Do you feel comfortable delivering bad news? Do you look forward to speaking in public? Do you enjoy networking? Is it easy for you to speak your mind and be assertive with friends and colleagues? If you answered no to any of these questions, Andy Molinsky’s new book Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence can help. Andy has conducted research on managers, executives, entrepreneurs, doctors, police officers, salespeople, and countless others to examine the challenges of stepping outside your comfort zone and how you can successfully overcome these challenges: * Why it’s so critical to learn to reach outside our comfort zones * How and why we avoid doing it * The critical psychological roadblocks we face when stepping outside our comfort zone * The multiple ways we avoid stepping outside our comfort zones * The 3 essential tools we need for successfully taking the lead

Andy Molinsky is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Brandeis University, and the author of the new book Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence. Molinsky's first book, Global Dexterity, received the Axiom Award for Best Business Book n International Business & Globalization and has been used widely in organizations around the world. He is a columnist for Inc.com, a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today, and was recently named one of Linkedin’s Top Voices for 2016. Discover more at AndyMolinsky.com SPONSOR: The International Coach Federation invites you to join the global coaching community at the intersection of coaching and potential for ICF Converge 2017. Join ICF August 24 - 26 in Washington, DC, USA for this dynamic, first-of-its-kind global event. Learn more and register today at ICFConverge.com.

Clocks and walls used to tell us where work ended and the other parts of our life began.  But the clocks and walls have disappeared as workplaces become more flexible.  We now need to take control of their way our work and life “fit” together.  But how?  Internationally-recognized flexible workplace strategist, Cali Williams Yost, spent years studying a small segment of the population she calls the work+life fit “naturals.”  These unique individuals seem to fit work and life together with grace and ease, while the rest of us struggle to keep our heads above water.  Yost translated the secrets of the work+life fit naturals into her most recent book, “Tweak It: Make What Matters to You Happen Everyday” (Center Street/Hachette).  Learn how you can fit work and life together day-to-day to be YOUR best, on and off the job.

• How to celebrate Success, not Perfection
• How to break your work and personal priorities into small doable actions
• Why more organizations are taking issues related to work and life more seriously
• The top THREE secrets for work+life fit success

As the CEO and founder of Flex+Strategy Group/Work+Life Fit, Cali Williams Yost has helped hundreds of businesses and thousands of individuals partner to create award-winning flexible workplaces over almost two decades. Clients have included Ernst & Young, Novo Nordisk, Quest Diagnostics, the United Nations and Stanford University.  An honors graduate of Columbia Business School, Yost offers her pioneering work+life “fit” advice to individuals in the recently released, Tweak It: Make What Matters to You Happen Every Day, (Center Street/Hachette, 2013), and in the critically-acclaimed, Work+Life: Finding the Fit That’s Right for You (Riverhead/Penguin Group, 2004).  She has appeared on the TODAY Show, CNBC, BetterTV, NPR, and in The New York Times, USAToday, and the Wall Street Journal.  In addition to being named one of Mashable’s Top 14 Career Experts on Twitter, one of Columbia Business School’s Alumni Changing the World, and one of the 40 Women Over 40 to Watch, her websites have been awarded “Best of the Web” distinctions by Forbes.com and WorkingMother.com.  Yost lives in New Jersey with her two daughters and husband. Visit Flex+Strategy Group/Work+Life Fit to learn more and for Cali's books.

Sometimes the people who give the most, need new inspiration and motivation. As someone who dares and counsels college students and adults on creating the life they want, Lu Ann knows it’s easy to “give it all away” at the office and feel too drained to do something for yourself.  LuAnn reminds professionals they can’t be their best for others if they aren’t daring themselves.

• To recognize the positive ripples of your giving life
• New ways to recharge your own battery and own your day
• To give yourself permission to “Do the New” and “Share the Dare” so you can continue to inspire and help  others with new energy and joy
• Daring ways to challenge your clients and/or students to live the life they want

BIO:

LuAnn is the author of the inspirational memoir, I Dare Me, an entertaining look back on a year that changed everything for her. The book grew out of a blog called Year of Firsts, which chronicled this veteran journalist, mother and survivor’s daily adventures as she pushed herself to try something new for every single day – an effort to get her life “unstuck,” as her daughter put it.

