The Great Work Podcast
By Michael Bungay Stanier
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Description
Box of Crayons' Senior Partner, Michael Bungay Stanier talks to inspiring leaders and thinkers about how they find, start, and sustain their Great Work.
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CleanThe Last Ever Great Work Podcast! | If you’ve been a long-time listener to this podcast, you know that I’ve interviewed an eclectic bunch of people over the years. Sure, there’s been thought leaders and authors, but I’ve also talked to advocates for disability rights and a | 10/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobert Fritz on Structural Relationships | The other day I was rereading one of my favourite books of all time, The Managerial Moment of Truth. Robert Fritz is the co-author, and he is a giant in the management field, delving into how structural relationships impact behaviour, from individuals | 8/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSir John Whitmore Takes on Coaching for Performance | Sir John Whitmore was a pioneer of the coaching industry. He passed away earlier this year, but his legacy will live on forever. He had a fascinating, full life. After a career as a professional racing-car driver, John established the field | 8/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDr. Jason Fox Takes a Stand against the Delusion of Progress | Dr. Jason Fox is a smart, savvy Australian who brings together insights on change management and making a difference, self-management and being strategic. And he does it all with a kind of Dungeons & Dragons swagger and pirate sensibility. He’s | 7/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFour Ways to Improve a Meeting | Pointless. Mind-numbing. Soul-sucking. You know what I’m talking about: meetings. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this video, I share my three favourite f-words that will help you hold better, more useful and more effective meetings, as | 7/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJonathan Raymond on How Personal Growth Is Professional Growth | We’ve all been there. Those times when we are trying our very best, but we’re still not having the impact we want to have in our role as a leader, manager or colleague. If that sounds vaguely familiar, I think | 7/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlexander Osterwalder Takes on the Blah Blah Blah of Corporate Life | I’ve been there and I’m sure you have too — that meeting where people just drone on, saying the same thing in a multitude of different ways. It’s soul-sucking. I love that Alexander Osterwalder is rallying against the “blah blah bl | 6/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Renewal Workshop on Building a Team to Save the World | Today I’m speaking to Nicole Bassett and Jeff Denby, the founders of the Renewal Workshop. The Renewal Workshop is a very cool start-up apparel company that helps apparel brands close the loop on their products. They partner with companies to help | 6/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Build a Better Reputation | People who have a great reputation tend to succeed, and that often becomes a virtuous circle: success leads to improved reputation; an improved reputation leads to greater success. What are you known for? Discover the distinction between resumé values | 6/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMarina Darlow Finds Freedom in Systems | Are you looking to be more productive? Then settle in for this interview with my guest Marina Darlow. Marina is a project manager and productivity geek. It’s her job to create systems and structures for creative types and entrepreneurs who | 6/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBrigadier General (Rt’d) Bernie Banks Shakes the Mediocrity Tree | Meet Bernie Banks. He’s a noted expert on the subjects of leadership and organizational change. He retired in 2016 from the US Army as brigadier general. Prior to that, he successfully led West Point’s Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadershi | 5/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Love Your Job a Little Bit More | I know there are times when you’re showing up at your job and you’re not as excited as you might be. You’ve kind of lost the zest and the juice of the work you’re doing. If that rings true for you, | 5/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSteve Olsher Says DON’T Follow Your Bliss, Discover Your “What” | I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “Do what you love and the money will follow.” That advice can be ambiguous, a bit wifty-wafty. Well, my next guest is on a mission to help people focus on “what puts fire in their | 5/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBrian Scudamore on Setting a Vision | Today I’m talking to Brian Scudamore, founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? When Brian was eighteen, he dropped out of high school. Then he talked his way into college, only to drop out again. Finally, he took $700 to start 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a home service | 4/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPaul Niven Makes You Care about Strategy Again | Today I’m talking with Paul Niven, who is taking a stand against the frustratingly low levels of strategy execution in organizations here in North America and around the world. Paul is the co-author of Objectives and Key Results: Driving Focus, | 4/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanChristine Porath Takes on the Rude Workplace | If you’ve ever felt that someone has been rude or uncivil to you at work, I think you’ll really enjoy today’s conversation. My guest is Christine Porath, associate professor of management at McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University an | 3/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRyan Nicodemus Unpacks Minimalism | If you’ve had conflicting thoughts about minimalism, you’re not alone. One of the core values here at Box of Crayons is elegance — finding the simplest, cleanest form of something. But I also love art and gifts; I’m not somebody | 3/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBill Taylor Goes beyond Fast Company | If you read or have read Fast Company, you may already be familiar with Bill Taylor. He’s one of the magazine’s co-founders; he’s also the author of a terrific new book called Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things | 2/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Have a Better Year | Here we are, settling into February. For many of us, all of our good intentions for how 2017 will be different have gone quietly by the wayside. However, there’s no better time to get back on track, and to get clarity on | 2/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Roam Draws His Way to the Truth | I first interviewed my guest today, Dan Roam, about five years ago. He is the author of several books on the power of drawing; his latest is Draw to Win: A Crash Course on How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate with Your | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSrinivas Rao Takes on the Temptations of Conformity | Srinivas Rao has interviewed over six hundred people on his podcast Unmistakable Creative. He’s also the author of a new book titled Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better than Best. In it, Srinivas tells the story of quitting his job to pursue his drea | 12/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaria Konnikova Takes on Cons | Have you ever been conned? I know I have. If you’ve ever felt a little vulnerable, you’re going to enjoy