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The Action Catalyst

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The Action Catalyst interviews top leaders and achievers, sharing hard-earned tips and advice to help you uncover your inspiration and gain valuable insights to overcome setbacks, defeat mediocrity, and reach your goals in life, business, and beyond. Southwestern/Great American, Inc., dba Southwestern Family of Companies, for itself and its related entities and their assigns, reserves and retains all rights to their copyrighted materials and trademarks contained in this podcast.
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Episodes

CLIP: What Got You Here Won't Get You There

Best-selling author, speaker, and leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith explains the concept of inertia in our personal and professional lives, avoiding the superstition trap, and navigating the "Wheel of Change" on our journey through life. Hear Marshall's full interview in Episode 181 of The Action Catalyst.

Feb 08, 20243 min

Overtime with Outland: Josh Fox, Episode 450

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 450, with Josh Fox, Founder/CEO of Bottom Line Concepts .

Feb 07, 20243 min

Relax, Have Fun, What's the Difference? with Josh Fox (Finance, Money, Business, Economics)

Josh Fox, Founder/CEO of Bottom Line Concepts , talks about going back in time to find hidden money for businesses, digging into the data over the cost of pencils, the shocking error rate of most business invoices, which companies have the greatest opportunities for savings, the treasure trove of unclaimed property, being elected president...just not of the USA, and his mantra of “Thank God It’s Monday”. Mentioned in this episode: Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/Students Southw...

Feb 06, 202423 minEp. 450

CLIP: Build Businesses, Don't Kill Each Other

Tanis Jorge , serial tech entrepreneur, author of The Cofounder's Handbook, and Founder of The Cofounder's Hub, talks about finding the right person to go into business with and building businesses without killing each other, plus the shocking statistic about failure between founders, and why “no business partners with benefits” is rule #1. Hear the full interview in Episode 449 of The Action Catalyst.

Feb 01, 20244 min

REMASTERED: Triggers Self-Discipline and Creating Radical Transformation, with Marshall Goldsmith (Leadership, Behavior, Coaching, Change)

Best-selling author, speaker, and leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith explains why our environments are “willpower reduction machines” and why leadership is a contact sport, and chats about avoiding the superstition trap, the "Wheel of Change", active vs passive questions, self discipline vs self control, learning a practice that takes 3 minutes a day, costs nothing, and helps you improve at almost anything, and being neighbors with Lindsay Lohan....

Jan 30, 202415 minEp. 181

CLIP: The UNreality in Your Head

Bestselling author and CEO Michael Hyatt shares the 3 different types of limiting beliefs, and why they ONLY exist in your head, not in the real world. Hear Michael's full interview in Episode 229 of The Action Catalyst.

Jan 25, 20242 min

Done Success, Ready for Significance, with Tanis Jorge (Entrepreneurship, Tech, Business, Founders)

Tanis Jorge , serial tech entrepreneur, author of The Cofounder's Handbook, and Founder of The Cofounder's Hub, talks about exiting “unicorn” Trulioo , meeting both her husband AND her business partner in high school, finding the right person to go into business with and building businesses without killing each other, plus what separates entrepreneurs from corporate, the shocking statistic about failure between founders, her favorite “poor woman’s meal”, and why “no business partners with benefi...

Jan 23, 202429 minEp. 449

CLIP: Covey, Jobs, and the Power of Listening

Chris Deaver , author and co-founder of BraveCore , recalls stalking Stephen Covey in his own house, and talks about the key lesson he learned from being in meetings with Steve Jobs, bucking the "expert model", writing a letter to Roy Disney then turning down the reply, the simplicity and power of co-creation, turning Dell around, making others the mission, and working next to a secret lab. Hear Chris' full interview in Episode 448 of The Action Catalyst....

Jan 18, 20244 min

CLIP: You're Not Dead...Yet

Bestselling author and CEO Michael Hyatt explains the concept of "drift", shares a harrowing tale of being pulled out to sea, and talks about writing your own eulogy and engineering your legacy. Hear Michael's full interview in Episode 138 of The Action Catalyst.

Jan 17, 20244 min

CLIP: What Do Star Wars, Bridget Jones, and Hunger Games Have in Common?

Bestselling author, speaker, and StoryBrand CEO Donald Miller breaks down the Storybrand framework and the elements common to ALL good stories, plus how to draw the listener in quickly to go on a journey with you. Hear Donald's full interview in Episode 215 of The Action Catalyst.

Jan 11, 20243 min

Overtime with Outland: Chris Deaver, Episode 448

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 448, with Chris Deaver , author and co-founder of BraveCore .

Jan 10, 20243 min

Brave Together, with Chris Deaver (Leadership, Culture, Teamwork, Collaboration)

Chris Deaver , author and co-founder of BraveCore , recalls stalking Stephen Covey in his own house, and talks about the key lesson he learned from Steve Jobs, bucking the "expert model", writing a letter to Roy Disney then turning down the reply, the simplicity and power of co-creation, turning Dell around, making others the mission, and working next to a secret lab. Mentioned in this episode: Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/Students Southwestern Student Coaching...

Jan 09, 202430 minEp. 448

CLIP: Let's Play a Little Game, Stephanie

K. Scott Griffith , founder and managing partner of SG Collaborative Solutions, LLC and author of the world's first Collaborative High Reliability improvement programs, invites host Stephanie Maas to play a little game explaining the fallacy of how businesses measure results, and shares some outright shocking statistics on risk while driving, and the legal system. Hear Scott's full interview in Episode 447 of The Action Catalyst....

Jan 04, 20244 min

CLIP: Being Impressive is Junk Food

Bestselling author, speaker, and StoryBrand CEO Donald Miller speaks on how worrying about being impressive and not allowing your true self to be seen is a lot like eating junk food for your emotional nourishment. Hear Donald's full interview in Episode 113 of The Action Catalyst.

Jan 03, 20244 min

CLIP: Ray Lewis and Breaking Down Your Own Game Film

Ben Newman , bestselling author, international speaker, and high-level performance coach, talks about being able to break down your own game film to analyze and repeat what makes you great, and shares a story about NFL great Ray Lewis to illustrate how even Hall of Famers can always be better. Hear Ben's full interview in Episode 207 of The Action Catalyst.

Dec 28, 20233 min

High-Consequence Success, with K. Scott Griffith (Risk, Management, Systems, Leadership)

K. Scott Griffith is the founder and managing partner of SG Collaborative Solutions, LLC and author of the world's first Collaborative High Reliability improvement programs, recalls averting catastrophe for the airline industry, working for NASA, and tackling risk A.S.A.P., and explains the sequence of reliability, the essential attributes of a highly reliable organization, socio-technical improvement, unlinking staff from systems, normalization of deviancy, doing risk assessment on white rice, ...

Dec 26, 202328 minEp. 447

CLIP: Hiring, Moving Fast, Quality, and Scale

Anthony Constantino, Co-Founder and CEO of Sticker Mule , and also founder of Stimulus , the world’s first 100% ID-verified social media network, talks about judging on the basis of attendance, the critical importance of nailing your initial hires, and the basic principles every single one of his workers build themselves around. Hear Anthony's full interview in Episode 446 of The Action Catalyst.

Dec 21, 20232 min

CLIP: Greatness Is Available to Everyone

Speaker, author, and Founder/CEO of Lead From Within, Lolly Daskal , explains the "secret sauce" to great leaders, including how capabilities + competence = confidence, and how greatness is not a destiny only granted to a few; it lies in every choice we make. Hear Lolly's full interview in Episode 189 of The Action Catalyst.

Dec 14, 20233 min

Overtime with Outland: Anthony Constantino, Episode 446

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 446, with co-founder and CEO of Sticker Mule , one of the world's most popular custom printing companies, and also the founder of Stimulus , the world’s first 100% ID-verified social media network, Anthony Constantino....

Dec 13, 20233 min

Stickers to Stimulus, with Anthony Constantino (Social Media, Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership)

Anthony Constantino, Co-Founder and CEO of Sticker Mule , and also founder of Stimulus , the world’s first 100% ID-verified social media network, talks about reverse engineering his first successes as a teenager, growing his thriving company from the dysfunctional wreckage of a prior business, and judging on the basis of attendance, shares his dead simple business strategy and the critical importance of nailing your initial hires, considers the challenges of taking on Twitter head-on and creatin...

Dec 12, 202328 minEp. 446

CLIP: 15 Years Old and Bulletproof?

Alysia Silberg , leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist and CEO / General Partner of the investment firm Street Global , shares the story of making her way from Africa to Canada by way of Hollywood, and how even a bullet couldn’t stop her from doing it. Hear Alysia's full interview in Episode 445 of The Action Catalyst

Dec 07, 20234 min

CLIP: The Manual Process of Perception

Superstar podcaster and creator Jordan Harbinger touches on the weird ways perception changes across groups (and even in people you know quite well), and the difficulty of gauging progress in largely unquantifiable areas. Hear Jordan's full interview in Episode 94 of The Action Catalyst.

Nov 30, 20234 min

Always the Outsider, with Alysia Silberg (Entrepreneurship, AI, Immigrant, Mindset)

Alysia Silberg , leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist and CEO / General Partner of the investment firm Street Global , shares the story of making her way from Africa to Canada by way of Hollywood, why even a bullet couldn’t stop her, and chats about getting superpowers from a pair of pink roller skates, using AI to be big where you feel small, geeking out over DaVinci, and why being “unemployable” doesn’t make you…unemployable....

Nov 28, 202324 minEp. 445
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