Leadership

Jim Rembach hosts the Fast Leader podcast. Today he posted his interview of me. Jim is friendly, thoughtful, and clearly understood my book and background enough to start with a simple, comprehensive summary of my background. He asked questions that got me to reveal about the book. how I teach, and what you can learn. You'll get to learn how Jim's subtitle for the interview, "I had to force my friends to read it," was a turning point for me as a teacher and writer. This is an interview worth listening to, as is Jim's podcast in general. About Jim and the podcast from its about page: Let me start by saying, "I do not know it all." But what I do know is that…

No matter how successful you are, there's probably at least one area where roadblocks are keeping you from fully achieving your goals. The Smashing the Plateau podcast focuses on overcoming these challenges. The host, David Shriner-Cahn of TEND Strategic Partners, interviews experts one thing in common---they all know how to fix problems that keep people and businesses stuck. I was honored to be interviewed by David. We talked about getting through the difficult times, the emotional nature of those times, how to develop the relevant emotional skills, examples, role models, mental models, and so on. Listen to the conversation! David's show notes: In today's episode of Smashing The Plateau, Josh Spodek talks about his personal transformation from distinguished astrophysicist to nationally recognized leadership coach and…

Jesse Lahey, who runs the Engaging Leader podcast, led me in a conversation about leadership, how to behave more authentically. The conversation was fun, informative, and, I hope, engaging and inspirational. Jesse kept the conversation meaningful and valuable, at least to me. Listen to the podcast! Listen to the podcast! Here are Jesse's show notes: To lead and influence others, whether as a workplace leader or as a thought leader, you need to develop an authentic voice. For example, let's say you are a CEO delivering a speech to your employees, or a functional VP writing an email to your staff, or a department head presenting recommendations to the C-Suite. When you speak or write, are you clear? Are you true to your values, passions,…

Jaime Jay hosts the Stop Riding the Pine podcast, meaning don't live like you're on the bench of a team competition. Get in the game. Yesterday he posted our interview. He brought a lot out of me. A signature part of his podcast is to ask the guest for a breakaway moment in life, when something exciting happened. You'll get to hear about a tearful make-or-break moment in my life that punctuated my departure from feeling entitled to participation to choosing to earn it. I'm leaving the description vague here because the podcast tells it better than I could write it. Click here to listen. Here are Jaime's podcast notes: Joshua Spodek On today's episode, Jaime Jay welcomes Joshua Spodek. Joshua is the author of…