this conversation with my guest Maria Konnikova. Maria’s a New York Times bestselling author. Her first book, Mastermind: How to Think | 12/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRyan Holiday Takes on Ego | Ryan Holiday is a media strategist and prominent writer on strategy and business. His best-known book is The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, and he has a new book out titled Ego Is the | 11/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMatthew May Takes on Flawed Thinking | I loved Matthew May’s 2010 book, In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing. It was a seminal text for me. He now has a new book out, titled Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal | 11/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKarin Hurt Takes on Soulless Managers | Business books can sometimes be too abstract; sometimes they’re too tactical. It’s like with Goldilocks: you’re looking for that perfect combination of not too much, not too little, but just right. Well, today I’m talking to Karin Hurt, co-auth | 10/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCal Newport Takes on a Distracted World | At Box of Crayons, our bigger purpose is to help people in organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work. So it’s a real pleasure to be talking with today’s guest, Cal Newport. Cal is an associate professor of | 10/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow You Can Be More Resilient | How do you build your personal resilience, and why is it so important to do so? Well, you may have heard the term “VUCA world” — a volatile, uncertain, chaotic and ambiguous world. Chances are you can see elements of all four playing out in | 10/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJenny Blake on What’s Next for Me | I met Jenny Blake when she worked for Google, where she was doing internal coaching and career development and helping manage Authors@Google. She left Google in 2011 to launch her first book. Then, interestingly, Jenny spent a number of years | 9/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Best Prepare for Times of Stress | Everybody has those days where they feel a little more anxiety, a little more stress, than usual. I recently heard a quote that was attributed to a Navy SEAL: “Under stress, you sink to the level of your training.” Such a | 9/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmy Whitaker on the Bridge Between the Creative and the Practical | Around 2004, Dan Pink said—and I’m paraphrasing here—“The MFA is actually the new MBA because these are the skills that are required to really flourish in work.” However, figuring out how to bring our creative selves into a hectic, often | 9/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBill Jensen on Simplicity | In The Simplicity Survival Handbook, Bill Jensen offers up — in a way that is practical and easy to read — strategies for doing less but accomplishing more. Bill was one of my very first Great Work Podcast interviews, so it’s appropriate | 9/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJessica Hagy on the Importance of Curiosity | Jessica Hagy is an artist, a visual storyteller and the author of the book How to Be Interesting. I spoke to Jessica three or so years ago and was truly impressed by her wake-up call to be the hero of our own | 9/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJennifer Louden on Creating Daily Joy | If you’ve read this blog or listened to my interviews over the years, you’ll be familiar with Jennifer Louden. Jen is part of my Brain Trust, a group of mastermind people who support each other through strategy and tactics, hugs and arse | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobert Biswas-Diener on Courage | Here at Box of Crayons we often talk about how Great Work has three key attributes: focus, courage and resilience. Four years ago, I interviewed Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener about his book The Courage Quotient, which explores the science of courage and my | 9/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Stay Courageous in the Scary Moments | There are times when we are called forth to be a bigger, bolder, better version of ourselves. To do so, we need courage. When we can access our courage, it allows us to take a stand and gives us a | 9/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPamela Slim on Helping People Do Great Work | Before writing the powerful and transformative book Body of Work, Pamela Slim was best known for her Escape from Cubicle Nation, an impassioned plea to organizations to let people do Great Work — or let them go free. That’s when I first intervie | 9/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLisa Bodell on Challenging the Status Quo | I’m a big believer in the saying that, with the exception of gravity, all rules are negotiable. Lisa Bodell, founder and CEO of futurethink, as well as the author of the provocative culture-change book Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start a | 9/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPhilip Zimbardo on Being a Hero in Training | Philip Zimbardo is a psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He’s probably best known for his book The Lucifer Effect, which is a powerful and disturbing look at why good people do bad things, based on the findings of the | 9/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSally Hogshead on How to Fascinate | My friend Sally Hogshead is a New York Times bestselling author and world-class branding expert. Her book How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination is based on the premise that to become more successful, | 8/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRaj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism | This week during our month-long 300th-episode celebration, I’m bringing back some of the most provocative interviews I’ve had over the past few years of podcasting. One of those thought-provoking conversations was with Raj Sisodia, who waves t | 8/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDaniel Witthaus on Open Conversations | Daniel Witthaus is a gay rights advocate and education activist on a mission to eliminate homophobia. In 2002 he launched Pride & Prejudice, an educational program aimed at helping secondary school teachers challenge homophobia in their classrooms. Si | 8/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGina Trapani on Choices | Gina Trapani is a web developer and writer, and one of the most influential people in technology — she was recently named as among the 100 most awesome women in the open source community. I’m revisiting this interview with Gina as part | 8/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTal Ben-Shahar on Happiness | As you know, dear reader, we are in the midst of celebrating of our 300th episode of the Great Work Podcast, and I’m reaching into the vaults to pull out some of the most enlightened, most profound conversations I’ve had | 8/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLeo Babauta on Zen Habits | Leo Babauta is a guy I have long known, admired and liked. He’s been a guest on this podcast twice over the years, and these interviews are some of the most popular here on the Great Work Podcast. He’s the | 8/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBJ Fogg on Behaviour Change | When it comes to rewiring our patterns, one of the biggest names in behaviour change is BJ Fogg. He’s a teacher at Stanford University, where he leads the Persuasion Technology Lab, and also the force behind the website Tiny Habits. | 8/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCharles Duhigg on Building Habits | Hello and welcome to week 2 of our Great Work Podcast 300th-episode celebration. All this week I’ll be pulling out the best of the best from our vaults to highlight fascinating conversations featuring actionable insights. Be sure to comment here on | 8/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Siegel on Integration | As part of the research for this month-long celebration of our 300th podcast, I took a look back at some of the most popular episodes, and in that Top 10 is this conversation with Dan Siegel. Dan is a clinical | 8/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMary Beth O’Neill on Leading with Backbone and Heart | Mary Beth O’Neill is one of my heroes. I spoke with her back in 2011, and it’s a conversation that still resonates today. (Plus it is one of my most popular podcasts from the previous 300 episodes.) She is the author of | 8/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDanielle LaPorte on Being Your True Self | We’re on a roll with our month-long 300th-episode celebration. So I’m pleased to share my conversation with Danielle LaPorte, which took place a few years ago. Danielle writes and speaks extensively on how to live an authentic, damn good life | 8/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Coyle on the Neuroscience of Talent | As part of our celebration of 300 episodes of the Great Work Podcast, I’m revisiting a handful of conversations that feature astute insights and actionable takeaways. I spoke to Dan Coyle, author of The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born; It | 8/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBrené Brown on How to Be Vulnerable | As part of our month-long celebration of our 300th-episode milestone, I’m revisiting some of my favourite, most provocative, most popular and most insightful Great Work Podcast conversations. I’m kicking things off with a riveting discussion I | 8/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThree Lessons Learned from 300 Podcasts | Today is a huge milestone for the Great Work Podcast. It’s the 300th episode since the podcast launched back in 2009, when it was originally called Great Work Interviews. I wanted to take this moment to reflect on some of | 8/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You’re Looking for the Best Advice | In a quandary? Don’t know what to do? We all have moments when we aren’t sure which path is the right one for us. I’m sharing a short poem by Marie Howe, called “My Dead Friends.” I think you may | 8/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMy Four Favourite Books to Build Resilience | We live in a “VUCA” time: Volatile, Unpredictable, Complex and Ambiguous. To survive, you need to be developing your own sense of personal resilience. I have four books to share with you. In each one I think there are some | 7/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTo Serve Is to Live, with Frances Hesselbein | When I think about the icons of management and leadership theorists, not many names come to mind. But a few do. Peter Block, Peter Drucker, Frances Hesselbein. In this interview, I had the deep pleasure of speaking with Frances from her | 7/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You Feel Too Old or It Feels Too Late | We’ve all been there. Those days when we feel a little lost, perhaps too old to try something new or like you’ve missed the bus on an opportunity. The ability for you to do your Great Work really comes down | 7/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmy Cuddy on Power, Presence & Your Boldest Self | I’m excited to be speaking to Amy Cuddy, who you may remember from her incredible TED Talk on power poses. Amy has a new book out, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, in which she presents the underlying | 7/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You’ve Got a Difficult Decision to Make | Can making a difficult decision be as simple as finding the easy way, and stepping into a more comfortable pattern? Listen to this poem and decide for yourself. https://s3.amazonaws.com/movie-boxofcrayonsshorts/GreenScreen/When-youve-got-a-difficult-dec | 6/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRon Friedman Takes on Bad Workplaces | Did you know that over 80% of the world’s employees are disengaged at work? That figure is both enormous and depressing. Unfortunately, too many workplaces can be a mediocre environment — the kind of environment that saps people’s spirit, engagem | 6/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhitney Johnson on How to Get to the Next Level | When you are up to your eyeballs in the Good Work you do every day, it’s sometimes impossible to figure out how to level up and get to your Great Work. That’s why I’m excited to be speaking to Whitney Johnson, | 6/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Stay Focused in a World of Distractions | It’s a distracting world out there. In the overwhelm of our workday, it’s easy to fall into the trap of trying to do it all at once. We’ve all been there—checking email while on a conference call or switching between | 6/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTaking on Change: Nancy Duarte & Patti Sanchez | Nancy Duarte, who has been a guest on this podcast more than once, is the well-known author of Slide:ology, a mind-blowing book about how to make PowerPoint not suck, as well as Resonate, which focuses on design. She’s also been one of the forces | 6/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Lead More and Control Less | I’m really happy to be talking to Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff, the founders of Future Search. They have a terrific new book out called Lead More, Control Less: 8 Advanced Leadership Skills That Overturn Convention. In this conversation the th | 5/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s the Right Kind of Crazy? Interview with Adam Steltzner | No doubt you are familiar with the phrase “Well, it’s not rocket science.” But you know, sometimes it actually is rocket science, and that’s what’s perfect about this next podcast interview I’ve got to share with you. I talk to Adam | 5/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 3 Best Books for Everyday Creativity | There’s a challenge with creativity and the way we think about it in our organizational life: it’s not part of our job description. It’s really important for all of us to understand that creativity is actually an everyday activity. It’s | 5/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Pontefract Uncovers the Purpose Effect | If Good Work is your job description, and getting stuff done for your organization, Great Work is about the work that has more impact, but also the work that has more meaning. It’s the work that lights you up. It’s | 5/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy You Need to Start Avoiding the Easy Answers | There’s a quote that always makes me laugh. It’s this: for every problem there’s an answer that’s simple, straightforward, and wrong. One of the key challenges that we face in our organizational life, is that we’re always looking for the | 5/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSally Osberg on How We Can Get Beyond Better | My guest today, Sally Osberg. She’s the CEO of the Skoll Foundation, and if you’re in the world of a social entrepreneurship you know that name well. Sally and Roger Martin, a previous guest on this podcast, have written a | 5/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Help Your Team Get Smarter | As a leader and manager, you want to help your team thrive and grow. To do that, you also need to help them