How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Kate Mason shares how to be both powerful AND well-liked.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The common phrases that undermine your influence

2) How to ask questions while boosting your credibility

3) How to overcome the fear of saying no

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— ABOUT KATE —

Kate Mason, PhD is a communications expert and world-champion debater who has spent her career working with founders and executives from tech startups to major global brands. She coaches executives on actionable skills to become the leaders they wish to be, and to amplify their voice, reach, and impact at work. Kate lives in Sydney, Australia.

• Book: Powerfully Likeable: A Woman's Guide to Effective Communication

• LinkedIn: Kate Mason

• Substack: The Powerfully Likeable Newsletter

• Website: https://www.katemason.co/

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• Study: "Potential" and the Gender Promotions Gap

• Tool: Fyxer

• Tool: Sanebox

• Tool: Superhuman

• Book: In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje

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Bill Flynn shares his strategies for building a team that can lead, decide, and thrive without you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why you shouldn’t play the hero

2) How to build a self-sufficient team

3) How to delegate authority, not just tasks

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— ABOUT BILL —

Bill Flynn has collaborated with Alan Mulally and Amy Edmondson, pitched Steve Jobs, accomplished much, failed often, and learned many useful lessons from thirty years of studying the science of success. He is best described as a pragmatic Simon Sinek; an optimist and an operator.

Bill embodies his core purpose - simplified servanthood - by spending each working moment to help create a compassionately productive society by enabling enlightened leaders to focus on the few things that truly matter to their teams and key stakeholders. For having a great business is one way of making a better world.

• Book: The Hero Trap: The Leader's Shift from Doing to Designing

• Book: https://catalystgrowthadvisors.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

• Book: The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch

• Book: The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu Goldratt

• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

• Book: Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet

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Kerry Siggins shares her practical framework for navigating conflict, managing emotions, and finding common ground.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why avoiding conversations often does more harm than good

2) The SHARES model for effective feedback

3) The hidden assumption harming your conversation

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— ABOUT KERRY —

Kerry Siggins is a sought-after international speaker and the author of The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life and Leadership. Her work focuses on leadership, communication, accountability, employee ownership, and building high trust cultures.

Siggins also brings her work directly into organizations through The Talk With Trust Leadership Experience, an immersive and interactive leadership experience designed to help teams practice courageous conversations and build stronger communication habits in real time.

Whether speaking to executive teams, companies, conferences, or leadership groups, Siggins combines operational credibility, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership insight to help organizations create cultures where people feel empowered to communicate openly, take ownership, and grow together.

• Book: Talk with Trust: How to Own Feedback, Spark Growth, and Build Stronger Teams

• Book: The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life and Leadership

• Podcast: Kerry Siggins Podcast

• Company: StoneAge Inc.

• Website: https://kerrysiggins.com/

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• Book: Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt

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Dr. Marc Brackett shares research-backed strategies to build your skill of self-regulation.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The critical first step to masterful emotional regulation

2) The biggest misconception we have about our emotions

3) How an alter ego can help with self-regulation

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— ABOUT MARC —

Marc Brackett, PhD, is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. He is the author of the bestselling book Permission to Feel and more than two hundred scholarly articles, with his research featured in The New York Times, Good Morning America, Today, and the Huberman Lab podcast. A sought-after keynote speaker, he has headlined over seven hundred conferences and advises Fortune 500 companies on integrating emotional intelligence into workplace culture.

Together with Pinterest cofounder Ben Silbermann, Marc launched the award-winning How We Feel app, a powerful tool helping millions of people improve their well-being. He hosts Dealing with Feeling, a YouTube web series and podcast that brings groundbreaking insights on emotion regulation to a global audience. He lives in Connecticut and New York City.

• Book: Permission to Feel

• Book: Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want

• App: How We Feel

• Instagram: marc.brackett

• LinkedIn: Marc Brackett

• Substack: Emotion Revolution

• Website: https://marcbrackett.com/

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• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Past episode: 327: Unclog Your Brain through Unfocusing with Dr. Srini Pillay

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Dina Denham Smith shows you how to use a leadership transition to strengthen relationships, expand your network, and find new ways to grow.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The first step in dealing with a change in leadership

2) Why it’s worth investing in a relationship with an interim manager

3) Why it pays to know the “operating preferences” of your new manager

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— ABOUT DINA —

Dina Denham Smith is an accomplished executive coach who draws on her background in organizational psychology and first-hand executive experience to help senior leaders and teams at world-class companies such as Adobe, Netflix, Goldman Sachs, PwC, and Sephora thrive.

