How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Bill Flynn shares his strategies for building a team that can lead, decide, and thrive without you. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why you shouldn’t play the hero 2) How to build a self-sufficient team3) How to delegate authority, not just tasks Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1193 for the full transcript! — ABOUT BILL — Bill Flynn has collaborated with Alan Mulally and Amy Edmondson, pitched Steve Jobs, accomplished much, failed often, and learned many useful lessons from thirty years of studying the science of success. He is best described as a pragmatic Simon Sinek; an optimist and an operator.Bill embodies his core purpose - simplified servanthood - by spending each working moment to help create a compassionately productive society by enabling enlightened leaders to focus on the few things that truly matter to their teams and key stakeholders. For having a great business is one way of making a better world.• Book: The Hero Trap: The Leader's Shift from Doing to Designing• Book: www.CatalystGrowthAdvisors.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown• Book: The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch• Book: The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu Goldratt• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan• Book: Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Vinted. Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kerry Siggins shares her practical framework for navigating conflict, managing emotions, and finding common ground. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why avoiding conversations often does more harm than good2) The SHARES model for effective feedback3) The hidden assumption harming your conversationSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1192 for the full transcript! — ABOUT KERRY — Kerry Siggins is a sought-after international speaker and the author of The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life and Leadership. Her work focuses on leadership, communication, accountability, employee ownership, and building high trust cultures.Siggins also brings her work directly into organizations through The Talk With Trust Leadership Experience, an immersive and interactive leadership experience designed to help teams practice courageous conversations and build stronger communication habits in real time.Whether speaking to executive teams, companies, conferences, or leadership groups, Siggins combines operational credibility, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership insight to help organizations create cultures where people feel empowered to communicate openly, take ownership, and grow together.• Book: Talk with Trust: How to Own Feedback, Spark Growth, and Build Stronger Teams• Book: The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life and Leadership• Podcast: Kerry Siggins Podcast• Company: StoneAge Inc.• Website: KerrySiggins.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Vinted. Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Marc Brackett shares research-backed strategies to build your skill of self-regulation.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The critical first step to masterful emotional regulation2) The biggest misconception we have about our emotions3) How an alter ego can help with self-regulationSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1191 for the full transcript! — ABOUT MARC — Marc Brackett, PhD, is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. He is the author of the bestselling book Permission to Feel and more than two hundred scholarly articles, with his research featured in The New York Times, Good Morning America, Today, and the Huberman Lab podcast. A sought-after keynote speaker, he has headlined over seven hundred conferences and advises Fortune 500 companies on integrating emotional intelligence into workplace culture. Together with Pinterest cofounder Ben Silbermann, Marc launched the award-winning How We Feel app, a powerful tool helping millions of people improve their well-being. He hosts Dealing with Feeling, a YouTube web series and podcast that brings groundbreaking insights on emotion regulation to a global audience. He lives in Connecticut and New York City.• Book: Permission to Feel• Book: Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want• App: How We Feel• Instagram: marc.brackett• LinkedIn: Marc Brackett• Substack: Emotion Revolution• Website: MarcBrackett.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl• Past episode: 327: Unclog Your Brain through Unfocusing with Dr. Srini PillaySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dina Denham Smith shows you how to use a leadership transition to strengthen relationships, expand your network, and find new ways to grow. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The first step in dealing with a change in leadership 2) Why it’s worth investing in a relationship with an interim manager3) Why it pays to know the “operating preferences” of your new manager Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1190 for the full transcript!— ABOUT DINA — Dina Denham Smith is an accomplished executive coach who draws on her background in organizational psychology and first-hand executive experience to help senior leaders and teams at world-class companies such as Adobe, Netflix, Goldman Sachs, PwC, and Sephora thrive. Dina has written more than 70 articles on leadership and career success for outlets such as Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Her work is also frequently featured in other global media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and the BBC. She is the lead author of the bestselling book, Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work.• Article: The Keys to Succeeding Under a New Manager• Book: Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work• LinkedIn: Dina Denham Smith• Website: DinaDSmith.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl• Past episode: 275: How to Manage Your Manager with Mary AbbajaySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Cindi Baldi shares expert strategies to stay calm and confident in the face of uncertainty.  — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How uncertainty influences us without us realizing2) How to power through our bias for risk aversion3) The simple habit that builds your wisdomSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1189 for the full transcript!— ABOUT CINDI — Dr. Cindi Baldi is the founder and CEO of Culsure, an organizational science firm, co-host of the Management Muse podcast, and co-author of The Uncertainty Playbook. Cindi is an expert in organizational behavior, group performance, and employee identification, with research presented globally at leading institutions. She develops science-based culture and leadership assessments used across corporate, nonprofit, and government organizations, and advises leaders worldwide on improving performance, culture, and team effectiveness.• Book: The Uncertainty Playbook: 14 Strategies for Work Success in a Chaotic World• Podcast: Management Muse• Website: Culsure.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Theory: Uncertainty-Identity Theory• Book: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke• Book: Simple Truths: Clear & Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life by Kent Nerburn• Past episode: 614: Making Smarter Decisions When You Can’t Know Everything with Annie Duke• Past episode: 981: Using AI to Enhance Your Reading, Notes, Memory, and Decisions with Kwame ChristianSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.