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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

777: How to Observe and Listen like a Master Interrogator with Certified Forensic Interviewer Michael Reddington

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Michael Reddington shares valuable skills–learned from having engaged in many interrogations–that make you a more observant listener and influential communicator. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The trick to staying focused and attentive 

2) The subtle conversation cues to look out for 

3) How to ask better questions to get better answers 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep777 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT MICHAEL — 

Michael Reddington, CFI is a certified forensic interviewer and the President of InQuasive, Inc., a company that integrates the key components of effective non-confrontational interview techniques with current business research for executives. Using his background in forensics, and his understanding of human behavior through interrogation, Reddington teaches businesses to use the truth to their advantage.

Reddington received his bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Southern New Hampshire University, and received additional education on  negotiation and leadership degree from Harvard University. He currently lives in Waxhaw, NC. 

• Book: The Disciplined Listening Method: How A Certified Forensic Interviewer Unlocks Hidden Value in Every Conversation 

• Website: DisciplinedListening.com 

• Website: InQuasive.com 

• Website: MichaelReddington.com 

• LinkedIn: Michael Reddington 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini 

• Book: Pre-Suasion: Channeling Attention for Change by Robert Cialdini 

• Book: Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership by Duncan Coombe, George Kohlrieser, Susan Goldsworthy 

• Book: Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Seven Levitt and Stephen Dubner 

• Past episode: 341: Decoding Body Language with ex-FBI Special Agent Joe Navarro 

• Past episode: 664: Dr. Robert Cialdini on How to Persuade with the 7 Universal Principles of Influence 


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.

0:04.0

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 LeCaites.

0:19.0

Greetings and welcome to Lucky Episode number 777 with Michael Reddington.

0:27.0

Michael shares tips and tricks he's learned from years of doing interrogations to help us become better listeners and persuaders.

0:37.0

You'll learn one, the trick to staying focused and attentive while listening.

0:41.0

Two, the subtle conversational cues to look out for.

0:44.0

And three, how to ask better questions to get better answers.

0:48.0

So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to some bits that we mentioned here, please.

0:53.0

Pay us a visit over at awesomeatyourjob.com slash EP777.

0:58.0

And by the way, if it's your first time, ish, or you're a newer listener, welcome and thank you.

1:03.0

I encourage you to check out some of the very first episode, episode zero start here.

1:08.0

And then A, B, C, D, E, F, just before episode number one to give you a taste for some of the stuff that we got going on here.

1:18.0

You can find those by clicking the trailer on some podcast apps or sorting from oldest to newest.

1:25.0

In order to see those more readily and get a vibe for what we're all about and get oriented to where you can jump on in and have the most value.

1:34.0

Now, let's jump on into some info about Michael, Michael Reddington, CFI is a certified forensic interviewer.

1:41.0

That's what CFI stands for and the president of Inquisitive Inc, a company that integrates the key components of effective non-confrontational interview techniques with current business research for executives.

1:52.0

Using his backward forensics and his understanding of human behavior through interrogation.

1:57.0

Reddington teaches businesses to use the truth to their advantage.

2:01.0

Reddington received his bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Southern New Hampshire University

2:08.0

and received additional education on negotiation and leadership from Harvard. He currently lives in Waxhall, North Carolina.

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