She went on this year long adventure while working her full time “day job” as an 8-time Emmy award-winning journalist with NBC10 News in Philadelphia. Cahn’s journey eventually led to a major career change. In December 2014, she left her 40 year career in broadcast news to dare audiences across the country and to help launch the next generation of communicators at Temple University. Cahn is the Director of Career Services for Temple University School of Media and Communication.

Biography:

Cahn is well known in Philadelphia where she worked for WCAU-TV for 27 years. She filled many roles —and is most well known for her years as a hard-charging investigative reporter with a talent for uncovering scandals and scams. In 2005, Lu Ann won a National Emmy for her undercover investigative story “Dirty Little Secret”.

In 1991 Cahn made local and national news when she publicly told her story of battling breast cancer after a missed diagnosis when she was only 35. Her 1992 special report “Breast Cancer: My Personal Story” won her a national Clarion award and two Mid Atlantic Regional Emmys.

Cahn also had surgery for ulcerative colitis and kidney cancer. She regularly speaks on behalf of Living Beyond Breast Cancer and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. She hopes her survivor experience inspires others.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Cahn grew up in Atlanta and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia. She is married to NBC10 Photojournalist Phil Houser. They’re proud of their daughter Alexa, who dared herself to start her own company and is now managing electronic artists in the music business.

Link to Blog:  http://luanncahn.com/blog/

TEDx Talk:     https://youtu.be/ATHb_LskphI

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What is social employee advocacy marketing, and why is it a win/win for both brand and employee? The rise of social technologies have transformed business in many fundamental ways, giving rise to seemingly limitless new possibilities in how organizations communicate, collaborate, and innovate both internally and externally. Make no mistake, this is the era of the social employee. But the question remains: How can organizations harness the power of this new plugged-in and empowered workforce?

• Discover the power of social employee advocacy marketing and how to enable social processes within your organization
• Learn about the benefits of personal branding for both the employee and the organization
• Develop strategies for designing and implementing a social employee pilot program for companies of any size
• Unlock the secret to social advocacy best practices—such as social listening, content marketing, and community building

Cheryl Burgess (@ckburgess), co-founder and CEO of Blue Focus Marketing, a social branding firm that helps transform brands from the inside out by implementing strategic social business initiatives that empower social employee engagement and social executive leadership. Burgess is the co-author of the best-selling book The Social Employee (McGraw-Hill) and Social Employees: The New Marketing Channel, a video tutorial course for Lynda.com, and has contributed thought leadership to Harvard Business Review—Italia, Wharton’s Future of Advertising 2020 project, and numerous industry publications such as CEO.com and CMO.com. She has served on advisory boards for The Economist Intelligence Unit and CultureSphere, and has been recognized by organizations such as IBM, Forbes, and the Twitter Shorty Awards for her social business leadership. Her international speaking credentials include appearances at events such as AMP Australia and New Zealand; the Social Business Forum in Milan, Italy; IBM Connect, Dell World, and Pivotcon.

Mark Burgess (@mnburgess) is co-founder and President of Blue Focus Marketing.  Mark is co-author of the best selling book, The Social Employee – “How Great Companies Make Social Media Work.” His book features success stories from IBM, AT&T, Dell, Cisco, Southwest, Adobe, and Domo. He is a digital marketer, content marketing strategist, speaker, marketing executive, and educator. He is also an online course author for Lynda.com + LinkedIn, and HBR Italia contributor.

Mark lectures part time at Rutgers Business School teaching MBA Marketing courses and executive education. He is an adjunct marketing professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he received his Executive MBA. He has held senior level B2B and B2C positions at PwC, McCann, and AT&T. Mark delivered a TEDx Talk in May 2014 on The Rise of the Social Employee. He is listed on Forbes Top 100 Must-Follow Marketing Minds on Twitter and is ranked #19 in the Top 200 Content Marketing Influencers, and is a contributor to the Wharton Future of Advertising 2020 project.

