Episode 180: Michael Watkins - The First 90 Days: How To Ensure Success In Your New Role Dr. Michael Watkins is the author of Your Next Move: The Leader's Guide to Navigating Major Career Transitions , and the international bestseller The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels , which The Economist called "the on-boarding bible." With more than 750,000 copies sold in English, and translations in 27 languages, The First 90 Days has become the standard reference f...
Dec 12, 2016•50 min•Ep. 180
Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers from 178 Conversations This is an episode unlike any other... I've listened through some of the best answers to the question: "What are the common characteristics/themes amongst those who have sustained excellence over an extended period of time?" We (my editor, Scott Donnell and me) pulled out some of the best, most useful answers and created an "all-star" Sustaining Excellence episode. I think you'll like it. I welcome all feedback via ...
Dec 08, 2016•33 min•Ep. 179
Episode 178: Sol Orwell - CEO, Digital Nomad, Vulnerability As A Leader Sol Orwell is an entrepreneur and business developer, most known for his work as the co-founder of Examine.com. He was recognized as a 2014 Game Changer by Men's Fitness and profiled by Forbes as a seven-figure entrepreneur. Sol describes himself as semi-retired, which allows him to travel three to four months out of the year. He does not take investment money to retain control of his companies and free time. He has stepped ...
Dec 05, 2016•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 178
Episode 177: Michael Gerber - "The World's #1 Small Business Guru" (The E-Myth Revisited) Michael E. Gerber is a true legend of entrepreneurship. Inc. Magazine calls him "the World's #1 Small Business Guru" — the entrepreneurial and small business thought leader who has impacted the lives of millions of individuals and hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide for over 40 years. Michael is the author of the mega-bestseller "The E-Myth Revisited" and five other E-Myth books concerning small bu...
Nov 27, 2016•45 min•Ep. 177
Episode 176: Jeffrey Gitomer - Why Sales Is The Greatest Profession In The World Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The New York Times best sellers The Sales Bible, The Little Red Book of Selling, The Little Black Book of Connections , and The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude . All of his books have been number one best sellers on Amazon.com, including Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless , The Little Red Book of Sales Answers, The Little Green Book of Getting Your Wa...
Nov 21, 2016•42 min•Ep. 176
Episode 175: Michael Hyatt - How To Get Noticed In A Noisy World For years, Michael Hyatt had people write and refer to him as their virtual mentor. His mission is to help high achievers win at work and succeed at life. Michael writes on personal development, leadership, productivity, and public influence. He is the author of the New York Times best seller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. It is also a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. In addition, I am the founder of Platform...
Nov 14, 2016•46 min•Ep. 175
Episode 174: Jessica Tracy - Pride: The Secret To Human Success Jessica Tracy is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where she also directs the Emotion and Self Lab. Her research focuses on emotions and emotion expression, and especially on the self-conscious emotions of pride and shame. She has published over 80 journal articles, book chapters, edited volumes, and reviews, and her groundbreaking work on pride has been covered by hundreds of medi...
Nov 10, 2016•51 min•Ep. 174
Episode 173: Jon Levy - The Science Of Adventure (The 2 AM Principle) Jon Levy is a behavior scientist, consultant, writer and keynote speaker best known for his work in the fields of Influence and Social Experience. He created The "Influencers", a private community and dining experience for tastemakers and industry leaders. Members range across all industries from well-known actors and Olympians, to executives at major companies and royalty. Influencers has received a fair share of media includ...
Nov 07, 2016•40 min•Ep. 173
Episode 172: Sarah Knight - The Life Changing Magic Of... Warning: This episode contains a lot of graphic language. If you prefer episodes with only clean language, please skip this one. Per Amazon.com: Sarah in her own words: "I'm a writer, editor, and recovering perfectionist. I spent fifteen years working in the New York publishing industry where I was privileged to edit talented authors such as Jessica Knoll, Gillian Flynn, Emily Nagoski, James Lee Burke, Chris Cleave, and many, many more. I...
Nov 02, 2016•51 min•Ep. 172
Episode 171: Scott Berkun - Big Ideas For Curious Minds Scott Berkun is a bestselling author and popular speaker on creativity, philosophy, culture, business and many other subjects. He's the author of six books, including The Myths of Innovation, Confessions of a Public Speaker, and The Year Without Pants. His work has appeared, or been mentioned, in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Guardian, Wired magazine, Forbes, USA Today, Wired, F...