Dina has written more than 70 articles on leadership and career success for outlets such as Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Her work is also frequently featured in other global media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and the BBC. She is the lead author of the bestselling book, Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work.

• Article: The Keys to Succeeding Under a New Manager

• Book: Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work

• LinkedIn: Dina Denham Smith

• Website: https://dinadsmith.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

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

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Dr. Cindi Baldi shares expert strategies to stay calm and confident in the face of uncertainty.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How uncertainty influences us without us realizing

2) How to power through our bias for risk aversion

3) The simple habit that builds your wisdom

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— ABOUT CINDI —

Dr. Cindi Baldi is the founder and CEO of Culsure, an organizational science firm, co-host of the Management Muse podcast, and co-author of The Uncertainty Playbook. Cindi is an expert in organizational behavior, group performance, and employee identification, with research presented globally at leading institutions. She develops science-based culture and leadership assessments used across corporate, nonprofit, and government organizations, and advises leaders worldwide on improving performance, culture, and team effectiveness.

• Book: The Uncertainty Playbook: 14 Strategies for Work Success in a Chaotic World

• Podcast: Management Muse

• Website: https://culsure.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Theory: Uncertainty-Identity Theory

• Book: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke

• Book: Simple Truths: Clear & Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life by Kent Nerburn

• Past episode: 614: Making Smarter Decisions When You Can’t Know Everything with Annie Duke

• Past episode: 981: Using AI to Enhance Your Reading, Notes, Memory, and Decisions with Kwame Christian

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Kerri Garbis breaks down how to make your communication more effective by making your practice more effective.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three stages to prepare for any kind of speaking

2) Quick techniques to help reduce your nervousness

3) Why practice feels boring—and how to fix it

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— ABOUT KERRI —

Kerri Garbis is the CEO and founder of Ovation Communication, a firm that trains global business leaders in the nuanced arts of Professional Presence and Speaker Development. A certified Business Etiquette and Emotional Intelligence expert and seasoned Professional Speechwriter, her expertise culminates in her book Presentation Skills for Managers, published by McGraw-Hill.

Evolving from a professional actress as a kid to empowering today’s business professionals, Kerri's journey weaved through The Baltimore School For The Arts to Syracuse University, where she graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She shares her actionable insights on effective preparation and presentation in her widely-viewed TEDx Talk, "How To Rehearse Anything."

Offstage, Kerri's quest for the quintessential French fry mirrors her approach to professional excellence. She notes that “sometimes it's a sprinkle of salt that makes all the difference.”

• Book: "Presentation Skills For Managers, 2E (Briefcase Books)"

• AI Rehearsal Tool: BRAVO

• Instagram: ovation_communication

• Facebook: Ovation Communication

• LinkedIn: Ovation Communication

• YouTube: Ovation Communication

• Website: https://www.getovation.com/

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• Book: "Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away" by Annie Duke

• Book: "The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control" by Walter Mischel

• Past episode: 253: How to Speak Out…Without a Freak Out with Matthew Abrahams

• Past episode: 614: Making Smarter Decisions When You Can’t Know Everything with Annie Duke

• Past episode: 683: How to Break Free from Negative Self-talk and Chatter with Ethan Kross

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Vanessa Bohns shares a science-backed guide to deciding when speaking up is helpful and when silence is the better choice.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to be honest without being harsh

2) The hidden trade-off between vulnerability and competence

3) When it DOES hurt to ask

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— ABOUT VANESSA —

Vanessa Bohns is a social psychologist and professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University. She holds a PhD in psychology from Columbia University and an AB from Brown University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and other outlets, and her research has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, and on NPR's Hidden Brain. She lives in upstate New York.

• Book: Should I Say Something?: The Science of What to Share―and What to Keep to Yourself

• Instagram: @profbohns

• LinkedIn: Vanessa Bohns

• Website: https://www.vanessabohns.com/

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• Book: Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

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Leslie John makes the compelling case for why we need to open up more in work and in life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The surprising upsides to oversharing

2) The easiest and loveliest thing to overshare

3) Why it’s a good sign when people cringe

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— ABOUT LESLIE —

Leslie John is the James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Her award-winning research appears in top academic journals and media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. She is the author of the new book, REVEALING: The Underrated Power of Oversharing. A Canadian-born, professionally trained ballet dancer, she now calls Boston her home, where she lives with her husband and two young sons.

