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The Leadership JourneyScott Rouse – Decoding Body LanguageThe Hiring Edge
Decoding Body Language with Scott Rouse
Even with all of the interviews, assessments and resume checks, the odds are 50/50 that you’ll land a candidate who is the right fit. And the ones who don’t work out are expensive. Not just in lost time spent on training and other resources, but even worse is your trusted team watching someone struggle, knowing the new hire should be respectfully introduced to opportunities elsewhere that are a better fit.
I know you’re using conventional tools like behavioral interviews and assessments, that allow...2024-01-2317 min
Only House Music (Deep-Tech-Funky)215 ROLLING IN THE LOVE PARADE BY JOHN C BRAVE SZONA DJ 30 12 2023RADIO PROGRAM ISSUED LIVE, RECORDED IN VIP BOILER STUDIO, AND WILL BE BROADCASTED INTEGRALLY FROM RADIO ABRERA FM (BARCELONA) MIXED BY JOHN C. BRAVE, BARCELONA ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023 - HOUSE, NU-DISCO, SOULFUL HOUSE, DEEP HOUSE, JACKIN HOUSE, TRIBAL HOUSE, PROGRESSIVE HOUSE & TECH-HOUSE. EVERYTHING MIXED WITH RELOOP RP-8000-MK2 PLATES, TIME CODE VINYLS, TWO DENON SC5000M AND A MIXER DENON X1850. LONG LIFE AT THE HOUSE MUSIC. ENCOURAGE AND ENJOY THE SESSION !!!
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3) Caspa Houzer - Party In I...2023-12-311h 02House Music All Styles In The Mix, By John C. Brave215 ROLLING IN THE LOVE PARADE BY JOHN C BRAVE SZONA DJ 30 12 2023RADIO PROGRAM ISSUED LIVE, RECORDED IN VIP BOILER STUDIO, AND WILL BE BROADCASTED INTEGRALLY FROM RADIO ABRERA FM (BARCELONA) MIXED BY JOHN C. BRAVE, BARCELONA ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023 - HOUSE, NU-DISCO, SOULFUL HOUSE, DEEP HOUSE, JACKIN HOUSE, TRIBAL HOUSE, PROGRESSIVE HOUSE & TECH-HOUSE. EVERYTHING MIXED WITH RELOOP RP-8000-MK2 PLATES, TIME CODE VINYLS, TWO DENON SC5000M AND A MIXER DENON X1850. LONG LIFE AT THE HOUSE MUSIC. ENCOURAGE AND ENJOY THE SESSION !!!
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1) Crazibiza, House Of Prayers - One Night In The Disco (Original Mix)
2) Babes On The Run - I Don't Wanna Know (Origin...2023-12-311h 02The Leadership JourneyTiffany Markarian – Re-engaging Experienced Advisors
Take the BETA Profitable Scaling Strategies Quiz
Have You Given Up On Experienced Advisors?
3 Ways to Get Them Re-Engaged with Tiffany Markarian
With Planning Season in full swing, it’s an ideal time to approach your experienced advisors and help them stir up compelling opportunities for their practices.
Often, discussions of growth focus on the big picture, like encouraging stretch goals for advisors, “how many new clients will you attract this year”, more lead generation efforts, or adding to current support staff. It’s no wonder there is pushback or passiv...2023-11-2826 minThe Leadership JourneySet Up the “Monster” Succession Opportunity: Structure your teams for the modern age
ARE YOU MAKING ONE OF THESE 10 MANAGEMENT MISTAKES?
Set Up the “Monster” Succession Opportunity
Structure your teams for the modern age
Steve Good has dedicated his career to empowering the next generation of financial advisors. Currently the Director of Practice Development for 1847Financial, Steve brings years of experience and a wealth of knowledge to the table, having successfully transitioned from a top-performing life wholesaler into agency leadership. Obsessed with growing 1847Financial through strategic Teams match making, he seeks out and sets up the right talent with the right opportunity on the team...2023-07-1325 minThe Leadership JourneyLeading From the Front: Nash Subotic of WestPac Wealth Partners on Culture, Training and Blue Ocean Strategy
ARE YOU MAKING ONE OF THESE 10 MANAGEMENT MISTAKES?