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Today, so many professionals have experienced deep challenge, struggle and even trauma in the workplace, and have forgotten what it is to be truly brave. In this interview, Kathy Caprino – dubbed “America’s Breakthrough Coach” — shares with William critical new information she’s culled from her 14 years of research with over 10,000 professional women, and her therapy and career coaching work helping professionals to call up the bravery required to live the life they’re meant to, and reach their highest potential, to build their ultimate lives and careers.

In this interview the five essential Brave Up steps we’re discussing are: •    See Bravely •    Speak Bravely •    Ask Bravely •    Connect Bravely •    Serve Bravely

Biography:  Kathy Caprino, M.A. is an internationally-recognized career success coach, writer, leadership trainer and speaker dedicated to the advancement of women in business.  A “brave up” expert helping professionals build more confidence and courage in life and work, she is the author of Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman’s Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power and Purpose, and Founder/President of Ellia Communications, Inc. — a leading career coaching and leadership training firm for professional and entrepreneurial women.  Kathy is also the founder of The Amazing Career Project – an online training course designed to help women globally build successful and rewarding careers of significance.  In 2016, Kathy launched her new Amazing Career Breakthrough certification training for coaches. A former corporate marketing VP, trained marriage and family therapist, and veteran career coach, Kathy is a leading Forbes, Huffington Post  and LinkedIn contributor and top media source on leadership, business, women’s careers, and entrepreneurial success, issues and trends, and has appeared in over 100 leading newspapers and magazines and on national radio and television.  For more information, visit kathycaprino.com, and  connect with Kathy on Twitter, FB and LinkedIn.

To give their fullest contribution, employees must feel they can bring their full selves to work; however research shows many do not feel comfortable doing so. Jennifer Brown is committed to creating more inclusive workplaces where all kinds of talent can flourish. In her new book “Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change” Brown explores how we can build more inclusive workplace environments where all kinds of talent feel “Welcomed, Valued, Respected, and Heard.”

• The difference between diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and why it matters
• What “covering” is, and how it can be hurting a company’s bottom line
• How diversity in the workplace has improved over the past few years, and how much farther it needs to go
• How business leaders can make sure their employees feel “welcomed, respected, valued and heard”

Jennifer Brown is the Founder & CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, a certified woman- and LGBT-owned strategic leadership and diversity consulting firm specializing in the future of the workforce and workplace, and dedicated to building more inclusive organizations where all kinds of talent can feel “Welcomed, Valued, Respected, and Heard SM“. Based in New York City and maintaining a global team, the company partners with HR, Talent Management, D&I and Business leadership on change management efforts relating to human capital, including the design, development and facilitation of customized, interactive classroom and online learning events. JBC is known as the creator of the “JBC ERG Progression Model SM“, a proprietary development tool that facilitates the transformation of ERGs into true business partners. Employer-of choice clients include Cisco, Toyota Financial Services, Wells Fargo, Thomson Reuters, AXA, Disney, New York Life, Target, and many of the Fortune 500. Jennifer is quoted frequently on next generation diversity and inclusion practices, has delivered three TEDx talks, and is a dedicated and visible change advocate in the LGBT and Allies community. Jennifer’s first book Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change will be released September 2016. Contact Jennifer at JenniferBownConsulting.com

Are your salespeople truly connecting with prospects? Or are they just communicating at them?  Are your managers and leaders connecting with their direct reports?  Are your customer service reps connecting with clients and customers? Are team members connecting with each other (even with the difficult ones)?  Tim explains why human connection is not a soft skill because without connection, business disappears.

• The secret of human connection as it applies to business
• The magic words that motivate, engage and influence
• The fascinating science of human motivation, influence, and persuasion.
• How your words affect the thinking of others
• The small distinction between communicating and connecting

Tim David Bio:  During his years as a professional magician and mentalist, Tim discovered lots of secrets. But while most magicians were focusing on the secrets behind their tricks, Tim focused on the secrets inside his audiences’ minds. What kinds of jokes made them laugh? Which actions made them applaud? Which audience volunteers were most likely to cooperate?

