Best Mike EQ Podcasts (2024)

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#90 – How to (Responsibly) Be Friends with Your Employees 30:27

3h ago30:27

30:27

“The bottom line is: in the workplace, I am treating you no differently than anybody else. I’m going to spend the same amount of time with you at lunch. At work, we’re not going to talk about our social time outside of work.” In this episode, Ethan and Mike Nash discuss the complex dynamics of friendship in the workplace. What is the best approach …

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#89 – The Four Levels of Autonomy 39:26

1h ago39:26

39:26

“Having uncontrollable circumstances actually generates a threat response in the brain. When I’m in that fight, flight, or freeze mode at work, I can’t be creative. I can’t be empathetic. I’m in survival mode." Unlock the secrets of autonomy in the workplace in this episode of The Managing with Mind and Heart Podcast. Discover how self-direction bo…

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#88 – The Examined Life for Managers 29:50

44m ago29:50

29:50

"Managing is a higher calling. It's not just air traffic controlling work, or being a chess master and making sure all the people are doing the right things. Management is - at its core - about equipping and empowering others." In this episode, Mike Nash dives into a solo conversation on what prevents managers from thriving in their roles. Too ofte…

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Coaching Effectively: How to Have Difficult Conversations with Sunshine Webster 28:24

8d ago28:24

28:24

As a manager, the responsibility of having difficult conversations is necessary, yet a skill most of us struggle to properly develop. In this episode, we speak with Sunshine Webster, the Senior Manager of Talent Development at Q2, about how to coach effectively through these interactions. Listen as Sunshine gives practical strategies to transform d…

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The Legal Side of AI Innovation: What You Need to Know with Lawyer Mike Speed 24:14

2M ago24:14

24:14

Over the past year, the landscape of AI innovation has surged dramatically into the public consciousness, permeating nearly every professional domain. Yet, amidst this rapid expansion, a crucial question arises: what are the legal boundaries of AI application? Tune in to today's episode as lawyer Mike Speed delves into the current legal state of AI…

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Transitioning from a Tech-Based Role to a Management Role with Jordan Caddick 17:30

3M ago17:30

17:30

Transitioning from a tech-based role to a management role is not without its difficulties. In today's episode, we speak with Jordan Caddick, a project director at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, about his own journey into management. Jordan highlights the importance of time spent in a technical role, continued education throughout one's career, and…

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#87 – A Conversation with Andy Thompson: EQ for Executive Teams 48:10

3M ago48:10

48:10

"The higher up you go on the org chart, the more important it is that leaders are leading from a mindset of 'I work for you' not 'you work for me.'" In this episode, Mike is joined by Andy Thompson for a fun and enlightening discussion centered on the most important behaviors for executive teams in creating and maintaining healthy organizations. Th…

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#86 – A Conversation with Val Jeffords: The Skill-Will Matrix 40:54

3M ago40:54

40:54

"Before I make my choice about what I'm going to do -- because I'm seeing the 'thing' not being done right, or well, or at all -- ask myself these two questions: Where is the employee in terms of skill? Where is the employee in terms of will? Get that sorted first, and whichever quadrant we land in gives me a lot of clues as to what I need to do ne…

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#85 – Minisode: The Rule of 3 for Decision-Making 5:36

3M ago5:36

5:36

"By following the Rule of Three, we start to see further possibilities. We get outside of our current paradigms because it forces us to put more cognitive effort into finding other solutions." In this minisode, Ethan Nash explains the theory and evidence behind the Rule of Three for decision-making. Instead of binary this-or-that/yes-or-no options,…

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#84 – A Conversation with Skot Waldron: Creating Your Leadership Brand 1:02:11

4M ago1:02:11

1:02:11

“Anytime I interact with any member of my team, I’m creating a brand impression. I may create a different brand impression with my CFO than I do with some account manager I’m working with. My leadership brand is going to be based on everybody’s perception of me.” In this episode, Ethan Nash engages with Skot Waldron, a communication strategist, pod…

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#83 – A Conversation with Hana Butler: The Importance of Self-Compassion at Work 58:26

5M ago58:26

58:26

"This person that we spend 24 hours a day with 7 days a week is yourself. And to live with someone that closely that you don't really like, is hell. Self-compassion is seeing your own goodness and having a 'correct' view of yourself. It includes the ability to give yourself grace, comfort yourself in a time of need, and treat yourself the way you w…

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#82 – A Conversation with Scott Ummel: What Makes An Outstanding Manager 44:43

