SSM-45 Perseverance for Success or Failure
Dr. Porterfield discusses two key factors in whether perseverance leads to success or failure Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 25, 2019•1 min
Serious Soft Skills
Looking for an edge at work? The Serious Soft Skills podcast gives you tips and tricks for putting soft skills to work for you. Get the latest soft skills news, soft skills research and soft skills insights to improve your career success and develop a stronger organization. Your hosts, Dr. Tobin Porterfield and Bob Graham, are soft skills experts, who share valuable soft skill insights and interview other soft skills experts to give you a powerful advantage at work, whether you are a job applicant, employee, manager, executive, entrepreneur, self-employed or anyone else who interacts with people on the job.
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SSM-44 Communication Matrix
Dr. Tobin Porterfield discusses using a communication matrix to make sure that the message gets through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2019•1 min
SSM-43 Your Legacy NOW
Dr. Tobin Porterfield explains how we are each already building our Legacy - what impact will you leave on your organization? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 18, 2019•1 min
SSM 42 One Word
Dr. Tobin Porterfield discusses finding and applying that One Word that can provide focus for your year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 16, 2019•1 min
SSM 41: Work-Life Balance Is A Crock
Dr. Tobin Porterfield, soft skills expert why work-life balance is not something we should be chasing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 14, 2019•1 min
SSM 40: Addressing When Someone Constantly Talks Over You
Bob Graham, author, keynote speaker and workshop leader, explains how to address a person who constantly talks over you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 09, 2019•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 39: Infusing Cultural Awareness into the Holidays
Bob Graham, author, keynote speaker and trainer on soft skills, explains why the soft skill of cultural awareness is of paramount importance at this time of year. For more podcast episodes, visit Serious Soft Skills website . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2018•2 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 38: Problem Solvers Aren't Magicians
Bob Graham, soft skills author, keynote speaker and trainer, explains how problem solvers do their magic, which isn't actually magic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 12, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills 67: Getting the Job, Interviewing Resources To Get You Hired
Dr. Tobin Porterfield interviews his co-host Bob Graham on two new offerings to help people get jobs. Graham has created a free webinar, Acing the Job Interview, which details exactly how to go about using a job interview to advance your chances of getting the job. It's available for free at http://serioussoftskills.com/acing This course is perfect for people who are struggling to get hired, don't know what to say at a job interview, get nervous at the job interview, or want to be more in comman...
Dec 05, 2018•20 min•Ep. 67
Soft Skills Minute 37: Networking The Easy Way
Bob Graham, a soft skills expert and co-founder of Serious Soft Skills, explains how networking can occur without trying. Just being real and talking to people can open great doors of discovery and opportunity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2018•2 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 36: Thanksgiving Is All About Collaboration
Bob Graham, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills , explains how the soft skill of collaboration is evident in nearly every part of Thanksgiving. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 20, 2018•59 sec
Serious Soft Skills Minute 35: When You Can't Afford to Multi-Task
Learn the one time that you can't possibly multi-task from Dr. Tobin Porterfield, a soft skills expert and co-founder of Serious Soft Skills LLC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 16, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 34: Tackling Things When Confidence Is Lacking
Bob Graham, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills LLC , explains what to do to overcome brief bouts where you lack confidence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 14, 2018•54 sec
Serious Soft Skills Minute 33: Set A Course for Daily and Weekly Success
Bob Graham, a soft skills speaker and expert, explains why putting together a list of priorities for the day and week can help you get things done more efficiently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 12, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 32: Being Analytical In a Good Way
Bob Graham, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills and a soft skills expert, explains how being analytical isn't bad, but rather a key to building any successful organization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 07, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 31: Bad Openings Can Cripple Discussions
Dr. Tobin Porterfield, a soft skills expert, explains how a bad opening to a discussion can cripple the whole discussion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 06, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 29: Strategically Traveling Toward End-Of-Year Goals
Bob Graham, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills, explains that his recent travels -- and time away for all of us -- provides time to clarify and codify the end-of-year goals we need to achieve. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 01, 2018•2 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 28: We Wear Our Halloween Masks All Year
Bob Graham, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills, talks about wearing masks, like many of us do on Halloween, all year long and its detrimental effects on developing teams, trust and respect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 27: Stick to the Script
Dr. Tobin Porterfield, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills, discusses how a big part of successful presentation is sticking to the guidelines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 30, 2018•59 sec
Serious Soft Skills Minute 26: Leading Change Is All About the Leading
Bob Graham, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills, explains what's required to successfully lead change in an organization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 29, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 25: Applicants Talking, But Employers Not Listening
Bob Graham, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills, discusses research from HireVue indicating a disconnect between applicants and employers on soft skills. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 26, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 24: Rocks, Rockstars Both Benefit Organizations
Dr. Tobin Porterfield, co-founder of Serious Soft Skills, explains that the best organizations make time to cultivate rocks and rockstars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 24, 2018•49 sec
Serious Soft Skill Minute 23: A Broader Definition of Being Proactive
Bob Graham, cofounder of Serious Soft Skills, explains how he sees the soft skill of being proactive with a definition that's broader than most people's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 23, 2018•57 sec
Serious Soft Skills Minute 22: It's All About Respect, Dude
Bob Graham, cofounder of Serious Soft Skills , explains why showing respect from the beginning sets the stage for a relationship between any two people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 21 Setting Priorities to Ensure Success
Bob Graham, cohost of the Serious Soft Skills Podcast, talks about how setting priorities, one of the soft skills, can make or break success in our days, weeks, months and years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 15, 2018•50 sec
Serious Soft Skills Minute 20: Do You Know Your Organization's Terra
Dr. Tobin Porterfield, cohost of the Serious Soft Skills Podcast, talks about the Italian word terra and how it applies to business and management. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 12, 2018•1 min
66: Part 2 of Keith Daw Interview, Presentation and Soft Skills
Sales, whether of products and services or ideas, requires powerful presentation skills and Keith Daw, Vice President of Business Development and Trainer at Sandler Training in Baltimore, offers insights and tips for success. Among the topics he discussed in an interview with cohost Bob Graham are: Where sales and presentation, one of the soft skills, intersect Tips and strategies for better presentations Keith Daw, Vice President of Business Development and Trainer at Sandler Training in Baltim...
Oct 10, 2018•22 min•Ep. 66
Serious Soft Skills Minute 19 Being Flexibile
Bob Graham, cohost of the Serious Soft Skills Podcast, explains in Half-Marathon Monday, his runup to a run in December, how he has to be flexible while traveling and how flexibility is critical to our success in work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 08, 2018•1 min
Serious Soft Skills Minute 18: Are You Really Listening?
Dr. Tobin Porterfield, cohost of the Serious Soft Skills Podcast, gives an example of where he wasn't listening as well as he should have and he got called out on it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 05, 2018•1 min
65: Part 1 of Interview with Keith Daw on Sales & Soft Skills
So many of us are involved in selling, either as a career or for our ideas. We brought in an expert to talk about the role of soft skills in sales. This week Bob Graham is talking to Keith Daw, Vice President of Business Development and Trainer at Sandler Training in Baltimore, for a discussion on soft skills and sales. Keith Daw trains high-level executives on sales and training. He also is a strong advocate for the role of soft skills in business. Here is the first part of an interview Bob rec...
Oct 03, 2018•17 min
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