Leading From the Front
Nash Subotic of WestPac Wealth Partners on Culture, Training and Blue Ocean Strategy
Nash Subotic, CEO and the driving force behind WestPac Wealth Partners, has spearheaded the creation of an admired financial services firm known for its remarkable growth. With a formidable presence in over 10 states, an impressive $17 billion life insurance face amount, $2.5 billion assets under management, and a robust team of 270 professionals, Nash has diligently focused on leading an organization that thrives on its culture, training, and innovation.2023-06-1022 min.png)
The Leadership JourneyCracking the Code for Rapid Team Growth in Financial Services with Jerry Tavella
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid – Take the Survey!
Cracking the Code for Rapid
Team Growth in Financial Services
As a leader of a financial services Firm with sales team/s, you are constantly focusing on ways to grow without significantly increasing your bottom line. With demands for increased performance as you expand, it’s easy at times to become overwhelmed by the long list of “how” questions – how to best implement new ideas, how to improve processes, how to grow new business opportunities, how to scale sales teams…while currently serving your current advi...2023-06-0925 minThe Leadership JourneyCracking the Code for Rapid Team Growth in Financial Services with Jerry Tavella
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid – Take the Survey!
Cracking the Code for Rapid
Team Growth in Financial Services
As a leader of a financial services Firm with sales team/s, you are constantly focusing on ways to grow without significantly increasing your bottom line. With demands for increased performance as you expand, it’s easy at times to become overwhelmed by the long list of “how” questions – how to best implement new ideas, how to improve processes, how to grow new business opportunities, how to scale sales teams…while currently serving your current advi...2023-05-1825 minThe Leadership JourneyHow Symphony Financial Scaled Their Billion Dollar Sales Team with Keith Spengel
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid – Take the Survey!
How Symphony Financial Scaled Their
Billion Dollar Sales Team
Keith Spengel, CEO and Private Wealth Advisor of Symphony Financial’s Ensemble team within the Northwestern Mutual Private Client Group, takes professional superpowers seriously. During the past 33 years, all candidates wanting to join the team are screened first and foremost for attitude and “superpowers” – what they are skilled at and love to do.
That’s just one of the disciplines being applied to building the exceptional team that has become Symphony Financial. Keith’s staff hails h...2023-05-1119 minThe Leadership JourneyHow Symphony Financial Scaled Their Billion Dollar Sales Team with Keith Spengel
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid - Take the Quiz!
How Symphony Financial Scaled Their Billion Dollar Sales Team
2023-05-1100 minThe Leadership JourneyBob Bolt and Symphony Financial: Amplifying Opportunity and Profit with Teams
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid – Take the Survey!
Bob Bolt and Symphony Financial: Amplifying Opportunity and Profit with Teams
Bob Bolt is an experienced Partner and Private Wealth Advisor who knows uncertainty all too well. In 2009, a series of events – the unexpected death of his wife and the Great Recession – brought him to a crossroads in his career.
After taking a year off to reflect and begin healing, he was drawn to the idea of helping people based on the work that his Northwestern Mutual agent had done with him. He felt a...2023-04-2024 minThe Leadership JourneyTeaming: The Financial Services Secret to Sustainable Growth
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid – Take the Survey!
TEAMING: The Financial Services Secret to Sustainable Growths
How to Make it Work
During my research on independent Sales Teams inside Life Insurance and Wealth Management Firms, I reached out to Scott Trammell, Executive Vice President and Financial Advisor at Strategic Financial Partners (SFP) to weigh in. Scott’s responsibilities at SFP include working with the independent sales teams (upon their request) and helping them navigate any challenges, opportunities or situations that come up and could benefit from an unbiased perspective.
SFP’...2023-03-0827 minThe Leadership JourneyMoney, Ego, Feelings: How to Build and Grow High Performing Sales Teamshttps://vimeo.com/801469532
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid – Take the Survey!
Money, Ego, Feelings:
How to Build and Grow High Performing Sales Teams
In 2020 McKinsey released their Agent Insights Survey, which reinforced what high producing Life Insurance Teams already know: Teaming works.
The data they collected revealed:
Advisors who regularly work in teams generate about 30 percent higher average annual premiums than those who don’t
This productivity gap is even larger for more sophisticated teaming models: agents in full-fledged specialized teams often generate double the net...2023-02-2316 minThe Leadership JourneyGet a 99.8% Client Retention Ratehttps://player.vimeo.com/video/793978237?h=ee82cf0c4c&
Top Team Mistakes to Avoid – Take the Survey!
