How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Amy Leneker discusses how to spot and stop stress for more joyful days at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top five barriers to joy at work
2) The three-step un-stressing method
3) The simple practice that leads to more joy

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— ABOUT AMY —
Amy Leneker is an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering workaholic. She's also a leadership consultant who has helped over 100,000 leaders and teams – including those at Fortune 100 companies – lead with less stress and more joy. Her soul goal? To help one billion people do the same. With over 25 years of leadership experience – including a decade in the C-suite – Amy understands the soul-crushing toll of burnout because she's lived it. Twice. After surviving her own brush with burnout, Amy became determined to help others succeed without sacrificing their joy, their health, or their weekends. A first-generation college student, Amy earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees while working full-time and later raising a family. She has studied leadership at Yale, neuroscience at the NeuroLeadership Institute, and stress resilience at Harvard Medical School.
• Book: Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy
• Study: "The State of Stress & Joy at Work 2026"
• Website: AmyLeneker.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brene Brown

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Guy Winch shares the simple strategies for taking back control of your mind, energy, and attention from work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to stop rumination loops
2) The trick to dealing with difficult situations beyond your control
3) The overlooked key to build into your weekly schedule

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— ABOUT GUY —
Guy Winch Ph.D. is an internationally renowned psychologist who advocates for integrating the science of emotional health into our daily lives. His science based self-help books have been translated into 30 languages and his 3 viral TED Talks have garnered over 35 million views.
He advises start-ups in the mental health space, worked with the US and UK governments, and has created emotional health programs for fortune 500 companies. His work has been featured in the NY Times, WSJ, the Boston Globe, CNN, Time, Psychology Today, and other major outlets. He is the co-host of the Ambie Nominated Dear Therapists podcast. He lives and maintains a private practice in Manhattan.
• Book: Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life
• Substack: The Psychology Lab
• Website: GuyWinch.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
• Book: The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses by Mita Mallick

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Chris Duffy discusses how to find the humor in anything—and why that’s important in the workplace.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why to take humor seriously at work
2) The simple habit that makes you more magnetic
3) How to find humor in the most unlikely places

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— ABOUT CHRIS —
Chris Duffy is an award-winning comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris currently hosts the hit podcast How to Be a Better Human. You can watch his comedic TED talk, “How to find laughter anywhere” online. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, and National Geographic Explorer.
Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas on HBO, executive produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, where three comedians try to understand what a leading scientist does all day, in partnership with LabX at the National Academy of Sciences.
Chris is both a former fifth grade teacher and a former fifth grade student.
• Book: Humor Me: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected, and Happy
• Website: ChrisDuffyComedy.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• App: 7 Minute Workout
• Study: “The effect of a pratfall on increasing interpersonal attractiveness.” by E. Aronson, B. Willerman, and J. Floyd
• App: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

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Ashley Herd illuminates under-taught manager skills required of leaders.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How build trust with your employees from day one
2) Simple ways to make meetings more effective
3) The key question that helps accelerate your career

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— ABOUT ASHLEY —
Ashley Herd is the founder of Manager Method, a leadership training organization that helps managers drive performance without driving people out the door. A former General Counsel and Head of HR with experience at organizations including McKinsey and Yum! Brands, she’s also a LinkedIn Learning instructor and co-host of the "HR Besties" podcast. Ashley is the author of The Manager Method, and is known for giving practical tools that make leadership feel human and doable.
• Book: The Manager Method: A Practical Framework to Lead, Support, and Get Results
• Website: ManagerMethod.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: A Separate Piece by John Knowles

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Nilofer Merchant debunks some of the pervasive beliefs and practices that keep us from succeeding at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Striking examples of how hidden norms limit us
2) Why you owe it to yourself to play office politics
3) The mindset that creates more win-win solutions

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— ABOUT NILOFER —
Nilofer Merchant spent over 25 years leading technology companies (Apple, Autodesk, GoLive/Adobe) and personally launched over 100 products and services, netting $18 billion in revenues. She is ranked among the top 50 influential management thinkers in the world (one of her TED Talks has been referenced 300 million times). Our Best Work is her 4th book.
• Book: The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy
• Book: Our Best Work: Break Free from the 24 Invisible Norms That Limit Us
• Website: NiloferMerchant.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

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