Just Saying Podcast - Joe McCormack

Ep. 328 – Getting Out of Time Sucks

April 22, 2024
15 min

What drains your time every day? For many professionals, it is long meetings, useless e-mails, and endless conversations. During these moments, we feel helpless and more..

Ep. 327 – Can you command attention?

April 15, 2024
15 min

Great leaders learn to earn people’s attention. Others fall far short by assuming they have it and treat people like a captive audience. I recall more..

Ep. 326 – Clarity and Comedy are Related

April 8, 2024
14 min

After seeing an interview with comedian John Mulaney, I became even more convinced of the close connection between clear communication and stand-up comedy. During the more..

Ep. 325 – Doing what’s difficult

April 1, 2024
14 min

Every professional will face challenging circumstances, tasks, and decisions. With all our busy schedules, however, many of us will not set aside enough time alone more..

Ep. 324 – Taking Fridays off (for quiet)

March 25, 2024
14 min

Are we taking advantage of the known pockets of downtime in our day or week to plan for quiet time alone? After a recent conversation more..

Ep. 323 – Letting other people speak

March 18, 2024
15 min

We might be dominating conversations and not even notice it. In our daily exchanges, it’s likely that someone is doing all the talking. In this more..

Ep. 322 – The Meeting Kickoff Sets the Tone

March 11, 2024
15 min

Most meeting start weak and never gain momentum. It’s up to the designated meeting leader to start every meeting with clarity, organization, conviction, and purpose. more..

Ep. 321 – Good isn’t a headline (nice isn’t either!)

March 4, 2024
14 min

We choose where we invest our attention, and headlines are powerful tools to get that done. Recently, I inadvertently defaulted to a lame opening and more..

Call Back Episode – Ep 254 – How to frame a solid program overview

February 26, 2024
15 min

One of the most important roles of any successful professional is to lead a program (or project) to completion. Throughout the entire process, from start more..

Ep. 320 – Talk to Someone Else

February 19, 2024
14 min

In moments of inspiration, frustration, or even desperation, we need to deliberately choose our communication outlets. Getting that wrong might create conflict, build burdens, and more..

Ep. 319 – Real Value Depreciation in a Distracted World

February 12, 2024
15 min

Deep work drives real value creation. It’s only when we live and work primarily in the shallows that we see our value rapidly decline. In more..

Ep. 318 – Is the end anywhere in sight?

February 5, 2024
14 min

Anyone can get off to a great start when writing or saying something, but can they wrap it up on time and on cue. In more..

Ep. 317 – Presenting is like breathing

January 29, 2024
14 min

In the best presentations, you and the audience don’t notice at all that you’re presenting. Like breathing, it can either be something you pay too more..

Ep. 316 – The sound of good writing

January 22, 2024
14 min

After you write something, it might look good. It might look amazing even. But how does it sound to the reader? Is it stiff, clunky, more..

Ep. 315 – A Tale of Two Ideas (Part 2)

January 15, 2024
16 min

In this second part, I take a cue from a comedian who shares some surprising insights about why some of his best humor tanked several more..

Ep. 314 – A Tale of Two Ideas (Part 1)

January 8, 2024
15 min

It would be naïve to think that the best ideas always win. In reality, many sub-par ideas get approved while the brilliant ones get buried more..

Ep. 313 – Chit-Chat Cheer (and a Happy New Year!)

January 1, 2024
15 min

As we close out another year (and start a new one), I share three different perspectives to get you ready. First, I highlight a short more..

Ep. 312 – 5 Costs of Interrupting Someone

December 25, 2023
14 min

We cut people off more often than we may realize. Though we may feel it’s warranted, the instant impulse may hurt us in more ways more..

Ep. 311 – 5 Costs of Interrupting Yourself

December 18, 2023
15 min

With so much competing for our attention during the day, it may be easy to blame the people, digital devices, and demands of the world more..

Ep. 310 – Setting Boundaries When Criticism Comes Calling

December 11, 2023
15 min

What do you do when people habitually approach you with complaints, criticism, and unconstructive comments? Most of don’t like it, yet we play along and more..

Ep. 309 – The Pros and Cons of Analogies

December 4, 2023
15 min

Analogies can be a gift worth giving, or a dull ax on hard wood. Effective and efficient communicators know how to use them (not abuse more..

Call back Episode – Ep. 263 – Meetings redesigned and redefined

November 28, 2023
15 min

Many of the meetings we attend or lead simply need to be completely blown up and rebuilt entirely. Maybe the original intent has been altered, more..

Call back Episode – Episode 214 Thanksgiving: notes of gratitude

November 20, 2023
14 min

Thanksgiving Day is a wonderful time to gather and celebrate with family and friends. This time of year (all the time, for that matter) is more..

Ep. 308 Highly Recommended (why these two words are priceless)

November 13, 2023
14 min

A recent recommendation from a colleague stopped me in my tracks. His two simple words made me not only heed his advice but also pause more..

Ep. 307 – Collaboration chaos: making time in the office matter

November 6, 2023
14 min

Quality collaboration counts more than ever when workers aren’t in the office every day. Whether they are hybrid or fully remote, the time they have more..

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