How to Get a 99.8% Client Retention Rate
Prosperian Wealth Management Has the Playbook
Few Wealth Management and Life Insurance Firms have built high growth, streamlined, hyper-productive Teams like Prosperian Wealth Management.
The proof is in the numbers:
Business is booming. In in 2021 alone, Prosperian brought in $100 million in new assets under management and protected clients’ future wealth with another $788 million of life insurance
75% of new cl...2023-02-0100 minThe Leadership Journey5 Surprising Traits of Google’s Highest Performing Teamshttps://player.vimeo.com/video/792761949?h=f3c5d0f8c9&
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5 Surprising Traits of Google’s Highest Performing Teams
How do your teams score?
Google thought building the best teams meant recruiting the brightest minds with ivy-league credentials.
They were wrong.
Hand it to Google to deep dive into analytics to build a better mousetrap…or in this case, a better company. For two years, Google studied data around their most productive departments. “Project Aristotle” examined 180 teams and revealed surprising data.
Even their human resources department was caught off guard.
What did they find?
That tea...2023-01-2504 min
Christian Historical Fiction TalkEpisode 94 - Favorite Reads of Summer 2022Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Become a Patreon and enjoy special perks.When Stone Wings Fly by Karen BarnettUncovering a long-lost family story is the only way to bring her grandmother peaceKieran Lucas's grandmother is slipping into dementia, and, when her memory is gone, Kieran's last tie to the family she barely knows will be lost forever. Worse, Granny Mac is being tormented by flashbacks of her...2022-09-1034 minThe Leadership JourneyGuest: Mike Esserhttps://player.vimeo.com/video/692274071?h=cf9ceca195Winning the Talent WarCompensation Strategies Biotech Uses to Attract & Retain Top TalentKeeping up with hiring trends takes constant attention, research and creativity. Based on anecdotal evidence, it appears that comp is king! I checked in with Mike Esser, Managing Director with Pearl Meyer, a highly regarded expert on executive compensation to learn what he’s seeing in Biotech, Life Sciences and Medical Devices. He shared insights into current practices and what boards and senior management need to know about creating a competitive compensation package.Want to attract and keep the best? A com...2022-04-0115 minThe Leadership JourneyGuest: Carisa Wisniewskihttps://player.vimeo.com/video/585968412?h=2f7d983795Keep Top Talent Through MentoringWant to retain your best people... Start with your leadership team.We’re used to the term mentorship being tossed around when it comes to top performers serving as role models and providing inspiration to promising stars rising through the ranks behind them. But are we missing something? Can high-level executives and governing boards benefit from peer mentorship as well? What does that look like and what’s the ROI?According to Carisa Wisniewski, Partner, and CPA at Moss Adams, “Mentorship is an investment of time upfront…so you have...2021-08-1116 minThe Leadership JourneyIgnite the HR Advantagehttps://player.vimeo.com/video/410396481Ignite the HR AdvantageThe competition for attracting & retaining top talent is the toughest it’s been in 50 years! I asked expert Human Resource professionals what advice they had for CEOs who want to leverage HR to win the talent war and achieve the organization's goals. What they said, what I learned, and how to ignite the HR advantage. That’s what we’re talking about in today’s podcast.As a coach to high potential and valued leaders within high-growth companies, I regularly seek out meaningful resources within the organization. Whether it’s a start-up with ventur...2021-07-2906 minThe Leadership JourneyGuest: Kaihan Krippendorffhttps://player.vimeo.com/video/569466685Strategic Planning Kills InnovationHow to Outthink Your Competition & Create New MarketsIf you want your organization to create something that has yet to be imagined, that your customers didn’t know they couldn't live without before it was introduced, then you and your team must think in ways you haven’t thought of before. When it comes to strategic planning, the typical pattern is to rush through the ideas phase and get on with execution once the team has identified three good ideas. This common practice of settling for adjustments that produce little growth or long-term benef...2021-06-3012 minThe Leadership JourneyGuest: Derek ZabaShareholder Activism: Are You Prepared?
