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79: Preparing For Your Next Job Interview

Here are some different ways to prepare and think about your next job interview–as the interviewer or the interviewee.

78: Building and Leading Effective Remote Teams

Alexis Monville, Michael Doyle and I talk about working effectively with remote teams when meeting in person is not possible– a topic that came up as we collaborated on version two of Alexis’ book Changing Your Team From the Inside.

77: Second Chances

This episode explores the book A Second Chance by Catherine Hoke, my interest in law enforcement and the complexities of incarceration.

76: How to Create Thoughts and Feelings That Serve You

This riff explores the power of thoughts on feelings and how asking better questions yields better thoughts.

75: Live Coaching: Why Your Values Matter and How to Find Them

This in-depth episode explores personal values through conversation and live coaching with Michael Doyle.

74: Creating an Unbroken Chain of Gratitude with Kate Dixon

Kate Dixon and John explore Kate’s discovery of gratitude journaling, all the benefits it has provided, and the impact it’s had on John.

73: Exploring the Ego with Michael Doyle

This conversation with Michael Doyle (former colleague at Red Hat) explores what we found in Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday and reflect it back on ourselves.

72: Stranger-Talking Across America with Carolyn Campbell

Carolyn Campbell explains the fascinating journey she’s on to understand rural America by listening to the people she’s sent to by others. I met Carolyn as my first coach several years ago.

71: Latest Learnings & Challenges

Here are a few things I’ve learned in the past few months.

70: Walking in Dead Man’s Forest with Michael Marvosh

This deep conversation with Michael Marvosh explores meaning and life lessons with prompts from nature and our own life experiences.

69: Do You Have a Time or Mission Problem?

Here’s a short riff on a section from Time Warrior by Steve Chandler about alleged “time management” problems.

68: Getting to Know Vinod Jain

Vinod Jain works as a technology and management consultant in Northern Virginia. In this conversation we explore how get got to where he is today and the personal journey he is on.

67: October 2018–Changes, Beginnings, Endings and More

Here’s what happened and what I learned in October 2018, a couple of which were the culmination of how the year started.

66: Plugging Leaks to Focus and Execute

It’s easy to get off track and lose focus. Here are some of the ways I have been attempting to sharpen my focus and execution.

65: Leading From Within with Stephani Roy McCallum

Stephani Roy McCallum is a leader who helps people have difficult conversations. In this conversation she navigates a deeper of understanding of what leadership really is and how to be an effective leader.

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