Patrick McGinnis shows how you can develop your entrepreneurship--and job skills--while keeping the stability of your day job.

You'll Learn:

1. Why you should consider being a 10% entrepreneur
2. Two strategies to determine where you should really focus your time and energy
3. Tried and tested ways to see if your big idea will work out

About Patrick:

Patrick J. McGinnis is a venture capitalist and private equity investor who founded Dirigo Advisors, after a decade on Wall Street, to provide strategic advice to investors, entrepreneurs, and fast growing businesses. In this capacity, he has worked in a range of settings, from building startups from the ground up in Silicon Valley to acting as an expe

On this day of remembering, I talk about an often-forgotten lesson when it comes to being awesome at your job.

View show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/MemorialDay

Paul Szyarto talks about his templates for overhauling businesses, the root of common business problems, and how to identify improvement opportunities. 

You'll Learn:

1. How to assess root problems quickly
2. Why identifying current facts is more accurate than relying on history
3. The underlying source of tremendous confidence

About Paul:

Paul Szyarto is a renowned business transformation expert. He is currently the CEO of Campana & Schott Inc., controlling all operations throughout the United States. He holds numerous degrees and certifications, including an MBA from Oxford. He is also a Lecturer at Rutgers University Continuing Education and The Wharton School, a member of the Advisory Board for Argus-Soft and DELCON Construction, and a practicing mar

Tasha Eurich shares insights on self-awareness, how we can benefit from it, and how to strengthen our self-awareness. 

You'll Learn:

1. 7 indicators that reveal if you’re actually self-aware (most aren’t!)
2. Why you need to be more self-aware
3. What you’re doing wrong when it comes to introspection

About Tasha:

Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times bestselling author (Bankable Leadership). With a PhD in organizational psychology, she is also the founder of The Eurich Group, where she’s helped thousands of leaders and te

Michael Papanek talks collective resilience, group breakthroughs, and the action learning model.

You'll Learn:

1. The keys to building resilient work relationships
2. How to use  the Heat Curve to achieve collective resilience and innovative breakthroughs
3. Ignored, overlooked, and CRITICAL ground rules for meetings

About Michael:

Michael Papanek specializes in leadership consultancy and providing strategies, tools and skills to enact change. He is the Principal Consultant and Founder of Michael Papanek Consulting, and has advised leaders from top companies including Google, Microsoft, and Apple. Prior to that, he worked in Inter

Linda Swindling shares how to boldly ask for — and receive — more.

You'll Learn:

1. The right way to think about asking for more
2. The drivers of asking discomfort—and practice approaches for overcoming them
3. The main factors that drive whether   a “yes” or “no”

About Linda:

From the courtroom to the boardroom, Linda knows firsthand about influencing decision makers and asking outrageously. She practiced law for 10 years and is now a “recovering” attorney, popular speaker, executive coach and strategic consultant. She recently presented at TEDxSMU on the topic, “Why the World Needs You to Ask Outrageously,” and her newest book, Ask Outrageously! The Secret to

From Episode 502, this is Marc's conversation with Chris Cornell, musician, singer and songwriter from the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. Chris Cornell passed away on May 17, 2017.

Journalist Cheryl Strauss Einhorn shares a robust approach to complex decision-making via the AREA perspective-taking method.

You'll Learn:

1. How to make complex decisions with the AREA Method
2. Why you should document your decision problems
3. How to slow down to speed up your decision-making

About Cheryl

Cheryl Einhorn is the creator of the AREA Method, a decision making system for individuals and companies to solve complex problems. Cheryl is the founder of CSE Consulting and the author of the book

Jim Tamm shares how managing defensiveness ensures collaborations remain cool and effective. 

You'll Learn:

1. Why managing your defensiveness is a hidden key to effective collaborations
2. The 3 biggest drivers of defensiveness
3. How to stay curious – instead of furious

About Jim:

For 25 years Jim was a judge dealing with collective bargaining disputes. He has mediated more school district labor strikes than any other person in the United States. Now he teaches collaboration skills in the Talent Development Program at Harvard, the International Management Program at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Leadership Academy of the University of Californi