How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Mike Cisneros shares principles for turning graphs into persuasive stories.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why analysis alone won’t persuade2) The antidote for complex and overwhelming data3) Why NOT to answer everyone’s questionsSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1091 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MIKE — Mike Cisneros is an award-winning data visualization specialist and co-author of Storytelling with Data - Before & After: Practical Makeovers for Powerful Data Stories. A two-time Tableau Visionary, he helps organizations turn complex data into clear, actionable visuals that drive better decisions. He works with the team at storytelling with data to help people and businesses communicate more effectively with data.• Book: Storytelling with Data: Before and After - Practical Makeovers for Powerful Data Stories• Website: StorytellingWithData.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Tableau Public• Tool: Bullet Journal• Website: The Pudding• SlideShare: a16z - Adreessen Horowitz• Study: “If It's Hard to Read, It's Hard to Do: Processing Fluency Affects Effort Prediction and Motivation” by Hyunjin Song and Norbert Schwarz• Book: Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic• Book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund, Ola Rosling• Book: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel by Gabrielle Zevin• Past episode: 1077: The Six Insights of Excellent Communicators with Ruth Milligan— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

8 Sep 37min

Madeline Mann shares insider tips and strategies for landing exciting new career opportunities.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The resume mistake high achievers make2) The simple tweak that dramatically nets you more inbound opportunities3) The interview hack that makes you sound like an expertSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1090 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MADELINE — Madeline Mann is an HR & Recruiting leader who spun her insider knowledge of the hiring process into an award-winning career coaching empire, called Self Made Millennial. Mann is now known for turning job seekers into Job Shoppers, to enable any professional to land high-paying job offers for seemingly unattainable roles. Her clients have landed at companies such as Netflix, Google, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, NBC Universal, Amazon, and more. She lives in Los Angeles.• Book: Reverse the Search: How to Turn Job Seeking into Job Shopping• LinkedIn: Madeline Mann• Website: MadelineMann.com• YouTube: Self-Made Millennial— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss• Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini• Book: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown• Past episode: 217: An Effective (but Rare) Strategy to Snag Your Dream Job with Kristen Berndt• Past episode: 664: Dr. Robert Cialdini on How to Persuade with the 7 Universal Principles of Influence• Past episode: 719: Liz Wiseman Reveals the Five Practices of Indispensable, High-Impact Players— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

4 Sep 45min

Pat Flynn shares his strategies on how to escape the trap of endless information—and learn the right way. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why learning less can help you achieve more2) How pressure helps you learn better 3) How to teach others in order to learn fasterSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1089 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT PAT — Pat Flynn is a father, husband, and lifelong learner from San Diego who has built a reputation as one of the most influential voices in digital entrepreneurship. Through his diverse portfolio of businesses, award-winning podcasts, newsletters, YouTube channels, and thriving online communities, Pat reaches and inspires millions of people each month.He is the founder of SPI, an online community for digital entrepreneurs, co-inventor of the SwitchPod, and host of the Deep Pocket Monster YouTube channel as well as founder of Card Party, a large-scale live event for the community of Pokémon collectors.Pat also serves as an advisor to dozens of companies and is a sought-after keynote speaker. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, collecting Pokémon cards, and rewatching the Back to the Future trilogy.• Book: Lean Learning: How to Achieve More by Learning Less• Website: SmartPassiveIncome.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Poppy AI• Book: Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire by Dan Martell• Book: Moonlighting on the Internet: Five World Class Experts Reveal Proven Ways to Make and Extra Paycheck Online Each Month by Yanik Silver• Book: The Long-Haul Leader: Ten Strategies to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Achieve Lasting Success by Chris Ducker— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 Sep 36min

Vanessa Druskat reveals an overlooked key to unlocking your team’s performance: emotional intelligence.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The number one skill leaders need to work on2) Why a team of stars doesn’t guarantee results—and what will 3) Two easy practices that unlock greater performanceSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1088 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT VANESSA — Vanessa Druskat is an associate professor at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. As an internationally recognized leadership and team performance expert, Vanessa Druskat advises leaders and teams at over a dozen Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies. Her best-selling Harvard Business Review article (with S. Wolff) on emotionally intelligent teams has been chosen six times for inclusion in collections of HBR’s most valued articles. She is the recipient of multiple research and teaching awards.• Book: The Emotionally Intelligent Team: Building Collaborative Groups that Outperform the Rest• LinkedIn: Vanessa Druskat• Website: VanessaDruskat.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Stakeholder Analysis Worksheet• Organization: Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence• Book: Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew Lieberman• Past episode: 159: Increasing Confidence by Increasing Self-Awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich• Past episode: 1085: How to Find More Fun at Work Every Day with Bree Groff— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

