Adrian Gostick, co-author of Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done
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- An important person growing up for Adrian was his father, whose work ethic and passion for his work inspired him. [01:36]
- After working from one big company to another, Adrian and his co-author Chester Elton decided to take a big leap, left a secured job, and took a risk to pursue a path of ownership and creativity. [04:48]
- Here he gives us a better understanding of what anxiety is. [09:22]
- Managers should make meeting more meaningful. [10:42]
- Anxiety has a lot of ways to manifest. It is important to identify its early signs. [14:05]
- Partnering up is a great way to make employees not feel isolated because they would have someone to check each other with. [17:00]
- Adrian talks about David, and the example he set on how to coach younger team members. [19:24]
- Cultures do not start with the CEO, it comes down to the individual. Adrian uses Disney and Texas Roadhouse as examples. [22:15]
- Adrian talks about Amy Edmondson and the dangers of silence in the workplace. [26:52]
- Taking a mental health day is can help relieve anxiety. [30:16]
- My Quest for the Best Lightning Round begins [33:17]
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Expert Bio
#1 bestselling author Adrian Gostick provides advice to some of the world’s largest organizations on managing change, driving innovation, and leading high-performance teams.
Gostick is a global thought leader in the fields of corporate culture, leadership, and engagement. He is the founder of the workplace assessment company FindMojo.com and author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work. His award-winning books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world. Gostick writes weekly on leadership strategy for Forbes, and his work has been called “fascinating,” by Fortune magazine and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, and CNBC, and is often quoted in The Economist, Financial Times, Newsweek, and Wall Street Journal. In 2021, Adrian was ranked as a top 10 Global Guru in Leadership and Organizational Culture.
As an executive coach, he is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s MG100 ‘Pay it Forward’ Coaching Cohort. His consulting clients include Danaher, Bank of America, Cisco, Rolls Royce, and Procter & Gamble.
Resources Mentioned During the Interview
Below are key people, places, books, quotes, websites, and other resources that we discussed so you can explore further.
- Rolls Royce – a British luxury automobile maker.
- Kent Taylor – was the CEO of Texas Roadhouse, a Texas-themed American steakhouse chain restaurant that specializes in steaks in a Texan and Southwestern cuisine style.
- Disney
- Amy Edmondson