Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

Bad situations are expected at any point, that's a given, so how do we manage to deal with them effectively? At work, how do we help our teams become resilient? Today you will learn specific strategies on that with Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier, leadership psychologist, keynote speaker, executive coach, workplace mental health expert and author of the book The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health. If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

Listen to my interview in the Empathy in Tech podcast (https://www.empathyintech.com/). If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

Politics, religion, diversity, issues with the law... there are so many topics that as people in positions of leadership, we refuse to talk about because we want to stay ouf of it we do not want to be controversial. But there are instances when is necessary because it aligns with values and it can even be good for business. Today we talk about when and how to speak out with Matt Kohut (https://www.matthewkohut.com/) Matthew Kohut is the author of Speaking Out: The New Rules of Business Leadership Communication (2024) and other books as well. As the managing partner of KNP Communications, Matt has prepared CEOs, elected officials, and public figures for events from live television appearances to TED talks. If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

When you take that mandated company learning session online, do you actually learn something? How about those classes where you have "death by PowerPoint"? We love to talk about learning, yet we rarely work on finding or providing a learning experience. Today we talk about learning with Vince Jeong. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincejeong/). He is the host of the podcast The science of Excellence and the CEO of learning company Sparkwise. We talked about what consideration we need to take to learn because it is a skill. If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

Are you a curious person? Are you prmoting curiosity among your team members? If not, you should, as my guest Dr Daine Hamilton recommends. She is a sought-after expert in curiosity, perception, emotional intelligence, and behavioral science. Dr. Hamilton is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index®, the Perception Power Index, and the author of five books sold worldwide. She is also the host if the podcast Take the Lead. In today's conversation we talked about how to develop curiosity to succeed. If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/

Do you know what makes an individual thrive in a challenging situation? It is not physical ability or technical skill. The secret may be on using the right combination of attributes. What are attributes and why can we use these to maximize our individual and team potential? Today we talk again in this podcast with Rich Diviney, a retired US Navy SEAL Commander and author of the book The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance. He developed his expertise in human performance during his over twenty-year career in the US Military. Diviney was intimately involved in an extremely elite SEAL selection process. He also spearheaded the creation of a mental performance directorate that focused a strong emphasis on physical, mental, and emotional discipline. Today you wil learn what attributes are, how to leverage them, and you will find out about the results of my attribute assessment. You can take the assessment and get a 15% discount using the code HARDCORESKILLS15 If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/ .

Today you will be listening to another podcast Arguing Agile with Brian Orlando and Om Patel. We talked aboiut the missing patrt when it comes to implementation agile, the how to deal with the people part. That is, how improtrant is it for us to practice our soft skills to become better team members, managers, collaborators.

Communications are so tricky. When I ask people and teams I work with what skill do you want to improve on I often hear, "I want to be a better speaker or a writer." The thing is, when we try to become that person we think we should use eloquent long speeches with convoluted words. But what if the secret ingredient involved just being YOU and keeping it simple. This is what I have learned from Dr Mimi Goss, who was one of my proffessors at Harvard University where she teaches. Dr. Mimi Goss is the author of What Is Your One Sentence?: How to Be Heard in the Age of Short Attention Spans (Prentice Hall-Penguin, 2012). She is a communications consultant,former reporter, and media trainer whose clients and students have include heads of state, diplomats, politicians, military officials, corporate executives. Today you will learn the actions you can take now to become a better communicator. If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/ or email me at yadi@hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com

This podcast is centered around helping you refine those skills that help you do your work in tech, and a lot of those skills center around using agile ways of working. Today, I speak with an expert in one of those frameworks . His name is Richard Knaster and he has more than 30 years of experience in software and systems development, in roles ranging from developer to executive. Richard is the co-author of the SAFe Distilled book series. While we did talk about this framework, the focus and lesson for us today is about becoming a new kind of leader or manager, where you focus on the big picture, on value and on connecting the dots. If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/ or email me at yadi@hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com

If you are a frequent listener you knoe I have had a few epsiodes about coaching on this show, especially agile coaching. I think as managers especially in the IT world, knowing that is takes a different skill set to be a good coach is essential as wel as recognize when you need a coach to help you and your team achieve great levels of performance. My guest today is an authority in the world of agile coaching, she literally wrote the book on it and was able to make that transition from a project management mindset to a coach mindset. Lyssa Adkins is an internationally-recognized thought leader in the Agile community. She is the author of Coaching Agile Teams which has been a top ranking business bok for over a dozen years. Her current focus is improving the performance of top leadership teams through insightful facilitation and organization systems coaching. Today you will learn more about what it takes to be a good coach. If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsletter via https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/ Connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadiraycaro/ or email me at yadi@hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com