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The Best Leadership Podcast Ever (with Jeff Matlow)
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Q-Tips push all the bad stuff deeper inside. All they do is make things worse. As it turns out, the same thing happens at work when you take things personally. It's time to quit taking it personally.
Creating a more productive team takes time. But here's a secret: there is a wormhole. It allows you to improve your company culture immediately. You just have to see it when it appears
Success is partly about luck. As it turns out, confident people tend to have more luck than others. And that's where the Confidence Gap comes in. It's time to learn why women have less confidence than men and what you can do about it.
Words matter more than you think they do. Companies that scale recognize the importance of clear and consistent communication. If you did the same, your communication would probably be better, wouldn't it?
In the circus of narcissists, your job is not to tame the lion. Just don’t be the clown. It's tough to navigate your way around narcissists at work - but it's a skillset that will come in handy at some point in your life - guaranteed.
The history of women in leadership will shock you. But if we don't learn anything from history then we don't learn anything at all. So get ready for this brutal thwack across your head about women leaders.
You can’t expect to improve your company’s communication problem without altering the company’s communication processes.
Getting criticism can sometimes feel like a great big wave barreling over you and sending you into a tizzy. There's a simple way out of it if you remember that you can't fight waves.
The Disney Hug Rule is an essential part of your Disney experience. As it turns out, the same principle applies to your leadership.
Crisis management isn't an option, it's a necessity. To learn how to lead effectively during chaos, it starts with the Waffle House. Nobody is better than them.
There always seem to be deadlines in my life that are haunting me. It's the reality of my mortality. And then one day everything changed.
There is no trap worse than the trap you set yourself. It's usually done unconsciously. And it's holding you back. Let's fix that, shall we?
It's not what you do as a leader that you'll regret the most, it's what you didn't do. Omission Bias is the discomfort that will linger on.
Sure, tough conversations may be uncomfortable, but that's why they're called "tough conversations". It's time you learn that they don't have to be tough after all.
There are 4 types of leaders who fail to do a good job at leadership. They don't know how to embrace growth. You're going to want to pay attention so you can check yourself before you wreck your career.
When leaders need to be heroes, they create villains. First it's competitors. Then clients. Eventually? Their own teams. It's time to demystify Hero Syndrome.
There are two important customer lessons that are critical for every single and company to understand. And they involve your customer's balloons. Don't pop them.
Your expectations shape reality, whether you realize it or not. Your underperforming employee isn't the problem, your self-fulfilling prophecy is.
Managing people is hard. But it's a required activity on the path to leadership. Maybe we should rethink leadership. Just ask Hubspot's co-founder, Dharmesh Shah.
The best leaders don’t build businesses alone — they hand over the IKEA instructions and empower their teams. It's time you understood The IKEA Effect