• Book: Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing

• Instagram: @proflesliejohn

• LinkedIn: ProfLeslieJohn

• Website: https://www.proflesliejohn.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: zeeg

• Article: “Will Blue Light Glasses Improve Your Sleep?” by Christopher M. Barnes

• Book: Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara

• Book: Broken Plea: The Explosive Search for Truth Behind the Idaho Murders by Christopher Whitcomb

• Video: The Announcement: Magic Johnson

• Article: “My Medical Choice” by Angelina Jolie

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Neal Schore shares expert strategies for reclaiming the time we don’t realize we give away.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The many ways we waste time without realizing it

2) The 10-second trick that prevents time-wasting miscommunications

3) How to feel more powerful in just five seconds

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— ABOUT NEAL —

Neal Schore serves as chairman and advisor to several notable business leaders, boards, and companies across the United States. He also advises multiple private equity and investment firms on executive leadership and strategic initiatives. He currently serves as cofounder and CEO of The 25th Hour Group, an executive coaching and leadership events firm that showcases his proven leadership toolbox and practice. Previously, Schore served as founder, president, and CEO of Triton Digital, a global technology, data, and services leader in the digital audio and podcast industry.

Schore received a Bachelor of Arts in business administration, with emphasis on management, marketing, and finance, from Michigan State University. He is currently active in Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program. Schore is a member of the Los Angeles Gold Southland Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and the recipient of E&Y’s 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year award for greater Los Angeles.

• Book: The 25th Hour: How to Thrive (And Gain Ridiculous Amounts of Time) by Getting Out of Your Own Way

• Website: https://www.25hourgroup.com/

• Website: https://www.nealschore.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross

• Book: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks

• Book: From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks

• Book: Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition by Mitch Albom

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Lindsay Crouse reveals the surprising signs that your grit may be working against you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How purposeless endurance keeps you stuck

2) How small acts of quitting can make bigger decisions better

3) Why we’re so afraid to quit–and how to get over it

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— ABOUT LINDSAY —

Lindsay Crouse is an independent producer and journalist and author of The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out. A 15-year veteran of The New York Times, her Emmy-nominated work on women’s sports brought widespread change to the industry, including maternity protections for elite athletes sponsored by Nike.

In The Times’s Opinion section, she wrote and commissioned widely read essays and produced hundreds of short documentaries, including commissioning The Times’s first Academy Award-winning film. A life-long competitive distance runner, she graduated from Harvard College, and lives in New York City with her family.

• Book: The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out – Revolutionary Strategies for Personal Growth and Shifting Your Mindset on Success

• Instagram: @lindsaycrouse

• Website: https://lindsaycrouse.com/

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• Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

• Past episode: 798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian

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Former FBI agent Joe Navarro reveals how to adjust your body language to connect better with those around you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The small gestures that greatly impact your likability

2) How to maintain appropriate distance and eye contact

3) The one expression to avoid at all costs

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— ABOUT JOE —

Joe Navarro, MA, served as an FBI special agent in counterintelligence and counterterrorism for twenty-five years. A recognized global expert on nonverbal communication, he is the international bestselling author of What Every BODY Is Saying and Be Exceptional. He consults for major corporations and governments worldwide.

Navarro has been featured on the TODAY Show, CNN, Fox News, and other major outlets, and he lectures frequently around the world on human behavior and influence. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.

• Book: Mastering Connections: Build Stronger Relationships with the Science of Body Language – An FBI Agent's Proven Strategies for Nonverbal Communication and Authentic Connection

• Website: JoeNavarro.net

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• Study: Harvard Study of Adult Development

• Study: The Still Face Experiment

• Book: The Histories by Herodotus

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Gina London discusses how to hone in on your presence and purpose to distinguish your communication.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The one communication skill AI still can’t replace or replicate

2) How to train your brain for more confidence

3) The habits that undermine your credibility and presence

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— ABOUT GINA —

From Farmland, Indiana, to boardrooms around the world, Gina London has spent her career helping people find their voice. Founder and CEO of Language of Leadership, Ltd., Gina is an American entrepreneur based in Ireland, a dual U.S.-Irish citizen, and a trusted advisor to leaders across nearly 60 countries.

A former CNN correspondent and Emmy-winning journalist, she now coaches executives, government leaders, and high-performing teams on communication, leadership, and influence.

