How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! With 25,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. This show helps grow your skills and impact at any job that requires thinking and collaborating.
Each week, Pete interviews thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. Their stories and advice sharpen the universal skills to flourish at work. Boost your time/energy management, leadership, confidence, career opportunities, and fulfillment—while still getting home earlier.
Try starting with episode 0: START HERE and listener favorite episodes we put at the beginning numbered: A, B, C, D, E, and F. (Subscribe and/or sort Old to New to find these starter episodes.) Welcome!
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- 2016 - 2025
763: Stephen M. R. Covey Reveals How Great Leaders Inspire Teams
Stephen M. R. Covey shares why command-and-control leadership is ineffective (yet widespread) and how to get superior results as a trust-and-inspire leader.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The two traits …
00:56:42 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
762: Reclaiming Your Day to Achieve More while Working Less with Donna McGeorge
Donna McGeorge shares how you can take back your time and maximize your productivity—all while doing less.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why less is often more for productivity
2) The one meeting you …
00:32:21 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
761: How to Shape Great Work Relationships Through Honor and Ritual with Erica Keswin
Erica Keswin reveals how you can shape your workplace to be both good for people and great for business.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The do’s and don’ts of honoring relationships
2) Three components…
00:39:17 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
760: Taking the Fear out of Feedback with Joe Hirsch
Joe Hirsch reveals why we all struggle with feedback and shares how we can get better at giving and receiving it.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The small shift that improves our relationship with feedba…
00:55:30 |
Mon 18 Apr 2022
759: How to Make the Most of LinkedIn and Get Hired with Jeremy Schifeling
Jeremy Schifeling walks you through the ins and outs of LinkedIn and how you can make it work for you and your career.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top thing on your profile that you need to focus …
00:42:39 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
758: How to Thrive and Succeed Through Authentic Grit with Caroline Miller
Caroline Miller talks about why gritty people achieve more success–and how you can be one too.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why grit is essential to success
2) How humility cultivates grit
3) Why e…
00:41:44 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
757: How to Find the Career You Truly Love with Marcus Buckingham
Marcus Buckingham reveals strategies for identifying the work that fills you up.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The secret to finding your “love” at work
2) How you can be “irreplicable” at work
3) W…
00:47:08 |
Thu 07 Apr 2022
756: Perfectionism: Solutions for all Five Types with Stephen Guise
Stephen Guise shares how imperfectionism can lead us to leading happier, healthier, and more productive lives.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The two-letter shift that stops rumination
2) Two tricks to…
00:35:11 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
755: How to Market Yourself to Maximize Career Opportunities with Diana Chan
Diana Chan outlines best practices for improving your career prospects by marketing yourself well.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The biggest networking mistakes professionals make
2) The real first s…
00:42:16 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
754: How to Get More by Negotiating So Everyone Wins with Barry Nalebuff
Barry Nalebuff introduces a radical new way to negotiate so everyone gets their fair share of the pie.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Three questions to make any negotiation easier
2) The two key word…
00:42:11 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
753: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Resolving Conflict with Ralph Kilmann
Ralph Kilmann, co-creator of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, reveals the surprising source of all conflict—and shares his best practices for expertly resolving them.
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00:47:18 |
Thu 24 Mar 2022
752: How to Reframe Rejection, Beat Burnout, and Get Unstuck with Lia Garvin
Lia Garvin talks about the mental shifts that are crucial to moving forward at work.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Key phrases to avoid at work
2) The questions to ask when you’re stuck
3) How to o…
00:40:45 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
751: How to Decrease Loneliness and Increase Belonging with Ryan Jenkins
Ryan Jenkins tackles the overlooked problem of loneliness in the workplace and shares expert tips for fostering connection and belonging for both yourself and your team.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Wh…
00:39:37 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
750: How to Inspire Growth Amidst Discomfort with Bill Eckstrom
Bill Eckstrom discusses how top coaches inspire and challenge their teams to grow.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The six things effective coaches do differently
2) The wrong and right way to challenge…
00:34:56 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
749: How to Break Free from Perfectionism with Dr. Thomas Curran
Behavioral psychologist Thomas Curran reveals the science behind perfectionism and why it’s perfectly OK to be imperfect.
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1) Why perfectionism is not correlated with performan…
00:36:16 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
748: How to Decrease Ambiguity and Increase Clarity with Karen Martin
Karen Martin shares her top tips for clearly communicating what you mean and getting others to do the same.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to speak your mind without coming off as harsh
2) The one …
00:40:52 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
747: How to Build your Career with Extraordinary Mentors with Patrick Kilner
Patrick Kilner reveals why traditional networking methods no longer work—and shares his simple process for expanding influence.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why everyone needs to find six key relations…
00:46:45 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
746: How to Foster Deep Connection and Influence with Zoe Chance
Zoe Chance shares heartwarming, powerful, and practical advice for building relationships and getting people to say yes to you.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The one thing that motivates people more tha…
00:46:56 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
745: How to Handle Bad Bosses and Toxic Coworkers with Tessa West
Tessa West addresses the seven common types of jerks at work–and how to deal with them effectively.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to tell if someone is being an intentional jerk at work
2) How to …
00:47:57 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
744: Mastering the Skill of Confidence with Nate Zinsser
Nate Zinsser reveals practices that athletes and military cadets use to overcome pressure and build the confidence to perform anytime and anywhere.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why confidence is a ski…
00:45:05 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
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