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Pam Fox Rollin helps new leaders settle into their role in the office. Pam Fox Rollin coaches executives and top teams in the San Francisco Bay Area and globally. Her clients are stepping up from rockstars in their functions to lead more broadly at the VP and C-levels. Pam’s company, IdeaShape, also facilitates culture development, strategy sessions, innovation retreats, conflict resolution, leadership development cohorts, executive onboarding, and team building, often with Myers-Briggs or Enneagram. Pam works most often with technology and healthcare/pharma, including Cisco, Genentech/Roche, LinkedIn, Stanford Health Care, and many fast-growth companies. A Stanford MBA alum, she frequently returns to the Stanford Graduate School of Business to facilitate leadership programs and coach executive education. Her book,

The beloved toys from Jane Hissey’s Old Bear's series help Teddy No-Nose to find his nose and feel better about himself. A short story suitable for children aged 4–12 years old.

Director of Landscape Services at Ole Miss (and author), Jeff McManus offers fresh insights on “growing people." You’ll Learn A powerful storytelling approach to connect your team to a larger purpose How to massively stretch the impact of your learning & development dollar Why you might not want to fire that underperformer just yet About JeffJeff McManus grows things.  As the Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi, he grows plants….he grows people….he grows ideas.  Taking his grounds staff, affectionately known as “weeders”, and developing them into “leaders” has been a joyous challenge that reaped acres o

Meeting enthusiast and Engineering Program Manager John Poelstra shares how to give your meetings a needed boost. You’ll learn: When you do vs. don’t need a meeting How to “blame the agenda” to advance your agenda The CAT and WOOT frameworks for developing excellent meeting agendas John Poelstra is a Manager on the Engineering Program team at Red Hat, Inc., the world’s most successful open source software company. John is passionate about facilitating the best project meetings and he wants to help you do the same. He gets great satisfaction from bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion so that owners can thrive. John achieves this using tools from a variety of di

Career strategist Jenny Blake shares insights about the when, why, and how of career pivoting. You’ll learn: When and how to make a “pivot” move in your career The three “E’s” of piloting something new in your life How to reinvent your role--right where you are About Jenny Jenny Blake is a career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout and create sustainable careers they love. She is the co-creator of Google’s Career Guru Program, host of the Pivot Podcast, and author of the book Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One

This Labor Day, Pete shares some quick perspectives on resting from labors. He discusses: Precisely just how much breaking time is necessary The American Psychological Association's science on what to do in order to ease stress optimally Pete's favorite gear for "napping hard"   Show note and more available at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/laborday

Recovering procrastinator and professional speaker Rita Emmett lays out a handy framework for overcoming procrastination in the heat of the moment. You’ll learn: How to tackle the fears that breed procrastination Approaches to turn procrastination into prioritization The 5-step STING method to overcoming procrastination About RitaRita Emmett was once The World's Greatest Procrastinator. Then she converted and is now a "Recovering Procrastinator". She is also a professional speaker, and author of: The Procrastinator’s Ha

Irreverent Great Work coach Michael Bungay Stainier provides mindset and questions to inspire your teammates--10 minutes at a time. You’ll learn: Why being a coach at work is a lot quicker and easier than you might think How to give less advice while getting more results 7 powerful questions for transforming your team About MichaelMichael 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

Professor G. Richard Shell discusses how to find happiness in your work. You’ll Learn: The importance of changing your metaphor for success How to find happiness in every domain of your life – particularly careers How to self-monitor progress to land in a place of achievement AND fulfilment (instead of a crisis) About Richard G. Richard Shell is the Thomas Gerrity Professor of Legal Studies, Business Ethics, and Management at the Wharton School of Business. There, he created and teaches the famous Success Course. His books include the best-selling Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success

President & CEO of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Kate Bates discusses how to establish a successful career path at a young age. You’ll Learn: Why you should always be the ‘go-to’ person The value of a good connection How to be your own champion About KateKate Bates is the President & CEO of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, longtime friend, and Danville High School Monopoly champion. The mission of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is to strengthen businesses and the economic environment for those who work, live and do business in Arlington.The vision of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is to be the essential partner for bu

Author and fellow podcaster David Kadavy discusses how to train yourself to get into and maintain a productive mindset. You’ll learn: Powerful rituals for powerful productivity A handy set of categories to zero in on ideal mind states Approaches for quickly shifting your mind state About David David Kadavy is author of the #18 Amazon best-selling book, Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty and the host of the Love Your Work

Amanda Mitchell, founder of OurCorporateLife.com, shares hidden sources of workplace politics that may hinder productivity -- and how you can prevent it You’ll learn: 1. Approaches to identify and eliminate unnecessary suffering at work.2.How to deal with “pot-stirrers” at your job 3.The importance of focusing on your agenda before anyone else’s About Amanda Amanda is an executive coach and strategist specializing in helping senior executives deal with disruptive drama within their teams. An advertising agency veteran, she experienced first-hand the business implications of corporate drama both with her Fortune 500 clients and within the Manhattan ad agency she led. 

