Dave Nevogt’s company Hubstaff earns its revenue from observing how people work. Here’s what he has learned about workers’ best practices along the way. You’ll Learn: Two questions to ask yourself before handing over your deliverables One quick trick to get 1,000 LinkedIn connections in 60 minutes An improved approach to initiating tasks that delights managers and stretches employees About Dave Dave Nevogt is the co-founder of Hubstaff.com which helps virtual teams communicate better through aut...
Nov 04, 2016•21 min
Author Jay Papasan helps to zero in on that one thing that matters most. You'll Learn: 1. The key question you must ask yourself to unlock your “one thing” About Jay Jay Papasan is the co-author of the bestseller The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results with Gary Keller. He also worked as an editor at Harper-Collins Publishers. Jay also co-owns a successful real estate team affiliated with Keller Williams Realty with his wife Wendy in Austin, Texas. View transcri...
Nov 02, 2016•32 min
Podcaster and speaker Jeff Sanders offers pro-tips to reaching your grandest goals, one good morning at a time. You'll Learn 3 best practices that will sustain your energy all day Perspectives on when to handle email How to conquer your ultimate goal, one quarter at a time About Jeff Jeff Sanders is a keynote speaker, creator of the 47 Strategies Productivity Self-Assessment, and author of the best-selling and award-winning book on productivity, The 5 AM Miracle: Dominate Your Day Before Breakfa...
Oct 31, 2016•29 min
We got “meta” with Podcasting Hall of Famer Rob Walch who shares principles of successful podcasters that apply to the workplace. You’ll Learn: Pro-tips on nailing your presentations How to bolster your communication by forgetting yourself Why you should start your own podcast right now About Rob Rob Walch was inducted into the Podcasting Hall of Fame in 2016. Rob Walch saved his life, marriage, and career with podcasting. Rob is the Vice President of Podcaster Relations for Libsyn (LSYN). Prior...
Oct 28, 2016•36 min
Ambassador of Happiness Maura Sweeney paves the way to more productive outcomes in the workplace by creating a happier environment. You’ll Learn: Effective remedies for stress addiction Methods to countering a negative environment How to turn your adversaries into allies by challenging while advocating About Maura Podcaster , international speaker , Huffington Post contributor and creator of the Foundations of Happiness eCourse, Maura Sweeney guides others on the path of “Living Happy – Inside O...
Oct 26, 2016•52 min
Comparably co-founder and CEO Jason Nazar shines a light on employer and employee best practices. You'll Learn Two big mistakes that are stopping you from advancing in your career Guidance in your search for finding and keeping mentors Two transformational questions that you should ask yourself everyday About Jason Jason Nazar is one of the most active tech entrepreneurs and investors in southern California, and is a popular contributor for Wall Street Journal, Forbes, INC, and Business Insider....
Oct 24, 2016•32 min
Intuition expert Lynn Robinson shows how to access the wisdom of your gut. You’ll Learn: Scientific discoveries about neurons in your stomach and why they matter Ways to stop intuition-killers when brainstorming in a group Checks and balances so you’re not going astray with intuition About Lynn Lynn Robinson is one of America’s leading experts on the topic of intuition and has been sought out internationally for her advice on the topic. She’s the author of Put Your Intuition to Work . She’s a po...
Oct 21, 2016•30 min
Inspiring team-builder Thomas Mangum shares what it REALLY takes to have a championship team. You'll Learn The three key ingredients of a championship team. The basic two-part equation for modeling champions. How to turn breakdowns into breakthroughs. About Thomas Thomas draws on over 30 years of experience helping leading companies build championship teams that win. His client roster includes Boeing, Cisco, Oracle, Sony, Shell, DuPont, Northrop Grumman, Liberty Mutual, Johnson & Johnson, Vo...
Oct 19, 2016•42 min
Professor John Kotter walks through the essential components of successful change. You’ll Learn The eight critical steps for sparking change in your organization How you can test drive ideas for your organization at a lower risk How you can find inspiring mentors About John Regarded by many as the worldwide authority on leadership and change, Dr. John Kotter is a New York Times best-selling author, award winning business and management thought leader, business entrepreneur, inspirational speaker...
Oct 17, 2016•34 min
Lisa Bodell shares pro-tips on how to declutter our work lives to better focus on what truly matters. You’ll Learn: Tools to eliminate unnecessary complexity in the workplace A methodology to reclaim 50% of your time spent in meetings The optimal attitude that gets your bosses to notice and value you About Lisa Lisa Bodell serves as a global council member of the World Economic Forum; and has helped thousands of senior leaders ignite innovation at Bloomberg, Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, and many oth...
