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Today Steve Arntz, Products Director at Instructure, joins me for an insightful conversation about Career Drivers. We discuss what they are, how to identify them, and how to take action. If you're a leader, you'll also be able to apply what we'll be talking about to coaching conversations so you can help your team to grow and to create more impact in the workplace.

Last year I attended Infrastructure's BridgeCon in lovely Park City, Utah. It was there I first met Steve Arntz. Our first encounter was when he walked me through a Career Drivers Deck Assessment which you'll hear more about in this episode. Later during the conference, I attended one of Steve's sessions.

I found Steve to be motivating, insightful, and inspiring. In fact, he has a passion for helping people find their why and bridge the gap between connection and personal growth. So, I invited him to join me on the podcast to help us better understand what drives us in our careers and in life. In this episode, Steve also shares what he learned through the product development process plus some lessons from his own career journey. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Steve Arntz.

Show Highlights:

• Steve's passion for career development and helping people find their why.
• How Steve strives to help people connect with each other one-to-one along with on the intersection of human connection and personal growth and development.
• His intriguing story of how he came to work at Infrastructure and how he was offered the job nobody wanted (and how he was able to turn things around).
• The creation of Bridge Career Drivers cards and how he learned that people care more about key motivations and drivers than they do about roles in the long term of their career.
• Convincing corporate clients who are fearful of losing staff to utilize Career Driver cards as a way to help their team—"Find their Everest" (aka their career path).
• When you are talking to someone and you're focused on them, you are locked in and can't screw up that connection.

Resources:King UniversitySteve Arntz on LinkedInInstructureBridge CareerBridge Career Drivers cards

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Over the holidays, I was traveling to Tennessee to spend the week with my extended family. It's a 5 ½-hour drive, which allowed me with a lot of time for thinking. I brought with me some materials to start my goal setting process. In preparation, I began contemplating my goals for 2020 and what I needed to do to make this the best year ever. I came up with a list of 10 items while driving the country roads in Tennessee. Today, I am going to talk about these 10 actions which you can use as inspiration for making this your best year ever, too!

You may have already completed your annual goal setting process or be mid-stride in these processes, either way, you'll find these suggestions and tips helpful. Who's ready to prepare to create more impact at work and in life in 2020 and beyond?

Show Highlights:

• Change your thinking around New Year's resolutions—rather than a resolution be very specific about what the goal is and why you are setting the goal in the first place.
• Why I want you to do that thing you say you're going to do someday.
• Get comfortable with the uncomfortable or, at least, exploring the uncomfortable.
• I talk about why consistency counts and how it can help you make 2020 the best year ever.
• Don't stay in one place. I share why it's important to travel and how this can help you with thinking more clearly and with intention.
• The importance of making time for you, exploring hobbies, personal development, and investing.
• Why I decided to observe a day of Sabbath and why I think you should try to do so too.

Resources:King UniversityMike KimMichael Hyatt's 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever course, book and workshopsFull Focus PlannerJess Cole - Owner of the Savannah BananasThe Thank You ExperimentLaurie Ruettimann blogKris Dunn blogTim Sackett blogAmy PorterfieldDan MillerInvest In Yourself, Dan MillerShawn Achor's 6 exercises for happiness

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When my BFF, Laurie Ruettimann, called me up and told me about her unplanned, open afternoon and a need for a last-minute podcast guest, I suggested we do a recording together to fill the gap. Inspired by the recurring random show theme heard on The Tim Ferriss podcast, I suggested we do something similar. Thus, this week I am bringing you a conversation with Laurie Ruettimann. Laurie is a writer, speaker, and podcaster as a result of the heartbreak and outrage she experienced throughout her corporate career. She helps executives and HR leaders prioritize the employee experience to avoid the collateral damage of a toxic work environment. She is also my mentor and travel companion.

Today's episode is a great representation of what happens when Laurie and I get together to chat. We typically start off on one topic, in this case it was her book writing and publishing journey, and move on to the next topic, in a somewhat rapid-fire succession. You'll hear us chat about work, including our outlook for the new year, my epiphanies about time management and our travel stories. We also discuss burnout and rethinking the way we view business.

