Podcasts about skills

Director by 35 was the plan. Now every missed milestone feels like proof that something's wrong with you. Map your path to Director https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrRe3O8KHSQ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SWNwlHy9w5c I asked MIT engineer and CTO Mark Herschberg how often a project ends up exactly the way it was planned on day one. His answer was near zero. Scope shifts, a CEO changes direction six months in, and sometimes the whole thing gets cancelled because there's better ROI somewhere else. Nobody calls that team failures, but when your career plan slips, you call yourself one. A career plan should work like a project plan. It's clear for the next few weeks, fuzzy further out, and adjusted as you learn. A missed milestone is often a trade-off you made on purpose, like refusing to spend three years kissing the ring of a boss you couldn't stand. Most of Mark's career-planning questions aren't about work at all. They're about family, where you want to live, and the impact you want to have. In this episode: why a master's degree won't get you promoted, how ten minutes of negotiating can be worth $40,000, how to build a peer group that practices leadership the way athletes scrimmage, and the fantasy chess question that helps you work backward from where you want to be. Optimize for life happiness, not job titles. New here? Follow the show. Find out what's holding back your next move  Zach White is a mechanical engineer from Purdue who led engineering teams at Whirlpool before founding Oasis of Courage. He's coached hundreds of engineering leaders toward growth, clarity, and more happiness in their careers. His work is built on one belief: you shouldn't have to sacrifice your life to reach your potential.  

What Private Practice Therapists Wish they Knew Before StartingI posted to Instagram asking therapists: “What's one thing you wish you'd known before going into private practice?"Thank you to all of you who participated :) I share related resources to the topics discussed below.Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here:https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice*Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS"Resources:Free Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8Video: "How to Launch a Successful Private Practice in 2026”https://youtu.be/tydi5vXa0JMVideo: "How do I Set my Fee as a New Private Practice Owner?”https://youtu.be/0iMbrdIzI5sVideo: "Startup Costs of Part Time Private Practice | Start Private Practice on a Budget”https://youtu.be/02GbDAyBWUw(This is an old one but the concepts hold up!)Video: "What you Need to Know About Quarterly Taxes for Your Practice”https://youtu.be/Eo3f2VIrbMIVideo: "Why are Therapists so Isolated?”https://youtu.be/19lcjfra0DEVideo: "How to Avoid Isolation in Private Practice”https://youtu.be/u-p7H36UK44Playlist: "Ask the Tax Expert about Private Practice Accounting"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrCeMCOvYxz1zfYqtNxFFnZzPlaylist: “Private Practice Marketing Strategy”https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrAaqD-YMZm_Hc5WSZMq5WSBLINKS:*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

Neal Schore shares expert strategies for reclaiming the time we don't realize we give away. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The many ways we waste time without realizing it2) The 10-second trick that prevents time-wasting miscommunications3) How to feel more powerful in just five secondsSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1185 for the full transcript!— ABOUT NEAL — Neal Schore serves as chairman and advisor to several notable business leaders, boards, and companies across the United States. He also advises multiple private equity and investment firms on executive leadership and strategic initiatives. He currently serves as cofounder and CEO of The 25th Hour Group, an executive coaching and leadership events firm that showcases his proven leadership toolbox and practice. Previously, Schore served as founder, president, and CEO of Triton Digital, a global technology, data, and services leader in the digital audio and podcast industry. Schore received a Bachelor of Arts in business administration, with emphasis on management, marketing, and finance, from Michigan State University. He is currently active in Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program. Schore is a member of the Los Angeles Gold Southland Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and the recipient of E&Y's 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year award for greater Los Angeles.• Book: The 25th Hour: How to Thrive (And Gain Ridiculous Amounts of Time) by Getting Out of Your Own Way• Website: 25HourGroup.com• Website: NealSchore.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross• Book: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks• Book: From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks• Book: Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition by Mitch Albom• Past episode: 683: How to Break Free from Negative Self-talk and Chatter with Ethan KrossSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

JON CALDARA LOVES PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE CONTENT As evidenced by the videos being created by the Independence Institute right now about ballot issues. Check these out. Well now II is having a contest to see if YOU can make better AI videos. Jon Caldara joins me at 2:30 to talk about it. Find out more about the Independence Institute here. Enter your video at this website. STEVE YURASH IS TRYING TO UNSEAT A HORRIBLE HOUSE MEMBER He’s running as the Center Party candidate against Yara Zokai, who is an anti-Semitic socialist. He joins me at 1 for a chat. Find out more about him here. DENVER AND AURORA LAWNS, RIP TO YOU Because both cities banned watering starting today. Big fines in Denver, not so much in Aurora. What’s funny to me is that Aurora citizens have done a great job following water restrictions while Denverites largely ignored them according to Denver Water.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of FP&A Unlocked, host Paul Barnhurst and co-host Glenn Snyder sit down with Valerie Martin to discuss how AI is changing FP&A, leadership, and business partnering. They explore why greater efficiency does not automatically create greater value and how finance teams can use AI without losing judgment, context, or trust with the business.Valerie Martin is a Finance Executive specializing in FP&A and strategic finance, with experience across GTM, SaaS, AI, and value creation. A former Autodesk finance leader and San Francisco FP&A Board Ambassador, Valerie brings extensive experience in business partnering, finance transformation, and helping organizations make better strategic decisions.Expect to Learn:Why AI efficiency does not always create more value.How AI is changing the skills FP&A teams need.Why judgment and business context still matter.How leaders should rethink training and development.Why communication and trust remain critical in FP&A.Here are a few relevant quotes from the episode:“AI could help us get the answer faster, but you can't outsource accountability.” - Valerie Martin“The measurement is about the value, not the production.” - Glenn SnyderValerie explains that AI can automate variance analysis, reporting, data cleanup, and other repetitive work, but faster production is only useful if teams turn that saved time into greater business value. As AI takes on more technical work, FP&A professionals need to strengthen their judgment, curiosity, business acumen, and communication skills.Follow Valerie:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-martin-342878/Email: valsoniamartin@gmail.comFollow Glenn:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/glenntsnyderDisclosure: Portions of this episode (such as the introduction or promotional segments) use AI-generated voice narration produced under human editorial review.Explore Lineos Reporting Intelligence:Ready to transform financial reporting? See how Lineos Reporting Intelligence helps finance teams connect ERP data directly to Excel, access current data, and spend less time assembling reports.Watch the Reporting Intelligence demo:https://www.insightsoftware.com/lineos/resources/Reporting-intelligence-demo/?utm_source=thefpaguy&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lineos-influencer-oct&utm_content=newsletter1Earn Your CPE CreditFor CPE credit, please go to earmarkcpe.com, listen to the episode, download the app, answer a few questions, and earn your CPE certification. To earn education credits for the FPAC Certificate, take the quiz on earmark and contact Paul Barnhurst for further details.In Today's Episode:[00:00] -Trailer[01:17] - Hard-Coded Opinion[04:54] - How AI Is Changing FP&A Skills[06:16] - Where AI Adds the Most Value[13:51] - When AI Efficiency Doesn't Create Value[15:03] - Judgment, Context & Accountability[19:46] - Redesigning FP&A Work for AI[20:51] - Why Communication Still Matters[27:35] - Turning Saved Time Into Greater Value[34:20] - What Differentiates Finance in the AI Era[41:22] - How FP&A Professionals Stay Valuable[46:27] - Closing & CPE Information

Have you ever felt disconnected from your company's mission, or struggled to understand how your specific role impacts the bottom line? In this episode, we sit down with Kevin Cope, author of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling book, Seeing the Big Picture. Kevin shares his powerful journey—from his time at the Covey Leadership Center to founding Acumen Learning—and explains the critical "gap" that exists in modern organizations: the disconnect between functional expertise and business acumen. Whether you are a frontline employee, a mid-level manager, or a sales professional, understanding how a company makes money is the key to increasing your credibility, advancing your career, and driving meaningful results. In this episode, we discuss: The Cost of Disengagement: Why a lack of business understanding leads to a massive global productivity loss. Seeing the Big Picture: How to move beyond your specific department to understand profit margins, cash flow, and company objectives. Business Acumen for Sales Success: How to transition from a "product expert" to a "trusted business advisor" by solving your client's financial challenges. Practical Tips: Simple habits to build your business literacy, from tracking industry news to asking the right questions in leadership meetings. Resources Mentioned: Learn more about Acumen Learning: acumenlearning.com Explore Seeing the Big Picture: seeingthebigpicture.com Discover more audiobooks: amplifyaudiobooks.com Watch the video of this episode Support our work making the audiobook industry a more equitable place HERE: buymeacoffee.com/audiobookconnection    #BusinessAcumen #SeeingTheBigPicture #CareerGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #SalesSuccess #AudiobookConnection #ProfessionalDevelopment #FinancialLiteracy

Fast 700 Aussteller und ebenso viele Vorträge auf 24 Bühnen. Die Fülle der Lösungen und Anbieter ist kaum zu überblicken – und gerade deshalb liebe ich die Fülle der Ideen und Gespräche bei einem der wichtigsten HR-Events in Deutschland. So auch dieses Jahr – mit dem Themenschwerpunkt „Team Human x AI". Wenig überraschend drehte sich alles um KI. In den Lösungen, in den Unternehmen, im Arbeitsmarkt. Meine Takeaways sind natürlich subjektiv, nicht vollständig – und fokussieren sich in diesem Jahr auf 6 Themen, in die ich etwas tiefer eingetaucht bin.  Themen:  Genial mit Abstrichen: Wie mir Claude einen Messekompass gebaut hat. Fast perfekt.  Neue Büros: Wenn Arbeit mobiler wird, ändern sich die Anforderungen an Büros. Halbe Fläche, doppelte Qualität! Mehr Bewegung: Tische und Stühle waren gestern. Stattdessen: Laufband unterm Stehtisch, Crosstrainer mit Laptop-Tisch oder gleich Steh- und Sitzmöbel, die eher an Spielgeräte erinnern. Gesundheit im Fokus: Wenn Vorsorge und Fitness-Status direkt im Unternehmen gemessen werden und Verhaltensänderung für mehr Gesundheit und Fitness gefördert werden.  Skills statt Zeugnisse: Der Begriff des „Reskillings" kleidet die Notwendigkeit des lebenslangen Lernens in ein neues Gewand. Mit der Chance, Lernen viel stärker im Alltag zu integrieren. Talente gewinnen: Weiterhin ein Riesenthema. Recruiting-Plattformen, Employer Branding. Employer of Record - und neue Ansätze im Empfehlungsmarketing.  Schicksalsfrage KI: KI ist überall. HR-Prozesse werden durchdrungen, Anbieter integrieren KI und die große Frage über allem: wie implementieren wir KI so, dass Mensch und Firma wettbewerbsfähiger werden?   Sie wollen Ihr Unternehmen zum großartigen Arbeitgeber entwickeln? Sie suchen Impulse oder Sparring für den Weg in die Zukunft der Arbeit? Ich freue mich auf den Austausch. Einfach als Mail oder auf meiner Website einen Termin buchen.  

