Bold Enterprises presents Working Matters
By Karl Edwards
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Podcast Description
Karl Edwards combines the practical wisdom of 20 plus years of business and institutional experience with a personal passion for helping people thrive in their vocational pursuits. He enjoys consulting, coaching, speaking and teaching on the complex challenges business leaders face.
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Bold Resolutions for the New Year 5: Rethink Failure | As long as failure is a bad thing involving shame, punishment, and other negative responses, we will become increasingly cautious, politically correct, and refuse to make bold decisions. Failure needs to be reframed as learning. If we learned something from every mistake, we would be making needed adjustments sooner and more often. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bold Resolutions for the New Year 4: Create Your Own Opportunities | We've become overly risk-averse in response to the devastating near-miss our economy experienced. We are sitting on our wallets, postponing investments, not hiring, etc. We need to find ways to take the initiative and create opportunities where none may yet exist. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bold Resolutions for the New Year 3: Build a Team, Not Fill a Job | Companies are culling large job applicant pools with misleading "key words", arbitrary experience requirements, and other impersonal and inhuman criteria. We need to build teams not fill positions. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bold Resolutions for the New Year 2: Think Outside the Box | Instead of waiting until it is safe to go back to doing things the way that we used to, we need to get out of the box in our thinking. We need new perspectives, new frames of reference, and new approaches. | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bold Resolutions for the New Year 1: Too Much Fear, Caution, and Passivity | Everyone seems to be waiting for someone else to get the economy going before making important decisions. What sorts of New Year's Resolutions might help us break out of this fear-based passivity? | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natural Networking 5: Being Yourself, Your Greatest Asset | You have more years experience being you than you do being anyone else. Your best bet for successful networking is being you. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natural Networking 4: Keeping Conversations Context Appropriate | Don't you hate it when someone tries to assess your insurance needs while you're trying to watch your kid's soccer game? | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natural Networking 3: Fostering Conversations and Discovering Connections | How would it affect your style if you were tracking conversations instead of sales prospects? | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natural Networking 2: The Disconnect of Techniques and Formulas | People know when you are not really listening to them. Techniques are tools not rules. Drop the games. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natural Networking 1: Rethinking Networking for a New Economy | Tired of people collecting business cards and building email lists in the name of networking? | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playing Favorites 5: Favoring Certain Workplace Cultures | Many leaders have good reason to be proud of the workplace cultures they have built in their companies. But times change, people change, teams turn over, and new generations bring new values to their jobs. Are you aware of how and where your workplace culture is serving you well and where it is not? | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playing Favorites 4: Favoring Certain Policies and Procedures | Some policies and procedures served a specific and necessary purpose when they were first implemented. Could you be holding on to methods and practices that no longer serve that purpose? What might enforcing the status quo be costing you? | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playing Favorites 3: Favoring Certain Technologies | Every technology has its loyal fans. But when does our loyalty to a brand exceed its merits in comparison to another? Are we making the best leadership decisions on these huge investments if we're playing favorites without even knowing it? | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playing Favorites 2: Favoring Certain People | While rewarding excellence, performance and results is important, some times we favor certain people for their charisma, because we like them, or because we work well together. Can you tell the difference? | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playing Favorites 1: Office "Romances" That Backfire | Leaders assume they make the best objective decisions possible. But certain patterns and tendencies give away that they might have slipped into playing favorites. Playing favorites can erode trust, credibility and motivation. Can you tell the difference? | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 5: Safe Enough to Risk Failure | People are willing to take risks when failure is viewed as a learning opportunity. | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 4: Are There Opportunities To Connect and Belong Here? | People want to be an integral part of something bigger than themselves. | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 3: Will I Be Able To Learn and Develop Here? | People change and what if their jobs could change with them? | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 2: Can I Contribute and Make a Difference Here? | People are motivated only to the extent that they feel their efforts matter. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 1: The Hard Facts about Working with People | Learn what makes people come alive at work and give it their all. | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Awkward Communication 5: The Diplomat | Some people are so nice that no difficult decisions ever get made. Instead of focusing on the issue at hand, these people are concerned that everyone involved is happy. Nice but ineffective. Safe but exasperating. Listen in and get back on track. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Awkward Communication 4: The Nagger | Some people's trust levels are so low that they hover over our shoulders, checking in repeatedly, and asking petty follow-up questions so often that there's hardly time to act upon the previous interruption. Listen in before you go crazy. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Awkward Communication 3: The Intimidator | Some people begin communications with threats, manipulations, or posturing. These bullies shut down communication before it gets started. Is this you? Your boss? Listen in. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Awkward Communication 2: The Time-Bomb | Some people quietly let misunderstandings, disappointments and problems simmer and stew until they eventually explode in an eruption of venomous fury. Listen in for helpful insights and alternatives. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Awkward Communication 1: Learning to Embrace the Messiness of Reality | In a perfect world all communication would be clear, direct, concise, sensitive, and persuasive. But we do not live in a perfect world. Instead of wishing vainly that our communications were ideal (or at least our boss's), what if we approached it as a messier, more awkward dynamic. Listen in as we explore awkward communication. | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fake Goals 5: Goals That Are Double Standards | Master the art of demotivation by demanding that your employees achieve a standard you are not willing to hold yourself to. Why model hard work, improved efficiency or respectful communication when you can simply demand it from the team because of your authority? | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fake Goals 4: Goals That Are a Dangling Carrot | Master the art of demotivation by leading an employee to believe that a salary increase or a promotion will accompany the achievement of a particular goal. When the time to follow through arrives, you can easily deflect by blaming human resources, budget constraints or some other factor outside of your control. | 6/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fake Goals 3: Goals That Are a Moving Target | Master the art of demotivation by letting your team deal with the ramifications of a change in deadline or budget. Be the hero in your client's eyes by making promises you can blame others for not being able to keep. | 6/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fake Goals 2: Goals That Are Arbitrary | Master the art of demotivation by drawing targets out of thin air like, "Increase sales by 20 percent" (even though it's a recession). Why be constricted by facts when you can watch people scramble desperately to achieve what has no grounding in reality? | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fake Goals 1: Goals That Are Vague | Master the art of demotivation with goals like, "Work harder" or "Improve your attitude" or "Make fewer mistakes." Treat yourself to hours of arguing over whether or not these vague goals have been achieved. | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 5: Becoming a Person of Influence and Impact | How do we bring change to our workplace culture itself? You're only one person. Is there anything you can do? Yes! Listen in as we discuss how and when to try the options of modeling, suggesting, reforming and battling. | 5/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 4: Collaboration, Empowerment and Accountability | We work with other people. As much as we'd sometimes prefer to work alone, our work affects others. We need ways to share information, combine efforts, enhance motivation, and be accountable to achieve results. | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 3: Character Formation and Lifelong Learning | People are growing, developing, maturing beings. If you feel stuck or bored, you are probably simply "growing up", so to speak. It's time for the next challenge, expanded responsibilities, new skills, or a different direction. | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 2: All Work as a Legitimate Calling | With the possible exceptions of crime and porn, your job is a valid and valuable place to invest the gift of your time and energies. What keeps you back from investing more of yourself in your career? | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bridging the Work-Faith Divide 1: Becoming Whole Again | Do you feel guilty for been so invested in your career? Does your work life feel unrelated to your personal spirituality? We don't need to bring God to work as much as we might consider bringing our work to God. | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why We Hate Meetings 5: Not Acted On through Follow-Up | After your meeting does everyone simply go back to what they were doing before the meeting? We are busy people, and new ideas, initiatives, changes and decisions that come out of a meeting often fail to get implemented. Find out what follow up can do for your meeting. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why We Hate Meetings 4: Not Resourced by Participation | There is a lot of knowledge, experience and skills in the room when you gather the team for a meeting. Why then leave it all untapped by doing all the talking yourself? Find out what participation can do for your meeting. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why We Hate Meetings 3: Not Focused toward Outcomes | Some issues come up in meetings week after week. The discussion picks up where it left off and no resolution or decision ever gets made. Find out what a simple set of expected outcomes can do for your meeting. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why We Hate Meetings 2: Not Guided by an Agenda | Leader monologues, dominating whiners, lost time to secondary issues, and meetings that go on forever make us want to kill ourselves sometimes. Find out what a simple agenda can do for your meeting. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why We Hate Meetings 1: Death by Drivel | How can an opportunity so important be so regularly squandered? Boring, unplanned, endless and usually pointless, meetings have become a waste of time and resources. Find out how easily a few adjustments can turn this around for the meetings you lead. | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paying Attention to Attentiveness 5: Attentive to Ideas and Trends | How many leading industries did not even exist ten years ago? How many have disappeared altogether in the same period? Five and ten-year plans cannot be implemented with paying attention to ideas and trends. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paying Attention to Attentiveness 4: Attentive to People | People mature over time, develop their skills, and grow in their professional interests and capabilities. If we are not paying attention, we may lose these valuable assets assuming they will stay the same. | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paying Attention to Attentiveness 3: Attentive to Problems | Problems crop up when we least expect them. If not spotted early on, they can spread like a cancer. | 1/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paying Attention to Attentiveness 2: Attentive to Changes | You've heard the saying, "Change is the new constant." When change is always happening, only the alert can adjust in a timely manner. | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paying Attention to Attentiveness 1: The Neglected Leadership Skill | Goals and plans are important but can become straight-jackets or blinders in an ever-changing world if we aren't paying attention. | 12/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lies and Myths We Believe About Work 5: Making Waves is Making Trouble | Fear often fools us into keeping to ourselves valuable information that might help the team because it is difficult information. | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lies and Myths We Believe About Work 4: Hard Work Will Be Rewarded | Hard work is not always noticed much less rewarded. If we are quietly going about our hard work thinking that our supervisors both are aware of it and ready to reward it appropriately, we are mistaken. | 11/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lies and Myths We Believe About Work 3: You Have to Prove Yourself First | This lie would have us believe that we should prove our ability even though no opportunity to do so has been afforded us. | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lies and Myths We Believe About Work 2: You Don't Have What It Takes | This vague accusation has no criteria by which we can demonstrate otherwise. Are you giving away your best years to a standard that doesn't exist? | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lies and Myths We Believe About Work 1: How We Cooperate In Our Own Diminishment | We believe common lies and end up sabotaging our own careers. How do we get past the myth and confront reality? | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confrontation For Those Who Don't Like Confrontation 5: Clearing Up Misunderstandings | Talking calmly about misinterpretations, miscommunications and other ways we get our wires crossed. | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confrontation For Those Who Don't Like Confrontation 4: Not Pulling One's Weight | Talking calmly about doing extra work because of those not pulling their weight. | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confrontation For Those Who Don't Like Confrontation 3: Unacceptable Work | Talking calmly about unacceptable work quality, timeliness, accuracy, thoroughness or judgment. | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confrontation For Those Who Don't Like Confrontation 2: Inappropriate Behavior | Talking calmly about behaviors that offend, diminish or discourage. | 8/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confrontation For Those Who Don't Like Confrontation 1: Making Confrontation Normal | Could fear and anger be making confrontation more difficult and dangerous than it really need be? | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avoiding Success: Four Fears that Hold Us Back 5: The Fear of Not Being Liked | The fourth ordinary fear that we try to mask is that our decisions as leader will make us unpopular. Not being able to please everyone is a management reality that can build our collaboration with others as much as it causes complaints. | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avoiding Success: Four Fears that Hold Us Back 4: The Fear of Harm | The third ordinary fear that we try to mask is that we are being used and taken advantage of. Exploitation is a management reality that will give us as much courage to confront as it does pain. | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avoiding Success: Four Fears that Hold Us Back 3: The Fear of Blame | The second ordinary fear that we try to mask is the possibility that office politics will stab us in the back. Politics is a management reality that will give us as much challenge as it does headaches. | 8/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avoiding Success: Four Fears that Hold Us Back 2: The Fear of Failure | The first ordinary fear that we try to mask is the possibility that we may not be able to perform. Risk is a management reality that will give us as much energy as it does fear. | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avoiding Success: Four Fears that Hold Us Back 1: The Excuses We Didn't Expect | We've been wanting a promotion for some time now. We feel ready. We know we could do better than our boss. But when the time comes, we decline the opportunity