Why Leaders Need to Check Their Egos at the Door

While we take a little break to shape the future of the Happiness at Work podcast. We have another look at our most popular episodes of 2021!  There is half a trillion dollars of lost productivity because of people calling in sick to work because they don't want to work with someone, says Peter Economy, Wall Street Journal best-selling author. Known for his wildly successful book, Managing for Dummies, Peter's launched his newest book: Wait, I’m Working With Who?!? because he realized how pervasive toxic workplaces, toxic colleagues and toxic bosses were. People need to have the courage to confront to take on toxicity, not just tolerate it, he says.  For more happiness, visit www.management30.com

While we take a little break to shape the future of the Happiness at Work podcast. We have another look at our most popular episodes of 2021! There are unwritten rules that people adopt without realizing them and these can kill a culture, says Tom DeMarco, world-renowned software engineer, consultant, and author of more than 15 books including his newest Happy to Work Here: Understanding and Improving the Culture at Work. Tom says we need to constantly be creating new social capital and the best way to do that is to maximize the moments that aren't focused on work. Find out what that looks like in a post-Covid world where more people are working remotely, and what companies need to do to create thriving cultures where people feel connected to the purpose. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com

While we take a little break to shape the future of the Happiness at Work podcast. We have another look at our most popular episodes of 2021! Sean Sessel, the head of the Oculus Institute and author of the upcoming book: Science of Career Freedom, talks to us about a scientific way to take career and personal inventory to find out if you're on the right career trajectory, or if it's time to change course. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com

While we take a little break to shape the future of the Happiness at Work podcast. We have another look at our most popular episodes of 2021! One of the biggest mistakes managers make for self-managing teams is to step away, says Jef Cumps. Co-founder of iLean and author of Sociocracy 3.0, Jef says managers need to hold the space for teams, and provide guidance and psychological safety. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com

While we take a little break to shape the future of the Happiness at Work podcast, we have another look at our most popular episodes of 2021! We kick off with productivity expert Robbie Slaughter, who taught us the importance of having systems in place that work for each of us individually and what it takes to set and achieve daily goals. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com. 

The secret to a strong advocate is choice, compassion, creativity, curiosity and credibility says Heather Hansen, founder and CEO of Advocate to Win and author of the new book Advocate to Win: 10 Tools to Ask for What You Want and Get It. Find out why advocating for yourself is about changing people's choices in a genuine and authentic way and how asking questions is magic and reading body language and tone of voice can help get people on your side. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com 

We need to double down on fewer, but more authentic, more battle tested relationships, says David Nour, podcast host, executive coach, and author of more than 10 books, including his most recent: Curve Benders. The most influential and successful leaders are the most self-aware, he says. They are people who stop letting things happen to them and instead plan ahead and take ownership of their emotions, actions and how they're coming across to those around them. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com 

The best leaders are relatable, equitable, aware and loyal, says LaTonya Wilkins, founder of The Change Coaches, LLC and author of Leading Below the Surface: How to Build Real and Psychologically Safe Relationships with People Who Are Different from You. Learn why one of the easiest ways to making people feel safe is by listening and how true cultural change needs to happen below the surface. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com 

Once you realize you’re wrong don’t let your ego get in the way, says Valerie Patrick, president of Fulcrum Connection LLC and author of the new book When Bad Teams Happen to Good People. The biggest problem with teams is not enough planning and too much focus on content, she said. Teams need address leadership problems and create an environment where all team members can be productive. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com 

Organizations need to create higher trust and measure impact if they want to maintain and create a thriving culture, says Erik Fogg, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at ProdPerfect and interluding political author and business book ghost-writer. Find out why making hard decisions and ensuring each employee has a clearly articulated answer to the question, why am I here and why am I doing this, is key to creating a thriving company. For more happiness, visit www.management30.com