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Episodes

Productivity: David Allen

March 25, 2021
The book Getting Things Done, by David Allen, was published over 20 years ago and today is it as relevant as ever.  The book, has which been published in 30 languages, has turned into a whole methodology called GTD and it is now being taught by...
Productivity: David Allen

Replay: Productivity with David Allen

Nov. 23, 2021
The book Getting Things Done, by David Allen, was published over 20 years ago and today is it as relevant as ever.  The book, has which been published in 30 languages, has turned into a whole methodology called GTD and it is now being taught by...
Replay: Productivity with David Allen

How to Deal with Work Challenges and Changes: Elizabeth Lotardo

March 5, 2025
In this episode, Elizabeth Lotardo, LinkedIn Learning instructor and author of the highly-praised new book 'Leading Yourself: Find More Joy, Meaning, and Opportunities in the Job You Already Have,' you will learnways to achieve happiness in the...
How to Deal with Work Challenges and Changes: Elizabeth Lotardo

How to Find Optimal Performance: Rich Diviney

Oct. 15, 2024
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...
How to Find Optimal Performance: Rich Diviney

Stress Management: Janell MacAulay, PhD

Oct. 22, 2020
Managing Stress is one of the greatest challenges of our days and dealing with it is a skill which takes great significant practice. In this episode, Dr. Janell MacAulay shares valuable techniques and practices she uses to train military and workers…
Stress Management: Janell MacAulay, PhD

How to Become a Badass Agile Coach: Bob Galen

May 28, 2024
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.…
How to Become a Badass Agile Coach: Bob Galen

Agility and Communications: Arie van Benekum

June 26, 2023
Today you'll hera my interview with Aarie van Benekum ( and ), one of the co-signers of the Agile Manifesto (  His career in software development started as developer and technical designer, and in the 90s, he switched from traditional...
Agility and Communications: Arie van Benekum

Agility and Joy: Joshua Kerievsky

Aug. 15, 2023
This is the last episode of season 8 until we return in a few weeks.  I have been fcusing a lot this season on the topic of agility since this is a central skill to the way we work, even though  this concept is regularly associated with...
Agility and Joy: Joshua Kerievsky

Agility: Dr.Jeff Sutherland

July 20, 2021
This week’s interview was one I had wanted to do for a long time. I work as Product Owner working closely with software developers creating apps at a military organization. We use the Scrum framework, which is one of the multiple agile approaches...
Agility: Dr.Jeff Sutherland

Creating Leaders: L. David Marquet

April 11, 2023
When we think about leaders we think of those who have just the right answer to every situation, those who can move crowds, who can make or break a team. But what if we are looking at leadership the wrong way? Is a leader a creator of followers or i…
Creating Leaders: L. David Marquet

How to Coach and Lead with Agility: Lyssa Adkins

June 4, 2024
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...
How to Coach and Lead with Agility: Lyssa Adkins

Managing Change: John P. Kotter

July 27, 2021
Today we will talk about what you need to do make change happen. My guest is the authority on change. John P. Kotter () is a best-selling author, award winning business and management thought leader, business entrepreneur and Harvard Professor. One …
Managing Change: John P. Kotter

Meeting Management: Steven Rogelberg Ph.D.

Oct. 12, 2021
In today’s episode we will talk about Meeting Management. No matter if you work in office, at home or if you have your own business, you must attend meetings. Seems like a lot of our life is spent in these and oftentimes these are not productive at.…
Meeting Management: Steven Rogelberg Ph.D.

Negotiation: Diana Buttu

Feb. 18, 2021
Negotiation is not about winners or losers, playing tough or misleading. It is about seeking a deal where everyone can benefit. In this episode we learn how to become better negotiators from Diana Buttu, a lawyer specializing in negotiations,...
Negotiation: Diana Buttu

Replay: Agility with Jeff Sutherland

May 2, 2023
This episode originally aired in July 2021.    -------------------------------------------   As many organizations are talking today about becoming “agile” it is important to know what it really means. Dr. Jeff Sutherland...
Replay: Agility with Jeff Sutherland

Replay: Managing Change with John Kotter

Dec. 7, 2021
This episode originally aired in July 2021. ------------------ In this episode we will talk about what you need to do make change happen. My guest is the authority on change. John P. Kotter () is a best-selling author, award winning business and...
Replay: Managing Change with John Kotter

Replay: Negotiation with Diana Buttu

Nov. 30, 2021
This episode was originally aired in February 2021.  ------------ Negotiation is not about winners or losers, playing tough or misleading. It is about seeking a deal where everyone can benefit. In this episode we learn how to become better...
Replay: Negotiation with Diana Buttu

Skills Coaching: How Can I Shamelessly Promote Myself?

Nov. 30, 2023
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team.  To get the details first of these limited...
Skills Coaching: How Can I Shamelessly Promote Myself?

Skills Coaching: How Do I Become More Productive?

Nov. 28, 2023
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career and lead ahigh performing team.  To get the details first of these limited...
Skills Coaching: How Do I Become More Productive?

Skills Coaching: How to Say No

April 30, 2025
Steve Jobs, the American inventor best known for founding Apple, once said, “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that...
Skills Coaching: How to Say No

Blog Posts

100 Episodes!

Dec. 26, 2023
    We have reached 100 episodes! This journey started in 2020 and since then, I have conducted over 50 interviews, reached listeners in over 70 countries. Thank you for listening and suppor…
100 Episodes!

Communication in Remote Work

Sept. 19, 2024
"When people are trying to be dominant, they will, they will take up important resources. Okay. So the important resources around us are things like time, volume, not only volume of voice, but volume of space, how much space they take, how much volu…
Communication in Remote Work

Hardcore Soft Skills Lessons: How to Prioritize What's REALLY Important

Aug. 17, 2024
 When you think about how can we be more productive. It's really about being more present with what you're doing, because you can hit a golf ball better. You can cook spaghetti better. You can tuck your kids into bed better. There's a lot of th…
Hardcore Soft Skills Lessons: How to Prioritize What's REALLY Important

Hardcore Soft Skills Lessons: What are Your Attributes?

Oct. 17, 2024
“Attributes also don't direct our behavior. They inform our behavior. They tell us how we're going to show up to an environment. So for example, my son's levels of perseverance and resilience inform the way he showed up when he was learning th…
Hardcore Soft Skills Lessons: What are Your Attributes?

How To Coach For Uncertain Times

June 6, 2024
    We are in an age of acceleration. Everything is accelerating. Every graph you look at these days looks like things are bumping along, bumping along, bumping along, and t…
How To Coach For Uncertain Times

How to Love the Job You Have

March 12, 2025
"Every workplace is going to be a little bit annoying all the time. That is a baseline level of acceptance. Some organizations are really annoying, but it's for a small period of time... The challenge is when you have a high level of intensity of em…
How to Love the Job You Have

Steps to Become More 'Productive'

March 7, 2024
 "When you think about how do we be more productive, it's really about being more present with what you're doing. Because you can hit a golf ball better. You can cook spaghetti better. You can you can tuck your kids into bed better. There's a l…
Steps to Become More 'Productive'