894: The Three Keys to Retaining Your Best People with Joe Mull
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
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🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Joe Mull breaks down the fundamentals of why people leave their jobs then shares simple solutions to creating a happier, more committed workforce.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The true story behind the myth, “Nobody wants to work anymore.”
2) The sweet spot for a team’s workload.
3) How to talk to your boss about improving your job.
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— ABOUT JOE —
Joe Mull is the author of 3 books including No More Team Drama and the forthcoming Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work.
He is the founder of the BossBetter Leadership Academy and hosts the popular Boss Better Now podcast, which was recently named by SHRM as a “can’t miss show for leaders” along with podcasts from Brené Brown and Harvard Business Review.
In demand as a keynote speaker, Joe has taught leadership courses at two major universities and previously managed training at one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S.
Joe has appeared as an expert in multiple media outlets including Forbes, the International Business Times, on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and on Good Morning America.
• Book: Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work
• Book: Cure for the Common Leader: What Physicians & Managers Must Do to Engage & Inspire Healthcare Teams
• Website: JoeMull.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Instrument: NASA Task Load Index
• Article: “To Build a Top Performing Team, Ask for 85% Effort” by Greg McKeown
• Book: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
• Book: It's the Manager: Moving From Boss to Coach by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter
• Music: “Requiem” by Mozart
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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 with your host, Pete Makaitas. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 894 with Joe Mo. |
| 0:22.0 | If you are struggling to keep some of your best people engaged, employed, staying with the team or you are some of the best people in your life, |
| 0:29.0 | and you're thinking about leaving, Joe's got some excellent perspective, which really breaks down the fundamentals that are responsible for determining why folks tend to leave and why they tend to stay cut through the clutter, getting real simple, practical, powerful. |
| 0:45.0 | So you'll learn one, the true story behind the myth, nobody wants to work anymore. |
| 0:49.0 | Two, the sweet spot for a team's workload. And three, how to talk to your boss about improving your job. |
| 0:55.0 | So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that we've referenced, please drop on by awesometyourjob.com slash ep894. |
| 1:03.0 | Now here's a bit about Joe. Joe Mo is the author of three books, including No More Team Drama and Employilty, out of Ignite, Commitment, and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work. |
| 1:12.0 | He's the founder of the Boss Better Leadership Academy and hosts the popular Boss Better Now podcast, which was recently named by Shurrim as a can't miss show for leaders, along with podcasts from Renee Brown and Harvard Business Review. |
| 1:23.0 | He's the in-demand keynote speaker who's taught leadership courses at two major universities and previously managed training at one of the largest healthcare systems in the US. |
| 1:31.0 | Joe has appeared as an expert in multiple media outlets, including Forbes, the International Business Times, on ABC, CBS, NBC Fox, and Good Morning America. |
| 1:39.0 | Big thanks to Joe for sharing his wisdom with us and big thanks to our sponsors. Check them out. |
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| 2:47.0 | Joe, welcome to how to be awesome at your job. I am so excited to be here. Pete, thanks for having me. |
| 2:52.0 | Well, I'm excited to talk about your book Employilty, how to ignite commitment and keep top talent in the new age of work, whether listeners are managing executiveizing, keeping their talent, or they are the talent. |
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