Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

Politics, religion, diversity, issues with the law... there are so many topics that as people in positions of leadership, we refuse to talk about because we want to stay ouf of it we do not want to …

When you take that mandated company learning session online, do you actually learn something? How about those classes where you have “death by PowerPoint”? We love to talk about learning, yet we rare…

Are you a curious person? Are you prmoting curiosity among your team members? If not, you should, as my guest Dr Daine Hamilton recommends. She is a sought-after expert in curiosity, perception, emot…

Do you know what makes an individual thrive in a challenging situation? It is not physical ability or technical skill. The secret may be on using the right combination of attributes. 

What are attri…

 Today you will be listening to another podcast Arguing Agile with Brian Orlando and Om Patel.  We talked aboiut the missing patrt when it comes to implementation agile, the how to deal with the peop…

Communications are so tricky. When I ask people and teams I work with what skill do you want to improve on I often hear, "I want to be a better speaker or a writer." The thing is, when we try to beco…

This podcast is centered around helping you refine those skills that help you do your work in tech, and a lot of those skills center around using agile ways of working.

Today, I speak with an expert …

 If you are a frequent listener you knoe I have had a few epsiodes about coaching on this show, especially agile coaching. I think as managers especially in the IT world, knowing that is takes a diff…

Making teams, especially tech teams, work together effectively may not be something that just happens naturally. Sometimes it requires some coaching. In the world of adopting agile ways of working, a…

You and I have been on this situation. We are looking for a role, get an interview and then it's time to talk about salary expectations. Where do we even start here? How much can we ask for? What if…

Tell me about your workplace. Are you in a place where there is rarely ANY conflicts, things are good on the surface that is. Or are you in a place where there are multiple fights? Or perhaps, you a…

Picture this, you are giving a presentation to a new customer about this app or this dashboard your team created, explained all the cool technical features at length. You feel good, you think you kil…

Lets talk about AI, Artificial Intelligence. You are probably using itn right now to make your life easier, create transcripts, products, images… but are you really using it to make yourself a better…

How do I  help my team become agile?

Hello and welcome to episode 100 of the HSS.  If this hapesn to be the first episode you lsten to, in each episode I discuss a difefernt essential skill with …

It is time to take an inventory of your year, figure out what do you eally want: a new job, a new career, growth. 

So I will replay an excerpt of my interview with executive coach and author Dr Gary …

This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team. 

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