This week’s MindEspresso is about maximizing #productivity by understanding #socialaddiction from the movie The Social Dilemma and the new book Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke. You can learn more about me and our integrated virtual keynotes,

Negotiating with Empathy from Chris Voss

Aug 14th, 2021 7m 31s

This week’s MindEspresso is about using empathy in negotiation to reach higher level outcomes. Emotional barriers are often the biggest obstacles to successful negotiations. Christopher Voss was the FBI’s lead hostage negotiator and he pioneere

The Science of Perfect Timing

Jul 7th, 2021 3m

This #mindepsresso is about planning your day to align with your natural energy cycles from Daniel Pink’s WHEN. He found that our cognitive abilities do not remain static over the course of a day, these daily fluctuations are more extreme than

How to Create Optimism

Jul 1st, 2021 6m 17s

This week’s #MindEspresso is about how to create optimism by rewriting your past, confronting the reality of the present and embracing you’re most optimistic future frame. You can learn more about me here at ScottEnglerLeadership.com https://ln

Leading with Purpose

Jun 24th, 2021 5m 54s

This week’s #MindEspresso is about Leading with Purpose from the book Start With Why by Simon Sinek. Sinek argues that most leaders focus on the what and often fail to understand and communicate the why, the purpose behind the what. You can lea

Break Conflict Loops

Jun 16th, 2021 4m 58s

This week’s MindEspresso is about how to break conflict loops from the book Optimal Outcomes by Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler. She points out that conflict styles together with shadow values often get us stuck in loops. She advocates 1. Creating awa

Harness Your Self-Chatter

Jun 2nd, 2021 7m 16s

This MindEspresso is about how to harness your internal chatter from the book Chatter by Ethan Kross. Ethan has developed a series of scientifically studied strategies to help you harness your internal dialogue for positive change. I primarily

6 Keys to Habit Change

May 12th, 2021 6m 13s

This MindEspresso is about the 6 Keys to Habit Change using work from James Clear, Charles Duhigg and my own framework that I’ve been developing.

How Values Drive Your Behaviors

May 3rd, 2021 5m 3s

This MindEspresso is about how unconscious and conscious values and needs drive behavior and ultimately your life. I’ll be sharing a framework from Barrett Values Center that helps contextualize values and needs so that you can optimize your va

The Not Doing List

Apr 25th, 2021 3m 9s

This MindEspresso is about “not doing” so that you can focus on the things that matter. I’ll be looking at the brand new book The Not Doing List by Alexander Bant (He/Him), in it he shares his unique philosophy of creating a Not Doing List to g

UnFear: How to Harness Fear for Positive Change

Apr 19th, 2021 3m 10s

This MindEspresso is about changing your relationship to fear. Mark Minukas and Gaurav Bhatnagar have identified the 8 unhealthy responses to fear and 4 healthy responses to fear. In their upcoming book UnFear they argue that if you change your

Know Your Money Mindset

Apr 12th, 2021 4m 18s

This Mindespresso is about your Money mindset: the money scripts and beliefs that are driving your life. Are you vigilante? A worshiper? A status seeker? Or an avoider? Once you understand your money script, you can start to understand how it i

Creating an Adaptive Mindset

Apr 5th, 2021 5m 44s

Leadership EQ

Mar 22nd, 2021 5m 47s

This MindEspresso is about Leadership EQ and using social styles to develop supportive and respectful relationships. The Key executive trait to learn is *versatility* being able to morph your style In a way that makes others feel valued which u

How to Motivate People

Mar 15th, 2021 2m 51s

How do you motivate people? It’s beyond carrots and sticks as Dan Pink describes in the book Drive and Dan Coyle details in The Culture Code. Together they identify purpose, mastery, autonomy and belonging as the keys to instrinsic motivation.

Energizers vs. Vampires

Mar 7th, 2021 3m 47s

This week’s MindEspresso focuses on energizers vs. de-energizers(aka Vampires) and why energizers win both for themselves and for everyone else. This concept Is based upon work from Rob Cross who wrote the power of social networks. https://appl

Leading Through Story

Mar 1st, 2021 5m

This weeks MindEspresso is about how to become a powerful and inspirational leader through storytelling. Here is a link to the podcast we did with Nancy Duarte: https://lnkd.in/dKBdvyW I primarily work with corporate executives, but I also have

Morning Habits of High Performers

Feb 22nd, 2021 5m 19s

This week’s MindEspresso is about the morning habits of high performers referencing the book Miracle Mornings by Hal Elrod. I primarily work with corporate executives, but I also have a passion for personal leadership. I’ve started these Person

Mastering Self-Talk

Feb 15th, 2021 7m 12s

This week’s MindEspresso looks at the importance of self-talk. As the Navy Seals preach you need to dominate your own self-talk or it will dominate you. We talk to ourselves between 15 and 50,000 times a day - we are our own most important coac

Traits of Elite Leadership

Feb 7th, 2021 7m 46s

This MindEspresso is about the traits of elite leadership demonstrated by champions such as Tom Brady. Sam Walker (now a leadership columnist for the WSJ) studied success on elite teams and what he found is that elite teams had elite leaders, l

Self-Compassion & Performance (Kristin Neff, Eckhart Tolle, Andy Walshe)

Feb 1st, 2021 5m 54s

This MindEspresso is about the need and the purpose for #selfcompassion in your life. Recently an old friend (who I hadn’t talked to in some 10 years) took his own life. He was one of the most talented people I’d ever met, yet he never seemed t

The Innovator’s Mindset ( Dan Kahneman, Dr. David Rock, Adam Grant & Steve Jobs)

Jan 25th, 2021 5m 26s

Monday MindEspresso: The Innovator’s Mindset This MindEspresso explores the mindset of innovation through the works of Daniel Kahneman (Nobel prize winner), Dr. David Rock (head of the Neuroleadership institute), Adam Grant and the late Steve J

The Power of Trust with Steven Covey & Rachel Botsman

Jan 18th, 2021 4m 13s

This MindEspresso explores the power of trust in a world where change is constant and our trust in institutions is on the decline. I look at work by Rachel Botsman, Stephen Covey and the trustworthy equation from the trusted advisor. I primaril

The Creator Zone (Adam Grant, Mark Manson)

Jan 11th, 2021 4m 39s

MindEspresso: The Creator Zone The secret to confidence and becoming a creator is to: 1. Operate with an abundance mentality and 2. Judge your worth by your internal values. If you live with a scarcity mentality you'll always be in a fearful st

200% Strategy Execution

Jan 4th, 2021 3m 40s

This MindEspresso is about why strategy fails and how to achieve 200% execution in 2021 by addressing the four strategy execution failure points: 1. Failure to Focus 2. Failure to Align 3. Failure to Energize 4. Failure to Track and Adjust.