as too much work, not enough budget, and a trap to avoid. What's going on here? | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visionary Leadership 5: Cultivating a Language for Change | Vocabulary, language and conversation. Why are these words the keys to successful visionary leadership? | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visionary Leadership 4: Respecting and Involving People | Is the leader better, smarter, more knowledgeable, better in any way than everyone else on the team? | 6/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visionary Leadership 3: Inspiring and Catalyzing Change | It can be arrogant to think that you can get other people to change. How does the visionary leader inspire change? | 6/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visionary Leadership 2: Thinking Outside the Box | How does a visionary leader communicate the "new thing" she or he sees when no one else sees it yet? | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visionary Leadership 1: Rethinking the Role and Responsibility | There's a lot of talk about leadership, but not many leaders are making much of a difference. What is visionary leadership? | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Technology... When Less is More 5: Collaborating Effectively | Work, organization and communication all come together when we collaborate with others. Do our technology tools facilitate our efforts or complicate them? Propel us forward or hold us back? Enhance our effectiveness or stymie it? | 5/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Technology... When Less is More 4: Communicating With Purpose | Do you find yourself sending an email, leaving a voicemail and texting your message just to make sure you get through? With such a wide repertoire of communication options, we should be communicating more effectively, not less. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Technology... When Less is More 3: Getting Organized | Are you buried underneath your own organization system? Do your categories, folders, tags, and lists confuse more than direct? When do all your organizational tools merely become your next mess? | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Technology... When Less is More 2: Getting Work Done | More features does not mean getting more done. Do you spend more time writing your report or formatting it? More time using your software or learning how to use it? | 4/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Technology... When Less is More 1: Slave to Your Tools? | Do you work for your tools or do they work for you? Instead of shopping features and prices, what if you chose your technology based on a better understanding of your own needs? | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good Leaders in Bad Times 5: Creating a Culture That Get Results | What disincentives to taking the initiative and achieving results would a stranger observe in your company? | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good Leaders in Bad Times 4: Reporting To Your Team | What if you measured your effectiveness as a leader by the effectiveness of your team? Who do you really work for? | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good Leaders in Bad Times 3: Training People to be Better Than You | Whose skills, capacities and energies are you quenching if you have to know more than everyone else on the team? | 3/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good Leaders in Bad Times 2: The Issues Behind the Problems | What if the problem were merely a symptom of something deeper needing attention? What questions would you ask? | 3/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good Leaders in Bad Times 1: The Solution Begins in the Mirror | How might you be a part of the problem? Are you inadvertently confusing isolation with competence? | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership Bullsh@t in a Tough Economy 5: Political Mumbo-Jumbo | Instead of engaging the expertise of those on the job and in business, political leaders battle with each other from abstract, partisan philosophies, making decisions with sweeping implications for which they have no means of anticipating and no intention of evaluating. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership Bullsh@t in a Tough Economy 4: Fear and Panic on Main Street | Instead of calmly taking a step back, getting some perspective and investing in some expert assistance, these leaders function out of their fear and panic. They are afraid to spend any money, ask for help, or experiment with new ways of doing things. | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership Bullsh@t in a Tough Economy 3: The Fine Art of Blaming | Instead of owning their participation and co-responsibility in any problem at hand, these leaders blame down the organizational chart (never up) and conveniently let themselves off the hook when business doesn't go as intended. | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership Bullsh@t in a Tough Economy 2: The HR Cop-Out | Instead of explaining their difficult decisions themselves, these leaders hide in their offices and delegate one of their most important responsibilities to the Human Resources department. | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership Bullsh@t in a Tough Economy 1: Brainless Downsizing | Instead of creatively rethinking how they do business, these leaders have simply fired 20-30% of their staffs and are sticking their heads in the sand until the economy recovers. | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Career Journey 4: Engaging Fully With Your Own Career Journey | Assume responsibility for your own career journey. Engage, learn, take chances, plan next steps, expand connections. | 12/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Career Journey 3: What If You Were the Most Important Clue? | Your dreams, skills, working style, experiences, preferences, and professional development are all a