Night after night, he didn’t just communicate at audiences, he connected with them. That ability to truly connect is what earned Tim the 2010 Rising Star Award for being the “Top Mentalist in North America”.  Now, he takes what he has learned on the stage and teaches professionals and executives the secrets of  human connection as it applies to business. Tim’s specialty is taking the latest scientific findings and translating them into practical, usable tips delivered with a dose of quirky humor.

In addition to delivering over 100 entertaining and informative presentations per year, Tim is the author of Magic Words. Rather than teaching what to say or even how to say it, this book focuses on the often surprising effects that your words have on the people around you. Tim lives by a simple mantra. “At the end of our lives we are going to think about our relationships; our human connections. If relationships are going to be important then, shouldn’t they be important now? After all, it’s possible to accumulate too much stuff in this world, but it is impossible to accumulate too much human connection.”

Tim creates weekly blog posts, videos and other valuable snippets at Good at People. Tim’s information is for busy professionals, managers, leaders, salespeople, marketers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives. (basically, anyone who has to deal with people.) Tim lives with his family in Massachusetts.

Building on topics discussed in his just released book “Workplace

Dan Rust is the founder of Frontline Learning,

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In a world where we are constantly connected and social media has become the primary way we communicate, the key to getting ahead is being the person others like, respect, and trust. No matter who you are or what profession you are in, success is contingent less on what you can do for yourself, and more on what other people are willing to do for you. The Art of People gives you 53 bite-sized, easy-to-execute, and often counter-intuitive tips, to help you master the 11 People Skills that will get you more of what you want at work, at home, and in life. Download the handout: http://360rea.ch/1QTOCwO

In this interview, you will discover:

Biography: Dave is the founder and CEO of Likeable Local and the former CEO and Chairman of Likeable Media. Dave is the author of the New York Times best-selling books Likeable Social Media, Likeable Business, and Likeable Leadership and the most read LinkedIn Influencer of all time. When Dave is not working, speaking, or writing, he can be found wearing lots of orange and spending time with his wife, Carrie, and children, Charlotte, Kate and Seth. To Learn More visit http://www.likeablelocal.com/

Managers and leaders find themselves stuck in three vicious circles. They’re frustrated by teams who have become overdependent on them. They’re overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do. And they’re disconnected from their own Great Work – the work that has impact, the work that has meaning. Sound familiar?Breaking out of those vicious circles is simpler than you might think. Mastering five essential questions can help managers and leaders increase the focus, courage and resilience they need to have more impact in the work they do.In  this practical, interactive and engaging session you will:   -  Discover the three vicious circles that keep managers and their teams stuck   -  Understand how breaking out of these circles can help you work less hard and have more impact   -  Learn the five core questions you need so you (and those you lead) can focus on the work that matters    - Find the Best Coaching Question in the World (and it has just three words)This interview is based on Michael Bungay Stanier’s new book The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. David Allen calls it a “brilliant how-to manual”, Dan Pink says the book “distills the essentials of coaching”, while Brené Brown says it is “practical and inspiring”.Michael will share ideas so you leave with a plan to do things differently. You will also get access to a special Box of Crayons report: Four Surprising Phrases to Supercharge Your Conversation and Boost Your Manager IQ.

BIO: Michael Bungay Stanier is the Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work. Box of Crayons is best known for their coaching programs that help time-crunched managers coach in 10 minutes or less.On the way to founding Box of Crayons ten years ago, Michael lived in Australia, England, the US and Canada (his current home), where he worked in the fields of innovation and change management.He’s written a number of books, the best known of which is Do More Great Work, created a series of short internet videos that have been seen by millions of people around the world, and organized the Great Work MBA, a virtual conference that had 10,000 registrants. He’s proudest of the book End Malaria, a collection of essays about Great Work from thought leaders that has raised $400,000 for Malaria No More.To balance all of this out, Michael was banned from his high school graduation for “the balloon incident”, was sued by one of his Law School lecturers for defamation, and managed to give himself a concussion while digging a hole as a labourer…He was the first Canadian Coach of the Year and a Rhodes Scholar. For more information see: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/