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The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

30: A Conversation with Aubrey Daniels

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

Science, Mental Health, Skinner, Behaviorism, Behaviorconsultant, Aba, Behavioralpsychology, Health & Fitness, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy, Fba, Social Sciences, Verbalbehavior, Bcba, Functionalassessment, Discretetrial

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

It’s not everyday that one gets a chance to chat with someone with decades of experience in Behavior Analysis. It is equally rare to do so with someone who helped pioneer the field of Organizational Behavior Management. That’s why I’m so excited to share this conversation with none other than Dr. Aubrey Daniels.

Before I started this podcast, I drew up a list of potential guests. Aubrey was one of those people at the top of the list, though I doubted that he would have time for such a fledgling outlet like The Behavioral Observations Podcast. However my aspirations recently turned into reality a few weeks ago when Aubrey and I sat down to record this conversation.

In this interview we cover the following:

  • How Aubrey first got into the field, and what the Behavior Analysis scene was like at that time.
  • How he pivoted from a career in the mental health setting to working with organizations.
  • How to sell behavioral solutions to potential customers.
  • The application of behavioral principles in regular education settings. Advice for practitioners who want to get into the OBM field.
  • General advice for newly minted BCBA’s.

We also spend quite a bit of time discussing listener-submitted questions. For more information about Aubrey, check out the homepage of Aubrey Daniels International here.

If you’re not familiar with Aubrey, here is a short bio: Aubrey Daniels, a thought leader and internationally recognized expert on management, leadership, safety and workplace issues, is considered an authority on human behavior in the workplace. As founder and chairman of the board of directors of his consulting firm, Aubrey Daniels International, he and his staff help organizations employ the timeless principles of behavioral science to re-energize the workplace, optimize performance and achieve lasting results. Aubrey actively blogs about performance systems, workplace safety and management issues and is frequently interviewed for major media outlets. In addition to being a highly sought after keynote speaker at major association, conference and educational events, Aubrey is the author of six best-selling books widely recognized as international management classics: Bringing out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement; Performance Management: Changing Behavior That Drives Organizational Effectiveness, Other People’s Habits, Measure of a Leader, Oops! 13 Management Practices that Waste Time and Money (and what to do instead), and Safe by Accident?His books have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and French and have been licensed in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Romania and Saudi Arabia.

This podcast is sponsored by Britton Behavioral Consulting. Dr. Lisa Britton provides affordable, high quality, independent fieldwork supervision for aspiring BCBA’s. Group and independent supervision sessions are available. For more information, click here to reach out to Lisa.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Behavioral Observations podcast with Matt Secoria, session number 30.

0:11.8

Welcome to the Behavioral Observations podcast, stimulating talk for today's behavior analysts.

0:19.2

Now here's your host, Matt Secoria.

0:22.6

Hey everyone, welcome to session 30 of the behavioral observations podcast. I am so excited to present today's guest. You know, when I started this podcast, actually well before I started this podcast, I wrote this long list of names of people that I'd love to interview, and some of the

0:38.9

names were perhaps reasonable in order to get on the show, I guess is what I'm saying,

0:46.2

they were perhaps an easy get, if you will. And there were some names that I knew were going to be

0:51.5

a reach. In other words, some real, you know, kind of big fish, if you will. So one of the names on that list was our guest today,

1:00.4

Aubrey Daniels. And Aubrey Daniels, you know, to use his words, was in the field before

1:06.1

there was a field. And even way back in the day when I was in graduate school, he was a big deal and had been

1:12.2

doing his thing in the field of OBM for many, many years. And so again, when it came time for me

1:20.2

to start the podcast, I thought, man, it would be just, it would be awesome if I could ever get

1:24.0

Aubrey Daniels to come on the show. And gosh, would he ever dain to,

1:29.3

you know, talk to me on this podcast here? Well, a few months ago, I was kind of just

1:36.9

scrolling through Facebook and all of a sudden a little friend request came up. And it was

1:42.0

Aubrey Daniels himself. And I wrote him back. I said,

1:44.4

look, I'm a little bit starstruck because, you know, I remember reading his book,

1:49.2

Performance Management and Bill Hopkins Behavioral Safety class back in the day at Auburn University.

1:55.1

And here he is, you know, reaching out to me on Facebook. It was really surreal, I guess, is perhaps the only word that comes to mind.

2:04.9

For those of you who don't know, let me go ahead and share the bio that's on the Aubrey Daniels website to let you know who he is.

2:12.9

Aubrey Daniels is founder and chairman of the board of Aubrey Daniels International, and he is a thought leader

2:20.2

and internationally recognized expert on management, leadership, safety, and workplace issues.

2:25.8

He's considered an authority on human behavior in the workplace.

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