Gina is an adjunct professor at University College Cork, a columnist for The Irish Independent, and author of Amplify You: How to Power Up Your Connections in an AI World. As AI gets smarter, human connection is the essential skill that sets us apart.

• Book: Amplify You: How to Connect More Powerfully in an AI World

• Instagram: theginalondon

• LinkedIn: Gina London

• TikTok: @theginalondon

• Website: https://ginalondon.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: How We Feel

• Book: Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott

• Book: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

• Past episode: 487: Communicating Powerfully, Succinctly, and Clearly with Erica Mandy

• Past episode: 700: How to Make Your Anxiety Work For You with Wendy Suzuki

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Ethel Mickey reveals how the everyday relationships we foster, both in and out of work, shape who gets ahead.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why networking by the books leads to nowhere

2) Why certain “time-wasting” interactions are actually critical

3) The right and wrong ways to build visibility

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— ABOUT ETHEL —

Ethel Mickey is a sociologist who studies why inequality persists in workplaces that claim to fix it. She is an assistant professor at California State University, San Bernardino and a faculty affiliate at Stanford’s VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab. Her research—and her book Networking to Nowhere—reveals how everyday workplace relationships quietly shape who gets ahead in tech.

• Book: Networking to Nowhere

• Website: https://www.ethelmickey.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: "The Strength of Weak Ties" by Mark Granovetter

• Book: Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs by Lauren Rivera

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Matt Abrahams explains the pitfalls of outsourcing your communication to AI—and how you can use it to enhance your communication instead.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why polish is no longer an advantage—and what is

2) The many ways AI can hurt or help your communication skills

3) How “Costco credibility” helps you win more

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— ABOUT MATT —

Matt Abrahams is a leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach. As a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting. He received Stanford GSB’s Alumni Teaching Award in recognition of his teaching students around the world.

When he isn’t teaching, Matt is a sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant. He has helped countless presenters improve and hone their communication, including some who have delivered IPO road shows as well as TED, World Economic Forum, and Nobel Prize presentations. His online talks garner millions of views and he hosts the popular, award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast.

His previous book Speaking Up without Freaking Out: 50 Techniques for Confident and Compelling Presenting has helped thousands of people manage speaking anxiety and present more confidently and authentically.

• Book: Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

• AI ChatBot: ChatMatt

• LinkedIn: Matt Abrahams

• Newsletter: Think Fast Talk Smart

• Podcast: https://www.fastersmarter.io/

• Website: https://mattabrahams.com/

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• Study: “Individual differences in adult decision-making competence” by Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Andrew M Parker, and Baruch Fischhoff

• YouTube: Brendan Dell

• Book: "Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up" by Patricia Ryan Madson

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The father of positive psychology, Dr. Martin Seligman, discusses how to harness the hidden engine of human progress: agency.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The key concept that determines whether we give up

2) The building blocks of human agency

3) How to find your human edge in the age of AI

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— ABOUT MARTIN —

Martin Seligman is the most influential psychologist in the world and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Positive Psychology Center. A former president of the American Psychological Association, he earned his BA in philosophy from Princeton and his PhD in psychology from Penn, and holds ten honorary doctorates. His research—from learned helplessness to learned optimism to prospection—has reshaped how science understands human well-being. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Flourish, Authentic Happiness, The Hope Circuit, and Tomorrowmind.

• Book: Agency: The Psychological History of Human Progress

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• Book: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

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Emily Durham reveals the smarter approach to job-hunting.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why “medium is more” when it comes to networking

2) The keys to opening the door for opportunities

3) Why AI-generated resumes work against you

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— ABOUT EMILY —

Emily Durham, better known as Emily the Recruiter, is a recruiter turned career coach and content creator. On her popular social media platform and her podcast, Clock In, she gives real-world advice to help people thrive in their careers. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, BBC News, in the Globe and Mail, and more. She lives in Toronto.

• Book: Clock In: No-BS Advice for Getting Ahead in Your Career (Without Losing Your Mind)

• Instagram: emily.the.recruiter

• Podcast: Clock In

• Tiktok: Emily The Recruiter

• YouTube: Emily Durham

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• Book: Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

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Dr. Aziz Gazipura explains the dangers of people-pleasing tendencies and shares actionable steps for overcoming it.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The massive costs of being a people-pleaser

2) How to not feel guilty when saying no

3) A surprising strategy to build your discomfort tolerance

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— ABOUT AZIZ —

Dr. Aziz is a clinical psychologist and one of the world's leading experts on social confidence. In 2011, Dr. Aziz started The Center For Social Confidence, which is dedicated to helping everyone break through their shyness and social anxiety.

