How to Sharpen Your Cognitive Edge, with Liz Guthridge

Liz Guthridge is a Charleston, South Carolina-based coach, consultant and trainer who specializes in employee engagement and creating high performing teams. She runs the award-winning management consulting group Connect Consulting, where she uses Neuroscientific insights to help organizations unlock their true performance potential. Liz regaled us with some amazing stories - including the lessons she learned hawking peanuts at minor league baseball games that she carries with her to this day. She also gave us a fabulous strategy for improving communication and holding better meetings, an acronym called A.G.E.S. But mostly, she was a delight to interview, and she brought a ton of value to the show. Takeaways Liz tells us about her days as a peanut vendor for the Tulsa Oilers, a minor league baseball team, where she worked alongside baseball legend Satchel Paige. Liz describes where she thinks the world of work will be in ten years, and why we’re just hitting the tip of the iceberg in terms of workplace flexibility. Liz explains why schedule and location flexibility have to be a give and take, and why the face-to-face experience will never diminish in importance. Liz talks us through the meaning of “brain-friendly work habits." Liz explains why we often get our best ideas in the shower. Liz breaks down A.G.E.S., a strategy for running better meetings and becoming a better presenter. Liz walks us through what it takes to effectively create new habits. Finally, Liz helps us understand what it takes to maintain our “cognitive edge” as automation takes its hold in the workplace. Recommended Reading Humans Are Underrated by Geoff Colvin Could You Pass the "CGC" (Corporate Good Citizen) Test? by Liz Guthridge Links Connect Consulting Group @lizguthridge BJ Fogg Earn a $100 Amazon Gift Card, Courtesy of SnackNation Our sponsor SnackNation wants to give you a $100 Amazon Gift Card for hooking your office up with snacks. Yes you heard me right - they want to PAY YOU to bring insanely tasty snacks into your office. It's simple. Help get your office started with SnackNation's monthly snack delivery and they'll send you a $100 Amazon Gift Card. That's a gift card for you (not your office) to spend on whatever you like. You'll get high fives from coworkers because you brought the tastiest and best variety of healthy snacks into your office... all without lifting a finger. Go to SnackNation.com/ao, to claim your $100 Amazon Gift Card now! Similar to Entreleadership and HBR Ideacast.