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Who hasn’t felt awkward from time to time? On this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast, speaker and author of the book Good Awkward, Henna Pryor, joins us to share why being awkward is authentic and an attribute of successful people.
Listen now and learn:
- How awkwardness factors into decision-making
- What ‘social fitness’ is and why is it important
- What a “bias buddy’ is and how to thwart common assumptions
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Henna-Pryor-Final.mp3More about Henna:
Henna Pryor, is a sought-after Workplace Performance Expert who speaks and writes about performance mindset, interpersonal dynamics, high-impact communication, and embracing bumps in a world that keeps optimizing for smoothness. In addition to her passion for sparkly new research, she’s a regular Expert Columnist for Inc. Magazine, 18x award-winning author of Good Awkward, and an in-demand global keynote speaker. Her clients call her their “secret weapon for impossible change,” an honor she wears proudly. In addition to speaking for TEDx and SXSW, and being frequently tapped by media outlets like WSJ, Business.com, FastCompany, INSIDER, HuffPost, NBC, FOX, and more, she’s been named a SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence and her book was named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Book of the Year.
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In this month’s episode of the Problem Solved Podcast, I sit down with former New York Times and Washington Post reporter Lee Daniels to talk about his extraordinary career writing “the first draft of history.” Daniels co-wrote Jackie Robinson: A Memoir with Jackie’s widow Rachel Robinson and wrote the New York Times obituary for the civil right’s activist James Baldwin. If you’ve ever wondered how great journalists do their craft and make the decisions that lead to powerful storytelling, this episode is for you!
Listen to the episode and learn:
- How to sum up a big life
- How journalists approach their subjects to humanize them and share their stories
- Making decisions about research, interviews and crafting narratives
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Lee-Daniels-Final-Podcast-.mp3More about Lee Daniels: From the 1970s to the early 1990s Lee A. Daniels’ was a reporter for WGBH-TV in Boston, a reporter and editorial writer for The Washington Post and a reporter the New York Times. He spent another decade as editor of the National Urban League’s The State of Black America, and subsequently was founding editor of TheDefendersOnline.com, the blog of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. For several years, he contributed an opinion column to the National Newspaper Publishers Association and to the online publication, Emerge.com. Daniels collaborated with Rachel Robinson on Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait, (1996) her memoir of her life with the baseball great; and with Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. on a collection of his speeches, Make It Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out (2008). More recently, he collaborated with John E. Jacob — who succeeded Jordan as head of the Urban League in 1982 and led it through the Reagan and Bush 41 presidencies — on his just-published memoir, I Will Fear No Evil. Daniels also contributed an essay on Martin Luther King, Jr. to Africa’s Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent (2014) and an essay on Malcolm X / El Hajj Malik El Shabazz for The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets and Philosophers (2020) Daniels is the author of Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America (2008).
Lee A. Daniels was born in Chicago and grew up there and in Boston. He is a graduate of the Boston Latin School and a 1971 graduate of Harvard College.
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Have you ever worried about having an important but difficult conversation with someone? Most of us have had that experience where we’ve wanted to have a crucial conversation but were unsure of how to do it well. In this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast Emily Gregory, the co-author of the book Crucial Conversations counsels us on how to do navigate those moments with clarity and confidence. It’s an interview you won’t want to miss —and might listen to over and again!
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Emily-Gregory-Final.mp3Listen now and learn:
- How to prepare for a crucial conversation?
- How to manage emotions when the stakes are high?
- How to be clear and honest even when it isn’t easy.
More about Emily
Emily Gregory is coauthor of Crucial Conversations and a Crucial Learning master trainer who has helped thousands of organizations such as Intel, Yahoo, and the Mayo Clinic achieve new levels of success. Emily holds a Medical Doctorate degree from the University of Utah and a Master of Business Administration from the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. A dynamic speaker, Emily has spent her career identifying and leveraging behaviors crucial to effective living and leading.
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If you’ve wanted to learn about marketing, building your brand or just hear from a fabulous female entrepreneur, join us on this month’s Problem Solved Podcast to learn from Kim Kaupe, founder of Bright Ideas Only! Kim works with A-listers such as Paul McCartney, Oprah, the NY Mets and Shawn Mendes to create marketing programs, new revenue streams and branding.
Tune in and learn:
- How to build a strong brand?
- What’s it like to be on Shark Tank?
