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Ep 74 – Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach – 3 Tips: Harnessing Small Talk to Advance in Your Career

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Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Don’t dismiss small talk! “Small is Tall”: In this episode of 97% Effective, Executive Coach Michael Wenderoth shares how small talk can make lasting impressions and strengthen relationships at work. He provides three practical tips on how to make the most of brief interactions: the one data point, the one sentence, and the one mindset. We cover the science that underpins small talk, and the art of putting it in practice, with techniques from past guests Sasha Kelemen and Alison Temperley. If you look down on small talk or seek tips on how to make yours more effective, this episode is for you. Enhance your interactions and propel your career progress: Unleash the power of small talk. Small talk can be learned!

  • The power of small talk
  • Trivial conversations that are a waste of time? Why small talk matters in your career
  • The science and art of small talk
  • Practical Tip #1: One Common Data Point
  • Practical Tip #2: One Sentence (“BEST”)
  • Practical Tip #3: One Way to More Deeply Engage
  • Small talk, Big Results – But you have to do this first
  • Where to go deeper on the research and see more examples

BIO AND LINKS:

Michael Wenderoth is an Executive Coach that helps executives re-examine their assumptions about power, politics, and authenticity to get promoted, become more effective at work, and break glass ceilings holding them back. Having served 20 years in senior roles with companies across the globe, and then 7 years as a professional coach, he has helped accelerated the careers of clients from diverse industries, backgrounds, and levels of seniority, helping them get ahead – without having to sell their souls in the process. Michael is the award-winning author of Get Promoted, host of the 97% Effective career acceleration podcast, and a frequent speaker and media contributor on career advancement, leadership and navigating power and politics. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Stanford Business School Executive Education and IE Business School, where he collaborates with renowned professors, coaches, executives and experts. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University (3CP).


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Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

SHOW NOTES:

Don’t dismiss small talk! “Small is Tall”: In this episode of 97% Effective, Executive Coach Michael Wenderoth shares how small talk can make lasting impressions and strengthen relationships at work. He provides three practical tips on how to make the most of brief interactions: the one data point, the one sentence, and the one mindset. We cover the science that underpins small talk, and the art of putting it in practice, with techniques from past guests Sasha Kelemen and Alison Temperley. If you look down on small talk or seek tips on how to make yours more effective, this episode is for you. Enhance your interactions and propel your career progress: Unleash the power of small talk. Small talk can be learned!

  • The power of small talk
  • Trivial conversations that are a waste of time? Why small talk matters in your career
  • The science and art of small talk
  • Practical Tip #1: One Common Data Point
  • Practical Tip #2: One Sentence (“BEST”)
  • Practical Tip #3: One Way to More Deeply Engage
  • Small talk, Big Results – But you have to do this first
  • Where to go deeper on the research and see more examples

BIO AND LINKS:

Michael Wenderoth is an Executive Coach that helps executives re-examine their assumptions about power, politics, and authenticity to get promoted, become more effective at work, and break glass ceilings holding them back. Having served 20 years in senior roles with companies across the globe, and then 7 years as a professional coach, he has helped accelerated the careers of clients from diverse industries, backgrounds, and levels of seniority, helping them get ahead – without having to sell their souls in the process. Michael is the award-winning author of Get Promoted, host of the 97% Effective career acceleration podcast, and a frequent speaker and media contributor on career advancement, leadership and navigating power and politics. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Stanford Business School Executive Education and IE Business School, where he collaborates with renowned professors, coaches, executives and experts. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University (3CP).


Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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