Oct 14, 2016•28 min
Career coach Angela Copeland shows how to take charge and proactively, intentionally manage your career. You'll learn Warning signs that you’re under appreciated at your job and how to deal A simple, powerful way to highlight your progress and set yourself apart at work Effective interview tactics About Angela Angela Copeland is a career coach and CEO at her firm, Copeland Coaching. She is host of the Copeland Coaching Podcast, columnist for the Career Corner newspaper column, and author of care...
Oct 12, 2016•27 min
Author Rebecca Morgan shares how you can provide the best service to your customers – internal and external. You’ll Learn: Overlooked tactics to better serve your customers The step-by-step of calming upset customers How to deal with workplace conflict About Rebecca Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC, is an international speaker, trainer and consultant specializing in creating innovative solutions for workplace effectiveness challenges. She’s appeared on 60 Minutes , Oprah , the Wall Street Journal , Nati...
Oct 07, 2016•36 min
Bestselling rhetorician Jay Heinrichs shows just how powerful and fun this ancient art can be. You'll learn How shifting tenses can ease tensions A huge tip from Donald Trump about speaking in 12-second periods The essential steps of making a persuasive argument About Jay Jay Heinrichs is the author of the bestselling book, Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. His most recent book, Word Hero, teaches how to craft memorable co...
Oct 05, 2016•55 min
Molly Fletcher, the sports agent known as “the female Jerry Maguire,” shares key ingredients to stardom gleaned from her experience working with superstar athletes and business folk. You’ll Learn: Two key practices Molly sees in all her star athletes that make them great The critical trait needed to maintaining strong workplace relationships A simple trick to use in negotiations to make them less nerve-wracking and more successful About Molly Dubbed by CNN “the female Jerry Maguire,” Fletcher ro...
Oct 03, 2016•33 min
Blogger Joanna Jast shares best practices for boosting your brain’s performance. You’ll Learn: The optimal surroundings for optimal productivity Quick hacks for improving your focus How our brains are wired to absorb information About Joanna Joanna Jast is the author of Laser-Sharp Focus and a top mental performance seeker. She uses her medical background and low-tolerance for fluff to find proven ways of accelerating learning and personal growth. Her mission is to help people achieve profession...
Sep 30, 2016•32 min
“Chief Galvanizer” Patrick Galvin offers philosophies and pro-tips for building a powerful network. You’ll Learn: Approaches to asking great questions for relationship building An overlooked social media tool that can epicly enrich your network The benefits of developing a “methodology of gratitude” About Patrick Patrick Galvin, chief galvanizer of The Galvanizing Group, is a dynamic speaker and business coach who galvanizes audiences and inspires people to achieve big goals. He has received acc...
Sep 28, 2016•43 min
Strengths sleuth Lisa Cummings shows us how we can better leverage our strengths at work. You'll learn How focusing on your strengths can 6X your work engagement and 3X your quality of life Approaches to discovering strengths hiding right under your nose A clever trick to trade tasks and boost fun About Lisa Lisa Cummings is the Founder of Lead Through Strengths, brings 20 years of experience (and experiments) into this practice. She lives to help people find and leverage their strengths at work...
Sep 26, 2016•48 min
Executive coach MJ Ryan shows how to use mantras to retrain the brain to establish better habits and responses. You’ll Learn: How to identify unconscious behaviors and what to do to overcome them The worst mental habit in the workplace to break right away An approach to developing your own game-changing personal mantras About MJ MJ is an executive coach to senior executives and entrepreneurs around the world. She combines a practical approach with methodologies from neuroscience, positive psycho...
Sep 23, 2016•33 min
Dr. Michael Breus fills us in on all things sleep and identifies the optimal time of day for each and every thing we do. You’ll learn: 1. How to tell what your chronotype is – and how it determines the best time to do everything 2. The optimal time to send emails, brainstorm, drink coffee, have meetings, and more 3. How to make the most of your power nap About MichaelMichael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of T...
Sep 21, 2016•57 min
Dr. Michelle Reina discusses how to build trust among team members and why it’s so important that we do so. You’ll Learn: The three key components that define trust What trusting and untrusting behaviors look like in practice What you can do to identify trusting relationships and develop ones lacking in trust About Michelle Dr. Michelle Reina and Dr. Dennis Reina, cofounders of The Reina Trust Building Institute, are leading authorities on helping leaders build, rebuild and sustain trust to prod...
