Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

Can leadership be learned? Is it for everyone? How can be become better leaders? These are some of the questions we answer in this episode with real life Top Gun instructor, and leadership instructor David Berke. He also wrote The Need to Lead. Find out how the experiences in the battlefield can be applied in your leadership journey.

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Layoffs, scandals, use of AI gone wrong… These days there seems to be significant crisis looming and we need to prepare. As my guest says, its not a matter of if a crisis happens but a matter of when. In today's episode we have Edward Segal, the author of The Crisis Casebook: Lessons in Crisis Management from the World's Leading Brands and the award-winning and bestselling Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies. Today you will learn how to prepare to manage a crisis. 

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This episode features Andrew D. Wittman, PhD, a United States Marine Corps infantry combat veteran, former police officer, and federal agent. 

As a private military contractor for the U.S. State Department, he trained former Navy SEALs, Marines, Army Rangers, and Special Forces in high-threat diplomatic security. where he forged the system behind Inner Armor,hisframework for mastering pressure, mental toughness, and emotional control.Today we talk about some tactics you can use today. 

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This episode originally aired on December 2020. 

In this episode we talked about Diversity and specifically Diversity Awareness. While Diversity may be seem as part of an initiative a company takes on to  ensure people of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures are treated as equal, diversity is also an individual responsibility.

Our guest today, Karen Catlin, is an advocate for inclusive work spaces. After spending 25 years building software products and serving as a Vice President of Engineering at Macromedia and Adobe, she noticed a sharp decline in the number of women working in tech. therefore, she decided to switch gears. She became a Leadership Coach to help more women become leaders and coach men who want to be better allies for underrepresented groups.

She is the author of two books on the topic Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces and The Better Allies™ Approach to Hiring.

In todays' episode we talked about her background and career shift. We also discuss specific steps you can take now to become an ally and help foster diversity.

To get in touch with Karen Catlin, her website: https://karencatlin.com/ 

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How do we create a joyful workplace? In this episode, Rich Sheridan, co-founder of Menlo Innovations, and author of Chief Joy Officer and Joy Inc, shares how we built a culture of joy in his tech company. 

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In this episode we begin a series focused on providing actionable advice you can use to cultivate essential skills. 

In this episode we review: 
- Why do we use the term "soft" skills?
- What are the most effective way ways to learn soft skills?
- Find out how "soft" skills were intended to be trained in military organizations. 

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In this episode, learn about how to become unruly with Lauren Wittenberg Weiner is the author of Unruly: Deconstruct the Rules, Defy the Norms, and Define Your Success. Lauren found success in the field of military contracting by changing the rules of the game. She started WWC Global when she could not get a job as a military spouse stationed overseas. Over the course of almost 20 years, she and her team built the company to almost $100 million in annual revenue before the company was acquired in 2022. 

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This episode originally aired in December 2022. 

If you are a regular listener of this podcast you know that beyond the learning you do for your work related skills to get you in the door, the "soft" skills are the ones that will truly make you succeed. Especially transitioning careers or planning the way ahead, honing your "soft" skills is extremely important. 

Thinking of that interest in advancing in your career, or switching gears, here are 5 skills you need to practice and some advice on how to get started on each. 

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This episode was originally aired in 2022.

Today we talk about Body Language with an expert who has been voted as a number one body language expert. Mark Bowden (https://truthplane.com/home/people/mark-bowden/  )  is a bestselling author who has been featured in CNN, CBS, the Dr. Phil Show, and many others to share his expertise on body language and human behavior. 

Our conversation today focused on what is really involved with developing your ability to understand body language and that of others. After this episode you will have taken a very important steps on your journey to understand body language for your advantage at work and life. 

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