Politics, religion, diversity, issues with the law... there are so many topics that as people in positions of leadership, we refuse to talk about because we want to stay ouf of it we do not want to be controversial. But there are instances when is necessary because it aligns with values and it can even be good for business. Today we talk about when and how to speak out with Matt Kohut (https://www.matthewkohut.com/) 

Matthew Kohut is the author of Speaking Out: The New Rules of Business Leadership Communication (2024) and other books as well. As the managing partner of KNP Communications, Matt has prepared CEOs, elected officials, and public figures for events from live television appearances to TED talks. 

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When you take that mandated company learning session online, do you actually learn something? How about those classes where you have “death by PowerPoint”? We love to talk about learning, yet we rarely work on finding or providing a learning experience. 

Today we talk about learning with Vince Jeong. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincejeong/). He is the host of the podcast The science of Excellence and the CEO of learning company Sparkwise. 

We talked about  what consideration we need to take to learn because it is a skill. 

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Tell me about your workplace. Are you in a place where there is rarely ANY conflicts, things are good on the surface that is. Or are you in a place where there are multiple fights? Or perhaps, you are in a place where conflict, that is, different ideas are welcomed. My guest today agrees that conflict can be a great tool for teams.  Karin Hurt is the author, alongside David Dye, of Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict. 

She is the  Founder of Let's Grow Leaders, a global, human-centered leadership development company known for practical tools and training that sticks. After this episode you would have learned tactics to deal with various situations of workplace conflicts that you can share with your teams so conflicts is no equal to fighting. 

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Forming teams is certainly not an easy  task and there is no easy formula to follow. There are many books addressing how to recruit and improve teams with very different approaches. One of the recent books I read on the topic fascinated me because it proposed a different yet successful approach. The book The Talent War (https://thetalentwar.com/) proposes that just as it is done in successful special forces teams, hiring should be based on character, not on skill.

The Talent War was written by two former members of the US military, Mike Sarraille and George Randle. I spoke with George about his own experience serving in the military, the motivation to write this book and he shares critical advice for those who are recruiting and those who want to be recruited.

You can find out more about the book and George’s work via https://www.efoverwatch.com/

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Empathy at work can bring great business value and increase our ability to become better leaders. In this episode we speak with Mimi Nicklin is the bestselling author of Softening The Edge, the host of the ‘Empathy for Breakfast’ show (www.empathyforbreakfast.com) and the ‘Secrets of The Gap’ podcast. She is an experienced marketer, communications strategist, and an empathy advocate. She spoke  from her home in Dubai and we discussed the need for empathy at work and how we can start building up this skill. Let's listen.

You can find out more about Mimi on her website www.miminicklin.com or  via Instagram

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Networking is an essential skill which can determine the success in our careers. However, many of us neglect it or do not know the correct way to do it. In this episode, Jordan Harbinger (https://www.jordanharbinger.com/), Wall-Street attorney turned podcaster, shares how networking has driven the success of his career.

To access Jordan’s free Networking course, go to https://www.jordanharbinger.com/courses/

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Negotiation is not about winners or losers, playing tough or misleading. It is about seeking a deal where everyone can benefit. In this episode we learn how to become better negotiators from Diana Buttu, a lawyer specializing in negotiations, international law, and international human rights law. Buttu worked as a negotiator on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, serving as the only female negotiator during her five-year tenure. She also currently teaches at the Harvard Extension School.

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In this final episode of the season, we talk about Time Management with Adrian Shepherd, who focuses on consulting with individuals and companies on productivity. His background in education helped him develop The One-Bite Time Management System (TMS), a based entirely around simplicity which we will talk about today

He is also a contributor for the Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Medium, and others. He is based in Osaka, Japan.

In this episode he shares the value of time, and we review new approaches we can take to look at how we can manage time effectively to do what we really want to do. 

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In this episode we talked about Diversity and specifically Diversity Awareness. While Diversity may be seem as part of an initiative a company takes on to  ensure people of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures are treated as equal, diversity is also an individual responsibility.

