Authors Adaira Landry and Resa Lewiss discuss their new book MicroSkills, offering practical advice for navigating professional environments. They delve into collaborative writing, workplace struggles, academic emergency medicine, self-care, networking, communication, and building reputation. The book emphasizes inclusivity, vulnerability, and storytelling for success beyond formal education.
Focused on practical advice for navigating professional environments based on universal workplace challenges.
Emphasizes the importance of learnable and actionable micro skills to demystify success in various industries.
Holistic approach to skill development through 10 chapters covering areas like self-care, communication, and conflict resolution.
Deep dives
The Origins of the Book Project: Writing About Workplace Struggles
The podcast guests, Adara Landry and Risa Lewis, discuss their collaborative writing journey that led to the book project focused on workplace challenges. Starting with articles sharing their experiences in academia and medicine, they identified universal topics like communication and dealing with toxicity. Recognizing the broad applicability of these issues across various industries, the authors transitioned organically from articles to a book project. By emphasizing strategic how-to approaches, they aim to offer practical and accessible advice for navigating professional environments.
Audience Diversity and Inclusivity: Providing a Playbook for Success
Adara and Risa share their motivation for creating a resource to assist individuals in understanding workplace expectations and dynamics. Drawing a sports analogy, they highlight the shared experience of lacking a 'playbook' to navigate their fields effectively. Their book aims to demystify success by offering insights and advice tailored for individuals at various career stages, from newcomers seeking guidance to seasoned professionals refreshing their skills and mentoring others.
The podcast introduces the 10 chapters of the book, each dedicated to distinct micro skills critical for professional growth. Covering areas such as self-care, task management, communication, reputation building, and conflict resolution, the authors emphasize the book's holistic approach to skill development. By breaking down complex topics into actionable steps, the framework aims to empower readers with practical strategies applicable across diverse industries and career levels.
Fostering Growth Through Learnable Skills: Promoting Skill Development and Actionable Strategies
Adara and Risa underscore the book's unique approach in presenting skills as learnable and actionable rather than innate abilities. Highlighting the importance of dissecting and mastering small skills, the authors provide examples, such as collaboration, to demonstrate practical ways to enhance subject matter expertise. By offering concrete actions and building on incremental progress, the book aims to equip readers with a toolkit for professional success.
Creating Inclusive and Accessible Content: Addressing Privilege in Self-Help Literature
Discussing the importance of inclusivity in their book, Adara and Risa share insights into avoiding assumptions of privilege often present in self-help resources. By incorporating personal experiences and lessons learned, the authors aim to make their content relatable and accessible to diverse audiences. Emphasizing vulnerability and humility, the book provides practical guidance without assuming readers' access to specific resources or prior knowledge, fostering a more inclusive and supportive learning experience.
Formal education does not always prepare us well for the unwritten rules of the workplace. In this episode, Adaira Landry and Resa Lewiss join us to discuss MicroSkills: Small Actions: Big Impact, their new book, designed to support us in efficiently navigating professional environments.
Adaira is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. She is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and award winning mentor. She co-founded Writing in Color, a nonprofit that teaches the craft of writing. Resa is a professor of emergency medicine, TEDMED speaker, TimesUp Healthcare founder, designer, entrepreneur, and award-winning educator, mentor, and point-of-care ultrasound specialist. She hosts the Visible Voices Podcast, amplifying content in the healthcare, equity, and current trends spaces. Adaira and Resa have written many articles together in CNBC, Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Nature, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Science, Slate, STAT News, Teen Vogue, VOGUE, and USA Today. They have been quoted and featured in the Guardian, the HuffPost, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. MicroSkills: Small Actions: Big Impact, is scheduled for release in April 2024 by Harper Collins.
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