Episodes

Are you an introvert struggling to become a better communicator?  Or perhaps you have an introvert in your team and you want them to be able to speak with customers, give presentations? In this episode you will learn 3 pieces of advice for you as...

What makes a great team? You can have a team of superstars, the best of the best, yet for some reason, the productivity is down, constant fighting occurs, the quality of the product is not the best.  Think about your favorite sport team. Yes,...

You are probably a member of a team or leading a team. Are you in a team doing work together or are you in a group of inviduals doing work? If you are a member of a team, you are all by definition, working together towards a common goal. So if...

People speak at about 125 words per minute. People think at 900 words per minute.  So guess what, when you speak at 125 words, you as listener are filling in the gaps with any information you want to put in between. You are making assumptions,...

Do you know the value you bring to your team?  Or perhaps you feel you can offer more and you have not being able to express the why effectively. Today you will learn some techniques to do a self assessment so you can recognize the strength of...

If you are entering a new team or managing a new team, it can be quite intimidating especially if you are the new person. In this episode, you will learn about the 5Cs framework: Connect, Communicate, Collaborate, Create and Correct.    For...

In this episode recorded via LinkedIn Live, Empathy in Tech founder Andrea Goulet discusses why empathy is essential in tech and how to build it in organizations.  For coaching opportunities for you and your team, go to   If you want to...

This episode is part 2 of a conversation with Enrique Acosta Gonzalez, military veteran, author and host of the Developing the Leader Within podcast. You can see the full episode here   Today we focus on emotional intelliugence: how to build it,...

This episode is part 1 of a conversation with Enrique Acosta Gonzalez, military veteran, author and host of the Developing the Leader Within podcast. You can see the full episode here   We talked about well leadership, how to collaborate in...

In this epsiode, I will address two points of view. As an employer or hiring manager, how do you assess for soft skills? As a job seeker, how do you demonstrate tou have those skills.

You may have seen multiple articles describing how important are "soft" skills for the future of work. If you are looking for a job or thinking about the next steps on your career you'd want to listen to this episode so you know what to prepare...

This is the last episode of this season and it you are listening as this episode is released we are approaching the end of the year. This is a time when we evaluate where are we, where do we want to go, so this episode will give you a lot of value. My...

Bad situations are expected  at any point, that’s a given, so how do we manage to deal with them effectively? At work, how do we help our teams become resilient? Today you will learn specific strategies on that with Dr. Marie-Hélène...

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Politics, religion, diversity, issues with the law... there are so many topics that as people in positions of leadership, we refuse to talk about because we want to stay ouf of it we do not want to be controversial. But there are instances when is...

When you take that mandated company learning session online, do you actually learn something? How about those classes where you have “death by PowerPoint”? We love to talk about learning, yet we rarely work on finding or providing a learning...

Are you a curious person? Are you prmoting curiosity among your team members? If not, you should, as my guest Dr Daine Hamilton recommends. She is a sought-after expert in curiosity, perception, emotional intelligence, and behavioral science. Dr....

Do you know what makes an individual thrive in a challenging situation? It is not physical ability or technical skill. The secret may be on using the right combination of attributes.  What are attributes and why can we use these to maximize our...

Today you will be listening to another podcast   We talked aboiut the missing patrt when it comes to implementation agile, the how to deal with the people part. That is, how improtrant is it for us to practice our soft skills to become...

Communications are so tricky. When I ask people and teams I work with what skill do you want to improve on I often hear, "I want to be a better speaker or a writer." The thing is, when we try to become that person we think we should use eloquent long...

This podcast is centered around helping you refine those skills that help you do your work in tech, and a lot of those skills center around using agile ways of working. Today, I speak with an expert in one of those frameworks His name is and he has...

If you are a frequent listener you knoe I have had a few epsiodes about coaching on this show, especially agile coaching. I think as managers especially in the IT world, knowing that is takes a different skill set to be a good coach is essential...

Making teams, especially tech teams, work together effectively may not be something that just happens naturally. Sometimes it requires some coaching. In the world of adopting agile ways of working, agile coaches are a key part of an organization to...

You and I have been on this situation. We are looking for a role, get an interview and then it's time to talk about salary expectations. Where do we even start here? How much can we ask for? What if they say no to my ask? Am I really asking for too...