I coach supervisors, managers, and front line employees who want to work in their highest potential. As a trainer who trains trainers, I also invite you to subscribe if you are developing your professional training career.

Join me at a winery located on the Northern California coast where a food truck owner basks in the glow of a successful event. Learn about her story and challenge yourself to be innovative this week!

1. Successful people do what other people aren't willing to do. What are you willing to do - today - this week! - that will move your career forward? Maybe innovation is something you take on in your current role, or maybe it's something you practice outside of your current job. The key is to keep learning and create forward momentum!

2. Persistence is required if you are to try new things and stay focused on your goals. Too many people give up too easily and get stuck in a lack luster view of their lives and the world at large. Don't give up!

3. Once you have a plan - stay flexible within the plan. The opportunity in front of you might be even bigger than what you imagined. Be ready to act when unexpected options present themselves.

4. Develop social skills that leave people feeling glad to have met you!

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From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

What's on your reading list this year? Reading about successful people is one way you can learn from others. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just do what they do! 

This week's episode is based on what I'm learning from the book, Thomas Jefferson - The Art of Power.

As I ask myself what I have in common with Thomas Jefferson and what can I learn from him, I encourage you to do the same. 

This week focus on:

1. How do you bring a youthful and hopeful spirit to work? 

2. How do you make the most of your skills and those you work with?

3. What daily habits support your success and what changes must be made if you are to reach your goals in life? 

I'm enjoying learning about the group of youngsters who influenced a "start up" called The United States of America! I bet many of you in the audience know more about history than I do, so I welcome your insights on twitter. 

No matter what role you hold at work, this episode provides information we can all apply for enhanced happiness, connection with others,  and success. 

Connect with Catherine Goggia:

Enroll in her Udemy Course – Lead Yourself First

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Twitter: Catherine Goggia @goggia

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

Happy New Year! You are sure to gain valuable gems from this episode which covers a range of topics I recently offered to a company who hired me to train a series of topics for their customer service teams. The managers of the teams attended the trainings too, and as you listen please consider how you might respond if you were in these sessions.

As you kick of the new year, focus on:

1. Revenue, Reputation, Referrals, and Retention

2. External and Internal Customer Service Surveys

3. Your ability to stay open to new ideas - what are your learning goals in 2016?

4. Organizational dimensions: business, human, and hidden - if you aren't focused on the human dimensions, your customers/clients/patients pay the price.

5. Are you representing the published messages at your organization?

6. If you are managing remote employees, how do you include them in onsite training? What unique role do they play? When everyone else gets donuts, do you send them cupcakes?  

7. Have you validated individual team member experiences that were challenging for them? PS If you just tell them they are wrong, you didn't validate their experience or perspective, so they probably bring that frustration to work with them every day. 

Thanks to Erik Adams for use of his song, “Riding in My Car”.

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

In this week's episode I walk you through the 8 key areas of life which will lead to your action plan for 2016 and the creation of your vision statement for two years in the future. It's so important to take action NOW - today! to move yourself closer to high satisfaction in each area of your life. 

If you are satisfied in an area - keep doing what you are doing!

If you aren't satisfied in an area - create a specific action plan for change. 

How fantastic would you feel if one year from now you rated yourself again and felt satisfied - or extremely satisfied - in each area of your life!?

I close this episode with a song from the O'Jays which always makes me feel good about looking toward the future with hope. 

Happy New Year to you and yours! I wish you the very best of everything. 

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Twitter: Catherine Goggia @goggia

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

Listen in as I facilitate a training with employees enrolled in my Attitude training. Changing your thought habits requires an increased awareness in these areas:

1. What am I thinking about?

2. How does that make me feel? 

3. If your thoughts are bringing you down without an aligned solution, think about something else! To shift your thoughts, focus on something SUPER SIMPLE that makes you VERY HAPPY!

Focus on your job instead of how other people are doing their jobs (unless it's your job to focus on how others are doing their jobs!). 

Attitude challenge: can you go 24 hours without complaining? 

