Episode 146 – All You Have To Do Is Ask with Wayne Baker

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All You Have To Do Is Ask with Wayne Baker is our latest episode of Business Growth Time

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About Wayne Baker:

Author of All You Have to Do Is Ask. Published January 14, 2020, by Currency (Penguin Random House www.allyouhavetodoisask.com)
Wayne Baker is an Educator, he teaches about the positive organizational scholarship, social capital, generosity, and networks in MBA, Ph.D., and Executive Education courses. He is a Researcher – he conducts research on positive business practices, social capital, reciprocity, and generosity. Outstanding Published Article Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity (with Nat Bulkley). Martin Trailblazer Award (shared with members of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship); Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship, American Sociological Association (with Robert Faulkner). He is also a Keynote Speaker – he gives keynote addresses and talks for a wide range of corporations and nonprofit organizations. He is a Consultant – he consults to companies about positive organizing, network analysis, energy mapping, and positive organizational practices that create a giver culture.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

04:37 – Let’s get to know Wayne Baker

He specializes in social network analysis.

06:13 – About his book ” ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK “

He started writing this book a few years ago and released this year in January 2020.
The origin of the story is that getting people to help and to give was never be the problem, getting people to ask was the real obstacle the real barrier to the whole process.

09:45 – His articles published in LinkedIn are about (Why giving isn’t always better than receiving)

Giving someone the opportunity to help us is actually still an act of giving.

12:01 – Terry and Janet run a business networking group

14:22 – Ask and Sales page (Wayne explained using the smart criteria )

That’s the intent of the book, which is to provide individuals, teams, and entire organizations with a toolbox of tools that enable you to do this sort of thing.
Start first with the goal, what are you trying to accomplish, and to think about what that goal is.

21:35 – When do companies engage this type of training?

The latter part of the book is about what you can do as a team, as a team member or team leader, and what you can do for an entire organization.
The criteria of S-M-A-R-T

25:55 – Reason that we might be sensitive about the idea of asking for help?

Ask, as long as you make it a thoughtful request, people will think you are more competent.

29:05 – How he picks the title of the book?

The title was just, Ask, and then we thought about Permission To
Ask- that was a title for a while, and then somebody at some currency, which is part of Penguin Random House, which is the publisher, some really smart marketing person there said how about-All You Have To Do Is Ask.

29:47 – The Center for Positive Organizations

We focus on how do you create thriving workplaces and thriving organizations where people are engaged.
They have programs for students at all different levels of the University that we have and we work with research and researchers to develop the science behind this.

32:10 – Action Steps: What they could do in 24 hours to get to that ASK, what would it be?