4M ago44:43

44:43

"Feeling cared about is feeling safe, which is a primary human need. I can't do my best work – and I probably don't want to do my best work – if I'm in a protected mode. Probably one of the most important abilities of a manager is the ability to communicate through words and actions that they actually care about their employees.” In this one-on-one…

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#81 – Minisode: On Authenticity 11:33

5M ago11:33

11:33

In this solo Minisode, Ethan riffs on the concept of authenticity as a manager. What is authenticity, and what is it not? What does it mean to bring your authentic self to work and show up as an authentic leader? Take a listen and pass it along to a manager you know. Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newslett…

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#80 – A Conversation with Eric Girard: Strategies for New Managers 1:08:13

5M ago1:08:13

1:08:13

"Managers have more of an influence on peoples' quality of lives than their therapists or spouses. Managers define reality for their employees. Whether you like your job or not, whether you're productive or not, whether you're happy or not -- inside and outside of work -- it often comes down to the manager. It's something to be conscious of." Eric …

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#79 – Mindsets of Healthy Disagreement (Healthy Conflict Part 4) 38:58

6M ago38:58

38:58

“What can I learn from this person I’m in conflict with? What might they know that I don't know? What can I learn about myself through this disagreement?” In this fourth and final installment of our Healthy Conflict Series, Mike and Ethan get into the adaptive skills that come in handy when dealing with conflict in the workplace. Learn about the in…

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#78 – From Conflict to Collaboration (Healthy Conflict Part 3) 53:06

6M ago53:06

53:06

“Certainty is the enemy of change.” This episode is all about identifying our unique growth opportunities when it comes to navigating conflict. Ethan and Mike further explore the conflict styles and suggest specific adjustments each style can make to improve their ability to collaborate towards positive results with others. Show Notes: - Conflict P…

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#77 – A Nerdy Deep Dive on Motivation 43:58

8M ago43:58

43:58

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. “We as humans don't do a great job of anticipating reward for super long-term goals. We tend to be motivated by the here and now.” Join Ethan for a rather nerdy deep-dive into the topic…

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#76 – Minisode: What’s on Your Management Radar? 29:45

8M ago29:45

29:45

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. “When employees feel cared about by their managers, 60% plan to stay at their company for at least three years. 90% are likely to recommend this organization as a great place to work. 9…

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#75 – Minisode: How to Receive Feedback 24:12

9M ago24:12

24:12

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. “When we can receive feedback non-defensively, that's how we keep that channel of communication open, that's what allows you to hear the truth, and that's how you build strong teams.” J…

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#74 – Consideration & Courage (Healthy Conflict Part 2) 54:21

9M ago54:21

54:21

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. In the second part of our series on healthy conflict, Ethan and Mike examine the different conflict styles. They discuss how each style manifests during a disagreement and the actions o…

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#73 - What’s Your Conflict Style? (Healthy Conflict Part 1) 53:22

10M ago53:22

53:22

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. “Conflict” is usually seen as a negative experience. And it often is – we tend not to like being in conflict. Yet, disagreement is key to building high-performing teams. So, how can we …

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#72 – Solving for Autonomy: Why and How 1:03:11

10M ago1:03:11

1:03:11

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#71– Minisode: How to Really Listen 19:44

10M ago19:44

19:44

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. “Listening is one of those skills that if we get excellent at it, it has an outsized effect on our relationships.” Come join Ethan for a brief episode on the importance of listening wit…

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#70 - In Case You Missed It: Psychological Safety: A Key Ingredient of High-Performing Teams (Part 1) 46:39

11M ago46:39

46:39

This is one of our most popular episodes. Originally aired August 2022. If you find value in this podcast and would like to support us, please leave us a review. It really helps. Thank you for your support. This episode (and the following episode) is all about psychological safety. Psychological safety is not a “safe space,” nor does it mean everyo…

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104 - Making Platforms Profitable to Earn a Profit with Digital Drew SEM's Drew Blumenthal 29:18

1y ago29:18

29:18

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Founder and CEO of Digital Drew SEM, Drew Blumenthal. Digital Drew SEM is an SEM agency in NYC that ensures quality and value for all of its clients. It takes pride in providing top-quality and personalized customer service for each client. It optimizes your search and social media accounts giving you …

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103 - Treating Performance as a Team Sport with Catalyst Growth Advisors' Bill Flynn 32:02

1y ago32:02

32:02

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the CEO and Chief Catalyst with Catalyst Growth Advisors, Bill Flynn. Bill is a sought-after speaker for peer advisory organizations such as YPO, and well-known business conferences. Bill is also a multi-certified growth coach, has a Certificate with Distinction in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership, and i…