rich source of clues for choosing your next job. | 12/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Career Journey 2: Thinking in Terms of a Journey Instead of a Destination | Every leg of the journey can be a meaningful and rewarding part of your career. Learn to plan for as much of the path ahead that you can see from your current vantage point. | 12/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Career Journey 1: Why the Traditional Categories Don't Work Anymore | When considering career options if you feel things like, "I don't fit any of the categories," "I haven't had enough experiences to know what I do and do not like," or "There are too many rules, hoops to jump through, and games to play," then this is the series for you! | 12/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Planning Yourself Out of Career Suicide 5: Process | Learn a simple pattern for lifelong reflection and action so that adjustments can be made as you go. | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Planning Yourself Out of Career Suicide 4: Structure | Time can slip through our fingers. We need a way to structure our goals so that we actually make progress. Learn three areas of professional development that can give you a means for continual advancement. | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Planning Yourself Out of Career Suicide 3: Criteria | How do you decide whether you're happy in a particular job? Learn to develop criteria for rewarding and meaningful rationale for job change. | 10/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Planning Yourself Out of Career Suicide 2: Clues | Learn how to ask questions that result in insight about yourself and your future. Instead of jumping to rash conclusions, learn to listen to what the voices, circumstances, and realities around you might suggest. | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Planning Yourself Out of Career Suicide 1: Overview | Don't climb in the career coffin and close the lid on yourself. Take control of your career path and create a rewarding and meaningful working life. | 9/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Management with Jeff Hunt 4: Rewarding | Learn to design meaningful reward systems that involve recognition and praise, compensation for performance, compensation for contribution, and compensation for potential. | 9/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Management with Jeff Hunt 3: Assessing | Learn to transform the dreaded annual review into a meaningful conversation that clarifies expectations, uses qualitative and quantitative criteria, and looks ahead at issues of both succession and promotion. | 9/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Management with Jeff Hunt 2: Managing | Learn to manage with coaching and feedback, support and training, and proactively addressing complex issues as they arise. | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Management with Jeff Hunt 1: Planning | Learn to cascade your vision and values throughout the organization with strategic objectives, relevant position descriptions and timely employee training. | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Self-Care. A Smart Career Move 5: Keeping Yourself Centered and Attentive | We get so busy doing our jobs that we can forget who we are. Do you know the difference between you and your job description? Learn how to be attentive to what makes you distinct and come alive at work. | 7/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Self-Care. A Smart Career Move 4: Challenging Yourself to Achieve | Feels great to complete a task, make a change, or achieve a goal, doesn't it?! Give yourself the gift of a challenge. You'll be amazed by how much energy and self-confidence you gain. | 7/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Self-Care. A Smart Career Move 3: Learning and Developing Yourself | People change. We grow and develop over time. This reality needs to be incorporated into our self-care or we'll get bored and rusty. How can we be intentional about learning new skills, developing our capabilities and expanding our responsibilities? | 7/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Self-Care. A Smart Career Move 2: Staying Inspired and Motivated | We are not robots. If we get discouraged or overwhelmed, our spirits sag and our performance suffers. How do we stay motivated to do our best in turbulent times? | 7/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Self-Care. A Smart Career Move 1: Thriving Instead of Merely Surviving | Neither arrogant entitlement nor antagonistic self-protection, self-care is realizing that you're the one who has to show up and perform every day, and you can't do that well if you're overwhelmed, overstressed, bored or afraid of losing your job. | 6/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Job Hunting in a Difficult Market 4: Your Job Hunting Strategy | When your ideal dream job is not available what are your alternatives? How do you decide what to do "in the mean time?" You are not condemned to waiting out the recession in a lousy job! | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Job Hunting in a Difficult Market 3: Who Can Help Me Get There? | For some of us, networking can feel like an exercise in professional exhibitionism. But you have people in your circles who want to help you, if you only knew what sort of help to ask for. Set the showmanship aside for a more authentic approach. | 5/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Job Hunting in a Difficult Market 2: What Do I Bring To The Table? | Do you need a resume makeover? Traditional resume categories don't always communicate our unique skills, attributes, working style, aspirations and transferable skills. What's the alternative? | 5/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Job Hunting in a Difficult Market 1: Tackling Discouragement | Between the tough economy, the massive lay-offs at many companies, and the mood of pessimism and fear, it