learn. People learn when you create an opportunity to stop for a moment and reflect upon what | 4/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNir Eyal On Challenging Convention | You can probably guess that I’m interested in habits. I mean, after all, I’ve just published a book called The Coaching Habit, and maybe you’ve heard my podcast interviews with some people who I think are real thought leaders in this | 4/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDoes Culture Trump Strategy? With Dee Ann Turner | What comes first: culture or strategy? My guest today is Dee Ann Turner, who’s been the VP of Global Talent for Chick-fil-A for 30-some years. She’s also the author of a new book, It’s My Pleasure: The Impact of Extraordinary Talent | 4/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSarah Green Carmichael on the Best New Ideas | Sarah Green Carmichael is an editor at Harvard Business Review. She is also the host of the HBR podcast called “The HBR IdeaCast” and has worked at HBR now for ten years. So Sarah has seen ideas come and go, | 4/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You’re Looking for Inspiration | I love this poem by Yeats. It touches upon how ordinary moments can be the catalyst for profound happiness, freedom and epiphanies. https://s3.amazonaws.com/movie-boxofcrayonsshorts/GreenScreen/When-youre-looking-for-inspiration.mp3 You can bookmark thi | 4/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTop Questions Every Manager Should Know | One of the questions I hear all the time is, “So what are the best coaching questions for me as a manager and a leader?” Tune into this podcast as I make the case for giving a little less advice and having | 3/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs Management Permanently Broken? Interview with David Burkus | David Burkus is a busy man. He’s an author, a professor, a professional speaker, a podcaster and a tireless crusader for tearing down the wall between the ivory tower and the corner office. He’s also put a new book out | 3/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNeil Pasricha on Can You Find Happiness? | You probably know Neil Pasricha from his amazingly successful Little Book of Awesome series, or perhaps his fantastic TED Talk. He’s just released a new book called The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything. In this conver | 3/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Overcome Barriers to Coaching In Your Organization | One of the questions that comes up quite regularly when we’re talking to our clients at Box of Crayons is this: So, what are the barriers to coaching in the workplace? Coaching is a foundational skill for managers and leaders. And | 3/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmy Gallo on the Smartest Way to Manage Conflict at Work | Are you are a seeker of conflict or an avoider of conflict? Today I’m talking to Amy Gallo (AmyEGallo.com), the author of the HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work, a really practical, useful book. She also runs workshops on conflict | 3/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanShould You Embrace your Dark Side? With Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener | We’ve had Todd Kashdan on before talking about his book, Curious. We’ve had Robert Biswas-Diener on before talking about his book, The Courage Quotient. But somehow, without me really noticing, these guys got together, paired up, and have written a | 2/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Best Manage Your Fear and Anxiety | Fear and anxiety are a double-edged sword – they can both shut you down or help propel you to new heights. In this nine minute video, you’ll discover: What role “catastrophization” plays and how to avoid going down that path The | 2/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDorie Clark on How to Stand Out | The concept of the personal brand has been around for some time now, but in the freelance economy and the era of portfolio careers, it’s never been more relevant. How do you develop your own brand and accelerate your own | 2/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You Feel You Might Have Lost Your Way | We’ve all been there… those agonizing moments of self-doubt, or worse, when you feel like you’ve lost touch with who you are and who you were meant to be. Take a few minutes out of your day to listen to | 2/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 3 Best Books to Increase Your Impact at Work | Are you ticking things off your to-do list or are you having a deeper impact at work? In this video, I reveal my top three books (and the lessons I’ve gleaned from them.) Listen in as I cover: Why bad | 1/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 4 Best Books on How to Build New Habits | Coaching is a simple cycle. Insight, about yourself or about others, leads to behaviour change. In other words, insight allows you to think differently, which leads to positive impact, which leads to new insight. And hopefully that virtuous circle feeds | 1/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWill MacAskill on Doing Good Better | Will MacAskill is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford. as well as the cofounder of two non-profits: 80,000 Hours,and Giving What We Can. He’s also the author of a new book called Doing Good Better, which is | 1/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKristoffer KC Carter on Finding a Fully Integrated Life | Kristoffer Carter, K.C., as he is known to everybody, is head of learning and development for Centro, a Chicago-based marketing and advertising digital media firm. That’s where he launched The Pause, a mindfulness & meditation program that has h | 1/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLiz Wiseman on Rookie Smarts | Liz Wiseman is the author of Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. She teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world and she’s the president and founder of the Wiseman Group, a | 12/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 3 Best Books to Increase Your Helpfulness | It’s a tricky task to help people. On the one hand, your heart says, “Let me help you. Let me serve.” On the other hand, the very act of trying to do that often creates resistance to the very thing | 12/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKevin Nakao on Taking the Pulse of Employee Happiness | Today, I’m speaking with Kevin Nakao. He is the head of employee engagement and marketing at TINYPulse, a company that helps give leaders a pulse on how happy, burnt out, or frustrated their employees are. Kevin has a BA in philosophy | 11/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBob Chapman on Why Everybody Matters | Bob Chapman is the CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, and the author of a very good book, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family. The heart of Barry-Wehmiller’s vision, is to use the power of business to | 11/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat to Do When Your Boss is Crazy | I’ve had one, you’ve had one, we’ve all had one… at some point in your career you’ve encountered a boss who is perhaps a little bit nuts. Or evil. Or nuts and evil. It can sometimes make work feel like | 10/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to be More Honest in Your Communication | I’m not calling you a bald-faced liar. But we all practise deception in our communication with those who matter to us, from co-workers to loved ones. Sometimes they’re sins of omission rather than commission. But all those deceptions keep us | 10/9/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMichael Port on Stealing the Show | Much of life is a performance. From interviews to negotiations to first dates, we’re in high stakes situations all the time. So how do we ensure our best performance in these spotlight moments? Michael Port – actor, speaker, author and | 10/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBetter, Faster, Stronger: How to Quickly Find Your Best Ideas and Turn Them Into Profit | Today’s business environment is ruled by disruptive technology and rapid change. If you want to stay at the head of the pack, you have to remain hungry and competitive. Here, I talk with Jeremy Gutsche, CEO of Trend Hunter and | 10/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLaurel Braitman on Collaboration, Creativity & Animal Madness | My friend Dr. Laurel Braitman has written a big-hearted book about animals and how they thrive – and don’t thrive – in human company and what that says about us. Her book, Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants | 9/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOn Improving Resilience: In Conversation with Carlos Davidovich | If you’ve been listening to this podcast for awhile, you may know that I talk about three core characteristics required to do more great work. One of them is resilience, and that’s what we’re going to be talking about today | 6/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInspired Change: Activating Your Team’s Potential | I get excited when I think about teams, because I think they are a real force of change and impact within most organizations. A good team is a wonderful thing. But if you’re like me, you’ve probably been on some | 6/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Legacy of Learning with Kevin Wilde | Kevin Wilde is the maestro of learning at General Mills, but after a 17-year career with the company, he’s now in the process of wrapping up and moving on to his next challenge. During his time at General Mills, Kevin | 5/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Art of Workforce Science: Creating Better, More Engaged Employees | I’m really excited to talk to my guest today, Michael Housman. He’s the chief analytics officer at Cornerstone, but he describes himself as a workforce scientist. His webpage is called Decoding the Workforce, and he has devoted his career to | 5/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow To Do Better Business – Faster | Folks who are regular listeners of this podcast know that I’m fairly scornful of most business books. But I’m pretty excited to be talking today with Shane Snow, a web technology journalist and entrepreneur, and author of the new book Smartcuts: | 4/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLeo Babauta on Mastering the Art of Change | The interview was conducted before the holidays, when Leo Babauta of Zen Habits was promoting his new book, Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change, through Kickstarter. He is a guy who I have long known, admired and liked. Leo was one | 3/26/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBecoming More Mindful, One Breath at a Time | There’s a lot of interest lately in how mindfulness can lead to doing better work, and actually help us have a more meaningful life as we do our work. My guest today is Scott Eblin, author of a new book | 3/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNiels Pflaeging on the Complex Workplace & How to Thrive | There’s something broken about the way we think about change, and about how we show up and work on a daily basis. So I’m really excited to be talking today with Niels Pflaeging, the author of Organize for Complexity, which | 2/12/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJen Louden on How to Find Daily Joy | Jen Louden is the author of eight books, including her latest, A Year of Daily Joy. She has also been part of what I call the Brain Trust, our mastermind group, for about eight years. I’m thrilled to connect with | 1/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOverwhelmed, Overconnected & Overstretched: How to Deal | We all know what it’s like to feel overwhelmed, over-connected and overstretched. I’ve read a lot of books on the subject, and one of the very best I’ve read recently is by Brigid Schulte, an award-winning journalist for The Washington | 1/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWarren Berger on the Art of Questioning | My guest today is Warren Berger, who has just put out a terrific book called A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas. He writes weekly for Fast Company and Harvard Business Review, and previously wrote | 12/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDoodling Around: An Artful Approach to Innovative Thinking | Long-time listeners of the Great Work Interviews know that I think design and visual literacy are important. So it’s exciting to talk to Sunni Brown, who is Infodoodler-in-Chief at Sunni Brown Ink and author of the new book The Doodle Revolution: | 11/7/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Subconscious, Getting People to Like You, and the Power of Storytelling | All of us need to influence others. To make an impact, we must convince the people around us that our ideas are worth considering. Today’s guest Roger Dooley, has fascinating insights into the subconscious, the most powerful word in marketing | 10/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCurtis Lefrandt, The Innovator’s Method | I recently had the pleasure of meeting Curtis Lefrandt, one of the principals at The Innovator’s DNA, which is a Silicon Valley-based innovation shop, training company and research engine. One of the organization’s co-founders is about to release a | 9/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSally Hogshead, How the World Sees You | My friend Sally Hogshead is a NYT bestselling author, whose new book, How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination, has rocketed to the top of the New York Times self-help and how-to-do-things list as well | 7/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTony Stubblebine, Lift | I’m really excited to be talking today with one of the leading thinkers in habit building. Tony Stubblebine is the CEO and co-founder of what used to be a habit app called Lift, but has evolved to become much more | 7/25/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKyle Richey, StridesApp.com | Lately we’ve been looking into how to build good habits so people can live better, happier and more productive lives. There are a bunch of apps out there to help build habits, and I use a couple of them, one | 7/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTina Nunno, The Wolf in CIO’s Clothing | Tina Nunno is a VP at Gartner, an IT research company. Her new e-book, The Wolf in CIO’s Clothing, deals with principles of thought leadership that apply whether you’re a CIO, a manager, a leader or even a regular person. Our conversation | 5/29/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSean Kavanagh, Ariel | This month at Box of Crayons, we’ve been looking at how to speak the hard truth. There’s a lot of pretty ordinary advice out there on giving feedback and having the tough conversations, but I recently bumped into a guy | 5/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMark Silver, Heart of Business | This month, we’re looking into the theme of speaking the hard truth. So when I was thinking to myself who would be a great person to talk to about it, my friend Mark Silver immediately came to mind. Mark runs | 5/9/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRita McGrath, The End of Competitive Advantage | “Strategy” is