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#69 – The Fairness Factor: Mindsets and Behaviors (Managing for Fairness Part 2) 39:08

1y ago39:08

39:08

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. “It doesn’t really matter whether favoritism is real or perceived. The impact is the same.” In part 2, Ethan and Mike explore how managers can prevent favoritism in the workplace by bei…

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102 - Effectively Healing and Learning from Trauma with Beyond EQ's Aasha T. LaCount 34:14

1y ago34:14

34:14

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Founder and CEO of Aasha T. International, Aasha T. LaCount. Aasha T. International helps develop Emotional Intelligence with its own unique method to help create empowered team members who are ready to perform. They create measurable results and bring energy, connection, and trust to your team and you…

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101 - How to Stand Out Effectively with Mike Moll 31:24

1y ago31:24

31:24

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with Marketing Strategist Mark Moll. Mark helps streamline all your sales and marketing efforts into one cohesive narrative. He gives creative strategies to help you get more leads and grow your client base. He teaches you how to delegate effectively and build the systems that will allow you to sustainability s…

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#68 – The F-Word (Managing for Fairness Part 1) 45:56

1y ago45:56

45:56

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. “Humans are really, really sensitive to fairness. As soon as you sense that you're being treated unfairly - whether it's true or not - it’s going to trigger fight, flight, or freeze.” T…

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100 - Content is an Investment for the Long Term with Agency Hub's Matt Gerchow 32:05

1y ago32:05

32:05

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Founder and CEO of Agency Hub, Matt Gerchow. Agency Hub does the hard hard work of sourcing, vetting, and implementing quality control on the products and services you need to scale your agency. They are your agency’s agency that can put time back on your calendar. With deep expertise in SEO, paid medi…

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99 - Bet on Yourself with CSQ Properties' Chad Zdenek 29:31

1y ago29:31

29:31

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Founder and CEO of CSQ Properties, Chad Zdenek. CSQ provides syndication for passive investors. CSQ is a company that specializes in acquisition, re-position, and asset management in several places across the US. CSQ focuses on non-rent controlled properties and remodels them to improve rent with minim…

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98 - Getting Value from any Platform with Digital Vision's Cahill Camden 23:34

1y ago23:34

23:34

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the CEO of Digital Vision, Cahill Camden. For the last five years, Cahill’s been advising and working web 3.0 and technology companies, helping them scale to success despite market conditions. His team has honed the Digital Vision Media Group to focus on only 4 key areas of digital marketing: Fractional CM…

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97 - Leveraging Your Money with Formosa Investing's Jim Lee 19:23

1y ago19:23

19:23

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Principal of Formosa Investing, Jim Lee. Formosa Investing’s mission is to educate and bring value in the form of syndication. It’s the safest and fastest track to reach the reality of financial freedom. Formosa’s vision is to make sure everyone who is part of Formosa investing will improve their finan…

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#67 – Icebreakers! (And How Your Team Can Benefit from Them) 50:12

1y ago50:12

50:12

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. From having fun, building trust, and enhancing psychological safety, icebreakers can be a powerful force in team meetings. Yet, they are often avoided like the plague or poopooed becaus…

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96 - Keeping Your Body at Peak Performance with OJay Health's Ollie Matthews 38:22

1y ago38:22

38:22

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with Wellness Trainer, Ollie Matthews. Ollie is a healer working as a functional medicine doctor, nutritionist, and health coach taking high-achieving entrepreneurs from the brink of burnout to true peak performance using bespoke functional medicine, nutrition therapy, mindset, and movement techniques without a…

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#66 – Mindfulness & Management 30:48

1y ago30:48

30:48

Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. Mike and Ethan riff on their experience practicing meditation and other mindfulness exercises and discuss why the practice is so beneficial for those tasked with leading others. Show no…

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The Intersection of Customer Centricity and Data Centricity with Mike Cozart of Concreit 30:40

1y ago30:40

30:40

In this episode, Mike Cozart shares his journey in product management. From fintech and telecom to investment banking and venture capital, he’s seen it all. He explains how working at Amazon differs from smaller companies. Mike also dives deep into user interviews and planning the roadmap. Finally, he comments on customer centricity, data centricit…

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95 - Finding Opportunities while Serving and Solving with Rosalind Panda 23:33

