Productivity Mastery

In episode #152 we welcomed Cynthia Zhai, Voice Coach, Professional Speaker (CSP), and Best-Selling Author.Listen to this episode and learn:💡How to develop a powerful voice as a leader?💡What is the BAR model and how it can help you develop your full voice?💡What is the connection between colors, emotions and your voice?💡How to overcome the fear of speaking in public and become an influential presenter?About our guest:Cynthia is a Voice Coach, Professional Speaker (CSP), and Best-Selling Author. She’s also a TEDx speaker. She has helped professionals from 46 countries across 6 continents to speak with a powerful voice. Cynthia has been a professional speaker and coach for the past 21 years and her engagement spans 5 continents in 21 countries.You can connect with Cynthia here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiazhai/Website: https://www.powerfulexecutivevoice.com/Enjoy listening and #KeepPERFORMing!__________Website:https://stoyanyankov.com/podcast/

In episode #151 we welcomed Marilyn Zakhour, CEO & Founder of Cosmic Centaurs.Listen to this episode and learn:💡How to strengthen your decision-making process?💡How to collect and organize data in order to make quality decisions?💡Practical frameworks to help you be a better decision-maker?💡How to decide how much time to allocate for making a decision?About our guest:Marilyn Zakhour is the CEO & Founder of Cosmic Centaurs, an organizational development consultancy, helping leaders make better decisions about work and the workplace and implement sustainable organizational change.Having spent 10 years in the startup world, building and running digital native companies, and previously the CMO of EMAAR as well as the Head of Dubai Opera, Marilyn knows how to bring the agility of small startups to big corporations. Marilyn also holds an executive MBA from INSEAD.You can connect with Marilyn here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynzakhour/Enjoy listening and #KeepPERFORMing!__________Website:https://stoyanyankov.com/podcast/

In episode #150 we welcomed Chris Williams, Microsoft's Former VP of HR.Listen to this episode and learn:💡How Chris rose from starting with only an assistant to being promoted as a VP of HR at Microsoft, being responsible for 30,000+ people and a $2,2 Billion payroll💡Leadership lessons Chris learned from working closely with Bill Gates and having regular 1-1s with him.💡What do all great leaders have in common?💡Career advice for the young, aspiring leaders of todayAbout our guest:Chris Williams is a leadership advisor with over 45 years of experience building and leading teams. He’s written software, built teams at scale, and been the VP of HR at Microsoft.Now he’s an advisor who works with executives to help them become better and smarter leaders.Chris shares leadership videos on social media with over a quarter-million followers and is a regular contributor to Business Insider magazine.You can contact him and find his leadership resources at CLWill.com.You can connect with Chris here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theclwill/Website: https://clwill.com/Enjoy listening and #KeepPERFORMing!__________Website:https://stoyanyankov.com/podcast/

In episode #149 we welcomed Mark C. Crowley, the author of “Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century". Listen to this episode and learn:💡How to get over the feelings of "not good enough" and create a new, more empowering story about yourself💡What does it mean to "lead from the heart" and why is it, not just the right thing to do, but also effective in today's business world?💡How to balance "mind" and "heart" and create a culture of peak performance?And also tons of great stories and examples from Mark's extensive leadership experience. About our guest:Mark C. Crowley is the author of “Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century,” and his mission is to fundamentally change how we lead people in workplaces around the globe. Mark is a regular columnist for Fast Company Magazine and has been published in USA Today, Reuters, Forbes, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Huffington Post, Gallup, The Financial Times, CEO Magazine, Great Britain, and the Seattle Times. His two LinkedIn Pulse articles on inspiring a 21 st Century workforce and managing millennials have been read well over a million times. Before writing his book, Mark spent over 20 years in the dog-eat-dog world of Financial Services. He held two national-level positions at one of America’s largest financial institutions where he was named leader of the year. Quite untraditionally, Mark proved that deeply caring about and supporting people, and thereby positively affecting his employee’s hearts had a profound effect on motivating their sustained engagement, loyalty and productivity. New and breakthrough medical research Mark introduces in his book proves that the heart is actually the driver of optimal human performance. A leadership pioneer, Mark shows us that, rather than weak or soft management, leading from the heart is the most informed and enlightened thing a manager or organization can do. Indulge in this insightful conversation between Stoyan and Mark and try to take as much from it as you can! You can connect with Mark here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markccrowley/Website: markccrowley.com Enjoy listening and #KeepPERFORMing!__________Website:https://stoyanyankov.com/podcast/

In episode #148 we welcomed Melissa Rosenthal, CCO at ClickUp.Melissa came back to the podcast after her first appearance in 2020.Listen to this episode and learn:💡How Melissa organizes her schedule as an executive?💡What leadership lessons she learned from working closely with 3 very different CEOs?💡How to build a productive and creative team culture?About our guest:Melissa Rosenthal is a highly accomplished and innovative creative professional, with extensive experience in the media industry. She is widely recognized for her exceptional talent in developing and executing creative strategies that captivate audiences and drive business growth.Melissa began her career at BuzzFeed, where she quickly rose through the ranks to become the Vice President of Global Creative. During her time at BuzzFeed, Melissa played a critical role in shaping the company's creative vision and developing groundbreaking campaigns that resonated with millions of viewers worldwide. She was also responsible for managing a team of talented creatives and overseeing the production of multimedia content across various platforms.Following her success at BuzzFeed, Melissa took on the role of Chief Revenue Officer at Cheddar, a media company that focuses on delivering business news and other content to young audiences. In this role, Melissa helped Cheddar expand its reach and diversify its revenue streams, while continuing to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation.Most recently, Melissa has taken on the position of Chief Creative Officer at ClickUp, a productivity software company that helps businesses streamline their workflow and increase efficiency. In this role, Melissa has leveraged her extensive experience in creative strategy and digital marketing to help ClickUp develop a compelling brand identity and grow its user base.Indulge in this insightful conversation between Stoyan and Melissa and try to take as much from it as you can!You can connect with Melissa here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissarosenthal5Instagram - https://instagram.com/lifeofmelro?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Enjoy listening and #KeepPERFORMing!