Building a plan B can feel like betting against plan A. But preparing for what's next pays off whether plan A lasts two years or twenty. Corey Parchman started his time in the NFL as an undrafted free agent, but quickly learned "NFL" can also mean "not for long." In this episode, he shares how he learned business without losing focus on football, how to reinvent yourself after a major career change, and why becoming a business owner is more reachable than you think. Topics discussed: (00:00) Introduction (01:22) From undrafted to five years in the NFL (03:25) Starting Plan B while doing Plan A (07:46) Identity after a career change (10:40) Skills that transfer into business (and one that doesn't) (14:22)

In this episode, I'm joined by Vincent Cyr, team lead at Real Brokerage, to discuss how he's integrating AI into every stage of the client journey, from listing presentations and pricing strategies to AI search optimization and custom-built workflows. We explore why human judgment still matters, how specialized AI skills create better client experiences, and practical ways agents can build repeatable systems that save time while improving the quality of their advice. If you're looking to move beyond experimenting with AI and start using it to create better outcomes for your clients, this conversation is full of practical ideas you can apply to your business. Guest: Vincent Cyr The Cyr Team - https://www.thecyrteam.com Inherited Property (situation-specific) - https://thecyrteam.com/your-situation/inherited-property/ Downsizing (situation-specific) - https://thecyrteam.com/your-situation/downsizing/ Chadds Ford / Distinctive Homes (location + service) - https://thecyrteam.com/chadds-ford-pa/distinctive-homes/   Books Mentioned:  Unabridged: https://www.amazon.com/Miserables-Signet-Classics-Victor-Hugo/dp/045141943X Streamlined: https://www.amazon.com/Miserables-Penguin-Classics-Victor-Hugo/dp/0140444300   Host: Rajeev Sajja Website: http://www.realestateaiflash.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsajja Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rajeev_sajja LinkedIn: http://www.linkedIn.com/in/rsajja Join our Instagram Real Estate AI Insiders Channel - https://ig.me/j/AbZCJG37DqBPPtxi/ Get a 14-day Wispro Flow Pro Free Trial - https://ref.wisprflow.ai/rajeev-sajja  Subscribe to our weekly AI Newsletter: https://realestateai-flash.beehiiv.com/subscribe  ChatGPT Claude Conversion Guide - https://switch-ai-field-guide.rajeevsajja.chatgpt.site  

The rapid transformation of work, driven by technological acceleration and evolving business needs, is leaving organizations scrambling to keep their employees future ready. ServiceNow's Chief Learning Officer Jayney joins me to share her thoughts on how organizations can move beyond traditional skilling to focus on comprehensive readiness, including the unique human abilities that set people apart from machines. Jayney discusses ServiceNow's model of a "talent signature"—a multidimensional skill profile that brings together AI fluency, functional expertise, and the elusive but critical human advantage. You'll hear how ServiceNow is transforming learning into a personalized, playful, and data-driven experience, why curiosity can't be taught but can be learned, and how measuring what makes us uniquely human is key.  You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...03:46 Measuring uniquely human skills13:08 Assessing employee skill readiness15:03 Emerging AI skills and demand18:56 Creating conditions for curiosity27:26 Workforce readiness and skills gap32:32 Focus on customer-centric strategy35:43 Debating centralized vs. federated learning37:33 Introducing SimStudio for training47:04 Creating a unique learning environment48:12 Solving the learning experience puzzle56:09 How the Lead Boldly model worksThe Shift from Skilling to Workforce ReadinessWorkforce readiness has become the new clarion call for organizations. Between 30 and 100% of skills are going to change in the workforce over the next 3 years. This volatility demands a seismic shift in how we think about people development: not as one-off, reactive upskilling, but as continuous preparation for evolving roles and technologies.At ServiceNow, readiness means aligning workforce capabilities with both current role requirements and the unpredictable demands of tomorrow's jobs. Readiness isn't about checking boxes on completed learning modules—it's about ensuring employees can confidently perform in their roles now and adapt to what's next.Rethinking Skills: The Talent Signature ModelCentral to ServiceNow's approach is the concept of the “talent signature”—a model that assesses employees across three dimensions:AI Fluency: The understanding and leverage of AI, scaled according to job requirements.Functional Skills: Core competencies needed for specific roles (e.g., technical, sales, marketing).Human Skills: The human advantage—skills that remain when AI takes over routine work, such as critical thinking, judgment, curiosity, courage, and interpersonal connection.This framework recognizes that the interplay between these domains is dynamic and context-dependent. An AI skill alone, without a human skill, is actually a skill that AI could do on its own. The difference is the foundational human layer. The model leverages nearly 200 signals—from learning completions and assessments to project work and interpersonal feedback—to generate a unique skill profile for each employee. This data-rich fingerprint enables more precise, personalized development paths and better workforce planning.Can Curiosity Be Learned?We discuss whether qualities like curiosity and courage are innate or can be developed. While training modules for curiosity might fall short, Jayney's perspective is that these attributes can't be taught, but they can be learned. The distinction matters: it's about creating the right conditions for growth rather than direct instruction. By fostering environments where it's safe to experiment and fail, organizations can unlock these human traits. The Power of Safe ExperimentationTo build a culture of learning, ServiceNow draws on the “science of play.” Drawing inspiration from educational theorists like Johan Huizinga, Jayney advocates for “magic circles”—playgrounds within the organization where different rules apply, and the risk of failure is reduced. In these environments, employees are more willing to try, iterate, and improve.The shift from passive consumption (read-and-test courses) to hands-on, playful approaches is evidenced in their adoption of AI-driven roleplay. Strikingly, 93% of participants returned to repeat these immersive simulations, a testament to the draw and efficacy of playful, experiential learning.Leading Boldly in Times of UncertaintyIn a climate of rampant change and declining organizational trust, leadership takes center stage. ServiceNow's “Lead Boldly” model encourages leaders to trust boldly, communicate clearly (even without certainty), and champion change—a people-centered approach that recognizes leaders as the primary catalysts for psychological safety, resilience, and adaptive learning. Resources & People MentionedBill McDermott CEO of ServiceNowRachel Botsman on LinkedInHomo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in CultureLOL- Learning out Loud!Jayney Howson on Substack  Connect with Guest NameJayney Howson - Chief Learning Officer @ ServiceNow | Global Workforce Skills & Talent Readiness Connect With RedThread ResearchWebsite: RedThread ResearchOn LinkedInSubscribe to WORKPLACE STORIES

For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic featuring an interview with the author of Ping Pong Leadership: 18 Principles to Succeed at Any Table in Business, Sports, and Life, Justin Bookey. In this book, Justin distills lessons from a beloved global sport into 18 actionable and unforgettable "Pong Principles." Justin has spent decades as a competitive table tennis player, trained with national and world champions, and won medals at the US Open. He is an Emmy-nominated content creator and strategist, and he's worked with leaders at global companies to accomplish their business goals. As these two worlds overlapped, Justin realized that the core principles he learned while training to compete at the table also apply to success in business and leadership. Ping Pong Leadership is a powerful guide to success at any table. Justin Bookey is a former lawyer, an award-winning marketing strategist, and global ping pong player. He's had the good fortune of learning from some of the best and brightest in several arenas while working with leaders at Disney, Sony, Honda, Qualcomm, XPRIZE, and more. After practicing communications law for several years in Washington, DC, he transitioned to web content development. He's earned Emmy nominations for feature documentaries he produced, and Telly, Viddy, and ADDY awards for digital marketing campaigns he spearheaded.  Upon moving to LA, Bookey stepped up his training with Olympian and world-class table tennis coach Wei Wang. His efforts with her and other national/world champions helped him win medals at the US Open and the US national championships. He learned different leadership cultures while studying in India and teaching in Japan, and has played table tennis on seven continents. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, and now lives and works in Santa Monica, California, where he also runs PongFit, a nonprofit that builds fitness and community through ping pong. Get Ping Pong Leadership here: https://rb.gy/wbgkae   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Lessons from SmartLab's approach to preparing students for an AI-powered world can also strengthen adult learning and workplace development. Dr. Jennifer Berry explains how project-based learning, productive struggle, and durable human skills help learners use AI to enhance—not replace—their thinking. Show Notes:Dr. Jennifer Berry of SmartLab shares that preparing people for an AI-powered world is less about teaching them to use AI and more about strengthening the uniquely human skills AI cannot replace. Her top takeaways include:Preparing learners for AI is about more than technology. Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, systems thinking, computational thinking, and adaptability are durable skills that apply across careers and technologies.Learners need a strong sense of identity and belonging. Berry defines STEM identity as the belief that you belong, can master rigorous challenges, and that your ideas add value.Productive struggle is essential to learning. Failure and discomfort help learners develop new ways of thinking, reflect on what did not work, and build the confidence to approach future challenges.AI should enhance original thinking—not replace it. Learners should first wrestle with a problem, develop their own ideas, and then use AI to refine, improve, or scale their work.Organizations must create room for experimentation and course correction. Leaders can prepare employees for change by recognizing effort, supporting thoughtful risk-taking, and allowing people to learn from unsuccessful attempts.Learn more about SmartLabAbout Dr. Jennifer BerryDr. Jennifer Berry is the Chief Executive Officer for SmartLab. She has an extensive track record leading innovation and growth in multiple top K-12 education businesses, and will further CLS's mission to transform the lives of future generations through innovative, career-focused STEM education solutions. Dr. Berry has spent the last 15+ years in senior leadership positions for prominent K-12 organizations including Presence, After-School All-Stars, Quantum Learning, and Kaplan. Dr. Berry holds a Doctor of Education (EdD) in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California (USC), and her commitment to education is inspired by her daughter and a love of lifelong learning. She is a resident of San Diego, California.Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry's Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide. Learn more about d'Vinci at www.dvinci.com. Follow us on LinkedInLike us on Facebook