- What to do when a client isn’t satisfied to still sleep at night?
Listen now:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kim-Kaupe-Final.mp3Kim Kaupe is a partner in a fan engagement agency, Bright Ideas Only, working with A-listers such as Paul McCartney, Oprah, the NY Mets and Shawn Mendes to create marketing programs, new revenue streams and branding. Her latest obsession is transferring that same blueprint to business owners, executives and leaders garnering her the praise of corporate clients such as American Express, YPO, EO, TEDx and LinkedIn. You might recognize her voice from ABC’s, Shark Tank, from her role as a judge in the 2019 Miss USA pageant live, or from social media. Previously she was named to Inc.’s 35 Under 35, Advertising Age’s 40 Under 40 and Forbes 30 Under 30.
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One of the most common concerns we get from leaders making high stakes decisions is how to navigate uncertainty. In this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast we welcome Charles Hecker, a longtime risk advisor in Russia and author of the new book ZERO SUM: The Arc of International Business in Russia as he shares what he’s learned about doing business in a country that offers big opportunity amid a backdrop of an unstable economic and political environment.
Listeners will learn about:
- Taking calculated risks in business
- Making decisions when there is a lack of trust
- Knowing how to look for signs of problems that should cause your company to consider changing its strategy
Listen now:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Charles-Hecker-Final-1.mp3More about Charles:
Charles Hecker has spent forty years travelling and working in the Soviet Union and Russia. He has worked as a journalist at The Miami Herald and The Moscow Times, and as a geopolitical risk consultant at Control Risks, where he was a partner in the firm.
Hecker is a regular contributor to Monocle Radio and has offered expert commentary on Times Radio, CNN, the BBC, CNBC and Bloomberg TV, among others. A fluent Russian speaker, he currently resides in East London. You can learn more at www.charleshecker.com
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So many of us nowadays look up to entrepreneurs –or we are one ourselves. When it comes time to pass the torch and to sell the business, what do we need to know to get the most value from what we’ve built? On this episode of the the Problem Solved Podcast, author and entrepreneur David McCombie shares his tips and advice from his newly released book, Selling Your Business with Confidence.
Listen and learn:
- How can a business owner evaluate the potential value of their business before beginning the sales process?
- What steps can owners take today to improve their business’s value and salability?
- Selling a business is often deeply personal and emotional—how can owners prepare themselves for the psychological challenges?
Listen now:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/David-Wrigglesworth-Final.mp3David McCombie is Founder and CEO of McCombie Group, an M&A advisory firm that improves, grows, and sells mid-market companies. He is author of the newly released book, Selling Your Business with Confidence (Wiley).
A veteran dealmaker, he has personally negotiated billions in transaction value and has been recognized for setting record valuations. Unique amongst advisors, he is a passionate entrepreneur and has also successfully led various private equity investments himself. He currently serves as Membership Officer of the YPO Miami Chapter. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Miami.
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Sometimes the best way to identify good solutions is to know the right questions to ask. On this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast, we’re thrilled to have Arnaud Chevalier, Professor of Strategy at Switzerland’s IMD, who is a world-class expert on asking great questions. He recommends five types of questions to ask during strategic decision-making: investigative, speculative, productive, interpretive, and subjective. The goal: To arrive at great solutions!
Learn:
- Five different ways to ask strategic questions
- How to use the questions to be a better problem solver
- Why using the 5 question framework can create a more curious culture
Listen now:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Arnaud-Chevallier-Final-1.mp3To learn more, check out his HBR article The Art of Asking Smarter Questions.
About Arnaud: Arnaud Chevallier is professor of strategy at IMD. His work prepares executives to manage the strategic challenges that organizations face in today’s dynamic global marketplace by integrating empirical findings from various disciplines into concrete tools to improve decision-making and problem solving. At IMD, Arnaud is the director of the Global Management Foundations program—a core component of the executive MBA—the master of science in sustainable management and technology offered jointly with EPFL and the Université de Lausanne, and various other IMD programs.
His latest book, Solvable, co-written with Albrecht Enders provides concrete ideas to manage complex challenges. His research has appeared in various journals, including MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, and I by IMD.
He has consulted with numerous organizations, including the ICRC, Shell, SAP, Lenovo, Novo Nordisk, Statkraft, Cisco, and Tetra Pak. Prior to his work at IMD, Arnaud served in the provost office at Rice University from 2011 to 2018 and as the graduate dean of the University of Monterrey from 2003 to 2010. Before joining academia, Arnaud worked in Accenture’s strategy and business architecture division out of London.
A French and US citizen, Arnaud has lived and worked in France, Mexico, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. He holds a BS and ME in mechanical engineering from the Université de Versailles and a MS and a PhD in mechanical engineering from Rice University. When not solving complex problems, he’s usually swimming, biking, or running.
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What is empathy in action? Our guest on the Problem Solved Podcast is an expert in the topic. Sharon Steed, an international keynote speaker, author and founder of Communilogue, a corporate empathy and communications consultancy, is a subject matter expert on empathy. Empathy is key in decision-making because to truly solve our problems we need to include other people and perspectives for holistic problem solving.
In this episode, listeners will learn:
- How vulnerability breeds empathy
- How empathy invites vulnerability
- Why these two characteristics lead to great teamwork
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https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sharon-Steed-Final.mp3Sharon’s bio:
Sharon Steed is an international keynote speaker, author and founder of Communilogue, a corporate empathy and communications consultancy. Sharon is a subject matter expert on empathy at work. She has spoken at companies and conferences from various industries in 18 countries spanning four continents on improving team communication and collaboration through engaging empathy; vulnerability as a professional asset; and has given a TEDx talk on empowering insecurities.
A lifelong stutterer, she uses her speech impediment to both teach what empathy is and inspire audiences to engage in empathy actions daily. An author and course instructor for O’Reilly Media, Inc., her eBook “Empathy at Work” is available in the O’Reilly library. Sharon’s course “Communicating With Empathy” has over 800,000 views and is available on LinkedIn
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There is a famous proverb: Every great journey starts with a single step. This month’s Problem Solved Podcast guest can ensure that your steps lead to better success! Michael Gelb, a fifth-degree black belt in aiKIdo and author of seventeen books, including the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, speaks to us about his newest book titled Walking Well, A New Approach To Comfort, Vitality, And Inspiration In Every Step.
In this episode you will learn how to use walking to:
- Discover more comfort and vitality
- Be more creative & innovative
- Become a more effective leader
- Define & achieve your goals
Listen now:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Michael-Gelb-Final-.mp3More about Michael:
Michael J. Gelb is a pioneering practitioner and thought leader in the fields of creative thinking, executive coaching and conscious leadership, He is the author of 18 books including How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, BodyLearning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique and The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World. Michael’s books have been translated into 25 languages and have sold more than one million copies.
In 1999 Michael received the “Brain-of-the-Year” award from the Brain Foundation, other winners include Stephen Hawking, Garry Kasparov and Bill Gates. In 2003 Michael received a Batten Fellowship in Innovation from The University of Virginia and co-directed the acclaimed Leading Innovation Seminar at the Darden Graduate School of Business for more than 10 years. In 2020 he was invited to become a Senior Fellow of the Center for Humanistic Management at Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business. In 2021 Michael was invited to become a member of the MG100 Executive Coaches group. Michael is also a master teacher of the Alexander Technique, aikido and qigong and a professional juggler who performed with the Rolling Stones.
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The career ladder is not a set of steps, but instead is a ‘squiggly’ line. So says our Problem Solved guest, Sarah Ellis, co-founder of Amazing If, a company dedicated to making careers better. Sarah co-wrote the book, The Squiggly Career which describes how moving frequently and fluidly between roles, industries, locations and even careers is becoming the new normal. While ‘Squiggly’ careers can feel stressful and overwhelming, in our interview, Sarah shares how to make the most of them so that “they can be full of opportunity, freedom and purpose,” she says.
In our podcast with Sarah, you’ll learn:
- Play to your super strengths.
- Discover your values.
- Overcome your confidence gremlins.
- Build better support networks.
- Explore your future possibilities.
Listen Now
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sarah-Ellis-Episode-.mp3About Sarah:
Sarah is the co-founder of Amazing If, a company with a mission to make careers better for everyone. Together with her business partner Helen, she is the author of two Sunday Times bestselling books The Squiggly Career and You Coach You. Sarah and Helen are also hosts of the podcast Squiggly Careers which has had 4m downloads and their TED talk, The best career isn’t always a straight line, has been watched by almost 2m people. Prior to Amazing If Sarah’s career included leadership roles at Barclays and Sainsbury’s before becoming Managing Director at creative agency Gravity Road. Sarah is an alumnus of Harvard, London, and Warwick Business Schools (MBA with distinction), a qualified professional coach, and a mental health first aider. She is also Co-Chair of the Mayor of London Workspace Advisory Board. Sarah lives in London with her partner and her bug-loving 6-year-old Max. You can follow her on LinkedIn and find free career development tools at www.amazingif.com.
