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Movie story consultant Matthew Luhn shares the key principles and approaches for making compelling, emotionally-resonant stories--even if you’ve got a “boring” work topic You'll Learn: Two story elements that keep an audience hooked The three key flavors of emotion The universal six story themes About Matthew: Matthew Luhn is a writer, story branding consultant, and keynote speaker with over 25 years’ experience at Pixar Animation Studios, with story credits including the Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. franchises, Finding Nemo, UP, Cars, and Ratatouille. Alongside his work in Hollywood, Luhn trains CEOs, marketing teams, directors, and professionals on how to craft stories for Fortune 500 companies, Academy Award-winning movies, and corporate brands grossing billions of dollars worldwide, advice he’s packed into his new book, The Best Story Wins: How to Leverage Hollywood Storytelling in Business and Beyond. To learn more, visit matthewluhnstory.com. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep403
Austin Belcak explains how deep research, cold emailing, and solving one of your dream company’s problems upfront accelerates job hunting--while building your skills. You'll Learn: Two common themes to successful job searches How to do cold outreach that gets responses Two ways to effectively illustrate your value About Austin: Austin is the founder of Cultivated Culture where he teaches people how to land jobs they love without connections, without traditional experience, and without applying online. Austin's created a community of over 30,000 job seekers who have leveraged his strategies to land jobs at places like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and more. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep392
Vice President of Twitter Bruce Daisley shares the key differences that make the difference between work delight and drudgery. You'll Learn: Two hacks for restoring your personal equilibrium at work The benefits of connecting with your colleagues through laughter Why working more than 40 hours a week is a bad idea About Bruce: As European Vice-President for Twitter and host of the UK’s number one business podcast Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat he is in the centre of the debate about the way work and communication is evolving. Daisley has been one of the Evening Standard’s 1,000 Most Influential Londoners for four years and is one of Debrett’s 500 Most Influential People in Britain. Campaign magazine asserted that Daisley is ‘one of the most talented people in media.’ View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep384
Stephen Warley shares the critical skills that keep you valuable in a changing work landscape. You'll Learn: Two exercises for increasing self-awareness Four key questions to ask yourself every single day Why--and how--to embrace discomfort better About Stephen: Stephen Warley has been self-employed for more than a decade, and he shares how to build the life skills that matter for the new nature of work. Stephen helps people build self-awareness and other skills through his writing and coaching work at Life Skills That Matter. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep374
G2 Crowd Chief Marketing Officer Ryan Bonnici shares his five steps for figuring out and advancing along your career path. You'll Learn: Two core principles for mastering your craft How to get good at giving and receiving feedback Two LinkedIn tricks that make all the difference About Ryan: Ryan Bonnici is the Chief Marketing Officer of G2 Crowd, where he's driving growth of the world's leading B2B technology review platform that's helping more than 1.5 million business professionals make informed purchasing decisions every single month. Prior to G2 Crowd, Ryan held several leadership roles in some of the most well-recognized companies in the tech industry. He served as the senior director of global marketing at HubSpot, where his efforts led to triple-digit growth for the company's marketing related sales. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep360
Maxie McCoy advises dropping the grand plan of your life in favor of simpler questions to move you forward. You'll Learn: Two exercises for discerning your direction Why you should keep a gratitude journal Five wise questions to ask your support network About Maxie: Maxie McCoy is a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to believe in themselves. She writes weekly inspiration on maxiemccoy.com, and is the host and executive producer of the live-audience show Let Her Speak. She specializes in creating meaningful offline experiences for top brands and conferences. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, Bustle, Fortune, TheSkimm, INC, Business Insider, Yahoo, Marie Claire, GlassDoor, The Huffington Post, Women's Health and many others. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep334
Brenda Bernstein enumerates the top mistakes people make when crafting their LinkedIn profiles and what you should do instead. You'll Learn: Two keys to crafting an eye-grabbing LinkedIn profile How to grow your LinkedIn network past 500 people quickly and easily The case for making recommendations About Brenda: Brenda Bernstein, Founder and Senior Editor at The Essay Expert LLC, is the author of How to Write a Killer LinkedIn Profile, a book that held the #1 bestseller spot in Amazon’s business writing skills list for over two years. A sought-after speaker and award-winning businesswoman and resume writer, Brenda is a dedicated student of leadership and a trained life coach. Armed with a B.A. in English with honors from Yale and a J.D. with honors from NYU Law School, she has been partnering with job seekers and college applicants for over 15 years to create effective written application documents. Brenda practiced law for 10 years in New York City and spent a year as a J.D. Career Advisor with the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Office of Career Services. She currently works part-time as a Law School Admissions Consultant for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep326
Kellogg professor Carter Cast provides his research on career derailment--and how to prevent it! You'll Learn: Two questions to ask yourself to pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses Frequently-occurring risk factors to watch out for The two critical things that put you in the 98 percentile of your company About Carter: Carter Cast is a clinical professor at the Kellogg School of Management. Previously he’s played a pivotal role in building numerous iconic consumer brands including Tostitos Scoops and The Sims. He served as CEO of Walmart.com, growing it to the third largest online retailer in the world. Carter is also a venture partner for Pritzker Group Venture Capital, where he assesses potential investments and advises portfolio companies. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep262