An effective leader is someone who possesses a combination of personal and professional qualities that allow them to guide and motivate their team toward achieving a common goal. Surely, he is more than that, and you will discover that in this podcast! Patrick Flesner has been working in private equity, venture capital, and mergers & acquisitions for two decades. He has invested in and worked with companies throughout the whole of Europe. As an investor, board member, coach, and mentor, he has been passing on his leadership and growth insights to founders, entrepreneurs, managers, leaders, and leadership teams of companies of all sizes. His knowledge and experience in the realm of scaling businesses have been passionately delivered in his bestselling growth handbook ‘Fast Scaling: The Smart Path to Building Massively Valuable Businesses’. Patrick Flesner’s writing has also appeared in the Inc. Magazine, I by IMD, and the MIT Sloan Management Review. As an (independent) board member, he brings his growth and leadership related expertise, knowledge, and experience to the boardroom. Patrick delivers both virtual and in-person workshops and keynotes for leadership teams across the globe. In his keynotes, he wraps all leadership and growth topics into exciting real-life stories that get his audience inspired. The insights and frameworks he shares equip leadership teams to grow their businesses, become highly effective leaders, embrace teamwork, implement change, and reach their biggest goals.Check out Patrick's book, ‘The Leadership House: A Leadership Tale about the Challenging Path to Becoming an Effective Leader’: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1394191138/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1VMFBDLIAK1WA&keywords=leadership+house&qid=1682580632&sprefix=%2Caps%2C356&sr=8-3

Samantha Yarwood is a seeker of new knowledge and connections who has translated her 20+ years of experience as a global leader, super connector, speaker, and intrapreneur (marketer and innovator) to designing and delivering transformational solutions for an array of customers from startups to blue-chip organizations globally to drive "innervation" for meaningful environmental and social change.Her purpose in life is to act as a catalyst/tool for change to help individuals and organizations reimagine the possible, positively impacting the world. She believes that leadership grows – and that we need to cultivate as much of it as we can to truly transform our world(s). She supports leaders at all levels and sizes of organizations by combining research and practice to help people grow on the job.Samantha holds an Executive Master of Change from INSEAD in France and is currently working on her Doctorate in Business Administration at Durham University and Emlyon.

The future of work is constantly evolving, and there are many potential developments that could shape the way we work in the coming years.Our special guest, Steve Carigan is a highly sought-after talent advisor to leaders and organizations across the globe. Steve advises a wide range of innovative organizations that include Twitter, Eventbrite, Intel, Kellogg’s, The Royal Bank of Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and the BBC. He is also regularly retained by some of Silicon Valley’s leading VC firms such as Andreesen Horowitz, & Sequoia, as well as top Consulting firms like Deloitte & McKinsey.Steve speaks at conferences and teaches in major universities around the world. His work in helping shape the culture at LinkedIn led Stanford University to build a graduate-level class around this ground-breaking work.  Throughout his career, the teams, cultures, and organizations he has led have been recognized as exceptional, “world-class” performers by the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine.Before launching his firm in 2013, Steve worked as an HR executive for over 25 years at a wide range of companies and industries including ESPRIT, Cisco Systems, Electronic Arts, and capped by serving as the first CHRO for LinkedIn from 2009 through 2012, taking the company from a private firm of 400 employees, through an IPO and helping set it up to be the powerhouse that it has become today.Today Steve serves on the Board of Directors of four companies (two based in Canada) and also sits on the Advisory Board of several other progressive organizations. In August of 2021, Steve published a ground-breaking book on the Future of Work titled Workquake: Embracing the Aftershocks of COVID-19 to Create a Better Model of Working. Even before its release, it realized #1 on the Amazon list of Hot New Releases.

ChatGPT is a type of AI language model. It is designed to generate human-like responses to a given prompt or input by using a deep learning algorithm to analyze and learn from vast amounts of text data. Chat GPT can be used for a variety of natural language processing tasks, such as language translation, question-answering, and text summarization.In these fast-paced times, doesn't it sound great to have ChatGPT work instead of you?Our guest, Tim Berce, co-founder of Automatic Content, has a diverse background in marketing, beginning his career in direct response marketing and later serving as the head of email marketing for a large international digital marketing agency. He also worked as the head of content for a leading multinational retailer, where he led content teams and developed B2C and B2B strategies.As a co-founder of Automatic Content, Tim now focuses on building fine-tuned AI language models paving the way for the future of AI-generated content.In addition, Tim worked as a marketing consultant with companies across the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

💡Want to know the behind-the-scenes of a successful podcast for more than 10 years? This podcast is a good way to find out.Podcasting about productivity can be a great way to share your insights, tips, and strategies for helping people get more done in less time. The key to a successful productivity podcast is to provide value to your listeners. Be consistent, stay focused on your niche, and always keep your audience in mind. More tips coming up tomorrow on the podcast.This time our guest is Erik Fisher, who is the producer and host of the Beyond The To-Do List Podcast for over 10 years. Erik has talked with productivity experts as they share how they implement productivity strategies in their personal and professional lives. His mission is to explore all aspects of productivity as a means toward the true end goal: living a meaningful life.#productivity #podcast #perform