Episode #237
Communication and relationships often drive success more than technical skills—be intentional, lead with your destination, and use confident body language to align how you feel and how you’re perceived.
Use the Foolproof Download for clear updates: lead with the punchline (what’s new, different, or important), then provide key facts, then action items and next steps.
Ask for help the smart way: show enthusiasm, request templates/examples/contacts, and break work into smaller milestones to get feedback and exceed expectations.
Technical skills are a commodity. They are check the box skills, and they are, you know, table stakes. But for you to get ahead in life, in work, in career, in love, whatever it is, it really is all about your ability to communicate and your ability to build relationships.
Lead with the punchline. And the punchline is what's new, different, or important.
Your body language does not only impact how others perceive you, it impacts how you think and feel about yourself.
The soft skill
Jodi Glickman is passionate about developing leaders. As the CEO and founder of Great on the Job, Jodi and her team have reached hundreds of thousands of the brightest minds across corporate America and academia—working with many of the most influential organizations and brands including LinkedIn, JP Morgan, Abbott, and Harvard Business School being among her longest-standing clients. Jodi has appeared on the TEDx stage, she is the author of the critically acclaimed book Great on the Job, What to Say, How to Say It, The Secrets of Getting Ahead, and she is a writer for the Harvard Business Review.
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