Sep 19, 2016•32 min
Coach Craig Ballantyne shares how you can plan the perfect day that will enhance your productivity at work without letting your job take over your daily life. You’ll Learn: How to plan “the perfect day” A simple time management trick to skyrocket your productivity Approaches to cultivating self-discipline now by creating a vision of your future About Craig Craig Ballantyne is a Productivity & Success Transformation Coach from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the author of The Perfect Day Formul...
Sep 16, 2016•40 min
Pam Fox Rollin helps new leaders settle into their role in the office. Pam Fox Rollin coaches executives and top teams in the San Francisco Bay Area and globally. Her clients are stepping up from rockstars in their functions to lead more broadly at the VP and C-levels. Pam’s company, IdeaShape, also facilitates culture development, strategy sessions, innovation retreats, conflict resolution, leadership development cohorts, executive onboarding, and team building, often with Myers-Briggs or Ennea...
Sep 14, 2016•48 min
Director of Landscape Services at Ole Miss (and author), Jeff McManus offers fresh insights on “growing people.” You’ll Learn A powerful storytelling approach to connect your team to a larger purpose How to massively stretch the impact of your learning & development dollar Why you might not want to fire that underperformer just yet About Jeff Jeff McManus grows things. As the Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi, he grows plants….he grows people….he grows ideas. Ta...
Sep 12, 2016•40 min
Meeting enthusiast and Engineering Program Manager John Poelstra shares how to give your meetings a needed boost. You’ll learn: When you do vs. don’t need a meeting How to “blame the agenda” to advance your agenda The CAT and WOOT frameworks for developing excellent meeting agendas About John John Poelstra is a Manager on the Engineering Program team at Red Hat, Inc., the world’s most successful open source software company. John is passionate about facilitating the best project meetings and he ...
Sep 09, 2016•29 min
Career strategist Jenny Blake shares insights about the when, why, and how of career pivoting. You’ll learn: When and how to make a “pivot” move in your career The three “E’s” of piloting something new in your life How to reinvent your role--right where you are About Jenny Jenny Blake is a career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout and create sustainable careers they love. She is the co-creator of Google’s Career Guru Program, host of the Pivot ...
Sep 07, 2016•35 min
Recovering procrastinator and professional speaker Rita Emmett lays out a handy framework for overcoming procrastination in the heat of the moment. You’ll learn: How to tackle the fears that breed procrastination Approaches to turn procrastination into prioritization The 5-step STING method to overcoming procrastination About Rita Rita Emmett was once The World’s Greatest Procrastinator. Then she converted and is now a “Recovering Procrastinator”. She is also a professional speaker, and author o...
Sep 02, 2016•44 min
Irreverent Great Work coach Michael Bungay Stainier provides mindset and questions to inspire your teammates--10 minutes at a time. You’ll learn: Why being a coach at work is a lot quicker and easier than you might think How to give less advice while getting more results 7 powerful questions for transforming your team About MichaelMichael Bungay Stanier is the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps people and organizations all over the world do less Good Work and more...
Aug 31, 2016•36 min
Professor G. Richard Shell discusses how to find happiness in your work. You’ll Learn: The importance of changing your metaphor for success How to find happiness in every domain of your life – particularly careers How to self-monitor progress to land in a place of achievement AND fulfilment (instead of a crisis) About Richard G. Richard Shell is the Thomas Gerrity Professor of Legal Studies, Business Ethics, and Management at the Wharton School of Business. There, he created and teaches the famo...
Aug 29, 2016•43 min
President & CEO of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Kate Bates discusses how to establish a successful career path at a young age. You’ll Learn: Why you should always be the ‘go-to’ person The value of a good connection How to be your own champion About KateKate Bates is the President & CEO of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, longtime friend, and Danville High School Monopoly champion. The mission of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is to strengthen businesses and the economic envir...
Aug 26, 2016•25 min
Author and fellow podcaster David Kadavy discusses how to train yourself to get into and maintain a productive mindset. You’ll learn: Powerful rituals for powerful productivity A handy set of categories to zero in on ideal mind states Approaches for quickly shifting your mind state About David David Kadavy is author of the #18 Amazon best-selling book, Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty and the host of the Love Your Work podcast. Prior to writing Design for Hackers, David founded the...
Aug 24, 2016•33 min