can be difficult to muster the energy and attitude for a long job hunt. How do you keep yourself in the game so that you are making the job contacts you need and coming across as an attractive candidate? | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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100th Episode of Working Matters! Join the fun!! | In this special 40-minute episode, Karl, Claudia and Jorge celebrate 100 episodes of Working Matters. Join the celebration and enjoy their no-agenda, no-holds barred banter about work, life and, of course, American Idol. Thanks for your part in making Working Matters the insightful and helpful gathering place for healthy working cultures that it is. | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tangible Accountability 5: Criteria That Builds In Meaningful Measurement | Instead of setting arbitrary goals, build in criteria for progress that will result in better decision-making. | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tangible Accountability 4: Motivators That Build In Lifelong Learning | Instead of blaming after the fact, build in opportunities to learn from mistakes, changes and the unexpected. | 4/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tangible Accountability 3: Relationships That Build In Constructive Support | Instead of working in isolation, build in regular communication and opportunities to ask questions. | 4/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tangible Accountability 2: Structures That Build In Actual Results | Instead of chaotic busyness, build in the processes, schedules and meetings that will move your work forward. | 3/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tangible Accountability 1: How CEO's and Politicians Have It Backwards | Accountability should work for you instead of against you. It's not a blame game or an excuse to micromanage. | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Peace with Work 5: Replacing Resentment with Engagement | Is there an alternative to mounting bitterness or giving up? | 3/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Peace with Work 4: Replacing Excuses with Intention | Is there an alternative to letting yourself off the hook? | 3/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Peace with Work 3: Replacing Isolation with Collaboration | Is there an alternative to doing everything yourself? | 2/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Peace with Work 2: Replacing Busyness with Rhythm | Is there an alternative to being overwhelmed, disorganized or frantic? | 2/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Peace with Work 1: Reality Can Be Difficult | Is there an alternative to hating your job? | 2/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faking Authenticity #5: When Wanting Others to Respond | Tempted to fake it when your fate lies in others' hands. | 12/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faking Authenticity #4: When Wanting to Perform | Tempted to fake it when deadlines loom. | 12/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faking Authenticity #3: When Wanting to Confront | Tempted to fake it when complex problems arise. | 12/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faking Authenticity #2: When Wanting to Impress | Tempted to fake it when promotions are on the line. | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faking Authenticity #1: Trying to Buy Credibility Cheap | Authenticity is a huge source of credibility. How ironic that many try to fake it. | 11/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toughing Out a Tough Job #5: When You Hate Your Job | Just when it couldn't get any worse, we discover new ideas for survival. | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toughing Out a Tough Job #4: When the Conflict is Constant | How to endure horrible people without harming them. | 11/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toughing Out a Tough Job #3: When the Workload is Overwhelming | Fresh ideas for getting organized and getting perspective. | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toughing Out a Tough Job #2: When It Couldn't Get More Boring | Coming up with creative alternatives that invest in your future. | 10/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toughing Out a Tough Job #1: When Leaving Isn't the Best Option | It's not always possible or wise to leave an awful job situation. Bummer? | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Playing By the Rules Backfires #5: The Rule Keeper | When loyal compliance can stifle creativity and change. | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Playing By the Rules Backfires #4: The Enforcer | When enforcing company policy can create negative perceptions of you. | 10/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Playing By the Rules Backfires #3: The Peacekeeper | When mollifying others can diminish yourself. | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Playing By the Rules Backfires #2: The Silent Achiever | When trusting the system can hinder your advancement. | 9/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Playing By the Rules Backfires #1: The Literalist | When sticking to your job description can limit your growth. | 9/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uncertainty and Stress #5: Stay Connected to Your Relationship Network | What you can do to stay in touch with an array of people over time. | 8/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uncertainty and Stress #4: Build Your Transferable Skills | What you can do to understand your value in any firm or field. | 8/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uncertainty and Stress #3: Know Where Your Money is Going | What you can do to experience more control over your personal finances. | 7/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uncertainty and Stress #2: Add Value to Your Current Job | What you can do to stay relevant, add value and be perceived