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Pete Mockaitis

Aug 19
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050: Getting the Boss to Listen to You with Jim Lukaszewski

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Jim Lukaszewski says: "Before you can share your wisdom, you have to understand how the person you're advising, the person who operates the business, thinks."

James E. Lukaszewski, the man known as America’s Crisis Guru, shares how to handle and resolve crises within organizations from a strategic perspective.  

You’ll learn:
1. The power of being a strategist and thinking differently than everyone else
2. The 7 disciplines of being a trusted advisor
3. The 3 steps to giving impactful 3-minute advice

About James
James (Jim) E. Lukaszewski is one of America’s most visible corporate go-to people for senior executives when there is trouble in the room or on the horizon. As America’s Crisis Guru®, He has been recognized for lifetime achievement in his profession by most of the major public relations organizations in the United States. He served for 22 years on the Public Relations Society of America’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS) and is now its first Emeritus member. He has written twelve books, including Why Should The Boss Listen to You, and hundreds of articles.

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Aug 17
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049: Improved Happiness, Improved Performance with Michelle Gielan

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Michelle Gielan says: "We're all broadcasters, constantly broadcasting information to the people around us... We're transmitting through our verbal and non-verbal channels messages that either create success for everybody or hold us all back."

Positive psychology researcher (and former CBS News anchor) Michelle Gielan discusses connections between happiness and career success–and how to get more of both.

You’ll Learn:
1. How happiness truly translates into career performance
2. How to use “small shifts” to talk about solutions instead of problems
3. The “4 C’s” of delivering bad news better

About Michelle
Michelle Gielan is national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, who is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness. Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and is partnered with Arianna Huffington to study how transformative stories fuel success. She is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. Michelle holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her research and advice have received attention from The New York Times, Washington Post, FORBES, CNN, FOX, and Harvard Business Review.

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Aug 15
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048: Creative Collaboration for Wicked Problems with Brook Manville

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Brook Manville says: "You've got to not spend your imagination worrying about all things that can go wrong, think about all things that can go right."

Executive development consultant Brook Manville shares how creatively collaborate with others to solve problems that keep evolving.

You’ll learn:
1. How to deal with “wicked problems”
2. How to channel your imagination for extra creativity
3. What the “trap of advocacy” is — and why you should avoid it

About Brook
Brook Manville is Principal of Brook Manville LLC, providing consulting and executive development on strategy and organization. He publishes on leadership, networks, and learning communities at Forbes and elsewhere. He coaches leaders on their organizational effectiveness, in the context of a hyperconnected world. He’s a former Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Organization Practice (and the firm’s first Director of Knowledge Management). He’s held senior positions at Saba Software and United Way of America. His first job was as an assistant professor of history at Northwestern University, teaching and publishing on classical Greek democracy. He’s a graduate of Yale and Oxford. Brook and his family live in metro Washington, D.C.

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Aug 12
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What Episode Should I Play First?

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In this mini-episode, Pete quickly offers a curation of a dozen episodes to help achieve one of four key objectives:
1) Tackling overwhelm
2) Getting quicker promotions
3) Collaborating better
4) Presenting better

1) Tackling overwhelm
15 – David Allen
32 – Chris Bailey
38 – Greg McKeown

2) Getting quicker promotions
2 – Arla Lach
12 – Claire Pederson Patel
18 – Kara Eschbach
25 – Dan Rust

3) Collaborating better
34 – Kevan Hall
36 – Steve Ritter
45 – Emmanuel Gobillot

4) Presenting better
1 – Mawi Asgedom
41 – Dr. Nick Morgan