Our guest today, Karen Catlin, is an advocate for inclusive work spaces. After spending 25 years building software products and serving as a Vice President of Engineering at Macromedia and Adobe, she noticed a sharp decline in the number of women working in tech. therefore, she decided to switch gears. She became a Leadership Coach to help more women become leaders and coach men who want to be better allies for underrepresented groups.

She is the author of two books on the topic Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces and The Better Allies™ Approach to Hiring.

In todays’ episode we talked about her background and career shift. We also discuss specific steps you can take now to become an ally and help foster diversity.

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Curiosity is a very important skill which gives us a competitive advantage. According to research people with high curiosity are more inquisitive and generate more original ideas. Curiosity can also help us have more positive engagement with our teammates.

My guest today is driven by curiosity and inspires others to cultivate it as well. Dr.  Deborah Berebichez is the first Mexican woman to graduate from Stanford University with a PhD in Physics. She also completed two postdoctoral fellowships at Columbia University's Applied Math and Physics Department and at NYU.

She uses her education and background to make science approachable to a wide range of audiences. Debbie was co-host of Discovery Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science TV show. She also appears as an expert on the Travel Channel, NOVA, CNN, FOX, MSNBC and numerous international media outlets.

Currently she is the Chief Data Scientist at data science training company provider Metis where she leads the creation and growth of data science training opportunities. She is committed to help women and minorities follow STEM careers.

When you hear her story, you’ll realize how her curiosity drove her to confront adversity and follow her calling. In today’s episode we talk about her fascinating story, her work and she gives us specific lessons to start cultivating curiosity.

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In this week’s episode we discuss two themes: Communications and Covid-19.

Our guest today, Alsy Acevedo, is a journalist and until recently, a Senior Media Specialist at John Hopkins Medicine International.

In the episode, we discuss specifically the skill of Asking Questions.  This skill allows us to understand and be understood. Knowing different ways to approach people and ask questions from customers, teammates and potential clients is essential. Today, we discuss the art of asking questions from a journalist’s perspective.

In the second half of the episode, we take an insider’s look at how communications occurred within John Hopkins since the early stages of the pandemic.

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Adaptability is the ability to quickly learn and respond to changing circumstances. Our ability to manage change is considered today one of the key soft skills employers look in candidates.

We constantly have to adapt to new technologies, new processes and new teammates. Having the right approach to learn and be open to change is essential.

My guest today knows about dealing with changes in the modern workplace culture and how to revolutionize learning effectively.

Crystal Kadakia ( https://crystalkadakia.com/) is an independent organizational consultant, two-time TEDx speaker, author (The Myllenial Myth and Designing for Modern Learning), as well as CEO of the Learning Cluster Design Group, a learning & development consulting firm.

She has helped many organizations drive change and adapt to a new digital age.

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Heather Younger is a Juris Doctor turned Motivational Speaker and author who has dedicated her career to the study of management and leadership. She is the host of the Leadership with Heart Podcast and author of the book The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty.

Part of her motivation to educate leaders who empower others, was her own experience as child when she encountered racial discrimination from members of her own family. This was a topic for her very inspirational Ted Talk you can view here: https://heatheryounger.com/

In this episode we talk about what makes a manager become a leader, and practical advice for those getting ready to become a manager.

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In this episode we talk about what makes a manger become a leader, and practical advice for those getting ready to become a manager.

Picture this, you are giving a presentation to a new customer about this app or this dashboard your team created, explained all the cool technical features at length. You feel good, you think you killed it since you prepared for so long, and at the end, the customer was not interested. 

What went wrong? They just don’t get it, right? Perhaps you did not bothered to put yourself in the feet of the customer. You did not show enough empathy. Something similar happened to my guest jermy adamson. Jeremy is the author of the book Geek with Empathy. 

Jeremy is a leader in AI and analytics strategy, and has a broad range of experience in aviation, energy, financial services, retail, and public administration

You will learn today how to build empathy with those around you to bring you better results at work. He say at the root of every tech problem there is an empathy problem. 

