Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast

Oct 28 2024 114 ep. 24 mins 20

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Soft Skills make tech skills work. In each episode, host Yadi Caro delves into a different "soft skill" so you can learn how to master them for career success.

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How to Design Effective Learning: Vince Jeong

Oct 28 2024 28 mins

When you take that mandated company learning session online, do you actually learn something? How about those classes where you have “death by PowerPoint”? We love to talk about learning, yet we rarely work on finding or providing a learning experience. Today we talk about learning with Vince Jeong. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincejeong/). He is the host of the podcast The s

How to Develop Curiosity: Dr Diane Hamilton

Oct 21 2024 30 mins

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 expert in curiosity, perception, emotional intelligence, and behavioral science. Dr. Hamilton is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index®, the Perception Power Index, and the author of five books sold worldwide. She is al

How to Find Optimal Performance: Rich Diviney

Oct 14 2024 29 mins

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 combination of attributes. What are attributes and why can we use these to maximize our individual and team potential? Today we talk again in this podcast with Rich Diviney, a retired US Navy SEAL Commander and author of the b

People Over Processes: Yadi Caro in Arguing Agile Podcast

Jun 25 2024 47 mins

Today you will be listening to another podcast Arguing Agile with Brian Orlando and Om Patel. We talked aboiut the missing patrt when it comes to implementation agile, the how to deal with the people part. That is, how improtrant is it for us to practice our soft skills to become better team members, managers, collaborators.

Find your One Sentence: Mimi Goss

Jun 24 2024 27 mins

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." The thing is, when we try to become that person we think we should use eloquent long speeches with convoluted words. But what if the secret ingredient involved just being YOU and keeping it simple. This is what I hav

How to Become a Lean Leader: Richard Knaster

Jun 10 2024 38 mins

This podcast is centered around helping you refine those skills that help you do your work in tech, and a lot of those skills center around using agile ways of working. Today, I speak with an expert in one of those frameworks . His name is Richard Knaster and he has more than 30 years of experience in software and systems development, in roles ranging from developer to executive. R

How to Coach and Lead with Agility: Lyssa Adkins

Jun 03 2024 32 mins

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 world, knowing that is takes a different skill set to be a good coach is essential as wel as recognize when you need a coach to help you and your team achieve great levels of performance. My guest today is an authority i

How to Become a Badass Agile Coach: Bob Galen

May 27 2024 31 mins

Making teams, especially tech teams, work together effectively may not be something that just happens naturally. Sometimes it requires some coaching. In the world of adopting agile ways of working, agile coaches are a key part of an organization to help those teams to eventually manage themselves and succeed. I have been an agile coach and let me tell you, every team has its own un

How to Negotiate Your Salary: Brandon Bramley

May 20 2024 25 mins

You and I have been on this situation. We are looking for a role, get an interview and then it's time to talk about salary expectations. Where do we even start here? How much can we ask for? What if they say no to my ask? Am I really asking for too much or too little? My guest today will help us navigate through these scenarios so you can develop the skill of negotiation. Brando

Dealing with Workplace Conflict: Karin Hurt

May 13 2024 37 mins

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 multiple fights? Or perhaps, you are in a place where conflict, that is, different ideas are welcomed. My guest today agrees that conflict can be a great tool for teams. Karin Hurt is the author, alongside David Dye, of