165: Your Relationships: Money and People

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Learning Tech Talks Podcast

157: When Love, Passion & Accountability Are a Company’s Core Values

What’s it like to work in a company whose core values are practiced daily by leaders and employees alike? Christopher Lind paints a clear picture, describing the positive impact on relationships and results.

Christopher is Chief Learning Officer at ChenMed. He’s a globally recognized, digital-first leader in learning and workplace technology with a career at the intersection of people, business, and technology. He’s the founder of Learning Sharks and host of the Learning Tech Talks Podcast.

You’ll discover:

How ChenMed teams live their core values when interacting with each other and their patients
Four challenges that Christopher is hearing about when talking with leaders in organizations
A simple solution for eliminating the problem of poor managers
How leaders can reduce employee anxiety and build a foundation of trust

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Connect with Christopher

Christopher’s Websites

Learning Sharks

Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

147: How to Transform Conflict into Connection

What if you could welcome conflicts instead of avoiding or dreading them? My guest Jason Digges describes how it’s possible to do just that by using Authentic Relating. We talk about that topic and many other ideas from his excellent book, Conflict = Energy, The Transformative Practice of Authentic Relating. You will want to take notes because Jason shares a wealth of practical ideas you can apply at work and at home.

Jason is a modern renaissance man. He’s equal parts artist, philosopher, teacher, and media producer. From 2003-2012 he worked for Integral Institute to create thousands of hours of educational media on the topics of transpersonal psychology, spirituality, productivity, and personal growth. Jason is obsessed with how humans can live and relate optimally. Since 2012, he’s facilitated groups and taught authentic relating and circling courses in over 20 cities around the world.

You’ll discover:

The 5 practices involved in Authentic Relating (AR)
Why Appreciation is a key element in building trust and strong relationships
The roles of Noticing, Appreciating, and Curiosity in AR
Why Dignity + Humility = Transformation and how the shadow side of each can get in the way of connecting with others
How leaders can create psychological safety so people feel free to speak up and share their thoughts and feelings

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Connect with Jason

Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Free Gift – Chapter 6: Appreciation

Jason’s Website

Authentic Revolution

Jason’s Book

Conflict = Energy, The Transformative Practice of Authentic Relating

139: Advance Your Career and Promotability

Do you know the factors that most influence your career advancement? My guest Amii Barnard-Bahn is an expert in this area; and in our conversation she reveals the five key elements that impact promotability. Amii and I discuss the one that most leaders underestimate—external awareness—and what you can do to make sure this is not a blind spot for you. Her stories about executives she’s helped are sure to inspire you!

Amii is a former Fortune Global 50 executive and now a consultant to the C-Suite at global companies like Adobe and The Gap. She’s recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives, and she’s a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. Her latest creations are an assessment called The Promotability Index® and the companion book, The PI Guidebook: How the Promotability Index Can Help You Get Ahead in Your Career.

You’ll discover:

The 5 key elements of promotability
Why so many leaders lack external awareness—and what to do about it
How to build a better relationship with your manager and others who could influence your advancement
Practical ideas for requesting feedback to help eliminate your blind spots
Why relationships are the foundation for getting support for a promotion

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Connect with Amii

Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

The PI Guidebook: How the Promotability Index Can Help You Get Ahead in Your Career

Amii’s Website

BarnardBahn.com

Amii’s Book

FREE

Promotability Index Assessment

126: Create Relationships and Connections That Build Long-term Success

What’s required to create relationships that are personally and financially rewarding? My guest Tyler Wagner has answers because connecting people is his superpower. A college drop-out and a door-to-door salesman, Tyler did not follow the typical path to a successful career. Since an early age, he’s known how to make friends and strategic introductions. It took him a while to figure out how to build a business around that, and today he has an incredible network of people who love helping him succeed. In our conversation, he shares ideas that you can adopt for your own business or career.

Tyler is the Head Honcho at Authors Unite where he and his team help authors with all aspects of book writing, publishing and promotion—and that includes getting on best-seller lists of publications like the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He’s also host of The Tyler Wagner Show, where I’ve been a guest, and he’s recorded almost 2,000 episodes.

You’ll discover:

What Tyler’s experience with door-to-door sales taught him about business
A key question to ask yourself up-front so you avoid taking “No” as a personal rejection
How to use curiosity to learn, grow, and create strong relationships
Why Tyler thinks in terms of complementing and not competing with related vendors
Mistakes to avoid if you’re considering writing a book or publishing one you’ve already written

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Connect with Tyler

Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Infinite Partnership System

Tyler’s Websites

Authors Unite

Tyler’s Podcast

The Tyler Wagner Show