While we take a little break to shape the future of the Happiness at Work podcast, we have another look at our most popular episodes of 2021! We kick off with productivity expert Robbie Slaughter, who taught us the importance of having systems in place that work for each of us individually and what it takes to set and achieve daily goals. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com.

The secret to a strong advocate is choice, compassion, creativity, curiosity and credibility says Heather Hansen, founder and CEO of Advocate to Win and author of the new book Advocate to Win: 10 Tools to Ask for What You Want and Get It. Find out why advocating for yourself is about changing people's choices in a genuine and authentic way and how asking questions is magic and reading body language and tone of voice can help get people on your side.

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We need to double down on fewer, but more authentic, more battle tested relationships, says David Nour, podcast host, executive coach, and author of more than 10 books, including his most recent: Curve Benders. The most influential and successful leaders are the most self-aware, he says. They are people who stop letting things happen to them and instead plan ahead and take ownership of their emotions, actions and how they're coming across to those around them.

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The best leaders are relatable, equitable, aware and loyal, says LaTonya Wilkins, founder of The Change Coaches, LLC and author of Leading Below the Surface: How to Build Real and Psychologically Safe Relationships with People Who Are Different from You. Learn why one of the easiest ways to making people feel safe is by listening and how true cultural change needs to happen below the surface.

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Once you realize you’re wrong don’t let your ego get in the way, says Valerie Patrick, president of Fulcrum Connection LLC and author of the new book When Bad Teams Happen to Good People. The biggest problem with teams is not enough planning and too much focus on content, she said. Teams need address leadership problems and create an environment where all team members can be productive.

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Organizations need to create higher trust and measure impact if they want to maintain and create a thriving culture, says Erik Fogg, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at ProdPerfect and interluding political author and business book ghost-writer. Find out why making hard decisions and ensuring each employee has a clearly articulated answer to the question, why am I here and why am I doing this, is key to creating a thriving company.

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Human beings were only wired to deal with a certain amount of change, says Jake Jacobs, CEO and founder of Real Time Strategic Change and author of the new book Leverage Change: 8 Ways To Achieve Faster, Easier, Better Results. Too much change can leads to anxiety, stress, decreased performance, decreased energy and can have enormous consequences for people, he says. The secret to combatting change fatigue is focusing on the things that will stay the same, he says.

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When you get anything from the outside you don’t trust yourself, says Carol Sanford, CEO and author of numerous books including: No More Feedback: Cultivate Consciousness at Work. Find out why Carol says feedback should be abolished in exchange for self-observation. When we don’t learn self observationm we can’t see that we’re projecting onto other people. People wake up and become alive when they’re in charge of their own growth.

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There is half a trillion dollars of lost productivity because of people calling in sick to work because they don't want to work with someone, says Peter Economy, Wall Street Journal best-selling author. Known for his wildly successful book, Managing for Dummies, Peter's launched his newest book: Wait, I’m Working With Who?!? because he realized how pervasive toxic workplaces, toxic colleagues and toxic bosses were. People need to have the courage to confront to take on toxicity, not just tolerate it, he says.

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Self proclaimed, creative troublemaker, Josh Linkner, says we have to challenge assumptions and never stay still for too long if we want to be successful. A business leader and New York Times bestselling author of, Big Little Breakthroughs, Josh started his career as a jazz guitarist and then went on to become the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million. Find out why Josh says we underestimate the risk of standing still and why we should focus on micro innovations that can lead to big breakthroughs.

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