

Modern Mentor
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Rachel Cooke is your guide to leadership and communication, helping you craft a workplace environment you can feel good about. She’ll share tips to help you balance your work and personal life, effectively invest your time, and be mindful about where you’re devoting your energy. Let Rachel help you navigate your path to success—however you define it.
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Aug 5, 2019 • 6min
559 - How to Admit Your Mistakes and Take Responsibility
When you’ve screwed up, the quickest way to move on is to admit what went wrong and apologize. When you do it right, it can even boost your reputation.
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Jul 29, 2019 • 7min
503 - Want to Change Someone's Mind? Lead with Emotion
Convincing people and changing their minds begins by meeting them emotionally. Then and only then, can you begin to promote your agenda.
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Jul 21, 2019 • 8min
558 - Visualizing Will Help You Turn Dreams to Results
Wishing can't make things happen by magic, but it can make them happen by motivation. Gabrielle Oettingen’s WOOP method shows you how.
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Jul 15, 2019 • 6min
557 - How to Deal with People Who Are Late to Meetings
When someone is chronically late, don’t coddle them. Give them consequences, and shape their behavior so they don’t impact the rest of the team.
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Jul 8, 2019 • 5min
556 - More Texting Tips for Better Communication
Texting isn't complicated ... and yet, it is. Here are some more texting tips from Get-It-Done Guy to help you do it even better.
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Jul 1, 2019 • 7min
555 - When Prospecting, Have a Strong Process in Place
Sometimes outreach is a numbers game. When it is, be systematic and you’ll find it easy to hit those numbers.
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Jun 24, 2019 • 8min
471 - How to Be Persuasive Using the Right Language Cues
Not everyone communicates the same way. If you want to move people to action, you need to reach them in a way they understand: Use both abstract thinking and concrete examples to persuade them the smart way. Read the transcript at http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/business-career/communication/how-to-be-persuasive-using-the-right-language-cues Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW GET-IT-DONE GUY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetItDoneGuy Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetItDoneGuy
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Jun 10, 2019 • 7min
554 - 5 Steps to Deal With Being Overloaded at Work
There's no app or life hack that will let you fit 25 hours of work into a 24 hour day. Here's what to do when there's too much on your plate.
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Jun 9, 2019 • 7min
553 - How to manage two projects at once
Trying to manage two teams at once can be a nightmare. With a little finesse, you can arrange your calendar, tasks, and notes to give each project the focus time it deserves.
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Jun 3, 2019 • 7min
552 - 5 Effective Ways to Manage People's Strengths
Understanding your team’s strengths can help you mix and match a group of high-performers to achieve results far above what you could otherwise reach.
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