The Dr CK Bray Show

EPISODE 232 We are living in an era of technology obsession and smartphone addiction. Someone else always has an addiction, but have you looked in the mirror? Are you willing to self reflect and see if you have a smartphone addiction? Today's podcast takes a good look at how this behavior may be influencing your career and personal life.

Episode 231 How do you fire someone while keeping everyone’s dignity intact? With years of practice under his belt Dr. Bray has gathered insight into the right way to get through it and do it well. Change is part of life, let Dr. Bray guide you and make a difference in your career and life!

EPISODE 230 Millennials often ask me “How can I best create a job that I will enjoy, develop and progress in my career?” while on the other end of the spectrum leaders ask “How do I keep my Millennials engaged and liking their job?” Let’s focus on what Millennials really want from their careers and how to help them get it.

Everybody wants to give their boss some honest feedback, but that may not be the best idea.  You get feedback from your boss so shouldn’t you be able to give it back? It doesn’t work that way and here’s why…

EPISODE 228 Having multiple job offers is awesome! You can’t let that go to your head so learning how to decline the extra offers in a professional and respectful way is key to keeping those relationships positive for the future.

EPISODE 227 The focus, hard work and years of dedication we see in olympic athletes is inspiring. We can learn a lot from experts in numerous fields on how to become more successful in every aspect of our lives.

EPISODE 226 Your brand is a collection of perceptions. Your branding is not always reality, it’s how others perceive you. It can take a long time to build a branding and one event to destroy it.  So how do you build your branding to match your future goals and what can you do to protect it?

Episode 225: What does the job market look like for new graduates entering the working world? One of the questions Dr. Bray gets asked repeatedly is "what is the best way to find a job?" Two thirds of college graduates struggle to launch their careers and there are numerous reasons why. In today's episode Dr. Bray shares the cognitive and behavioral neuroscience research on joining the workforce, increasing your income and how to better negotiate.

I love watching the olympics! The performance of the athletes is inspiring and their focus to achieve can teach us some great lessons.  I have also enjoyed the personalities of the athletes and commentators.  I will admit I'm not much of a figure skating fan, but Tara Lipinki and Johnny Weir have proven to make watching figure skating interesting as they are not boring!  Any sport can be fascinating if you know what to look for and what you can learn from the athletes.  We could also learn some self marketing techniques from the commentators.

Today is a question and answer session with Dr. Bray! Dr. Bray is covering numerous topics and packing a plethora of information into today’s episode.  A few of the questions include: