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586: Insights on Working from Home’s Largest-Ever Experiment with Nicholas Bloom Jul 09, 2020

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Stanford professor Nicholas Bloom shares insights from the largest study on working from home to show how to adjust to the new world of work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Four key findings from the largest study on working from home

2) What the ideal work from home week looks like

3) Why this isn’t the end of the office

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— ABOUT NICHOLAS —

Nicholas (Nick) Bloom is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and a Co-Director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on management practices and uncertainty. He previously worked at the UK Treasury and McKinsey & Company. His work has been covered in a range of media including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Economist and Financial Times.

On the personal side he is English living with his Scottish Wife and American kids - a multi-lingual English household on Stanford campus.

• Nicholas’ TEDx Talk: Go Ahead, Tell Your Boss You Are Working From Home | Nicholas Bloom | TEDxStanford

• Nicholas’ study: “Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment,” with James Liang, John Roberts, and Zhichun Jenny Ying

• Nicholas’ academic profile: Nicholas Bloom

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585: How to Boost Your Motivation by Using the Joy Mindset with John O’Leary Jul 06, 2020

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Bestselling author John O’Leary discusses how embracing the joy mindset can help you find more purpose and drive at work–and life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three questions to jumpstart your day

2) How to spark your motivation with an ignition statement

3) How to use “compound interest” to advance your career

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— ABOUT JOHN —

In 1987, John O’Leary was a curious nine-year-old boy. Playing with fire and gasoline, John created a massive explosion in his home and was burned on 100% of his body. He was given less than a 1% chance to live. John‘s story, perspective and inspiration have inspired millions of people and 2,000 clients over the last decade.

John is the author of the instant #1 National Bestselling book ON FIRE: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life, host of the top-rated Live Inspired Podcast and inspirational speaker teaching more than 50,000 people around the world each year how to live inspired. His second national bestselling book, IN AWE: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning and Joy, published May 2020 and its immediate success led many to say “it’s exactly what we all need right now."

• Book: In Awe: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy

• Book: On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life

• Book site: ReadInAwe.com

• Podcast: Live Inspired

• Website: JohnOLearyInspires.com

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• Study: The Nun Study

• Book: The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri Nouwen

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584: How Curiosity Can Help You Reinvent Your Career and Stand Out with Francesca Gino Jul 02, 2020

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Harvard professor Francesca Gino discusses why we shouldn’t be afraid to ask questions and nurture our curiosity.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The mindset shift that leads to great innovation

2) Why our fear of judgment is often overblown

3) How to resolve conflict peacefully with curiosity

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— ABOUT FRANCESCA —

Francesca Gino is an award-winning researcher who focuses on why people make the decisions they do at work, and how leaders and employees have more productive, creative and fulfilling lives. She is the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School and the author, most recently, of Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules in Work and Life. Gino is also affiliated with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Mind, Brain, Behavior Initiative at Harvard, and the Behavioral Insight Group at Harvard Kennedy School.

Gino has been honored as one of the world’s Top 40 Business Professors under 40 and one of the world’s 50 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers 50.

• Book: Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life

• Book website: RebelTalents.org

• Website: FrancescaGino.com

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• Book: Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses "No, But" Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration--Lessons from The Second City by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton

• Company: Second City

• Personality: Massimo Bottura

• Study: Carol Dweck: A Summary of Growth and Fixed Mindsets

• Past episode: 001: Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom

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583: Dispelling the Motivation Myths of Passion and Willpower with Jeff Haden Jun 29, 2020

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Jeff Haden discusses what we often get wrong about motivation—and what really works.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The one thing that makes any goal feel motivating

2) The subtle shift in phrasing that makes goals more motivating

3) A surprising way to boost your willpower

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— ABOUT JEFF —

Jeff Haden is Inc.com's most popular columnist and one of LinkedIn's most widely-followed Influencers. His work has also appeared on Time, The Huffington Post, Fast Company, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Yahoo! Small Business, MSNBC, and CNBC.

• Book: The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win

• LinkedIn: Jeff Haden

• Magazine: Inc.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Phenomenon: The Ben Franklin Effect

• Book: So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

• Book: The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How by Daniel Coyle

• Book: Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott

• Previous episode: 150: Expressing Radical Candor with Kim Scott

• Personality: Tony Robbins

• Personality: Herb Kelleher

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582: The Five Behaviors That Make You an Indispensable “Go-to” Person with Bruce Tulgan Jun 25, 2020

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Bruce Tulgan discusses how to build real influence and become the go-to person in your workplace.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The mindset that makes you indispensable

2) Why you shouldn’t stick to your speciality

3) How to stop juggling and start finishing tasks

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— ABOUT BRUCE —

Bruce Tulgan is the best-selling author of It’s Okay to Be the Boss and the CEO of RainmakerThinking, the management research, consulting and training firm he founded in 1993. All of his work is based on 27 years of intensive workplace interviews and has been featured in thousands of news stories around the world. Bruce’s newest book, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work, is available July 21 from Harvard Business Review Press. You can follow Bruce on Twitter @BruceTulgan or visit his website at rainmakerthinking.com.