one of the most abused and least understood words in the business lexicon today. It gets slapped in front of anything to make ideas sound more important. And a lot of the books out there that purport to | 4/25/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRich Sheridan, Joy, Inc. | This month I’ve really been thinking about the general sense of fun and joy within organizations. So when I noticed a book called Joy, Inc., it got my attention. The book is written by Rich Sheridan, who’s the CEO of | 3/26/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTal Ben-Shahar, Choose the Life You Want | So today I’m talking with Tal Ben-Shahar, who is an expert on the topic of happiness. He wrote Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment, which was a New York Times bestseller, and he was also a | 3/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDave Heath, Bombas | Today I’m wearing a pair of awesome socks and they come from the Bombas sock guys who follow the “buy one, give one” business model. One of those guys is Dave Heath, and he’s joining me today to talk about | 2/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBob Sutton, Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less | Most business books I read aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. That’s why I’m very excited to be talking today with Bob Sutton, author of a really great business book called Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling | 2/6/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLea Belair, Walk on Water: How to Make Change Easier | So I’m talking today with one of the true stars of the Box of Crayons faculty. Lea Belair has an eclectic background that includes certification in yoga, philosophy, meditation, hypnotherapy and NLP. She’s also a partner at the Coaching Center | 1/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLeandro Herrero, Viral Change: The Alternative to Slow, Painful and Unsuccessful Management of Change in Organizations | Quite frankly, my impression of the success of organizational change is pretty grim. I think only about 10% or 11% of change projects actually have the desired impact. So I’m excited to talk to my guest today, Leandro Herrero, who | 1/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Pontefract, Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization | Dan Pontefract, who’s Head of Learning of TELUS. Dan has a lot of really practical experience thinking about how to get people aligned in doing meaningful work that makes a difference. He’s also speaking at the upcoming HRPA Conference. His | 1/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDaniel Witthaus, Pride and Prejudice | So here in Canada, we just celebrated 10 years of gay marriage being formally recognized, and of course the U.S. has had some significant Supreme Court rulings lately. All of that is fantastic, but there’s still an awful lot of | 12/19/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJennifer Corriero and Michael Furdyk, Taking IT Global | I’m talking today with Jennifer Corriero and Michael Furdyk. They’re co- founders of a fantastic Toronto-based organization that engages youth in social enterprise and technology, and really thinks about how we function as a worldwide community. It | 11/29/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Siegel, author of Mindsight | I recently started therapy, for the first time in my life, and it’s all because of a fantastic book called Mindsight. It’s very powerful and has already had a real influence on my life. So I’m very excited to be | 11/22/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Arruda, Ditch, Dare, Do: 3D Personal Branding for Executives | Whether you work for a big corporation or your own company, there’s very little job security in today’s economy. So it’s increasingly important to be thinking about yourself as a brand. My guest today is a global expert on personal | 9/26/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean5 Strategies to Maximize your Potential From Teresa Amabile & Jonathan Fields | Today the good folk at 99U launch their second book, Maximizing Your Life: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks, and Build an Incredible Career. I’m one of the contributors, and having just re-read it I must say I’m pretty happy with the | 9/24/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMark McGuinness, Creative Business Coach | So I’m excited to talk today with Mark McGuinness, a creative business coach who’s really a thought leader in his field. He’s a trained psychotherapist and also a poet, and he’s moved his focus into working with creative professionals to | 9/19/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTim Harford, Author of Adapt | I’m talking today with Tim Harford, who’s something of an expert on financial matters. He’s a writer and senior economist for the Financial Times. He also wrote The Undercover Economist, a book that has sold gazillions of copies and has | 9/5/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGabe Zichermann, The Gamification Revolution | If you’re like me and you’re in the world of learning, development and employee engagement, you’ve probably heard me get excited about the concept of gamification. Well, I’m VERY excited to be talking to Gabe Zichermann today. He’s CEO of | 8/29/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDr. Allison Rossett, Job Aids and Performance Support | If you’re in this world of learning and development, as I am, you’ll understand that it’s a constant struggle to find ways of getting people to truly engage with the content and have it stick with them in a way | 8/22/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRoger Bilas, The Bilas Group | I’m talking today to my friend and colleague, Roger Bilas. He’s a Box of Crayons Certified Program Leader and he also runs his own company, The Bilas Group. Roger and I have had many great conversations about helping people build | 8/15/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJosh Kaufman, The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything…Fast! | If you’re a regular listener, you’ll know that I’ve talked to people like The Power of Habit author Charles Duhigg and TinyHabits.com creator BJ Fogg. My guest today is Josh Kaufman, author of The Personal MBA: Master the Art of | 8/2/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRoman Krznaric, How to Find Fulfilling Work | As anyone listening to this interview probably knows, I’ve written a book called ‘Do More Great Work.’ So when I came across a book called ‘How to Find Fulfilling Work,’ the title grabbed me straight away. It’s written by Roman | 7/18/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMark Bowden, Tame the Primitive Brain | I’m speaking today with Mark Bowden, a friend, co-conspirator and accomplished author. In his new book, Tame the Primitive Brain: 28 Ways in 28 Days to Manage the Most Impulsive Behaviors at Work, Mark taps into the latest neuroscience to | 7/4/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPhilippa Perry, How to Stay Sane | Wouldn’t it be cool if you knew how to stay sane? My guest today, Philippa Perry, has some helpful tips on how to do just that. She’s a U.K.