Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

This episode originally aired in nov 2023.    For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/    

Imagine having to compete against Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to send humans to space.  What if you take the lessons you have learned as a result of that experience and you develop a series of principles to serve as guide to life at home and at work. Andy Crocker, did just that. Andy is an aerospace executive with three decades of experience building high-performing teams and leading ambitious projects, including NASA’s Human Landing System. He holds degrees in engineering, humanities, management, and leadership and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. You will learn today about then principles he wrote about in his book The Unconditionals and very simple approaches to adopt each principle.    For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

This is a podcast conversation in Spanish. Yadi speaks with Iliana Fuentes Lugo from Hola Podcast about her own challenges through her career journey facing self-imposed limitations. You can view the YouTube episode here. For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/  

In this episode Yadi shares some of her background, inspirations and other lessons she has learned from mentors.  View the Youtube episode here View the interview to Bob 'Fabien' Zinga here.    For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

This interview was originally aired on April 11, 2023.  For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

Decision-making is a skill we have talked about before on this podcast and we address this again because making decisions is difficult, especially with the amount of choices we have today, and the speed we need to do so. Consequences of bad decisions can be lethal as you will learn today with the authors of the book Distancing: How Great Leaders Reframe to Make Better Decisions.  One of them is L. David Marquet, who is joining us again. He is retired US Navy Captain who commanded the nuclear powered submarine USS Santa F and wrote about this experience in the book Turn the Ship Around. I also speoke with Michael A. Gillespie, an Associate Professor of Psycholog at the University of South Florida and Director of the Human Applied Cognition and Decision Making Lab.  For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/  

You may have been intrigued by the title of this podcast and it was originally going to be called team mistakes but then I thought that these are not just mistakes these are things we do deliberately out of our own self interest and which harm our team. These are sins we think we can get away with.    For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/  If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/newsletter/ 

Do you feel you and your team are being productive? Are your hours spent on a lot of work yet you feel at the end of the day you have not achieved what you really needed to? Or do you spend your time putting out fires? In this episode you will learn techniques you can use now for you and your team to become more productive.  If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/newsletter/ 

Building our emotional intelligence is hard. We speak about it all the time, read books about it, yet when it comes time to practice the skills we need we fall short. In this episode you will learn specific techniques you can start using today to build your emotional intelligence.  Pre-order now your Hardcore Soft Skills for Managers course  https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/hardcore-soft-skills-for-managers/    If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/newsletter/ 

Let's face it. You are afraid of giving feedback. You’d rather tell someone else what you think about that person’s behavior rather than just tell them. We make all sort of excuses such as “they should know its not my job to tell them” or it will be useless” So rather than tell the person you’d rather stay with the status quo. Or are you the person who give feedback yet it is not well received and the recipient ends up angry at you for your “helpful” comments? Today you will learn some effective ways to give feedback.   Pre-order now your Hardcore Soft Skills for Managers course  https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/hardcore-soft-skills-for-managers/   If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/newsletter/