• Bruce’s book: The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done

• Bruce’s website: RainMakerThinking.com

• Bruce’s LinkedIn: Bruce Tulgan

• Bruce’s Twitter: @BruceTulgan

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• Previous episode: 275: How to Manage Your Manager with Mary Abbajay

• Previous episode: 302: Curing the Under-Management Epidemic with Bruce Tulgan

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581: How to Empower Teams in Difficult Times through Coach-like Conversations with Michael Watkins Jun 22, 2020

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Michael Watkins shares the new conversations leaders need to have in order to empower and support their teams during difficult times.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The question all leaders must ask during a crisis

2) Why you don’t need to solve problems to be of value

3) The best thing to do when conversations get emotional

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —

Michael Watkins is the co-founder of Genesis Advisers, a global leadership development consultancy based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in transition acceleration for leaders, teams and organizations, where he coaches C-level executives of global organizations. He is the Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at the IMD Business School. He has spent the last two decades working with executives—both corporate and public—as they craft their legacies as leaders and was ranked among the leading management thinkers globally by Thinkers50 in 2019.

• Michael’s LinkedIn: Michael Watkins

• Michael’s university: IMD

• Michael’s company: Genesis

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• Study: The Hawthorne Effect

• Digital Workplace: MURAL

• Book: Naturalistic Decision Making (Expertise: Research and Applications Series) by Caroline Zsambok

• Past episode: 029: Gaining Quicker Traction in Your New Role with Dr. Michael D. Watkins

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580: How to Stop Overthinking and Become More Decisive with Anne Bogel Jun 18, 2020

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Anne Bogel discusses how to stop second-guessing yourself and make decision-making easier.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What we lose when we overthink

2) Telltale signs you’re overthinking

3) How to stop overthinking in three to eight minutes

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— ABOUT ANNE —

Anne Bogel is the author of Reading People and I’d Rather Be Reading and creator of the blog Modern Mrs. Darcy and the podcasts What Should I Read Next? and One Great Book. Bogel has been featured in O, the Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Bustle, Refinery 29, The Washington Post and more. Bogel’s popular book lists and reading guides have established her as a tastemaker among readers, authors, and publishers. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

• Anne’s book: Don’t Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy Into Your Life

• Anne’s podcast: What Should I Read Next?

• Anne’s website: ModernMrsDarcy.com

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• Poem: “I dwell in Possibility” by Emily Dickinson

• Personality: David Allen

• Personality: Lauran Vanderkam

• Previous episode: 576: How to Defeat Distraction and Build Greater Mental Resilience through Mindfulness with Rasmus Hougaard

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579: How to Grow Your Influence and Lead Without Authority with Keith Ferrazzi Jun 15, 2020

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Keith Ferrazzi discusses how to turn colleagues into teammates by changing how we lead and collaborate.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How leaders (unknowingly) alienate their teams

2) How silos came to be—and how we can break them down

3) An exercise for creating authentic connections with your team

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— ABOUT KEITH —

Keith Ferrazzi is the founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, a management consulting and team coaching company that works with many of the world’s biggest corporations. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Ferrazzi rose to become the youngest CMO of a Fortune 500 company during his career at Deloitte, and later became CMO of Starwood Hotels. He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fortune and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who’s Got Your Back and Never Eat Alone. His mission is to transform teams to help them transform the world.

• Keith’s book: Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration

• Keith’s book: Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

• Keith’s website: KeithFerrazzi.com

• Keith’s website: VirtualTeamsWin.com

• Keith’s company: Ferrazzi Greenlight

• Keith’s Instagram: @keithferrazzi

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• Software: Asana

• Software: Slack

• Software: Zoom

• Book: Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath

• Personality: Amy Edmondson

• Personality: Brene Brown

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578: How to Stay Calm and Productive Amid Uncertainty with David Lebel Jun 11, 2020

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Professor David Lebel shares tactics for overcoming the fear of the uncertain and building the courage to speak up.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Simple, but powerful ways to ease your anxiety

2) The surprising cost of leaving things unsaid

3) A handy script for when you need to disagree

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— ABOUT DAVID —

David Lebel is an award-winning teacher and researcher, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Dave has received multiple teaching awards and was the highest rated professor at the Katz school during the 2017-2018 academic year. His research focuses on proactive behaviors at work including voice/speaking up, innovation, and taking initiative.

Dave received a BS in Economics, an MS in Management, and a PhD in Organizational Behavior, all from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to pursuing a PhD, he was a management consultant with Deloitte, providing strategy and operations expertise to public sector clients, and an analyst for a large $15 billion privately held supply chain organization.

He lives with his family in Pittsburgh, PA.

• David’s LinkedIn: David Lebel

• David’s academic profile: R. David Lebel

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• App: Headspace

• Researcher: Amy Edmondson

• Book: Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire Change at Work by Debra Meyerson

• Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

• Book: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath

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577: How to Manage and Engage Remote Teams with Kevin Eikenberry Jun 08, 2020

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Kevin Eikenberry discusses the small, but powerful changes leaders must make when managing remote teams.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The foundation of successful remote teams

2) How to measure your remote team’s productivity

3) Top tips for facilitating better online communication

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— ABOUT KEVIN —

Kevin Eikenberry is a world renowned leadership expert, a two-time bestselling author, speaker, consultant, trainer, coach, leader, learner, husband and father. He is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a leadership and learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993.

Kevin also is the creator and content developer of The Remarkable Leadership Learning System, a continual leadership development process focused on developing the 13 competencies of remarkable leaders with virtually delivered content to leaders worldwide. Kevin and his family live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

• Book: The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership

• Book: The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere

• LinkedIn: Kevin Eikenberry

• Website: KevinEikenberry.com

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• Assessment Tool: DISC

• Assessment Tool: Myers-Briggs

• Book: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century (Think and Grow Rich Series) by Napoleon Hill

• Book: How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• Personality: Bettina Buchel

• Software: GoToMeeting

• Software: Loom