-based psychotherapist and writer, and her new book, How to Stay Sane, | 6/20/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMitch Joel, Control Alt Delete | So you may have seen today’s guest keynoting at any number of conferences around the world. His name is Mitch Joel and he’s a fantastic speaker, one of the most prolific bloggers I know and the author of a terrific | 6/7/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLudo Hof, Champion for Collaboration | So one of the great things about my job is that I get to travel to some interesting places, and one of those places is Amsterdam. One of the recent benefits I’ve had from visiting that wonderful city is connecting | 6/6/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGregor Thain, Intercontinental Hotel Group | One of the interesting things I get to tackle in my job is working with smart people who are trying to increase the leadership capacity within their companies. One of those people is Gregor Thain, a man I first met | 5/23/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanChris Brogan, It’s Not About the Tights & Trust Agents | I’m talking today with Chris Brogan who, if you don’t already know Chris Brogan, you should. He’s that awesome. He’s the CEO of Human Business Works, and author of a bunch of publications, including The New York Times bestseller Trust | 5/9/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPenelope Trunk, The Power of Mentors | I’m really excited to be talking today with Penelope Trunk, who writes what is probably the world’s leading career blog. Her posts are fascinating, provocative and always well researched, but often go counter to what you might expect. So they’re | 5/2/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRay Fisman and Tim Sullivan, The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office | If you’ve ever sat in your office and wondered whether your organization could be doing things better, you’re probably wrestling with some of the questions my guests today have explored in their book, The Org: The Underlying Logic of the | 4/24/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOliver Burkeman, The Antidote | I was speaking at the International Coach Federation (ICF) Conference several years ago, giving a talk called ‘The 5 Unspeakable Truths About Coaching.’ It was mostly well received, except by a few people who didn’t like my idea of examining | 4/18/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBJ Fogg, Tiny Habits | I’m sure many of you want to change your behaviour. That’s one of the reasons you listen to this podcast. Lately, I’ve been reading up on how to build positive habits and shift out of less useful habits, so I’m | 4/11/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLisa Taylor, Challenge Factory | A little while ago, I heard something that made me laugh: Inside every old person is a young person going, “What the hell just happened?” I’m 45, and I’m reaching the point in my career where a good percentage of | 4/4/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJen Louden, Creator of the Teach Now Program | (Jen’s opening enrolment to her terrific TeachNow program. If you’re a teacher, facilitator, trainer or coach, you’ll want to take a look to see how it can help you better engage and inspire those you work with. Here are the | 3/29/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJessica Hagy, How to Be Interesting | So if any of you were kind enough to buy End Malaria, the book I produced a year or so ago to raise money for Malaria No More, you’ll know that every section of the book starts with a cool, | 3/20/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKevin Werbach, For the Win | Gamification put simply, involves bringing game elements and design techniques into non-game contexts. After reading up on the concept for the past couple of years, I’m still not sure how it works. So I thought it would be fun to talk | 3/7/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRon Ricci, The Collaboration Imperative | For more than a decade, Ron has worked at Cisco as the vice president of executive and customer engagement to develop and nurture a culture of sharing collaborative processes. Ron’s work lays out in 21st century terms the increasing need to have gl | 12/27/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKaren Wright, The Complete Executive | Karen Wright is the ‘godfather’ of Canadian coaching. She is one of the most senior coaches in terms of experience, influence and connection to high-end executives in Canada. She runs a coaching company called Parachute Executive Coaching and | 12/6/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life? | Professor Clayton Christensen is a business world heavyweight. He’s an academic, author, entrepreneur, missionary, husband and father. He’s best known for his book, The Innovator’s Dilemma named one of the best business books ever written by The | 11/28/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBryan Pearson, Powerful Customer Relationships | Bryan Pearson is president and CEO of Loyalty One, a global provider of customer insight and strategy, loyalty and marketing programs. Bryan has also written The Loyalty Leap: Turning Customer Information into Customer Intimacy. He’s been with Loyal | 11/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLisa Bodell, Kill the Company: End the Status Quo | I’m fascinated with innovation and in particular, I always have an ear out for how the rules are changing. Lisa Bodell, founder and CEO of FutureThink, an internationally recognized innovation research and training firm is doing some very interesting | 10/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBeverly Kaye, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go | Dr. Beverly Kaye, is an official legend – as designated by the American Society for Training and Development. This speaks to her influence in the world of training and particularly in the world of career management. She wrote her first book, Up is | 9/27/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSharon Salzberg, Real Happiness | It’s fair to say that I’ve been trying to meditate for more than half my life, but my record is still spotty at best. I’m always looking for well-written books to inspire me and I’ve found one in Real Happiness: | 9/13/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJill Konrath, SNAP Selling | If you want to do Great Work, you need to be able to enroll people, get them on your side and sell yourself. So whether you explicitly sell to people or are just trying to make stuff happen within your | 8/9/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJonah Lehrer, Imagine | Jonah’s been in the news this week with the revelation that some of the quotes he attributed to Bob Dylan were fabricated. No doubt there’s a whole story behind what went on, but one victim in all of this might | 8/2/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKrista Baetens, ING | When I moved to Canada, ING Direct jumped out at me with their slightly rebellious, provocative and playful attitude. It seemed like the perfect home for Box of Crayons, and we’ve been dedicated clients over the past 11 years. So | 7/26/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPaul Wilkes, The Art of Confession | It’s always a delight to talk with a fellow Workman author. Today, I’m chatting with Paul Wilkes a freelance writer for 40 years with a slew of books under his belt including The Art of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through the | 7/12/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobert Biswas-Diener, The Courage Quotient | I like to say that Great Work has three key attributes: focus, courage and resilience. Focus offers direction, so you know where to look. Courage gives you the willingness to take the first step. Resilience helps you keep going even when you | 7/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJulien Smith, The Flinch | Julien Smith is one of my all-time heroes. You take a dash of Seth Godin, a dash of Steven Pressfield and a dash of tequila and mix it all up and you