Show Highlights:

• About Laurie's book writing journey, the editing process, and what to expect in the new year and beyond
• Goodreads and Amazon as incredibly important platforms for authors and how Laurie's publishing team is prepping for her book launch later next year
• Where in the world is Jennifer McClure? Some of the sounds and sights I will be traveling to in 2020
• My epiphanies around time management, which I had while recovering from a horse-riding accident
• What we are excited about for 2020, including doing things a little bit differently in our lives such as getting a bit more sober and taking a time Sabbath

Resources:King University

Laurie Ruettimann

Impact Makers Episode 2 – The Thriving Contrarian with Laurie Ruettimann

Let's Fix Work podcast

The Tim Ferriss Show podcast: The Random Show — On Fasting, Forest Bathing, How to Say NO, Rebooting the Self, and Much More (#391)

ERE Recruiting Conference

Igniting Souls Conference

Kary Oberbrunner

Full Focus Planner

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I really enjoy reading blog posts and listening to podcasts from leaders who share some of their favorite tools and resources for productivity, running their business, or just cool apps that they use. I'm always on the hunt for better ways of doing things. Really, it's a great way to discover new tools that I want to check out or to learn to use a tool differently. Well, with that in mind, I've got a special treat for you. In this episode, I share fifteen of my favorite apps and tools.

I'll cover tools for productivity and efficiency, communication and community, financial tools and data storage, plus everything in between. Some of the tools and apps I mention in this episode may not be new to you. But some of them are just so good, I had to share them with you. And hey, maybe I'm using them in a different way than you are or maybe you've heard of them before, but you haven't tried them out yet. Either way, I think you'll find something new in this list that can make your life better or easier. Enjoy!

• My favorite productivity and efficiency tools, including my preferred calendar for time management and scheduling
• Some of my preferred communication and community tools, including Zoom (plus why I think Zoom is a great tool for international calls)
• Tools to help you manage social networks, like Meet Edgar which is a really robust social media management tool that makes it easy to schedule and automate content on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
• The importance of protection against computer data loss, plus my favorite backup tool, Backblaze
• Financial tools and apps and how Freshbooks can help you organize invoices and business expenses

Resources:

Grab Episode 35's Free PDF Toolkit

Productivity & Efficiency

1. Google Calendar – my preferred calendar tool for time management and scheduling

1. Calendly - a scheduling software that aims to save time, accelerate sales, and improve service quality. It eliminates the old school way of using email and phone tags for scheduling appointments, calls, interviews, demos, and more.

1. Nozbe – a "productivity system" to guide people on the path to getting things done and communicating effectively. Nozbe aims to help people work more efficiently so that they gain more time for whom and what they love.

1. Full Focus Planner – a physical Planner that "ends the tyranny of the never-ending to-do list by helping you focus on what matters most."

Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt

Communication and Community:

1. Zoom - communications software that combines phone and video conferencing for online meetings and calls, as well as webinar capabilities.

1. LinkedIn – launched in May 2003. I joined on May 12, 2006, and I'm member number 5,852,039. LinkedIn currently has over 610 million members.

How to find your LinkedIn member number

1. Twitter / TweetDeck – Twitter was launched on March 21, 2006, and I joined Twitter on March 25, 2008. I'm user number 14,221,435. There are now over 330 million Twitter accounts out there, and some actually belong to real people.

How to find your Twitter user number

How to find your old/first tweets

1. MeetEdgar (ed.gr/vfvy3) - MeetEdgar is a social media management tool that makes it easy to schedule and automate content on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Computer Things and Data Storage:

1. Evernote - Evernote is an app designed for note taking, organizing, task management, and archiving. Examples: save blog posts and articles, take notes on calls, save documents, save pictures of important documents, passwords in an encrypted file, etc.

1. Dropbox – Offers storage of files "in the cloud," and synchronizes my files across all of my devices. There is a free version, which I used for a year, and I now pay for the Professional plan – which is probably overkill, but for something as important as "my entire business," it's worth it. I pay $199.00 per year for 3 Terabytes of storage.

1. Google Drive - a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google.

1. Backblaze - An online backup tool that allows both PC and Mac users to back up their data to offsite data centers. It provides full protection against data loss and (most importantly) recovering all of your files in case your computer is lost, stolen, or otherwise compromised.

1. Clean My Mac – is a Mac cleaner app that cleans and optimizes my Mac. It frees up space, uninstalls unwanted apps, speeds up my Mac, and helps me to stay malware-free.

