How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Dr. Tania Israel discusses the fundamental skills that help us have more empathic conversations.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) One skill to make difficult conversations more manageable

2) How to stop seeing disagreement as a threat

3) The two fears that keep us from actively listening

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— ABOUT TANIA —

Tania Israel is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Raised in Charlottesville, Virginia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Arizona State University, Dr. Israel is known for her work on dialogue across political lines, social justice, and LGBT psychology.

• Tania’s book: Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work

• Tania’s website: TaniaIsrael.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Hidden Tribes”

• Technique: The Pomodoro Technique

• Tool: Temi

• Book: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

• Book: Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

• Cartoon: Peadoodles

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Tara Mohr offers deep insight into how our fears and inner critic operate–and how to optimally respond.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) The key drivers behind fear and self-doubt.

2) A handy Hebrew distinction for thinking about fear.

3) How to consult your inner critic–and inner mentor–wisely.

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— ABOUT TARA —

Tara Mohr is an expert on leadership and well-being. She helps people play bigger in sharing their voices and bringing forward their ideas in work and in life. Tara is the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, named a best book of the year by Apple’s iBooks and now in paperback. In the book, she shares her pioneering model for making the journey from playing small–being held back by fear and self-doubt–to playing big, taking bold action to pursue what you see as your callings.

• Tara’s Book: Playing Big

• Tara’s website: TaraMohr.com

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• Author: Marianne Williamson

• Book: Einstein and the Rabbi by Naomi Levy

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Refound CEO Jonathan Raymond teaches how to communicate feedback that gets results.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) What makes traditional feedback ineffective.

2) How to have more effective conversations using the 5 stages of the Accountability Dial.

3) How to articulate feedback to your team, your peers, and your seniors.

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— ABOUT JONATHAN —

After twenty years of not being able to decide whether he was a business executive or a personal growth teacher, Jonathan stopped trying to figure it out. He’s the author of Good Authority — How to Become the Leader Your Team is Waiting For, and the Founder & CEO at Refound, a people training company that teaches people how to have human conversations at work. Refound specializes in working with people leaders at high-growth organizations and is proud to be a trusted learning partner to Fortune 100 organizations like Panasonic and McKesson, cutting edge tech firms like Niantic and Box and small businesses that are going places. He's madly in love with his wife, tries not to spoil his daughters, and will never give up on the New York Knicks. Jonathan is an experienced CEO and people manager and has thrown his heart, mind, and soul into more than a few culture change projects. He lives in Encinitas, California and is an avid, albeit mediocre, surfer.

• Jonathan’s Book: “Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team is Waiting For”

• Jonathan’s Website: Refound.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Superhuman

• Tool: The Accountability Dial

• Podcast: Revisionist History

• Study: “Good genes are nice, but joy is better” The Harvard Gazette

• Book: “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari

• Prior episode: 110: Maximizing Personal-Professional Growth with Jonathan Raymond

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Marsha Acker reveals how to break free from the cycle of miscommunication and misunderstandings.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The root of misunderstandings and miscommunications

2) The four actions of every conversation

3) The more effective way to disagree with someone

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— ABOUT MARSHA —

Marsha Acker, CPCC, PCC, CPF, is the host of the Defining Moments of Leadership podcast, the founder and CEO of TeamCatapult, and the author of two groundbreaking and thought-provoking books: The Art and Science of Facilitation and Build Your Model for Leading Change (a workbook). Marsha has an international presence and reputation as a facilitator of meaningful conversations, a host of dialogue, and a passionate agilest. She coaches leadership teams to grow their collective leadership and to build the capability of achieving true, sustainable behavior change through dialogue.

• Book: "Build Your Model for Leading Change: A Guided Workbook to Catalyze Clarity and Confidence in Leading Yourself and Others"

• Book site: BuildYourModel.com

• LinkedIn: Marsha Acker

• Website: TeamCatapult.com

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• Study: “Essential Conflict In The Workplace Statistics In 2024” from ZipDo

• Theory: 4 Player Model

• Book: "Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking Together" by William Isaacs

• Past episode: 159: Increasing Confidence by Increasing Self-Awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich

• Past episode: 366: Mastering Conversations through Compassionate Curiosity with Kwame Christian

• Past episode: 707: Amy Edmondson on How to Build Thriving Teams with Psychological Safety

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Psychologist Lea Waters talks about tools you need to tap into your strengths.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The best way to tap into your strengths

2) Why our strengths are often hiding–and how to find them

3) The hack that halts anxiety

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— ABOUT LEA —

Lea Waters AM, PhD is a psychologist, researcher, professor, published author, internationally-celebrated keynote speaker and one of the world’s leading experts on Positive Education, Positive Organizations and Strength-Based Parenting and Teaching.

Professor Waters is the Founding Director and Inaugural Gerry Higgins Chair in Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne where she has held an academic position for more than 23 years.

• Book: The Strength Switch: How The New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish

• Facebook: Prof Lea Waters

• Instagram: @profleawaters

• LinkedIn: Lea Waters AM, PhD

• Twitter: @ProfLeaWaters

• Website: LeaWaters.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

• Event: Relay For Life

• Survey: Via Character Strengths Survey

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