Why Hiring Your Friends Can Be a Great Idea — Or a Terrible One
Dig into the upsides and downsides of hiring friends.
Ep 75 – Everything Is a Negotiation: Lessons on Getting What You Want Without Ruining Relationships
Learn about the mistakes people make when bargaining and how to prevent them.
Ep 74 – Why Good Managers Sometimes Resent Their Customers — and How to Stop It
Most customers are great, but it only takes a few bad ones to wear you down. How can you avoid becoming jaded and why does it matter?
Ep 72 – What to Do When Trusty Old Behaviors Stop Working
Explore why it’s so difficult to let go of ingrained behaviors, especially when they’re tied to our identity.
Ep 71 – Creating a Sense of Urgency
Explore why urgency can be a powerful catalyst for performance, or a recipe for trouble when it’s overdone.
Ep 70 – Why Great Teams Argue
Arguing gets a bad reputation at work, but not arguing is even worse.
Ep 69 – Restoring Trust in Your Company
What happens when trust starts to slip inside an organization
Ep 68 – Why Organizational Change Often Fails
Discover the real reasons why organizational change efforts often stall or backfire.
Ep 67 – How to Create a Company People Don’t Want to Leave
Why do some companies keep their people forever, while others struggle with constant turnover?
Ep 66 – Improv Secrets to Make You a Better Manager with Joel Zeff
How can the principles of improvisational comedy help you become a more effective manager?
Ep 65 – The Biggest HR Mistakes That Companies Make
Explore the critical role HR should play in helping companies scale, support their people, and build better workplaces.
Ep 64 – Mistakes Leaders Make When Things Get Stressful
Explore what it takes to lead effectively when the stakes are high.
Ep 63 – How Great Leaders Adapt to Any Situation
Effective leadership isn’t about following a formula, in spite of dozens of books endorsing one style over another.
Ep 62 – How to Beat Impostor Syndrome Without Faking Confidence
Explore what’s really behind your fraudulent feelings and why the concept of impostor syndrome does more harm than good.
Ep 61 – What to Do When You’ve Outgrown Your Job, Your Boss or Your Company
What happens when your job no longer fits you, and how can you recognize the signs that it may be time to shift roles or change jobs?
Ep 60 – How to Find and Access the Mentors You Really Need
Unpack the surprising truth about mentorship and explain why most of us already have the support we need around us.
Ep 59 – Why Most PTO Policies are Messed Up and What to do About It
Are your days off helping you recover or just adding to your stress when you come back to a mountain of work? Unpack the reasons why time off policies often don’t provide real rest.
Ep 58 – The Surprising Power of People You Barely Know in Success
Explore the surprising influence of weak ties, that is, people you barely know.
Ep 57 – Dealing with Difficult People (Live Special)
Why are difficult people so darned frustrating and what can you do about it?
Ep 56 – Why Resilient Leaders Think Big Under Pressure with Adam Willman
What does it take to lead an organization through adversity and come out stronger?