Episode 79: The Microstress Effect with Rob Cross

Amy Gallo is a workplace expert who frequently writes and speaks about gender, interpersonal dynamics, difficult conversations, feedback, and effective communication. She works with individuals, teams, and organizations around the world to help them collaborate, improve how they communicate, and transform their organizational culture to support dissent and debate. Gallo is the best-selling author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, a how-to book about handling conflict professionally and productively. Getting Along was a finalist for the Next Big Idea Club, long-listed for several nonfiction book prizes, and named a Book of the Month by the Financial Times   In this episode our host, William Corless, and guest discuss a variety of topics in her book. Topics include dealing with conflict at work, tactics to diffuse conflicts in a professional manner, the importance of good relationships, consequences to unhealthy relationships, emotional intelligence, self-awareness and much more!   For more information about Amy Gallo please visit: www.amyegallo.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amy-gallo-31b9932/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/amyegallo/

David De Cremer is currently the endowed Dunton Family Dean of D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University where he is also a professor in management and technology. David is also an advisory board member at of EY’s advisory board for their global AI projects. He is the founder of two academic research centers: The “Center on AI Technology for Humankind” in Singapore and the “Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics” at Rotterdam School of Management.   In this episode our host William Corless and guest David de Cremer discuss various topics in his Book "The AI-Savvy Leader". Topics discussed include AI adoption, AI terminology, how and when to apply AI, how AI enhances society, what AI is and what it isn't and much more!   For more information about David please visit: www.daviddecremer.com

Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. is Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at the Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Lefkowitz’s memoir, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm, recounts his early career as a cardiologist and his transition to biochemistry, which led to his Nobel Prize win.  In this episode our host William Corless and our guest discuss various topics including living a life of significance, influences in his early life, fellow Nobel Prize winners, self awareness, the power of focus, work ethic, instinct, learning to say no, the importance of exercise and diet and much more!

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School.Edmondson’s latest book, Right Kind of Wrong, builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well. For more info about Amy Edmonson visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycedmondson

Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. A global thought leader on leadership and strategy, Frances is widely recognized for her breakthrough scholarship and high-impact teaching. Frances holds a Ph.D. in Operations and Information Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been recognized by Thinkers50 as among the world’s most influential business thinkers.  In this episode our host William Corless and our guest discuss an array of topics from her book Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems by Frances  Frei and her coauthor, Anne Morriss. These topics include organizational change management initiative, why organiztion efforts fail, quadrants for a succesful organisation, solving the right problems, signs organisations are stalling, issues that erode trust in the organisation, people pleasing  in the board room, fast tracking projects and more. For more info about Frances please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesfrei https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-morriss

Melissa Clarke is an associate professor of industrial organization psychology at the University of Georgia and director of the Healthy Work Lab. She's also the author of Never Not Working, why the "always on" culture is bad for business and how to fix it.  In this episode our host and our guest discuss various topics in her book Never Not Working. These topics include: How to recognise workaholic tendencies, understanding work rumination and work devotion, combating workaholism, debunk the myth that workaholics are more productive, components of workaholism, stopping the cycle of constant availability to respond, recognise signs of workaholism in your organisation, work martyr, work hustle, toxic productivity and workaholism are all hidden enemies of productive successful organisation. For more info about Melissa Clarke visit: www.malissaclarke.com

Morra Aarons-Mele is an acclaimed podcast host and author of THE ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower. Morra Aarons-Mele transforms anxiety from a perceived weakness to a powerful strength. In this episode our host William Corless and Morra Aarons-Mele discuss various topics in her books such as understanding anxiety, reframing anxiety to be your superpower, performance anxiety, dealing with uncertainty, making peace with your inner critic, anxiety in the workplace, your mindset around anxiety and vigilance and more. To learn more about Morra visit: www.theanxiousachiever.com https://morraam.com/books

Dorie Clark has been named three times as one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She is a keynote speaker and teaches executive education at Columbia Business School. She is also the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the year by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, she writes frequently for the Harvard Business Review. In this episode our host William Corless and guest Dorie Clarke discuss interesting topics in her book such as Autonomy, Choosing a set of Beliefs, Time management, Productivity and Networking. We also discuss How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world, strategic patience, the cost of saying yes and thinking in waves.   Check out Dorie's website:  If you wish to learn more visit www.dorieclark.com

Lisa Sun is the founder and CEO of GRAVITAS, a company on a mission to catalyze confidence. GRAVITAS offers innovative size-inclusive apparel, styling solutions, and content designed to make over women from the inside out. In this episode our host William Corless and Lisa Sun discuss the core concepts of Gravitas, Self-Belief, Self confidence, Self assurance, Self worth. Also in this episode we learn how to channel your superpowers and discover your confidence language. We discuss what gets in peoples way and explore the 8 strengths: Leading, performing, achieving, giving, knowing, creating, believing, self sustaining.   Check out Lisa Sun's website: **Take the Confidence Language quiz in Chapter 3—www.MyConfidenceLanguage.com** 

Mike Phillips is the Director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund (“TESF”), an organization that he co-founded in 1997 with Ted Turner. Mike is also a former Montana state senator representing District 31, which encompasses parts of his hometown of Bozeman and the surrounding area. In his work as an ecologist, Mike has spent much of his career studying and implementing the reintroduction of wolves throughout the United States. And in both science and politics, he’s never shied away from taking vocal leadership roles involving a wide range of important issues in southwest Montana and beyond.