Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast
Episodes
Why Technical Teams Still Fail Without These Skills: Yadi Caro in The Digital Project Management Podcast
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Soft skills are having a moment—but they're still widely misunderstood, undervalued, or dismissed as "nice to have." In this episode, Galen sits dow...
How to Build a Good Work Culture: Nicole Greer
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How do we create a great culture in our workplace? What does culture mean? We wlaways talk about it yet it seems its something that comes ditacted by ...
Yadi Caro in Working on Purpose Podcast
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Replay of conversation with Yadi Caro and Dr. Alise Cortez for the Working on Purpose podcast. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide...
How to Become a Visible Introvert with Dr. Cindy Young
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How do we become visible and assume leadership roles? In this coversation with Dr. Cindy Young, author of the book Invisible Introvert, learn tools an...
Skills Coaching: How to Be Mentored
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Finding a mentor can be intimidating. In this episode, learn the steps to ask someone to become a mentor for you. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft...
Skills Coaching: How to Build Emotional Intelligence
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Building our EQ takes time and effort. In this episode, learn the first steps to build it. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide to W...
Skills Coaching: Good Conflict and Bad Conflict
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, learn why conflict is not always bad and how to distinguish good and bad conflict. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A G...
Skills Coaching: How to Adapt to Change
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adpatability is a critical skill we need today. In this episode, learn how to develop this skill. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide...
Skills Coaching: How to Have Good Meetings
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meetings can be painful. In this episode, learn tecniques to have better meetings. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide to Work Wit...
Skills Coaching: How to Prioritize with Your Team
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you find yourself constantly putting out fires (figuratively speaking), listen to this episode for a quick technique on how to prioritize. Get a...
Skills Coaching: Improve Curiosity in Your Team
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Curiosity is a key to innovation. Learn in this episode how to hel your team build curiosity. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide to ...
Skills Coaching: How to Find (and Solve) Problems
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI can help us solve problems more efficiently, yet as humans we need to be able to find the right problems to solve. In this episode, learn a techniq...
Skills Coaching: How to Motivate Your Team
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Motivating a team is a great challenge. In this episode, learn key actions to help you build intrinsic motivation. Get a copy of the book Hardcore S...
Yadi Caro on The Geek Within Podcast
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Yadi Caro talks to Jeremy Wood on the Geek Within Podcast. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide to Work With Humans. Also available in...
Skills Coaching: How to be a Better Writer without AI
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aritificial Intelligence can help us write, but we need to write to develop our intelligence. Learn more in this episode. Get a copy of the book ...
Skills Coaching: How to Improve Public Speaking with Your Team
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We all have to speak in public regardless of our role. Listen to this episode to learn how to practice with your team. Get a copy of the book Har...
Skills Coaching: How to Assess if Your Team Listens Well
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, learn how to do a listening audit to help you and your team improve your listening skills. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Ski...
How to be Yourself at Work and Succeed with Dana Williams
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this epsiode, learn how to know yourself and overcome challenges with leadership identity expert and coach Dana Williams (https://www.danawilliamsc...
Soft Skills for Tech Professionals (Part 2)
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Yadi interviews leadership coach and auhtor DR. AZ Habtewold to discuss top skills for tech professionals. Get a copy of the boo...
Soft Skills for Tech Professionals (Part 1)
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview for The A to Z Podcast with Dr. Az Habtewold, Yadi Caro shares the top skills tech professionals need now. Get a copy of the book ...
Skills Coaching: How to Meet People at Work
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Netwroking is not just for job searching. At work, we need to build realtionships to get stuff done. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A ...
Skills Coaching: How to Care About Others
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Building empathy is a necessary skill. In this episode learn some tools to develop it. Get a copy of the book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide to Work ...
Skills Coaching: How to Know Your (and Your Team's) Strenghts
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To create a great team, you must first start with assessing yourself. In this episode learn how to do this for yourself and your team members. Get ...
New Book: How to Work with Humans!
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we wrap up this season, we share the news about the launch of the ucpomign book Hardcore Soft Skills: A Guide to Work with Humans, coming in Jan...
How to Step Up To Lead with David Berke
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can leadership be learned? Is it for everyone? How can be become better leaders? These are some of the questions we answer in this episode with real l...
How to Prepare for a Crisis with Edward Segal
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Layoffs, scandals, use of AI gone wrong… These days there seems to be significant crisis looming and we need to prepare. As my guest says, its not a...
How to Build Your Inner Armor with Andrew Wittman, PhD
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Andrew D. Wittman, PhD, a United States Marine Corps infantry combat veteran, former police officer, and federal agent. As a p...
Replay: Diversity Awareness with Karen Catlin
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on December 2020. In this episode we talked about Diversity and specifically Diversity Awareness. While Diversity may ...
How to Build a Joyful Workplace with Rich Sheridan
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we create a joyful workplace? In this episode, Rich Sheridan, co-founder of Menlo Innovations, and author of Chief Joy Officer and Joy Inc, sha...
Skills Coaching Replay: Origins and Why Should You Care
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we begin a series focused on providing actionable advice you can use to cultivate essential skills. In this episode we review: - W...
How to Be Unruly with Lauren Weiner Wittenberg
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, learn about how to become unruly with Lauren Wittenberg Weiner is the author of Unruly: Deconstruct the Rules, Defy the Norms, and D...
Skills Coaching Replay: Five Skills You Need for Your Next Career Move
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in December 2022. If you are a regular listener of this podcast you know that beyond the learning you do for your w...
Replay: How to Manage and Understand Body Language with Mark Bowden
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally aired in 2022. Today we talk about Body Language with an expert who has been voted as a number one body language expert. M...
Skills Coaching Replay: Why Your Meetings Suck and What to Do About It
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originaly aired on January 2023. If hearing the expression "let's have a meeting" makes you cringe, you are not alone. Why? Because you...
How to Create Your Brand: Mike Kim
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Branding is not for products. You need branding regardless of what you do. This is the topic today with my guest Mike Kim. He is a consultant, speake...
Skills Coaching Replay: 8 Steps to Make Change Happen
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally aired on September 2023. In this episode, we will review the 8 steps for change management from John Kotter. If you wa...
How to Train Your Brain in the Age of AI with Sarah Baldeo
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode I am joined by Sarah Baldeo. She is an AI Neuroscientist, bestselling author, TED speaker, and innovation advisor. For nearly two...
Skills Coaching Replay: 5 Steps for Negotiation
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about Negotiation. You will learn 5 steps I learned at Harvard University to become a better negotiatior. For bonus material...
How to Claim Your Power: Dr. Sheila Gujrathi
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you assume a position of leadership effectively? What happens if you feel the odds are against you? In this epsiode you will learn tools to mas...
Skills Coaching Replay: How Can My Team Become More Agile?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in December 2023. For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me vi...
Replay: How to Deal with Difficult People with Dr. Mark Goulston
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This interview originally aired in April 2023. --------------------------- Dr. Mark Goulston was a psychiatrist and one of the world's leading exper...
Skills Coaching Replay: How Do You Reflect 'Soft' Skills in Your Job Interview?
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in nov 2023. For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me via Linked...
How to Lead Using Principles: Andy Crocker
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine having to compete against Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to send humans to space. What if you take the lessons you have learned as a result of tha...
Yadi Caro in Hola Podcast (Spanish episode)
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a podcast conversation in Spanish. Yadi speaks with Iliana Fuentes Lugo from Hola Podcast about her own challenges through her career journey...
Yadi Caro on Leadership and Success Podcast
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Yadi shares some of her background, inspirations and other lessons she has learned from mentors. View the Youtube episode here View ...
Replay: Creating Leaders with L. David Marquet
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This interview was originally aired on April 11, 2023. For courses and coaching https://www.hardcoresoftskillspodcast.com/courses/ Connect with me v...
How to Make Better Decisions: L. David Marquet and Michael A. Gillespie
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Decision-making is a skill we have talked about before on this podcast and we address this again because making decisions is difficult, especially wit...
Skills Coaching: 7 Sins of Teams
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You may have been intrigued by the title of this podcast and it was originally going to be called team mistakes but then I thought that these are not ...
Skills Coaching: How to Become Truly Productive
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel you and your team are being productive? Are your hours spent on a lot of work yet you feel at the end of the day you have not achieved wh...
Skills Coaching: How to Build Your EQ
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Building our emotional intelligence is hard. We speak about it all the time, read books about it, yet when it comes time to practice the skills we ne...
Skills Coaching: Lose Your Fear of Giving Feedback
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let's face it. You are afraid of giving feedback. You’d rather tell someone else what you think about that person’s behavior rather than just tel...
Skills Coaching: 5 Signs You Are a Micromanager
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Less say you have a team, and you feel great about your work. You think you are on top of tasks, you think you are supporting the team and giving them...
Skills Coaching: How to Create a Team Contract
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you hire someone for your organization, you would have a contract that specifies scope of the work, what needs to be done to get the task done. I...
Skills Coaching: Networking Without Feeling Sleazy
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Networking is not just about going to a networking event and handing out cards, is about building relationships. It's not about what can you do for me...
How to Master a Coding Interview: Mike Mroczka
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you prepare for an interview as a softawre developer? How has the landscape change in the age of AI? In this live episode, Mike Mroczka discuss...
Skills Coaching: How to Say No
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Jobs, the American inventor best known for founding Apple, once said, “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus ...
Skills Coaching: How to Prioritize Effectively
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. You may have heard of this quite often yet we seem to neglect this in or daily lives and at work...
Skills Coaching: Falling in Love with the Problem
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it.” This is a quote fro...
Skills Coaching: How to Brainstorm the Right Way
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we think about doing a brainstorming session, we picture a room full of excitement, ideas flowing. Yet, this may not always be the case. Think ab...
Skills Coaching: Choosing the Right Communication Channel
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that a majority of workers, about 86% per research, believe that the main reason for workplace failures are caused by bad communication...
Skills Coaching: How to Write Better than AI
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While using Artificial Intelligence effectively is a skill we need to have to be competitive, we also need to be good communicators who sounds authe...
Skills Coaching: 5 Steps to Become a Better Public Speaker
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does most of your work presentations feel like "death by PowerPoint" or turn into demos that get a bit too technical. Does speaking in public gives yo...
How to Create Lasting Change with Jason Hreha
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes change happen? What creates individual change and transformation. How can we make new transformation and not just try to build new habits...
Skills Coaching: How Can Teams Learn from Failure
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We regularly hear leaders in organizations and teams say we are a learning culture, we always learn from our mistakes. Yet, are we learning only w...
Skills Coaching: 4 Steps to Deal with Change
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Change is hard and you or someone you know is experiencing a lot of turmoil right now. Positions being cut, returning to office after many years worki...
Hardcore Soft Soft Skills Live: How to Achieve Agility Using Psychology
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Hobday, coach, speaker and author of the book Psychology-Driven Agility: Mastering Human Dynamics for Business Success, join u...
How to Leverage Your Soft Skills in Job Search: Find Your Dream Job Podcast
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yadi Caro on the Find Your Dream Job Podcast. Employers want to hire people who are great communicators, who can collaborate with others to solve pr...
Skills Coaching: 4 Steps to Persuade Effectively
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does it feel hard to try to convince others to see the same issues you are seeing? To buy into that idea that you truly believe will save tons of time...
How to Deal with Work Challenges and Changes: Elizabeth Lotardo
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Elizabeth Lotardo, LinkedIn Learning instructor and author of the highly-praised new book 'Leading Yourself: Find More Joy, Meaning,...
Skills Coaching: 4 Keys to Increase Collaboration Onsite and Online
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you being asked to return to office? Did they told you its for the best because collaboration is just best if done in person? In this episode we w...
Skills Coaching: Time to do an Assessment
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Skills Coaching: How to Improve Communication as an Introvert
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you an introvert struggling to become a better communicator? Or perhaps you have an introvert in your team and you want them to be able to speak...
Skills Coaching: How to Build a High Performing Team
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a great team? You can have a team of superstars, the best of the best, yet for some reason, the productivity is down, constant fighting occ...
Skills Coaching: 5 Team Mistakes to Avoid
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You are probably a member of a team or leading a team. Are you in a team doing work together or are you in a group of inviduals doing work? If you ...
Skills Coaching: How to Suck Less at Listening
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People speak at about 125 words per minute. People think at 900 words per minute. So guess what, when you speak at 125 words, you as listener are fi...
Skills Coaching: How to Assess Your Skills
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know the value you bring to your team? Or perhaps you feel you can offer more and you have not being able to express the why effectively. Tod...