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Self-Awareness is what allows us to recognize ourselves: what are our talents, what are our shortcomings, what potential do we have. Research suggests that when we are self-aware, we are more confident, creative, better leaders and workers.

Mark Metry is an advocate of Self-Awareness. The author of Screw Being Shy and host of the Humans 2.0 podcast discusses his struggles growing up with social anxiety and what measures he too to change the course of his life.  

Mark Metry: https://www.markmetry.com/

Public Speaking is a skill many of us have struggled with throughout our career. Professional Speaker Pilar Ortiz shares in this episode valuable advice to help us lose the fear and gain confidence, no matter our language.

To contact Pilar via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/pilarortiz/

Managing Stress is one of the greatest challenges of our days and dealing with it is a skill which takes great significant practice. In this episode, Dr. Janell MacAulay shares valuable techniques and practices she uses to train military and workers in high stress roles. For over two decades she has managed human performance based on her own experience as a combat veteran in conflict zones.

Watch her TED talk on “How to Achieve High Performance Under Stress” here: https://www.ted.com/talks/jannell_macaulay_how_to_achieve_high_performance_under_stress/up-next

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Humor is a not just about being funny. Cultivating humor as a skill can help unleash creativity and diffuse tense situations at work. It is also a valuable tool for learning. Kupe Kupersmith (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kupekupersmith/) is an Applied Improv Coach who has used techniques he learned on stage  as an improv artist in his technology and business consulting training. In this episode, he shares techniques he uses and gives advice for taking a more empathetic and humorous approach at work.

Welcome to the Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast! In this episode, host Yadi Caro talks about the 5Ws of this podcast and gives a preview of what to expect in the upcoming episodes. 

Lets talk about AI, Artificial Intelligence. You are probably using itn right now to make your life easier, create transcripts, products, images… but are you really using it to make yourself a better person? Today you will learn how in this conversation with Camilo Rojas, Ph. D.

Camilo is the CEO and Founder of ProjectUs.ai, a venture capitalist backed MIT Media Lab spinoff that created an AI tool that seeks to help people become the best version of themselves. 

Camilo did his postdoctoral research at the MIT Media Lab, focusing on the ethical use of AI to help people develop complex skills that we talk about on the podcast such as e.g., empathy, self-awareness, effective communication, etc.), and to help teams and organizations become more creative, cohesive and productive. 

Today, you will learn how Project Us AI was developed and how it works, misconceptions about AI and possibilities for the future.

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How do I  help my team become agile?

Hello and welcome to episode 100 of the HSS.  If this hapesn to be the first episode you lsten to, in each episode I discuss a difefernt essential skill with the help of an expert. I have spoken to globally recognized authors, Harvard professors, military leaders, psychologists, pscyhitiatrics, people who have done scientific reserahc on how to become better at the so called "soft" skills to help you thrive in your career.

I want to thank you for being with me in this learning journey. I started this alongside my graduate studies in Organizational Psychology at Harvard, and through my own career journey which at this time involves working with multiole technical teams to help them become high perfoming, and create an agile organization. 

This is why today I chose to highlight this topic of agility because it embodies what soft skills are about, how to integrate human dynamics to deliver a solution. 

In this episode I’ll play some excerpts from some of the folks who co-created the famous Agile Manifesto, the base document for all things agile. Let's listen to Jeff Sutherland talking about what makes a great team, Jon Kern, on what we really need or don’t need, to get things done faster, and Arie van Benekum on the essentials of collaboration. 

It is time to take an inventory of your year, figure out what do you eally want: a new job, a new career, growth. 

So I will replay an excerpt of my interview with executive coach and author Dr Gary Crotaz. He is considered one of the top coaching leaders in the world.  Listen to his model based on his book The IDEA Mindset where he breaks down how to conduct a good self assessments and define our true path. 

