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041: Using People Analytics to Improve Productivity & Happiness | with Ben Waber
Google recently moved into the No. 3 position among the world’s most valuable companies. Google has been said to have the world’s only truly data-driven HR function, and they call it “people analytics.” One of the data-driven tools that Google uses is...
040: 5 Keys to Leading Innovation | with Todd Henry
How do you avoid mediocrity and apathy in the team you lead? At many companies today, innovation is the rallying cry, but bunting for singles is the everyday ethic. So how can you lead a team to be truly innovative? How can you inspire innovation, even...
039: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations | with Michael Slind
Not so long ago, power within organizations emanated from the commands of top executives. But as we’ve discussed in several episodes of Engaging Leader, more leaders today recognize that driving their team in a traditional command-and-control manner...
038: How Gamification Can Revolutionize Your Business | with Kevin Werbach
Gamification is the use of game-design techniques to engage people. For example, products like FitBit and Nike+ have turned physical fitness into a social video game. Over the last couple of years it has become one of today’s hottest trends in business,...
037: How to Engage Others In Creating the Future | with Terry Pearce
How do you inspire people to take action toward a shared goal? To answer that question, we welcome back Terry Pearce, author of Leading Out Loud: A Guide for Engaging Others in Creating the Future. This is the bestselling guide to authentic leadership...
036: 4 Ways to Improve Face-to-Face Impact | with Stacey Hanke
Are you consistently able to influence people to take action? Do people trust what you say and follow your recommendations? When you speak, do people pay attention or do they start to check their iPhones? If you don’t have the impact you’d like, you...
035: Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within | with Achim Nowak
Do you connect deeply with others? Do you inspire people? Do you leave a lasting impression? Beyond strategy, beyond business expertise - what people ultimately respond to is YOU. Your energy. Your vision. Your ability to move hearts and souls. To help us...
034: How to Communicate with Confidence in the C-Suite | with Dianna Booher
Well, you’ve made it to the C-Suite because of your expertise, but do you have the people skills to be successful with the CEO, CFO, and other executives? How can you create presence that influences others to perceive you as a strategic thinker, a heavy...
033: Leading Out Loud: Why Communication is the Most Essential Leadership Skill | with Terry Pearce
Is it true that communication is the most essential leadership skill? And if so, what are the biggest keys to leadership communication? To address that, our guest today is Terry Pearce, author of Leading Out Loud: A Guide for Engaging Others in Creating...
032: How to Be an Enduring Leader: “Give Me Shackleton Every Time”
Lessons from the South Pole, Part 2: Ernest Shackleton For a joint scientific and geographical piece of organisation, give me Scott; for a Winter Journey, Wilson; for a dash to the Pole and nothing else, Amundsen: and if I am in the devil of a hole and...
031: How to Be That “Lucky Leader” People Want to Follow: Amundsen’s Race to the Pole
Lessons from the South Pole, Part 1: Roald Amundsen vs. Robert Scott Most people want to be on the winning team and follow a leader that’s winning. Many think those leaders just have good luck, but are they truly luckier than other leaders? Roald...
030: Why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Isn’t Enough for Superior Leadership | with David Burnham
David Burnham has been a researcher for over 40 years on superior leadership in industry, academia, and governments around the world. He was one of the first thought leaders who called for a new style of leadership, including the necessity of emotional...