How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Dr. Steven Rogelberg explains why one-on-one meetings are so critical—and shares best practices for both managers and employees. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why having more one-on-ones actually saves time 

2) How to create a meeting agenda that works 

3) The right way to ask your manager for help 

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— ABOUT STEVEN — 

Dr. Steven G. Rogelberg, an organizational psychologist, holds the title of Chancellor’s Professor at UNC Charlotte for distinguished national, international and interdisciplinary contributions. He is an award-winning teacher and recipient of the very prestigious Humboldt Award for his research on meetings. Adam Grant has called Steven the “world’s leading expert on how to fix meetings”.

Dr. Rogelberg’s previous book, The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance (Oxford) has been on over 25 “best of” lists including being recognized by the Washington Post as the #1 leadership book to watch for.

He was the inaugural winner of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Humanitarian Award and just finished his term as President of SIOP, the largest professional organization in the world for I-O psychology.

• Book: Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings 

• Website: StevenRogelberg.com 

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• Book: The Postmortal by Drew Magary

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Jeremie Kubicek shares how to end misunderstandings with the five codes of communication. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The root of every misunderstanding  

2) The simple trick to consistently meet people’s expectations 

3) How to repair damaged relationships  

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— ABOUT JEREMIE — 

Jeremie Kubicek is a powerful communicator, serial entrepreneur and content builder. He creates content used by some of the largest companies around the globe found in the books he has authored: The 100X Leader; 5 Voices, 5 Gears; the National Bestseller, Making Your Leadership Come Alive; and The Peace Index. His new book, The Communication Code, co-authored with his business partner, was released last November.

Jeremie is the Co-Founder of GiANT, a company that certifies coaches and consultants that serve companies and their employees. Jeremie has started over 25 companies while living in Oklahoma City, Moscow, Atlanta and London.

• Book: The Communication Code: Unlocking Every Relationship, One Conversation at a Time 

• Company: GIANT Worldwide 

• Website: JeremieKubicek.com 

• Housing: The Prairie at Post 

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• Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks 

• Past episode: 424: How to Help People Get to the Next Level with Jeremie Kubicek

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Dr. Aziz Gazipura explains the dangers of people-pleasing tendencies and shares actionable steps for overcoming it. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The massive costs of being a people-pleaser 

2) How to not feel guilty when saying no 

3) A surprising strategy to build your discomfort tolerance 

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— ABOUT AZIZ — 

Dr. Aziz is a clinical psychologist and one of the world's leading experts on social confidence. In 2011, Dr. Aziz started The Center For Social Confidence, which is dedicated to helping everyone break through their shyness and social anxiety. 

Through confidence coaching, audio and video programs, podcasts, a detailed blog, and intensive weekend workshops, Dr. Aziz has helped thousands of people all over the world increase their confidence and lives out his mission: To help every person who is stuck in shyness liberate themselves to pursue the relationship, career, and life they have always dreamed of.

He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Candace and son Zaim. 

• Book: Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself (site) 

• Book: Less Nice, More You: Stop Hiding & Become The Most Bold, Authentic Version Of You Now 

• Mini course: “5 Steps to Unleash Your Inner Confidence” 

• Organization: Social Confidence Center 

• Website: DrAziz.com 

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• Study: Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain - A Randomized Clinical Trial 

• Book: Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt 

• Book: The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv 

• Previous episode: 830: Lessons Learned from the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger 

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Jacquelyn Lane shows why being coachable is the key to career progression–and how to improve your coachability. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The 4 key elements of coachability. 

2) How to reframe how you view feedback. 

3) What to do when you’re running low on motivation. 

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— ABOUT JACQUELYN — 

Jacquelyn Lane is the president of the 100 Coaches Agency, codesigner of their proprietary curation process and relationship-first philosophy, and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Becoming Coachable. She has been with 100 Coaches Agency since its founding and is a critical pillar of the 100 Coaches Community. Jacquelyn comes to the world of executive coaching through her previous roles in the energy industry and lifelong commitment to improving the lives of all people by elevating the quality of leadership.  

• Book: Becoming Coachable: Unleashing the Power of Executive Coaching to Transform Your Leadership and Life 

• Book site: BecomingCoachable.com 

• LinkedIn: Jacquelyn Lane 

• Website: Agency.100Coaches.com 

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• Publication: More in Common 

• Book: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks 

• Past episode: 766: Marshall Goldsmith on Simple Shifts for a More Fulfilling Career and Life 

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Michael McQueen reveals the keys to persuading even the most stubborn minds. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why data and evidence don’t change minds. 

2) How to sell change to anyone. 

3) A surprising way to make people more agreeable. 

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— ABOUT MICHAEL — 

Michael McQueen has spent the past two decades helping organizations and leaders win the battle for relevance. From Fortune 500 brands to government agencies and not-for-profits, Michael specializes in helping clients navigate uncertainty and stay one step ahead of change. 

He is a bestselling author of ten books and is a familiar face on the international conference circuit, having shared the stage with the likes of Bill Gates, Dr. John C. Maxwell, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Michael has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people across five continents since 2004 and is known for his high-impact, research-rich, and entertaining conference presentations. Having formerly been named Australia’s Keynote Speaker of the Year, Michael has been inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame. 

• Book: Mindstuck: Mastering the Art of Changing Minds 

• Book website: Mindstuck.net 

• Website: MichaelMcQueen.net 

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• Book: On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not by Robert Burton 

• Past episode: 124: The Science Behind Trust and High-Performance with Paul Zak 

• Past episode: 746: How to Foster Deep Connection and Influence with Zoe Chance 

• Past episode: 780: How Minds Change and How to Change Minds with David McRaney 

• Past episode: 862: How to Create and Choose Better Solutions with Sheena Iyengar 

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Miracle Morning author Hal Elrod condensed the six habits of the most successful people in history into the SAVERS acronym and describes how they changed his life—and how they can change yours, too.

You’ll Learn:

1. Approaches for silence that generate new ideas
2. How NOT to do affirmations
3. The impact of tiny amounts of exercise

About Hal

He is one of the highest rated keynote speakers in America, creator of one of the fastest growing and most engaged online communities in existence and author of one of the highest rated, best-selling books in the world, The Miracle Morning—which has been translated into 27 languages, has over 2,000 five-star Amazon reviews and is practiced daily by over 500,000 people in 70+ countries.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Hal’s website: www.MiracleMorning.com
• Hal’s book: The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life
• App: 7 Minute Workout
• Tool: Five Minute Journal
• Book: Vision to Reality: How Short Term Massive Action Equals Long Term Maximum Results by Honoree Corder
• Book: Stop Trying so F*cking Hard: Live Authentically, Design a Life You Love, and Be Happy by Honoree Corder

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Herminia Ibarra shares counter-intuitive perspectives on how to make successful career transitions. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to craft and execute your “identity experiments.”

2) How to figure out your next best option in two questions. 

3) How to reach out and build your network . 

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— ABOUT HERMINIA — 

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Prior to joining LBS, she served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties.

An authority on leadership and career development, Thinkers 50 ranks Herminia among the top management thinkers in the world. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network, a judge for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, a Fellow of the British Academy, and the 2018 recipient of the Academy of Management’s Scholar-Practitioner Award for her research’s contribution to management practice.

Herminia is the author of two bestselling books, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader and Working Identity.  

A native of Cuba, Herminia received her MA and PhD from Yale University, where she was a National Science Fellow.

• Book: Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career 

• LinkedIn: Herminia Ibarra 

• Website: HerminiaIbarra.com 

• X: : @HerminiaIbarra 

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• Book: Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes by William Bridges 

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Former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino shares powerful insights on how to push past failure and achieve the impossible. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The 30-second rule for dealing with failure. 

2) The trick to getting along with people you dislike. 

3) The most important lesson Mike learned while in space. 

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— ABOUT MIKE — 

Mike Massimino served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996-2014 and flew in space twice for the final two Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. He became the first human to tweet from space, was the last human to work inside of Hubble, and set a team record with his crewmates for the most cumulative spacewalking time in a single space shuttle mission. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is an engineering professor at Columbia and an advisor at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. 

He is a frequent expert guest and has been called the real-life astronaut who inspired George Clooney’s role in the movie “Gravity.” 

• Book: Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible 

• LinkedIn: Michael Massimino 

• Website: MikeMassimino.com 

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• Book: A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston 

• Book: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson 

• Book: The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H.A. Rey 

• Author: Brian Greene 

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Dr. Noor Ali simplifies the beast of United States health insurance—and shares insider tips for making the most out of yours. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to evaluate the biggest non-salary piece of your compensation. 

2) Why you shouldn’t limit yourself to your company’s health insurance. 

3) What most people overlook when it comes to insurance. 

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— ABOUT DR. NOOR — 

Dr. Noor is a Bangladeshi-American medical doctor turned health insurance expert from NYC. She currently runs her own health insurance consulting practice out of Tampa, Florida offering healthcare insurance strategy to female founders all over the nation. Dr. Noor is also the founder of Think Like A Woman, a platform designed to amplify the aspirations and ambitions of female founders, worldwide. She hosts a highly curated roundtable business networking brunch called The Empresaria Brunch Experience. When she is not working on managing her current businesses or building her next retail venture, you can find her curled up in bed with a good fiction book. 

• Website: DrNoorHealth.com 

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• Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 

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Sean Patton reveals his warrior mindset to help maximize your potential and performance. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to get better at feeling grateful. 

2) The root of every workplace failure–and how to overcome it. 

3) The coaching approach that really works. 

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— ABOUT SEAN — 

Sean Patton’s mission is to transform modern leadership into a driver of fulfillment, abundance, and freedom. He applied these principles while growing his own companies and now helps others unlock greatness through Stronger Leaders Stronger Profits, a leadership coaching and consulting company. Sean’s leadership foundation was forged as a US Army Airborne Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret Commander, where he earned the respect of his men and chain of command while operating in hostile and politically sensitive environments. 

• Book: A Warrior's Mindset: The 6 Keys to Greatness 

• Website: StrongerLeadersStrongerProfits.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp 

• Book: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams 

• Martial art: Jiu Jitsu 

• Concept: Dukkha 

• Study: The Harvard Happiness study as discussed by Robert Waldinger 

• Tool: Jasper 

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