1y ago23:33

23:33

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with Rosalind Panda. Rosalind is the CEO of Rosalind IT Services, Founder of ROVA Token, Founder/Artist Rosalind Arts, CEO of Rosalind Constructions, Public Speaker, Author, and a Forbes Cover Page Personnel. She helps fortune 1000 companies leverage IT consulting and IT staffing & Recruiting Services. Her comp…

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94 - Represented with Rocky Mountain Physician Agency's Ethan Nkana 38:27

1y ago38:27

38:27

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Founder of Rocky Mountain Physician Agency, Ethan Nkana. RMPA is an agency that negotiates on behalf of physicians to hospitals so that doctor can work in the hospital of their dreams. With advanced compensation data and market insights, you can feel at ease knowing that RMPA is going to get it right. …

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Increasing NPS As A Product Manager with Amanda Laferriere of C2FO 31:57

1y ago31:57

31:57

When Amanda was getting her Master’s in engineering, she felt product management calling her. She just didn’t know the name of it yet. She gravitated towards a role where she could lead people, processes, tech, and marketing. Since then, she’s boosted NPS from 30 to 71, built a community, hired a diverse team, and learned how to retain top talent. …

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Building Your MVP with Bill Sherby of Havenly 21:41

1+ y ago21:41

21:41

Bill Sherby started his career in advertising. After exploring analytics, data science, and product development, he found his passion in product management. He shares his career story, explains how he consistently delights his customers, sets his team up for success, and prioritizes his projects. Let’s dive in! Time Stamped Show Notes Getting into …

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93 - Making Knowledge More Accessible with Blueprint CFO's Jim Downes 30:45

1+ y ago30:45

30:45

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Founder and CEO of Blueprint CFO, Jim Downes. A veteran outsourced CFO and financial advisor, Jim Downes has served business owners and management teams for over 20 years. He has worked with more than 200 companies, specializing in fractional CFO activities. Blueprint CFO makes great accounting a core …

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Building a Product From Scratch with Roman Kudryashov of Recommended Systems 28:18

1+ y ago28:18

28:18

Roman Kudryashov is the founder of Recommended Systems and co-founder of Dragon Blood Balm. He started his career in journalism – right when the industry was transitioning to digital. He then moved into marketing and eventually found his passion in product. Today he builds teams, creates products from scratch, and motivates product leaders around h…

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92 - Taking the Time to Find Your Niche with WingFire Media's Ausi Kimmons 35:33

1+ y ago35:33

35:33

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan talks with the Co-Founder of WingFire Media, Ausi Kimmons. WingFire Media helps its clients maintain a 3x-5x ROA at scale by providing fully done-for-you ads management and backend marketing services. They designed their processes to focus on scaling strategies and include backend support in their services as well as …

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#65 – Dealing with Difficult Employee Responses 1:04:49

1+ y ago1:04:49

1:04:49

#65 – Dealing with Difficult Employee Responses Text the word “LEADING” to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting’s monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear. News Flash! If you’re a manager, you sometimes must deliver corrective feedback to employees. It’s not the fun part of the job, but it’s …

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Upping Your Team's EQ with Urvish Khandwalla of Arctic Wolf 30:56

1+ y ago30:56

30:56

Urvish (UV) is a Product Leader at Arctic Wolf, the leader in Security Operations. With 18+ years of cloud and web security experience, specializing in product strategy, product portfolio management, cross-functional leadership, and big data Urivsh is adept at leading product teams to execute roadmaps and achieve organizational objectives. Accompli…

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91 - Connecting People with Founderist.club's Andy Petek 33:40

1+ y ago33:40

33:40

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with Co-Founder and COO of Founderist, Andy Petek. Founderist is a business matchmaker to create authentic and intentional connections. Founderist is a supportive and collaborative community to make your goals a big reality. They accomplish this with hand-picked introductions, mastermind groups, media productio…

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Building Out Your Product Team with Janet Brunckhorst of Aurora Solar 19:22

1+ y ago19:22

19:22

Janet Brunckhorst, Director of PM at Aurora Solar, shares her vast knowledge about creating, building, and working with product teams. She draws from her experience in publishing and IT and explains how collaboration is the key to everything. Learn more about Janet’s career path, importance of customer feedback, and so much more in this episode of …

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90 - Turning Bad Patterns Around with Victoria Pelletier 27:41

1+ y ago27:41

27:41

Your host, Christopher Dedeyan, talks with the Managing Director at Accenture, Victoria Pelletier. By age 24, Victoria was offered her first executive role with a large, dynamic, and fast-paced organization. Now with 20+ years in corporate leadership, Victoria has held senior roles in companies such as Accenture, IBM, and American Express. Victoria…

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