Mindful Communication Podcast episode #50 - Sustain the Fire of Inspiration
Allison and Sandy are the co-CEOs of InspireCorps and co-authors of the book Dare to Inspire: Sustain the Fire of Inspiration in Work and Life. With backgrounds in positive psychology, emotional intelligence, and positive organizational scholarship, they partner with companies to use inspiration to drive business innovation and growth. In this episode, we talk about what inspiration is, how to sustain it, how to avoid burnout, and much more.
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Mindful Communication Podcast episode #47 - Coach The Person, Not the Problem
Dr. Marcia Reynolds is an award-winning author and world-renowned expert on how leaders inspire change through conversations. She has spoken at conferences and taught workshops in 41 countries on leadership and transformational coaching. Global Gurus names her the #5 coach in the world. Her books include Wander Woman; Outsmart Your Brain; The Discomfort Zone; and her latest, Coach the Person, Not the Problem. In this episode, we talk about what makes a coaching conversation unique, the...
Mindful Communication Podcast episode #44 - Your Friends Are Lying to You On Facebook (And I Can Prove It)
The title of this episode may seem dramatic, but I assure you it is entirely accurate. So much of our language is shrouded with cultural nuances, that we're not even aware of how we communicate in a way that is inauthentic and ineffective.
In this episode, I will show you exactly how Facebook (and other services like this) perpetuate our inauthentic communication and what you can do about it.
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Mindful Communication Podcast episode #43 - Sizing People Up
Robin is a best-selling author, professional speaker, trainer, facilitator, and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. Robin has taken his life's work of recruiting spies and broken down the art of leadership, communication, and relationship building into his newest book Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent's User Manual for Behavior Prediction. In this episode, we discuss the mechanisms behind building trust, what it takes to be...
Mindful Communication Podcast episode #42 - Finding A Purpose Worth Rallying Around
David Burkus is a best-selling author, a sought after keynote speaker, and former business school professor. His newest book, Pick a Fight, argues that what a team is fighting for is a powerful and potent driver of performance and collaboration, but not just any fight will do. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies, his TED talk has been viewed over 2 million times and his writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday,...
Mindful Communication Podcast episode #41 - The Art of Public Speaking
Grant Baldwin is a speaker, podcaster, author, entrepreneur. He is the creator of the popular podcast The Speaker Lab and the online course Booked and Paid to Speak, through which he has trained more than two thousand speakers. He is also the author of the book The Successful Speaker: Five Steps for Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform. In this episode, we discuss what makes a great public speaker, how to handle curveballs while speaking, what it takes to make it as a...
Mindful Communication Podcast episode #40 - The Advice Trap
Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership behavior and competency. His book The Coaching Habit is a best-selling coaching book with over 700,000 copies sold, and he is the author of his newest book The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever.
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Mindful Communication Podcast episode #39 - Communicating with Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction
Christine Carter, Ph.D., is a sociologist and the author of The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction (2020), The Sweet Spot: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less (2017) and Raising Happiness (2011). A senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, Carter draws on the latest scientific research in psychology, sociology and neuroscience — and uses her own often hilarious real-world experiences — to give...
Mindful Communication Podcast episode #38 - How to Manage Someone’s Feelings When Trying to Solve a Problem
Dealing with emotions when we’re trying to get to the bottom of things can be very tricky. Feelings tend to get in the way, and few of us know what to do with them whether they are our own or others’.
In this episode, I share with you a personal example of this happening to me recently. Not only did feelings get in the way of problem-solving, but I actually handled the situation very poorly. Fortunately, that gives us an opportunity to take a look at how I went wrong, and what we...
Mindful Communication Podcast episode #37 - Leadership is Language
David Marquet, a top graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, commanded the nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe from 1999 to 2001, transforming it from the worst-performing submarine in its fleet to the best. Since retiring from the Navy, Marquet has worked with businesses nationwide as a leadership consultant. He is the founder of Intent-Based leadership and author of the best-selling Turn the Ship Around and his newest book, Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You...
About the author
Jonathan Miller
Jonathan is the founder of Mindful Communication which is dedicated to training and developing high-performers to have impeccable communication skills. He works with clients to empower and educate them with the skills they need to manage their relationships in a way that minimizes conflict and maximizes connection. He is also the host of the Mindful Communication Podcast which explores the art & science of connection.