"America's Career Coach" and author Ken Coleman discusses the evolving workplace in the age of AI, emphasizing the value of human connection, soft skills, and relationships, and reflecting on challenges facing younger generations—especially diminished curiosity and difficulty asking good questions. Hear Ken's full interview in Episode 502 of The Action Catalyst.
Best-selling author and counselor Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages , explores how his foundational relationship framework helps couples, families, and leaders communicate love and appreciation more effectively, and why mismatched love languages often cause emotional disconnects. He also shares practical strategies for nurturing quality time, recognizing children’s emotional needs, and translating the languages into the workplace. Chapman also clarifies the circumstances that m...
Speaker, author, and adventurer Rob Lilwall explains what he means by having the "attitude of adventure", and how those principles map onto tasks or goals in everyday life. Hear Rob's full interview in Episode 127 of The Action Catalyst.
Overtime with Outland is Action Catalyst host Adam Outland's reflections and commentary on discussions with each of his esteemed and accomplished guests. In this segment, Adam dissects Episode 502 with "America's Career Coach" and best-selling author Ken Coleman .
"America's Career Coach" and author Ken Coleman discusses parenting, curiosity, and the evolving workplace in the age of AI, emphasizing the value of human connection, soft skills, and relationships, and reflecting on challenges facing younger generations—especially diminished curiosity and difficulty asking good questions—while advocating for major reforms to the U.S. education system to focus more on critical thinking, creativity, experiential learning, and reduced standardized testing. Colema...
Tax strategist Carlotta Thompson explains how the IRS TRULY operates, what they actually ARE and ARE NOT looking for, and highlights the most common audit triggers to avoid. Hear Carlotta's full interview in her special bonus episode of The Action Catalyst.
Speaker, author, and adventurer Rob Lilwall shares hard-earned lessons from decades of outrageous expeditions, including tips on assessing risk, why there's more fear in anticipation than execution, having the attitude of adventure, and the mental importance of forward momentum.
Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute , Dianna Booher, explains the one question leaders MUST have an answer for, and how to respond to it. Hear Dianna's full interview in Episode 203 of The Action Catalyst.
Tax strategist Carlotta Thompson explores her unique early start in tax law, her years as an IRS enrolled agent, and what it taught her about helping business owners legally reduce their tax burden through smarter planning and compliance. Thompson explains how the IRS TRULY operates, and highlights the most common audit triggers, and how tools like cost segregation, opportunity zones, family‑office‑style investing, business acquisitions, and real estate tax strategies can significantly reduce ta...
Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute , Dianna Booher, explains how, when it comes to building credibility with someone, people tend to average rather than add. Hear Dianna's full interview in Episode 73 of The Action Catalyst.
Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute , Dianna Booher, explains the difference between a leader and a manager, the one question leaders MUST have an answer for, what is meant by “spray painting” on social media, how to talk to millennials about career development, why you fire people to be fair, the ideal format for communicating with the C-Suite, and the essence of leadership communication.
Jason Wild, an author, strategist, and former leader at Salesforce, IBM, and Microsoft, shares the revealing story of how a creative intern at the Waldorf Astoria saved a ton of money and time with a creative solution to an abstract problem. Hear Jason's full interview in Episode 501 of The Action Catalyst.
Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute , Dianna Booher, shares the lessons we can learn from politics about communication, mistakes we often make in non-verbal communication, what to do when trust is eroded, averaging rather than adding credibility, and tips to telling a story vs a narrative, and which is more powerful.
Best-selling author and time management coach Elizabeth Saunders explains why traditional time management has given way to "time investment", and the priority-based decision making technique that creates the greatest ROI for your time. Hear Elizabeth's full interview in Episode 102 of The Action Catalyst.
Jason Wild, an author, strategist, and former leader at Salesforce, IBM, and Microsoft, addresses misconceptions around what innovation is and isn't and the way leadership can help or hinder it, creating culture, the as-of-yet unmet promise of AI, the ABC's inside of organizations, how a creative intern at the Waldorf Astoria saved a ton of money and time with a creative solution to an abstract problem, identifying who the customer REALLY is and what you're REALLY selling, and the strangely impo...