We dig into how good stories and elegant mechanisms can seduce clinicians into using fertility and surgical “add-ons” long before the evidence is ready. We also connect policy, access, and misinformation to a disturbing rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths, then end with what better studies should look like when patient safety is on the line. • why low-dose naltrexone becomes a fertility add-on despite unclear mechanisms • biologic plausibility versus proof, and why theory cannot replace trials • what the available LDN data looks like, including weak endpoints and missing live birth outcomes • practice inertia, file drawer bias, and when a therapy belongs in routine care • ProPublica's ectopic pregnancy mortality signal and how to interpret CDC WONDER data • COVID-era care disruptions, hospital closures, and delayed early pregnancy evaluation • Dobbs-era legal ambiguity, chilling effects, and implications for methotrexate timing • a new Nature Medicine finding on ISM2 as an early biomarker for preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction • V-NOTES versus vaginal hysterectomy trial design problems, including power, exclusions, and comparators • conflicts of interest, blinding failures, and how low-quality studies pollute meta-analyses Everybody remember to get your ABOG stuff done in the next month or so. Be sure to check out thinkingaboutobgyn.com for more information and be sure to follow us on Instagram. 0:34 Low-Dose Naltrexone For Fertility8:38 Evidence Gaps And Practice Inertia17:14 Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Are Rising22:00 Access Problems And Social Media Misinformation24:15 Abortion Bans And Delayed Ectopic Care29:32 ISM2 Biomarker For Preeclampsia Risk32:31 V-Notes Versus Vaginal Hysterectomy Study41:40 Power, Outcomes, And Unfair Comparisons47:50 Conflict Of Interest And Broken Blinding55:09 Where V-Notes Came From1:01:31 Skills, Tradeoffs, And Final RemindersFollow us on Instagram @thinkingaboutobgyn.

Kristie Jones, sales leader and author of Selling Your Way In, joins me to explore the recent changes in sales leadership methodology. With over 20 years of experience transforming B2B SaaS startups, Kristie shares her perspective on the distinctions between leadership and management, the strategic role of AI in coaching, and the leadership skills modern organizations must develop to thrive. We discuss practical strategies for building high-performance sales teams, and Kristie gives her actionable advice for hiring, coaching, and leading sales teams effectively.    Outline of This Episode [00:00] Leadership as strategic, involving coaching and mentoring [05:29] Setting clear expectations with candidates [08:17] Pre-call coaching in the AI era [12:45] How AI is changing sales metrics and activity tracking [15:20] Modern leadership do's and don'ts [18:38] Improving sales team mindset   Transparency and Trust from Day One Building a high-performance sales team starts at hiring—with radical honesty. Instead of sugarcoating the role, she advocates for clear communication about expectations, quotas, and support structures from the outset. As Kristie says, "Interviewing is a two-way street ... I want to make my candidates what I call an educated consumer. I want them to understand what they're getting into." She also stresses the necessity of an 'expectation conversation'—both a verbal and written agreement outlining how communication will flow, what hours are expected, how interdepartmental collaboration is handled, and other foundational norms. This clarity allows accountability to flourish and builds trust, as you can't hold someone accountable if they don't understand what's expected of them.   Rethinking Coaching: From Postmortem to Pre-Call Preparation While many sales organizations pay lip service to coaching, Kristie notes that much of it is relegated to "postmortems"—reviewing what went right or wrong after calls. With the advent of AI providing more tactical information, she suggests coaching on the front end, which means doing the pre-call coaching to make sure that reps are bringing objective judgment into this decision. The most valuable skill for sales reps, and by extension, leaders, will be objective judgment and discernment, especially as AI-generated insights become ubiquitous and sometimes misleading. Are we going to take AI's word for everything? Or are we going to layer over our own human judgment?. Sales leaders need to coach reps on how to challenge, validate, and supplement AI-driven strategies, ensuring they develop the critical thinking needed to win in complex selling environments.   Methodologies and Mindsets That Matter Modern sales leaders need to leave the metaphorical cockpit and assume the role of air traffic controllers, with a broad perspective that enables them to orchestrate complex systems. Core 21st-century leadership skills, she explains, include: Systems Thinking: Understanding how the sales motion interacts with AI and other processes. Workflow Design: Defining clear divisions of responsibility between automation, augmentation, and humans. Decision Leadership: Making timely, bold decisions in a rapidly shifting landscape. Coaching for Judgment: Helping reps make nuanced decisions, not just follow playbooks. Clarity of Accountability: Explicitly defining what AI owns versus what humans own.   The metric we need to be looking at is quality of output, not quantity of input. Leaders need to probe beyond perfect-looking AI CRM notes to test real understanding, for example by asking reps to close their laptops and work out where this deal could go south.   The Power of Belief Kirstie also shares a story about when her sales teams were struggling, she sparingly deployed "fairy dust" and encouragement, but always paired it with tactical strategies and resources. It's not just "you've got this"—it's belief coupled with action and adaptation. Leadership, modern or otherwise, is about cultivating the mindset, capability, and trust to meet every new challenge head-on.   Resources & People Mentioned Kristie Jones    Connect with Kristie Jones  Kristie K. Jones on LinkedIn  Kristie Jones on X    Connect With Paul Watts    LinkedIn Twitter    Subscribe to SALES REINVENTED Audio Production and Show notes by PODCAST FAST TRACK https://www.podcastfasttrack.com  

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ZusammenfassungGefühlt ist ein großer Teil deiner LinkedIn-Timeline inzwischen KI-generiert – und vieles davon klingt austauschbar. Stefan, Andreas und Norbert sprechen darüber, woran du typischen „KI-Slop“ erkennst, vom Gedankenstrich über Dreier-Aufzählungen bis zu Fehlern in KI-Bildern, und warum KI-Texte trotzdem nicht automatisch schlecht sind. Du erfährst, warum „professionell“ noch lange nicht „unverwechselbar“ ist und warum sich die Arbeit mit KI vom Ausformulieren hin zur inhaltlichen Vorarbeit verlagert. Die drei zeigen, welcher Rohstoff aus deinen Texten mehr macht als den statistischen Mittelwert: eigene Erfahrungen, Emotionen, eine klare Meinung und dein persönlicher Sprachstil. Norbert erzählt, wie er einer KI über Stunden seine eigenen Modelle beigebracht hat – und warum er heute nicht weniger Arbeit, aber deutlich mehr Output hat. Picks - Tipps/Tricks & EmpfehlungenGrill Me (Claude-Skill): Bringt die KI dazu, dir nicht mehr gefallen zu wollen, sondern deinen Text oder dein Konzept schonungslos kritisch zu hinterfragen. – https://github.com/mattpocock/skills KI-Tool-Vergleich von Julia Junge: Übersicht über zahlreiche KI-Tools – inklusive Mammouth und vieler deutscher Anbieter – mit Einordnung, damit du dir KI günstiger erschließen kannst. – https://www.juliajunge.de/ki-tools/ Ollama mit Claude-Desktop-Integration: Lässt dich offene KI-Modelle wie Kimi oder Qwen direkt in der gewohnten Claude-Oberfläche mit Projekten und Skills nutzen – ohne Kosten für die großen Anbieter. – https://ollama.com/blog/claude-desktop Wenn dir diese Folge geholfen hat, abonniere die Marketing MasterMinds auf deiner Lieblings-Podcast-Plattform, hör gerne auch mal in ältere Folgen rein und hinterlass uns eine Bewertung!Andreas PfeiferLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaspfeifer/Homepage: https://www.die-heldenhelfer.com/Norbert SchusterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norbertschuster/Homepage: https://www.strike2.de/Stefan PonitzLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-ponitz/Homepage: https://www.fokus-ki.de

