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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

256: Science-based Solutions for Delivering Tough Truth at Work with Mark Murphy

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

Sharpening, Decisions, Interview, Selfhelp, Fun, Speaking, Education, Careers, Skills, Money, Training, Meaning, Career, Thinking, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Success, Collaboration, Winning, Self-improvement, Mockaitis, Writing, Development, Wins

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Author & trainer Mark Murphy explores the intersections of diplomacy, truthfulness, and difficult conversations at work.   You'll Learn: Top reasons why people don’t tell the truth at work Common phrases that create defensiveness Why having a difficult conversation is better than just fixing the problem yourself   About Mark: Mark Murphy is a New York Times bestselling author, weekly contributor to Forbes, ranked as a Top 30 Leadership Guru and the Founder of Leadership IQ. He’s trained leaders at the United Nations, Harvard Business School, the Clinton Foundation, Microsoft, MasterCard, SHRM, and hundreds more organizations. He has written several award-winning books on leadership and been featured in many premiere media outlets.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep256 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:16.0

Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 256 with Mark Murphy.

0:26.3

I think you will find this a particularly valuable conversation because Mark is bringing

0:32.0

some science-based insights on what it takes to deliver tough truths

0:36.2

at work in a way that's going to work.

0:39.0

It's going to create a real difference instead of just hostilities all around.

0:42.5

So you'll learn one, the top reasons why people don't tell the truth at work.

0:46.3

Two, common phrases that create defensiveness,

0:49.4

and three, why having a difficult conversation is better than just fixing the problem

0:54.5

yourself. So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links

0:58.2

to items that we've referenced here it's on over at awesome at your job

1:00.8

dot com slash f two five56 and now here is Mark's story

1:05.3

Mark Murphy is a New York Times best-selling author weekly contributor Forbes

1:09.9

ranked as a top 30 leadership guru and the founder of Leadership IQ.

1:14.5

He's trained leaders at the United Nations, Harvard Business School, the Clinton

1:17.7

Foundation, Microsoft, Mastercard, Sherham, and hundreds more organizations.

1:22.3

He's written several award-winning books on leadership. Schuram and hundreds more organizations.

1:22.7

He's written several award-winning books

1:24.3

on leadership and has been featured in numerous

1:26.8

Premier Media Outlets.

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