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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The feeling that management or even team members do not realize how much we contribute to a team is something I hear often. We usually hear the advice of ‘just put your head down’ do the work and it will be noticed.' But this is rarely the case and we just need to be more strategic about it. 

This is why when I read the book Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact by Liz Wiseman, I knew I wanted her on the show. In the book and as she discusses in our conversation, she describes what disnguishes good employees vs those that really make an impct and seemed to be relied upon the most. 

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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If there is a skill I need help with, and I am sure you do to, is how to deal with difficult people. People who either may come at you screaming, or be condescending or whom we may simply be consider plain crazy. Sometimes we may be the crazy person in a situation. 

So I had the honor to speak with a psychiatrist about it. Dr Mark Goulston gave critical techniques on how to act during a moment of heated conversation. 

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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In the podcast we talk a lot about communication skills and using our body language is a skill we neglect. We need to learn how to properly read our bodies and use them to send a message as well. 

I had the pealsure of talking with Mark Bowden, who has been featured on major TV shows, he has written books about body language and one of the most popular TED talks called ‘The Importance of Being Inauthentic’.

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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One of my favorite guets was Peggy Klaus, and as you may know she is the author of multiple books including ‘Bragg: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It.' 

The main challenge for many people, especially in tech, is how can we really promote ourselves when we do not want to look like complete a…holes. To distinguish between both, let's listen to an excerpt of my conversation with peggy where she also shares how to do proper bragging. 

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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'Getting things done' is a motto I love and a book I enjoy from David Allen. He even created a whole method based on the book. So every time someone asked me ‘how can I become more productive’ I tell people to read the book and even better, if you are short on time now, just listen to my interview with him: https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/category/productivity/ 

In this episode he summarizes his method. 

Are you a curious person? Are you prmoting curiosity among your team members? If not, you should, as my guest Dr Daine Hamilton recommends. She is a sought-after expert in curiosity, perception, emotional intelligence, and behavioral science. Dr. Hamilton is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index®, the Perception Power Index, and the author of five books sold worldwide. She is also the host if the podcast Take the Lead. 

In today's conversation we talked about how to develop curiosity to succeed. 

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This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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The key question that seems to come up regularly how can we be better leaders? 

I have spoken about this to various guests in my podcast  and on of the epiodes that resonated the most was from L. David Marquet. He was the commander of a nucelar submarine and author of various leadership books including the classic Turn the Ship Around. 

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This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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One of the questions I get asked is how do I deal with confrontation?  

One simple change we can apply is how we use our vocabulary. Listen to an excerpt from interview wiht author Sam Horn. To listen to the rest of the interview go here. https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/verbal-communications-sam-horn/

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This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team,    

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A key question you may have is “how do I demonstrate my soft skills in my job search?’  

Thea Kelley will answer this question. Thea Kelley is a job search and interview coach serving job seekers nationwide for more than 15 years. Her Amazon best-seller Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview has been praised as "Excellent" on Forbes.com. 
For smart job search tips and a FREE GIFT, subscribe to Thea's blog at https://jobsearchandinterviewcoach.com .
 
Today we talked about how to demonstrate our soft skills, especially during the interview process. 

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Decision-making is a very necessary skill we need as leaders. In this episode, you will learn the best approaches to decision-making with a decision-making expert. 

Cheryl Strauss Einhorn (https://www.areamethod.com/) founded Decisive, a decision sciences company that trains people and teams in complex problem solving and decision-making skills using the AREA Method. AREA is an evidence-based decision-making system that uniquely controls for and counters cognitive bias to expand knowledge while improving judgment. Cheryl developed AREA during her two decades as an award-winning investigative journalist writing for publications ranging from The New York Times and Foreign Policy Magazine to Barron’s and The Stanford Social Innovation Review. Cheryl teaches at Cornell University and has authored three books: Problem Solved, A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction, about personal and professional decision-making; Investing In Financial Research, A Decision-Making System for Better Results about financial and investment decisions; and new book about Problem Solver Profiles, Problem Solver, Maximizing Your Strengths To Make Better Decisions. 