Being Proactive is Key
With over $130b of assets under management and a professed goal of creating shareholder value through better run companies, shareholder activists continue to gain momentum by going after publicly traded companies. The good news is, with a well-documented, continually updated and well-executed plan, CEOs and their leadership teams can protect their companies from getting targeted.
We asked Derek Zaba, co-chair of Shareholder Activism Practice and partner in the law firm of Sidley Austin, for ways to keep the activists at bay. Over the past five years, Sidley Austin has successfully defended c...2021-06-0216 minThe Leadership JourneyGuest: Dylan JamesThe NASDAQ Way:
Reimagine and Deliver the Future Now
Since its launch as the world’s first fully electronic stock exchange 50 years ago, NASDAQ has kept growth and innovation at the forefront as critical metrics of success. And that continues today. With many of the most talked-about companies on the globe, Apple, Qualcomm, Amazon, Illumina and Tesla listed with their exchanges, NASDAQ is the place to be for those looking to have a long-term partnership focused on growth at every stage of an organization's life cycle.
When asked, Dylan James, the West Coast Vice President for NASDAQ, and Head of Re...2021-03-1811 minThe Leadership JourneyGuest: Carin CanaleAlignment Takes Effort
Start with a Targeted Communications Plan
In our current, work from home, hybrid world, communications from inside and outside of work are increasingly slowing down people’s productivity. With emails in the hundreds and distractions endless, (WiFi issues, kids learning in the next room, Amazon deliveries, etc.) staying focused takes a herculean effort. And, unintentionally many companies' communications plans are making it worse!
Mega growth companies have known this for decades. Growing a healthy organization in today’s world, no matter how big or small means being serious about creating and executing a comprehensive communication plan. If you...2021-02-1015 minThe Leadership JourneyGuest: Mick Farrell with ResMedResMed's Planning Delivers Epic Results
Long before any news was reported on Covid-19, ResMed, a world leader producing and innovating cloud connected devices for people with sleep apnea, COPD and chronic respiratory conditions, observed an unusual trend. Reports coming from their subsidiaries all over the world, including China, were showing that demand for ventilators in Wuhan was increasing substantially.
Based on their global intelligence, ResMed CEO, Michael (Mick) Farrell, and his team recognized that something big was going on. They immediately turned to their emergency response playbook (scenario planning), which they had created just a few weeks earlier. Though the...2021-01-1223 minThe Leadership JourneyHow Strategic Intelligence Gives Histogen a Leading Edgehttps://vimeo.com/470451918
Well before COVID-19 became front page news, Richard Pascoe, CEO and President of Histogen, heard about unusual disruptions in materials being delivered by key suppliers in Wuhan, China. He quickly reached out to his industry connections and across the globe to ask if they were experiencing anything similar. Informed by Rich’s daily habit of gathering intelligence through reading targeted information about global and national trends, plus connecting with allies in a variety of industries, Mr. Pascoe, his team and their board quickly created a strategic plan.
Using a war games approach to planning for the unknown, the Pa...2020-10-2000 minThe Leadership JourneyZombie Computer Armies Target Your Work from Home Employeeshttps://vimeo.com/476172521According to the FBI, reported cyberattacks have increased 300% since COVID forced employees to work from home. While you are working, sleeping and everything in between, malicious botnets (networks of computers), and hackers are relentlessly testing for vulnerabilities that will give access to your company’s most valuable data. Once they’ve gained access to your devices (95% occur through human error), they will shut down your website, freeze up your sales process, lockdown e-mail, and stop all communications. Not only will they demand a hefty ransom to give you back control, they often simultaneously steal and threaten to sell y...2020-09-2900 minThe Leadership JourneyThe Leadership JourneyLeaders of growing companies face relentless, critical and even competing demands to provide vision, resources and strategic focus, all while evoking aligned execution from their team. Whether a startup, midsize or Fortune 500, organizations that put an early focus on attracting, developing and retaining top talent are playing the long game of scaling up.
In my work with midsize and Fortune 500 high growth companies, I find that many times HR is not considered a strategic partner, but rather a necessary administrative expense. Frankly...I used to think that way too. Then as I began researching additional ways that leaders could accelerate g...2020-09-0916 minThe Leadership JourneyThe Leadership Journey3 Common Scenario Planning Questions
“The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.” Brian Tracy
In an increasingly uncertain world of work, one thing we can celebrate is the end of the phrase - “We’ve always done it that way”. From day one of this pandemic, leaders who focused themselves and their teams on “What can we do now?” have been leading the way towards a positive current and future recovery. Those who did any type of scenario planning were positioned to pivot quickly and identify opportunities in a world that no longer behaves by the past rules.
