320: Expert Interview: Flying Without a Helicopter

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Joanie Connell explains how “helicopter parenting”—hovering over and doing too many things for your kids, protecting them, and not letting them learn those skills themselves—is leading to problems when they get older and enter the workplace. In her executive coaching work, Dr. Connell often hears complaints about younger people coming into the workplace lacking some of the basic life skills that are necessary to succeed, like being independent, resilient, having good communication skills, and creativity. She offers solutions in her book, Flying Without a Helicopter.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:12.4	Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love, Number 320.
0:16.9	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:19.5	Every day, I interview someone from around the world who's
0:22.6	discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and
0:28.6	freedom. Once a week, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business
0:33.4	development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along their journeys.
0:39.3	Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Dr. Joni Connell.
0:43.9	Welcome, Joni.
0:45.1	Thank you.
0:45.7	It's a pleasure to be here, Don.
0:47.2	Thank you so much.
0:48.9	Joni Canell, Ph.D. is the founder of flexible work solutions, a consulting firm that specializes in leadership
0:55.8	assessment, development, and retention for all levels. She teaches at top universities in the nation,
1:02.2	including UCSD. She's also the author of Flying Without a Helicopter, How to Prepare Young People
1:08.2	for Work and Life. She received her doctorate in psychology from the
1:12.2	University of California, Berkeley, and her bachelor's in engineering from Harvard University.
1:17.8	Well, Joni, today's topic is, not surprisingly, the title of your book, Flying Without a Helicopter,
1:24.1	and I'm so excited to dig into this because I think it's so mission critical for
1:28.1	today's parents and young people. So set the table for us and tell us about the need for
1:33.7	what you're doing there and why you came up with this idea. Well, the need is actually I'm out
1:39.4	there doing a lot of executive work in corporations and coaching executives, helping them develop their
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