You Can Change Other People: Four Steps to help the People Around you make Positive Change

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guest, Howie Jacobson, Executive Coach, Author, ultimate Frisbee Player, Behaviour Nerd and host of the Plant Yourself Podcast. Howie is co-author, with Peter Bregman, of You Can Change Other People, and the author of Google AdWords For Dummies. We discussed: Body Language Secrets To Win More Negotiations 👤 Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisraineyhr/detail/recent-activity/shares/ Episode highlights 00:00 - What being a school teacher taught him about sustaining change 06:18 - Conversations that help people become better versions of themselves 06:33 - An introduction to the 4 steps for making positive change 10:00 - Become an ally by seeing positive intent in other people's actions 14:30 - Broaching conversation with empathy, confidence and permission 17:41 - Empathy is a lot harder when you're emotionally invested 20:57 - Why it's essential to exercise your empathy muscle 23:17 - Making a person feel safe opens the door to conversation 28:30 - The difference between performance reviews and performance improvement 33:21 - Leveraging your strengths and mitigating your weaknesses 36:51 - Howie's advice on best way to seek feedback See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.