How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! With 25,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. This show helps grow your skills and impact at any job that requires thinking and collaborating. Each week, Pete interviews thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. Their stories and advice sharpen the universal skills to flourish at work. Boost your time/energy management, leadership, confidence, career opportunities, and fulfillment—while still getting home earlier.Try starting with episode 0: START HERE and listener favorite episodes we put at the beginning numbered: A, B, C, D, E, and F. (Subscribe and/or sort Old to New to find these starter episodes.) Welcome!
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Nov 9, 2026 • 51min
1195: How to Beat AI Applications and Win Your Job Hunt with Steve Dalton
Steve Dalton, career strategist and author of The 2-Hour Job Search, shares practical ways to find advocates and land interviews. He explores why networking outperforms online applications, where AI falls short, and how it can help identify target employers. He also unveils a seven-point outreach email, explains earned referrals, and tackles the fear that keeps job seekers from making valuable connections.
21 snips
Nov 5, 2026 • 43min
1194: How to Finish What Matters with David Kadavy
David Kadavy, bestselling author and creativity expert, explores how to turn exciting ideas into finished work. He introduces a fifth productivity quadrant for uncertain opportunities, shares ways to shrink intimidating projects into manageable experiments, and contrasts exploratory and execution-focused creative styles. He also discusses idea triage, repetitive work, small wins, and the mindset shift required to finish.
13 snips
Nov 2, 2026 • 36min
9th Year - 1093: How to Become Powerfully Likeable with Dr. Kate Mason
Kate Mason, communications expert, executive coach, and world-champion debater, explores how to be influential without sacrificing warmth. She unpacks phrases that quietly shrink your impact, ways to ask sharper questions while building credibility, and how to challenge ideas through shared goals. Plus, learn how to say no without apology and replace confidence-chasing with genuine connection.
15 snips
Oct 29, 2026 • 44min
1193: How to Build a Team That Can Thrive Without You with Bill Flynn
Bill Flynn, leadership advisor, author of The Hero Trap, and longtime business operator, explores how leaders can build teams that thrive independently. He tackles the “hero” mindset, replacing control with guiding principles, identifying vital priorities, and progressing from doer to architect. He also examines delegating authority, strengthening trust, and creating organizations built to outlast their leaders.
11 snips
Oct 26, 2026 • 37min
1192: How to Tackle Difficult Conversations to Build Stronger Relationships with Kerry Siggins
Kerry Siggins, leadership speaker, author, and StoneAge Inc. CEO, shares practical tools for courageous conversations. She explores why avoiding conflict erodes trust, how the SHARES model strengthens feedback, and ways to stay grounded when emotions flare. They also discuss curiosity, collaborative accountability, and challenging assumptions before judging others.
25 snips
Oct 22, 2026 • 37min
1191: How to Regulate Your Emotions Masterfully with Dr. Marc Brackett
Dr. Marc Brackett, Yale psychologist and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, explores the science of emotional regulation. He explains how naming feelings reveals unmet needs, why emotions are signals rather than weaknesses, and how to become a safer listener. Discover practical reframes, regulation tools, and the surprising power of an alter ego to create wiser responses.
9 snips
Oct 19, 2026 • 29min
1190: How to Get Off to a Great Start with Your New Manager with Dina Denham Smith
Dina Denham Smith, an executive coach and organizational psychology expert who has advised leaders at Adobe, Netflix, and Sephora, explores how to thrive under new leadership. Learn how to reset emotionally, turn interim management into a career opportunity, make your work easier to assess, clarify communication preferences, and avoid politics during transitions. A practical guide to building trust from day one.
14 snips
Oct 15, 2026 • 48min
1189: Making Smart Decisions Confidently Amid Uncertainty with Dr. Cindi Baldi
Dr. Cindi Baldi, founder and CEO of Culsure and co-author of The Uncertainty Playbook, explores how uncertainty shapes careers, groups, and everyday choices. She discusses overcoming risk aversion, using small experiments to test major changes, balancing exploration with execution, and preparing for bold opportunities. The conversation also covers AI-driven change, emotional regulation, and practical if-then tripwires.
12 snips
Oct 12, 2026 • 40min
1188: How to Feel Extra Prepared and Confident for Any Presentation with Kerri Garbis
Kerri Garbis, CEO of Ovation Communication, former professional actress, and author of Presentation Skills for Managers, makes presentation prep feel less daunting. She explores a three-pass rehearsal method, why video beats mirror practice, and how to shape an audience’s emotional journey. Discover practical ways to manage nerves, use pauses, and turn even three minutes of rehearsal into greater confidence.
11 snips
Oct 8, 2026 • 46min
1187: Knowing When to Speak Up versus Shut Up with Vanessa Bohns
Vanessa Bohns, a Cornell social psychologist and author of Should I Say Something?, explores the tricky line between speaking up and staying silent. She discusses honest feedback without harshness, vulnerability’s impact on perceived competence, passion’s risk of attracting extra work, the pressure created by asking, and why clear rejection beats ghosting.