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How may we help kids make better decisions? In this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast we speak with NYC elementary school principal Tiffany McAfee as we explore how good schools help kids (and adults) make better big decisions.
Listen now:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Final-Tiffany-McAfee.mp3
Learn:
- How we can create environments for students to be able to develop as independent decision-makers?
- How to foster decision-making skills with young children?
More about Tiffany:
Tiffany McAfee is a dedicated and passionate educator with over 22 years of experience in various roles, including classroom teacher, instructional leader, and principal. Her journey in education began with a decade of teaching before joining Teach For America (TFA) in 2012, driven by her belief in ensuring that all young people have access to excellent educators. Tiffany is currently the principal at Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools, a K-5 charter school in Queens, New York.
A deep commitment to teaching and learning has marked her career. Tiffany wakes up every day eager to discover new ways to learn and share knowledge.
Tiffany served as the principal of East Harlem Scholars Academy, where she played a crucial role in shaping the educational experiences of students in East Harlem. Before that, she held the position of Director of Instruction at Citizens of the World Charter Schools in Brooklyn, focusing on coaching and supporting teachers. Her experience also includes her role as Director of Personalized Learning at Matchbook Learning, where she coached and supported teachers in implementing blended learning models.
Tiffany holds a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University, Nebraska, and a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature, Writing from Bradley University. Tiffany remains committed to her passion for education, continuously seeking to enhance her teaching methods and share her insights with others.
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Most people think innovation is synonymous with invention—and that to become successful, you need to come up with a shiny new product, market, or idea. But as our Problem Solved Podcast guest Liz Elting, one of Forbes richest self made women and co-founder of billion dollar language translation business TransPerfect, shares, you don’t need to invent something entirely new or have a “Shark Tank” moment to succeed at entrepreneurship.
Learn from Liz:
- Entrepreneurs don’t need to invent something brand new to be innovative and successful.
- Ownership is a core value and a philosophy every entrepreneur and employee should embrace.
- How to “hire slowly and fire quickly”
- How to listen and learn from your employees
Listen Here:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Liz-Elting-Episode-.mp3About Liz Elting:
Liz Elting, Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, is an entrepreneur, business leader, bestselling author, linguaphile, philanthropist, feminist, and mother. After living, studying, and working in five countries across the globe, Liz founded TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room in 1992 and served as Co-CEO until 2018. TransPerfect is the world’s largest language solutions company, with over $1.1 billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide. Liz received many awards for her work and philanthropy including the 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for business and public service from NYU’s Stern School of Business, For more about Liz please visit lizelting.com
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At a time when our decisions divide too many of us, David Bornstein, co-founder and chief executive of the Solutions Journalism Network, shares how to bring people together to solve complex problems. In this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast, David explains how to find common ground:
- How to research to find solutions
- How to investigate replicating success near you to solve social problems
- How all of us can build a solutions lens to apply in our own lives
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/David-Bornstein-Episode-Revised-1.mp3David’s Bio:
David Bornstein is the CEO and co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, which is working to establish solutions journalism as an integral part of mainstream news. He has been a journalist, focusing primarily on social innovation, for 30 years. From 2010-21, he co-authored the “Fixes” column in The New York Times, which focused on social innovation. He is the author of: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, which has been published in 25 languages, The Price of a Dream: The Story of the GrAmean Bank, and Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know.
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Management consultant Debbie Boone knows a lot about how to work well with humans —and with our furry friends and family members. She began her career in a veterinary clinic and soon realized that it wasn’t only animals that needed care, the people who cared for the animals needed skill building too. She began advising veterinary and other healthcare companies on how to provide better hospitality and has recently published her first book Hospitality in HealthCare: How Top Performing Practices Give the Best in Care to Their Patients and Boost Team Happiness.
Join us in learning from Debbie about how to make others feel more welcome as she describes how to build trusting relationships with clients and each other.