Financial Tools:

1. Mint – Mint is a free, safe, and simple budget tool. I use it to track my spending, savings, investments, and more. I use Mint to track my personal finances, my personal business finances, and the finances for DisruptHR – that's three separate accounts.

1. Freshbooks - is a cloud-based accounting application that I use to send invoices to clients. It also tracks expenses, and allows me to upload receipt copies to expenses, which then allows me to add those expenses (with copies of receipts) to my invoices. So much easier than hauling receipts back to the office, making copies, and attaching those to invoices to mail to clients.

Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, and if you go through them to make a purchase I'll earn a commission. Keep in mind that I only link to products or companies because of their quality, or my personal experience with them, and not because of any commissions I receive from your purchases.

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I am excited to share something with you that is near and dear to my heart. It's very much like my baby, and just like a baby, sometimes it's a joy and other times it can be challenging. But no matter what happens, I'll always love it. Well, what exactly is it? It is DisruptHR.

You may already be familiar with DisruptHR. But I'm sure there are some who have never heard of it, or if you have, you haven't been interested in learning more about it. Whether you're a huge fan of DisruptHR or not, I think you'll get some great takeaways from this episode.

Today, I'm going to share how DisruptHR has grown from an idea shared over lunch, to a global community that has helped people around the world to get their ideas heard and how it challenges the community to grow and connect with other like-minded people who can help them in their careers. Plus, I'm going to share what I've learned about starting and growing a movement without losing my mind.

DisruptHR was created out of a need to encourage leaders to take risks, to stir the pot and to disrupt in order to succeed. My hope is that by listening to this episode, you are encouraged to go out there, find a place where you can start dancing, see if you can get somebody to dance with you, bring on more people, and create the change you want to see in the world.

• DisruptHR: Founding beliefs and how it all began
• Chris Ostoich, founder of DisruptHR, how I was the flint for the idea and he was the fire
• 12/3/2013: the date of our first event, what took place, and gearing up to do it all over again
• Lessons learned from our humble beginnings
• The growth of DisruptHR from Chicago to Canada and later NYC, By 2015, 12 or 14 cities in the US and Canada were holding events
• My belief that everybody has the potential and opportunity to start a movement and to get people engaged
• DisruptHR is about the disruptors, people who are participating in events or who watch or share videos

Resources:

King University Online

Creating A Movement In HR: The Power To Create Change | Jennifer McClure | DisruptHR Talks

How to Start a Movement | Derek Sivers | TED Talks

First Follower: Leadership Lessons from a Dancing Guy by Derek Sivers

Guy #3 by Seth Godin

Ignite Talks

DisruptHR

DisruptHR website

DisruptHR videos

DisruptHR cities

DisruptHR Cincinnati

DisruptHR Cincinnati 1.0 videos

DisruptHR Denver

Chris Ostoich: LinkedIn | LISNR

Steve Browne: LinkedIn | Impact Makers Podcast Episode 3 - The Heart of Human Resources with Steve Browne

Laurie Ruettimann: Website | Impact Makers Podcast Episode 2 - The Thriving Contrarian with Laurie Ruettimann | Why Not You | Laurie Ruettimann | DisruptHR Talks

Mary Faulkner: LinkedIn

"The First Follower transforms a lone nut into a leader. If the leader is the flint, the First Follower is the spark that sets the fire."

"The Second Follower is a turning point: it's proof the First has done well. Now, it's not a lone nut, and it's not two nuts. Three is a crowd, and a crowd is news."

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Whether you're an introvert or an extrovert, you should always be networking. In this week's episode, I'll talk about how you can network like a pro. I'll also be sharing ten awesome questions that you can ask to start great conversations at networking events.

You will also hear how I learned how to network the right way, after doing it the hard way for a very long time. I'll dive into why you should network and who you should focus your networking efforts on in order to get and give the most benefit. Lastly, I'll show you how you should network.

My goal with this episode is to provide you with some strategies and networking tips for you to use to grow your network.

• Why you need to view your networking strategy just like you do anything else that is important and adds value.
• Why your mantra when you go to an event should be, "I am going to be interested and not worry about being interesting."
• How to be intentional about networking
• Ten awesome questions you can ask to start great conversations
• Understanding the value and need for investing in yourself

Resources:

King University Online

Impact Makers Episode 7 — How I Became A Speaker and Entrepreneur

Mike Lynch - President, Mike Lynch Career Consulting

Emerald City Productions

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EPISODE CREDITS:

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

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Self-care isn't selfish. It is necessary. We truly can't pour from an empty cup and we can't help others if we're emotionally worn, completely stressed out, or too sick to help. In this episode I'm talking about self-care and the five areas I've been trying to improve for the sake of myself, my family and my business.

