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Harry Kraemer - What Do You Value? Prove it. Nov 03, 2020

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Harry Kraemer is a professor at Kellogg School and former CEO of Baxter. In his newest book, Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life - he breaks down how to prioritize your life - and this is more than just a time management book. This book offers advice when we all experience imbalance and how to build new habits. All book proceeds benefit One Acre Fund in Africa.

You can find out more about Harry at his website: harrykraemer.org

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Tal Ben-Shahar - The Science of Happiness Oct 20, 2020

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Tal Ben-Shahar is a bestselling author and lecturer. He taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership.

Today, Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. The topics he lectures on include leadership, happiness, education, innovation, ethics, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have appeared on best-sellers lists around the world.

Tal is a serial entrepreneur and is most recently the co-founder and chief learning officer of Happiness Studies Academy.

Happiness Studies Academy: https://www.happinessstudies.academy/
Certificate in Happiness Studies: https://www.happinessstudies.academy/cihs/

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Maelle Gavet - The Case for Empathy in Tech Oct 06, 2020

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Maëlle Gavet is a leading technology executive and entrepreneur. She was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group, went on to become the CEO of OZON.ru, then became the executive VP of operations of the Priceline Group. To top things off, Maëlle wasn't done yet... she then went on to become the Chief Operating Officer at the real estate platform Compass.

Maëlle's new book is, Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech's Empathy Problem and How to Fix It.

You can find out more about Maëlle at her website: https://www.maellegavet.com.

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Guy Raz - Guy Tells Us His Entrepreneurial Secrets Sep 23, 2020

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Guy Raz is the host and co-creator of three NPR programs: How I Built This, TED Radio Hour, and Wow in the World. Guy has interviewed thousands of people and he brings their knowledge and stories to you on a regular basis. As if that isn't impressive enough, Guy is the first person in history to have 3 podcasts in the Top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts!

Guy's new book is out now: How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs.

You can find out more about Guy at his website: guyraz.com.

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Adam Alter - Working remotely? Avoid technology overwhelm. Sep 07, 2020

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Adam Alter is an Associate Professor of Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a New York Times bestselling author and he has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, New Yorker, WIRED, Slate, Huffington Post, Popular Science, and many more.

You can find out more about Adam at his website: http://adamalterauthor.com/

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Robert Pasin - CEO of Radio Flyer Aug 24, 2020

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Robert Pasin is the Chief Wagon Officer (CEO) at Radio Flyer. He is the Emmy winning producer of the animated short film, Taking Flight, and author of the national bestseller book, Radio Flyer: 100 Years of America’s Little Red Wagon.

You can find out more about Robert and Radio Flyer here: https://www.radioflyer.com.

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Christopher Marquis - Finally - It’s Not All About Profit Aug 11, 2020

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Christopher Marquis is a professor in Global Sustainable Enterprise at Cornell. His teaching and research focuses on social innovation and change and doing business in China. Chris' upcoming book is: Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism.

You can follow Chris on Twitter: @CMarquisCornell.

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Kate Lanz - What is the Sex of Your Brain Jul 28, 2020

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Kate Lanz is founder and CEO of mindbridge, a UK-based global coaching company specializing in the power of modern neuroscience and releasing latent brain potential at work. Kate is also an international coach, speaker, and author.

Kate's most recent book is: All the Brains in the Business: The Engendered Brain in the 21st Century Organisation.

You can follow Kate on Twitter: @Kate_Mindbridge.

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Vikram Mansharamani - Even Experts Don’t Know Everything Jul 14, 2020

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Vikram Mansharamani teaches people how to anticipate the future, manage risk, and spot opportunities. He is currently a lecturer at Harvard, and if that's not enough, he was previously a lecturer at Yale.

Check out Vikram's most recent book: Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence.

You can follow Vikram on Twitter: @mansharamani.

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Christine Comaford - Building Resilient Teams and Authentic Engagement Jul 01, 2020

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Christine Comaford is a leadership and culture coach, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author. Over the last 30 years, she has helped leaders navigate both growth and change.

Christine's most recent book is: Power Your Tribe: Create Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times.

Learn more about Christine at the SmartTribes Institute website: https://smarttribesinstitute.com/meet-christine/. Our listeners can check out the SmartTribe Institute's Emotional Resilience mini-course for leaders to share with their teams.

You can follow Christine on Twitter: @comaford.

Please check out these infographics, which are terrific for lunch n’ learns:

Emotional Resilience – understand how to foster resilience in your tribe
Maneuvers of Consciousness – change your emotional state in 12 minutes!
Outcome Frame – help yourself or another (or a team) to create the outcome they want
Feedback Frame – give respectful feedback that the other person welcomes

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