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112: Keys to Your High-Performance Brain with Dr. Jenny Brockis Jan 30, 2017

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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:

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

About Jenny

As a medical doctor, speaker and author, Dr. Jenny Brockis is passionate about all things ‘brain’. 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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111: Finding and Understanding Your Core Talents with Marc Miller Jan 27, 2017

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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:

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

About Marc

Marc Miller’s career journey included 22 years at IBM, several 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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110: Maximizing Personal-Professional Growth with Jonathan Raymond Jan 25, 2017

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

You’ll Learn:

How you can become the leader your team is waiting for
The makings of a perfect conversation
Approaches to receiving feedback constructively

About Jonathan

After twenty years of not being able to decide whether he was a business development guy or a personal growth 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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109: Finding and Asking the Right Questions with Toku McCree Jan 23, 2017

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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:

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

About Toku

Toku works with brilliant leaders who are obsessed with greatness and 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 Eatingby Brian Wansink
Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport
Book: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
App: Time Doctor

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108: Reaching Out of your Comfort Zone with Andy Molinsky Jan 20, 2017

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Brandeis Professor Andy Molinsky lays out a powerful framework for reaching beyond your current capabilities. You'll Learn: The psychological roadblocks that hinder us from reaching beyond our skills Why it’s worth it exiting your comfort zone Andy’s research-based three Cs for stepping outside your comfort zone About Andy Andy Molinsky is a Professor of International Management and Organizational Behavior at the Brandeis International Business School. He is the author of Global Dexterity (HBR Press, 2013) and the forthcoming book Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge, and Build Confidence (Penguin/Random House, 2017). View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep108 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

107: Stay Interviews with Dr. Beverly Kaye Jan 18, 2017

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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:

Why should conduct a stay interview instead of an exit interview
How to ask your manager for what you really need to stay
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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106: Software and Soft Skills with Artie Jordan Jan 13, 2017

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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:

How to keep your team agile
Common pitfalls in communication
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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105: “Yes, and…” approaches to improv-ing work with Bob Kulhan Jan 11, 2017

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

You’ll Learn:

How improv’s “Yes, and…” philosophy can enrich many facets of work
Improv’s wisdom on conducting better meetings
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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104: Overcoming Self-limiting Beliefs with R. Michael Anderson Jan 09, 2017

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

You’ll Learn:

How anxiety offers helpful clues for your personal development
Best practices in overcoming limiting beliefs
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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103: Extreme Integrity with Chris McGoff Jan 06, 2017

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

You’ll Learn:

Approaches to building powerful alliances
What the word “integrity” truly means–and how to solidify it your team
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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