If you use a technique from the podcast or find any information especially useful, please tweet me at Catherine Goggia@goggia or email me at [email protected], I’d love to share your successes with the Relatable Leader audience!

Connect with Catherine:

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Twitter: Catherine Goggia @goggia

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

This week's episode takes you behind the scenes in my new Udemy course: LEAD YOURSELF FIRST. You get to hear the audio from the lectures in the course. This course is based on the material I created when I was asked to facilitate a 3-hour experience at a leadership retreat. 

You will learn about some of the key areas you should work through for yourself before or during those times you are leading others.  

To gain access to the course and the work book: 

UDEMY COURSE LINK

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Twitter: Catherine Goggia @goggia

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

In this week's episode I share my experience when asked to sit in on a Cal Fire Supervisor training. Learn about activity examples that can be applied in any organization. This week focus on:

1. How do you inspire people to follow your lead? If you rely too heavily on your job title or position in the organization, people might be looking to someone else for leadership. 

2. Can you use media in unexpected ways to enhance your meeting or training experiences for participants?

3. When was the last time your team engaged in a team building activity that was fun for them? 

4. Are you consistently demonstrating cultural norms? How do you educate team members about cultural norms? Is everyone in the organization taking a stand for those norms? 

If you use a technique from the podcast or find any information especially useful, please tweet me at Catherine Goggia@goggia or email me at [email protected], I’d love to share your successes with the Relatable Leader audience!

Connect with Catherine:

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Twitter: Catherine Goggia @goggia

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

A participant in my face-to-face session requested I recreate one of my role plays for the podcast so he could listen again - great suggestion! This week focus on:

1. The times when you can say, "I care about you enough to address this issue even though it's uncomfortable for both of us. It would be easy to ignore this situation, just like the people before me did. However, that would feel disrespectful to me, so let's work together and figure out an approach that might feel more positive for everyone involved." 

2. Reviewing past evaluations with the intention of finding something positive to build on. 

3. Being honest about those times when you might be "building walls". 

Please recommend the podcast to other people! At the time of this recording we're at 500 subscribers. Let's get it to 1,000 by the end of the year so we can expand our circle of Relatable Leaders! I'm going to create a Relatable Leader group on my facebook page so our community of leaders can interact with each and share expertise. Please join us!

If you use a technique from the podcast or find any information especially useful, please tweet me at Catherine Goggia@goggia or email me at [email protected], I’d love to share your successes with the Relatable Leader audience!

Connect with Catherine:

[email protected]

Twitter: Catherine Goggia @goggia

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!

In this episode you will join me for an on-the-road segment, listen in on my Coaching for Performance training, and hear two employees talk with me about what they learned in my Multi-Tasking for Excellence training. 

This week focus on:

1. Consistency in your leadership: communication, behaviors, and decision-making. 

2. Are there any ways you are holding on to your old role? Is it time for you to fully embrace your current role? 

3. When faced with the possibility of letting an employee go, are you sure you are fully invested in doing right by the employee? 

If you use a technique from the podcast or find any information especially useful, please tweet me at Catherine Goggia@goggia or email me at [email protected], I’d love to share your successes with the Relatable Leader audience!

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In this episode you will learn from an employee who was allowing her personal life struggles to impact her actions at work and erode her leadership ability, one who was not prepared for support from my training team, and one who ignored the requests from her boss. 

This week focus on: 

1. Tell it like it is - with respect and compassion.

2. If you aren't happy in your personal life, do one thing to move you closer to your personal goals. Don't take out your frustrations on your coworkers. 

3. Be prepared for your success: social media readiness, updated resume, email responsiveness, etc. - if your next opportunity showed itself tomorrow, are you ready to say "YES!" ?

4. Study your work space. What messages are you sending through the posters, post-its, pictures, desk top (computer and desk)? Is it time for an update? 

Connect with Catherine:

[email protected]

Twitter: Catherine Goggia @goggia

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My book on Amazon for college student success:

From Average Student to Academic Rock Star!