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https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Debbie-Boon-Episode-.mp3About Debbie:
Debbie Boone, BS, CVPM, Fear FreeSM Certified, has worked for the veterinary profession for more than 38 years. After earning her bachelor’s degree in animal science from North Carolina State University, she began as a client care representative and quickly moved into hospital administration. Debbie has experience in the management of small animal, mixed animal, specialty, and emergency practices. She has also managed restaurants, retail fabric and jewelry stores.
Debbie is considered an expert in team communication, creating positive practice culture, and developing operational efficiency for veterinary practices. She published her new book, “Hospitality in HealthCare: How Top Performing Practices Give the Best in Care to Their Patients and Boost Team Happiness” in July of 2023. Her business, Debbie Boone-2 Manage Vets Consulting, helps practices develop extraordinary team communication and business skills, enhancing patient care, improving profitability, and increasing practice value. She strives to improve the lives of animals by using her expertise to improve workplace culture and the well-being of veterinary professionals.
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So many of us feel like we are busy all the time taking care of what needs to be done today -even though we have long term goals we’d like to be working on as well. If you feel that way, make sure to tune in and listen as I interview best-selling author, coach, professor and speaker Dorie Clark about her new book The Long Game, How To Be A Long Term Thinker In A Short Term World.
Learn to:
- Drown out the noise and focus on your goals
- Make small changes that lead to big wins
Thank you Dorie for helping us all make big decisions better!
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https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dorie-Clark-Episode-Final.mp3About Dorie:
Dorie Clark has been named three times as one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, teaches executive education at Columbia Business School, and she is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. You can download her free Long Game strategic thinking self-assessment at dorieclark.com/thelonggame.
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How do start-ups become grown ups? Star executive coach Alisa Cohn shares her sage advice from her new book! Alisa Cohn has worked with C-suite executives at prominent startups (such as Venmo, Etsy, Draft Kings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch) and Fortune 500 companies (including Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, Calvin Klein and The New York Times.) She is the author of From Start-up to Grown-up, which won the 2022 Independent Press Award, and the creator and host of a podcast of the same name.
In this episode you will learn:
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Why good leaders cultivate self-awareness
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How communication skill enhance leadership
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How toembody the culture you want to motivate your team and hold them accountable
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/trim-Alisa-Cohn-Start-Up-To-Grown-Up.mp3About Alisa:
A frequent keynoter, Inc. Magazine named Alisa one of the top 100 leadership speakers, and she was named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards and the #1 Global Guru for Startups.
She is the executive coach for Cornell’s New York City tech incubator, and she has coached leaders from around the world, including the first female minister of the transition state of Afghanistan and the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. She has guest lectured at Harvard, Cornell, The Naval War College and Henley Business School. Her articles have appeared in HBR, Inc, and Forbes, and she’s been featured as an expert on BBC World News, Bloomberg TV, and in the NY Times and Wall Street Journal. Read Alisa’s book here and check out her podcast. You can follow her on twitter & instagram @AlisaCohn.
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How do top athletes make decisions to maximize their mental and physical fitness?
In this latest episode of The Problem Solved Podcast, Menachem Brodie, the Head Strength Coach for the Israeli Cycling Federation Track Program discusses how he makes decisions for the team and his clients.
In this episode you will learn:
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The biggest challenges athletes face
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Tips to improve your athletic performance
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How to frame and break-down decisions for athletic training
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Menachem-Brodie-audio71123.mp3About Menachem:
With well over 15 years of coaching experience and a sports-medicine background spanning from Emergency Medicine & Physical Therapy settings, to the NCAA Division I Strength & Conditioning setting, Coach Brodie brings with him an incredibly unique & diverse skill set, which has led to his work as a Health & Fitness Engineer for international companies in the Health, Wellness, & Fitness fields.
Coaching since 2000, Menachem Brodie has been working with athletes in a number of settings, and a broad variety of sports. From Basketball and Cycling, to CrossFit and Triathlon, Brodie has helped numerous athletes to attain their goals, and beyond.
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How do I make good investment decisions? What research questions do I need to ask? And how do top investment managers generate superior risk adjusted returns?
Join me as I interview Mac Alpha Capital Management’s Mark Cooper in this latest episode of The Problem Solved Podcast. Mark co-founded MAC Alpha Capital Management in 2020 and serves as its Chief Investment Officer.
