Beck Oct 06, 2017

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Molly Beck shares a quick and easy formula for reaching out new people who can help you achieve your goals. You'll Learn: The two components required to become an influencer The four types of reach outs--with benchmark response rates How to make awesome subject lines to get more email responses About Molly: Molly is the founder of podcast creation site Messy Bun; the creator of the lifestyle blog Smart, Pretty & Awkward; and a marketing expert who has provided digital strategies for numerous companies including Forbes, Venmo, Rice University, and Hearst. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, Redbook, Parade, HuffPost, and more. She is represented by CAA. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep214 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

213: Surviving and Winning Office Politics with Dorie Clark Oct 04, 2017

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Dorie Clark outlines how to flourish amid office politics by using electoral campaign strategies. You'll Learn: How to create a campaign plan for your career The power mapping approach to smarter people decisions A genius tactic for highlighting your achievements without sounding boastful About Dorie: Dorie Clark is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine, one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year by Forbes, and was a Washington Post bestseller. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep213 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

212: How Introverts Flourish at Work with Morra Aarons-Mele Oct 01, 2017

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Morra Aarons-Mele provides tips for the ambitious introvert to succeed at work and strategies on how extroverts and introverts can best work together.

You’ll Learn:

1) How introverts are fabulous secret weapons at work

2) The false assumptions people make about introverts

3) How extroverts and introverts can work best together

About Morra

Morra Aarons-Mele is the founder of award winning social impact agency Women Online and its database of women influencers, The Mission List. She is an Internet marketer who has been working with women online since 1999. She helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first Internet chat, and has launched online campaigns for world leaders and organizations including the United Nations, President Obama, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Morra’s Book: Hiding in the Bathroom
Book: Quiet by Susan Cain
Book: Composing a Life by Mary Catherine Bateson
People: Arvind Rajan , Betty Hudson
Podcast: On Being

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211: Creating Great Choices to Resolve Tough Questions with Jennifer Riel Sep 28, 2017

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Jennifer Riel illustrates how successful thinkers can create great choices rather than tolerate unacceptable trade-offs via her practical methodology for implementing integrated thinking.

You’ll Learn:

1) Why you should fall in love with opposing approaches to solving a problem

2) How to hold two approaches in tension to discover optimal solutions

3) The three questions to creating better answers

About Jennifer

Jennifer Riel is an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, specializing in creative problem solving. Her focus is on helping everyone, from undergraduate students to business executives, to create better choices, more of the time.

An award-winning teacher, Jennifer leads training on integrative thinking, strategy and innovation, both at the Rotman School and at organizations of all types, from small non-profits to some of the largest companies in the world.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Sponsor: TextExpander, the productivity multiplier
Book: Creating Great Choices by Jennifer Riel & Roger L. Martin
Book: The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape Them – And They Shape Us by Raymond Fisman & Tim Sullivan
Book: The Opposable Mind by Roger L. Martin
Book: The Revenge of Analog by David Sax
Event: Toronto International Film Festival
People: A. G. Lafley, Hillary Austin, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, Piers Handling
School: Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto
Award: Palme d’Or

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210: How to Generate Many Creative Ideas with Tina Seelig (Presenter of "The little risks you can take to increase your luck" at TEDTalks Business) Sep 27, 2017

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Professor Tina Seelig talks about the critical components, principles, and tactics for bringing ideas into your imagination and out into the world. You'll Learn: The two requirements of imagination How to generate many new solutions via framing and reframing The argument for brainstorming About Tina: Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice in Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering, and is a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She teaches courses in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) and leads three fellowship programs in the School of Engineering that are focused on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Seelig earned her PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford Medical School, and has been a management consultant, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books, including Insight Out (2016), inGenius (2012), and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 (2009). She is the recipient of the Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, the Olympus Innovation Award, and the Silicon Valley Visionary Award. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep210 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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