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The EntreLeadership Podcast

#270: Alive at Work with Dan Cable

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Lampo Licensing, LLC.

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.74.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever felt bored or less than inspired at work, Dan Cable, professor of organizational behavior at the London Business School, has good news: Your problem is biological, not motivational. Sure, that may sound a bit alarming at first, but the scientific explanation is rather simple—as is the solution. Tune in as Dan shares three easy ways to reactivate a crucial part of our brain called the seeking system so we can feel more motivated, more purposeful, and more alive at work. entreleadership.com/podcast The EntreLeader's Guide to Delegation from EntreLeadership 27 Email Templates from Infusionsoft Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to [email protected]. You could be featured on a future podcast episode!

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0:00.0

Music

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Helping business leaders grow themselves, their team, and their profits.

0:12.0

This is on-trail leadership.

0:15.0

Now, here's your host, Ken Coleman.

0:18.0

Coming to you from the Music City, this is the broadcast of leaders by leaders, four leaders.

0:23.0

Thank you so much for joining the conversation.

0:25.0

Our feature conversation this episode is with Dan Cable.

0:29.0

He is the author of a book entitled, Alive At Work, the neuroscience of helping your people love what they do.

0:36.0

I think this is fantastic.

0:38.0

I love the science behind how our brains work, and everybody knows how powerful the brain is,

0:44.0

but sometimes we forget that we can harness that power to really do greater work.

0:49.0

And of course, we're going to give you some great free resources, so let's get to it.

0:54.0

This book, Alive At Work by Dan Cable.

0:57.0

The neuroscience of helping your people love what they do came across my desk, and I immediately was intrigued,

1:03.0

because I love to know why the brain is the way it is and how we can harness its power.

1:09.0

Dan is a widely respected thinker as it relates to the community of management experts, scholars, and beyond.

1:19.0

And as a social psychologist, he really understands the work, and he understands how the brain works.

1:26.0

This was a fascinating conversation for me.

1:28.0

We sent our equipment across the ocean to do this interview with Dan in London, and the quality just didn't turn out like we are used to.

1:36.0

We are aware of it, but the content is so good, we want to bring it to you anyway.

1:40.0

Here is my conversation with Dan Cable.

1:45.0

Before we dive into some of the content, I'd love for you to set up for our listeners the scope of the research that went into this book.

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