Chuck Leddy's Show: Recent Episodes
Chuck Leddy
Writer Chuck Leddy talks with business authors about ideas that can help any business grow, with a special focus on middle market organizations.
In this NCMM interview, author John Larson helps middle market leaders understand the value of highly satisfied customers, and how to get more of them.
In this NCMM interview, we speak with author & marketing guru Tom Shapiro about how middle market companies can rethink their marketing for 2018.
In this NCMM interview, "The Sentient Enterprise" author Mohan Sawhney describes how middle market companies can pursue digital transformation in 5 steps.
Annie McKee is an author and senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. McKee specializes in employee engagement and happiness at work, as well as leadership development and organizational change. Her new book is called How to Be Happy at Work, and it explores how organizations can foster work climates that support employee engagement and happiness. Chuck Leddy of the NCMM spoke with McKee about how the book’s lessons might apply to middle market companies.
Ben Pring is an author and widely-recognized expert on the future of work. He is co-director of the Center for the Future of Work, which researches how work is changing in the face of technologies like automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, as well as new ways of working such as the gig economy. Pring is also co-author of What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots and Big Data. The NCMM recently caught up with Pring to discuss technology trends and how they’re changing the way middle market companies work today and tomorrow.
Warren Berger, author of "A More Beautiful Question" talks with NCMM contributor Chuck Leddy about how middle market leaders can use great questions to drive innovation and business growth.
In this interview with Chuck Leddy of the National Center for the Middle Market, "The Power of Moments" co-author Chip Heath explains what makes great customer experiences and how middle market companies can deliver them.
Human Resources guru and renowned author Dave Ulrich is a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He's also a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm that helps organizations build capability by leveraging their human resources. Ulrich is co-author of the recent book 'Victory Through Organization: Why the War for Talent is Failing Your Company and What You Can Do About It.' The NCMM recently caught up with Ulrich to discuss trends in HR, including how middle market firms can access and effectively organize their existing talent to support business growth.
Host and NCMM contributing writer Chuck Leddy talks to bestselling author Cal Newport about his latest book, "Deep Work." Newport explains how the ability to immerse oneself in meaningful work offers competitive advantage in today's workplace, and also describes HOW leaders can make time for "deep work."
In this NCMM interview, Chuck Leddy interviews author David Nour about his 10th book, "Co-Create," and how middle market companies can grow by leveraging strategic relationships.
In this discussion with bestselling author Liz Wiseman, we hear why some managers ("diminishers") leave employees worse off and other managers ("multipliers") get the most capability from their employees. How can you become a multiplier leader, and avoid diminishing your people? Wiseman explains.