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.
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- 2016 - 2025
140: Millennials in the Workplace: Myth vs. Fact with Gabriella Mirabelli
Entertainment executive Gabriella Mirabelli shares her insights and experiences with hiring, teaching, and studying young millennials in today’s workforce.
You’ll Learn:Critical distinctions for …
00:22:49 |
Fri 07 Apr 2017
139: Dealing with “schmucks” in your office with Dr. Jody Foster
Psychiatrist Jody Foster offers handy categorizations and pro tips for handling the distinct kinds of difficult people in your workplace. You'll Learn: How to spot and deal with 10 personality typ…
00:34:11 |
Wed 05 Apr 2017
138: Giving Your Career a Jolt with Roopa Unnikrishnan
Innovation consultant Roopa Unnikrishnan highlights why and how to use the same principles companies use to innovate…to jolt your career.
You’ll Learn:Principles for catapulting your careerProduc…
00:44:00 |
Mon 03 Apr 2017
137: Calming Performance Anxiety Like a Pro with Dr. Tom Hanson
Professional sports coach Tom Hanson lets us in on the secrets of top-performing athletes that can also help us reach optimal performance at work.
You’ll Learn:How to work out the “yips” in corpo…
00:36:06 |
Fri 31 Mar 2017
136: How to Make Your Presentation as Compelling as a Movie with Ted Frank
Backstories Studio Principal Ted Frank shows how to apply Hollywood tools to create and give great presentations.
You’ll Learn:The fundamental key to captivating peopleBest practices to help your…
00:39:04 |
Wed 29 Mar 2017
135: Engaging the Zombies at Work with Andrew Sherman
Law Partner Andrew Sherman talks about the crisis of disengagement at work, along with approaches to beat apathy and disconnection in the workplace.
You’ll Learn:How to use Gallup’s numbers to im…
00:39:30 |
Mon 27 Mar 2017
134: Finding Your Dream Job in an Automated World with Bhoopathi Rapolu
Machines are quickly taking over many of our everyday tasks, but Bhoopathi Rapolu shares how to survive and why you might still find your dream job.
You’ll Learn:The implications of improving art…
00:36:52 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
133: Boomerang Employees: A New Perspective on Lifelong Loyalty with Lee Caraher
Lee Caraher returns to talk about why it’s unrealistic to expect employees to stay for long stretches and the mutual benefits by “boomeranging.”
You’ll Learn:A fresh definition of lifelong loyalt…
00:35:24 |
Wed 22 Mar 2017
132: Delivering Outstanding Usability and Career Experiences with Shannon Clark
Shannon Clark shares the story of her rise to exceptional expertise in human factor studies, sharing lessons learned for improving product and career concepts along the way.
You’ll Learn:How to b…
00:38:24 |
Mon 20 Mar 2017
131: The Art of Public Speaking with Dr. Ray Hull…PLUS How Fast Are You Talking?!
Dr. Ray Hull discusses how you can develop your skills in public speaking to make more memorable presentations – and we go “meta” comparing speaking rates – Ray/Pete/Walter Cronkite/TED Talkers/YOU –…
00:36:05 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
130: Managing Interns and Managing your Career with Mark Babbitt
Mark Babbitt serves up a double portion of insight on the topics of working with interns and working your personal brand.
You’ll Learn:How internships can be more mutually beneficial than you thi…
00:29:55 |
Wed 15 Mar 2017
129: Building a Better Team with Bennett Bratt
Ben Bratt identifies critical elements of great teams to help get strategic view on how to build your team’s strengths and confront your team’s weaknesses.
You’ll Learn:The 16 variables of a grea…
00:31:23 |
Mon 13 Mar 2017
128: Little Things that Make a Big Difference for Your Career with Jeff Kavanaugh
Infosys Senior Partner Jeff Kavanaugh talks about key skills and differentiators of winning professionals.
You’ll Learn:The powerful career distinguisher of “leaning forward” with critical thinki…
00:42:10 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
127: Making Better Decisions with Matt Bodnar (Host of the Science of Success podcast)
Matt Bodnar shares tools and mental models to be high-leverage as possible through better decision-making. You'll Learn: Why decision-making skills are a timeless key to being high-leverage Approach…
00:39:24 |
Wed 08 Mar 2017
126: Making Stress Work for You with Dr. Melanie Greenberg
Psychologist and executive coach Dr. Melanie Greenberg shows how to make the most of the stress work brings to the table.
You’ll Learn:The key differentiators that make stress enriching vs. debil…
00:39:35 |
Mon 06 Mar 2017
125: Celebrating People Leads to Celebrating Wins with Hank Fortener
AdoptTogether founder Hank Fortener provides tools to celebrate your team members and create a workplace conducive to reaching optimal performance.
You’ll Learn:How to create a culture of celebra…
00:34:08 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
124: The Science Behind Trust and High-Performance with Paul Zak
Paul Zak illuminates how the brain chemical oxytocin relates to how we can develop a higher trust, lower-stress work culture. You'll Learn: How to measure and manage trust in the workplace The benef…
00:45:31 |
Wed 01 Mar 2017
123: Maximizing Creativity by Minimizing Cognitive Bias with Adam Hansen
Adam Hansen identifies eight inherent cognitive biases, how they developed, and what we can do to overcome them.
You’ll Learn:When you can still trust the wisdom of your instinctsThe massive powe…
00:48:57 |
Mon 27 Feb 2017
122: Nourishing Good Habits and Attitudes with Eric Zimmer (Host of The One You Feed podcast)
Fellow podcaster Eric Zimmer shares how you can nourish your “good wolf” to help you reach optimal performance at work. You'll Learn: Pro-tips for wisely allocating your time and energy among all th…
00:36:33 |
Fri 24 Feb 2017
121: Smart Emotional Calibration with Dr. Nicole Lipkin
Dr. Nicole Lipkin outlines the factors that derail you from optimal performance at the workplace and the mindset to overcome them.
You’ll Learn:Three common emotional derail-ers of successHow tec…
00:42:26 |
Wed 22 Feb 2017
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