...2020-08-2919 minThe Leadership JourneyThe Leadership JourneyAs COVID-19 restrictions ease, leaders are inviting people back to the workplace. And, not everyone is ready or eager. What we’re hearing is a mixed bag of emotions, with some people excited to go back to their traditional office, others who want to remain virtual and many looking for a hybrid between both.
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We asked Adriana C. Cabré, VP of Human Resources for Crinetics Pharmaceuticals to talk about ways leaders can approach the return to the workplace that is a win for the company and their employees. She recommends that leaders offer opt...2020-06-2618 minThe Leadership JourneyThree Steps Boards Must Take During Dynamic TimesNo doubt, these are dynamic and unprecedented times for Boards.
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic and it’s daunting, challenging and severe demand on leaders of companies, the world economy was already a rapidly shifting experience for companies. Include the California mandate requiring adding women to Boards, and Boards are on a relentless treadmill of advising their CEO/Presidents’ on leading through crisis, while also executing changes to the Board.
In our Strategic Partner Spotlight, Carisa Wisniewski CPA and Partner with Moss Adams dives into the three things the Board can do to meet challenges head on. Moss Adams regularly exercis...2020-04-0915 minThe Leadership JourneyWD-40’s Leadership Playbook During Crisis“We will be stronger. Let's not waste a crisis.”
As the world battles the COVID-19 crisis, leaders heading businesses are making difficult, high stakes decisions under volatile, uncertain and ambiguous conditions. Garry Ridge, Chairman and CEO of the beloved WD-40 company, is responsible for developing and implementing high-level strategies, plus the oversight of all relationships and partnerships for the company. He generously agreed to speak with me about leading through crisis.
Like many of you, Garry and his team at WD-40 are focused on navigating through this global pandemic. Following is the WD-40 Leadership During Crisis Playbook as shared by Garry...2020-03-3016 minThe Leadership JourneyAre You the Type of Leader You Would Follow?People don’t quit their job - they quit their boss and the company culture. In our current world of 3.6% unemployment, your most valuable skill is your ability to attract and retain top talent. So, how do you keep your best people? Recent Gallup research found that at least 70% of the variance in team engagement is explained by the quality of the manager or team leader.
Your skills in authentic leadership, relationship building and effective communication will continually be tested in order to attract, develop and keep the best people on your team. The good news is, most of what your top...2020-02-2524 minThe Leadership Journey4 Simple Practices to Accelerate Your SuccessThe work you do every day as a leader matters and it impacts all of your stakeholders, for better or for worse. Besides having performance goals raised every year, creating high performing teams, recruiting and grooming new talent, all while growing the bottom line - you’re also asked to have high emotional intelligence and social skills! Oh, and let’s not forget the important requests coming from your life outside of work.The intensity and demands my clients face while striving to deliver excellence and accomplish their goals is not for the weak of heart! Being a leader requires a commi...2020-01-2312 minThe Leadership JourneyThe CMO: Your Company’s Secret WeaponWith a seat at the leadership table, a strategic budget and Board support… you will unleash a marketing super power.
According to Board advisors, when a company brings in a new President from outside their organization, one of the first two positions that President personally fills is the Chief Marketing Officer role. Having an enterprise minded CMO who understands what is available in the changing world of marketing and can directly unite strategy with your analytics, is crucial to the present and future success of your organization.
Technology has ushered in a new era of marketing. Analytic tools can now ide...2019-12-0914 minThe Leadership JourneyHere’s How to Win on the Diversity FrontCorporate Directors’ Forum shares their Diversity Strategy
Even with continuous, unassailable evidence showing that companies with diverse leadership teams have better innovation, cultures and financial performance, U.S. businesses are significantly lagging on the diversity front.
While many leaders realize they must take action, many aren’t sure where to begin.
What strategies need to be in place to truly impact diversity in your organization?
In this Director's Cut Podcast, Christina de Vaca, CEO of Corporate Directors Forum, discusses how she made it a goal to work with her team on increasing diversity among monthly guest speakers featured at CDF meetin...2019-09-1221 minThe Leadership JourneyDiversity has Board, Investors and Govt AttentionWhy should you care?