as key to the team. | 7/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uncertainty and Stress #1: Taking the Stress Out of Uncertainty | Are you losing time and energy stressing about what you cannot control? | 7/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Influencing Others #4: Organizing for Trust and Results | Implementing high levels of empowerment and accountability. | 6/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Influencing Others #3: Clarity and Commitment to the Team | Organizing around the people who are going to get us where we're going. | 6/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Influencing Others #2: Clarity and Buy-in to the Mission | Getting on the same page about where we are going. | 6/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Influencing Others #1: Empowerment and Accountability as Partners | Everyone functioning to the best of their potential toward the mission of the organization. | 5/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strategic Planning #5: A Matter of Perspective | Perspective in planning makes better decision-making today. | 5/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strategic Planning #4: Focusing on the Present | Free to laser focus on what I need to be about today. | 5/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strategic Planning #3: Learning from the Past | Practicing continual attentiveness and making adjustments along the way. | 5/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strategic Planning #2: Shaping the Future | Your contribution can really make a difference if you will choose to show up. | 4/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strategic Planning #1: The Tennis Player's Stance | Honing both a proactive plan of attack and a reactive readiness to respond. | 4/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Decision-Making #5: Practical Challenges We Face | Practical examples where effective decision-making proves crucial. | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Decision-Making #4: Becoming More Poised | Learning to remove your ego and fear of blame from the process. | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Decision-Making #3: Becoming More Timely | Learning to discern degrees of time-criticalness. | 4/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Decision-Making #2: Becoming More Intentional | Learning to be more outcome-focused and grounded in reality. | 3/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Decision-Making #1: Battling Unfortunate Patterns | Do you rashly shoot from the hip, or analyze data forever? | 3/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bad Resolution Recovery #4: Rigid Disciplinarians | Too rigorous and there's no joy. | 2/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bad Resolution Recovery #3: Half-Hearted Intentions | No plan and life will certainly intrude and sabotage. | 2/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bad Resolution Recovery #2: Don't Bother Cynics | Past failures need not be reasons to give up. | 2/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bad Resolution Recovery #1: Sweeping Changers | Biting off too much at once may be overwhelming. | 2/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Recovering From Bad New Year's Resolutions | Get your resolutions to work for you instead of against you. | 1/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tech Changes 4: Swamped by the Communication Tidal Wave? | How available should you be when communication access is 24/7? | 1/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tech Changes 3: Leaders Lost in Database Hell | How to avoid being overwhelmed by reports and information. | 1/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tech Changes 2: The Upgrade Investment Quandary | Decision-making criteria for software and equipment upgrades. | 12/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tech Changes 1: Gadget Obsession or Early Adoption? | How to decide whether being an early adopter is serving you well. | 12/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Technology Change: New Tools or New Obstacles? | Finding the pace of change that is best for your firm. | 12/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Challenges Facing Non-Profits 4: Working with Volunteers | Motivation and accountability without pay or contracts. | 11/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Challenges Facing Non-Profits 3: Can You Measure Success? | Developing meaningful goals and standards. | 11/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Challenges Facing Non-Profits 2: Never Enough Money | What to do when raising money overwhelms your mission. | 11/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Challenges Facing Non-Profits 1: Unhealthy Board/Director Dynamics | Avoid the extremes of meddlesome boards or tyrant directors. | 11/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Enterprising Teams 5: A Bias Toward Action | Enough talk... Change your policies and procedures to match your words. | 11/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Enterprising Teams 4: Learning to Learn | Helping your team play at (and stay at) the top of their game. | 10/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Enterprising Teams 3: Communicating Seamlessly | Information is power to share not withhold. | 10/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Enterprising Teams 2: Trust as Currency | Employees are not the enemy. Your credibility is more valuable than gold. | 10/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Enterprising Teams 1: Getting Exponential Results | Build teams that connect, share purpose and coordinate powerfully. | 10/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vocational Passion 5: Using the Passion Finder Workbook | Work through our new reflection tool with us. | 9/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vocational Passion 4: Planning