What can improv teach us about being better physicians, navigating relationships, and handling the unexpected? In this episode, Dr. Wendy Schofer shares how stepping onto an improv stage changed the way she sees herself, her work, and the challenges of everyday life. We talk about what she discovered through improv—and how those lessons have influenced the way she approaches medicine, parenting, coaching, and her own perfectionism.Dr. Wendy Schofer, MD is a dual-board certified pediatrician and lifestyle physician, and trauma-informed parenting coach specializing in eating disorder prevention for family members of all ages and sizes. As Founder of Family in Focus®, she's on a mission to help 1 million families build the social-emotional skills that strengthen relationships with food, body, and *especially* each other. In this episode, we discuss:How did improv help Dr. Schofer reconnect with play and find relief from the stress and burnout she was experiencing?What can stepping outside our professional and personal roles teach us about who we are beyond what we do?How can improv help physicians let go of the pressure to always be serious, responsible, and “perfect”?What does the improv principle of “make your partner look good” mean, and how can physicians use it with patients and families?How can the “yes, and” approach help us reduce conflict and build stronger relationships?Why is accepting what someone else brings to a conversation different from simply agreeing with them?How can the improv exercise “new choice” help us develop cognitive flexibility and consider possibilities beyond our first reaction?How can improv principles be applied to coaching, parenting, patient care, and everyday relationships?Why is being willing to fail an important part of trying something new and creating something that works?How can letting go of perfectionism give us more freedom to experiment, take risks, and create the life we actually want?Dr. Schofer shows us that improv is about much more than comedy. By learning to accept what is, build on what others bring to the table, consider new possibilities, and even risk failure, we can become more flexible, connected, and willing to step outside our comfort zones. These are skills we can take far beyond the stage and into our practices, relationships, and everyday lives.Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now.Website:amazvitamd.comEmail:hello@amazvitamd.comLearn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/Connect with Dr. Schofer:Website: www.wendyschofermd.comNo More Candy Wrappers Under the Bed program: How to stop your child's sneaking and create healthy relationshipswww.wendyschofermd.com/no-more-candy-wrappersFamily in Focus Podcast:https://podcast.wendyschofermd.com/Ep 209: Preventing Eating Disorders Without Turning Food Into a Power Struggle with Dr. Wendy Schofer Part 1Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voices-of-women-physicians/id1630624425?i=1000789747993Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/52QFsoWphyIRDKk4VrsceD?si=0e816d60c34f4f33Ep 210: Preventing Eating Disorders Without Turning Food Into a Power Struggle with Dr. Wendy Schofer Part 2Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voices-of-women-physicians/id1630624425?i=1000791077073Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6e5trIzKGe4ziHu7AocP8x?si=35c1d0eb23a848a9

Text me!In this episode, I'm breaking down why you should not relay solely on AI to create content. Why? Because it's generic and you will come across as a bot to your customers and potential customers. People want to know who the human that they are hiring is and how they can help them solve their problem. Support the showLINKS TO FREEBIES BELOW: WEEKLY NEWSLETTER where I share all the tips and tricks on how to grow organically online HERE If you are interested in sponsoring the show, send me a DMABOUT THE HOST: Former Executive Recruiter turned Digital Marketing Expert & Entrepreneur.  I'm here to show you that you can do it too! I help small business owners to start, grow and scale their personal brand and business online through social media. In 2021 I launched ChilledVino, my patented wine product and in 2023 I launched The Caroline Pennington Show Podcast and in 2025 I launched my Digital Marketing Agency called CPM. I live in South Carolina with my husband Gary and 2 Weimrarners, Zena & Zara. This podcast is a supportive and inclusive community where I interview and bring women together that are fellow entrepreneurs and workplace experts. We believe in sharing our stories, unpacking exactly how we did it and talking through the mindset shifts needed to achieve great things.Let's connect further!!LinkedIn HERE IG @cpennington55 FB HEREChilledVino HERE

Send us Fan Mail10 Skills More Valuable Than Stockpiling More GearOne of the biggest misconceptions in preparedness is that the person with the most gear wins. Gear has its place, but when an emergency happens, knowledge, training, and practical preparedness skills can be far more valuable than another gadget sitting on a shelf.In this episode of The Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin shares 10 preparedness skills that may be more valuable than buying more survival gear.We cover learning how to learn, emergency communications using HAM radio, GMRS and other methods, first aid, water procurement and purification, cooking without electricity, gardening and food production, mechanical and repair skills, situational awareness, building strong relationships, and making good decisions under pressure.You'll also learn why simply owning survival equipment isn't enough. A $30 radio you know how to use can be more valuable than a $500 radio still sitting in the box. Emergency food isn't much help if you've never practiced cooking without electricity. And the middle of a disaster is the worst possible time to learn how your equipment works.Preparedness isn't about owning everything. It's about becoming more capable, adaptable, and self-reliant.Gear wears out. Batteries die. Technology changes. Skills stay with you.The best prepper isn't the one with the most gear. It's the one who knows how to use what they have.Tags: preparedness skills, survival skills, prepping skills, prepper skills, emergency preparedness, preparedness, prepping, preppers, prepper, survival, survival training, survival gear, preparedness gear, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, emergency communications, HAM radio, ham radio preparedness, GMRS, FRS radio, satellite communicator, first aid, emergency first aid, CPR, bleeding control, water purification, water filtration, emergency water, water storage, cooking without electricity, off-grid cooking, emergency cooking, food storage, gardening, food production, survival gardening, mechanical skills, repair skills, situational awareness, decision making, emergency decision making, community preparedness, preparedness community, survival community, emergency planning, disaster preparedness, disaster survival, practical preparedness, preparedness training, The Prepping Academy, The Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin, PrepperNethttps://forrestgarvin.com/bookshttps://garvinacademy.com/https://preppershowsusa.com/ Join PrepperNet.Net - https://www.preppernet.netPrepperNet is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins.PrepperNet Support the showPlease give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com Daily deals for preppers, survivalists, off-gridders, homesteaders  https://prepperfinds.com www.preppernet.com

Clement Manyathela speaks to Dr Sharon Munyaka, Organizational Psychologist who shares on how to deal with an incompetent boss. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, weekdays from 09:00 to 12:00 (SA Time). Clement Manyathela starts his show each weekday on 702 at 9 am taking your calls and voice notes on his Open Line. In the second hour of his show, he unpacks, explains, and makes sense of the news of the day. Clement has several features in his third hour from 11 am that provide you with information to help and guide you through your daily life. As your morning friend, he tackles the serious as well as the light-hearted, on your behalf. Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Clement Manyathela Show. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to The Clement Manyathela Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/XijPLtJ or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/p0gWuPE Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nemanja Mišković, bivši reprezentativac Srbije i igrač Partizana i Mege, naš je današnji gost.Odrastao je uz generaciju velikih srpskih košarkaša. Teren i svlačionicu delio je sa Nikolom Jokićem, Vasom Micićem i Novicom Veličkovićem. Zajedno su rasli, trenirali i sanjali velike karijere. Njihovi putevi su ih odveli do samog vrha svetske košarke, dok je Nemanji život napisao potpuno drugačiju priču.Brojne povrede, operacije i komplikacije zaustavile su njegovu igračku karijeru mnogo ranije nego što je želeo. U jednom trenutku, posledice povreda bile su toliko ozbiljne da su zamalo ostavile trajne posledice po njegov život.Danas Nemanja živi u Švajcarskoj, gde vodi svoju košarkašku akademiju i pomaže mladim igračima da unaprede svoje veštine i naprave korak više u svom razvoju.Pričali smo o odrastanju uz Jokića, Micića i Veličkovića, Partizanu i Megi, reprezentaciji, povredama koje su mu promenile život, trenucima kada je sve moglo da bude potpuno drugačije, ali i o novom poglavlju koje je pronašao kroz rad sa mladim igračima u Švajcarskoj.Ukoliko želite da zasijate na društvenim mrežama Digital Halo je prava adresa za vas! https://digitalhalo.cc/00:00:00 Uvod00:04:30 Život u Švajcarskoj00:16:25 Institut Montana00:21:34 Košarka u Švajcarskoj00:26:20 Skills academy CH00:48:19 Evroliga00:50:53 NBA i koledž košarka01:00:13 Odrastanje01:04:07 Radnički Kragujevac01:11:17 Maštanja i uzori01:13:23 Partizan01:19:58 Mega01:35:20 Gruzija01:41:55 Problemi sa povredama01:53:13 Reprezentacija02:00:21 Najteži protivnik02:01:14 Šta mu je košarka donela?02:09:19 Savet za mlade02:11:23 Petorka saigračaPratite nas na društvenim mrežama!Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jaomile_podcast/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JAOMILEPODCASTTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jaomile_podcastTwitter https://twitter.com/mileilicGost: Nemanja MiškovićDatum: 26. avgust  2026. Autor i domaćin: Mile IlićLokacija: Studio Long MileProdukcija: Jao Mile#jaomilepodcast #nemanjamiskovic #crvenazvezda #kkpartizan #NikolaJovic #nba  #nikolajokic #abaliga #jokic #bogdanovic #euroleague #doncic #nikolatopic #micic

In this episode of the Campus Technology Insider podcast, Rhea Kelly, editor-in-chief of Campus Technology, chats with Rob Coyle, product manager for digital credentials at 1EdTech, about his organization's recent reports on the digital credential ecosystem, including employer data needs and technical transport workflows into hiring systems. Coyle defines digital credentials as standardized, metadata-rich packages that make learning and employment data trusted, verifiable, and interoperable, distinguishing them from micro-credentials. He describes K–12 use cases for staff development and early workforce pipelines, and highlights barriers to adoption such as limited awareness, inconsistent data placement, and challenges moving credential data into HR and applicant tracking systems. The discussion covers AI's dual impact: helping analyze curriculum and define pathways while also increasing résumé noise, making verifiable credentials more valuable. Coyle urges higher education IT leaders to lead cross-stakeholder planning, start small with pilots, credential co-curricular learning, and avoid assumptions about how learners will use credentials over time. 00:00 Welcome and Introductions 00:37 What 1EdTech Does 01:38 Digital Credentials Explained 05:29 K12 Workforce Pipeline 07:03 Inside the New Reports 08:04 Employer Data Needs 11:05 Credential Transport Workflows 12:19 Barriers to Adoption 14:49 Consistency and Standards 17:08 AI Changes Hiring Signals 21:30 AI Skills And Literacy 23:33 IT Leaders Lead Strategy 28:09 Quick Wins for Learners 30:26 Design for Lifelong Use 31:47 Closing and Where to Listen Resource links: 1EdTech's digital credentials reports Who's at Your Table? Building a Campus Coalition for LER Success 1EdTech Digital Credentials Procurement Considerations More on 1EdTech's digital credentials work Music: Mixkit Duration: 32 minutes Transcript (coming soon)