California made the first move in 2018 by passing bill SB 826 to insure that publicly traded CA companies reflect gender diversity on their Boards. Currently, women hold 17.7% of Board seats in Public Companies, which is remarkable given research shows that companies who embrace diversity were 43% more likely to report above average profits. Currently, at least three other states are working to make Board Diversity a governmental mandate. More states will surely follow.
Not a surprise, the passage of SB 826 in California has broad implications for both public and private companies. This bill came on the heels of an...2019-07-1622 minThe Leadership Journey3 Strategies to Supercharge your Executive Career76% of Senior Executives report they’re miserable in their roles...here’s how to change that.
For the first time in 50 years, job candidates control the market! Why are many executives feeling dissatisfied in their current role? Much of it is because senior leaders and executives become so busy setting and executing strategy with their teams, they don’t take the time to design their own career strategy. What are you currently doing to proactively manage your career?
In this podcast Kelli McCauley, President of McCauley & Company talks with Mark James, author of Keys to the CSuite, Executive Recruiter, Founder and Pre...2019-06-1817 minThe Leadership JourneyDemystifying the Blockchain RevolutionWhat Directors and Leaders Should Know Now
The premise of blockchain is brilliant: a decentralized ledger that eliminates the possibility for failure by taking centralized components out of the picture. Specifically, what blockchain technology is meant to do, is automate trust. Proponents predict blockchain will bring earth-shattering changes to traditional finance, politics, data storage, and anything that requires some form of record keeping. And yet, it is frequently referred to as “the technology that nobody understands”.
As a Director or Leader, what should you know about blockchain and its potential? How can you test whether your team has a working knowle...2019-04-1813 minThe Leadership JourneyAre You Lagging or Leading on Innovation?5 Proven Ways to Outperform the Competition
Is your company’s leadership truly dedicated to innovating? Are leaders rewarded for creative fails? Do you recognize the innovation blockers? Recent research from Washington University Olin School of Business is predicting 40% of Fortune 500 Companies will be bankrupt in the next 10-15 years. Continually investing in, encouraging and rewarding innovation puts your organization on the leading edge of the innovation curve.
Tap on the link below for our high energy podcast with Patrick Schwerdtfeger, an in-demand business futurist, speaker, and author of four books. His most recent, “Anarchy, Inc: Profiting in a Decentralized World with Ar...2019-03-2022 minThe Leadership JourneyScale Up or Become Irrelevant5 Proven Practices for Rapid Growth
An interview with Verne Harnish, CEO Scaling Up, Founder of the Entrepreneurs Organization and their premier CEO program at MIT, bestselling and award-winning author and Forbes contributor.
Growing a business is exhilarating. Regardless of whether you've founded your own company or are leading others to success inside of a large organization - fasten your seatbelt for a wild ride. It’s especially daunting during times when your numbers indicate that growth is stalling. What's the formula that smart leaders use to make the leap to scaling up versus stagnating?
Meet Verne Harnish - CEO/Founder of...2019-03-0715 minThe Leadership JourneyOutsmart Your Brain to Accomplish Your GoalsAccording to current research, at best only 30% of Corporate Change Initiatives succeed.
You’ve seen the stats… 80% of people quit their New Year’s resolutions by the 2nd week of February. Here’s what I use with my clients to stack the odds in their favor to achieve their goals and accomplish lasting change both personally & professionally.
Accomplish Your Goal Using These Four Practices:
Get clear on what you want to achieve in your professional or personal life
Identify what’s important to you about accomplishing this goal
Put in practices that support your goals vs depending on sheer will-power
Find an ac...2019-02-1108 minThe Leadership JourneyReality & Pitfalls of Artificial IntelligenceWhere has AI had the most traction and success and what does the future hold?
Gioia Messinger iOT pioneer, Founder of Arlo, the #1 DIY smart home security system on the market today, weighs in on AI taking on jobs that are dangerous, dirty and dull. A serial high-tech entrepreneur, senior executive and in-demand consultant, Gioia’s experience and understanding of the internet of things makes for an enlightening discussion about our future with AI, as well as the inherent dangers of bias tainting your data!2018-11-2821 minThe Leadership JourneyJack in the Box Leads with Social ResponsibilityCEO Lenny Comma on the payoff of social investments and the value of connection to employees
Millennials are leading the charge and demanding that organizations and their leaders play a meaningful role in creating positive social change. Not only that, 76% of investors also expect companies to take a stand on issues - like the environment, gender equality, diversity and globalization.