I'll talk about the importance of sleep, rest and exercise, for our physical and mental well-being. Then I'll dive into the effects of gratitude on our happiness. I'll also discuss how caring for others can be a form of self-care. Lastly, I'll cover caring for your time. Finding balance and reclaiming your time can have a lasting impact on your life and I'm going to share how it changed mine.

My goal is to help you understand the importance of self-care and how to practice it, proactively, without feeling guilty. I hope you enjoy today's show.

• What is self-care? I'll give you my favorite definition and share a great quote to help you remember why it's so important.
• I'm going to share the five key areas of self-care and give you tips for each area. I'll share my stories about those areas too.
• I can't stress enough the importance of being proactive with self-care. Our bodies speak to us, sometimes loud and clear. If we don't listen, the consequences can be devastating.
• We're talking about self-care but I'm also going to share how caring for others is a form of self-care.
• Self-care has a physical, mental and emotional impact on our lives, our bodies and on those around us.

Resources:King University Online

Paycor, Inc.

Paycor, Inc. Self-Care for the HR Pro web summit presentation by Jennifer McClure

Paycor, Inc. Web Summit (On Demand)

What is self-care? Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. Although it's a simple concept in theory, it's something we often overlook. Good self-care is key to improved mood and reduced anxiety. It's also key to a good relationship with oneself and others.

The Five Rules for Self-Care By Shelly Tygielski

Michael Hyatt

Ideal Week Excel Spreadsheet by Michael Hyatt

Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy

Full Focus Planner

Oprah Super Soul Conversations: Tom Brady on Life After Football: "I Think About It More Now"

National Sleep Foundation Recommends New Sleep Times

Shawn Achor website

Shawn Achor 6 Daily Happiness Exercises

The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life by Shawn Achor

Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change by Shawn Achor

Oprah Super Soul Conversations: Oprah & Shawn Achor on the Secret of Happy People

Get More Done With Calendar Blocking – Amy Landino YouTube

The Importance of Scheduling Nothing by Jeff WeinerOprah Super Soul Conversations: The 5 Keys to Happiness That LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Lives By

Emerald City Productions

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Bruce Waller is VP of Corporate Relocation for Armstrong Relocation and Companies. He is the author of the books, Find Your Lane and Milemarkers, and he is a good friend of mine. He recently reached out to me to get coaching advice about how to choose speaking topics and ideas for creating great presentations and slide decks. I asked him if he'd be willing to allow me to record our conversation to share on this podcast. He graciously agreed.

The most frequently asked question that I get is, "How do I become a speaker?" While I've written blog posts on the subject, been interviewed on other peoples' podcasts and shared about the beginnings of my own journey as a professional speaker in this podcast, there's always more to learn. Everyone is at a different place in their speaking career. And no matter where you are in your career, questions are bound to come up. Such was the case for Bruce.

My hope is that by listening to our coaching session, you will garner some takeaways of your own. We explore ideas like developing speaking topics to share on a stage in front of an audience, or simply communicating your ideas at work and in life.

• Some strategies and recommendations to decide on topics for speaking
• Think about what you know, and what you already have to say, and then tailor your presentations to your audience
• My process for creating a speaking presentation + 3 different types of presentations you can utilize
• Some "go to" resources for presentation images and tips for making your slides 'shine'
• The importance of identifying who your people are,who is the audience that needs to hear your message, what the audience needs, and how you can fulfill that need
• Advantages of being a published author

Resources:King University

Jennifer's Speaking Schedule

Jennifer's Free Speaking Guide: 10 Tips to Build Your Brand and Land Gigs as a Speaker

Unsplash

Adobe Stock Images

Flickr

The 9 Faces of HR: A Disruptor's Guide to Mastering Innovation and Driving Real Change by Kris Dunn

Kary Oberbrunner's Igniting Souls Conference

Mike Kim's Influence & Impact Conference

ERE Recruiting Conferences

SHRM Annual Conference

Emerald City Productions

Learn More About Bruce:

Bruce Waller

Find Your Lane: Change your GPS, Change your Career by Bruce W Waller

MILEMARKERS: A 5 Year Journey by Bruce W Waller

Find Your Lane: Change Your GPS & Drive With Purpose! | Bruce Waller | DisruptHR Talks

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New phone, who dis? Well, it's your old friend, or in some cases, your new friend Jennifer McClure. After a hiatus, I'm back with new episodes of The Impact Makers podcast. As always, my goal is to help you create maximum impact at work and in life through building a career that you love and living a life that matters.