Skyview High School held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a new skills center focused on manufacturing and construction, becoming the third Vancouver Public Schools campus to receive one through private donations led by Careers in Construction, the charitable arm of Quail Homes. Skills centers have also opened in Evergreen Public Schools, La Center, and Ridgefield, with Hockinson close to breaking ground and Battle Ground in the plans. https://clarkcountytoday.com/story/new-skills-center-will-built-skyview-high-school-careers #CareersInConstruction #TradesEducation #VancouverPublicSchools #SkyviewHighSchool #ClarkCounty #WorkforceDevelopment #SkillsCenter

The IADC Trial Academy has been training defense trial lawyers since 1973, giving participants an immersive, hands-on opportunity to sharpen their advocacy skills and take their practice to the next level. In this episode of IADC Speaks, Host Rebecca Weinstein Bacon (Bartlit Beck LLP) speaks with Jennifer Haltom Doan (Haltom & Doan) and Alba Arriaga Romano (Riley, Hewitt, Witte & Romano, P.C.) about what makes the week-long program so impactful—from full-day sessions and guest speakers to working directly with faculty and trying a product liability case with professional actors as witnesses.They discuss the value of learning by doing, the importance of preparation, and the camaraderie and relationships that make the Academy experience last well beyond the week itself. Hear why the Trial Academy continues to be a defining experience for defense trial lawyers—and why firms should consider sending their lawyers to the program.

Lindsay Crouse reveals the surprising signs that your grit may be working against you. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How purposeless endurance keeps you stuck2) How small acts of quitting can make bigger decisions better3) Why we're so afraid to quit–and how to get over it Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1184 for the full transcript!— ABOUT LINDSAY — Lindsay Crouse is an independent producer and journalist and author of The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out. A 15-year veteran of The New York Times, her Emmy-nominated work on women's sports brought widespread change to the industry, including maternity protections for elite athletes sponsored by Nike. In The Times's Opinion section, she wrote and commissioned widely read essays and produced hundreds of short documentaries, including commissioning The Times's first Academy Award-winning film. A life-long competitive distance runner, she graduated from Harvard College, and lives in New York City with her family.• Book: The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out – Revolutionary Strategies for Personal Growth and Shifting Your Mindset on Success• Instagram: @lindsaycrouse• Website: LindsayCrouse.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith• Past episode: 798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/awesomepodSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Austin shares 3 steps that you can use to tap into the full potential of the skills section of LinkedIn!Time Stamped Show Notes:[0:25] - Why do LinkedIn skills matter?[1:29] - An example from Austin[2:47] - Find the right relevant skills for you[3:41] - Use ResyMatch.io Job Description Scanner[4:06] - Build endorsements for the relevant skillsResources Mentioned In Today's Episode:Article - LinkedIn SkillsResyMatch.ioWant To Level Up Your Job Search?Click here to learn more about 1:1 career coaching to help you land your dream job without applying online.Check out Austin's courses and, as a thank you for listening to the show, use the code PODCAST to get 5% off any digital course:The Interview Preparation System - Austin's proven, all-in-one process for turning your next job interview into a job offer.Value Validation Project Starter Kit - Everything you need to create a job-winning VVP that will blow hiring managers away and set you apart from the competition.No Experience, No Problem - Austin's proven framework for building the skills and experience you need to break into a new industry (even if you have *zero* experience right now).Try Austin's Job Search ToolsResyBuild.io - Build a beautiful, job-winning resume in minutes.ResyMatch.io - Score your resume vs. your target job description and get feedback.ResyBullet.io - Learn how to write attention grabbing resume bullets.Mailscoop.io - Find anyone's professional email in seconds.Connect with Austin for daily job search content:Cultivated CultureLinkedInTwitterThanks for listening!

Bob Rodzaj | Recorded October 9, 2025

Bob Rodzaj | Recorded October 9, 2025

For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic featuring an interview with the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality, Benjamin Shestakofsky. This book draws on nineteen months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, and examines how the company was organized to meet the needs of the venture capital investors who funded it. Investors push startups to scale as quickly as possible to inflate the value of their asset. Benjamin Shestakofsky shows how these demands create organizational problems that managers solve by combining high-tech systems with low-wage human labor. Behind the Startup explains how the gains generated by these companies are funneled into the pockets of a small cadre of elite investors and entrepreneurs. Shestakofsky compellingly argues that we must focus less on fixing the technology and more on changing the financial infrastructure that supports it. Benjamin Shestakofsky is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is affiliated with AI at Wharton and the Center on Digital Culture and Society. He is the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality (on sale March 19, 2024, University of California Press). Shestakofsky's research centers on the relationship between work, technology, organizations, and political economy in the age of AI. Articles based on his research for Behind the Startup have been awarded the 2021 Star-Nelkin Paper Award from the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology and the 2019 W. Richard Scott Article Award from the ASA's Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work. His research has been supported by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy and the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. His work has been featured in the Financial Times, Axios, and in a publication of the World Economic Forum.   Author website: https://www.benjaminshestakofsky.com/ Book website: Behind the Startup: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520395039/behind-the-startup X/Twitter: @bshestakofsky   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

If you already have a grounding in stone setting and you are ready to develop your skills further, this episode is for you. Jess is joined by jeweller and Jewellers Academy mentor Iain Sainsbury to talk about what it really takes to move into more advanced stone setting and jewellery making. Iain has completed all three of the Jewellers Academy advanced stone setting Masterclasses himself and now supports other jewellers going through the programme. In this episode, Jess and Iain discuss the three Masterclasses - Decorative Collets, Fishtail Setting and Tiara Wedding Bands - and how each one develops different technical skills at the bench. They also explore why advanced jewellery making is about much more than mastering one technique, and how learning complex construction, setting and finishing skills can give you more confidence in your own designs and commissions. They also talk about the importance of practice, why you should not expect to get an advanced technique right the first time, and how mistakes are often an essential part of becoming a more skilled jeweller. In this episode: How advanced stone setting differs from learning the basics Why complex projects can improve your overall jewellery-making skills Decorative collets and developing precision, piercing and construction skills Fishtail and pavé setting using traditional hand-pushed gravers Creating tiara-style wedding bands for bridal jewellery Why repetition and practice are essential at an advanced level How detailed tuition can help when projects involve multiple technical stages The value of learning alongside a community of experienced jewellers How advanced techniques can help with future commissions and fine jewellery work   The Jewellers Academy advanced stone setting Masterclasses are open for enrolment until 31st October 2026, with immediate access to all three courses and lifetime access to the training.   About Iain Sainsbury Iain Sainsbury is a British fine jewellery designer and goldsmith based in South Cambridgeshire, creating bespoke and one-of-a-kind pieces. His work combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, with a particular focus on precision, ethical sourcing and meaningful jewellery. He is also a Jewellers Academy mentor and tutor. Connect with Iain Instagram: @iains_jewellery Website: iainsainsbury.com

AI isn't just changing how we use software, it's changing who software is built for.In this episode of Lessons in Product Management, John Fontenot sits down with Kimberly Logan, Head of Product at the Walrus Foundation and former Google leader, to explore the evolution of product leadership and what happens as AI agents increasingly become users of software themselves.Kim shares lessons from her transition from technical program management into product leadership, including the shift from focusing on execution and the “how” to owning the “what” and “why.” They also discuss product-market fit, building better customer feedback loops, prioritizing under resource constraints, and how AI can make strong product managers even more effective.Then the conversation turns toward the emerging infrastructure of an agentic world: persistent AI memory, data ownership, portability between AI systems, verifiability, and the trust problems that arise when agents begin operating across organizational boundaries.What does product management look like when intelligence becomes cheap, but trust becomes increasingly valuable? That's the question at the center of this conversation.Outline:00:00 — Introduction & Kimberly Logan's background 01:29 — From Technical Program Manager to Product Leader 05:15 — Making the transition into Product Management 07:10 — Skills aspiring PMs should develop 09:40 — AI as a force multiplier for Product Managers 10:35 — Is AI a tool or a fundamental technological shift? 12:31 — What happens when AI agents become the users?13:58 — What is Walrus?15:26 — Why your data becomes more valuable in the AI era 17:40 — Portable, programmable & verifiable data18:44 — Solving AI platform risk with portable memory 20:47 — Verifiable AI memory21:50 — Where AI memory is being used today24:44 — Finding real Product-Market Fit 26:18 — How do you prioritize with limited resources? 28:32 — Ruthless prioritization & product trade-offs 30:16 — Where AI goes next 31:45 — The cross-company trust problem for AI agents

