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242: Building Atomic Habits with James Clear

Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

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I first met today’s guest in September 2015 as he and I sat together on a panel at the first-ever Tribe Conference put on by mutual friend Jeff Goins.

His name is James Clear, and he is best known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be readily applied to daily life and work.

James Clear

I love that, in this New York Times bestseller, he draws on ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible.

That new and bestselling book is called Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones (Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results).

It’s going to reshape the way you think about progress and give you the tools and techniques you need to transform your habits and achieve a success that lasts.

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241: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation

With Back to Human author Dan Schawbel

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Making a return visit to the show this week is three-time author Dan Schawbel.

Dan last made an appearance a long, long time ago. In fact, it was Episode #010 when Read to Lead was barely two months old.

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This time, Dan is here to teach us how to better create team and organizational connections in a world where technology is isolating us at home and at work.

His new book is called Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation. In fact, the book debuts today.

Dan’s book will help you discover how the next generation of leaders can create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered, without relying on technology.

There is a lot of research and exclusive studies that went into the the insights you’ll find here. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy via the link above today.

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237: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners and Experts with Something to Teach

With author Danny Iny

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I’m not sure why, but if you’ve written a book and your name is Dan or Danny, you have a greater likelihood of appearing on Read to Lead.

It must just be a name that parents of sons who are also fans of books just happen to like.

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In the case of today’s guest, I’m talking about our latest Dan(ny). More specifically, Danny Iny.

Danny is a high school dropout who managed to eventually earn an MBA from Canada’s elite Queen’s School of Business.

He’s now written nine books including Leveraged Learning (the book we’re discussing today), along with Engagement from Scratch!, The Audience Revolution, and two editions of Teach and Grow Rich.

Danny’s work is followed by more than 100,000 experts and professionals across various outreach channels (email, social media, blog, column on Inc.com, etc.), and over the course of the last few years they’ve invested over $10M toward training on the Leveraged Learning opportunity through his books and acclaimed courses, such as the Course Builder’s Laboratory.

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236: Managing Talent Risk in a High-Stakes Technical Workforce

Featuring Do You Have WHO It Takes author Steve Trautman

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My guest today is a former Microsoft and Expedia employee. He has also founded his own knowledge transfer and consulting company.

I’m talking about Steve Trautman. His previous books include Teach What You Know: A Practical Leader’s Guide to Knowledge Transfer through Peer Mentoring and The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management, a book co-written with David DeLong. 

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Steve’s latest book is called Do You Have WHO It Takes? Managing Talent Risk in a High-Stakes Technical Workforce.

In it, Steve offers revolutionary yet practical ideas for every level of an organization (including the corporate board) so that you can manage talent risk with clear, measurable, and relevant date.

And, he goes beyond academic theory to include a talent risk methodology, scripts for critical conversations, case studies, and useful tools gleaned from his own experience.

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234: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed

With co-author Kelly Palmer

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Keeping our skills in sync with fast-changing markets is the biggest challenge of our time

So says my guest today, Kelly Palmer, and her co-author David Blake.

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Kelly and David have written a brand new book called The Expertise Economy: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed.

They say that, in order for companies and their employees to succeed, they need to focus on building skills for the future. The book shows how the most forward-thinking companies, big and small, are transforming their employees into experts and, ultimately, creating their biggest competitive advantage.

Listen in below as Kelly shares her “expertise” on The Expertise Economy.

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