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438: How to Engage Your Employees and Drive Organizational Excellence with Patrick Veroneau

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Some might say it’s a publisher’s dream. Others might suggest it’s a technique that is overused. When it comes to an author’s use of acronyms to help illustrate their methods, I am an absolute fan.

Patrick Veroneau

In the book featured on the podcast today, there are no fewer than four (maybe even five) acronyms used to describe the author’s ideas. And in my view, every single one is a winner.

Why? Because they help make the concepts stick. And if they stick, then it means we’re much more likely to put them into practice.

And isn’t that the point of reading a book in the first place?

My guest today is Patrick Veroneau, and he’s written a book called The Leadership Bridge: How to Engage Your Employees and Drive Organizational Excellence.

Patrick believes that leaders who align their leadership behaviors to satisfy the needs of their employees will build cultures that are both engaging and profitable.

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437: Got Years of Notes Scattered All Over the Place? Let’s Fix That!

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When it comes to effective note-taking, the kind that leads to breakthroughs, to new ideas, being able to remember where you stored a specific thought, connecting new ideas to existing ideas and more, understanding your note-taking archetype, or style, is a key first step.

Jeff Brown

I first learned about note-taking archetypes from Anne-Laure Le Cunff over at NESS Labs.

In their simplest form, they are:

  • Architect
  • Gardener
  • Librarian
  • Student

An Architect likes structure, and the ability to—I would assert—majorly customize their note-taking environment. They may even want something they can build from the ground up. For them, the app Notion is a great choice.

Gardeners (like myself), enjoy allowing their notes to breathe a bit more, giving them the opportunity to go wherever they may; to take on a life of their own, perhaps. We Gardeners thrive on serendipity when it comes to our note-taking. Our app(s) of choice tend to be either Roam Research or Obsidian (my personal favorite).

Then there are the Librarians, arguably the largest consortium of note-takers. Librarians tend to thrive on order and hierarchies. They often relish the typical folder structures we see as a part of most digital organizational systems. Many in this group tend to prefer the popular Evernote app.

All of us play the role of Student on occasion, maybe because we are one, maybe out of necessity, we don’t favor a particular style, we just want easy, the info we’re capturing will only be used temporarily, etc. Depending on the computer ecosystem you’re in the most, you might leverage Apple Notes (iOS), Google Keep (Android), or an app like Drafts.

I hope you’ll click the play button below to learn more about note-taking styles and the best apps suited for each. I’d love to hear from you and learn about which note-taking style you most identify with.

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435: How Anyone Can Turn An Unsolved Problem Into a Breakthrough Success with Danny Warshay

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There seem to be a lot of college professors writing books these days; or at least I’m interviewing my fair share of them. That many are writing their first (or in some cases second, third, or fourth) book is for good reason. Their research and experiences testing their theories in the classroom is something few of us have the ability to do.

danny warshay

My latest guest is a professor at Brown University. His name is Danny Warshay and he’s written a new book called See, Solve, Scale: How Anyone Can Turn an Unsolved Problem Into a Breakthrough Success.

Entrepreneurship, he says, is not a spirit or a gift. It is a process that anyone can learn, and that anyone can use to turn a problem into a solution with impact.

Danny overturns the common misconception that entrepreneurship is a hardwired trait or the sole province of high-flying MBAs, and provides a proven method to identify consequential problems and an accessible process anyone can learn, master and apply to solve them.

In short, you’ll learn how to find and validate a problem, develop an initial small-scale solution, and scale a long-term solution.

I hope you’ll click the play button below to learn more about Danny and his work. For a summary, just keep scrolling.

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434: Leading with Heart with John Baird and Edward Sullivan

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This week on the podcast, I’m delighted to bring you two authors for the price of one. They are John Baird and Edward Sullivan, both of Velocity Coaching Group.

John Baird and Edward Sullivan

Their book together is called Leading With Heart: Five Conversations That Unlock Creativity, Purpose, and Results, and it’s already spent a few weeks on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list.

In it, they share hundreds of hours of research and firsthand accounts of guiding leaders at some of the world’s most respected big brands and small startups (Apple, Nike, Google, Slack to name a few). 

At a time when workplaces are struggling to build high-morale and connected cultures, LEADING with HEART will help leaders to unlock the best version of themselves and those around them with transformative results.

No matter where you are in your career, their book is your launch point to leading with heart.

By encouraging you to ignore outdated “leadership hacks” and embrace introspection and growth, Leading with Heart guides you to ask the right questions and find your own answers. Now you too can create a leadership game-plan that is authentic to you and brings out the best in those around you.

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433: Why You MUST Write a Book with Honoree Corder

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What is the single best tool an entrepreneur needs to build, boost, and grow their business? Win an Olympic Gold Medal? Sure! That’d be great. But apart from that?

honorée corder

Write a book, of course! So says today’s returning guest, Honorée Corder, author of 20-plus books including 2016’s You MUST Write a Book: Boost Your Brand, Get More Business, and Become the Go-To Expert.

Beyond technology, software, social media networks, even advertising and marketing campaigns, Honorée says the biggest and best tool you’ll ever have in your belt is a book with your name on the cover. What’s a book do for you? Let us count the ways…

Authority and Credibility–Nothing establishes your authority faster or better, making it easier to attract investors, clients, and customers.

Brand recognition–Nothing makes your name and your brand easier to recognize, giving you greater reach with no additional overhead.

The ultimate business card–We’re hard-wired to hold on to books, to keep and care for them, and to share them with others. When’s the last time someone did that with your business card?

You Must Write a Book introduces you to these concepts and digs further–revealing not only the benefits of how a book can help you to build and grow your business and your brand but how you can put your ideas on the page.

I hope you’ll click the play button below to learn more about Honorée and her work. For a summary, just keep scrolling.

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