🤝 Negotiations are a delicate dance and can be anxiety-inducing for even the most seasoned professionals.

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What You'll Learn in This Episode:
🎓 Negotiation is a Learned Skill
📜 Preparation vs. Flexibility
😰 Managing Anxiety in Negotiation

With us is our new friend Renowned negotiation expert Joshua N. Weiss. Dr. Weiss is co-founder of Harvard's Global Negotiation Initiative and offers a groundbreaking approach to reviving stalled negotiations in his new book: Getting Back to the Table: 5 Steps to Reviving Stalled Negotiations.

📚 Resources and Links

• 🌐 Dr. Joshua N. Weiss’s Website: www.joshuanweiss.com
• 📖 Books by Dr. Weiss: Getting Back to the Table 📘 and children's books 📚 on conflict resolution for ages 6-10.

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Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
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How can we work more collaboratively with our colleagues, vendors and others in business?

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What You'll Learn in This Episode:

💡 What Is the Vested Model?
🏔️ Focusing on the What, Not the How
🤝 Building Trusted Supplier Relationships

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

How can we work more collaboratively with our colleagues, vendors and others in business?

In this episode of Anxiety at Work, Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick sit down with Kate Vitasek, international authority on collaborative business relationships, creator of the Vested business model, and leader of the University of Tennessee’s research on strategic partnerships. Kate shares the groundbreaking principles of her "Vested" model, a framework that shifts business relationships from transactional to transformational. Learn how adopting a "What's in it for we?" mindset can reduce workplace anxiety, foster innovation, and build partnerships that thrive in challenging environments.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

💡 What Is the Vested Model?
🏔️ Focusing on the What, Not the How
🤝 Building Trusted Supplier Relationships

Memorable Quotes:

• “A win for me is a win for you. True collaboration creates alignment, not opposition.” – Kate Vitasek
• “One plus one equals eleven when we focus on value creation instead of value exchange.” – Chester Elton
• “Moving from ‘me’ to ‘we’ is not just a mindset—it’s a business strategy that drives resilience and success.” – Adrian Gostick

Visit us at The Culture Works to learn more about creating high-performance workplace cultures.

Connect with Us:
📘 LinkedIn: Adrian Gostick | Chester Elton
🎙️ Podcast: Anxiety at Work
📧 Contact: [email protected]

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Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

Did you know that some 60% of the world’s workers are employed by family businesses?

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What You'll Learn in This Episode:
 🏝️ Islands of Trust and Resilience – How family businesses build stability and loyalty during turbulent times.
🛡️ Crisis as a Constant – Why stability is the exception, and how to plan for disruption.
🌱 Succession Planning – How to mentor the next generation while keeping pride in the family legacy.

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
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Some 60% of the world’s workers are employed by family businesses. Family businesses not only survive but thrive during turbulent times—making it through market failures, environmental disasters and even wars. How?

What You'll Learn in This Episode:
 🏝️ Islands of Trust and Resilience – How family businesses build stability and loyalty during turbulent times.
🛡️ Crisis as a Constant – Why stability is the exception, and how to plan for disruption.
🌱 Succession Planning – How to mentor the next generation while keeping pride in the family legacy.

Our guests this week are Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg. Devin is Managing Partner at Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA), an advisory partner to leading family enterprises worldwide. He holds a master’s degree from the Kennedy School at Harvard with a focus in finance and economics. Ivan Lansberg has a doctorate from Columbia University and taught organizational behavior at Columbia and then Yale before moving into consulting. Devin and Ivan’s new book is “The Enduring Enterprise: How Family Businesses Thrive in Turbulent Conditions.”

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Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

In the very near future, are we headed to the end of the full-time job?

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📌 Key Points:
    🛠️ The Shift to the Access Economy
    🌈 Employee Perspectives
   🧘 Challenges of Fractional Work
   🧠 Psychological Ownership

Speaking of lowering Anxiety at Work --- Magic Mind! This little bottle of magic is my productivity hack. You can try it too! Click MAGIC MIND and use my code GOSTICKANDELTON20 for 20% off.

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

In the very near future, are we headed to the end of the full-time job?

👂Listen in and don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, & share 🧡

What You'll Learn in This Episode:
🛠️ The Shift to the Access Economy
🌈 Employee Perspectives
🧘 Challenges of Fractional Work
🧠 Psychological Ownership

In this episode of Anxiety at Work, Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick sit down with
Sara Daw, a leading authority on the future of work and the author of Strategy and Leadership as Service. She is a graduate of Oxford University, and holds advanced degrees from London Business School and HEC Paris. As the CEO of the CFO Center and Liberti Group, Sara has spearheaded the global adoption of fractional C-suite professionals.

💡 Actionable Advice from Sarah Daw:

• For Companies: Start integrating fractional professionals into your workforce for greater flexibility and access to specialized skills 🛠️.
• For Professionals: Think of fractional work as a career change—build your portfolio with purpose, learn the necessary skills, and establish long-term relationships 🗂️

🧃 Magic Mind: Calm your mind with natural focus boosters 🌿. Click MAGIC MIND and use code GOSTICKANDELTON20 for 20% off #magicmind #GetIntheFlow.

🤝 Connect with Us:

• Visit The Culture Works for free tools to help your team thrive 🌟.
• Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
• Don’t forget to check out our books, Anxiety at Work and Leading with Gratitude.

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Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

✨ Tired of the constant division and anxiety in today's world? There’s hope!

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📌 Key Points:

💡 Bridging Divides with Empathy
🌟 The Power of Shared Identity
🎤 Tools to Lower Anxiety

💡 "Being listened to is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." – Juliana Tafur

Speaking of LOVE, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Magic Mind! This little bottle of magic is my productivity hack. You can try it too! Click MAGIC MIND and use my code GOSTICKANDELTON20 for 20% off.

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

✨ Tired of the constant division and anxiety in today's world? There’s hope!

👂Listen in and don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, & share 🧡

📌 Key Points:

💡 Bridging Divides with Empathy
🌟 The Power of Shared Identity
🎤 Tools to Lower Anxiety

In this episode of Anxiety at Work, Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick sit down with Juliana Tafur, director of UC Berkeley’s Bridging Differences Program. Together, they unpack how to foster empathy, find shared goals, and reduce the stigma of anxiety at work and beyond.

💡 "Being listened to is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." – Juliana Tafur

Speaking of LOVE, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Magic Mind! This little bottle of magic is my productivity hack. You can try it too! Click MAGIC MIND and use my code GOSTICKANDELTON20 for 20% off #magicmind #GetIntheFlow

🌟 LET'S STAY CONNECTED...
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#BridgingDifferences #AnxietyAtWork #WorkplaceCulture #EmpathyMatters #Leadership #MentalHealthMatters

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For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...

✨ Ever feel lost or stuck despite being "successful"? You're not alone.

📌 Key Topics:

💡 Personal Power Defined: Learn how authenticity, confidence, and purpose are the building blocks of personal empowerment and how they can help you thrive at work and beyond.

🌟 The Importance of Self-Discovery: Why taking time to reflect, heal, and practice can transform both your personal and professional life.

🎤 Public Speaking Secrets: Michelle shares her tips for overcoming anxiety and building confidence when the spotlight is on you.

We encourage you to listen to the full episode and as always, we hope the time you spend with us will help remove the stigma of anxiety and mental health in the workplace and your personal life.

Support the show

For a weekly dose of gratitude from Chester Elton, text GRATITUDE to 908-460-2820.

Until next week, we hope you  find peace & calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety.

If you love this podcast, please share it and leave a 5-star rating! If you feel inspired, we invite you to come on over to The Culture Works where we share resources and tools for you to build a high-performing culture where you work.

Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent over two decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide real solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams.

They are authors of award-winning Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, & Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
Visit The Culture Works for a free Chapter 1 download of Anxiety at Work.
Learn more about their Executive Coaching at The Cultur...