Your Next Steps | Make plans appropriate to the degree of your clarity. | 9/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vocational Passion 3: Gathering Insights about What Energizes You | Look for themes, insights and/or questions that arise. | 9/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vocational Passion 2: Brainstorming in New Categories | Think about yourself and what you bring to the table differently. | 9/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vocational Passion 1: Work Worth Waking Up For | Insist on making a meaningful contribution in your work. | 8/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Workplace Cultures 5: Things We Can Do To Change our Workplace Culture | Showing up differently myself, collaborating with others, talking to those with power. | 7/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Workplace Cultures 4: Atmosphere that shapes the Flavor | The atmosphere can sabotage or facilitate effective work. | 7/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Workplace Cultures 3: Processes that give Form | Our processes and procedures can work for us or against us. | 7/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Workplace Cultures 2: Values that provide Guidance | Our values shape how we make decisions, structure systems and treat people. | 6/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Workplace Cultures 1: A Helpful Perspective on Work | We need to look at the workplace as having a culture of its own. | 6/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Reviews 4: Critiquing the Working Relationships | Move from feared task-master to success-ensuring resource. | 6/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Reviews 3: Discussing Work Quality and Quantity | Move from blame-based evaluations to trust-based self critiques. | 6/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Reviews 2: Setting Goals and Standards | Responsibility soars when employees set their own performance goals and standards. | 5/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Reviews 1: The Great Missed Opportunity | Go from dreaded day of judgment to anticipated opportunity to collaborate. | 5/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Idol Insight 4: Competition Among Team Members | Do we really want our team members to do poorly? | 5/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Idol Insight 3: When Feedback Feels Like a Personal Slam | Learn to listen for substance when supervisors fly off the handle. | 5/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Idol Insight 2: Don't Mess With the Melody | You don't have to choose between being the rebelious maverick or the compliant lemming. | 4/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Idol Insight 1: A Singing or A Voting Competition? | Substance or style? What does it take to get ahead at work? | 4/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving a Bad Boss 4: The People-Pleaser | When the boss's conflict avoidance becomes your problem. | 4/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving a Bad Boss 3: The Overwhelmed Boss | Partnering with a supervisor in over their head. | 4/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving a Bad Boss 2: The Visionary | Surviving when your boss falls in love with their own ideas. | 3/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving a Bad Boss 1: The MicroManager | Strategies for getting out from under the ever-watchful thumb. | 3/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving a Bad Boss | Learning to Work with a Variety of Supervisors. | 3/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 5: Safe Enough to Risk Failure | People are willing to take risks when failure is viewed as a learning opportunity. | 3/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 4: Are There Opportunities To Connect and Belong Here? | People want to be an integral part of something bigger than themselves. | 2/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 3: Will I Be Able To Learn and Develop Here? | People change and what if their jobs could change with them? | 2/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 2: Can I Contribute and Make a Difference Here? | People are motivated only to the extent that they feel their efforts matter. | 2/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Facts 1: The Hard Facts about Working with People | Learn what makes people come alive at work and give it their all. | 1/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 5: Influence versus Control | Empowerment and accountability are inseparable components of effective influence. | 1/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 4: Both Proactive and Reactive in Strategic Thinking | Get fresh perspectives by taking a step back | 1/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3: Decision-making with Poise | Striking a balance between proactive and reactive decision-making skills. | 12/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2: No Excuses, The Gift You Give Yourself | No Excuses, The Gift You Give Yourself. | 12/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1: Is Performance Coaching Right For You? | Feeling Stuck? Isolated? Overwhelmed? How to decide whether a performance coach is a luxury or a necessity. | 11/14/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 199 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Excellent Advise for Leaders/Managers/Trend-Setters
This podcast presents a wonderful distillation of many of Karl Edwards’ ideas and insights into formulating a healthy culture of work. His tips are both practical and insightful. He covers issues of personal/professional development, and how to more effectively relate to others in our various work settings. (I work in academic administration at UC Berkeley.) Each podcast is formatted as a dialogue/interview, which makes for a fun listen. Highly recommended!
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