Oct 30, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 171
Episode 170: Simon Sinek - Why "Together Is Better" Simon Sinek sparked a movement with his bestsellers START WITH WHY and LEADERS EAT LAST. His newest book, Together Is Better, will inspire more readers to ask for help, help others, and discover their own courage through a charming story about change. Simon Sinek is an optimist. He teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. From members of Congress to foreign ambassadors, from small businesses to corporations like Microsoft and 3M...
Oct 23, 2016•56 min•Ep. 170
Episode 169: Amelia Boone - How The Best Obstacle Racer In The World Embraces Pain Amelia Boone is a full-time corporate attorney and probably the world's most decorated obstacle racer. Since the sport's inception five years ago, she's amassed more than 30 victories and 50 podiums. Career highlights include: • 3x winner of the World's Toughest Mudder (2012, 2014, 2015) • Spartan Race World Champion 2013 • Spartan Race Points Series Champion (2013 & 2015) • 3x Death Race Finisher (Winter 2012...
Oct 19, 2016•58 min•Ep. 169
Episode 168: Mark Sisson - How To Become A Fat Burning Beast Mark Sisson is a former elite endurance athlete who has made health and fitness his life's work. In his younger days, he was on the track toward medical school for a while , but he got detoured by a different track—literally—and a dream of making the US Olympic team for the marathon. As the decades passed, he realized that his calling was as an independent researcher, critical thinker, motivator, and communicator—to get people to take ...
Oct 16, 2016•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 168
Episode 167: Robert Cialdini - The Godfather of Influence Harvard Business Review lists Dr. Cialdini's research in "Breakthrough Ideas for Today's Business Agenda." Influence has been listed on the "New York Times Business Best Seller List." Fortune Magazine lists Influence in their "75 Smartest Business Books." CEO Read lists Influence in their "100 Best Business Books of All Time." Dr. Robert Cialdini has spent his entire career researching the science of influence earning him an international...
Oct 12, 2016•40 min•Ep. 167
Episode 166: Charles Duhigg - How To Create Habits Using Mental Models Charles Duhigg, is a reporter for The New York Times, and the best selling author of multiple books, including The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. They about the science of habit formation in our lives, companies and societies. He's worked at the Times since 2006. His latest series focused on Apple and was named "The iEconomy." It won a Pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting in 2013. He studied history at Yale and...
Oct 09, 2016•42 min•Ep. 166
Episode 165: Chris Voss - Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It Chris Voss is the Founder and CEO of the Black Swan Group Ltd and author of Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It . He has used his many years of experience in international crisis and high-stakes negotiations to develop a unique program and team that applies these globally proven techniques to the business world. Prior to 2008, Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Fede...
Oct 05, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 165
Episode 164: Jonathan Fields - How To Live A Good Life Jonathan Fields currently runs mission-driven media and education venture, Good Life Project®, where he and his team lead a global community in the quest to live more meaningful, connected and vital lives. They produce a top-rated podcast and video-series with millions of listens and views in more than 150 countries, where Jonathan regularly shares conversations with the world's leading voices, like Sir Ken Robinson, Elizabeth Gilbert, Milto...
Oct 02, 2016•47 min•Ep. 164
Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio The Learning Leader Show "No matter your industry, don't build walls: Communicate, Cooperate, Collaborate, Coordinate." In This Episode, You Will Learn: "To thine own self be true" -- Be yourself, focus on working hard and forging your own path As a graduate student, Amy cold called the Raiders asking for an unpaid internship 14 years later, she was hired as the CEO of the team The key was looking for projects to be part of (even if she wasn't initially chos...
Sep 28, 2016•30 min•Ep. 163
Episode 162: Adnan Virk - ESPN Broadcaster: Why You Should Always Say Yes Adnan Virk works for ESPN. He is the first Muslim Sports anchor to be hired by ESPN. Adnan is one of the most versatile talents in all of ESPN. He is one of three main anchors for Baseball Tonight . In the baseball off-season, he has hosted SportsCenter and Outside the Lines . He is known as someone who will always say "yes" when a leader calls and asks him to fill in. He has filled in for Keith Olbermann, Mike and Mike, S...
Sep 25, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 162
Episode 161: Hank Fortener - "The 5 Chapters Of Your Life" Hank Fortener saw the transformational power of adoption when his parents gave forever homes to eight kids from eight different countries and fostered 36 children while he was a boy. Because of this, Hank created Adopt Together. AdoptTogether.org is the world's first crowd funding site for adoption. In the first 4 years, AdoptTogether.org has helped over 2,000 families raise over $8.5M to cover adoption expenses and bring their children ...