Listen now and to learn from Mark about:
- How to differentiate a great investment from a good investment
- How to apply an in-depth, fundamental research driven approach to investment selection
- How to check and challenge common biases in investment selection
- How to build decision-making skills to be a good investor
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About Mark:
Prior to founding the MAC Alpha Capital Management, from 2014 to 2019, Mr. Cooper was the Co-Portfolio Manager of First Eagle Investment Management’s International Small Cap Value strategy. Prior to First Eagle Investment Management, Mr. Cooper was a global generalist Portfolio Manager and Analyst at PIMCO from 2010 to 2014, where he managed a diversified quantitative U.S. equity fund and concentrated separate account. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Cooper was a Portfolio Manager at Omega Advisors, where he also served as a Partner beginning in 2006. At Omega Advisors, Mr. Cooper focused on global industrials, capital goods and commodities/energy sectors. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Cooper was an Analyst at Pequot Capital Management. Prior to his time at Pequot Capital, from 1992 to 2000, Mr. Cooper was a Portfolio Manager in the fixed income, commodities and foreign exchange asset classes of JP Morgan, where he co-managed a $50 billion notional value portfolio investing in both European and exotic options. He also managed a $10 billion portfolio focused in long-dated gold and silver. Mr. Cooper earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2002 and a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. Mr. Cooper continues to serve as an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School, where he has taught Applied Value Investing and lectured on Value Investing for the Heilbrunn Center for Value Investing since 2004. Former US Army officer. Former Vice Chairman of Harlem success academy HSA #2 (a charter school) Co-Author of Value Investing (Second Edition): From Graham to Buffett and Beyond
About MAC Alpha
MAC Alpha Capital Management, LP is a minority, woman, and veteran-owned institutional investment manager. Their investment style utilizes a value-driven approach focused on competitive advantage, culture, and management incentives and employs a proprietary and rigorous fundamental research process developed by the CIO. Since 2020, MAC Alpha has managed two different investment strategies focused on the global small cap space: International “long only” and Global “long short.”
MAC Alpha Capital’s strategies have exhibited significant Alpha net of fees while also demonstrating consistently high Sharpe ratios and low Beta to the markets (please note, past performance is not indicative of any future results or the likely future performance of either strategy).
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How does fear impact decision-making and what can we do about it?
In this latest episode of The Problem Solved Podcast, John Hagel, serial entrepreneur and 8-time author discusses his latest book, Journey Beyond Fear, that addresses the psychology of change. It’s a topic John has dealt with throughout his long and storied career that was capped as the founder and chairman of the Silicon Valley-based Deloitte Center for the Edge, focusing on identifying emerging business opportunities that are not yet on the CEO’s agenda.
Listen now and to learn John’s thoughts on:
- Why fear is such a prevalent emotion
- The relationship between fear and innovation
- A three step process to conquer fear
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/John-Hagel_Recording.mp3Need help with decision-making? Pick up a copy of my new book Problem Solver and reach out to Decisive!
About John:
John Hagel III has more than 40 years’ experience as a management consultant, author, speaker and entrepreneur. After recently retiring as a partner from Deloitte, McGraw Hill published his new book, The Journey Beyond Fear, that addresses the psychology of change and he is developing a series of programs to help people navigate through change at many levels. John has founded a new company, Beyond Our Edge, LLC, that works with companies and people who are seeking to anticipate the future and achieve much greater impact, focusing on business transformation.
While at Deloitte, John was the founder and chairman of the Silicon Valley-based Deloitte Center for the Edge, focusing on identifying emerging business opportunities that are not yet on the CEO’s agenda. Before joining Deloitte, John was an independent consultant and writer and prior to that was a principal at McKinsey & Company and a leader of their Strategy Practice as well as the founder of their E-Commerce Practice. John has served as senior vice president of strategy at Atari, Inc., and is the founder of two Silicon Valley startups.
John has published 8 books, drawing on his research and experience as a management consultant and entrepreneur.
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Have you ever gotten a song caught in your head? Most of us have. Music communicates with us in a unique and powerful way, often impacting our emotions –and emotions impact decision-making. In her new book, Susan Drumm, CEO of Meritage Leadership, shares tips and techniques to harness music for better leadership based on her book The Leader’s Playlist.
As Susan explains: We all have a playlist running in the background of our lives that — whether we know it or not — acts as a ceiling on our leadership effectiveness.”