In this episode, I share what I've been up to while we've been apart. Life as a human in 2019 started off with a "Bang!" I've experienced some amazing things and some challenges too. For example, I landed my largest client to date, after almost 10 years of running my own business. I've continued my work at DisruptHR and also continued to check off states on my "Speak in Every State," bucket list. All good things.

Of course, with the good there is a bit of bad; I suffered a horseback riding accident in July. I'm doing much better now but it took a lot longer than anticipated to heal. Overall, Team McClure is stronger than ever, and we have some great things in store for the rest of this year. I can't wait to share them with you!

• What I've been up to, including some growth over here at Team McClure
• I checked another state off of my goal to speak at an event in every state in the U.S., plus I share what state I am looking at next and more about my speaking engagements
• DisruptHR licensed our 157th city! DisruptHR events have now been held in 37 countries, and in multiple languages around the world, AND over 4,300 DisruptHR Talks have been given
• I crossed the number one item off of my bucket list in September, a dream vacation to Ireland!
• Find out what's next for The Impact Makers Podcast

Resources:

DisruptHR

Dr. Jeffrey H. Johnson

Bruce Waller

Wendy Daily

The HR Social Hour Half-Hour Podcast

Montana SHRM Conference

Glacier National Park

Chris Ostoich

Angie Kline

Emerald City Productions

Dingle Horse Riding

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EPISODE CREDITS:

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

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What you feed will live and what you starve will die - the same principle applies to leadership. If you want to be a great leader, you have to feed your fire to serve and inspire. Today, Jennifer and Eric to talk about success, leadership, and coaching - and how it led Eric to his calling as a man of faith.

• Eric Peoples is a public speaker, certified leadership coach, and founding pastor of Legacy Church in Farmington, CT. Eric has led over 1,000 people on 45 international trips to pioneer social change and humanitarian relief efforts in nearly 27 countries.
• He attributes his penchant for helping to his family's strong support of philanthropic endeavors. Helping others, working hard, and doing your best - these were the family's core values.
• How did Eric enter ministry work? His journey actually started in the corporate world. He had done work in sales for Xerox, where he moved up the corporate ladder pretty quickly. He enjoyed the job, earned and learned a lot. But after meeting his pastor, Peter Bruno, he began to take an interest in ministry.
• Eric found himself on a mission to help others discover their true selves so they can start their journey as purposeful leaders, too. His attitude toward stewardship guides him in giving his best effort as a man of faith, public speaker, and leadership coach.
• But how can he juggle his calling as a pastor and as a leadership coach? Eric shares how a pastor and leadership coach share some of the same qualities. They are both surrounded by people that have huge potential. They both serve others by empowering them so they can awaken that potential. And since he is someone who's attracted to potential, there is no better way to touch and change lives than being both a pastor and a leadership coach.
• Eric reveals why most high achievers have the inclination to underestimate themselves. People think that leaders can 'read their own labels.' In reality, most of them don't have anyone to help them read their labels and see their true worth. This makes them, more or less, blind to their own influence and accomplishments. Eric helps these leaders identify who they are and reframe their perception of what they believe is possible.
• Jennifer and Eric analyze one of the biggest questions a leader must reflect on, "If I had no limits, what would this look like?" They also investigate how this transforms their mindsets and helps them overcome limiting beliefs.

Quotes from this episode:

There's always going to be more than enough to take care of you, and that's why you can take care of others and help others to achieve something big. - Eric Peoples

Are you going to live so powerfully that people can't forget you? - Eric Peoples

Want a little help creating your personal brand?

Jennifer has a free resource for you. The Personal Brand Workbook will help you figure out what your personal brand is today and what you want to be known for in the future, as well as how you want to impact the world. Download it today!

Eric Peoples

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Peter Bruno

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