How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Tom Rath discusses how to find greater meaning in your job.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How to find your unique style of contribution. 2) Two easy ways to recharge your energy. 3) A powerful way to make any job feel more meaningful. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep541 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT TOM — Tom Rath is an author and researcher who has spent the past two decades studying how work can improve human health and well-being. His 10 books have sold more than 10 million copies and made hundreds of appearances on global bestseller lists.During his 13 years at Gallup, Tom was the Program Leader for the development of Clifton StrengthsFinder, which has helped over 20 million people to uncover their talents, and went on to lead the organization’s employee engagement, wellbeing, and leadership practices worldwide.Most recently, Tom co-founded a publishing company and he is also an advisor, investor, and partner in several startups. Tom holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife, Ashley, and their two children.• Tom’s book: Life’s Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World• Tom’s book: StrengthsFinder 2.0• Tom’s book: Eat, Move, Sleep• Tom’s book: How Full Is Your Bucket?• Tom’s website: Contribify.com• Tom’s website: TomRath.org— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • App: Evernote• Party: Celebrate 10,000,000 downloads on Leap Day• All prior episodes: Archive of Awesome• Book: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson• Book: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

31 Jan 202040min

Atta Tarki sheds light on the crucial practices that improve the hiring process on both sides of the recruiting table.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The strongest predictor of job performance. 2) What makes an interview answer excellent vs. terrible. 3) The most important factors that determine career fit. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep540 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ATTA — Atta Tarki and is the author of the book Evidence-Based Recruiting (McGraw Hill, February 2019) and the CEO of ECA, a data-driven executive search firm helping private equity firms with their talent needs.• Atta’s book: Evidence-Based Recruiting: How to Build A Company of Star Performers Through Systematic and Repeatable Hiring Practices• Atta’s website: ECA-Partners.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: “Belief in the unstructured interview: The persistence of an illusion” by Jason Dana, Robyn Dawes, and Nathanial Peterson• Website: Glassdoor• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller• Book: 1984 by George Orwell• Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman• Film: Moneyball• Film: The Karate Kid• Previous Episode: 080: Finding and Doing the One Thing with Jay Papasan— THANK YOU SPONSORS — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

29 Jan 202044min

Jacob Morgan discusses what professionals need to succeed in future workplaces.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How professionals must change in the future. 2) The five skills of future leaders. 3) The surprising weakness of present-day leaders. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep539 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JACOB — Jacob Morgan is a 4x best-selling author, speaker, and futurist. His new book, The Future Leader, looks at the skills and mindsets people need to have if they wish to be successful leaders over the next decade and beyond. He is also the founder of The Future Of Work University and can be reached at TheFutureOrganization.com.• Book: The Future Leader: 9 Skills and Mindsets to Succeed in the Next Decade• Book website: GetFutureLeaderBook.com• Website: TheFutureOrganization.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Foundation by Isaac Asimov• Book: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov• Book: Ender’s Game (The Ender Quintet) by Orson Scott Card• Book: Ready, Player One by Ernest Cline• Article: Aggregation of marginal gains 1% improvement— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

27 Jan 202031min

Former FBI agent Robin Dreeke shares how sizing people up can help you build trusting, strong relationships at work.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The overlooked activities that build healthy work relationships. 2) The six fundamental principles of trust. 3) The code of trust that builds relationships. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep538 for clickable versions of the links below. —ABOUT ROBIN — Robin Dreeke is a best-selling author, professional speaker, trainer, facilitator and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He is the founder of People Formula, an organization that offers Advanced Rapport Building Training and Consultation. Robin has taken his life’s work of recruiting spies and broken down the art of leadership, communication, and relationship into FIVE Steps to TRUST and Six Signs of who you can TRUST.Since 2010, Robin has been working with large corporations as well small companies in every aspect of their business. He graduated from the US Naval Academy and served in the US Marine Corps. Robin lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. • Book: “Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent’s User Manual for Behavior Prediction”• Website: www.PeopleFormula.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: “1776” by David McCullough• Book: “The Jamestown Flood” by David McCullough• Book: “The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough• Quote: Theodore Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena”— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

24 Jan 202038min

John C. Maxwell shares powerful wisdom on how to develop and transform budding leaders.— YOU'LL LEARN— 1) Three simple questions that encourage growth. 2) Why training programs don’t work--and what does. 3) What the most beloved leaders do differently. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep537 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JOHN — John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 31 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc. magazine. He is the founder of The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, organizations that have trained millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell speaks each year to Fortune 500 companies, presidents of nations, and many of the world’s top business leaders. He lives in South Florida.• Book: Developing the Leader Within You• Book: Developing the Leaders Around You• Book: The Leader’s Greatest Return: Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders• Book: Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership• Book: There’s No Such Thing as ‘Business’ Ethics: There’s Only One Rule for Making Decisions• Nonprofit: EQUIP— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Event: Enron Scandal• Book: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell• Previous episode: 397: Making the Shifts Necessary to Grow Your Influence with John C. Maxwell— THANK YOU SPONSORS — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOME• FabFitFun. Get $10 off your curated subscription box delivering happiness with the best in beauty, fashion, home, wellness, and tech with the promo code BEAWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Jan 202044min

