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40% Better - Engineering Leadership

Every week, we invite 1 expert on employee engagement and deep-dive into unlocking previously unheard of performance levels in teams and leaders. 40 Percent Betterhttps://40pb.com

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10:34

Success Metrics - Episode 50

40% Better - Engineering Leadership ·

2025/06/12

Car racing, surfing Pipeline, 70 ft free dives, and beating software release predictions. These activities are all built on a stack of small success metrics. Having deliberate and sufficiently detailed metrics lets us talk about, analyze, and reverse engineer success and failures.

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19:51

3 Mental Models and 1 Lie - Episode 49

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2025/06/05

These mental models (beliefs) were taught to me well before my first leadership role. And the lie was one I started leading with - but dumped in a few months

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17:19

Being Lucky - Episode 48

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2025/05/24

I've been outrageously lucky in this life. And looking back, there's a consistent pattern for how I made luck my friend.Initiative + Optimism -> LuckClover thanks to: Umberto Salvagnin, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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54:39

Steven Puri and Sukha - Episode 47

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2025/05/19

Software engineer to Hollywood powerhouse and back to software.Raised $21M to fund startups and was a senior executive in Hollywood studios. Independence Day, Transformers 1/2, Star Trek, Eagle Eye, Wolverine, etc - all movies where Steven's teams contributed to special effects. The man has worked with legends (and he has a great sense of humor).We talked engineering, Office Space, leadership, and a few movie insights :-)‬‭ Steven is the Founder and CEO of The Sukha Company with the mission to help

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43:40

Jeff Hancher - Episode 46

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2025/05/14

Jeff's journey began as a child growing up in southwestern Pennsylvania.After serving in the United States Army, Jeff began a career as a blue-collar worker at a large corporation.Since that start, he was promoted 10 times, and achieved advanced leadership roles at a Fortune 500 company.During his pursuit of success, there has been no greater thrill than making those around him better. What started as a dream to change his own life soon became a dream to help change the lives of others.Jeff realized

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11:36

Imposter Syndrome- Episode 45

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2025/05/13

Oh boy, have I heard stories!!Team leads and managers who were sure any day they'd be discovered as frauds. And yes, I've been that person. Convinced that my team's performance was amazingly lucky hires. And in hindsight, this three factor framework would have saved me.

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20:38

Above Your Pay Grade - NOT!! Episode 44

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2025/05/03

People regularly tell me some version of "that's above my pay grade". But that is not true. The real problem is people don't have a system to bring issues up the org chart and get executive attention, approval, and budget. Once you have a system - it becomes simple to get executive approvals and budget. Here's how.

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64:06

Brian Maggi - Episode 43

40% Better - Engineering Leadership ·

2025/04/09

Brian Maggi has an impressive list of accomplishments. From building medical education websites to Desktop Technology Manager at Apple to live entertainment and now AI - diverse experience is an understatement. You can learn more about Brian's work at: http://brianmaggi.com/

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21:54

ExecutiveBlindSpots - Episode 42

40% Better - Engineering Leadership ·

2025/04/09

Executives are talking but the rank and file are not responding. This is not a language barrier problem - it's a blind spot problem. Execs think their audience understands them - but they don't. What to do?

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82:04

Ernesto Gomez - it's all about the people - Episode 41

40% Better - Engineering Leadership ·

2025/03/29

Ernesto is a lifelong learner.He studied social communications and has completed executive programs at leading institutions, including Stanford GSB, MIT Sloan School of Management, Wharton Business School, Kellogg School of Management, Chicago Booth, London Business School, and IMD Business School.He wrote the book “Regrowth, How Organizations Can Overcome Stalling by Unlocking Their People´s Potential” and is also the founder and CEO of Aspen Mindset1, a consulting firm dedicated to helping

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6:25

Why Leadership Training Fails - Episode 40

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2025/03/11

Applying critical thinking to the obvious problem: with all the leadership books and training out - why aren't we seeing better engagement and performance?

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37:34

WorkPositive with Dr. Joey - Episode 39

40% Better - Engineering Leadership ·

2025/03/07

Dr. Joey Faucette transforms companies from a negative “Kevin Culture” to a positive work culture that increases productivity and profits.He is the culture architect of the Work Positive framework, certified Executive Coach, and best-selling author of Work Positive in a Negative World: Team Edition.His work has appeared on Wall St. Journal Money Watch, CNBC, Fox Business News, Entrepreneur Media, and countless other sites. He hosts the Work Positive Podcast.Get your free course, Something to Talk

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7:23

BarbedWire - Episode 38

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2025/02/26

Eighteen months ago barbed wire terrified me.Last weekend, I ran another 100+ feet.What happened in the last year??

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68:31

HR, Leadership, and Avoiding Traps - Episode 37

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2025/02/02

Lisa-Maree Blumenfeld, has 20+ years of HR experience.We had a wide ranging conversation around HR, people at work, and avoiding pitfalls. Prior to starting Retain, Lisa was the VP of People at Expa, where she led a centralized HR and Recruiting team that worked on behalf of 20+ startups.Prior to Expa, Lisa worked with fast-moving startups (Lyft, NinthDecimal, Aria Systems) as well as with larger Fortune 500 companies (PG&E, Blue Shield of California).Lisa-Maree is also a fan of DIY projects and

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19:18

Devil is in the Details - Episode 36

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2025/01/07

Effective leadership isn't a philosophy - it's a stack of behaviors driven by tiny details. Overlooking these details is why we have so many disengaged and low performing employees. Details matter when you want a high performing team.

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14:41

Pillars of Team Leadership - Emotional Resilience -...

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2024/12/14

When people ask me "how do you do that?", the answer is often "by overcoming emotional friction". At the core, that's what Emotional Resilience is - overcoming emotional friction. Often team leads are stopped from doing what their team needs - because of their emotional friction. Here's how to get past that friction.

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11:26

Business Leverage - Episode 34

40% Better - Engineering Leadership ·

2024/12/04

Leverage - using somethign to the maximum advantage One of my early mentors taught me the importance of Individual Contributors for company revenue, product development, and client happiness.And how team leads had the most impact on the Individual Contributors.

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14:39

Asking Better Questions - Episode 33

40% Better - Engineering Leadership ·

2024/11/26

Ask more questions. Ask different questions. You can learn a lot from and about your team by asking questions - and getting them what they want.

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44:31

Professor Rao on Soft Leadership - Episode 32

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2024/11/25

Professor Rao and I had a wide ranging chat about leadership, emotional intelligence, and employee engagement. Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/professormsrao Substack: https://professormsrao.substack.comFounder of MSR Leadership Consultants, IndiaAmazon: http://www.amazon.com/M.-S.-Rao/e/B00MB63BKMVision 2030: https://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.com X: http://twitter.com/professormsrao YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorMSRao Meta:

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8:02

Removing Friction - Episode 31

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2024/11/22

Most employees are disengaged, frustrated, and low performing at work.When we meet a happy and high performing employee - what are the behaviors of their team lead that makes this happen?First up is finding and removing friction.Smart team leads know this is crucial to great team performance.

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