28 Aug 44min

Shea Belsky shares his top do’s and don’ts for managing neurodiversity in the workplace.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why neurodivergency is unavoidable at work2) The unique strengths and struggles of autistic people3) When and how to discuss neurodiversity at workSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1087 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT SHEA — Shea Belsky is an autistic self-advocate. He is a Tech Lead II at HubSpot, and the former Chief Technology Officer of Mentra. Having been the manager of neurodivergent & neurotypical employees, he brings many unique perspectives on neurodiversity in the workplace. Shea has championed neurodiversity for organizations like Novartis, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Northeastern University, in addition to being featured in Forbes and the New York Post.• LinkedIn: Shea Belsky• Podcast: Autistic Techie• Website: SheaBelsky.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott• Past episode: 150: Expressing Radical Candor with Kim Scott• Past episode: 860: The Science of Compelling Body Language with Richard Newman• Past episode: 1049: What Dyslexia Can Teach Us About Creativity, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking with Kate Griggs• Past episode: 1070: An ADHD Strategist’s Pro Tips for Staying Motivated and Productive When You Can’t Focus with Skye Waterson• Past episode: 1085: How to Find More Fun at Work Every Day with Bree Groff— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

25 Aug 39min

Chris Lipp reveals the key to owning the room and boosting your confidence.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to end self-consciousness2) A 5-minute ritual to prime your power3) Two behaviors that naturally earn you respectSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1086 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT CHRIS — Chris Lipp is the author of The Science of Personal Power: How to Build Confidence, Create Success, and Obtain Freedom. His work has appeared in several media outlets including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. He is a professor of management communication at Tulane University. Chris also published two books on communication, Magnetic: How Great Leaders Persuade and Inspire, and The Startup Pitch.• Book: The Science of Personal Power: How to Build Confidence, Create Success, and Obtain Freedom— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem: The Definitive Work on Self-Esteem by the Leading Pioneer in the Field by Nathanial Branden— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

21 Aug 39min

Bree Groff shares the simple but effective strategies for finding more fun at work.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The mind shift that helps us find more fun at work2) The 5-minute team practice that drastically improves engagement3) How to find joy during even the roughest work daysSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1085 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT BREE — Bree Groff is a workplace culture expert and author of Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously). She has spent her career guiding executives at companies including Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, Calvin Klein, and Hilton through periods of complex change. She is a Senior Advisor to the global consultancy SYPartners, previously served as the CEO of NOBL Collective, and holds an MS in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University. Bree lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.• Book: Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously)• Substack: What Work Should Be• User Manual: User Manual Template | Today Was Fun• Website: BreeGroff.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Term: Learned helplessness— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• Plaud.ai. Use the code AWESOME and get a discount on your order• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome• Square. See how Square can transform your business by visiting Square.com/go/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

18 Aug 36min

Jeff DeGraff shows you how to go from managing change to mastering it. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why facts don’t actually change minds—and what does 2) Why you should seek out constructive conflict3) What to do when you’re overwhelmed with choice Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1084 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JEFF — Jeff DeGraff is a top academic speaker, professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and founder of the Innovatrium Institute of Innovation. Known as the “Dean of Innovation,” he has worked with Fortune 500 leaders like Google, GE, and Apple and advised key military and government leaders globally.• Book: The Art of Change: Transforming Paradoxes into Breakthroughs• LinkedIn: Jeff DeGraff• Website: JeffDeGraff.com• Website: TheArtofChange.net— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: The Participatory Mind: A New Theory of Knowledge and of the Universe by Henryk Skolimowski— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome• Plaud.ai. Use the code AWESOME and get a discount on your order• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/beawesome• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/AwesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

13 Aug 38min