Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

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/ 

Less say you have a team, and you feel great about your work. You think you are on top of tasks, you think you are supporting the team and giving them the direction they need, you are crushing it. Yet something is off, your team may not have the initiative you wish and morale for some reason may seem low. Have you asked yourself if you are micromanaging your team? In you will learn 5  signs you are a micromanager and what to do about it.    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/ 

When you hire someone for your organization, you would have a contract that specifies scope of the work, what needs to be done to get the task done. In your company you also have the rules to abide to, where to do timesheets, reports. In today's work environment which is team-driven, regardless of location or time zones, how do we navigate those expectations for the people we will be working side by side with every day? Having a team contract can save you time and bad conflict.  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/ 

Networking is not just about going to a networking event and handing out cards, is about building relationships. It's not about what can you do for me, but what can we do for each other. Furthermore, you need a network not just when you look for a job but once you are in the job, especially in large organizations. Today you will learn ways to build a network without feeling sleazy.  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/ 

How do you prepare for an interview as a softawre developer? How has the landscape change in the age of AI? In this live episode, Mike Mroczka discussed all how to prepare in each stage and the role of "soft" skills to succeed in technical interviews.  Mike Mroczka is a former senior SWE (Google, Salesforce, GE) turned tech hiring consultant. He is a top-rated mentor on interviewing.io and author of viral content on system design and technical interview strategies He is the co-author of the book "Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview: Pass Tough Coding Interviews, Get Noticed, and Negotiate Successfully (Cracking the Interview & Career)."    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/ 

Steve Jobs, the American inventor best known for founding Apple, once said, “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are.”  This is such a big challenge especially if you work in a field serving customers where you may believe you don’t have the luxury to say no to requests. However, oftentimes your success will depend on just saying NO.  But how do you know when is it OK to say no? And how can you say no without upsetting people?  In this episode you will learn a framework for sayying No. 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/ 

When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. You may have heard of this quite often yet we seem to neglect this in or daily lives and at work in our teams since you probably are in a constant state of putting out fires. In this episode, you will learn techniques to help you prioritize.    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/