Sep 21, 2016•44 min•Ep. 161
Episode 160: Liz Wiseman - Why Lack Of Experience Is Your Advantage Liz Wiseman teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. She is the President of The Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, Disney, eBay/PayPal, Facebook, GAP, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Roche, Salesforce.com, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and named as one of the top 10 leadership t...
Sep 18, 2016•58 min•Ep. 160
Episode 159: Henry Ward & Josh Merrill - CEO of eShares: How To Hire, Manage, & Lead Henry Ward is the CEO of eShares. Josh Merrill leads product and Marketing at eShares Hiring Principles: Hiring means we failed to execute and need help Startup employee effectiveness follows a power law False Positives are okay, False Negatives are not Culture is defined by who we hire Hiring Heuristics: Hire for Strength vs Lack of Weakness Hire for Trajectory vs Experience Hire Doers vs Tellers Hire L...
Sep 14, 2016•53 min•Ep. 159
Episode 158: Amy Jo Martin - How To Build Engagement, Trust, & Serotonin Amy Jo Martin, author of New York Times best-seller Renegades Write the Rules, founded Digital Royalty in 2009 to help corporations, celebrities and sports entities humanize their brands online through social communication channels. Amy Jo has worked closely with world-renowned brands such as Hilton Worldwide, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal to successfully humanize their presence. Her motto: humans conne...
Sep 11, 2016•45 min•Ep. 158
Episode 157: Chris Zook - The Founders Mentality: A Bias For Action & Front Line Obsession Chris Zook is a partner in Bain & Company's Boston office. He was co-head of the Global Strategy practice for 20 years. During his more than 25 years at Bain, Chris has specialized in helping companies find new sources of profitable growth. A best-selling author, Chris published his fifth book, The Founder's Mentality in 2016. Based on a decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, The...
Sep 07, 2016•53 min•Ep. 157
Episode 156: Greg Wittstock – The CEO Must Guide The Culture Greg Wittstock has been dabbling in water gardens since the age of 12. He began with a concrete creation and evolved to the naturally balanced, #1 contractor-installed ecosystem ponds that Aquascape is well known for. After graduating from Ohio State University with a degree in Interpersonal Communications, Greg founded Aquascape Inc., which experienced incredible growth during its early years. The company appeared on Inc Magazine's co...
Sep 04, 2016•42 min•Ep. 156
Episode 155: Russ Roberts - A Guide To Human Nature & Happiness Russell Roberts is the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Roberts hosts the weekly podcast EconTalk–hour-long conversations with authors, economists, and business leaders. Past guests include Milton Friedman, Nassim Taleb, Christopher Hitchens, Marc Andreessen, Joseph Stiglitz, and John Bogle. EconTalk was named podcast of the year in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Over 425 episodes are ...
Aug 31, 2016•48 min•Ep. 155
Episode 154: Lewis Howes - How To Acknowledge Greatness Lewis Howes is an online marketing expert, sought after business coach, author, podcaster, USA Men's National Team Handball Player, and Lifestyle Entrepreneur. In 3 years, Howes went from sleeping on his sister's couch to running a seven figure online education business. A former pro football player, and two sport All American, Howes experienced a career ending wrist injury that forever changed the trajectory of his business career. He has ...
Aug 28, 2016•39 min•Ep. 154
Episode 153: Brian Halligan, CEO of HubSpot: How To Make Them Come To You (Bio in first person from Amazon.com) My day job is as co-founder and CEO of HubSpot, an inbound marketing company started in 2006. Most business market their products by "interrupting" their potential customers with advertisements, cold calls, email blasts, etc. We humans have gotten sick of being interrupted by marketers and have gotten better-and-better at blocking them out with new technology such as caller ID, spam pr...
Aug 24, 2016•50 min•Ep. 153
Episode 152: Dave Dameshek: NFL Network Star, Comedy Writer, Working With Jimmy Kimmel Dave Dameshek is a TV writer and TV/Podcast personality. Dameshek is currently a football analyst and writer for NFL.com, appearing on NFL Fantasy Live and hosting the Dave Dameshek Football Program . He also regularly appears on the NFL Network. His past: The Adam Carolla Show debuted in January 2006, recorded in Los Angeles and airing in syndication on stations across the western United States. Dameshek was ...
Aug 21, 2016•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 152
Episode 151: Kris "Tanto" Paronto - 13 Hours: A Secret Soldier Of Benghazi Kris Paronto - "Tanto" as he is affectionately known in security contracting circles - is a former Army Ranger from 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. He also worked with the US Government's Global Response Staff conducting low profile security in high threat environments throughout the world. Mr. ...
Aug 17, 2016•44 min•Ep. 151