What does that mean for leaders at the top looking to attract talent and customers? Lenny Comma, CEO of Jack in the Box, shares his personal playbook on the why and how of leading his 21,000 employees with Social Responsibility as gu...2018-11-1432 minThe Leadership JourneyDo Diversity Discussions Make You Feel Like You’re On Trial?Here’s how to shake it off, get on board and start outperforming your peers by 33%.
Diversity is a hot topic and yet, with almost all leaders at the highest levels in organizations looking to make progress, there are constant demands to do more and faster. Instead of shrugging off criticisms, smart leaders are overcoming bias to solve this together, even partnering with critics and they’re winning big time!
Research by McKinsey & Co repeatedly confirms that organizations with gender and ethnic/cultural diversity outperform their peers by 21 & 33%. And, for those Companies that land at the bottom of gender and ethn...2018-09-1925 minThe Leadership JourneyCapitalism is Dead. What’s Next?Alexander McCobin talks to us about seismic change in corporate culture.
Alexander McCobin has the business world’s ear, and they’re paying attention. If you’re not familiar with his name yet, you will be. Alexander and his team from Conscious Capitalism are connecting with CEO’s and leaders all over the planet and helping them create a brave new world. And it’s working.
Just recently, Larry Fink, CEO Blackrock, asserted that capitalism as we have known it must – and will – change. His annual letter to CEOs of public companies was a call to action. It’s time to re-examine the pur...2018-06-2616 minThe Leadership JourneyAre You Leading Innovation or Being Left Behind?No matter the industry, we're living and working in a time of unprecedented and accelerating change. In this fast-paced landscape, you have two options: lead innovation to stay ahead of the game or fall stagnant and be left in the dust.
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Seemingly overnight, we’re witnessing industries being disrupted by new technologies, ideas or competitors that completely change the way companies make, market, sell and deliver their offerings. The irony of innovation is that people resist change, yet companies and consumers alike prize and handsomely reward leaders who can manage today's work demands, wh...2018-06-0512 minThe Leadership JourneyCulture: Engagement Killer or Competitive AdvantageWith the right encouragement and tireless reinforcement by your leadership team, you can build a team dynamic that creates a culture of competitive advantage so contagious - it goes viral!
Our guest Garry Ridge, CEO and board member of WD-40 Company, is responsible for developing and implementing high-level strategies for corporate operations as well as oversight of all the company’s partnerships and other relationships.
Renowned for creating an extraordinary culture at WD-40, Garry co-authored the book - Helping People Win at Work - with Ken Blanchard, which shows exactly how Garry and the WD-40 tribe have created a culture wh...2018-05-0720 minThe Leadership JourneyGrit, Resilience & AlliesGrit, Resilience & Allies: Lessons from Women Leaders in the C-Suite!
What can we learn from the trailblazing women who navigated their way to the highest levels in Global Corporate America?
In this podcast, Joann Lublin, Wall Street Journal Management News Editor and author of Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World, gives us insider information on her latest book. An award-winning journalist, Ms. Lublin shares a Pulitzer Prize for stories on corporate scandal and frequently appears at conferences to discuss leadership, executive pay and governance.
In Earning It!, Joann uses her journalistic expertise...2018-04-2512 minThe Leadership JourneyCharacter, Courage and Rooting Out a Toxic CultureWhat can the “Win at all Costs” cultures at Wells Fargo and Uber teach us about dangers to watch for in performance-based cultures?
Michael Berthelot, Director of Fresh Del Monte Produce Company, and adjunct Professor at UCSD for the Rady School of Management had two of his current grad students dive into the timelines during the falls from grace of Wells Fargo and Uber. In this podcast, Michael identifies warning signs and the ways to discover what’s really happening when upper management doesn’t want you to know!
Listen in as Berthelot discusses ways to get to the truth, includin...2018-03-1323 minThe Leadership JourneyMake It Your Best Year Ever With this Simple 3 Step Plan!Any google search will tell you the odds are against you sticking to your New Year’s resolution or any big goal. Why? Because changing behavior is hard and most people take on change without setting themselves up to win. The good news is, there is a formula you can use to beat the odds and land in the winner’s circle.
