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Business Success Guru Matt Hyams shares his secrets to success.
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Send a text This week the CEO of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed in NYC. If you're a CEO or leader of a company you might be wondering, "Is there something I can do to prevent being shot?" And the answer, I'm here to tell you, is yes. And I luckily have some tips for you to help you avoid getting shot. We're gonna talk about doppelgängers, gun baskets, bullet proof face masks, and questionnaires to give your employees that ask them if they want to shoot you. Let's do th...
Send a text Politics in the workplace - this has been a rough week for democrats and a jubilant win for republicans and now everyone has to work together. This is a delicate balance to strike for leaders. But not to worry, I've got some solid tips to bring everyone together, no matter their political differences. We're gonna get into the upside of fascism, lesbians and Subarus, eating someone's neck, banning children from the company picnics, and more!
Send a text These days people want to know that the company they work is ethically and socially responsible, particularly Gen Z. So this week we're diving into tips on how to be a socially responsible leader who cares about people, the times we're living in, and the environment. We getting into farting next to someone in the bathroom, accidentally killing chipmunks, and making your cleaning people root through the garbage.
Send a text Just because your title is "manager" doesn't mean you know the first thing about leading people, and you're probably hated by everyone who knows you. This week I clarify the difference between what makes someone a manager and what makes someone a leader. We talk about goth kids, STDs, Jim Croce (briefly), and relatability.
Send a text If you're not relatable, you won't motivate your people and if you don't motivate your people, you won't have any people, or a company. So it's crucial to learn how to motivate so you can relate to your employees. This week I give some amazing tips on doing just that. We get into generation differences, zombies, child trafficking rings, hospice centers, ayahuasca and more!
Send a text Everyone wants to work from home but not every company is granting that wish. So how do you broach the topic? It's delicate and it has to be handled appropriately. This week I give you tips on how to get that work from home situation. We talk about working from your deathbed, working at the Anne Frank house, astral body projection, and Christian deodorant.
Send a text Richard Branson. Elon Musk. William Shatner. What do they have in common? They were all leaders who went into space and the world - and their companies - is better for it. It's important for leaders to go into space but the biggest obstacle they face will be relatability with their employees. How can they stay relatable if they're in a spaceship and their people are slaving away in an office? We tackle this issue in this episode, as well as WiFi in the crotch, getting your employe...
Send a text Giving feedback is one of the hardest skills to master. No one likes it. People get uncomfortable, hurt, offended, and everyone walks away upset. In this episode I give tips on how to avoid those pitfalls. We talk about time travel, cheese, flipping the script, and the feedback sandwich.
Send a text With everyone working remotely these days you can't rely on the same culture-building tools you once did. Building a positive remote culture requires a different skill set and different expectations, which is where I come in. In this episode I talk about using the red light district in Amsterdam as a model for creating work/life boundaries, sexual fluidity, transparency, psychological safety, and the importance of being online.
Send a text You're not gonna get anywhere in your career if you don't help the people who are helping you, meaning your coworkers. But HOW do you help these people? Well, that's the code we crack in this episode and watch out, a lot of cautionary tales in this one. We get into tuna fish, helping people when they don't want it and how helping people can backfire on you if you don't have the right game plan.
Send a text If you want to be successful, you have to innovate and the only way to do that is to get rid of the old and in with the new. Easier said than done. Well, in this episode I tell you exactly how to get everyone thinking out of the box. We're talking about living beyond constructs, alternate realities, blackmail (the good kind), and whether anything matters.
Send a text How do you support people with mental health issues in the workplace? We're gonna talk about loading up on your own issues for relatability, exposure therapy, and why it's important to have a secret psychiatrist in the office that no one knows about. Depression, anxiety, trauma - this is a good one.
Send a text How do you get to the c-suite if you're not invited? In this episode I give you some tips to fast track your way to the top. We're talking about how to avoid ending up covered in urine in an elevator, why not needing anyone or anything may be the best thing for your professional life (but not your personal life), and a bonus tip if you're truly committed. Let's do this.
Send a text Everyone always wants to work on their strengths, but if you don't work on your weaknesses, you're going to be a failure. But how do you even know what your weaknesses are? Well, we get into it. We talk about finding yourself naked behind a dumpster, figuring out if you exist, and anal fissures, among other things.
Send a text If we want to level the playing field and break the glass ceiling, men have to do their part and that's what I get into in this episode, with solid tips to show women you're ready to stand by their side. We're talking about carrying hammers around, Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al," calling yourself "Ally," and why you might need to invest in a tampon for men.
Send a text How do you make someone feel comfortable when they start at your company? Well, it's not sending them an email that says "Welcome." You have to get creative. In this week's episode I offer some tips that have worked for me to make new hires feel comfortable and a part of the team. I'm talking rooms of fur, massages, and sharing trauma.
Send a text If you aren't offering a hybrid / remote work culture to your people, you're going to fail. Plain and simple. People will jump ship and look for that workplace flexibility. In this week's episode I give you some tips on how to balance between in-office and hybrid scenarios and why a homeless tent city might be the best thing that ever happened for your company.
Send a text Empathy is the hottest leadership trait right now. Everyone wants an empathetic leader. If you're not empathetic, your people will leave, your sales will plummet, your family will leave you, and nothing will work out for you ever again. In this episode, I give you solid tips to build the empathy muscle so that you rise to the top and become rich.
Send a text You can't be successful without a growth mindset. You can, however, be a failure without one. Actually, I want you to be a failure and you're gonna find out why. Backyard suicide burials, victim mentality, primal scream rooms, I get into it.
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