How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Justin Hale reveals the key to communicating difficult truths while strengthening relationships.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How avoiding conflict erodes trust in teams
2) How to set expectations that leave no room for misunderstanding
3) The mindset shift for calmer conversations

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— ABOUT JUSTIN —
Justin Hale is an author and keynote speaker who has worked with hundreds of organizations worldwide, helping leaders and teams communicate better, elevate productivity, and build healthier cultures. He is the coauthor of the New York Times best seller Crucial Accountability: Proven Skills to Build Trust, Address Disappointment, and Get Results.
His research and writing has been published in places like Harvard Business Review, CNBC.com, Fox Business, Bloomberg, and Fast Company. Justin’s coaching and advice is also published regularly in the Crucial Skills newsletter.
• Book: Crucial Accountability: Proven Skills to Build Trust, Address Disappointment, and Get Results, Third Edition
• LinkedIn: Justin Hale
• Website: CrucialLearning.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• App: Note to Self
• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
• Book: Why We Do What We Do by Edward Deci
• Past episode: 015: David Allen, The World’s Leading Authority on Productivity
• Past episode: 482: David Allen Returns with the 10 Moves to Stress-Free Productivity

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Erin McGoff shares the simple word shifts that will supercharge your confidence and improve your image at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to get a raise with just a few words
2) How to set boundaries like a pro
3) The one phrase to stop using at work

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— ABOUT ERIN —
Erin McGoff is an award-winning filmmaker and content creator—known as the “internet’s big sister” through her AdviceWithErin branding. McGoff has built a significant online presence with millions of followers, delivering candid career and life advice for Gen Z and Millennials. She received a Pulitzer Fellowship in 2017 and was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient in 2025. Her impact has been recognized by publications like The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, and others, and she is currently a contributor to CNBC. Her New York Times bestselling book, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF WORK, is on sale now.
• App: StupidFish
• Book: The Secret Language of Work: Hyper-Helpful Scripts for Every Situation
• Instagram: @advicewitherin
• Newsletter: HyperHelpful.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Tool: Cowork
• Book: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chriss Voss and Tahl Raz
• Book: What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, M.D.
• Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss
• Past episode: 357: The Six Morning Habits of High Performers with Hal Elrod

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Dr. Anthony Klotz discusses how to manage the big and small moments that make us question our next career moves.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How the pandemic fundamentally altered our relationship with work
2) Why doing nothing is often your best solution
3) How to find more satisfaction in a job you’re stuck in

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— ABOUT ANTHONY —
Dr. Anthony Klotz is a professor of organizational behavior at the UCL School of Management in London. Known for predicting a global labor shift and dubbing it the Great Resignation, Klotz writes for Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal, and his research is regularly published in leading management journals. He has discussed the current and future state of work with media outlets, including The New York Times, BBC, and CNN, and with executive teams at Fortune 100 firms.
• Book: Jolted: Why We Quit, When to Stay, and Why It Matters
• Email: a.klotz@ucl.ac.uk
• LinkedIn: Anthony Klotz
• Website: AnthonyKlotz.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Study: “Employee theft as a reaction to underpayment inequity: The hidden cost of pay cuts.” by J. Greenberg
• Book: Asking: A 59-Minute Guide to Everything Board Members, Volunteers, and Staff Must Know to Secure the Gift by Jerold Panas
• Book: Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara
• Book: The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck
• Past episode: 346: Seizing Career Opportunities with AstroLabs’ Muhammed Mekki

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Tesla’s former President Jon McNeill reveals the five-step framework behind one of the world’s fastest-growing companies

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What most miss when designing processes
2) How to identify outdated requirements that slow things down
3) Why automation should be your LAST step

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— ABOUT JON —
Jon McNeill is the CEO and Co-Founder of DVx Ventures. With a track record of founding and scaling companies, Jon has led teams that generated tens of thousands of jobs and delivered multi-billion dollar returns for investors.
Previously, Jon served as President at Tesla, where revenue grew from $2B to $20B in under 30 months, and later as COO at Lyft, helping double revenue and take the company public. He currently sits on the boards of General Motors, Lululemon, Asurion, CrossFit, and Stash.
• Book: The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula that Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors and SpaceX
• Website: DVX.ventures

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton
• Book: The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu Goldratt
• Book: Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara
• Past episode: 810: How to Get Stuff Done inside Bureaucracies with Marina Nitze
• Research paper: "Attention Is All You Need"

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Rebecca Hinds discusses the simple shifts that turn meetings from time-wasters into value-generators.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why most meetings don’t feel like “real work”
2) Why every organization needs a “meeting doomsday”
3) The easy agenda fixes that save so much time

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— ABOUT REBECCA —
Rebecca Hinds is a leading expert on organizational behavior and the future of work. She holds a BS, MS, and PhD from Stanford University. Rebecca founded the Work Innovation Lab at Asana and the Work AI Institute at Glean, first-of-their-kind corporate think tanks dedicated to conducting cutting-edge research on the future of work.
She is a trusted advisor to companies navigating the challenges of modern work—from meeting overload and hybrid dysfunction to the messy realities of AI adoption and organizational change.
• Book: Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done
• LinkedIn: Rebecca Hinds
• Website: RebeccaHinds.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Tool: Glean
• Book: Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant
• Book: Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less by Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao
• Book: The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder by Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao
• Past episode: 492: Making Meetings Work with J. Elise Keith
• Past episode: 684: Achieving More by Tapping into the Science of Less with Leidy Klotz

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