From Best Buy to Cybersecurity: Curiosity, Confidence, and Finding Your Place in TechIn this episode of No Password Required: Next Gen, Yazzel interviews Karina Rosario, Applications SOP Writer at ThreatLocker. Karina shares how her curiosity about technology led her from working at Best Buy and Geek Squad to earning her bachelor's degree in cybersecurity and beginning her career in the industry.From building a strong IT foundation to learning how important networking can be, Karina keeps it real about what it actually takes to break into cybersecurity. She talks about why a career in cyber is a “slow burn,” the value of taking chances on yourself, and how experiences from outside of cybersecurity can become some of the most valuable skills in your career.Outside of cyber mode, Karina brings plenty of personality to the conversation, from being a Nintendo and Fortnite fan to imagining her own cybersecurity sidekick in the world of Kim Possible. She also opens up about being a first-generation college graduate and her goal of becoming a voice for young women and girls entering cybersecurity.Karina's story is a reminder that there is no single path into cybersecurity. Sometimes the experiences you least expect can become the foundation for where you're headed next.Find Karina on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karina-r-3088691b9/Presented by ThreatLocker Supported by DerscannerChapters: 00:00 Introduction to Karina and Her Role at ThreatLocker03:00 Journey into Cybersecurity: Education and Inspiration05:51 Skills and Qualities for Success in Cybersecurity09:05 Personal Interests and Hobbies Outside of Work12:02 Empowering Women in Cybersecurity and Future Aspirations

Open any hiring feed this year and you'll find a fresh list of skills for the AI era. Discernment. Judgment. Taste. Bob Galen and Josh Anderson think the list is fine. They just think it's old.The human skills behind every team they're proud of (collaboration, coachability, comfort with ambiguity, a willingness to have the hard conversation) were always the job. AI picked up more of the technical work, and now everyone's noticing what was there the whole time.Josh walks through how he hired a new squad every quarter at Dude Solutions without the whole thing resting on his shoulders. The team read Debugging Teams together so everyone shared the same picture of a great teammate. Then they wrote interview question sets for each trait and split them across the interview panel. When a hire missed, they treated it like a bug in the system and fixed the process before the next round.Bob brings his attitude, aptitude, skills ordering, makes the case for working interviews where candidates spend an hour or two with the team, and draws a hard line on coachability. Josh pushes back with the people who've only ever worked for bad leaders and need someone to show them another way. (Bob agrees with him, which annoys Bob.)They also get into neurodiversity and why "good teammate" can't mean "smiles a lot," why a team needs both the "yes we can" and the "no we can't" voices in the room, and why Josh wants you to hear one thing clearly: technical skill still matters. It's just easier to teach.

What if finding your purpose is less about discovering one perfect career and more about understanding what makes you feel alive? People often come to coaching at a crossroads. From the outside, life may look successful: a career is progressing, responsibilities are being met, and there is no obvious reason to change course. Yet there can be a persistent feeling that something is missing. In this episode, we explore why that feeling deserves attention and how coaching can help us make sense of it. Our own experiences gave us two ways to look at purpose. For Jo, coaching became deeply connected to the contribution she wanted to make. For Zoe, coaching is an expression of a broader purpose: being part of a journey that helps someone feel more fulfilled. That distinction matters. If purpose can take more than one form, we do not have to put pressure on ourselves to find the single job that will make everything fall into place. We talk about the clues that can help when the answer is unclear. When do we feel most like ourselves? What kind of contribution matters to us? Who do we most enjoy working with, and where in their journey do we want to help? Zoe reflects on exploring other people-focused careers before finding that coaching offered the kind of conversations and relationships she was looking for. We also reflect on how our needs change through different stages of life. Work that once felt fulfilling may no longer fit around family, freedom or the person we are becoming. That does not make the years we spent doing it a mistake. Those experiences can help us recognise our strengths, values and priorities more clearly. For some people, coach training leads to a new career. For others, it changes how they lead, volunteer, parent or relate to the people around them. Finding meaningful work does not mean finding work that is always easy. Building our coaching business brought uncertainty alongside the conversations and contribution we loved. Perhaps a more useful question than "What would make me happy all the time?" is "What matters enough to me that I am willing to work through the difficult parts?" If you are considering a career change, exploring coach training or wondering what purpose means for you, we hope this conversation gives you space to notice what already matters. You may find that coaching is your next step, or that it helps you see another path more clearly. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and finding your purpose through coaching 00:37 Why career crossroads raise questions about purpose 02:24 When success on paper does not feel meaningful 04:53 Coaching as an expression of purpose 07:30 The many ways we can make a difference 08:50 Finding the people and work that fit 10:32 Meaning, independence and building something of your own 12:07 How purpose takes different forms through life 16:09 Why coach training does not require a career change 18:32 Training as a bridge to different possibilities 20:51 Why purposeful work can still be difficult 23:09 Exploring your own next chapter Key Lessons Learned: Purpose does not have to point to one perfect job. It can be expressed through different kinds of work and relationships. A career crossroads can be a sign that your needs and priorities have evolved. The work that makes you feel most alive offers clues about the contribution you want to make. Understanding who you want to help can be as useful as deciding how you want to help. Coach training can support self-discovery even if you do not plan to become an independent coach. Skills learned through coaching can shape leadership, volunteering, parenting and everyday conversations. Meaningful work may involve risk, uncertainty and discomfort. Those challenges do not make it less meaningful. Keywords: Finding your purpose, purpose through coaching, coach training, career change, meaningful work, career crossroads, becoming a coach, coaching skills, personal fulfilment,   Links & Resources https://igcompany.com/

Don Yaeger has spent 30 years studying what makes stories stick — and he's put it all into his new book, The Business of Storytelling: Inspire Action, Build Trust, and Drive Results Through Story. In this conversation, Don breaks down why "the story is the strategy," the neuroscience behind why we fall for a good story (looking at you, Steve Jobs), why PowerPoint slides kill more presentations than they save, and the exact "x-ray" method he uses to reverse-engineer his own talks.Don is a 13-time New York Times bestselling author, longtime journalist, and one of the most sought-after storytelling coaches in the world — he's worked with Simon Sinek, Forbes, and NVIDIA's senior leadership, among others.

Der Sprit ist teuer, dann doch vielleicht ein E-Auto? Viele kaufen sich grade n gebrauchtes. Was dafür sorgt, dass die Preise dafür auch steigen… Da sind jetzt also beim Gebrauchtwagen-Kauf ganz neue Skills gefragt. Was ist ein gutes Angebot bei E-Autos, worauf muss ich achten – wenn kein Verbrenner – und an wen wende ich mich bei Fragen? Wir gehen zusammen die Checkliste durch.

MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the platform built for military and tactical organizations. From scheduling to accountability to compliance, Teamworks keeps your unit running like a unit. If your team is still doing it with spreadsheets and group texts, there's a better way. Learn more at teamworkstactical.comWe are also supported by TrainHeroic — the training app we actually use to run the All-Access Bundle. Built for athletes who train with a purpose, not just a goal. Programming built for people who have a job to do. Start your free trial at trainheroic.comJob Fransen Returns: A Taxonomy for TransferJob Fransen is back. Last time, we covered near and far transfer — the gap between what you train and what you actually need to do. This time, we go deeper. Job, along with Franco Impellizzeri, published a taxonomy for the transfer of skills in sport, and it's one of those frameworks that immediately makes you rethink how you're building training programs.The Pentagon's warfighter performance optimization memo is sitting in the background of this whole conversation — specifically the part about elevating cognitive performance as a readiness priority. Drew and Alex think the people writing that memo probably don't know what it means. Job doesn't disagree.What we get into:— Transfer isn't just near or far. Job and Franco's taxonomy breaks it down across 13 dimensions borrowed from Barnett & Cécé's education framework and rebuilt for motor skills. Reach, distance, and likelihood are the three pillars.— Procedure vs. principle. If you know how to cook a steak on your specific pan, you're in trouble the second the pan changes. If you understand the Maillard reaction, you can cook anywhere. This is the chef-vs-cook distinction applied directly to how you design training.— Why shortcuts fail. Far transfer is alluring because it's fast — skip the messy middle, jump straight from generic training to elite performance. The problem is it almost never works. The research says so. The practitioners pitching video game cognitive training to the Pentagon either haven't read it or don't care.— VR and AR are not the answer. We tend to assume simulated environments are close enough to real ones. They're usually not, and the research is starting to catch up to that assumption. Job has a front-row seat to how sporting organizations get pitched these tools and how often they buy them anyway.— The military problem is harder. It's already difficult to design near-transfer practice in sport. Replicating combat — the noise, the stakes, the threat of actual harm — is orders of magnitude harder. The chain of near transfers still has to get built. You just can't use most of the middle links you'd want.— The three moderators that sink good practice design. Exposure, feedback and instruction, and learner disposition. Even if you design a perfect near-transfer task, you can blow the whole thing by getting any one of these wrong.Mentioned in this episode:Barnett & Cécé transfer taxonomy — the education framework Job built fromJob Fransen & Franco Impellizzeri — "A Taxonomy for the Transfer of Skills in Sport"Pentagon Warfighter Performance Optimization memoFirst Job Fransen episode — MOPs & MOEs, December 2025Our All-Access Bundle is the best place to get access to every training product we offerJoin the conversation on our DiscordViews expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent any official organization.