Kellogg professor Carter Cast provides his research on career derailment--and how to prevent it! You'll Learn: Two questions to ask yourself to pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses Frequently-occurring risk factors to watch out for The two critical things that put you in the 98 percentile of your company About Carter: Carter Cast is a clinical professor at the Kellogg School of Management. Previously he’s played a pivotal role in building numerous iconic consumer brands including Tostitos Scoops and The Sims. He served as CEO of Walmart.com, growing it to the third largest online retailer in the world. Carter is also a venture partner for Pritz
Elaine Bennett shares how to write better business messages with greater clarity and personality. You'll Learn: Two essential pieces of information you need to be a more effective writer How you can make a bigger impact with storytelling Winning ways to turn straight thinking into straight writing About Elaine: Elaine Bennett had a baptism by fire as a speechwriter. Less than two years after she signed on to write for the CEO of Salomon Brothers, scandal forced the executive to resign. In stepped investor Warren Buffett. Since working with Mr. Buffett, Elaine Bennett has continued putting words in the mouths of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and leading nonprofits. She unearths the stories behind business data and helps executives shape those stories into memorable messages. She also coaches individual professionals looking to develop executive-caliber communication skills. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep194
Elaine Bennett shares how to write better business messages with greater clarity and personality. You'll Learn: Two essential pieces of information you need to be a more effective writer How you can make a bigger impact with storytelling Winning ways to turn straight thinking into straight writing About Elaine: Elaine Bennett had a baptism by fire as a speechwriter. Less than two years after she signed on to write for the CEO of Salomon Brothers, scandal forced the executive to resign. In stepped investor Warren Buffett. Since working with Mr. Buffett, Elaine Bennett has continued putting words in the mouths of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and leadi
Robert D. Smith counts up the days and gives pro-tips on how to make each one count. You'll Learn: Two questions to ensure you’re not wasting time A fun framework for tackling big projects How to trick yourself into feeling more excited about the task before you About Robert Robert D. Smith (TheRobertD) has managed and overseen the career of Andy Andrews, a three-time New York Times best-selling author. He has served as a private consultant to numerous best-selling authors, speakers, entertainers, and cutting edge organizations, educating them on the unique methods he has employed to sustain massive success and growth across multiple industries for his entire career. Robert is the author of 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Life Right Now, a simple guide to injecting meaning into every second you live for the rest of your life. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep93
Robert D. Smith counts up the days and gives pro-tips on how to make each one count. You'll Learn: Two questions to ensure you’re not wasting time A fun framework for tackling big projects How to trick yourself into feeling more excited about the task before you About Robert Robert D. Smith (TheRobertD) has managed and overseen the career of Andy Andrews, a three-time New York Times best-selling author. He has served as a private consultant to numerous best-selling authors, speakers, entertainers, and cut
Dave Nevogt’s company Hubstaff earns its revenue from observing how people work. Here’s what he has learned about workers’ best practices along the way. You'll Learn: Two questions to ask yourself before handing over your deliverables One quick trick to get 1,000 LinkedIn connections in 60 minutes An improved approach to initiating tasks that delights managers and stretches employees About Dave Dave Nevogt is the co-founder of Hubstaff.com which helps virtual teams communicate better through automatic time tracking and activity tracking. He’s been running online businesses since he was 23, and now manages a team of 30 remote employees. Dave has been honored as one of Indianapolis’s top 40 under 40 entrepreneurs, and focuses on teaching others to manage remote teams. His writing can be found here. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep81
Dave Nevogt’s company Hubstaff earns its revenue from observing how people work. Here’s what he has learned about workers’ best practices along the way. You'll Learn: Two questions to ask yourself before handing over your deliverables One quick trick to get 1,000 LinkedIn connections in 60 minutes An improved approach to initiating tasks that delights managers and stretches employees About Dave Dave Nevogt is the co-founder of Hubstaff.com which helps virtual teams communicate better through automatic time tracking and activity tracking. He’s been running online businesses since he was 23, and now manages a team of 30 remote employees. Dave has been honored as one of Indi
Comparably co-founder and CEO Jason Nazar shines a light on employer and employee best practices. You'll Learn Two big mistakes that are stopping you from advancing in your career Guidance in your search for finding and keeping mentors Two transformational questions that you should ask yourself everyday About Jason Jason Nazar is one of the most active tech entrepreneurs and investors in southern California, and is a popular contributor for Wall Street Journal, Forbes, INC, and Business Insider. He’s founder/CEO of Comparably, an online platform that makes workplace compensation and culture dramatically more transparent. Prior to Comparably, he found
Comparably co-founder and CEO Jason Nazar shines a light on employer and employee best practices. You'll Learn Two big mistakes that are stopping you from advancing in your career Guidance in your search for finding and keeping mentors Two transformational questions that you should ask yourself everyday About Jason Jason Nazar is one of the most active tech entrepreneurs and investors in southern California, and is a popular contributor for Wall Street Journal, Forbes, INC, and Business Insider. He’s founder/CEO of Comparably, an online platform that makes workplace compensation and culture dramatically more transparent. Prior to Comparably, he founded Docstoc -- the largest small business content site with over 50 million members -- before he sold it to Intuit in 2013 for a reported $50M. Named one of the most admired CEOs by the Los Angeles Business Journal, Jason is currently Entrepreneur in Residence for the City of Los Angeles, appointed by Mayor Garcetti. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep76