Craig Pollack and I always have such fun conversation at family get togethers, so I'm excited to have him on as a guest to talk about productivity and leadership.

As a leader in his company, he is extremely intentional about the values he creates and not just what he works on, but how he works.

Craig is a brilliant thinker for thought leadership and into a mutual interest of productivity habits.

We talk about why have productivity habits, the benefit of a written planner for task lists, and the importance of self-awareness for your own productivity but also for leadership.

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In this podcast episode, I sit down with Professor Stephen Gilliland is a University Professor at Claremont Graduate University where he teaches organizational psychology and is responsible for developing executive education and leadership development programs.

We talk about the ethical decisions around leadership, simple ways to improve leadership through transparency, and his upcoming book “Pushing Up” he wrote with his brother. 12 Months + 100,000 pushups, lessons for connection, leadership and purpose. Ad we talk about the book writing process a bit.

Go out and order the book on December 1st.

Contact Stephen here

He has consulted with small and large organizations and conducted leadership training for companies around the world. He has served on the boards of several organizations. He has a wide variety of hobbies, including surfing, gardening, wine making, and playing music.

In this video, you’re going to learn about ways to develop healthy attention with our relationship to our phones, computers, and technology in general.

Jordan Hamilton is a Psychology PhD student, pro athlete, and my roommate. We talk about what happens to the mind when we are addicted to our phone, digital detoxing as a way to recharge our mind, and little tips to setting better intentions with our digital life.

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In this week's episode, Andrew Schmidt joins the podcast where we cook Japchae together. You will learn all sorts of tips and tricks in the kitchen and how I apply lessons in the kichen to human development.

You can find Andrew on instagram at instagram.com/chefdrew22/

Or even better, follow along to make it yourself. Ingredient list will be in the description:

In this episode, Jeff Fajans joins the podcast to discuss the ins and outs of helping people finding and maximizing their creativity. Jeff carries a PhD Positive Organizational Psychology (studied under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, world-renown author of Flow).

The wonderful Susan Mangan, PhD in Positive Developmental Psychology, joins the podcast in a silly time. We get extra goofy. Lots of successful and failed jokes. And a surprising guest!

Matt Dubin joins me to discuss performing despite failures, organizing work tasks to create more flow, and his approach to helping organizations implement more authentic meaningful work.

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Nina Sabarre is the Founder and Principal of Intention 2 Impact, LLC, an evaluation consulting firm that helps funders and organizations use data to drive strategy, innovation, and impact. She has over a decade of experience in research and evaluation in over 25 countries.

We talk about self-management tools to best make use of each day for progress on the work that matters to us. We also explore our evolving philosophies on working hard, resting, and developing oneself.

You can learn more about Nina and her work at Intention 2 Impact

In this episode, Jens Näsström talks about how lawyers can improve their performance, manage their stress, and show up to be their best at work and life. Even if you are not a lawyer, this is a special episode to help any profession.

Jens is an occupational psychoogist, independent researcher, and lecturer specialised in professional services since 2005. He has trained over 3500 lawyers.

You can check out Jens over at his LinkedIn

Noah Boyd joins the show to explore a bit on fear, creating morning habits, getting silly with it, and the art of playfulness and seriousness. Lots of awkward moments. This is a bit of a different one where you'll see get us extremely weird.

Noah Boyd is a Coach & Consultant with his company, Resonance where he inspires authenticity. Noah has a background in mindfulness practices, somatic communication practices, and sharing space with others so that they grow in the direction they wish.