Professional speaking guru Grant Baldwin shares lessons learned for becoming a better public speaker.

You'll Learn:

1. The one thing that distinguishes professional speakers from the rest
2. Top things NOT to do when presenting
3. Helpful ways to make a huge upgrade to your presentation skills

About Grant:

Grant is a veteran speaker who started his public speaking career as a youth pastor. Since then, he has given thousands of presentations in conferences, assemblies, conventions, and other events.  He is the host of The Speaker Lab, a podcast that helps other speakers start, build, and grow their business.

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Professor Eddie Davila discusses how to identify, view, handle, and thrive amidst pressure at work.

You'll Learn:

1. Why pressure is really an honor and a gift
2. What to do when you get stressed in low-pressure situations
3. How to use stress to prep for high-pressure situations

About Eddie:

Eddie Davila is a faculty member in Arizona State University’s highly ranked supply chain management program.  At ASU he teaches over 3000 students per year in person and online.  He has a 12-part intro to supply chain management series on Youtube that has over 3 million hits.  It is actually the top ranked item on youtube when you search supply chain.  And more rece

Professional organizer Suzanna Kaye shares her tips on optimal to-do lists for optimal productivity.

You'll Learn:

1. How to cope when your tasks are too overwhelming
2. A common mistake when working the to-do lists and apps
3. Guidelines for identifying your priorities

About Suzanna:

Suzanna Kaye is a speaker with a passion! She can be found training and speaking to audiences both locally and internationally about how to structure their lives in new ways to be more productive and organized. Suzanna is the founder of Spark! Organizing, LLC as well as a former CFO for a national corporation. She brings a creative, encouraging, and judgement-free approach to productivity and organization. Her favorit

In this 2017 greatest hit, professor Clint Longenecker shares his research-based insights on career performance improvement.

You'll Learn:

1. Research revealing the 5 key things high performers have in common
2. The dangers of being too busy
3. The power of a strategic S.T.O.P.

About Clint:

Clinton Oliver Longenecker, is an award winning educator, is one of “America’s leaders in the area of rapid performance improvement” and is a Distinguished University Professor and the Director of the Center for Leadership and Organizational Excellence in The College of Business and Innovation at The University of Toledo.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of America's most celebrated and insightful writers. But there's part of him that would be fine with it all going away. Marc and Ta-Nehisi talk about the impulse to pull back when things start to get good, the burden of being treated as a representative for a larger community, and the reason Ta-Nehisi finds Black Panther so relatable. They also discuss two of Ta-Nehisi's biggest influences: James Baldwin and David Carr. This episode is sponsored by SimpliSafe.

In this 2017 greatest hit, talent builder Dodie Gomer shares best practices for leading people to results--when you’re not in charge.

You'll Learn:

1. How setting a clear vision on tiny matters delivers huge benefits
2. Tactics for projecting powerful composure
3. The value of using “strong words” and eliminating “weak words” in your communications

About Dodie:

Dodie Gomer believes far beyond technical potential. She is known as a talent builder. Dodie has 25+ years of corporate HR leadership. She inspires individuals to tap into their unique talent to go beyond their technical expertise and develop as leaders – even if they never plan to be a manager. Whether it is a keynote address, lea

Pete reviews 2017's greatest hits, starting with Increasing Confidence by Increasing Self-Awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich.

In this episode, Tasha shares insights on self-awareness, what we can benefit from it, and what to do 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 help