Skills Coaching: How to Become Truly Productive
Release Date: 05/27/2025
New Book: How to Work with Humans!
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
As we wrap up this season, we share the news about the launch of the ucpomign book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide to Work with Humans, coming in January. The book introduces the 5Cs framework to launch a team or join a new one. The 5Cs are Connect, Communicate, Collaborate, Create and Correct, and each one addresses a set of skills you will develop to get to a successful work experience and career. Each chapter includes different skills with exercises you can practice with your team. Sign up to the newsletter to be then first to know when the book comes out....
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How to Step Up To Lead with David Berke
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
Can leadership be learned? Is it for everyone? How can be become better leaders? These are some of the questions we answer in this episode with real life Top Gun instructor, and He also wrote The Need to Lead. Find out how the experiences in the battlefield can be applied in your leadership journey. For courses and coaching Connect with me via LinkedIn at
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How to Prepare for a Crisis with Edward Segal
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
Layoffs, scandals, use of AI gone wrong… These days there seems to be significant crisis looming and we need to prepare. As my guest says, its not a matter of if a crisis happens but a matter of when. In today's episode we have , the author of The Crisis Casebook: Lessons in Crisis Management from the World’s Leading Brands and the award-winning and bestselling Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies. Today you will learn how to prepare to manage a crisis. For courses and coaching Connect with me via LinkedIn...
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How to Build Your Inner Armor with Andrew Wittman, PhD
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
This episode features Andrew D. Wittman, PhD, a United States Marine Corps infantry combat veteran, former police officer, and federal agent. As a private military contractor for the U.S. State Department, he trained former Navy SEALs, Marines, Army Rangers, and Special Forces in high-threat diplomatic security. where he forged the system behind Inner Armor,hisframework for mastering pressure, mental toughness, and emotional control.Today we talk about some tactics you can use today. For courses and coaching Connect with me via LinkedIn at
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Replay: Diversity Awareness with Karen Catlin
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
This episode originally aired on December 2020. In this episode we talked about Diversity and specifically Diversity Awareness. While Diversity may be seem as part of an initiative a company takes on to ensure people of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures are treated as equal, diversity is also an individual responsibility. Our guest today, Karen Catlin, is an advocate for inclusive work spaces. After spending 25 years building software products and serving as a Vice President of Engineering at Macromedia and Adobe, she noticed a sharp decline in the number of women working...
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How to Build a Joyful Workplace with Rich Sheridan
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
How do we create a joyful workplace? In this episode, , and author of Chief Joy Officer and Joy Inc, shares how we built a culture of joy in his tech company. For courses and coaching Connect with me via LinkedIn at
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Skills Coaching Replay: Origins and Why Should You Care
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
In this episode we begin a series focused on providing actionable advice you can use to cultivate essential skills. In this episode we review: - Why do we use the term “soft” skills? - What are the most effective way ways to learn soft skills? - Find out how “soft” skills were intended to be trained in military organizations. For more resources, subscribe to the newsletter via
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How to Be Unruly with Lauren Weiner Wittenberg
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
In this episode, learn about how to become unruly with is the author of Unruly: Deconstruct the Rules, Defy the Norms, and Define Your Success. Lauren found success in the field of military contracting by changing the rules of the game. She started WWC Global when she could not get a job as a military spouse stationed overseas. Over the course of almost 20 years, she and her team built the company to almost $100 million in annual revenue before the company was acquired in 2022. For courses and coaching Connect with me via LinkedIn at
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Skills Coaching Replay: Five Skills You Need for Your Next Career Move
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
This episode originally aired in December 2022. If you are a regular listener of this podcast you know that beyond the learning you do for your work related skills to get you in the door, the “soft” skills are the ones that will truly make you succeed. Especially transitioning careers or planning the way ahead, honing your “soft” skills is extremely important. Thinking of that interest in advancing in your career, or switching gears, here are 5 skills you need to practice and some advice on how to get started on each. For courses and coaching...
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Replay: How to Manage and Understand Body Language with Mark Bowden
Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
This episode was originally aired in 2022. Today we talk about Body Language with an expert who has been voted as a number one body language expert. Mark Bowden ( ) is a bestselling author who has been featured in CNN, CBS, the Dr. Phil Show, and many others to share his expertise on body language and human behavior. Our conversation today focused on what is really involved with developing your ability to understand body language and that of others. After this episode you will have taken a very important steps on your journey to understand body language for your advantage at...
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Do you feel you and your team are being productive? Are your hours spent on a lot of work yet you feel at the end of the day you have not achieved what you really needed to? Or do you spend your time putting out fires? In this episode you will learn techniques you can use now for you and your team to become more productive.
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