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The ONE Thing

174. How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation | Dan Schawbel

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

How do you show up as a better leader, and how do you do it in a world that’s constantly distracting us? Technology has changed our lives in profoundly positive ways, but it’s also created more distractions than ever before – and if you’re like most people, you probably feel more disconnected than ever before. So we sat down with the author of Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation, Dan Schawbel, to discuss how we can do a better job at facilitating connections in the workplace, in spite of the technology that’s constantly surrounding us. We recorded this conversation as part of our monthly ONE Thing webinar series. Every month, we feature an incredible author so that you can learn directly from them and ask questions. If you want to sign up for our next FREE monthly webinar, head over to the1thing.com/webinars. In this episode, you will learn... [6:25] What’s at stake if we keep using technology the way we are now. [11:30] What it looks like to start developing trust between the people you lead. [16:15] How do you help people get clear on the team’s purpose and what fulfills people on an individual level? [24:00] How you can create connection (and the ONE thing that makes it easier or unnecessary) The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: What is the ONE thing you can do, such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary when it comes to making connections with people? Dan says the most important skill is being able to work with other people. As a leader, as a manager, as a human, this will always be important. So what’s ONE thing you can do to improve your ability to work with others? Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at https://danschawbel.com/ Read: Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danschawbel/ AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar Check out our awesome blog! The ONE Thing is produced by Podcast Masters Mentioned in this episode: Factor 75 Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

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Hey folks Jeff Woods here before we dive in I wanted to give a few quick shout-outs and thank yous first to Golden who left us a review

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Saying that people listen to this if you're interested in achieving your goals because it lays out exactly how to get there.

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I also wanted to give a shout out to team leader N.J. who said if you're looking for

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implementation ideas on how to change your life one day at a time,

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then look no further.

0:24.6

Thank you so much for leaving the reviews

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on your podcast player choice.

0:28.0

It helps us reach more people,

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and thank you for sharing it with the people in your world.

0:32.3

You're making a bigger impact than you may realize.

0:34.5

This is the One Thing podcast

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where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth

0:41.0

behind extraordinary results.

0:43.6

My name's Jeff Woods.

0:44.6

I'm the vice president here at the One Thing team.

0:47.6

Once a month, we bring on a best selling author

0:50.6

to our One Thing webinar. This is a monthly webinar series. There's no pitch.

0:54.8

It's all about exposing you to authors who have a best-selling book that we think would

0:59.4

bring value to you and is aligned with the principles of the one thing.

1:02.3

Oftentimes when we go and do corporate and is aligned with the principles of the one thing.

1:03.0

Oftentimes when we go and do corporate trainings,

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there's just lots of questions around

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