Episode 19: The Big Five — A Framework for Relationship Health What actually makes a relationship thrive? In this episode of What We Were Never Taught, Dr. Dan presents The Big Five—five core relationship processes that help explain why some relationships deepen while others slowly deteriorate: connection, continuity, repair, reciprocity, and progression. This framework applies whether two people have been dating for three months or married for fifteen years. Dr. Dan examines what each process looks like early in dating and how the same process changes across the seasons of a long-term marriage. For each of the Big Five, he takes listeners into the therapy room with both a light conflict and a heavy conflict—showing how perspective-taking, emotional regulation, accountability, and communication can look very different when the issue is something relatively small versus something involving deep hurt, betrayal, resentment, or infidelity. Dr. Dan also introduces the idea of relationship momentum windows: seasons when a couple may be moving toward greater closeness or greater distance. During these windows, certain behaviors act as accelerators—curiosity, ownership, repair, generosity, affection, follow-through, and willingness to understand one another—while other behaviors become brakes, including contempt, defensiveness, withdrawal, scorekeeping, secrecy, repeated broken promises, and negative assumptions about a partner's motives. Some couples reach moments when the relationship appears close to ending, yet those same moments can become turning points if the couple begins relating differently. The episode explores how relationships can develop positive or negative momentum over time—and how small relational processes can eventually produce very large outcomes. Through clinical examples, personal reflection, and relationship research, Dr. Dan offers one of the podcast's most complete frameworks yet for understanding relationship health. Whether you are newly dating, trying to strengthen a long-term marriage, recovering from betrayal, or simply trying to understand why relationships succeed or fail, this episode provides a practical way to evaluate what is actually happening between two people. Connection creates closeness. Continuity creates security. Repair creates resilience. Reciprocity creates mutuality. Progression creates a shared life. And throughout all five, the question becomes: What is accelerating this relationship toward flourishing—and what is putting on the brakes? Love begins relationships. Skills sustain them.

Summary:In this episode, Chris Fitkin from MetaCTO discusses the practical applications of AI in business, the importance of human oversight, and how AI is transforming workforce dynamics and technology infrastructure.Key Topics:AI's impact on customer experience and business processesCase study on payroll compliance automationHuman oversight in AI outputsAI's role in workforce transformation and new job creationSecurity, scalability, and ethical considerations in AI deploymentTakeaways:AI is now used to automate complex internal processes, such as payroll compliance, saving significant costs.Most AI projects now lead to measurable business outcomes, with a success rate improving from 10% to around 30%.Human in the loop is essential for quality control, especially in customer-facing AI applications.AI will create new job categories, such as AI agent managers, that didn't exist a year ago.Trust and skepticism are vital; users should critically evaluate AI outputs and understand data security risks.Chapters:00:00 Introduction to AI in Business01:41 Shifts in Customer Experience with AI03:21 Case Study: AI in Payroll Compliance05:38 The Future of Human Labor in AI08:14 Misconceptions About AI Deployment11:44 Navigating AI Outputs: Human Oversight14:02 Becoming a CTO: Key Considerations17:20 Measuring AI Project Success19:37 Emerging AI Technologies22:32 The Importance of Data Ownership25:00 Ethics in AI Deployment30:01 Skills for Future Business Leaders The AI for Sales Podcast is brought to you by BDR.ai, Nooks.ai, and ZoomInfo—the go-to-market intelligence platform that accelerates revenue growth.Skip the forms and website hunting—Chad will connect you directly with the right person at any of these companies.

What if turning 40 isn't about having everything figured out—but finally having enough experience to build what you actually want? In this special 40th birthday episode of Social Media Decoded, Michelle Thames reflects on entrepreneurship, reinvention, visibility, relationships, community, success, and what it really means to start over. After years of building businesses, creating content, podcasting, speaking, working with brands and clients, experiencing setbacks, pivoting, and rebuilding, Michelle is entering her 40s with a completely different definition of success. This isn't a "40 lessons at 40" episode. It's a conversation about becoming. Michelle shares the biggest lessons she's carrying into this next decade and why she believes your experience, relationships, reputation, and body of work become some of your greatest assets as you evolve. If you're rebuilding your business, reinventing yourself, questioning what's next, or wondering whether it's too late to change directions, this episode is for you. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why you're allowed to become someone new Why starting over doesn't mean starting from zero How years of experience create valuable pattern recognition Why visibility is a doorway—not the final destination How to turn visibility into relationships, opportunities, and revenue Why relationships can become more valuable than follower count How to stop building your business around being understood by everyone Why your real life, interests, expertise, and experiences can work together inside your brand Why results and case studies matter when positioning yourself as an expert What Michelle has learned from helping local businesses turn visibility into real-world customer activity Why sometimes you need to build the room you've been waiting to enter How Michelle is approaching Connected & Paid and Connected & Paid Live Why age and experience can become business advantages Why experts are still allowed to evolve, learn, and ask for help How to stop constantly proving yourself Why Michelle is prioritizing visibility, relationships, community, and opportunity in her next decade How to build a business that supports the life you actually want Starting Over Doesn't Mean Starting From Zero One of the biggest lessons Michelle is carrying into 40 is that rebuilding doesn't erase everything that came before it. When you start again, you bring your: Experience. Relationships. Skills. Reputation. Body of work. Mistakes. Data. Stories. Results. And pattern recognition. You aren't necessarily beginning at zero. You're beginning again with experience. That distinction can completely change how you approach a season of reinvention. Visibility Isn't the Goal Michelle has spent years teaching visibility, but her philosophy around visibility has evolved. Getting seen isn't enough. Going viral isn't enough. Growing followers isn't enough. The bigger question is: What happens because people saw you? Did someone join your email list? Book a call? Invite you to speak? Discover your business? Become a customer? Attend your event? Refer you? Offer a partnership? Visibility creates the opportunity to be discovered. Your ecosystem determines where that attention goes next. Relationships Over Followers One conversation can create an introduction. One introduction can create an opportunity. One room can create a relationship. One relationship can eventually create a client, collaboration, referral, speaking engagement, media opportunity, or partnership. That's why Michelle is entering this decade thinking differently about networking and community. Instead of walking into every room asking, "Who can buy from me?" she's focused on deeper questions: Who should I know? Who should know me? Who can I help? Who should meet each other? What could we build together? Because some opportunities aren't hiding inside another social media strategy. They're hiding inside relationships you haven't built yet. Build the Room You Wish Existed Michelle also shares why she's building Connected & Paid Live and creating spaces for women who are building, reinventing, looking for meaningful connections, and ready for bigger opportunities. Sometimes you're waiting for an invitation into a room you're actually supposed to create. Start the podcast. Host the dinner. Create the community. Build the offer. Plan the event. Make the introduction. Create what you wish existed. Your Age Can Be an Asset Turning 40 isn't making Michelle feel like time is running out. It's making her more intentional about how she uses her time. Experience brings context. Discernment. Relationships. Stories. Receipts. Pattern recognition. And a clearer understanding of what you actually want. Whether you're 30, 40, 50, 60, or beyond, reinvention doesn't have an expiration date. Stop Trying to Prove Yourself There's a difference between communicating your authority and constantly trying to convince people you're worthy. You can be an expert and still be evolving. You can teach and still learn. You can lead and still ask for help. You can be successful while rebuilding another part of your life or business. Those truths don't have to compete with each other. What Michelle Is Building at 40 Michelle is entering this next decade focused on four things: Visibility. Relationships. Community. Opportunity. Visibility helps the right people discover you. Relationships turn recognition into trust. Community creates proximity and belonging. And together, those things can create opportunities—clients, collaborations, speaking engagements, media, referrals, partnerships, and revenue. The goal isn't simply to become internet famous. It's to become known for something that matters and build somewhere for that visibility to go. Ready for Your Own Next Chapter? If you've been following Michelle's journey and thinking, "I need Michelle's eyes on my business," this is your invitation. Book a 1:1 Visibility Strategy Call with Michelle. Together, you'll look beyond simply posting more content and examine the bigger picture: What are you building? What do you want to become known for? Where are people discovering you? What happens when they find you? Where are you sending them? What's confusing? What's disconnected? What opportunities could you be overlooking? And what can you simplify? You may not need more content. You may need clarity. You may not need another offer. You may need stronger positioning. You may not need more followers. You may need a better pathway for the people already paying attention. DM Michelle the number 40 for information about working together. Join the Birthday Conversation Instead of simply wishing Michelle a happy birthday, answer this question: What are YOU building in your next chapter? If you're listening on Spotify, share your answer in the comments. And if this episode reminds you of a woman who's rebuilding, reinventing, or entering a new chapter, send this episode to her. Remind her: You're not starting from zero. You're starting from experience. Key Takeaway Maybe 40 isn't about arriving. Maybe it's about finally having enough life behind you to intentionally build what's next. More visibility. Better relationships. Stronger community. Bigger opportunities. More revenue. More peace. And a whole lot less proving. Here's to the next decade. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

AI skills are quietly becoming the new baseline for workplace success. Those who learn to use AI with judgment, creativity, and accountability will gain an advantage, while organizations must invest in training and responsible adoption.This is the key take-away from this episode, which talks about how AI skills are quietly becoming the new office rent.You can find the article that forms the basis for this episode at: https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/ai-skills-are-quietly-becoming-the-new-office-rent/

In this episode, I cover some of the most common questions that pop up around how to do private practice when you have young kids, like:How do you arrange your schedule?How do you account for sickness?How do you manage the reduced hours and childcare costs?And more questions that I wondered before having kids and a private practice.Links Mentioned:FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8Video: "How do I Set my Fee as a New Private Practice Owner?”https://youtu.be/0iMbrdIzI5sThank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here:https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice*Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS"LINKS:*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

