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268: How to Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team Back On Track

with The Good Fight author, Liane Davey

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My guest today is Liane Davey, a New York Times bestselling author, and a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review.

Liane has worked with executives at companies such as Amazon, Walmart, Aviva, 3M, TD Bank, and Sony. 

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She says that, in the workplace, “conflict” has become a dirty word. Most believe it to be antithetical to teamwork, employee engagement, and positive company culture.

The truth is that “our teams and organizations require conflict to get things done.” But we avoid conflict and build up what she calls “conflict debt” by derferring and dodging difficult decisions.

Organizations are paying the price by becoming less productive, less innovative, and less competitive. You suffer too, from an overwhelming workload to sleepless nights.

For more on how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done, read The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back On Track.

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267: Making Your Company Fit for Human Life

With Moe Carrick, author of Bravespace Workplace

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My guest today is Moe Carrick, a consultant, entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and author who is passionate about the role work plays in creating meaning for our lives.

I believe she offers a fresh, honest, and direct roadmap for leaders everywhere who seek to make their workplace “fit for human life.”

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And, she offers advice for workers and encourages them to be their authentic selves.

It just so happens her message is resonating with leaders in all organizations, at every level, as well as those in development, HR, OD, coaching, and consulting who advise others about organizational culture, leadership, structures, and teams.

She writes about it in, you guessed it, her new book.

That new book is out beginning May 21 (available for pre-order right now) and is called Bravespace Workplace: Making Your Company Fit for Human Life.

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266: 6 Energy Habits to Master the Business Travel Life

With author Bryan Paul Buckley

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I first met today’s guest just less than three years ago at a podcast conference taking place, that year at least, in Chicago.

His name was Bryan Buckley, and he was as energetic a 40-something guy as I’ve ever met. Lucky for me, Chicago is his hometown. Otherwise, who knows if we would have met that day.

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I’m so glad we did (thank you Mike Kim). That meeting has blossomed into a friendship. Bryan invited me to speak at his online conference he held a couple of years ago.

We met up again at another conference last year in Nashville (Michael Hyatt’s Achieve Conference) and the friendship deepened (it didn’t hurt that Bryan treated me to an excellent steak dinner). 🙂

As you can imagine, I was delighted then when I heard he was working on a book. That new book is out now and is called Elite Road Warrior: Six Energy Habits to Master the Business Travel Life.

If you travel for work 40 plus nights a year, you’ll find his book to be extremely valuable, especially if you’re attempting to take back control of your personal and professional life, and your physical and mental health.

If that’s you, read this book now!

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265: Ryan Levesque on the Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Business

Author of the new book, Choose

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One of the most generous people I know is the guy who makes a return visit to Read to Lead nearly four years after his first stop.

His name is Ryan Levesque and he’s the kind of guy that, on the day his new book releases, he decided to GIVE IT AWAY along with a couple of hundred bucks in bonuses.

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That new book is called Choose: The Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Own Business. Click that link and you only pay shipping ($7.95).

Ryan is throwing in a few hundred bucks in extras and a few surprises along the way as well.

See? Pretty generous, right?

He freely shares quite a bit of his knowledge in our conversation today also (we chatted for nearly an hour). If, after listening, you can’t get enough of Ryan (who can blame you), head on over to the Boss-Free Virtual Summit (before May 7) where Ryan is one of over 34 speakers on the topic of starting a business and being your own boss.

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264: Life Is Too Short to Do Things You Can’t Stand!

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Back in 2016, my friend Jeff Goins shared some strong feelings on Facebook about complaining when it comes to your job.

I’ve included an excerpt of that post below:

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I’m sorry, people. But you can’t hate your job and do nothing about it. Either change your circumstance or stop complaining. Your employer deserves better—and so do you.

And please, please, PLEASE don’t tell me you have no options. You have options. Lots of them:

-You can quit.

-You can change departments.

-You can do something on the side that makes your current situation more tolerable.

You have a choice. You may not like it. It may not be easy. But you are not stuck.

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