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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Jun 20, 2024 • 33min
972: Amy Edmondson on How to Fail Well
Amy Edmondson discusses how to fail well by understanding good failure versus bad failure, using simple tools to prevent failures, and staying motivated. She explores psychological safety in teams, intelligent failures for growth, and personal growth through failure. Resources mentioned include 'The Checklist Manifesto' and 'The Road to Character.'
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Jun 17, 2024 • 44min
971: Mastering The Three Keys to Getting Noticed with Jay Baer
Jay Baer, a New York Times best-selling author and entrepreneur, discusses the importance of excellent customer experience in standing out. Topics include the benefits of replying quickly, recovering from mistakes, and the key to getting noticed. Baer emphasizes the significance of empathy, kindness, and being helpful in the workplace, as well as the power of distinct communication strategies in career success.
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Jun 13, 2024 • 34min
970: The Top 12 Presentation Mistakes to Avoid with Terri Sjodin
Terri Sjodin, expert on persuasive presentations, shares tips on avoiding common presentation mistakes. Topics include captivating your audience, making presentations less boring, and enhancing engagement. Learn about the importance of brevity, creativity, and authenticity in presentations, as well as the impact of self-awareness and engaging delivery. Avoid typical errors like filler words, mispronunciations, and overloaded text slides to boost your sales presentations.
Jun 10, 2024 • 49min
969: How to Make Better Decisions by Wisely Evaluating Claims with Alex Edmans
Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance, teaches listeners how to make better decisions by critically evaluating claims, tackling biases, distinguishing data from evidence, and embracing dissenting viewpoints for smarter thinking and decision-making. He emphasizes the importance of asking 'why' in success, minimizing distractions for deep work, and integrating purpose in business for long-term success.
Jun 6, 2024 • 42min
968: How to Experience More Purpose and Passion Each Day with John R. Miles
John R. Miles, an expert on intentional behavior change, shares insights on living purposefully and thriving in the face of adversity. He discusses how anxiety can boost effectiveness, the power of visualization, and the importance of pursuing passion in one's career for a fulfilling life.
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Jun 3, 2024 • 43min
967: How to Overcome the Fixed Mindset and Create Cultures of Growth with Dr. Mary C. Murphy
Dr. Mary C. Murphy discusses misconceptions about growth mindsets, optimal mistakes for learning, and triggers of fixed mindsets. She explores creating growth mindset cultures in organizations, emphasizing learning, collaboration, and innovation. The podcast also covers mindset triggers, culture cues, and the power of growth mindsets in entrepreneurial success. Embracing new challenges and pursuing passions are highlighted for personal growth.
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May 30, 2024 • 32min
966: Guy Kawasaki on How to Increase Your Impact and Become Remarkable
Guy Kawasaki discusses keys to becoming remarkable, selling dreams effectively, importance of timing, being a chief evangelist, planting seeds for growth, embracing impact, essential tools, supporting your boss for success.
May 27, 2024 • 33min
965: Why Your Boss Isn’t Advocating for You…and What to Do About it with Dr. Nicholas Pearce
Dr. Nicholas Pearce discusses the importance of sponsors in career growth, the impact of lacking managerial advocacy, intentional language in organizations, mentorship vs. sponsorship, using rejection for self-discovery, advocating for others, and purposeful living.
May 23, 2024 • 50min
964: How to Accelerate Your Career through Mentorship with Janice Omadeke
Serial entrepreneur Janice Omadeke shares valuable insights on building career-shaping mentor relationships, the impact of mentorship on career progression, finding the best mentors, and creating transformative mentor-mentee relationships. Learn about leveraging mentorship for career acceleration and the pivotal role of mentorship in driving personal and team success. Explore practical strategies for finding mentors, embracing uniqueness, setting goals, and seeking mentorship for career growth.
May 20, 2024 • 41min
963: How “Bad” English can Enhance Communication and Relationships with Dr. Valerie Fridland
Dr. Valerie Fridland, a linguistics professor, discusses the value of filler words in communication. She explores how language adaptability can strengthen relationships and shares insights on using 'uh' and 'um' effectively. The conversation dives into the annoyance of certain language habits and the importance of sensitive communication. Embrace diverse language patterns for improved relationships and communication.
