The Indispensables

The Indispensables

By RainmakerThinking, Inc.BusinessCareersManagement
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The Indispensables episodes

  • Playing the long game of influence with Sue Unvarsky

    In this episode, I talk with Sue Unvarsky, who is the Vice President in charge of US Customer Service for Prudential Financial. We talked about the importance of due diligence and strong leadership.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        Prudential Financial

    ·        Princess Diana

     

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    44 min
  • Applying the 6 tenets of Tae Kwon Do to business with Sylvia Vogt

    In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Sylvia Vogt, who is the President of the Carnegie Bosch Institute and a Tae Kwon Do master.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        The 6 tenets of Tae Kwon Do

    ·        Carnegie Bosch Institute

    ·        Carnegie Mellon University

    ·        Ralph Coverdale

    ·        Milford Track

    ·        Myers Briggs

    ·        Robert Bosch Stiftung

    ·        Propinquity theory

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·       Amazon

    ·       Barnes & Noble

    ·       Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

    Follow Bruce on Facebook: www.facebook.com/bruce.tulganRMT/

    Follow Bruce on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brucetulganrmt/

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    54 min
  • Support, alignment, and continuous improvement with Mary Trout

    In this episode, I talked with Mary Trout, Chief Commercial Officer at Candela, the medical laser company. We talked about building and supporting teams with execution focus and getting things done.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        Candela

    ·        AMAG Pharmaceuticals

    ·        Cord Blood Registry

    ·        Chiron Corporation

    ·        Suzanne Ledin

    ·        Geoffrey Crouse

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·        Amazon

    ·        Barnes & Noble

    ·        Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

     

    Follow Bruce on social media:

    ·        Twitter

    ·        LinkedIn

    ·        Facebook

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    41 min
  • Unleashed and changing how we think about and fix workplace culture with Frances Frei

    In this episode, I talk with Frances Frei, who is a professor at the Harvard Business School and co-author of Unleashed. We talked about her expertise in fixing toxic workplace cultures.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        Unleashed, by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss

    ·        Uber

    ·        Toni Morrison, “If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”

    ·        Harvard Business School

    ·        WeWork

    ·        Riot Games

    ·        Milgram experiments

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·        Amazon

    ·        Barnes & Noble

    ·        Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

     

    Follow Bruce on social media:

    ·        Twitter

    ·        LinkedIn

    ·        Facebook

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    47 min
  • The power and importance of local journalism with Bill Jacobs

    In this episode, I talked with Bill Jacobs, who is a member of the board of trustees of King’s Daughters Medical Center and former owner and publisher of The Daily Leader and the Prentiss Headlight. We talked about the power and importance of journalism.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        Ole Miss, University of Mississippi

    ·        McRae’s Department Store

    ·        The Daily Leader

    ·        The Prentiss Headlight

    ·        King’s Daughters Medical Center

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·        Amazon

    ·        Barnes & Noble

    ·        Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

     

    Follow Bruce on social media:

    ·        Twitter

    ·        LinkedIn

    ·        Facebook

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    28 min
  • Respect, vulnerability, and modeling leadership with Anisa Telwar Kaicker

    In this episode, I had a great conversation with Anisa Telwar Kaicker, founder and CEO of Anisa International.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        Anisa International

    ·        Anisa Beauty

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·        Amazon

    ·        Barnes & Noble

    ·        Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

     

    Follow Bruce on social media:

    ·        Twitter

    ·        LinkedIn

    ·        Facebook

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    33 min
  • Character, citizenship, and Connect 4 with Shaun McConkey

    In this episode, I talked with my old friend Shaun McConkey, who is the Chief Operating Officer for US Operations at Carclo Technical Plastics. Shaun and I talked about the importance of character and citizenship.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        Carclo Plastics

    ·        Hasbro

    ·        Connect 4

    ·        “Leadership is a contact sport.”—Marshall Goldsmith

    ·        Trouble

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·        Amazon

    ·        Barnes & Noble

    ·        Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

     

    Follow Bruce on social media:

    ·        Twitter

    ·        LinkedIn

    ·        Facebook

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    44 min
  • Belonging, inclusion, and diversity with Kymberlee Dwinell

    In this episode, I had a great conversation with Kymberlee Dwinell, the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Northrop Grumman Corporation. Kymberlee and I discussed the impact of inclusion and diversity and belonging initiatives and how they affect collaboration in an organization as large and complex as Northrop Grumman.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        Northrop Grumman Corporation

    ·        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    ·        911

    ·        Chicago O’Hare International Airport

    ·        IRS

    ·        B-2 Stealth Bomber

    ·        Northrop Grumman Statement of Values

    ·        Kathy J. Warden

    ·        Mary Rose McCaffrey

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·        Amazon

    ·        Barnes & Noble

    ·        Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

     

    Follow Bruce on social media:

    ·        Twitter

    ·        LinkedIn

    ·        Facebook

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    41 min
  • Motivation, inspiration, and challenge with Ryan Mayotte

    In this episode, I talk with Ryan Mayotte, Director of Sales Capability at CDW, a leading provider of technology solutions and products.

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    ·        CDW

     

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    You can purchase your copy of The Art of Being Indispensable at Work from:

    ·        Amazon

    ·        Barnes & Noble

    ·        Indiebound

     

    For bulk orders, contact us at: [email protected]

     

    Follow Bruce on social media:

    ·        Twitter

    ·        LinkedIn

    ·        Facebook

     

    Learn more about RainmakerThinking at our website: rainmakerthinking.com

    33 min

About The Indispensables

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Based on Bruce Tulgan's new book, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work, The Indispensables is a podcast series about how real people, in the real world, become indispensable, go-to people who stand the test of time at work.