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If you lsten to this podcast, you are definitely into improving yourself. You read boks, listen to podcast, seek mentors, and you are loking for answers to help you get to a next level. You need coaching. Even if you have not yet hired the help of an actual coach, you can take steps to coach yourself.

Coach Yourself us the title of the book of my guest Antonia Bowring (https://www.ab-strategies.com/ ). Antonia is a highly credentialed, top New York executive coach. She works primarily with founders, C-Suite executives, and leadership teams. One of Antonia’s areas of expertise is helping neurodiverse leaders, especially those with ADHD. Today you will learn various frameworks addressed in her book and setps you can take to start coaching yourself. 

Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/ or email me at yadi@hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com 

This is a replay of an interview which aired in Nov 2021. 

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My guest today, Oscar Trimboli (https://www.oscartrimboli.com/ ), shared some fascinating data that made me realized, we are barely listening to each other. Oscar is the author of Deep listening and Breakthroughs, professional speaker and host of the apple award winning podcast Depp Listening.

This episode is a master class on listening. We talk about some fascinating concepts including listening villains and really simple steps you can take now to become a better listener and save you significant time on your work week.

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Curiosity can save help your team and your job. In this episode, you will learn why this skill is so essential and how to master it. 

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One of the most popular episodes was the interview with John Kotter, author of multiple books and the authority of change management. 

You can listen to it here: https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/managing-change-john-p-kotter/ 

In this episode, we will review the 8 steps for change management from John Kotter. 

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This is the last episode of season 8 until we return in a few weeks. 

I have been fcusing a lot this season on the topic of agility since this is a central skill to the way we work, even though  this concept is regularly associated with software or tech.

Today, we will dig deeper into the skill of agility for our everyday life. The Joy of Agility is the title of the book written by my guest Joshua Kerievsky (https://www.industriallogic.com/people/joshua/) 

We will talk about the true meaning of agility and you will learn mantras you can use every day to help develop this skill.

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Today we feature Jon Kern (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonkern/) , one of the co-authors of the Agile Manifesto. His career has spanned jet engine R&D and flight simulators, to being an object-oriented and lightweight process evangelist through the 90s, authoring books, and contributions to Unified Modeling Language.  Jon also enjoys speaking and evangelizing about being agile at conferences around the world.

Tday we spoke about his fascinating career, how agile came about and key lesson you can apply today to bet truly agile by doing less. 

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Do you know what makes an individual thrive in a challenging situation? It is not physical ability or technical skill. The secret may be on using the right combination of attributes. 

What are attributes and why can we use these to maximize our individual and team potential? Today we talk again in this podcast with Rich Diviney, a retired US Navy SEAL Commander and author of the book The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance. He  developed his expertise in human performance during his over twenty-year career in the US Military. Diviney was intimately involved in an extremely elite SEAL selection process. He also spearheaded the creation of a mental performance directorate that focused a strong emphasis on physical, mental, and emotional discipline.

Today you wil learn what attributes are, how to leverage them, and you will find out about the results of my attribute assessment. 

You can take the assessment and get a 15% discount using the code HARDCORESKILLS15 

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In this episode I speak with Julie Jungalwala, a leadership instructor at Harvard, the founder of the Institute for the Future of Learning. Today we speak about her research on reinvention and what you can do to reinvent yourself in a competitive market.  

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Today you'll hera my interview with Aarie van Benekum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariev3/ and (https://arievanbennekum.com/bio ), one of the co-signers of the Agile Manifesto (https://agilemanifesto.org/)  His career in software development started as developer and technical designer, and in the 90s, he switched from traiditonal development to RAD or rapid application development, and DSDM, or dynamic system development method. 
After becoming one of the cosigners of the agile manifesto in 2001, Arie has focused on business tranformations towards agile. 

You wil learn today why he is an agnostic when it comes to methods, what is the most important skill you need and how can you work towards making changes today. 