get the provocative, dynamo Julien Smith. He’s the | 6/28/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAustin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist | I’m thrilled to talk with Austin Kleon, author of the new book Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative. I came across his work because we share the same publisher but his book really stood | 6/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJohn Jantsch, The Referral Engine | I can’t stop gushing about the work of John Jantsch. Anyone in the world of marketing and business should get to know him and see why Seth Godin calls him the Peter Drucker of small business marketing tactics. He’s the | 5/31/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCharles Duhigg, The Power of Habit | Here’s a statistic that will probably shock you: about 40% of everything you do is out of habit. So if you stop to think about it, almost half of your life is happening when you are largely unconscious working off | 5/24/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLucy Jo Palladino, Find Your Focus Zone | If you’ve got too many plates spinning at once, feel overwhelmed by endless to do lists and no time to get stuff done, then my conversation with Lucy Jo Palladino, author of Find Your Focus Zone, is for you. Lucy | 5/17/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJulia Sloan, Learning to Think Strategically | Being strategic is one of those buzzwords in corporate life. So many companies seek to become more strategic without really knowing what it means or if all the stakeholders are defining it in the same way. Can people really learn | 5/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGina Amaro Rudan, Practical Genius | Gina Amaro Rudan teaches that genius is something you can choose. She is the founder of Genuine Insights, an organization whose mission is the leverage the genius within each person and organization. She’s also the author of Practical Genius: The | 4/27/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDanielle LaPorte, The Fire Starter Sessions | Danielle LaPorte’s website has been called, “The best place online for kickass spirituality” and I am pumped to be speaking with her today. She’s about to release her new book The Fire Starter Sessions. I caught an early glimpse of | 4/17/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJeff Liker, The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership | Jeff Liker has been studying Toyota for 30 years. With a background in sociology and engineering, he’s been watching them from up close and taking the lessons learned to apply more broadly to organizations and leaders. He’s the author of | 4/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAnders Dahlvig, The IKEA Edge | Today, as I sit on an IKEA chair at an IKEA desk, we’re talking to Anders Dahlvig, former CEO of IKEA. Anders is the author of The IKEA Edge: Building Global Growth and Social Good at the World’s Most Iconic | 3/22/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCraig Ross, Degrees of Strength | Craig Ross is a CEO, executive facilitator, a coach, and co-author with Steve Vannoy of Degrees of Strength: The Innovative Technique to Accelerate Greatness. Today’s conversation is about the new book and how you can accelerate greatness: Craig s | 3/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDov Seidman, How We Do Anything is Everything | Dov Seidman is the author of a heavy, meaty book called How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything. Dov is the founder and CEO of LRN, which is focused on helping people build ethical corporate cultures and inspiring principled | 2/23/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMichael Hyatt, Get Noticed in a Noisy World | Michael Hyatt is a man of many talents. He writes a blog on leadership and he’s chairman of the Thomas Nelson Publishing Company, the largest Christian publishing company in the world. He’s a New York Times bestselling author, a runner | 1/26/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJason Womack, Your Best Just Got Better | If being more productive, creating a bigger contribution and tapping into a sense of purpose is something that matters to you, then you’re really going to value this conversation with Jason Womack. Jason is a champion of the psychology of | 1/19/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCinnie Noble, Conflict Management Coaching | I’m terribly excited about this conversation with Cinnie Noble, because she’s a fellow coach from Toronto and a world expert in conflict management coaching. Cinnie’s work as a coach has evolved from her career as a lawyer and a mediator. | 1/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLes McKeown, The Synergist | What’s your role in the workplace? Are you the visionary, the operator or the processor – and who are you driving crazy by taking on that role? I’d be happy to talk to Les McKeown anytime, but I’m especially excited | 12/14/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEric Klein, 50 Ways to Leave Your Karma | Today we’re saying Namaste and welcome to my good friend and member of my mastermind group, Eric Klein. Eric has an eclectic background, bringing his meditation practice into his work with organizations, teaching how to enhance leadership through cons | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Roam, Blah Blah Blah | Today we’re talking with a true champion of simplicity in our complex organizational lives. Dan Roam was the kid that got in trouble with his teachers because he spent all of his time drawing pictures in class. And 30 years | 11/30/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPeter Bregman, 18 Minutes | I always say that there are 3 components to doing great work: focus to know what to do, courage to start, and resilience to keep going. So I’m excited to talk to Peter Bregman who offers new tools to help | 11/23/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAl Pittampalli, Read This Before Our Next Meeting | Many of us have suffered the tragedy of going to hundreds of meetings that are meandering and pointless, where you can feel your precious life slipping away. If you’re ready to revitalize meetings, then you need to check out Read | 11/16/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTodd Henry, Accidental Creative | Todd Henry is the creator of the popular business podcast Accidental Creative and the author of the new book The Accidental Creative: How to be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice. As many of you know, my background is in innovation | 11/9/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAaron Ross, Predictable Revenue | Today, I have the pleasure of talking to a man that has the number 100 million on his mind. His personal mission is to help 100 million people make money through enjoyment by aligning their purpose, values and passions with | 11/2/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTom Heck, International Association of Teamwork Facilitators | It’s embarrassing that it’s taken me this long to post this interview with Tom. He’s an old friend, president and founder of the IATF, and and has long been a champion for helping teams do extraordinary things. This is important, | 10/25/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMel Robbins, Stop Saying You’re Fine | Meet Mel Robbins, who is here on the planet to ignite courage inside of people and give people the permission and tools to be inspired again by life. She is the host of a daily radio show, author of Stop | 10/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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