James E. Lukaszewski, the man known as America's Crisis Guru, shares how to handle and resolve crises within organizations from a strategic perspective. You’ll learn: Why it’s better to give options instead of solutions The 7 disciplines of being a trusted advisor The 6 steps to giving impactful 3-minute advice About JimJames (Jim) E. Lukaszewski is one of America’s most visible corporate go-to people for senior executives when there is trouble in the room or on the horizon. As America’s Crisis Guru®, He has been recognized for lifetime achievement

Positive psychology researcher (and former CBS News anchor) Michelle Gielan discusses correlation and causation between happiness and career success. You’ll Learn: 1. How happiness truly translates into career performance 2. How to use “small shifts” to talk about solutions instead of problems 3. The “4 C’s” of delivering bad news better About Michelle Michelle Gielan is national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, who is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness. Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and is partnered with Arianna Huffington to study how transformative stories fuel success. She is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. Michelle holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her research and advice have received attenti

You’ll learn: How to deal with “wicked problems” How to channel your imagination for extra creativity What the “trap of advocacy” is -- and why you should avoid it   About Brook Brook Manville is Principal of Brook Manville LLC, providing consulting and executive development on strategy and organization. He publishes on leadership, networks, and learning communities at Forbes and elsewhere. He coaches leaders on their organizational effectiveness, in the context of a hyperconnected world. He’s a former Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Organization Practice (and the firm’s first Director of Knowledge Management). He’s held senior positions at Saba S

In this mini-episode, Pete quickly offers a curation of a dozen episodes to help achieve one of four key objectives: 1) Tackling overwhelm 2) Getting quicker promotions 3) Collaborating better 4) Presenting better 1) Tackling overwhelm 15 - David Allen 32 - Chris Bailey 38 - Greg McKeown 2) Getting quicker promotions 2 - Arla Lach 12 - Claire Pederson Patel 18 - Kara Eschbach 25 - Dan Rust 3) Collaborating better 34 - Kevan Hall 36 - Steve Ritter 45 - Emmanuel Gobillot 4) Presenting better 1 - Mawi Asgedom 41 - Dr. Nick Morgan

Bored, Lizzy ventures into her step-father's study after being warned not. This very special and magical room holds a secret, but what will she discover? A short story suitable for children aged 6–12 years old.

Architect and author Leigh Stringer shares how to adjust your workspace to enhance your performance. You’ll learn: 1. The powerful connection between relaxation and creativity 2. What “biophilia” means and how it can improve your performance 3. The difference between good workers and great workers we learned from athletes About Leigh: Leigh Stringer, LEED AP, is a workplace strategy expert and researcher whose work has been covered by national media, including CNN, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Good Morning America. She works for EYP, an architecture, engineering and building technology firm. She is the author of the book The Healthy Workplace: How to Improve the Well-Being of Your Employees—and Boost Your Company’s Bottom Line and lives with her husband and two daughters in Washington, DC. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep47

Inventor extraordinaire Afif Ghannoum shares tactics for conceiving, testing, and selling great ideas. You’ll learn: 1. The conditions necessary for creativity to flourish 2. How to successfully borrow, tweak, and validate ideas from giants 3. The three credibilities you need for a compelling story About Afif: Afif Ghannoum is the founder of NapkinToShelf.com. He is a formerly frustrated lawyer that has launched over ten products that have sold in over 27,000 stores and online. Afif also has two patents, licensed technology to a large pharma company for a product sold in tens of thousands of stores in multiple countries, and has raised nearly $9 Million (and Counting) in venture funding. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep46

Leadership thinker/author/speaker/consultant Emmanuel Gobilott lays out how people really work best together. You’ll learn: What charisma really is and how to project it When collaboration is ideal vs. inappropriate The four steps to collaborative success About Emmanuel: Emmanuel Gobillott is one of Europe’s most sought after leadership speakers and has been described as ‘the first leadership guru for the digital generation’ and ‘the freshest voice in leadership today’, He is the au