Skills Coaching: 5 Cs Approach to Join a New Team
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you are entering a new team or managing a new team, it can be quite intimidating especially if you are the new person. In this episode, you will l...
Live Episode: Empathy is a Technical Skill with Andrea Goulet
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode recorded via LinkedIn Live, Empathy in Tech founder Andrea Goulet discusses why empathy is essential in tech and how to build it in or...
Yadi Caro in the Developing the Leader Within show (Part 2)
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part 2 of a conversation with Enrique Acosta Gonzalez, military veteran, author and host of the Developing the Leader Within podcast. ...
Yadi Caro in the Developing the Leader Within show (Part 1)
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part 1 of a conversation with Enrique Acosta Gonzalez, military veteran, author and host of the Developing the Leader Within podcast. ...
Skills Coaching: How to Assess Soft Skills During the Job Search
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I will address two points of view. As an employer or hiring manager, how do you assess for soft skills? As a job seeker, how do you ...
Skills Coaching: Why Should I Work on my Soft Skills?
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You may have seen multiple articles describing how important are "soft" skills for the future of work. If you are looking for a job or thinking about...
How to Own Your Career: Andy Storch
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the last episode of this season and it you are listening as this episode is released we are approaching the end of the year. This is a time wh...
How to Build Resilience: Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bad situations are expected at any point, that’s a given, so how do we manage to deal with them effectively? At work, how do we help our teams bec...
Yadi Caro In Empathy in Tech Podcast
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to my interview in the Empathy in Tech podcast (https://www.empathyintech.com/). If you want to receive more information, subscribe to my newsl...
How (and When) to Speak Out: Matt Kohut
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Politics, religion, diversity, issues with the law... there are so many topics that as people in positions of leadership, we refuse to talk about bec...
How to Design Effective Learning: Vince Jeong
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you take that mandated company learning session online, do you actually learn something? How about those classes where you have “death by Power...
How to Develop Curiosity: Dr Diane Hamilton
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a curious person? Are you prmoting curiosity among your team members? If not, you should, as my guest Dr Daine Hamilton recommends. She is a s...
How to Find Optimal Performance: Rich Diviney
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know what makes an individual thrive in a challenging situation? It is not physical ability or technical skill. The secret may be on using the...
People Over Processes: Yadi Caro in Arguing Agile Podcast
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today you will be listening to another podcast Arguing Agile with Brian Orlando and Om Patel. We talked aboiut the missing patrt when it comes to ...
Find your One Sentence: Mimi Goss
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Communications are so tricky. When I ask people and teams I work with what skill do you want to improve on I often hear, "I want to be a better speake...
How to Become a Lean Leader: Richard Knaster
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is centered around helping you refine those skills that help you do your work in tech, and a lot of those skills center around using agil...
How to Coach and Lead with Agility: Lyssa Adkins
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a frequent listener you knoe I have had a few epsiodes about coaching on this show, especially agile coaching. I think as managers especi...
How to Become a Badass Agile Coach: Bob Galen
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making teams, especially tech teams, work together effectively may not be something that just happens naturally. Sometimes it requires some coaching. ...
How to Negotiate Your Salary: Brandon Bramley
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You and I have been on this situation. We are looking for a role, get an interview and then it's time to talk about salary expectations. Where do we ...
Dealing with Workplace Conflict: Karin Hurt
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tell me about your workplace. Are you in a place where there is rarely ANY conflicts, things are good on the surface that is. Or are you in a place w...
How to Be a Geek with Empathy: Jeremy Adamson
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Picture this, you are giving a presentation to a new customer about this app or this dashboard your team created, explained all the cool technical fea...
Building 'Soft' Skills with AI: Camilo Rojas, Ph. D.
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lets talk about AI, Artificial Intelligence. You are probably using itn right now to make your life easier, create transcripts, products, images… bu...
Soft Skills Coaching: How Can My Team Become More Agile?
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do I help my team become agile? Hello and welcome to episode 100 of the HSS. If this hapesn to be the first episode you lsten to, in eac...
Skills Coaching: How Can I do a Self-Check?
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is time to take an inventory of your year, figure out what do you eally want: a new job, a new career, growth. So I will replay an excerpt of my ...