The #1 reason goals and New Year’s Resolutions fail is because your world is designed to support your current circumstances.
To achieve your best version of yourself, your environment must reinforce and bring out the ideal YOU, every day. W...2018-01-1512 minThe Leadership JourneyEat Smart; Awaken Your Inner NinjaDr. Maria Urso’s tips and tricks on how to eat well, indulge your cravings and avoid hitting “the wall” at work
Is what you eat impacting your performance at work? Do you hit a wall around 2pm that no combination of candy bars and caffeine can break through? Are you feeling guilty about indulging your cravings over the Holidays and have a resolution to get healthy? In this podcast, our guest Dr. Maria Urso lays out simple nutritional guidelines to get you through parties, holidays and blood sugar crashes to give you a competitive advantage on the job.
Besides workin...2018-01-0226 minThe Leadership JourneyThe Biggest Financial Scandal You’ve Never Heard Of!Award-winning financial crime reporter, New York Times editor, and author David Enrich held our Corporate Directors Forum audience spellbound! In a room of over 200 attendees at the CDF event - in partnership with University of San Diego Law School - Enrich regaled us with insider information on his terrific book The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History.
With unprecedented access to Tom Hayes, the unlikely mastermind behind one of the biggest financial crime scandals ever discovered, Enrich reveals the story about Libor manipulation...2017-12-1217 minThe Leadership JourneyTodd Durkin’s Year-End Advice for Executive & Entrepreneur Athletes!It’s not enough to bring experience and expertise, more and more I’m seeing that besides having the talent to lead people to performance, my executive clients need to manage their energy within demanding roles. That means eat right, sleep enough, use your vacation time and work out!
That’s why I invited Todd Durkin an internationally recognized strength, speed and conditioning coach, personal trainer, bodyworker and motivational speaker to share what he teaches his clients and how he manages his own energy.
Yes, it takes discipline, but it doesn’t have to be at the expense of fun or other...2017-11-3019 minThe Leadership JourneyAddicted to Your Phone? Try Purposeful Unplugging!It’s time to say goodbye to the overused maxim “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”. Scientific Research and the most productive people on earth, continually reveal the path to true success, is to take care of your head, body & heart. And, that’s where Caroline Jones founder of Restival, recently named a top 2017 Eco-Luxe Retreat by the Wall Street Journal, comes in!
After spending years doing high-end Corporate Event Planning for big brands, Caroline has created an off-the-grid experience that fuses the best of festivals and retreats with the creation of beautifully curated, intimate wellness travel experiences, with indigenous c...2017-11-1521 min
The Directors Cut PodcastCYBER WAR: IS YOUR ORGANIZATION BATTLE READY?Cyber Security wasn’t front page news, nor top of mind for many leaders until Target got hacked in 2013! That’s when everyone started paying CLOSE attention to this very real threat. Listen in as Kelli McCauley unpacks cyber terrorism with noted cybersecurity expert, David Finn, COO,...
The post CYBER WAR: IS YOUR ORGANIZATION BATTLE READY? appeared first on Corporate Directors Forum.2017-10-2625 minThe Leadership JourneyCyber War: Is Your Organization Battle Ready?In the wake of repeated cyber attacks on Equifax showing how in demand and vulnerable, our data is to the bad guys...cybersecurity has made it to the top of every executive, business owner and Board members list.
What can you do to protect yourself and your business?
I reconnected with David Finn noted cybersecurity expert, COO, of AppEsteem and former Executive Director of Microsoft Cybercrime center to get his reaction to Equifax’s recent data breach issues. Here’s what he had to say;
“The Equifax fiasco demonstrates, once again, that few organizations are beyond the reach of hackers – even one...2017-10-1825 minThe Leadership JourneyTeleseminar Recording: Got Guts? Effective Leadership in a Back-Breaking EconomyOn August 19, 2009, MK Performance Groups Kelli McCauley did a complimentary teleseminar about finding out the 4 things that top-level financial leaders are doing now, to position themselves to be ahead of the game and have a considerable lead when consumer confidence and the economy recovers.
Here is the teleseminar recording. It is 43 minutes and 39 seconds long.2009-08-2443 min