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Feb 01
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113: How to Get Promoted Fast AND Make Your Employees Love You with Jamie Newman

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Jamie Newman says: "Don't wait for someone else to take you where you want to go."

Fellow career podcaster Jamie Newman describes what a great manager looks like, how to get top performers to stay, and how employees and managers can work together to achieve professional and personal goals together.

You’ll Learn:

  1. 5 things to do if you want a promotion
  2. Why good employees leave
  3. How meaningful goal-setting builds tremendous loyalty

About Jamie

Jamie Newman is a management professional, trainer, and coach through YourBestManager.com which is an online resource designed to help top performers become managers and help first-time managers learn how to build and lead effective teams. Prior to Your Best Manager, Jamie spent 8 years with a major recruiting & consulting firm where he had the opportunity to work with hundreds of companies from mid-market firms through Fortune 100 companies. He’s advised business leaders, from front-line supervisors to senior executives, on who to hire, how to hire and how to manage performance. It’s through this experience that he’s been exposed to a variety of management styles and uncovered what works… and what doesn’t, when it comes to leading people. Jamie also hosts the Your Best Manager podcast where he interviews leadership experts and provides practical advice for first-time managers.
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Jan 25
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110: Maximizing Personal-Professional Growth with Jonathan Raymond

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Jonathan Raymond says: "Part of being an authority is not to collapse when... people get defensive to test you and see if you're going to hold your ground."

Refound CEO and author Jonathan Raymond explains how personal and professional growth are one thing, not two.

You’ll Learn:

  1. How you can become the leader your team is waiting for
  2. The makings of a perfect conversation
  3. Approaches to receiving feedback constructively

About Jonathan

After twenty years of not being able to decide whether he was a business development guy or a personal growth teacher, Jonathan stopped trying to figure it out. He’s the owner of Refound, an online training startup that offers Good Authority training programs for owners, executives, and managers. He’s madly in love with his wife, tries not to spoil his daughter, and will never give up on the New York Knicks. Jonathan is the former CEO and Chief Brand Officer of EMyth, where he led the transformation of a global coaching brand and has worked in tech, clean tech, and the nonprofit world after graduating law school in 1998. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, a lovely town that’s too far away from a warm ocean.
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Nov 11
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084: Navigating Your Career Climb with Jolene Blackbourn, Esq.

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Jolene Blackbourn says: "Find out exactly what your boss has to report or accomplish and help them meet those goals."

Lawyer and mentoring enthusiast Jolene Blackbourn makes the case for helping others to help ourselves.

You’ll Learn:

  1. What you think you know about your job, but you actually don’t
  2. How not to add a task to your to-do list
  3. A drag and drop tip to collecting praise

About Jolene
Jolene has been an in-house attorney with a major insurance company for almost 10 years. She serves as a mentor to many new attorneys and helps prospective law students determine whether law school is right for them. She also coaches a youth soccer team.

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Nov 07
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082: Why You Might Not Need to be a Manager with Mark Allen

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Mark Allen says: "The challenge is don't wait... the next thing doesn't just come along. You've got to find it or make it."

Professor and author Mark Allen presents different opportunities to climb the corporate ladder, even if you don’t want to be a manager.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Alternatives to the traditional managerial track
  2. Why going for manager may not be optimal…even if you’re a top performer
  3. Means of valuing your team in the workplace

About Mark
Dr. Mark Allen is an educator, speaker, consultant, and author who specializes in talent management and corporate universities. He is the author of Aha Moments in Talent Management and the co-author and editor of The Next Generation of Corporate Universities, and The Corporate University Handbook. He has also written numerous articles in practitioner and academic publications.
Mark is a professor at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. He is also a senior faculty member of the Human Capital Institute, a senior associate with the Kiely Group, and has taught for Vatel University and the American Management Association.

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Oct 24
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076: Career Acceleration with Comparably’s Jason Nazar

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Jason Nazar says: "One of the things that the most successful people I've ever met do is they act as if they're already financially successful... They act as if they already know the answers."

Comparably co-founder and CEO Jason Nazar shines a light on employer and employee best practices.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Two big mistakes that are stopping you from advancing in your career
  2. Guidance in your search for finding and keeping mentors
  3. Two transformational questions that you should ask yourself everyday

About Jason
Jason Nazar is one of the most active tech entrepreneurs and investors in southern California, and is a popular contributor for Wall Street Journal, Forbes, INC, and Business Insider. He’s founder/CEO of Comparably, an online platform that makes workplace compensation and culture dramatically more transparent. Prior to Comparably, he founded Docstoc — the largest small business content site with over 50 million members — before he sold it to Intuit in 2013 for a reported $50M. Named one of the most admired CEOs by the Los Angeles Business Journal, Jason is currently Entrepreneur in Residence for the City of Los Angeles, appointed by Mayor Garcetti.

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