Andreas DeNeve, founder of TechWolf, believes AI can “infer” your skills with great precision. After years studying this problem TechWolf has built a variety of AI language models to observe and identify your skills and tasks, which then form the basis of many decisions in business. TechWolf monitors and indexes all your work activity and then builds a “skills context graph” to show you a skills map of your company. This is a big idea, one which companies like Eightfold, Seekout, Findem, Sana and many others are pursuing. In TechWolf's platform employees retain full control, validating inferred skills in the flow of work, with a 90%+ acceptance rate across white- and blue-collar workers. The interesting part of this story is that this approach competes with the massive industry of testing and industrial psychology, used for decades to assess fit for a job. Andreas describes the company's successes and how they're building an entire “work intelligence” platform for AI transformation. Skills Inference, which is a new AI application, competes with testing and assessment, which is used for screening and recruiting. Andreas discusses how inference is used for talent management, workforce planning, and AI enablement and transformation. Now TechWolf positions its platform as a system to help discover what tasks and skills can be automated by AI. (Now called “task mining.”) This new market is growing quickly, so it's important to learn about products like TechWolf in your new HR 2030 architecture. Additional Information Introducing HR 2030: A Vision For Agentic Human Resources The Four “New SoftSkills” We Need To Thrive In The Age of AI (pod) How To Take A Pragmatic (and winning) Approach To Skills AI Transformation From the Frontlines (pod) Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to TechWolf and Andreas Deneve(00:02:35) - Andreas's Background and Founding TechWolf(00:03:59) - The Origin of Skills Inference from Work(00:05:14) - How Skills and Task Inference Technology Works(00:07:50) - Handling Non-Digital and Frontline Work(00:10:38) - Data Readiness and Honesty with Clients(00:12:08) - Employee Data Ownership and Transparency(00:13:58) - Evolution of Use Cases: Talent to Workforce Planning(00:16:01) - Rise of Work Intelligence and Task Proficiency(00:17:09) - AI Transformation and Role Redesign Use Cases(00:18:09) - Measuring AI Usage and Cost Efficiency(00:19:36) - How Insights Are Delivered: Agents and Platforms(00:22:31) - Biggest Challenges in Building TechWolf(00:24:19) - Expansion to the US and Future Plans(00:25:31) - Closing Thoughts and Final Wisdom

Think about the last time riding your motorcycle when something surprised you on the road or trail and you had to get on the brakes—hard and fast. What did that feel like? Was it unnerving? Did the motorcycle suddenly feel like something you were fighting to control? It doesn't necessarily have to feel that way. Maximum braking is a skill, but there are things to understand about your motorcycle before you even get to practising it. Clinton Smout from Smart Performance Centre takes us through what riders need to know to become more comfortable, confident and capable when they really need to stop.

Former FBI agent Joe Navarro reveals how to adjust your body language to connect better with those around you. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The small gestures that greatly impact your likability2) How to maintain appropriate distance and eye contact3) The one expression to avoid at all costsSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1183 for the full transcript, and catch the video episode on YouTube!— ABOUT JOE — Joe Navarro, MA, served as an FBI special agent in counterintelligence and counterterrorism for twenty-five years. A recognized global expert on nonverbal communication, he is the international bestselling author of What Every BODY Is Saying and Be Exceptional. He consults for major corporations and governments worldwide. Navarro has been featured on the TODAY Show, CNN, Fox News, and other major outlets, and he lectures frequently around the world on human behavior and influence. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.• Book: Mastering Connections: Build Stronger Relationships with the Science of Body Language – An FBI Agent's Proven Strategies for Nonverbal Communication and Authentic Connection• Website: JoeNavarro.net— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: Harvard Study of Adult Development• Study: The Still Face Experiment• Book: The Histories by Herodotus— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/awesomepodSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Have you ever found yourself reminding your kids about the same things over and over again?Finish your math.Stay focused.Check your schedule.Get back to work.Why aren't you doing the thing we already talked about?Sometimes what looks like a behavior problem is actually a skill that hasn't been developed yet.In today's episode, I'm giving you a sneak peek inside one of Emily Brown's recent Elevate mindset classes: School and Home Skill Building. Emily walks through five skills she believes kids need to practice in order to become more capable and independent—and five skills moms need to practice in order to create a healthier, more functional homeschool.And even after more than 20 years of homeschooling, I walked away with practical things I could use in my own home.In this episode:Why self-confidence is the belief that “I can do it or I can figure it out”Helping kids discover their own reasons for doing difficult thingsUsing goals to build independenceEmily's whiteboard system for helping her kids plan their dayHow to practice focus with small, achievable winsWhy kids need to know what “done” actually looks likeThe three-question evaluation Emily uses with her kidsHow moms can build belief in their childrenSetting reasonable and age-appropriate expectationsWhy constantly moving the finish line can break trustKeeping shame out of skill-buildingTaking responsibility for our own emotionsCelebrating our own wins as homeschool momsMentioned in this episode:Elevate Membership: https://homeschoolbettertogether.com/elevate

We predict the future! It's our annual pre-Worlds rules review, where we tell you exactly what kind of accidental gymnastics shenanigans might cost someone a medal. Plus, Flavia Saraiva is somehow the Szombathely BARS champion, Dulcy Caylor wins floor, Rebeca Andrade returns on beam, and we examine the World Cup of "does anyone actually know what a layout vault is?" WIN A FULL COMMISSION The only way to commission a full GymCastic episode right now! You pick the topic, we make the episode, and the whole gymternet hears it. Enter by October 9: Enter the Full Commission Raffle PRE-WORLDS RULES When can a traveling alternate replace an injured gymnast? Why vault remains the apparatus most likely to create chaos. The Cheng two-hand problem. Balked vaults: your life is apparently less important than completing the vault. When you should — and absolutely should not — inquire. The new post-Paris inquiry rules. Why springboards are lava. What happens if your coach gives you the WRONG springboard. RELATED Gym Nerd School 101: Rules, Skills, Myths & Gymnastics Lore The Definitive Guide to the Paris Floor Bronze Medal Debacle SZOMBATHELY WORLD CUP Flavia Saraiva wins bars and beam gold plus floor silver. Rebeca Andrade returns on beam. Dulcy Caylor wins floor. Tatum Drusch makes all four event finals. Greta Mayer wins vault. And the great Lopez/pike/layout debate continues. 2026 Worlds Roster Tracker — WAG and MAG, updated daily. CHAPTERS 00:00 – Flavia Saraiva, Leanne Wong & Szombathely Headlines 08:02 – The Rules That Will Decide Worlds 17:04 – Vault Chaos: Chengs, Balks & Bonuses 26:28 – Good Rules: Unitards, Fall Time & Music 38:32 – To Inquire or Not to Inquire 47:54 – Dumb Rules & Springboard Sabotage 56:01 – Szombathely World Cup Deep Dive 01:14:33 – Asian Games, Paris World Cup & What's Next UP NEXT Friday at noon PT: Behind The Scenes — U.S. World Team Preview. Next week: podcast from U.S. World Team Selection Camp in Tennessee. Then: 10 podcasts from World Championships on site in Rotterdam. SUPPORT OUR WORK Club Gym Nerd: Join Club Gym Nerd for weekly Behind the Scenes episodes, our complete members-only archive, games, the forum and live-show discounts. Shop GymCastic: Shop merch. GYMCASTIC TOOLS, GAMES AND RESOURCES GymCastic tools: LA 2028 Roster Lab — Now with auto-fill highest-scoring team, team comparisons and updated roster briefs. Elite Score Explorer — U.S. Championships scores are in, plus new charting options and the vault bonus toggle. International Gymnastics Calendar GymCastic Games GymCastic Newsletters The Balance Beam Situation: Spencer Barnes' GIF Code of Points Gymnastics History: Gymnastics history and Code of Points archive from Uncle Tim Resistance Resources

In this episode, Dr. Scott Watier tackles the difference between outsourcing a chore and avoiding a skill, arguing that the path of least resistance isn't always the wrong move — it just depends on what you're making easier. He introduces the "habit bank" concept, where every convenience is either a deposit that protects consistency (grocery delivery, repeated meals, a fixed fasting window) or a withdrawal that derails it (impulse snacking, the "I'll start Monday" reset), and uses his own reliance on Instacart and meal-prep shortcuts to show how automating logistics frees up energy for what actually matters. He draws a clear line between the chores worth systematizing without guilt — meal planning, grocery shopping, tracking tools, workout scheduling — and the skills that require real repetition, like sitting with a craving for 10-15 minutes instead of solving it, breaking a fast on purpose instead of on impulse, feeling an emotion without eating over it, and logging an honest, unflattering result. Scott cites research showing people make roughly 214 food-related decisions a day (more for those with higher BMI), framing the fasting lifestyle as a game of "keepy uppy" where the constant question is simply: am I outsourcing a chore, or am I avoiding a skill? The episode closes with two action steps — pick one chore to eliminate this week and one specific skill-building moment to identify and sit with, rather than trying to overhaul everything at once. Take the NEW FASTING PERSONA QUIZ! - The Key to Unlocking Sustainable Weight Loss With Fasting!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources and Downloads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠***NEW RESOURCE!*** GRAB THE INSULIN RESISTANCE BUCKETS SUMMARY GUIDE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP FOR THE DROP OF THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GRAB THE OPTIMAL RANGES FOR LAB WORK HERE! - NEW RESOURCE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FREE RESOURCE - DOWNLOAD THE NEW BLUEPRINT TO FASTING FOR FAT LOSS!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SLEEP GUIDE DIRECT DOWNLOAD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DOWNLOAD THE FASTING TRANSFORMATION JOURNAL HERE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Partner Links: Get your⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FREE BOX OF LMNT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ hydration support for the perfect electrolyte balance for your fasting lifestyle with your first purchase⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠25% off a Keto-Mojo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blood glucose and ketone monitor (discount shown at checkout)! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Community: Let's continue the conversation. Click the link below to JOIN the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fasting For Life Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a group of like-minded, new, and experienced fasters! The first two rules of fasting need not apply! If you enjoy the podcast, please tap the stars below and consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it helps bring you the best original content each week. We also enjoy reading them!