Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

Soft Skills make tech skills work. In each episode, host Yadi Caro delves into a different "soft skill" so you can learn how to master them for career success.

Yadi Caro in Working on Purpose Podcast 03/31/2026

Yadi Caro in Working on Purpose Podcast Replay of conversation with Yadi Caro and Dr. Alise Cortez for the Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40603170

How to Become a Visible Introvert with Dr. Cindy Young 03/03/2026

How to Become a Visible Introvert with Dr. Cindy Young How do we become visible and assume leadership roles? In this coversation with author of the book Invisible Introvert, learn tools and tips to increase impact as an intovert. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40275330

Skills Coaching: How to Be Mentored 02/26/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Be Mentored Finding a mentor can be intimidating. In this episode, learn the steps to ask someone to become a mentor for you. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40162055

Skills Coaching: How to Build Emotional Intelligence 02/25/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Build Emotional Intelligence Building our EQ takes time and effort. In this episode, learn the first steps to build it. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40162020

Skills Coaching: Good Conflict and Bad Conflict 02/24/2026

Skills Coaching: Good Conflict and Bad Conflict In this episode, learn why conflict is not always bad and how to distinguish good and bad conflict. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40161985

Skills Coaching: How to Adapt to Change 02/23/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Adapt to Change Adpatability is a critical skill we need today. In this episode, learn how to develop this skill. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40161945

Skills Coaching: How to Have Good Meetings 02/20/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Have Good Meetings Meetings can be painful. In this episode, learn tecniques to have better meetings. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40085345

Skills Coaching: How to Prioritize with Your Team 02/19/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Prioritize with Your Team If you find yourself constantly putting out fires (figuratively speaking), listen to this episode for a quick technique on how to prioritize. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40085325

Skills Coaching: Improve Curiosity in Your Team 02/18/2026

Skills Coaching: Improve Curiosity in Your Team Curiosity is a key to innovation. Learn in this episode how to hel your team build curiosity. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40085120

Skills Coaching: How to Find (and Solve) Problems 02/17/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Find (and Solve) Problems AI can help us solve problems more efficiently, yet as humans we need to be able to find the right problems to solve. In this episode, learn a technique to do so. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40085025

Skills Coaching: How to Motivate Your Team 02/16/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Motivate Your Team Motivating a team is a great challenge. In this episode, learn key actions to help you build intrinsic motivation. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40084990

Yadi Caro on The Geek Within Podcast 02/13/2026

Yadi Caro on The Geek Within Podcast Yadi Caro talks to Jeremy Wood on the Geek Within Podcast. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40015165

Skills Coaching: How to be a Better Writer without AI 02/12/2026

Skills Coaching: How to be a Better Writer without AI Aritificial Intelligence can help us write, but we need to write to develop our intelligence. Learn more in this episode. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40015015

Skills Coaching: How to Improve Public Speaking with Your Team 02/11/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Improve Public Speaking with Your Team We all have to speak in public regardless of our role. Listen to this episode to learn how to practice with your team. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/40007905

Skills Coaching: How to Assess if Your Team Listens Well 02/10/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Assess if Your Team Listens Well In this episode, learn how to do a listening audit to help you and your team improve your listening skills. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. Here are more epsiodes on listening and other communicaton skills: For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39990650

How to be Yourself at Work and Succeed with Dana Williams 02/09/2026

How to be Yourself at Work and Succeed with Dana Williams In this epsiode, learn how to know yourself and overcome challenges with leadership identity expert and coach Dana Williams (. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39990495

Soft Skills for Tech Professionals (Part 2) 02/06/2026

Soft Skills for Tech Professionals (Part 2) In this episode, Yadi interviews leadership coach and auhtor DR. AZ Habtewold to discuss top skills for tech professionals. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39929565

Soft Skills for Tech Professionals (Part 1) 02/05/2026

Soft Skills for Tech Professionals (Part 1) In this interview for The A to Z Podcast with Dr. Az Habtewold, Yadi Caro shares the top skills tech professionals need now. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39929395

Skills Coaching: How to Meet People at Work 02/04/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Meet People at Work Netwroking is not just for job searching. At work, we need to build realtionships to get stuff done. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39929305

Skills Coaching: How to Care About Others 02/03/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Care About Others Building empathy is a necessary skill. In this episode learn some tools to develop it. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39929200

Skills Coaching: How to Know Your (and Your Team's) Strenghts 02/02/2026

Skills Coaching: How to Know Your (and Your Team's) Strenghts To create a great team, you must first start with assessing yourself. In this episode learn how to do this for yourself and your team members. Get a copy of the book . Also available in , , Walmart, and Barnes and Noble. For previous episodes and more resources go to: /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39921410

New Book: How to Work with Humans! 11/25/2025

New Book: How to Work with Humans! 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. For courses and coaching Connect with me via LinkedIn at /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39147695

How to Step Up To Lead with David Berke 11/18/2025

How to Step Up To Lead with David Berke 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 /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/39053775

How to Prepare for a Crisis with Edward Segal 11/13/2025

How to Prepare for a Crisis with Edward Segal 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 at /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/38935575

How to Build Your Inner Armor with Andrew Wittman, PhD 11/11/2025

How to Build Your Inner Armor with Andrew Wittman, PhD 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 /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/38921435

Replay: Diversity Awareness with Karen Catlin 11/06/2025

Replay: Diversity Awareness with Karen Catlin 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 in tech. therefore, she decided to switch gears. She became a Leadership Coach to help more women become leaders and coach men who want to be better allies for underrepresented groups. She is the author of two books on the topic Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces and The Better Allies™ Approach to Hiring. In todays’ episode we talked about her background and career shift. We also discuss specific steps you can take now to become an ally and help foster diversity. To get in touch with Karen Catlin, her website: For resources and updates, visit our website /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/38921250

How to Build a Joyful Workplace with Rich Sheridan 11/04/2025

How to Build a Joyful Workplace with Rich Sheridan 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 /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/38890405

Skills Coaching Replay: Origins and Why Should You Care 10/30/2025

Skills Coaching Replay: Origins and Why Should You Care 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 /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/38471245

How to Be Unruly with Lauren Weiner Wittenberg 10/28/2025

How to Be Unruly with Lauren Weiner Wittenberg 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 /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/38786155

Skills Coaching Replay: Five Skills You Need for Your Next Career Move 10/23/2025

Skills Coaching Replay: Five Skills You Need for Your Next Career Move 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 Connect with me via LinkedIn at /episode/index/show/hardcoresoftskills/id/38470995

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