Listen to my interview with Susan on this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast and learn how to improve your playlist. Susan recommends identifying emotions of the past that impede good leadership and linking them to music to change that tune in your head -and with others.
Listen Now:
https://www.areamethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/susan-drum-audio.m4aCheck out The Leader’s Playlist and learn a process to:
- Uncover the playlist impacting your leadership
- Share research that explains why music is a powerful tool for understanding and reshaping your behavior
- Teach you how to leverage music to help you be a better leader
Read Susan’s full bio below:
Susan Drumm is on a mission to inspire and guide leaders to heal what holds them back and help them develop the capacity and mindset to lead in today’s increasingly disruptive environment. She has personally coached billionaire CEOs, high-profile political figures, prominent Fortune 100 executive teams as well as incredible entrepreneurs that set out to disrupt the marketplace.
She is CEO and Chief Empowerment Officer of her own firm, Meritage Leadership. She is also the host of the podcast and YouTube channel The Enlightened Executive, where she interviews founders and CEOs on the most cutting-edge programs, assessments, apps and techniques in personal and leadership effectiveness.
Susan has graduate degrees from Harvard Law School, Carnegie Mellon University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Not surprisingly she brings all of that diverse learning to the coaching process.
The Leader’s Playlist, Susan’s first book was published by River Grove Books on October 18, 2022. It is another important tool in her ongoing quest to help leaders be their best in both their professional and personal lives.
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One of the strongest negative emotions that we experience is regret – an emotion uniquely tied to how we perceive the quality of our decisions.
So what can we do about it? New York Times best-selling author Daniel Pink joins me in this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast to discuss his new book titled Regret. In our conversation, he shares what he learned from conducting the largest sampling of American attitudes about regret ever conducted in his World Regret Survey—which has collected regrets from more than 16,000 people in 105 countries. The result: He’s identified four core regrets that most people have and how to respond well to them.
Soren Kierkegaard once said:
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations – one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it – you will regret both.
What we might glean from this sage advice is that we should all learn more about this powerful emotion and what it can teach us about what we value in our decisions.
What you will learn in this podcast:
- What is regret?
- What are the four kinds of regret that are most common?
- How may we deal with regret to make better decisions?
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About Dan Pink:
Daniel H. Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world. He lives in Washington, DC, with his family.
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At a time when airline travel is back with a vengeance and yet the news is filled with stories of flight delays and pilot shortages, have you ever wondered how pilots make decisions? How are they trained and evaluated?
If you plan to take to the sky anytime soon, you won’t want to miss this episode of the Problem Solved podcast. Veteran pilot, safety and flight training instructor Gustavo Passamiglio Libardi joins me to discuss pilot training programs. How are pilots prepared to deal with the complexity and challenges of crowded skies, ever-changing technologies and Mother Nature?
In this episode you will learn how pilot training is changing with new decision-making skills for problem solving, gathering evidence and thwarting biased thinking.
Gustavo Pizzamiglio Libardi is a a type-rating examiner with more than 15 years of experience training pilots at flight training schools and airlines. As Flight Safety Officer, he was certified by CENIPA, the Brazilian Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center, and is the former Head of the Safety Department and Head of the Training Department for two different organizations.
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Facing a big decision is often a very emotional experience. The reason: Our big decisions have big consequences. But for many of us, those emotions are uncomfortable, and, instead of sitting in discomfort, we react to them either by trying to push them aside or instead allowing them to drive our decision-making. Neither solution serves us well and both may cause us to make a suboptimal decision.
So how can we better manage the emotional content of big decisions? After all, our emotions contain valuable information about what we’re experiencing and therefore play a crucial role in our lives. Instead of trying to escape them –which we can never really do–how may we have a healthier relationship with them? Listen to this episode of the Problem Solved Podcast as I sit down to learn from Dr. Michelle Maidenberg, a licensed clinical social worker, adjunct professor at New York University and TED-X speaker discuss her new book about emotional avoidance called Ace Your Life, Unleash Your Best Self and Live The Life You Want.
In this episode you will learn how to identify, label and better engage with emotions so that you can listen to what they are communicating without sacrificing the quality of your decision-making -or your life. Dr. Maidenberg’s work, predicated on acceptance, compassion, and empowerment skills, helps those who feel slightly “stuck” and are seeking personal growth and enhancement as well as those with more complex “stuckness” caused by trauma, cumulative stress, or other significant challenges.
Listen now and check out Ace Your Life!
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