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Dan Rather

May 18th, 2012

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Dan Rather brought us the news for 23 years as the network anchor at CBS. How hard was it to report the truth? Did he ever want to be friends with a President? How do you kill time in a hurricane? How close did he get to Kim Jong il. His kids favorite Ratherism? The one and only Dan Rather on our hot-seat this week!

Turns out the word Jugaad is Hindi slang for MacGyver. In his book, Jugaad Innovation author Navi Radjou explains how India and the rest of the emerging markets are using two paper clips and a stick of gum to reinvent how business is done! Why you can't sell a Ford Explorer to a gazillion Indians who make a dollar a day.
 
Sales expert Chip Doyle is eradicating Polio and putting on a sales conference at the same time. Join Chip June 11th and learn how to sell without sounding like a sales person and your registration helps the fight against Polio.
 
Our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo tells us why you should not go to Oktoberfest if you're on disability at work.
 
Our coaching with CTI helps us with combative employees.
 
Our Heffernan Insurance non-profit minute features: Arc of San Francisco
 
In the J.O.B. Nuggets: A birthday and 100 Billion for Mark Zuckerberg all in one week; the numbers on women who NEED makeup to feel beautiful and what current college grads would do if they could do it all over again.
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Ted Allen - Chopped

May 11th, 2012

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Best known as the wine expert on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Ted Allen is contributing editor for Esquire Magazine and also host of the Food Network Show Chopped. In and amongst all that, he writes cook books. Ted gives up his ground breaking recipe for avocado-mousse and the secret to choosing wine at a restaurant.

Turns out boys just wanna play video games and read Maxim Magazine while girls take over the world. Kay S. Hymowitz explains all in her book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys.

Sales expert Chip Doyle explores competition in the workplace.

If your boss is going to fire you anyways, why not just file a harassment claim against him and delay the inevitable. Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo breaks down the termination counter measure.

Our coaching with CTI focuses on this line: "Honey, I have to stay late again tonight - what, it's the third time this week. I'm getting tired of this"!

In the J.O.B. Nuggets: A third of U.S. workers are not getting enough sleep, why breast feeding your child will cost you money, and the co-worker who jumped into a pool of acid to save his buddy!

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Author Robert Draper on Congress

May 4th, 2012

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What in the world do we pay our Congressman to do? To me, all its seems as though they do is fight with each other, give long rambling speeches and text pictures of their genitals. Author Robert Draper will explain all in his book Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives.

We dare sport psychology consultant Jason Selk to get us focused and stay on target, using just ten minutes of practice per day.
 
You don't need a Monster Energy Drink or a RedBull, just our sales expert Chip Doyle. He will tell us how to re-energize on the job!
 
Afraid to take that promotion because it requires public speaking? Our coaching with CTI on small steps to being a good public speaker.
 
Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo with the answer on whether or not your boss can tell you not to come in, because it's not busy.
 
In the The J.O.B. Nuggets: More and more companies getting ride of the permanent desk and going to"hoteling", how many people think two weeks is the prefect amount of time off each year and a dentist yanks out all the teeth of her ex-boyfriend (ooops).
 
In our Heffernan Insurance non-profit minute we feature Fred Finch Youth Center.
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Duck Dynasty

April 26th, 2012

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The Robertson family has taken hand made Duck Callers (for you city folk, it's a noisemaker you use to attract ducks SO YOU CAN SHOOT THEM) and turned them into a multi-million dollar business and a reality TV show. The president and son of Duck Dynasty on bossing around your family and how he outsmarts the business world, with his beard!

Getting your Zen on at work is easier than you might think. Step one is to breathe! Author Jeff Cannon with The Simple Truth: Meditation for the Modern World.
Sales expert Chip Doyle is going to look into your future and tell you if you will be successful or not?
Our coaching from CTI help us with this nagging truth, my wife is bugging me that I work too much!
In our Heffernan Insurance non-profit minute we feature BOSS.
In The J.O.B. Nuggets: young women are now more likely than young men to say a successful, high-paying career is one of the most important things in life; The signs that your boss has crossed the inappropriate line and how hugging can be detrimental to your career

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Darrell Waltrip - Race Car Driver

April 20th, 2012

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Darrell Waltrip is a Hall Of Fame race car driver, a 3-time NASCAR champ, and a commentator for FOX. So it makes sense we ask him what you do if you have to sneeze and you're moving at 200-plus miles and hour.

Want to know why Pixar has one bathroom for the entire movie studio? Author Jonah Lehrer reveals the answer from his book Imagine: How Creativity Works.

Our sales expert Chip Doyle on why you should go on a business lunch. Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo explains why your employer no longer has to make you take a lunch.
 
What should you do if you boss asks you do to something unethical or illegal? Co-active coach Henry Kimsey-House with tips on how to "Jedi Mind Trick" them out of it.
Our Heffernan Insurance non-profit minute features Avenidas, resources and programs for positive aging.
 
In The J.O.B. Nuggets: One of the biggest growing job markets will be Food Services, but you won't get rich doing it; How you can become charismatic; and the best way to quit your job (deploy the emergency slide).
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Charlotte Beers - Executive/Diplomat

April 6th, 2012

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It's a meeting of the girlfriends this week with two power packed hard hitting interviews. Charlottee Beers lived the TV show Madman rising through the ranks of the advertising world to become one of the first female executives in a time when men dominated. If that wasn't enough, she then served as undersecretary of state under Colin Powell.

Author Liza Munday is gonna break down The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family (A story of breaking down the barriers and then the explanation of how its done)!

Sales expert Chip Doyle passing out tips on how to tell if a client is just playing you for free consulting!

DO NOT MISS employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo's EPIC rant about why EVERYONE should just "get over it" when it comes to handing over your Facebook password to potential employers.

In our session with Henry Kimsey-House from CTI how to make working with family - a success!

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: How your co-workers are making you fat; secrets on how to get noticed in the job application process and the story of a 4-year old who wants to drive an ice-cream truck for a living !

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Michael Rejebian - Opposition Researcher

March 30th, 2012

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Who discovered president Andrew Jackson was an adulterer? That presidential candidate John Edwards paid $400 to get his hair cut? That while governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis released convicted murderers? Opposition researchers that's who. Michael Rejebian spills the beans in his new book We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics.

Karin Tuxin-Bettman Project Lead for Google Street View in the Amazon explains what it's like to map the second longest river in the world!

You think your words are coming out right, but the results are wrong? Sales expert Chip Doyle is here to fix your communication problems.

You do not want to miss Dennis Strazulo's top employment handbook mistakes. IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!

Our Heffernan Insurance non-profit minute features the Center For Domestic Peace.

 In The J.O.B. Nuggets: Fired for not giving your Facebook password to a potential employer; the depressing truth on how unemployment makes you stupid and the top mistakes to avoid at a job interview .
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Lori Zaslow - Love Broker

March 23rd, 2012

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Lori Zaslow has serious matchmaking skills! As the founder of Project Soul-mate and the star of Bravo TV's latest docu-series, Love Broker, she has the right to tell us why you don't eat chili on a first date and other "soul-connecting" secrets.

My man Darryl Rosen is going to break us off the 50 dumb things that smart managers Don't Make.
 
Sales expert Chip Doyle on how to work smart not hard! Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo on how to disability proof your business.
 
Want to use your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to land you a job. Our friends at CPP will help us out.
 
In The J.O.B. Nuggets: why you'd rather get a speeding ticket than talk to your boss, tips on how to tell if your boss is going to fire you and the story of a woman in Oakland who's missed exactly one day of work since 1948.
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Adam Carolla

March 16th, 2012

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For  Adam Carolla Dancing With The Stars, his pod-cast, his book, his movie, his production company and his TV shows are not enough. To be fulfilled,  he had to go and get abused by Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice. The Trump debrief and why he's good at being a "Smart Ass"!

Author Rob Basso chats about the Everyday Entrepreneur and how you can find your inner "go-getter"!
 
Sales expert Chip Doyle on the difference between wants and needs! Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo will fool-proof your company handbook. Our coaching with CTI gives us the basics on starting a business.
 
In The J.O.B. Nuggets: how much does luck play a factor in your job success and Disney employees can now grow a beard.
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Astrophysicist - Neil deGrasse Tyson

March 10th, 2012

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Gonna have to put our thinking caps on this week! Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on why we can thank space travel for inventing Lasik eye surgery. Why sending a person to Mars is just as important as building new bridges. Plus the definitive answer on why Star Trek is better than Star Wars.

 
Even if you're just a "cog"  in your companies wheel you should still have an understanding of the bottom line. Author Kevin Cope breaks it down in: Seeing the Big Picture: Business Acumen to Build Your Credibility, Career, and Company.
 
Sales expert Chip Doyle on why you should NOT be perfect! Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo on whether or not an employer can mandate that you keep your salary a secret. Our coaching with CTI gives us some courage to start our own business.
 
In The J.O.B. Nuggets: The best country to be a woman politician, why a promotion will make you sick and how giving you child a simple name ensures that they will get promoted.
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