Through confidence coaching, audio and video programs, podcasts, a detailed blog, and intensive weekend workshops, Dr. Aziz has helped thousands of people all over the world increase their confidence and lives out his mission: To help every person who is stuck in shyness liberate themselves to pursue the relationship, career, and life they have always dreamed of.

He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Candace and son Zaim.

• Book: Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself (site)

• Book: Less Nice, More You: Stop Hiding & Become The Most Bold, Authentic Version Of You Now

• Mini course: “5 Steps to Unleash Your Inner Confidence”

• Organization: Social Confidence Center

• Website: DrAziz.com

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• Study: Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain - A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Book: Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt

• Book: The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv

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Dr. Michelle Johnston reveals the powerful shifts that help leaders reengage their teams.

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1) How to become the leader people want to follow

2) The two words to cut from your vocabulary

3) Three simple steps to reenergize any meeting

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— ABOUT MELISSA —

Dr. Michelle K. Johnston is a globally recognized executive coach, bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker who is challenging outdated leadership methods and championing connection-driven leadership. Her work has earned her recognition as an ABC News Remarkable Woman, a Top Ten Executive Coach, and a frequent contributor on NBC News.

Michelle is also a distinguished professor at Loyola University New Orleans where she combines decades of research with real-world experience to challenge outdated leadership methods. Her message is timely in today's AI-driven world: leaders that prioritize human connection will be the ones that attract, engage, and retain top talent while driving bottom-line results.

• Book: The Seismic Shift in You: The Seven Necessary Shifts to Create Connection and Drive Results

• Podcast: The Seismic Shift

• Website: https://michellekjohnston.com/

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Any Dumb-Ass Can Do It: Learning Moments from an Everyday CEO of a Multi-Billion-Dollar Company by Garry Ridge and Martha L. Finney

• Book: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships by Michael Bungay Stanier

• Past episode: 651: How to Defuse Verbal Conflict and Prevent Toxicity from Ruining Your Day with Sam Horn

• Past episode: 766: Marshall Goldsmith on Simple Shifts for a More Fulfilling Career and Life

• Past episode: 874: The Five Questions that Build the Best Possible Relationships with Michael Bungay Stanier

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Melissa Swift shares strategies for navigating the chaos of the modern workplace more effectively.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The four trends making work feel more intense and chaotic

2) How to hone in on what makes you effective

3) Two critical questions to ask in the face of chaos

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— ABOUT MELISSA —

Melissa Swift is a leading voice on how organizations, teams, and individuals can succeed in an ever-more challenging world of work. As founder and CEO of Anthrome Insight, she is a practicing consultant and keynote speaker. She has held consulting leadership roles at Capgemini, Mercer, Korn Ferry, and Deloitte. She is also the author of Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace (Wiley, 2023).

Her quarterly columns in MIT Sloan Management Review often rank among their most-read articles. Swift speaks regularly at events, including the MIT CIO Symposium, and has been quoted on the subject in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Newsweek, The Economist, The Washington Post, Axios, and more.

Throughout her career, Swift has pioneered techniques to reshape organizations for digital and workforce transformation, leading breakthrough projects across industries ranging from manufacturing to professional services to biotech to consumer goods. She earned her B.A. from Harvard University and her MBA from Columbia Business School.

• Book: Effective: How to Do Great Work in a Fast-Changing World

• LinkedIn: Melissa Swift

• Website: https://www.anthromeinsight.com/

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• Database: O*ONET

• Study: “Work intensification: Towards mapping the study field and defining a research agenda”by Ana Heloísa da Costa Lemos, Waleska Yone Yamakawa Zavatti Campos, and Marcelo Quintão

• Book: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

• Past episode: 314: How to Feel Less Busy With Laura Vanderkam

• Past episode: 366: Mastering Conversations through Compassionate Curiosity with Kwame Christian

• Past episode: 417: Managing Infinite Expectations with Laura Vanderkam

• Past episode: 798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian

• Past episode: 981: Using AI to Enhance Your Reading, Notes, Memory, and Decisions with Kwame Christian

• Past episode: 1150: How to Reclaim Your Schedule and Own Your Time with Laura Vanderkam

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