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Dec 02
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091: The Path to Truly Productive Leadership with Michael Dolan

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Michael Dolan says: "Sometimes being truly productive looks like not doing anything at all because you realize you need stillness, you need space, you need a break."

Michael Dolan shows us the way to deeper development as truly productive professionals.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Pitfalls to look out for that hinder a deeper development
  2. What’s a “positive no” how to deliver one
  3. Tips and tricks to upgrade your workflow process

About Michael
Before he found his calling as an executive coach, Michael spent 15 years in corporate management, leading teams in the advertising, consumer marketing, and design industries, where he gained deep appreciation for the intense personal and organizational demands that successful executives must meet everyday. Michael has five years of experience as a Senior Coach and Director of Business Development for Coaching Services at The David Allen Company.

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Oct 17
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073: Leading Change with Dr. John Kotter

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John Kotter says: "Start changing your self-image and get out there and provide leadership."

Professor John Kotter walks through the essential components of successful changes.

You’ll Learn:

  1. The eight critical  steps for sparking change in your organization
  2. How you can test drive ideas for your organization at a lower risk
  3. How you can find inspiring mentors

About John
Regarded by many as the worldwide authority on leadership and change, Dr. John Kotter is a New York Times best-selling author, award winning business and management thought leader, business entrepreneur, inspirational speaker, and Harvard Professor. His ideas and books, as well as the company he founded, Kotter International, have helped mobilize people around the world to better lead organizations and their own lives, in an era of increasingly rapid change.

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Aug 31
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055: Coaching Questions of Mass Instruction with Michael Bungay Stanier

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Michael Bungay Stanier says: "In some ways what strategy is, it's saying no to the stuff that you kind of want to say yes to. Strategy is making choices."

Irreverent Great Work coach Michael Bungay Stainier provides mindset and questions to inspire your teammates–10 minutes at a time.

You’ll learn:
1. Why being a coach at work is a lot quicker and easier than you might think
2. How to give less advice while getting more results
3. 7 powerful questions for transforming your team

About Michael
Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps people and organizations all over the world do less Good Work and more Great Work. Michael left Australia 25 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He has written a number of books. His latest, The Coaching Habit, has been praised as one of the few business books that actually makes people laugh out loud. He was recently named the #2 Coaching Guru in the World, which caught him by surprise as he’s not entirely sure why.

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Jul 08
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033: Making and Breaking Habits through Design with Victor Yocco

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Victor Yocco says: "Shifting your belief is probably one of the hardest things people do. How do I start to believe things like... not drinking... lead to positive outcomes in my life?

User Experience designer and recovering alcoholic Victor Yocco speaks about habit formation–good and bad.

You’ll Learn:
1. Victor’s personal story and implications for forming effective habits and breaking ineffective ones
2. The power of teaming up with others to achieve your ambitions
3. How to use a design approach to construct and reach your career goals

About Victor
Victor is a Philadelphia-based research director, author, and speaker. He received his PhD from The Ohio State University, where he studied communication and psychology. Victor regularly writes and speaks on the application of psychology to design and addressing the design and tech culture of promoting alcohol use. He has written for A List Apart, Smashing Magazine, UX Booth, User Experience Magazine (UXPA) and many more. He is the author of Design for the Mind, a book from Manning Publications on the application of principles of psychology to design.

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