Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

Camilo Rojas, Ph.D., CEO of ProjectUs.ai, discusses using AI to develop empathy, self-awareness, and effective communication skills. They explore AI's impact on personal development, dispel misconceptions, and share insights on enhancing emotional intelligence in the workplace through AI technology.

  How do I  help my team become agile?   Hello and welcome to episode 100 of the HSS.  If this hapesn to be the first episode you lsten to, in each episode I discuss a difefernt essential skill with the help of an expert. I have spoken to globally recognized authors, Harvard professors, military leaders, psychologists, pscyhitiatrics, people who have done scientific reserahc on how to become better at the so called "soft" skills to help you thrive in your career. I want to thank you for being with me in this learning journey. I started this alongside my graduate studies in Organizational Psychology at Harvard, and through my own career journey which at this time involves working with multiole technical teams to help them become high perfoming, and create an agile organization.  This is why today I chose to highlight this topic of agility because it embodies what soft skills are about, how to integrate human dynamics to deliver a solution.  In this episode I’ll play some excerpts from some of the folks who co-created the famous Agile Manifesto, the base document for all things agile. Let's listen to Jeff Sutherland talking about what makes a great team, Jon Kern, on what we really need or don’t need, to get things done faster, and Arie van Benekum on the essentials of collaboration. 

Take inventory of your year and figure out what you really want - a new job, a new career, growth. Listen to executive coach and author Dr. Gary Crotaz's model for conducting a good self-assessment and defining your true path. Learn about the idea profile, a self-assessment tool to evaluate identity, direction, engagement, and authenticity.

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team.  To get the details first of these limited opportunities, go to hardcoresoftskillsppodcast.com and sign up to my newsletter.  The feeling that management or even team members do not realize how much we contribute to a team is something I hear often. We usually hear the advice of ‘just put your head down’ do the work and it will be noticed.' But this is rarely the case and we just need to be more strategic about it.  This is why when I read the book Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact by Liz Wiseman, I knew I wanted her on the show. In the book and as she discusses in our conversation, she describes what disnguishes good employees vs those that really make an impct and seemed to be relied upon the most.   

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team.  To get the details first of these limited opportunities, go to hardcoresoftskillsppodcast.com and sign up to my newsletter.  If there is a skill I need help with, and I am sure you do to, is how to deal with difficult people. People who either may come at you screaming, or be condescending or whom we may simply be consider plain crazy. Sometimes we may be the crazy person in a situation.  So I had the honor to speak with a psychiatrist about it. Dr Mark Goulston gave critical techniques on how to act during a moment of heated conversation.   

Learn how to use body language in conversations to establish dominance and create a positive environment. Discover strategies for interpreting others' responses and engaging with supervisors. Understand the importance of displaying dominance and leveling the field with perceived threats.

Peggy Klaus, author of 'Brag: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It', discusses the challenge of promoting oneself without appearing arrogant. She shares insights on distinguishing good bragging from bad bragging and provides tips on promoting oneself in virtual and in-person settings, emphasizing the importance of sharing successes.

The podcast discusses productivity and time management, highlighting the importance of having a method for managing tasks. They recommend a book by David Allen and summarize his method for achieving clarity and control in task management.

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team.  To get the details first of these limited opportunities, go to hardcoresoftskillsppodcast.com and sign up to my newsletter.  The key question that seems to come up regularly how can we be better leaders?  I have spoken about this to various guests in my podcast  and on of the epiodes that resonated the most was from L. David Marquet. He was the commander of a nucelar submarine and author of various leadership books including the classic Turn the Ship Around.  For more resources, sign up for the newsletter at https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/  Connect with me via https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/   

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team.  To get the details first of these limited opportunities, go to hardcoresoftskillsppodcast.com and sign up to the newsletter.  One of the questions I get asked is how do I deal with confrontation?   One simple change we can apply is how we use our vocabulary. Listen to an excerpt from interview wiht author Sam Horn. To listen to the rest of the interview go here. https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/verbal-communications-sam-horn/   For more resources, sign up for the newsletter at https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/   Connect with me via https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/