What makes a tech team successful? The great teams and the really good team members integrate their non-technical skills to ensure they deliver good products. To ta…
This episode is a podcast collaboration with the Team Coaching Zone Podcast . Dr. Krister Lowe is Co-founder and Chief of Innovation at www.6TeamConditions.com. H…
-------- As remote work becomes a new kind of normal, we cannot assume that the same skills to manage a team in an office will apply for virtual teams. As a worker,…
Forming teams is certainly not an easy task and there is no easy formula to follow. There are many books addressing how to recruit and improve teams with very diff…
How do I help my team become agile? Hello and welcome to episode 100 of the HSS. If this hapesn to be the first episode you lsten to, in each episode I discuss …
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
Heather Younger is a Juris Doctor turned Motivational Speaker and author who has dedicated her career to the study of management and leadership. She is the host of …
Making teams, especially tech teams, work together effectively may not be something that just happens naturally. Sometimes it requires some coaching. In the world o…
When we think about leaders we think of those who have just the right answer to every situation, those who can move crowds, who can make or break a team. But what i…
Do you consider yourself a motivated person? How about a person who can motivate others? Motivation is not a matter of getting the right speech for your team or ab…
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
Curiosity can save help your team and your job. In this episode, you will learn why this skill is so essential and how to master it. If you want to receive more in…
Today we talk about hiring with Dr Paul Spector (), specifically the role of assessments when it comes to assessing skills. If you have a team or company, what are …
In this mini-episode, learn the do's and don'ts on using assessments to hire new people in your team. For more resources, sign up for the newsletter at Connect w…
Communications are so tricky. When I ask people and teams I work with what skill do you want to improve on I often hear, "I want to be a better speaker or a writer.…
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
Bad situations are expected at any point, that’s a given, so how do we manage to deal with them effectively? At work, how do we help our teams become resilient? To…
Are you a curious person? Are you prmoting curiosity among your team members? If not, you should, as my guest Dr Daine Hamilton recommends. She is a sought-after ex…
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
This season I am officially lunching coaching opportunities for us to work together so you can master skills we discuss here, become a high performer in your career…
Picture this, you are giving a presentation to a new customer about this app or this dashboard your team created, explained all the cool technical features at lengt…
If you are a frequent listener you knoe I have had a few epsiodes about coaching on this show, especially agile coaching. I think as managers especially in the IT w…
In this show we discuss the skill of Self-Assessment. Before you know where you are heading in your career, you must know where you are. You must know what moves yo…
Tell me about your workplace. Are you in a place where there is rarely ANY conflicts, things are good on the surface that is. Or are you in a place where there are …
In this episode we begin a series focused on providing actionable advice you can use to cultivate essential skills. This week, we review: - Why do we use the term …
Today you will be listening to another podcast We talked aboiut the missing patrt when it comes to implementation agile, the how to deal with the people part. Tha…
Lets talk about AI, Artificial Intelligence. You are probably using itn right now to make your life easier, create transcripts, products, images… but are you really…
Do you know what makes an individual thrive in a challenging situation? It is not physical ability or technical skill. The secret may be on using the right combinat…
Decision-making is a very necessary skill we need as leaders. In this episode, you will learn the best approaches to decision-making with a decision-making expert. …
If you lsten to this podcast, you are definitely into improving yourself. You read boks, listen to podcast, seek mentors, and you are loking for answers to help you…
In this end of season 5 my guest is Fran Racioppi () who had also been podcasting interviewing many other experts and fascinating people in the Jedburgh podcast () …
This episode originally aired in August 2021. ----------------- How can we make this less uncomfortable or basically how can we just feel better about promoting ou…
In this episode we talk about Leadership. While we think some people are born leaders, I believe in most cases leadership is something we develop as time goes on. W…
In today’s episode we will talk about Presenting, specifically how can we captivate audiences through our message and to be truly understood. Today you will lean fr…
Today we talk about Optimism. No, I am not referring to how to be all positive all the time and all that stuff. I am referring to how you as tech leader, expert, co…
This is the final episode of Season 4. In this episode we republish an interview from the podcast Innolatino hosted by Gonzalo Pena . ------------------ Do you f…
This week’s interview was one I had wanted to do for a long time. I work as Product Owner working closely with software developers creating apps at a military organ…
This episode originally aired in July 2021. ------------------------------------------- As many organizations are talking today about becoming “agile” it is im…
Today you'll hera my interview with Aarie van Benekum ( and ), one of the co-signers of the Agile Manifesto ( His career in software development started as develo…
The book Getting Things Done, by David Allen, was published over 20 years ago and today is it as relevant as ever. The book, has which been published in 30 languag…
The book Getting Things Done, by David Allen, was published over 20 years ago and today is it as relevant as ever. The book, has which been published in 30 languag…
Today we feature Jon Kern ( , one of the co-authors of the Agile Manifesto. His career has spanned jet engine R&D and flight simulators, to being an object-oriented…
This is the last episode of season 8 until we return in a few weeks. I have been fcusing a lot this season on the topic of agility since this is a central skill to…
This episode was originally aired in February 2021. ------------ Negotiation is not about winners or losers, playing tough or misleading. It is about seeking a dea…
Negotiation is not about winners or losers, playing tough or misleading. It is about seeking a deal where everyone can benefit. In this episode we learn how to beco…
In today’s episode we will talk about Meeting Management. No matter if you work in office, at home or if you have your own business, you must attend meetings. Seems…
'A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other.' – Simon Sinek
No matter if you work on-site or remote,…
I received exciting news late last week. My 3 courses on "soft" skills developed in partnership with the production company Madecraft are all available now via vari…
By: Yadi Caro
Dealing with conflict between co-workers and managers costs companies about $359 billion per year or at least 3 hours a week per each worker.…
"Giving feedback is worthless. It's actually not quite worthless. It's worth something for the person who gives it. But study after study shows that basically givin…
I am a huge fan of agile! Agile is an organizational approach to managing software which was conceived 23 years ago by a group of software developers as …
"We believe that you do need to get together to build social bonds. Our belief, though, is that you don’t need to get together every single day to sit next to…
By: Yadi Caro
This week I was working with my team and we had some minor conflict in terms of communications. I stated for what I thought was the 5th time …
By: Yadi Caro
Last week I wrapped up my time supporting a very important military organization, where I was tasked with introducing agility to the IT…
It has been a few weeks since I emailed you but I was on a little break. Well, not really, as summer has involved a lot of driving kids to camp, working with variou…
By: Yadi Caro
Do you know the value you bring to your team?
They hired you for a reason and after this lesson, you’ll be able to con…
Traditional managers often don't want to hear bad news and people often get punished as the messenger or if you've made a mistake. By its definition, a lean leader …
One of the things I say to clients is communicate your best. So when you go into a room, ... one of the tricks I suggest is think of a favorite person in your life,…
By: Yadi Caro
“To be successful in writing, use short sentences” - Ernest Hemingway
People tweet (or do we call it X'ed now?), write pho…
Hope you are having a good beginning of the month. This month Hardcore Soft Skills podcast turns 4 years old, so its a great time to start a new season of the podca…
When you think about how can we be more productive. It's really about being more present with what you're doing, because you can hit a golf ball better. You c…
If hearing the expression “let’s have a meeting” makes you cringe, you are not alone. I do love meetings though, but I love the GOOD ones. Th…
Soft Skills make hard skills work.
Research says 85% of our career achievements are dependent on our soft skills and only 15% by our hard skills. Balancing…
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