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This episode is a podcast collaboration with the Team Coaching Zone Podcast (https://teamcoachingzone.com/team-coaching-podcast).

Dr. Krister Lowe is Co-founder and Chief of Innovation at www.6TeamConditions.com. He is the pioneer of the Team Coaching Zone Podcast and the Co-Editor of The Practitioner’s Handbook of Team Coaching. Dr. Lowe is an Organizational Psychologist by training and has deep expertise in coaching top and mission critical teams

We talked about the fascinating field of team coaching, what makes great teams and practices you can apply now to make yours a high performing team. 

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This episode originally aired in July 2021. 

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As many organizations are talking today about becoming “agile” it is important to know what it really means. Dr. Jeff Sutherland (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsutherland/) is the ideal person to discuss this. He is the chairman and founder of Scrum Inc., a signatory of the Agile manifesto, coauthor of the Scrum Guide and the creator Scrum@Scale. He is also the coauthor of the best selling book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time.

Today we talk about the misconceptions of Agile, the origins of the Scrum framework, and how his military experience and his work doing scientific computer modeling influenced him.

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When we think about leaders we think of those who have just the right answer to every situation, those who can move crowds, who can make or break a team. But what if we are looking at leadership the wrong way? Is a leader a creator of followers or is a leader a person who creates other leaders?

My guest today knows what it takes to lead others to become leaders. L. David Marquet (https://davidmarquet.com/my-story/) is a retired United States Navy captain and the bestselling author of Turn the Ship Around and Leadership is Language. He was the commander of the submarine USS Santa Fe. He turned the submarine from the worst in the fleet to the most successful by using a "leader-leader" model of leadership. He became captain of the submarine in 1999 and, since his retirement, the submarine has continued to win awards.
Since then he has worked as a leadership expert and speaks to audiences globally. 

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Dr. Mark Goulston (https://markgoulston.com/about/)  is a psychiatrist and one of the world's leading experts on listening with his book, Just Listen, becoming the top book on listening in the world. He is also the author of Talking to Crazy and Get Out of Your Own Way.  He was selected to the World's Top 30 Communication Professionals for 2023 by Global Guros. He is a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches member and hosts the My Wakeup Call podcast.

In this eoisode we discussed various topics including his fascinating story about why he pursued psychiatry. You will also learn techniques on how to deal with difficult people AND become a better listener. 

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This week features an episode for the podcast Because You Need to Know with Ediwn K. Morris (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinkmorris/) 

This podcats is focused on sharing with ideas about knolwdege management. We talked about the future of KM, the key soft skils we need to succeed and other topics. 

Today we talk about Building Impact. We often go through out careers expecting others will tell us what to do and to give us permission to take on any particular initiative. It is not until we realize that if we just find opportunities and take action, our job experience will be much more enjoyable and impactful. My guest today will tell us how we can become impact players.

Liz Wiseman (https://thewisemangroup.com/who-we-are/our-team/liz-wiseman/) is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Multipliers, The Multiplier Effect, and Wall Street Journal bestsellers Rookie Smarts and Impact Players.
 
She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. 

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In this mini-episode, learn the do's and don'ts on using assessments to hire new people in your  team. 

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Today we talk about hiring with Dr Paul Spector (https://paulspector.com/), specifically the role of assessments when it comes to assessing skills. If you have a team or company, what are some of the considerations to take when assessing if you have a capable candidate. Also, what areas should you avoid? And, if you are not hiring, what are some ways to cultivate talent from within. 

My guest will provide answers to these questions. Dr Spector is an Industrial Organizational Psychologist who has studied topics such as the impact of jobs on the behavior and well-being of employees, counterproductive work behavior, job satisfaction, and job stress,. He’s written books on both methodology and content, including an I-O psychology textbook Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice. 

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 Today you will be listening to another podcast Arguing Agile with Brian Orlando and Om Patel. 
We talked aboiut the missing patrt when it comes to implementation agile, the how to deal with the people part. That is, how improtrant is it for us to practice our soft skills to become better team members, managers, collaborators.