My guest this week is Michael Bungay Stanier, author of the bestselling book, The Coaching Habit and Senior partner at Box of Crayons. We are talking about why managers should care about coaching, the 7 essential coaching questions managers can use to develop coaching methods and 3 main coaching principles. […]
Today I am talking with Nilofer Merchant, author of The Power of Onlyness. We are talking about Nilofer’s book, which comes out on August 29, and it’s all about how to embrace and make the most of your Onlyness. We also look at overcoming fear, faking it until you make it, and passion vs purpose. […]
This week’s guest is Seth Godin, bestselling author of 18 books and the creator of altMBA. Join us as we talk about the current state of work, AI and automation, skills for the future and much more. […]
Today’s guest is Jon Gordon, a bestselling author of 17 books, including his most recent, The Power of Positive Leadership. Join us as we talk about what makes a great leader, how to build your personal brand and how to have a positive outlook on life. […]
Tom Gilovich is a professor of Psychology at Cornell University with an interest in judgement and decision making. He is also the author of the book, The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology’s Most Powerful Insights. He has studied many different facets of social psychology including sports decisions, political judgement and decision making, and relationship decision making. […]
Beth Taska is the EVP of Human Resources for 24 Hour Fitness, which was founded in 1979 and has over 400+ locations and over 23,000 employees serving 4 million club members. She has held the CHRO (Chief HR Officer) title and Senior HR positions for corporations such as Clearwire, Gap and Sears. Beth’s career path was not of the norm, she holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a graduate degree in Public Administration and worked for several municipalities around the Chicago area before beginning her career in the HR world. […]
Frank Tucker is the Chief People Officer of Taco Bell. Working with the company for the last 23 years, Frank has made his way through the human resources department. He has worked in designing employee processes, methods, tools and technology, and has become the Chief People Officer in 2012. Taco Bell owns approximately 900 stores, which represents 40,000 employees. A huge part of their business is with their many franchisees. This adds another 6,000 stores, employing an additional 160,000 people. Because they are located in all 50 states, it is hard to imagine anyone not being familiar with Taco Bell. […]
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is one of world’s top business and leadership experts. He is the author of 35 books, including the most recent bestseller Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be. This and another of Marshall’s books were ranked by Amazon as two of the top 100 leadership and success books of all times. In fact, he is the number one leadership thinker in the world! Around 1,500 people around the globe are certified in the process he uses for leadership coaching, and tens of thousands use the process. […]
Joe Burton comes from a corporate background, working in high stress situations with long hours and constant travel. His career was on an uphill track but his personal life and health started to decline. He even developed insomnia and asthma around the age of 40. Up until then, he would have laughed if someone suggested mindfulness as a way to alleviate his stress. Joe realized that mindfulness training helped him be more present and aware. He developed a deeper relationship with his emotions and central nervous system. It changed the way he is with his family and as a leader. […]
Lately, I’ve been surrounded by the theme of management and leadership, and the role of each in the future of work. Today, we are chatting with Sydney Finkelstein to discuss what makes some leaders truly exceptional. Sydney is the Steven Roth Professor of Management and faculty director of the Tuck Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He is also the author of the phenomenal new book Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent. […]