My Top 6 Podcast Recommendations
Here are the top podcasts I recommended to clients this year - with specific episodes to get you started!
Shift Your Mindset from Delegating to Empowering
Shift your mindset from delegating to empowering. "I'm bad at delegating" is aligned with your identify as a hard worker, but "I'm bad at empowering my team" isn't a good look.
Appreciation Coaching - Why it Works
None of us are doing this enough - sharing specific and sincere positive feedback. Check out the video of Steve Kerr that demonstrates the un-deniable impact of this practice.
Project Management - an Under-Rated Banking Skill
Ever Been Told You Should Speak Up More?
You Won’t Regret Living Your Values
Identifying your core values is a shortcut to help you make every leadership, business and interpersonal decision. Your values are your guiding star.
The Business Case for Sleep
One client shared with me their secret suspicion that sleep was an illogical waste of time. Or does LeBron James have it right with his strategy of optimal sleep = optimal performance?
9 Traits of Successful Bankers
A client recently asked me to reflect on my 20 years’ of observing diverging career paths of Investment Bankers. Here are my thoughts based on the standouts I have worked with.
Finding Flow - the Formula of Motivation
When was the last time you did something at work that was so fun you would do it for free? Replicate those circumstances and you’ll find your mojo.
My Best Reads of 2023
Here are the 8 books that I referenced the most in coaching and delivering workshops in 2023.
An Agile Coach on Optimizing Deal Teams
Check out the interview.
Who is Innovating the Way we Work?
We don’t need to become Agile experts in order to apply the concept to further optimize deal team efficiency. It’s about breaking the game of broken telephone.
Am I Supposed to Love What I Do?
No one loves everything on their work to-do list. But is there enough that you love on a consistent basis, and do you get the chance to grow and use your strengths?
Radical Candor vs. Manipulative Insincerity
There are so many feedback models out there. This one is (fittingly) the most straightforward.
Networking Advice from an Industry Gem
How one MD built an enviable industry network through warmth, generosity and authenticity.
How to Re-Charge…And Have Clients
Don’t wait for an annual vacation - find small wins to re-charge throughout the year.
Investment Banking is an Apprenticeship Model
The only way to learn the trade is by doing. But as a knowledge worker, how do you teach juniors when much of the work is happening in your mind?
Managing Up - Not Just for Juniors
Everyone wants the levels below them to manage up better and few people are thinking about if they are managing up well themselves.
Gritty Bankers Have a Growth Mindset
Successful Bankers actively seek out constructive feedback to maximize their learning curve.