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Morten Hansen: Great at Work
Morten Hansen is a management professor at University of California, Berkeley. He is the coauthor with Jim Collins of the New York Times bestseller Great by Choice and the author of the new book Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More*.
Key Points
The Six Tactics:
Carve out the 15
Chunk it
Measure the soft
Get feedback
Dig the dip
Confront the stall point
Other Points:
Focus on one skill you want to prove.
Meetings should only be for debate, not status updates.
Having a coach is great, but often you can coach yourself if you only focus on one thing at a time.
Resources Mentioned
Great at Work* by Morten Hansen
Great by Choice* by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
Book Notes
Download my highlights from Great at Work in PDF format (free membership required).
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Why It’s Essential To Struggle With Learning (episode 157)
Create the Best Place to Work, with Ron Friedman (episode 181)
Essentials of Adult Development, with Mindy Danna (episode 273)
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Jordan Harbinger: The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger is the critically acclaimed host of The Jordan Harbinger Show. He interviews legendary musicians to intelligence operatives, iconoclastic writers to visionary change-makers. Then he deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people and challenges his audience to use those insights in their own lives.
Key Points
Leaders must be advocates for their team.
Charming a superior is typically only good for short-term gains, whereas advocating for your team will lay a foundation for future success.
Research people you’re nervous about meeting, and the more you learn, the more you’ll begin to see they’re just normal people.
If you’re running a meeting, people want you to set the agenda and control the flow.
When there is a power distance, do whatever you can to make the distance feel smaller.
Research the person you’re going to meet with and find something you have in common. This is a way to reach out to them and make you stand out.
Resources Mentioned
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Related Episodes
How to Listen When Someone Is Venting, with Mark Goulston (episode 91)
Eight Ways To Use Power For Good (episode 154)
Use Power for Good and Not Evil, with Dacher Keltner (episode 254)
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Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed
Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She joins me monthly to respond to listener questions.
Questions
Emily asked about strategies for growing her career while planning for a future family.
Patrick asked our advice on how to communicate effectively when multiple cultures are represented in the room.
Scott wondered about the best ways to transition to leading an accounting team, without having that expertise himself.
Jennifer asked how she could move up into an executive position.
Brian wanted to know what he could do to prevent managers from venting to their employees.
Resources Mentioned
Mind the (Wage) Gap from HBR Women at Work
slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations* by Nancy Duarte
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery* by Garr Reynolds
Slidedocs
Slideuments
So Good They Can’t Ignore You* by Cal Newport
Related Episodes
How to Listen When Someone Is Venting, with Mark Goulston (episode 91)
How to Make Deep Work Happen, with Cal Newport (episode 233)
How to Influence Cross-Culturally, with Erin Meyer (episode 286)
Notice and Change Dysfunctional Culture, with Jonathan Raymond (episode 327)
The Path to Start Leading Your Team, with John Piñeiro (episode 349)
How to Create a Team Vision (MemberCast 4)
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John Piñeiro
John Piñeiro is a regional sales director for a bio-pharmaceutical company in United States. He’s a longtime Coaching for Leaders listener.
John’s training plan to start leading your team:
How to Create Team Guidelines, with Susan Gerke (episode 192)
How to Steal the Show, with Michael Port (episode 219)
Start With Why, with Simon Sinek (episode 223)
How to Manage Former Peers, with Tom Henschel (episode 257)
How to Actually Move Numbers, with Chris McChesney (episode 294)
Resources
Eager Sellers and Stony Buyers
The 4 Disciplines of Execution* by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling
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