Julian Treasure shares tactics and techniques that greatly improve how you communicate.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) A crucial question for more powerful listening and speaking. 2) The two biggest roadblocks to effective communication. 3) How to make your voice more engaging. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep536 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JULIAN — Julian is a sound and communication expert. He travels the world training people to listen better and create healthier sound. He is author of the books How to be Heard and Sound Business.Julian’s five TED talks have been watched more than 80 million times. His latest, “How to speak so that people want to listen,” is in the top 10 TED talks of all time. Julian is regularly featured in the world’s media, including TIME Magazine, The Times, The Economist and the BBC.Julian is also founder of The Sound Agency. The audio-branding company asks and answers the question “How does your brand sound?”• Julian’s book: How to Be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening• Julian’s company: TheSoundAgency.com• Product: Moodsonic• Julian’s TED Talks: Julian Treasure• Julian’s website: JulianTreasure.com• Julian’s course: SpeakListenBe.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • TED Talk: "Your body language may shape who you are" by Amy Cuddy• Personality: Chris Anderson• Personality: Scott Peck• Book: The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind by Seth Horowitz• Previous episode: 224: How to Sound Amazing with Julian Treasure— THANK YOU SPONSORS — • Empower. Save more money, effortlessly. Get $5 free at empower.me/awesome with the promo code AWESOME• ZipRecruiter is the smartest way to hire. Get a free trial at ZipRecruiter.com/HTBASee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Jan 202052min

Nicolle Merrill shares practical tips for changing careers--and beating the doubt that comes with it.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why it’s OK to not have it figured out. 2) Powerful, clarifying questions for charting a new career path. 3) Smart alternatives to a second degree. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep535 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT NICOLLE — Four-time career-changer Nicolle Merrill excels in professional reinvention. A liberal arts graduate, she has written for Four Seasons and National Geographic private jet tours, taught digital communication skills to global executives, and sold adventure travel programs in New Zealand. As the former Associate Director of the Career Development Office At Yale School of Management, she coached hundreds of MBA students and professionals through all phases of their career transitions. Nicolle currently freelances as a conversation designer and analyst at an artificial intelligence startup. Her human-centered approach to career change, combined with a relentless curiosity about emerging career trends, has led to speaking engagements across the US, as well as in Canada and Ireland.• Nicolle’s book: Punch Doubt in the Face: How to Upskill, Change Careers, and Beat the Robots• Nicole’s LinkedIn: Nicolle Merrill• Nicolle’s podcast: 50 Conversations• Nicole’s Twitter: @pdxnicolle• Nicolle’s blog: FutureSkills.blog— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Article: “Cross-Silo Leadership” • Article: "Artificial Intelligence: The Robots Are Now Hiring"• Website: Udemy• Website: Coursera• Website: Udacity• Website: Wix• Book: Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Dr. Sherry Turkle• Previous episode: 167: How to Love Your Work…and Get Work You Love with Nick Campbell— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Fender Play. Learn to play an instrument from a legendary brand in music. Visit fender.com/podcast with the promo code AWESOME a free trial and 50% off.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

17 Jan 202045min

Ryan Hawk shares how to transition from individual contributor to team leader.—YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why top performers often struggle as new managers. 2) What most managers fail to prepare for. 3) Powerful ways to build your team’s trust. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep534 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT RYAN — Ryan Hawk is a keynote speaker, author, advisor, and the host of The Learning Leader Show, a podcast with millions of listeners in more than 150 countries. He is the author of Welcome To Management: How To Grow From Top Performer To Excellent Leader (McGraw-Hill, January 28, 2020).A lifelong student of leadership, he rose to roles as a professional quarterback and VP of Sales at a multibillion-dollar company. Currently, as head of Brixey & Meyer’s leadership advisory practice, Ryan speaks regularly at Fortune 500 companies, works with teams and players in the NFL, NBA, and NCAA, and facilitates “Leadership Circles” that offers structured guidance and collaborative feedback to new and experienced leaders.• Ryan’s book: Welcome to Management: How to Grow From Top Performer to Excellent Leader• Ryan’s podcast: TheLearningLeaderShow.com• Ryan’s website: LearningLeader.com• Article: “Want To Cold Email Your Heroes? Read This…”• Tool: 25 Getting to Know You Questions— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins• Book: Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant• Book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins• Book: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant• Book: The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni• Book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni• Book: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough• Personality: Ryan Caldbeck• Personality: Seth Godin— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Fender Play. Learn to play an instrument from a legendary brand in music. Visit fender.com/podcast with the promo code AWESOME a free trial and 50% off.• Autonomous. Get your ridiculously customizable, ergonomic office chair at a ridiculously good price at autonomous.ai See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Jan 202044min