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Duration: 1:58

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Duration: 2:27

How to Work From Home Without Hurting Your Career – An Interview with Bobby Dewrell

Duration: 28:36

Do people matter?

Duration: 0:52

Remote Meeting Tips

Duration: 15:22

How adaptable are you?

Duration: 10:55

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Duration: 12:35

Tips for working from home

Duration: 12:27

How my family is responding to the Coronavirus

Duration: 17:11

Clean up your workshop!

Duration: 0:52

Do you need a “back brief”?

Duration: 0:56

Is COVID-19 a crisis, or an opportunity?

Duration: 0:50

What do you really value?

Duration: 0:56

I *needed* a mentor – free guide

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What if you’re wrong?

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I messed up – and was lucky

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Do you feel overwhelmed by busy-ness?

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Problems? Nothing a re-org won’t fix, right?

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I didn’t mean it like that!

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A great coaching option

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You’re doing it wrong!

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As simple as possible, but no simpler

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Who knows about your plan?

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Where to find peace & hope in uncertain times.

Duration: 0:56

Don’t waste it!

Duration: 0:34

They just could not settle their argument!

Duration: 0:56

Is he a sexist or is he rude toward everyone?

Duration: 0:56

Is family/social pressure holding you back?

Duration: 0:58

He smelled bad, and I had to talk to him about it!

Duration: 0:59

How to recover from a dumb move

Duration: 0:57

Why do we care about justice?

Duration: 0:47

People take “risks” when they feel safe to fail

Duration: 0:46

Do you control your temper?

Duration: 0:54

Get out of the house!

Duration: 0:56

You need some P.I.E. to speed up your career

Duration: 0:50

Give quick negative feedback

Duration: 0:54

If you need to say “no” – just say it!

Duration: 0:35

Why can’t we hit our numbers?

Duration: 0:41

Adulting means showing up when you’re sick

Duration: 0:55

Bonus Episode – A New Kind of Responsibility

Duration: 22:25

The key to personal finance

Duration: 1:29

Will you be ready when opportunity comes?

Duration: 2:04

What about your character?

Duration: 1:28

What if you had a mentor?

Duration: 1:31

What about jerks?

Duration: 0:46

Are you curious about this mini lesson?

Duration: 1:52

The one question to ask when you want a raise

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The next tool you need in your leadership toolkit

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Finding a fault – thinking about thinking

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Two kinds of men

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Land on your back?

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What about YOUR dream?

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Challenged to change ourselves

Optimist? Pessimist? Leader?

Duration: 1:33

Special message for subscribers to the Becoming a Geek Leader Podcast

Duration: 3:01

Using Meeting Minutes and a Boss who Manages by Text Messages – Sea:3Ep:10

Duration: 26:09

What is Product Management? – Sea:3Ep9.5 Bonus

Duration: 27:19

Dr. Kim Ruyle – True Experts and the Law of Respect – Sea:3Ep:9

Duration: 37:15

Outsourcing – Career Planning – and the Law of Addition – Sea:3Ep:8

Duration: 33:46

BGLS3E7 – Resolving an Old Conflict – Your Big Play of the Day – Law of Solid Ground – Sea:3Ep:7

Setting Expectations, Nonverbal Communcation, and the Law of Navigation – Sea:3Ep:6

Who is in Charge, Law of Process, and Better Hiring – Sea:3Ep:5

Bonus: Your “2017 Personal Offsite Planning” tool Sea:3Ep4.5

Duration: 20:01

Burning Bridges and Team Meetings – Sea:3Ep:4

How to Get More Recognition and 3 Hats You Need to Wear – Sea:3Ep:3

Duration: 30:03

Yellow Lights and Getting Buy-In for Your Ideas – Sea:3Ep:2

Duration: 32:52

Getting Consensus – Great Teams and Paula Paul on Diversity in Tech – Sea:3Ep:1

Duration: 51:53

Powerfully Simple Meetings – Thought Leader Interview with Bryan Field – Sea:2Ep:10.6

Duration: 31:42

3 Lessons I Learned from almost cutting my thumb off – Sea:2Ep:10.5

Duration: 17:44

Employee Performance Problems and How to Have Effective 1-1 Meetings – Sea:2Ep:10

Duration: 41:34

Bonus: “Sully” – leadership lessons from the movie – Sea:2Ep:9.5

Duration: 24:03

Team Culture and the One Email Reply Rule – Sea:2Ep:9

Duration: 29:48

11 Steps to Resolving That Conflict at Work- Sea:2Ep:8

Duration: 28:44

Performance reviews & crazy product owners – Sea:2Ep:7

Duration: 29:54

When is Done “Done?” When to Share Bad News & Office Politics Sea:2:Ep6

Duration: 28:23

Stupid Customers and Setting Priorities Sea:2Ep:5

Duration: 23:59

Dealing with a disrespectful team member Sea:2Ep:4

Duration: 35:14

Living Clearly in a Blurry World – Sea:2Ep:3

Duration: 27:06

How to Recover From a Mistake – Sea:2Ep:2

Duration: 19:53

Team Culture and Self-Awareness – Sea:2Ep1

Duration: 33:19

Finale and Season Recap – Sea:1Ep:10

Duration: 30:51

Charles Rutstein Interview – Sea:1Ep:9.5

Duration: 49:44

How to Resolve Conflicts at Work (& How to Delegate Effectively) – Sea1Ep:9

Duration: 32:40

Who Do You Know – Who Knows You – and Why That Matters – Sea:1Ep:8

Duration: 25:10

Career Planning – Strategy and Development Plans – Sea:1Ep:7

Duration: 30:06

The One Simple Change to be a Better Leader – Sea:1Ep:6

Duration: 36:56

Getting the Most from Remote Team Members – Sea:1Ep:5

Duration: 29:26

Dealing with Difficult People – Sea:1Ep4

Duration: 27:15

Christmas Bonus episode: Who wants some Pi? Sea:1Ep:3.5

Duration: 15:44

About That Promotion You’d Like… – Sea:1Ep:3

Duration: 22:35

The 4 Levels of Listening AND How to Write Better Emails – Sea:1Ep:2

Duration: 22:12

How to get people to want to help you – Sea:1Ep:1

Duration: 14:18

What is Becoming a Geek Leader All About? – Episode 0

Duration: 15:36

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