How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Nate Regier shows how to tap into the positive powers of conflict and openness to effectively deal with drama.You’ll Learn:1) A useful, low-intensity definition of conflict2) The four-step ORPO formula for productive conflicts3) How upfront openness about motives can change everythingAbout NateNate Regier, Ph.D., is CEO and cofounding owner of Next Element, a global leadership training and certification firm specializing in communication and conflict skills. He’s an expert in social-emotional intelligence and leadership, positive conflict, neuropsychology, group dynamics, interpersonal and leadership communication, executive assessment, and coaching. Regier is a co developer of Next Element’s Leading Out of Drama® training and coaching system, an LOD® master trainer, and Process Communication Model® certifying master trainer. He is co-author of Beyond Drama: Transcending Energy Vampires. He’s an enthusiastic dad and husband.Items Mentioned in this Show:Nate’s Books: Conflict Without Casualties and Beyond DramaNate’s Website: Next-Element.comBook: Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger InstitutePerson: Dan RockwellWebsite: The Drama Resilience AssessmentView transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep216. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Anne Bogel provides a whirlwind tour across leading personality frameworks, providing tips on how to apply these insights along the way.   You'll Learn: How the Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, Enneagram, Five Love Languages, highly sensitive people enlighten you in their own ways How to use personality types to better your relationships Dangers of abusing personality frameworks   About Anne: Anne is a resident blogger, bookworm, and big-question-asker at Modern Mrs. Darcy. She wrote Reading People, where she shares her own experience with the personality frameworks she loves the most, the ones that have made the biggest difference in her own life. She walks you through 7 different frameworks, explaining the basics in a way you can actually understand, sharing personal stories about how what she learned made a difference in her life, and showing people how it could make a difference in theirs, as well.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep215 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Molly Beck shares a quick and easy formula for reaching out new people who can help you achieve your goals.   You'll Learn: The two components required to become an influencer The four types of reach outs--with benchmark response rates How to make awesome subject lines to get more email responses   About Molly: Molly is the founder of podcast creation site Messy Bun; the creator of the lifestyle blog Smart, Pretty & Awkward; and a marketing expert who has provided digital strategies for numerous companies including Forbes, Venmo, Rice University, and Hearst. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, Redbook, Parade, HuffPost, and more. She is represented by CAA.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep214 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dorie Clark outlines how to flourish amid office politics by using electoral campaign strategies.   You'll Learn: How to create a campaign plan for your career The power mapping approach to smarter people decisions A genius tactic for highlighting your achievements without sounding boastful   About Dorie: Dorie Clark is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine, one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year by Forbes, and was a Washington Post bestseller. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.”   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep213 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Morra Aarons-Mele provides tips for the ambitious introvert to succeed at work and strategies on how extroverts and introverts can best work together.You’ll Learn:1) How introverts are fabulous secret weapons at work2) The false assumptions people make about introverts3) How extroverts and introverts can work best togetherAbout MorraMorra Aarons-Mele is the founder of award winning social impact agency Women Online and its database of women influencers, The Mission List.  She is an Internet marketer who has been working with women online since 1999. She helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first Internet chat, and has launched online campaigns for world leaders and organizations including the United Nations, President Obama, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Items Mentioned in this Show:Morra’s Book: Hiding in the BathroomBook: Quiet by Susan CainBook: Composing a Life by Mary Catherine BatesonPeople: Arvind Rajan , Betty HudsonPodcast: On BeingView transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep212.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jennifer Riel illustrates how successful thinkers can create great choices rather than tolerate unacceptable trade-offs via her practical methodology for implementing integrated thinking.You’ll Learn:1) Why you should fall in love with opposing approaches to solving a problem2) How to hold two approaches in tension to discover optimal solutions3) The three questions to creating better answersAbout JenniferJennifer Riel is an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, specializing in creative problem solving. Her focus is on helping everyone, from undergraduate students to business executives, to create better choices, more of the time. An award-winning teacher, Jennifer leads training on integrative thinking, strategy and innovation, both at the Rotman School and at organizations of all types, from small non-profits to some of the largest companies in the world.Items Mentioned in this Show:Sponsor: TextExpander, the productivity multiplierBook: Creating Great Choices by Jennifer Riel & Roger L. MartinBook: The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape Them – And They Shape Us by Raymond Fisman & Tim SullivanBook: The Opposable Mind by Roger L. MartinBook: The Revenge of Analog by David SaxEvent: Toronto International Film FestivalPeople: A. G. Lafley, Hillary Austin, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, Piers HandlingSchool: Rotman School of Management – University of TorontoAward: Palme d’OrView transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep211.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Professor Tina Seelig talks about the critical components, principles, and tactics for bringing ideas into your imagination and out into the world.   You'll Learn: The two requirements of imagination How to generate many new solutions via framing and reframing The argument for brainstorming   About Tina: Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice in Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering, and is a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She teaches courses in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) and leads three fellowship programs in the School of Engineering that are focused on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Seelig earned her PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford Medical School, and has been a management consultant, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books, including Insight Out (2016), inGenius (2012), and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 (2009). She is the recipient of the Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, the Olympus Innovation Award, and the Silicon Valley Visionary Award.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep210 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Quest Nutrition founder Tom Bilyeu shows how to get better at anything by having crystal clear goals, a growth mindset, and powerful systems.   You'll Learn: The WOOP process for figuring out if you should persist or quit How to make the switch from discovering to developing your passion Why identity drives behavior and not the other way around   About Tom: Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of 2014 Inc. 500 company Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion — and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory. Tom’s mission is the creation of empowering media-based IP and the acceleration of mission-based businesses. Personally driven to help people develop the skills they will need to improve themselves and the world, Tom is intent to use commerce to address the dual pandemics of physical and mental malnourishment. Tom regularly inspires audiences of entrepreneurs, change makers, and thought leaders at some of the most prestigious conferences and seminars around the world, including Abundance 360, A-fest, and Freedom Fast Lane.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep209 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Award-winning filmmaker Vern Oakley shares his wisdom for connecting more sincerely whether you’re speaking on video or live.You’ll Learn:1) How breathing helps you release fear2) The optimal mindset for delivering a presentation3) The essential question to answer when designing your communicationAbout VernA veteran filmmaker, teacher, speaker, and industry thought leader, Vern Oakley has been helping institutions and leaders connect with and mobilize their tribes through soul expression and communication. His mission to humanize leadership is achieved by crafting great stories that appeal to and impact the people who matter most. Items Mentioned in this Show:Vern’s Website: VernOakley.comVern’s Book: Leadership in Focus: Bringing Out Your Best on CameraWebsite: TribePictures.comBook: Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces by Jeff PfefferBook: The Artist’s Way by Julia CameronView transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep208. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Harvard Business Review editor Dan McGinn applies techniques from athletes, musicians, the military, and more to get yourself psyched for success.   You'll Learn: How to amp up confidence and dial down anxiety How to psych yourself up with your own “greatest hits” The best pump up music there is   About Daniel: Daniel McGinn is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, where he edits the IdeaWatch and How I Did It sections, manages the magazine’s annual Best Performing CEOs in the World ranking, and edits feature articles on topics including negotiation, sales, and entrepreneurship.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep207 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.