Action Catalyst hosts Adam Outland, Stephanie Maas, and Dan Moore share an early blunder in hosting, reflect on the critical nature of staying curious, and explain the profound personal impact of the podcast. Hear the full roundtable discussion in Episode 500 of The Action Catalyst.
Best-selling author and time management coach Elizabeth Saunders explains why more input doesn’t equal more busy, and shares ways to expertly manage email, use text expanders, define "time investment", and get clarity from your calendar, plus breaks down techniques like the I.N.O. method, and priority-based decision making.
Hall of Fame speaker, author, and human behavior expert Connie Podesta breaks down the differences between relaters vs bottom-liners, and how those differences manifest in everything from a sales relationship, to a marriage. Hear Connie's full interview in Episode 34 of The Action Catalyst.
Action Catalyst hosts past and present unite to mark a major milestone; the 500th episode of The Action Catalyst. The trio of Adam Outland, Stephanie Maas, and Dan Moore gather and reflect on their favorite guests, lessons learned, mistakes made, and the impact, both personal and professional, that the podcast has had on them over the years.
Tom Bilyeu , co-founder of unicorn company Quest Nutrition and CEO of Impact Theory , explains what "The Matrix" is for him, and how his life's purpose is to help pull people out of it. Hear Tom's full interview in Episode 198 of The Action Catalyst.
Hall of Fame speaker, author, and human behavior expert Connie Podesta explains why EVERYTHING is sales, breaks down the difference between relaters vs bottom-liners, and shares how the person doing the selling should be the person to have to shoulder any discomfort in a situation….but why people are reluctant to do so.
Internationally renowned psychologist and author Dr. Guy Winch reveals the biggest misconceptions about work-life balance, and how the pandemic presented an opportunity that didn't quite pan out. Hear Dr. Winch's full interview in his special bonus episode of The Action Catalyst.
Tom Bilyeu , co-founder of unicorn company Quest Nutrition and CEO of Impact Theory , lays out the impact of acting for ONE vs many, talks about making their own manufacturing equipment, pulling people out of The Matrix, becoming the new Disney and adopting a Jedi mindset, and waxes poetic on the impossibility of impossibility.
With the 2026 Olympic Games underway, we dug into The Action Catalyst archive for three guests who have represented Team USA on an Olympic level; Vince Poscente , who is now an in-demand speaker and expert on resiliency, explains how he used determination and innovation to rise to the ranks of an Olympic skier in just four short years, Johnny Quinn , a professional speaker and former professional football player with the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers tells the story of his unbelievable jou...
Jimmy Wales , Founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation , examines the emotional and practical implications of trust, both in personal relationships, and also inside of organizations, including a cautionary tale from Uber. Hear Jimmy's full interview in Episode 499 of The Action Catalyst.
Internationally renowned psychologist and author Dr. Guy Winch shares how a life-changing event in an elevator set him on his path, reveals the biggest misconceptions about work-life balance, and explains how to distinguish between true physical and mental fatigue, burdens vs. nuisances, using “stress thermometers”, and when to take email intermissions.
In this cut-for-time clip from Episode 499 of The Action Catalyst, Jimmy Wales , Founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation , explains how the internet has ALWAYS had dark corners, and what he sees as one of the bright spots on the web today. Hear the rest of Jimmy's interview in Episode 499 of The Action Catalyst.
In honor of this year’s Superbowl, we've put together a special episode featuring the many guests we've been pleased to welcome to the show, all of whom have had a career with the National Football League. Hear from: Jim Steeg, former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the San Diego Chargers from 2004 to 2010, head of the NFL’s Special Events Department, and “the man who branded the Super Bowl”. You can hear Jim's full interview in Episode 139. Shawn Harper, a seven season o...
Dawn Fotopulos, Founder of Hidden Profit Academy , and Associate Professor of Business at The King's College, explains what bankruptcy really IS and ISN'T, and some common mistakes around income, invoicing, and cash flow. Hear Dawn's full interview in Episode 65 of The Action Catalyst.
Overtime with Outland is Action Catalyst host Adam Outland's reflections and commentary on discussions with each of his esteemed and accomplished guests. In this segment, Adam dissects Episode 499 with Jimmy Wales , Founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation .
