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Jeff Brown
If you believe as I do, that intentional and consistent reading is key to success in business and in life, then this is your podcast.
If you believe as I do, that intentional and consistent reading is key to success in business and in life, then this is your podcast. My goal each week is to bring you key thoughts and insights from my conversations with those I consider to be among today's brightest minds: our generation's non-fiction authors. We discuss their latest book, as well as their unique perspectives on Leadership, Business, Personal Development, Marketing, Career, and Entrepreneurship. If you love reading, or desire to do more of it, then consider this podcast your audio Cliff's Notes. The Read to Lead Podcast is a four-time Best Business Podcast nominee.
Everybody is addicted to something to numb the discomfort of living in a messed-up world, says Ian Cron, but the good news is that if you committedly "work the steps," you will eventually have a vital spiritual awakening that will give you an entirely new and radically beautiful orientation toward the life God has for you.
Wild Courage coaches you to smash through your fear of discomfort, failure, and the judgement of others, to embrace your boldest self in pursuit of what you want. To be successful, you need to have courage. Wild amounts of it.
Whether you’re a seasoned leader or an emerging manager, Lead Well provides a holistic, research-backed framework to future-proof your leadership and unlock the full potential of your team.
Mindmasters is a riveting look at what our digital footprints reveal about us, how they're being used—for good and for ill—and how we can gain power over the data that defines us.
At a time when courage seems in short supply, in a culture continually stoking insecurity and anxiety, this book will transform your deepest fears into a catalyst for your highest growth and the greatest good.
The is the second part in my two-part series featuring eleven must-read non-fiction books that deserve a place on everyone's bookshelf. These aren't just any books – they're the kind of works that can fundamentally change how you think, lead, and live.
In this two part, year-ending series, I unpack the eleven book that should be a part of every leader’s library. If there are any books on this list you haven’t yet made time for, I suggest you carve out time in 2025 for each of them. In last week’s episode, I covered books #11 through […]
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In this two part, year-ending series, I unpack the eleven book that should be a part of every leader’s library. If there are any books on this list you haven’t yet made time for, I suggest you carve out time in 2025 for each of them. In that there are 11 books on the list, […]
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Craig Lemasters shares techniques he has used in a lifetime of helping Fortune 500 companies tackle the challenge of getting unstuck.
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Business is hard, but the challenges that make business hard are more than just obstacles - they provide the foundation for building and strengthening a culture that attracts the best people to do the best work.
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Every single year, an estimated 1 billion people switch jobs worldwide. A lucky few stumble into the role of their dreams, but hundreds of millions are disappointed. What if, when looking for a job, you could make more informed choices to better select the opportunity you seize? What if the power to move along your […]
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The essential guide to standing up for your values at work. Protect your integrity by committing to The Conscience Code.
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How can we break out of the endless cycle of feeling rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind to create the kind of meaningful lives we all seek? We need to start playing The Long Game.
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In and age of AI and digital overload, the simple act of moving a pen across a blank page can boost our creativity and mood—and continues to transform our lives.
I’ve been waiting for over a year to bring you today’s conversation and episode. That’s right. It was in the fall of last year that I got word on X about a new book coming out, all about the history of The Notebook. It indeed came out last fall…but only in the UK. It wasn’t […]
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You know when you go outside on a pleasant day and there’s that perfect breeze in combination with just the right amount of warmth from the sun on your face? That’s pretty much the same feeling you’ll get from hanging out with my guest today. Delightful, effervescent, fun, and cool (yes, cool) are all words […]
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Every so often, someone reaches out to me and says, “You’ve gotta talk to so-and-so.” Sometimes I’m skeptical, but when it’s a good friend that is doing the talking, my ears perk up. That was the case when it was suggested I chat with today’s guest. His name is Nir Eyal and he did not […]
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Today, we’re tackling a topic that’s often shrouded in mystery and perceived as exclusive to the corporate elite or military strategists: strategy. But as my guest argues, strategy is for everyone who desires to create positive change in the world. Seth Godin’s latest book, This Is Strategy, is a thought-provoking manifesto that breaks down this […]
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In this episode of Read to Lead, I dive deep into the fascinating world of creativity and innovation. Challenging common myths about creativity being an innate gift reserved for a select few, this episode empowers listeners with scientific insights and practical strategies to unlock their creative potential. For more on this topic, and for a […]
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I find that I’m reading more and more books on the topic of AI these days. Why? Well, if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that if you don’t want to be left behind, you need embrace the world of AI and embrace it ASAP. Today, my guest’s book is designed to help you do […]
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Learn proven techniques and daily exercises to help you develop a commanding voice and presence and improve vocal quality, mental acuity, body language, and self-esteem to dramatically increase your influence.
This month, inside the Read to Lead Community online, our theme is FEAR. How to act despite fear, to be even more specific. The fears we dive into today include failure, rejection, success (yes, that’s a fear too), inadequacy (aka imposter syndrome), change, judgment or criticism, discomfort or difficulty, and disappointing others. I also recommend […]
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I am delighted to welcome Wayne Turmel to the show. A second edition of the book The Long-Distance Leader, co-written with Kevin Eikenberry, has been released, updated for a post-pandemic world. This new version also has a new title. It’s The Long-Distance Leader: Revised Rules for Remarkable Remote and Hybrid Leadership. When The Long-Distance Leader was first […]
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It was more than a dozen years ago when a colleague of mine at the time, Teresa White, first introduced me to the work of today’s guest. I’m almost embarrassed to admit I hadn’t already been studying his work. You might say Teresa’s introduction makes this interview today possible. I’m talking about Tom Rath, author […]
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With practical tips, relatable stories, and vibrant examples, Mastering the Moment employs Tim Pollard's engaging style, making the guidance as absorbing to read as it is to adopt.
Future Proofing You is perfect for anyone who is tired of jobs with no security (amen!), hopes to truly realize their professional and personal potential (where do I sign up?), and is looking for a way to build a better life for them and their family (yes, please!).
The solution to overthinking isn't to stop thinking but to change the soundtrack to something better - more positive, more encouraging, and ultimately, more productive. Once we learn how to choose our soundtracks, thoughts become our best friend, propelling us toward our goals.
These four AI tools are ones I use all the time. In my business, I couldn't function without them. In this episode, I share what I use them for, as well as how I use them. Plus, I share a special surprise at the end.
In this episode I talk about the practice of interleaving books, the benefits to you when you intentionally reading more than one book at a time.
This time around, I'm joined by someone I've known for over 40 years. We discuss his experience in the technology sector and, specifically, how he's using AI to get ahead and stay ahead in the workplace despite certain disabilities.
Explore proven strategies and mindsets from experts like Richard Feynman, Scott H. Young, and Carol Dweck to help you master any skill and unlock your full potential.
In honor of our 11th anniversary, I thought it would be fitting to look back at 11 of the most influential books I've read since starting this journey. Each of these books has left a lasting impact on me and, I hope, on you too.
Adele Gambardella, a celebrated PR strategist and crisis management consultant, has worked with major clients like Facebook and President Joe Biden, and has been honored as a “Woman Who Means Business” by the Washington Business Journal. Chip Massey, a former FBI hostage negotiator, brings his expertise from 20+ years in law enforcement to the business […]
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The renowned global though leader and Google's first Chief Innovation Evangelist introduces a forward-thinking mindstate that will help you navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities, and create exactly the future you want to see.
Whether you’re a student studying for an exam, an employee facing a new skill at work, or just want to get better at something you’re interested in, Scott's insights will help you do it better.
Every business person who is even remotely interested in prioritization should read Managing Priorities. Whatever you need to prioritize—tasks, goals, OKRs, projects—this book is for you.
48 Days to the Work You Love is packed with modern insight and timeless wisdom and provides a step-by-step process for creating a Life Plan and translating it into meaningful, satisfying daily work.
Managing priorities is more than just making a to-do list. It’s about understanding what truly matters, making strategic decisions, and effectively allocating your time and resources.
The book The Expertise Economy dares you to let go of outdated and traditional ways of closing the skills gap, and challenges CEOs and business leaders to embrace the urgency of re-skilling and upskilling the workforce.
We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how great ideas are born. Innovation is not an event, a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon. It's a result of mastering idea flow, a practice that elevates everything else you do.
We don’t need just another approach to changing our habits. What we need is an operating system that takes into account the full scope of our lives. Bestselling author Jordan Raynor presents this system, using seven powerful time-management principles drawn from the example of how Jesus lived.
Much of the conversation around AI is overblown with regard to its capabilities. What's the truth about AI? Steve Shwartz has the answer.
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If there is a topic that has captured my attention more in the last three to four years, I don’t know what it is. I’m talking about the art of note-taking or, as I like to call it, note-making. It’s a phrase that makes a subtle distinction between notes we capture for learning (note-taking), and […]
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By using the right tools and a bit of discipline, you can cultivate a “personal knowledge garden" where your thinking will blossom.
Marcus shows you how to break free from this conformity—how to decode your own loves, turn them into their most powerful expression, and do the same for those you lead and those you love.
MicroSkills is built on one core, easy-to-learn principle: every big goal, complicated task, healthy habit, and, yes, even what we think of as character traits, can be broken down into small, learnable, skills that can be practiced, and incorporated real-time.
In Impact Players, New York Times bestselling author and researcher Liz Wiseman reveals the secrets of these stellar professionals who play the game at a higher level.
This proven, step-by-step guide will help you design habits and make them stick through positive emotion and celebrating small successes. Whether you want to lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or be more productive each day, Tiny Habits makes it easy to achieve—by starting small.
A can't-miss conversation with the son of the legendary author of the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - 30th Anniversary Edition.
With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear. To take the risks worth taking. And to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.
A paradigm-shifting book looking at the negative impact of silence and how we can begin to dismantle it in order to use our voices at home and at work.
Today, we revisit a conversation I had with Michael Hyatt at the start of the pandemic about vision-driven leadership.
Most careers unfold accidentally, haphazardly, and with too much serendipity. That means lost traction, lost years, and lost opportunities. But your career doesn't have to be that way! Career on Course unpacks the 10 steps that will take your career from accidental to intentional.
I break down the five most important traits for a Servant Leader to possess: empathy, listening, healing, awareness, and persuasion.
Malissa Clark shows you how to escape the trap of putting work at the center of everything and thus losing your well-being—or your company's performance—in the process.
We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But what if there's another way? Armed with Ali's insights, you won't just accomplish it all. You'll feel happier and more fulfilled along the way.
The definitive guide to eliminating the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get things done in organizations.
Bravery is not reserved for the chosen few; it's a skill and a daily practice that can be developed. The Brave Habit provides a practical framework for courageous leadership and exceptional work.
I pose five questions you should ponder if you want to build a lasting legacy. I also include three exercises you can do right now to get started on the right foot.
Dan has pancreatic cancer and has been given a few months to live. I share his impact on my life and that of a few others' lives.
I've scoured the book release lists so that you don't have to, and I've selected the 9 books you need to pay attention to this year.
We are in the midst of an unprecedented degree of technology-driven change at the same time that society faces challenges more complex than our organizations and we as individuals have been prepared to handle.
Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders, Leading with Questions will earn a place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in better engaging with and leading others.
Most entrepreneurs start a business seeking freedom but end up in a prison of hundred-hour workweeks isolated from their loved ones. This book is a guide to do entrepreneurship differently—letting go of the hustle and embracing a family-first mindset instead.
In Speak Up or Stay Stuck, forward-thinking change management expert Pam Marlon unpacks a practical framework for implementing organizational change while ensuring your voice is heard.
In Manage like a Mother, Valerie Cockerell shares common-sense principles for anyone seeking to be an effective leader. She explains how raising children, nurturing their development, multitasking as only a mother does, managing conflicts, dealing with teenagers and being a great role model are some of the essential skills that leaders can easily apply to their professional working environments—with proven success.
The life you dream of isn't that far away. But you can't stay where you are. It's time to embark on your journey toward healing. Let Get Past Your Past be your guide along the way.
How you show up in person, over email, and on social media, Aliza says, communicates your personal brand. That brand deserves thoughtful cultivation and crafting as you shape your narrative, build your network, grow your confidence, and plot your future.
For anyone who wants to turn their life around but doesn't know how, the PASTOR method teaches how to harness marketing wisdom to get honest about what we really want from life and craft better beliefs and plans to help us start living life on our own terms.
In A Symphony of Choices, workplace culture and strategy expert Gerald Leonard provides you with the practical tools and real-world examples that will help you build the knowledge and skills you need to thrive in a project-driven world.
From email to sales pitches, from workshops to resumes, Steven Woodruff’s Clarity Fuel Formula is the universal recipe for communications success.
In this revolutionary guide, Mefford and Buckett share crucial leadership strategies to help organizations revamp their work culture, throw out stifling hierarchical leadership models, and embrace a dynamic, results-oriented, and successful self-led team-oriented model instead.
David Dodson explains how to get better at running virtually any kind of organization by breaking down each critical skill into digestible, bite-sized sub-skills, that you can learn quickly and easily.
With this innovative and refreshing framework of balancing learning and performing, individuals and companies can reach their boldest aspirations.
Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public speaking to interviewing to networking—with essential strategies from a Stanford lecturer, coach, and host of the popular Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast.
In this timeless, eye-opening tale of redemption, Bob’s tailspin journey through loss and catastrophic failure invites readers to examine the nature of genuine leadership and embark upon their own story of self-discovery.
For years, Walmart and Amazon operated in separate spheres—one a massive brick-and-mortar retailer, the other an online giant. But in 2016, Walmart aggressively moved into the world of e-commerce, while Amazon made big bets in physical retail. What can we learn from them? Turns out, a lot.
Your Future Self describes the mental mistakes we make in thinking about the future and gives us practical advice for imagining our best future so we can make that vision a reality.
In The Learn-It-All Leader, Learnit CEO Damon Lembi shares the leadership mindset you need to make better decisions, take bolder risks, and build stronger teams.
This book shows you how to build the best possible relationship. One conversation. Five questions. Detailed guidance on how to prepare and set the relationship up for success. Key insights on how to maintain the relationship so that it will continue to thrive.
A culmination of weekly inspiration shared with Dan Miller’s inner circle over the past 20 years!
Closing the Confidence Gap will show you how to advance with confidence. You’ll hear deeply personal stories and walk away with practical tools to show you how to claim your role as a confident leader.
After learning from the world's most successful people, you will have a mental toolkit to help you tackle thorny problems, navigate relationships, and use creativity and resilience in times of uncertainty.
Unconformed is a toolkit for preventing and overcoming that "stuck" feeling and exploring the many paths to success, no matter your age or life stage. With many stories about successful people from diverse backgrounds, this book offers a fresh look at learning and working.
Discover how to develop a clear, concise understanding of how your team’s culture affects its performance. Follow this simple, practical blueprint to cultivate a Best Team Ever environment and set your team on a path to success.
The Illusion of Choice identifies the 16 1/2 most important psychological quirks that everyone in business needs to bear aware of today—and shows how any business can take advantage of these quicks to win customers, retains customers and sell more.
I was in a crunch for time the week I sat down with today’s guest and needed to get through his book (a seven- to eight-hour read) in a single day. What to do? I had a physical copy of the book in hand, but needed to get through it quickly. I decided to use […]
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Whether you are at the start of your leadership journey or have held a senior leadership role for years, Meta-Leadership will arm you with knowledge and insights to achieve the highest results from yourself and your team.
The Case for Good Jobs provides leaders with the blueprint they need to choose excellence by providing good jobs that offer a living wage, dignity, and opportunities for growth both for their employees and their organization.
Are you tired of chasing a dream you aren’t even sure you want anymore? Or have you accomplished your dream only to discover it’s not as fulfilling as you thought it would be? It’s time to get excited about your life again.
Rewired provides scientifically supported solutions for everyone who wants to restore their tech-life balance.
In The Song of Significance, Seth Godin provides a roadmap for the business leaders who are willing to create a meaningful future while bravely rejecting the outmoded management models that are no longer serving us. As Godin writes, “Choosing significance is to dance with fear, and choosing fear requires belief that what we’re doing matters.”
If you're a leader, entrepreneur, executive, or anyone who wants to squeeze more time, money, and joy from every day, Choosing Greatness is a must-have book that's brimming with tools and strategies!
A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential.
With proven tools, techniques, and insights, Bragging Rights will help you understand and tell the world about your true superpowers, so you can access new opportunities and, along the way, elevate others.
After twenty years of selling art as well as coaching other artists, Miriam Schulman knows that now is the time to leave the rat race behind and pursue your highest dreams. It's time to gamble on yourself.
Language change is natural, built into the language system itself, and we wouldn’t be who we are without it. Like, Literally, Dude celebrates the dynamic, ongoing, and empowering evolution of language, and it will speak to anyone who talks, or listens, inspiring them to communicate dynamically and effectively in their daily lives.
The Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership. As leadership expert and self-proclaimed anxious achiever Morra Aarons-Mele argues, anxiety is built into the very nature of leadership. It can—and should—be harnessed into a force for good.
Upskill, Reskill, Thrive illustrates how to create and sustain learning and work environments that honor and empower individuals in ways that promote knowledge generation and sharing.
You don’t need a long book published by a traditional publisher to get what you need. You need to get short valuable ideas out to your market in a professional way, as quickly as possible. That can be by blogging, writing articles, making videos or by writing a book.
The last time today’s guest appeared (which was also her first time), I wrote that I hoped it wouldn’t be her last. Well, lucky for you and me, my hopes were not in vein. I’m talking, of course, about Full Focus CEO, Megan Hyatt Miller. Her new book, cowritten with her father Michael Hyatt, is […]
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Drawing upon the latest insights from the fields of performance psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, as well as case studies from clients and their own personal experiences, Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller explore the power of ideas to shape superior outcomes, not only in business, but in every aspect of life.
If there’s one area everyone of us can improve in, it’s the area of communication. I’ve talked with dozens of communication experts over the years. And I’d put Chuck Wisner at the top of my list. His new book is called The Art of Conscious Conversations: Transforming How We Talk, Listen, and Interact. The book […]
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This book provides a powerful toolkit and actionable techniques that can lead to extraordinary results. Whether you’re trying to persuade a client, motivate a team, or get a whole organization to see things differently, this book will show you how to leverage the power of magic words.
At the beginning of this year, in Episode 456, I highlighted the six books I’m most looking forward to in the first half of 2023. I hope to feature all six here on the podcast. The first was featured in late January (Attention Span by Dr. Gloria Mark). I’m excited to share that the second […]
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In The Power of Clarity, Ann Latham exposes the unrecognized confusion and explains how to eliminate it. This fascinating guide to workplace productivity and effectiveness draws upon extensive research and case studies to demonstrate how you can get better results in far less time while also increasing confidence and commitment.
The Unsold Mindset reveals a counterintuitive approach not just to selling but to life. It's a journey toward an entirely new mindset—the greatest sellers on the planet aren't successful because of what they do, they're successful because of what they think.
From attracting customers online and face-to-face to helping secure lifelong relationships, referrals and reorders, by building trust over time, minute by minute; to ensuring profitable sales and customer loyalty, you will learn 212 strategies that when put into practice, will make your sales and success soar.
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset.
In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She also shows how much of what we think we know is wrong.
New and even experienced authors often feel overwhelmed by everything they're told they must do. It can be hard to know where one should be putting their energy. Honorée has a gift for teaching what's important in a way that's easy to understand and remember.
What is the single best tool an entrepreneur needs to build, boost, and grow their business? Win an Olympic Gold Medal? Sure! That’d be great. But apart from that? Write a book, of course! That according to Honorée Corder, author of 20-plus books including 2016’s You MUST Write a Book: Boost Your Brand, Get More […]
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In just over four years since its release, it has officially sold more than 10MM copies! In this episode, I share an audio summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear.
So many entrepreneurs either run a profitable business but hate their work or run a business they love, with a message they’re proud of, without making any money. There’s a better way to build a business, one that helps you wake up every day excited and full of purpose and make a profit.
As I take a look ahead, these are the six books I'm most excited about that are coming out in the first half of 2023.
Much of my reading outside the reading I do for the podcast was centered around notes, knowledge retention, and learning. These are my favorites I read in 2022, but not necessarily released in 2022.
The Disconnect Principle provides the missing link that will change the way you think about feedback, accountability, and performance management forever. This is the approach that will allow you to be the empathic and effective manager, employee, or peer that you would like to be.
Neal and Carly Samudre believe that joy is what’s missing from our ability to make lasting change in our lives. Building on biblical insights and the latest findings in positive psychology, Start from Joy outlines an emotionally healthy approach to change―one where joy leads the way.
This week, I share the results of my 2022 Listener-Reader Survey and where the Read to Lead Community is headed.
Today, I’ve pulled together the responses from my listener-reader survey and sharing them with you. I’ve collected feedback from hundreds of Read to Lead listeners and readers to help inform the future of the Read to Lead Podcast, and the potential launch of a brand new Read to Lead Community. And I’ve managed to package […]
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Learn how to create, live, and sell your own personal brand―even if you hate sales!―with step-by-step help from the First Lady of Sales.
Whether you’re competing for local foot traffic or global downloads, Primal Storytelling will help you forge authentic connections with your audience, improve your brand performance in social media and SEO, and supercharge your content results.
The communication tools Jeff Bezos created are so effective that former Amazonians who worked directly with Bezos adopted them as blueprints to start their own companies. Now, these tools are available to you.
Amplify Your Influence shows you how to leverage a variety of behavioral motivators to achieve positive outcomes and results and frame our ideas in a way that encourages engagement and gets and active response from your followers.
My guest today is truly one of the best-prepared and most articulate guests I’ve ever had the privilege to welcome to the show. And that voice. I often get compliments on my own voice, but wow! Wait until you hear the voice of René Rodriguez. You just might melt. But more importantly, I can’t wait […]
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Grubhub founder Mike Evans reveals the inside story of how he grew a multibillion dollar behemoth that changed the way we eat.
We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how great ideas are born. Innovation is not an event , a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon. It's a result of mastering idea flow, a practice that elevates everything else you do.
After 36 years of testing, research and development, Jeff Blackman's explosive business-growth system that shows you step-by-step how to Peak Your Profits.
How the Future Works offers a blueprint for using flexible work to unlock the potential of your people.
Originally written as letters from a father to a son, 18 Words to Live By is a practical handbook for life and a heartfelt reminder of what matters most.
The final book from the late legendary leadership expert Stephen R. Covey of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame, offers inspiration and optimism about living your best life.
When it comes to effective note-taking—or what I like to call note-making—most of us have never been properly trained. In today’s episode, I walk through the four key components you need to understand in order to turn your useless notes of the past into your smart notes of the future. Simply put… If you want […]
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Today’s guest first visited the show back in Episode #223. I also invited to speak at my online conference back in 2019 called the Boss-Free Virtual Summit. His name is Vincent Pugliese and, over the years, he’s gone from professional sports photographer to staring his own business and, now, to sharing what he’s learned in […]
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My guest today says that, at this moment, rogue waves are forming under your business. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends―the undercurrents of radical, systemic change―are crashing into each other. When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. If your competitor can’t […]
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Leaders who align their leadership behaviors to motivate and satisfy the needs of their teams will build cultures that are both engaging and profitable.
Is your appetite for learning far greater than the time you have available to process it? Want a better system for retaining what resonates with you and ultimately expressing it in your own way? Your help is here!
What if the key to future business success lies in a simple and secret marketing approach that presidents use to get elected and startups use to become unicorns? Now you can learn it too!
Entrepreneurship is not a spirit or a gift. It is a process that anyone can learn, and that anyone can use to turn a problem into a solution with impact.
As we reach the peak of the Great Resignation, two veteran executive coaches help today's leaders learn how to retain and inspire their teams through the one thing their research has found works: LEADING with HEART.
Beyond technology, software, social media networks, even advertising and marketing campaigns, the biggest and best tool you'll ever have in your belt is a book with your name on the cover.
Maria Brito illustrates how creativity is merely a series of habits, actions, and attitudes that anyone can develop—regardless of who you are and what you do.
LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies shares exactly what you need to know to optimize your profile according to your goals.
In The Secret Society of Success, Tim Schurrer invites you to reevaluate your definition of success and learn a new, freer way to go about achieving it.
Whether you want to become a millionaire, build wealth faster, or retire early, join the more than one million people worldwide who are already using Noah’s iconic method to transform your life in less than five minutes a day.
To say love is what makes a marriage work, is like saying it takes oxygen to climb a mountain. Yes, oxygen is necessary. But not sufficient.
Reading like a series of one-on-one sessions with one of the world's leading business thinkers, A New Way to Think is an essential guide for any current or aspiring business leader.
From a leading Yale Expert and serial entrepreneur comes a radical, principled, and field-tested approach that identifies what's really at stake in any negotiation and thereby ensures you get your half—so you can focus on growing the pie.
A distinguished Harvard Business School professor offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right.
Growth occurs when learning is internalized—when we try something new and invest the effort to move it from being something we do to something we are.
We don't need just another approach to changing our habits. What we need is an operating system that takes into account the full scope of our lives. In these pages bestselling author Jordan Raynor presents this system, using the seven powerful time-management principles drawn from the example of how Jesus lived.
Are you working harder than ever but struggling to make progress? You can escape the quicksand of busyness, distraction, and complexity...starting today!
Personal accountability is the bedrock upon which all sustained success in life is built. Yet, what if nearly everything we have been taught about accountability is wrong?
Rich. Wealthy. Well-heeled. Moneyed. Affluent. Not bad—but why not get Stacked instead? If you’ve ever dreamed of a basic philosophy of money that’ll help you live bigger, be bolder, and laugh harder, you need this book.
Stephen M. R. Covey has made it his life's work to understand trust in leadership and organizations. In his newest and most transformative book, Trust & Inspire, he makes the compelling argument that even though our world has changed drastically, our style of leadership has not.
World-renowned researcher and New York Times bestselling author Marcus Buckingham helps us discover where we're at our best—both at work and in life.
Do you wake up every day feeling like you're going through the motions, that the hundreds of choices you make have almost no impact on the people around you? Simone Knego says you really only need to change the way you see yourself and the world around you will change.
In Dancing with Wisdom, Dr. Sunil Raheja shows you how to stop going through the motions and become the fully alive human being you were always intended to be.
In this conversation with Self-Publishing School's Chandler Bolt, he walks us through a proven path to taking your book to bestseller status.
VisuaLeadership will forever change the way you think and communicate by showing how you can quickly and easily leverage the power of visual imagery, mental models, metaphor, analogy, storytelling, and humor to help you take your game to a whole new level.
Could you be the bottleneck that is preventing your business from the growth you'd hoped for? Today's guest has just the help you need to get over the hump to the next level.
If the American dream of formal education, work, buying a house, working some more, and trying to raise a family, isn't leading you where you want to go, then this is for you!
Dan's new book outlines a fast and practical visual storytelling method that puts a powerful new toolkit into the hands of leaders, innovators, salespeople, teachers, and anyone who needs to quickly make an impact on increasingly distracted audiences.
Filled with simple, science-backed practices and Nataly's contagious energy, The Awesome Human Project will teach you how to create more supportive relationships with yourself, with your thoughts and emotions, and with other people, so you can become the awesome human you're meant to be.
In Crucible Leadership, Warwick Fairfax explains what he learned about himself from a devastating failure – who he was and who he was not, what his unique design, purpose, passions, and vision really were.
The Director of West Point’s influential Performance Psychology Program shares the secrets of mental toughness and self-belief in this definitive guide to mastering confidence, the key to performance in any field.
If you or someone you know suffers from bouts of anxiety, or from workaholism, or both, this conversation is one you do not want to miss.
With years of experience helping organizations reimagine their identities, communication, and effectiveness to create a more productive workplace, Elizabeth Knox details her experience and data-driven strategies to help readers evaluate and discover a pace that allows both their organization and employees to succeed.
The Fearless Facilitator consolidates twenty years of experience and hard-learned lessons into a summary of powerful techniques you can deploy now.
CEO and respected advisor Robert L. Dilenschneider examines the trajectories of iconic figures to reveal the choices that enabled them to fulfill their potential.
Gail Rudolph helps readers discover how to harness their innate interpersonal power, revealing the cues and signals that help us respond effectively.
This book taps into the same tips and techniques honed by top-tier athletes, such as how to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble, to become a champion at work and the ultimate team player at home.
Drawing on insights from leaders at top companies, Wiseman explains what the most influential players are doing differently, how small and seemingly insignificant differences in how we think and act can make an enormous impact.
Want to take your networking to another level? Apply the rules of personal dating to cultivate valuable business relationships like never before!
Use this book as a roadmap for strengthening the people in your organization and building a positive coaching culture.
Learn to let go of the paralyzing need to be perfect. Find out how to navigate your fears of failure. And stop holding onto the industrial mindset that logging hours boosts productivity.
In Self-Publish & Succeed, trusted best-selling author and entrepreneur Julie Broad shows you that writing a successful nonfiction book starts long before you write your first chapter. To write a book that boosts your brand, generates a profit, and makes you an influencer in your industry, you need the 'no boring books' way.
Siegel shows how to create lasting profits and growth in the smartest way possible: by creating a solid partnership between digital innovation and traditional business operations―in other words, by marrying brains and brawn.
Grinding it out is grinding us up. Work should support life, not the other way around. The irony is the less we work, the more effective we become. In The 4 Week Vacation, you will discover strategies to build a thriving life and business. Get ready to take your life back!
In You Can Change Other People, the world's number-one executive coach, Peter Bregman, and Howie Jacobson, PhD, share the Four Steps to help the people around you make positive change - even if they've been stuck for years.
How engaged are your people? What does their performance productivity look like? Sadly, 67% of those surveyed said they were “not engaged” and 18% said they were “actively disengaged!”
Decide what matters. Stop doing what doesn't matter. Create a schedule that reflects what matters. Protect what matters. Be present for what matters.
In The Magnetic Leader, discover 18 Essential Actions you can practice daily to upgrade your influence and impact. People will follow your lead, becomes more confident, draw out the best in each other, enjoy healthy relationships, and make a difference!
Dorie Clark shares unique principles and frameworks anyone can apply to their situation, as well as stories from her own career and other professionals' experiences.
Survive and Thrive paves the path for any entrepreneur to start from scratch and build a profitable business in any economy, including this one.
The Earning Advantage is a unique resource for employees to earn more money while promoting their company's growth.
In Listen Like You Mean It, Ximena offers an essential listening guide for our times, revealing tried-and-true strategies honed in her own research sessions and drawn from interviews with marriage counselors, podcast hosts, life coaches, journalists, filmmakers, and other listening experts.
If you already know that reading is critical for success, Read to Lead (the book) will help you get more out of the books you read. If you aren’t a reader (yet) it will help explain why you should be, and give you tips on how to jump into it painlessly.
Although we don't have to worry about evil robots rising to power and turning us into pets, artificial intelligence is here to stay, and we must learn to separate fact from fiction and embrace how this amazing technology enhances our world.
Stephen M. R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees, and all stakeholders—is the single most critical component of a successful leader and organization.
Ted Fleming, head of talent development for CVS, shares simple, powerful advice for finding the right job or growing in an existing role.
Driven by dramatic, real-world examples from his classroom, today's headlines, and classic cases of corporate wrong-doing, The Conscience Code shows how to create value-based workplaces where everyone can thrive.
In Pathway to Purpose, service excellence expert Jamey Lutz unveils time-tested strategies that have helped transform once good companies into truly exceptional ones.
Close your eyes. Do you see, feel, and sense a vision of yourself that does not align with your current life? If so, that means it's time to grow; it's time to change.
It’s no secret that more people than ever before are building thriving businesses around their personal brands. But why do some create six- or even seven-figure businesses while so many others strive to make a consistent income? Find out in this conversation with my good friend Mike Kim.
Many industries worldwide are stuck as they struggle to survive and grow. Stuck businesses do not react, pivot, and redirect, which can be catastrophic. In Unstuck, Craig Lemasters shares techniques he has used in a lifetime of helping Fortune 500 companies fill their knowledge gaps.
You will learn strategies to increase alignment, overcome attrition, and get absolutely clear on executing your top priorities.
Talent Transformation will help you engage your workforce, set meaningful goals, and make decisions based on data and logic instead of guesswork. It will help you lead with confidence, embrace uncertainty with an unrivaled degree of flexibility and agility, and achieve long-term success.
This book tackles the most important issues presented by long-distance teamwork. Learn the mindset, skillset, and habits you need to be a successful, engaged, and valued long-distance contributor.
This book features fifty original, powerful stories that will shape the lives of its readers, helping them to become better leaders and people.
There’s no need to remain stuck thinking unhelpful thoughts. Learn how you can fill your mind with encouraging, life-enriching truths through a gospel-saturated, 31-day challenge that can help you replace a destructive mindset with a positive, empowering, and godly one.
Professional success is your control, much more than you realize. Ordinary people will accomplish extraordinary feats when their energy is properly channeled.
Through the ALIEN method, you will learn how to develop out-of-this-world ideas. ALIEN Thinking, the book, can help anyone find innovative solutions to the most difficult problems.
This book is perfect for anyone who is tired of jobs with no security, hopes to truly realize their professional and personal potential, and is looking for a way to build a better life for them and their family.
In Daring to Fight, Victoria Mininger candidly shares her painful battle with clinical depression and lays out practical steps she used to fight it every day.
In Worth Doing Wrong, Malham provides strategies for creating a culture that will help you smash business goals, achieve win-win relationships with your clients, generate buzz in your community, and cultivate a workplace that you and your employees will love.
Megan Hyatt Miller and Michael Hyatt's new book shares their proven, practical plan to help you win at work and succeed at life.
If you want to tap into the surprising power of overthinking and give your dreams more time and creativity, learn how to DJ the soundtracks that define you. If you can worry, you can wonder. If you can doubt, you can dominate. If you can spin, you can soar.
In The Power of a Graceful Leader, Alexsys Thompson shares how to begin integrating who you are and how you lead.
Based on thousands of interviews from John Lee Dumas’ highly acclaimed podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire, this revolutionary 17-step roadmap provides a proven path for entrepreneurs like you to achieve the financial, location, and lifestyle freedom you are capable of. Let The Common Path to Uncommon Success show you how.
Mark's book The Career Toolkit will help you master networking, negotiating, communicating, leading, and career planning. It's a multivitamin for your career.
If you're a business owner, entrepreneur, executive, artist, activist, or thinker who can honestly say that you are truly trying to make the world a better place, it is your moral imperative to learn how to harness raw emotion and irrational thinking to your benefit.
A longtime Wall Street Journal career columnist and mother compares two generations of women - boomers and GenXers - to examine how each navigates the emotional and professional challenges involved in juggling managerial careers and families.
Your family business faces a 70% of not making it to the next generation. The good news is you can change those odds, and Mitzi Perdue's book can give you the tools to do it.
In Resilient By Nature, Reggie Williams provides an intimate account of his remarkable journey while also sharing his unique perspectives on a wide variety of topics.
A timely, must-have guide to understanding and overcoming bias in the workplace, from the experts at FranklinCovey.
Mastering the Art of Public Speaking will guide you to rediscover your natural gift for communication while strengthening your confidence and your presence.
Rewards like money, perks, and praise lead to short-term wins but don’t really do much to ward off the pull of habit and complacency. So, what’s the secret to unleashing our best work? And how can we use it to achieve lasting results with our teams and in our lives? The Motivation Code shows the way.
Through 130 interviews with insiders from Mark Zuckerberg to hourly workers, Alex Kantrowitz shows how the tech titans operate cultures of invention.
Jonathan Milligan gives you a simple four-step framework to rise above the noise and build a real business.
Brian Tracy's life-changing global bestseller Eat That Frog! has now been adapted to the specific needs of students.
In 35 years as CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, Robert Rosenberg grew the company from $10 million in sales to over $2 billion, with more than 3,000 outlets.
Unapologetically Ambitious invites us to move beyond the solely supportive roles others expect us to fill, to learn how to carefully tread the thin line between assertive and aggressive, and to give ourselves permission to strive for the top. Make no apologies for the height of your ambitions.
Here you'll find sixteen well-researched and carefully curated case studies of world leaders that reveal powerful lessons that today's leaders can apply to their own professional lives.
Leadership Endurance is for any leader who feels called to a lifetime of service in the leader's chair.
In Screen Kids Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the tools you need to make positive changes. Plus, you’ll learn to teach the five A+ skills that every child needs to master: affection, appreciation, anger management, apology, and attention.
Apply just one of the book's 25 lenses and you will quickly discover better solutions. Apply all of them and you will be able to solve any problem - in business and in life.
With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear, to take the risks worth taking, and to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.
The Self-Evolved Leader is a practical guide to help C-suite executives and leaders at all levels resist the pull of the urgent so they can focus on the medium- and long-term direction of their team, the development of their people, and the successful delivery of shared goals.
Unhackable is the 30-day elixir for creating flawless ideas, leveraging superhuman focus, and achieving optimal human performance through flow.
Filled with keen economic insight and advice for citizens, executives, policy makers, and educators, When More Is Not Better is the must-read guide for saving democratic capitalism.
You were born with a destiny. Your job is to discover it. Once you begin to practice the art and science of asking to discover your destiny and start to move toward it, you can manifest innumerable blessings for yourself and others.
Author, speaker, and psychologist Dr. Michelle Deering shows you how to clarify issues, connect, and communicate better with your mother or daughter or anyone.
In this 20th anniversary edition of Dan's bestseller, you will find everything you need to move you toward finding - or creating - work you love in just 48 days.
Change (the) Management draws on Al Comeaux's decades of experience in-seat as a change champion and senior executive at well-known companies, as well as decades of research on the subject of organizational change.
The Innovation Stack is an irreverent first-person look inside the world of entrepreneurship, and an inspiring business narrative that's much bigger than the story of Square.
Shasta Nelson teaches you how to develop healthy and appropriate friendships at work that can benefit both you and your organization.
In Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts, Michael explains what drug addicts do to recover and provides a step-by-step program you can use to break free from your mask addiction to thrive in both work and life.
In Knockout Networking, Michael Goldberg provides you with the same lessons he's shared with industry titans, helping anyone become an expert at prospecting while building and maintaining client relationships.
How's the Culture in Your Kingdom? introduces relevant examples, compelling stories, and common-sense concepts that prepare leaders to lead their own kingdom.
In Behind the Bench, journalist Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and candid conversations with some of the hockey world's most notable modern luminaries.
The Energy Clock shows you how to adjust your mindset and accomplish more meaningful work with fewer distractions.
Cracking the Leadership Code is designed to shorten your leadership learning curve and accelerate your leadership growth.
The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur is a guide for creating a deeper relationship with the entrepreneurial journey.
Mark Miller shares proven practices to release the untapped potential in your people, create strong competitive advantage, and win not just on game day but every day.
Whether you're starting a new business, launching a new product line, or looking to refresh a brand for a new generation of customers, Obsessed shows you why the old rules of brand-building no longer apply, and what really works for today's customers.
Based on twenty years of research and Fogg's experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation.
One of the nation's premier talent agents and career advisors shows you how to catapult your career and your life forward with three key communication strategies―Authority, Warmth, and Energy.
In Fix This Next, Mike shows you how to utilize his system, repeating it every time your company plateaus or meets a new challenge. It will move your business forward decisively fast.
In Habits of a Champion, Coach Dana Cavalea shares 15 lessons about what it takes to become a champion. He shares stories and insights from some of the world's top performers in sports, life, and business.
When entrepreneur Sherry Deutschmann first decided to start a business, she knew she wanted to build something totally different. In Lunch with Lucy, Sherry tells the story of the creation of that company, LetterLogic, and how she turned it into a $40-million company by putting employees first - even ahead of customers and shareholders.
Jeff chats with Stephen M. R. Covey, son of the late Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century!
Everyone is busy. And it's killing us all. But it doesn't have to be this way! If you're ready to do less, get more done, and enjoy life, it's time to get un-busy!
Leading change at your organization can be a daunting proposition while you face mounting pressure for growth. As a senior leader, what should be an exciting time for your organization becomes a challenge, leading to a fear of change and the belief that change is hard. Pam Marmon shares a refreshing and radical truth: With the proper process, change is not hard.
Your business may never appear on the TV show, but following the principles in this book will ensure you avoid the fatal mistakes entrepreneurs often make in the real world.
With plenty of inspiring stories and actionable steps you can take - starting now - Kate Crocco exposes the twelve limiting beliefs that are holding you back from your true potential.
In Experimentation Works, Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke shows what constitutes best experimentation practice, illustrates how that works at leading companies, and answers some fundamental questions.
With The Forever Transaction, you have everything you need to build durable, long-term relationships with every customer, and leverage them for ultimate business success - today, tomorrow, and forever.
The Vision-Driven Leader guides you through a series of 10 questions that not only serve as a diagnostic tool, but also shed light on the vision-crafting and vision-casting process.
You’ve Got This! is a must-read for everyone, from seasoned leaders, to those embarking on their adult lives, and anyone in between who just needs encouragement to rise to take that leap
Adrian and Chester introduce eight simple ways managers can show employees they are valued. They supplement their insights and advice with stories of how many of today’s most successful leaders effectively incorporated gratitude into their leadership styles.
Burnout is now classified as a legitimate medical diagnosis. Do Nothing offers an understanding of how we've arrived at this point and how to break the cycle.
Filled with stories and advice distilled from years of experience applying the Complexity Formula across a broad range of sectors, David Benjamin and David Komlos have delivered the defining handbook for current and future leaders.
Bruce Daisley draws on both his experience at companies like Twitter, Google, and YouTube and his relationships with experts in psychology, economics, and behavioral science to help bring back joy to our burned out, unproductive work culture.
In this conversation, you will learn the five-step roadmap to starting and scaling a speaking business from the ground up.
In We, Dr. George presents the value of embracing a mindset of connectedness, where the people we encounter represent the source of a fulfilling life.
Tom Rath's new book, Life's Great Question, will show you how to make your work and life more meaningful, and greatly boost your wellbeing.
You don't have to quit your job to live a balanced life, reskill, unlock new opportunities, or start that side hustle you can't stop thinking about.
Poor decision making can devastate an enterprise. In Never Go With Your Gut, learn how leaders like you can avoid terrible advice, cognitive biases, and bad judgment to save your business and bottom line.
In Ignore Your Customers (and They'll Go Away), Micah reveals the secrets of how you can transform your own customer service and culture.
Radical Relevance will help you cut through the daily barrage of messages your prospects experience, to reach the right people at the right time with the right message.
This highly-anticipated follow-up to Contagious Culture shows aspiring leaders how to embody the qualities they wish to cultivate in their organizations.
Master Your Code combines ancient wisdom and modern science to produce an essential guidebook for what we all want - a life of joy, fulfillment, and happiness.
In The Strategy Mindset 2.0, Dr. Chuck Bamford shows you how several popular strategy myths can actually stunt your company's growth.
In Debt-Free Degree, Anthony teaches you how to pay for college without student loans - whether you've started saving or not.
Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring companies. They have the resilience to thrive in an ever-changing world, while their competitors fall by the wayside. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead the rest of into the future.
Mastering the Moment employs Tim Pollard's engaging style, making the guidance as absorbing to read as it is to adopt.
The Problem Isn’t Their Paycheck guides you through the changes you need to make in your business to attract (and retain) the 12% of employees who bring their all - and maps out the financial reward that comes with retaining employees.
Amanda Slavin unveils the tools to measure and grow your brand's engagement, forge a deeper, more personal connection with customers, and unite your employees around a shared mission.
In We Need to Talk, Celeste Headlee outlines strategies that have made her a better conversationalist and offers actionable steps anyone can take to improve their communication skills.
Tom and Ariana guide current and aspiring entrepreneurs through the major aspects of making it happen with a simple step-by-step process.
Networking can feel phony, awkward, and intimidating - but it doesn't have to. Here you'll find a more authentic way to make connections.
In The High Achiever's Guide, Maki Moussavi shares her best tools and processes to determine what fulfillment means to you so you can thrive with empowered confidence.
Technology and Risk expert Steve Anderson has analyzed and distilled Bezos' shareholder letters to reveal the key 14 Growth Principles that unlock the lessons, mindset, and steps Bezos has used to make Amazon the massive success it is today.
Trapped in a job or business that's "just not you"? Marianne Cantwell's straight-talking bestseller will help you break out of the career cage and Be a Free Range Human.
The 10 Laws of Trust is the playbook for breaking through operational silos and CYA mentality that plague so many organizations today.
What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become "indistractable"?
When it comes to running a business, the most important decisions a leader makes are not about products or locations--they're about people. Now Dee Ann Turner is ready to share her secrets on how to build, sustain, and grow an organizational culture that attracts world-class talent and consistently delights customers, no matter what your industry.
Coming right off the heels of George Lucas and the bestselling Jim Henson, Brian Jay Jones is quickly developing a reputation as a master biographer of the creative geniuses of our time.
You may not realize it, but we were all given a gift that we should be sharing with the world. The experiences you have accumulated throughout your life can turn you into a potential entrepreneur, says Travis Rosser.
John R. Brandt offers leaders an actionable Anti-Nincompoopery Plan based on retaining three deceptively simple, research-validated strategies: innovation, talent, and process.
Online marketing's self-described crash-test dummy is back for his third visit, this time to discuss his brand new book on how to create Superfans.
In Management Mess to Leadership Success, you'll find 30 leadership challenges, honed by FranklinCovey through years of research that illustrate how to rise when you fall and how to survive and even thrive as an unfiltered leader.
Leading projects thinker Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez looks at how some leading companies, governments, schools, and universities have already embraced projects as the way to deliver on their strategy and ambitions.
In Think Like Amazon, former Amazon executive John Rossman, who launched and scaled Amazon Marketplace, gives business leaders the ultimate playbook on how to "think like Amazon" and succeed in the digital age, with an inside look at the authentic beliefs, leadership principles, and techniques used to build and manage the dynamic business we all admire, if not fear, today.
Traditional full-time employment is disappearing. Increasingly, in its place are short-term assignments, contract work, and freelance jobs - the gig economy. Are you ready?
As I take some time away with family, I've prepared this encore episode especially for you. It originally published as Episode 200 of Read to Lead, which itself takes a look back of five special interviews. Enjoy!
In this episode, I share the insights and ideas I gleaned from reading Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt. It's one of the most practical books I've read in quite some time.
Empathy is not about being nice. It's not about pity or sympathy, either. It's about having a deep understanding of your consumers, your colleagues, and yourself.
If you're ready to get unstuck, love your work, and make the dream happen, entrepreneur and business coach Brian Dixon has a message for you: Start With Your People.
Karen Brown shares 7 keys to greater success in your personal and professional life by accessing the power of the unconscious mind through scientifically-proven techniques and patterns.
Taking control of your time and life doesn't have to be complicated. If you're serious about squashing stress and taking control, read Accomplish It.
Same Side Selling will help you to escape the competitive, adversarial dynamic that gives salespeople a bad name.
Learn how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done.
Moe Carrick offers a fresh, honest, and direct roadmap for leaders everywhere who seek to make their workplace fit for human life. And, she offers advice for workers and encourages them to be their authentic selves.
Whether you realize it or not, you have a certain energy level that you’ve developed on the road. Is your status as good as you think it is or even hope it to be?
Starting a business is hard. Most people fail, but it doesn't have to be that way. It starts with asking WHO instead of WHAT.
Host Jeff Brown argues that too many people are living someone else's life, trudging along in a job they hate. Is that you? Stop, Jeff says. Life is too short!
Laura Gassner Otting teaches you how to ignore the rules that created your limits, align your energies and your actions, and do work that really matters so that you can live your best life.
Life is full of trials, and sometimes you need a warrior spirit to overcome them. In The Elegant Warrior, Heather Hansen shows you how.
In Great Leaders Have No Rules, New York Times bestselling author Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership.
Everyone suffers from mindset issues of one kind or another. If you want to learn how to attack yours head on, then Natalie Eckdahl is here to help.
Safi Bahcall joins Jeff Brown and reveals the surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about the spread of new ideas.
I share the next three steps you need to take if your current job is no longer fulfilling you and you're not sure what to do next.
Mark Schaefer will challenge your view of what it means to be a marketer today and provide a radical new blueprint for business growth.
I share three compelling reasons why now, more than ever, you should consider self-employment, as well as details about my upcoming free online conference.
In One Million Followers, Brendan Kane teaches you how to gain an authentic, dedicated, and diverse online following from scratch.
Employee to Entrepreneur combines storytelling with a step-by-step framework to teach you how to effectively explore and leverage entrepreneurship to gain freedom, fulfillment and financial security.
Vocal Leadership provides proven techniques and daily exercises to help you develop a commanding voice and presence, and improve vocal quality, mental acuity, body language, and self-esteem to dramatically increase your influence.
In Cultural Brilliance: The DNA of Organizational Excellence, Claudette Rowley offers organizations a step-by-step guide to intentionally assessing, designing, and integrating cultural change that's iterative, each success building on previous successes.
Motivation expert James Fell teaches readers how to skip the hard part and go directly from intention to committed action.
Learn how to harness and exploit your own potential, experience, skills and knowledge in the new, digital economy, and create a profitable business based around YOU.
Chris Hogan destroys millionaire myths that are keeping everyday people from achieving their financial independence.
Today I share three books that have been life-changing for me and my friends and colleagues. Read these books to start the year, and I believe it'll become your best year yet.
Practicing leadership with a hospitable mindset is the right way - the moral way - to lead people. But when understood properly, hospitable leadership has a radical edge. And, it brings revolutionary results.
Andres Valdes shares the 7 inspirational decisions that helped him overcome failures, setbacks, and life's punches by using self-leadership to turn adversity into an advantage.
The life experiences Thane shares speak to the reality that, more often than not, we will fail. But, in failing there's learning. And in learning there's growth.
The unvarnished tale of a rags-to-riches story that any entrepreneur or restaurant enthusiast will love and learn from.
Clarity Wins is a proven handbook to create competitive advantage in any marketplace. You don't have to spend a million dollars to rise above the noise and grow referrals. You just need to learn how to be clear.
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for getting 1% better every day.
Back to Human is designed to help you discover how the next generation of leaders will create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered, without relying on technology.
What if you could stop selling altogether and grow your profits? With The Serving Mindset, you'll learn how to serve, elevate your business success, and feel great about it!
Do you have a vision you want to share with the world — but you feel overwhelmed by the firehose of advice you find online? Then Master Content Strategy from Pamela Wilson is your guidebook.
In this solo episode, I outline what I've learned over the years running my own business, to help me stand out among everyone else and get noticed.
The roadmap to success as a knowledge worker, professional, and expert has changed. This is the guidebook for navigating and thriving in this new world.
Author Steve Trautman offers revolutionary yet practical ideas for every level of an organization so that you can manage talent risk with clear, measurable, and relevant data.
The book Talk Triggers finally gives you the practical framework you need to turn customers into volunteer marketers.
The Expertise Economy shows how the most forward-thinking companies, big and small, are transforming their employees into experts and, ultimately, creating their biggest competitive advantage.
Popular author and lifestyle blogger, Jessica Turner helps working moms live with intentionality, love their families well, practice healthy self-care, and thrive both at work and at home.
We know that overusing technology harms our health and relationships, but how can we rewire our habits for a healthier life? Arlene Pellicane has the answers.
Win the Hour, Win the Day author Kris Ward walks us through her time management for small business strategies and techniques.
What if the competitive model of business is broken? Collaborative Advantage, says Paul Skinner, can be used to drive a greater level of success that is better for you, better for your customers and better for society.
Instead of sacrificing your family, friendships, and freedom to keep your business alive, what if instead your business could run itself, freeing you up to do what you love when you want, while it continues to grow and turn a profit?
The Family Board Meeting is a carefully designed, easy-to-follow strategy for creating outstanding quality time with your children.
The steady career path is a thing of the past: disruption is here to stay. You need to be able to keep learning, growing and reinventing yourself to stay valuable in the midst of this change. Superconductors shows you how.
The cofounders of the Remote Leadership Institute, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, show leaders how to guide their teams by recalling the foundational principles of leadership.
John and Mark identify seven common stalls most leaders will face, suggesting radical changes in mindset, behaviors, and skills on the way to reinventing themselves as "sophisticated" leaders.
Everything you need to make the leap from the "9 to 5" you hate to earning six-figures doing work you love from anywhere.
With the world moving rapidly towards a freelance model, Freelance to Freedom is not only timely and necessary, but it’s also entertaining, engaging and paints a picture for anyone looking for a life of freedom with money, time and location.
Bursting with bid ideas and enduring lessons, WHEN will transform how you think about your past, your present, and your future.
Creative Freedom dives into how to own your dreams without selling your soul. It's your guide to personal and financial success as a creative entrepreneur.
As the nature of work changes and technology carries things across the globe in a moment, communication skills become more valuable - not less.
Alice's book is a practical guide for any business leader who wants to build, expand or reinvent their company by finding new value in global challenges.
In The Fun Formula, Joel Comm reveals that the best path to success - in work and in life - is to focus on our passions.
Everything you need to create a truly rich life is already in your possession. This book shows you how to make it happen.
Stephen Warley discusses what to do if you're feeling anxious about your work, and how to prepare for the inevitable future changes.
Read this book to learn what they don't teach in business school about becoming a high-impact Chief-level executive.
Discover stories of real people who've faced moments of choice that caused them to dig deep, find their courage, and create a life and career of meaning.
This book is witty and wise and provides insightful guidance and motivation for anyone facing change, seeking career-life balance, or weighing a next step.
Robin's book will help you change your perceptions of your own business so that you can get out of your own way.
When it comes to networking, forget the outdated advice you've already heard. Learn how to make use of the hidden networks you already have.
I've launched a number of mastermind groups over the years. Here's what I've found to be the path to launching yours successfully.
Retirement is changing, and the process you use to make critical decisions about your life and money must too.
Throughout this book, celebrated entrepreneurs share ideas that worked for them. With a fleet of trusted experts by your side, starting a business will be faster, less confusing, and a whole lot more fun.
We have more control over our minds than we think. Learn how to train your brain to create the life - and future - you want.
Learn how achieving success, creating balance, and experiencing fulfillment begin and end with Remember Who You Are.
Rather than rush through another day leaving things un-done and roses un-sniffed, take a beat and a breath and take back your day with The Free-Time Formula.
What I learned from my father's passing was the incredible impact he had on everyone he encountered.
How can you become a Superconnector? Scott and Ryan share instructive anecdotes from a who's who roster of high achievers, revealing how to systematically manage a professional community and maximize its value.
Prepare for an inspiring journey, following an ancient manuscript with powerful lessons that will transform your life.
In this milestone episode, we look back at the last 100 episodes and feature 5 interviews focused on the art of relating, communicating, and effective public speaking.
No matter what creative field you're in, Herding Tigers will give you the confidence and the skills to foster an environment in which clients, management, and employees have a product they can be proud of and a process that works.
H3 Leadership is an application-driven, practical leadership playbook and road map that provides a proven process on how not only to run but finish well in the leadership race.
In Your Best Year Ever, Michael Hyatt shares a powerful, proven, research-driven system for setting and achieving your goals.
Mark Schinnerer takes you into a fresh story and unpacks, through a corporate/agricultural allegory, the success of setting and achieving goals.
Leadership from the Inside Out serves as an integrated growth experience that helps leaders understand how to harness authentic, value-creating influence and elevate impact.
I've read over 50 books this year. And my favorite hasn't even been featured on the podcast, until now. Join me as I share the key insights I gleaned from The Big Leap.
If you're tired being a chronic starter and want to become a consistent finisher, you have two options: You can continue to beat yourself up and try harder, or you can give yourself the gift of done.
Seth Buechley tackles the plaguing question of why ambitious people struggle to find satisfaction and reveals what they can do about it.
Learn why some leader are so effective when the stakes are high while others fall apart. Why some are able to not only survive, but to lead their organizations to new heights even in risky, fast-changing times.
Clay Scroggins explains what is needed to be a great leader - even when you answer to someone else.
McGinnis details how to invest just 10 percent of your time and resources, and still become a successful entrepreneur without losing a steady paycheck.
Shayne Hughes shows you how, as leaders, to take your ego out of the equation in order to watch your company thrive.
Whether you are the marketing director of a multibillion dollar company, the owner of a small business, a politician running for office, or the lead singer in a rock band, Building a StoryBrand will forever transform the way you talk about how you are, what you do, and the unique value you bring to your customers.
Alan Alda tells the story of his quest to learn how to communicate better, and to teach others to do the same. With his trademark humor and candor, he explores how to develop empathy as the key factor.
The 12 Week Year is a how-to book for both individuals and organizations that would like to accomplish more in less time.
In this practical book, you'll discover how to lead with your heart, learn as you go, and love what you do.
Learn how to get a leg up on your competition, discover the value you have to offer, and find the answers you need to be truly successful.
It is possible to leverage the margins of life outside your job to grow your business on the side, even if there are things like small children in the mix for you.
Leadership Step by Step treats leadership for the first time as the active, social, emotional, expressive, performance-based field it is - like acting, sports, improve, music, dance, and more.
So you've written, or are writing, your non-fiction book? Great! But once it's complete, how do you market it effectively? Joanna Penn is here to help!
For a limited time, you can try my members-only book club for just one dollar. Act fast as this offer is only open to the first 30 people. Visit readtoleaduniversity.com and enter 'DOLLAR' at checkout.
What if you could turn your greatest fears and obstacles into your biggest advantages and opportunities? With Akshay Nanavati's help, you'll learn to turn emotions like fear into health, wealth and happiness.
While most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, they don't know how to find one or use one. And despite widespread approval for the idea of being a mentor, most people don't think they have the time or skills to do so.
As Read to Lead celebrates it's 4th anniversary, I take a look at the four best conversations - one from each of the first four years.
Kristi’s latest book reveals the surprising, everyday actions that any leader can take to be an inspiring and motivating force.
Bestselling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is in fact a competitive advantage in the market place.
Jeff breaks down the finer points of one of last year's most popular books, Deep Work by Cal Newport.
No matter your age, industry, or bank account balance, Jenny's advice will help you move forward strategically.
Do you wish you could decode people? Do you want a formula for charisma? Do you want to know exactly what to say to your boss, your date, or your networking partner? You need to know how people work.
Liz Wiseman makes her third appearance on the podcast to talk about the revised and updated edition of her bestselling book Multipliers.
Make Your Mark is the roadmap for the rest of your life. It holds an invitation to dig a little deeper and live a little braver.
Don't sweat the small stuff, and other modern adages, are often rife with misguided advice according to Andy Andrews.
What do Facebook, Google, Salesforce.com, Uber, VMware, Netflix, IKEA, Birds Eye, 5-hour Energy, and Pixar have in common? The key has to do with creating, developing, and dominating new categories of products and services.
When it comes to demonstrating out-of-the-box leadership, not to mention overcoming life's obstacles and living life outside your comfort zone, there are few better real-life examples I could choose to highlight than Luria Petrucci.
You've been designed to do something naturally well and succeed at it. But, if you're like most, you haven't discovered what it is yet. Let my conversation with Paul Sohn help you.
Nelson takes readers on a hero's journey to connecting with customers in ways both profitable and transformational.
Using captivating stories to illustrate research in psychology and management, Rice University professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much.
Many believe that leaders are only those rare few in the upper echelons of a business or enterprise. The truth is, leaders can be found at any organizational level.
Author Adam Hansen describes our inherent cognitive biases that get in the way of innovation, and how to overcome them.
Learn how to identify the place where you can create the most value—your edge of disruption—at the intersection of old and new, where your existing profits, reach, and reputation enable you to create the markets of the future.
The difference between success and failure is the ability to adjust with personal grit, determination and the desire to live a life of significance.
In The Compelling Communicator, you will learn a proven process for designing presentations that touch your audience in a highly impactful way.
With Reach, Andy Molinsky offers an enlightening and prescriptive guide based not only on the his groundbreaking research but also on his own quest to get out of his comfort zone.
Struggle with applying what you read to your life and work? Then, Read to Lead University and the all new RTLU Book Club is for you!
The 100-Year Life says whether you are 18, 45 or 60, you will need to do things very differently from previous generations and learn to structure your life in completely new ways.
Whether you’re just stepping into leadership, an accomplished leader seeking something more, or simply stalled along the way, this book's practical approach to modern leadership will help you navigate the turns and detours on your own journey.
What books do the world's most successful and inspiring authors recommend? You'll find them on this list.
Don't read this book UNLESS you want to remove all your excuses and put yourself into the elite group of people who actually author a book.
After 30 years, host Jeff Brown shares what he's learned about what it takes to be the kind of leader others will follow anywhere.
Author and former Marine Justin Constantine, severely wounded on the field of battle, shares leadership lessons from the front lines.
These are the four books that have impacted my life and career probably more than any others. If you haven't yet read them, add them to your wishlist now!
Content marketing is the single, most effective method for attracting a profitable audience. Copyblogger's Pamela Wilson shows you how.
Adventures don't happen by accident. In The 2am Principle, Jon Levy shares his EPIC Model of Adventure, a four-stage process for creating unforgettable experiences.
If you want real success, you have to know how to harness your obsession to rocket to the top. This book will give you the inspiration and tools to break out of your cocoon of mediocrity and achieve your craziest dreams.
Sell with a Story explains how stories work, when to use a story for to move the sales process along, which ones to always have handy, and how to turn real-life experiences into stories that resonate.
In this follow-up to her number-one bestselling book, Smart Money Smart Kids, Rachel shines a spotlight on what may be the most damaging money habit we have: comparing ourselves to other people.
Draw to Win explains Why you should draw, How to draw, and What to draw to lead, sell, innovate, train, or just figure things out on your road to success.
Heart-Led Leadership is a clearly spelled-out leadership philosophy that is proven to drive extraordinary bottom-line results.
The 4 Cornerstones For Strategic Living gives every person a proven system (a blueprint) for constructing the life they desire.
Unstoppable shows that with the right mindset, strategy and actions, you can achieve everything you want and live the life you may only think is possible in your dreams.
Learn how to make your dream a reality without feeling like you have to give up sleep or time with family.
Time-tested and proven lessons learned while delivering over 8,000 presentations and observing countless others.
Remove the headaches of gathering and organizing your content, and easily design and deliver your slides.
Seven questions and the tools to make them an everyday way to work less hard and have more impact.
If you're in a job you hate, let Exit Strategy show you how to go from where you have to be to where you want to be.
Kary Oberbrunner walks us through how he's managed to create three six-figure businesses all around his last three books.
If you are making a work of art in any field, you aren't going from point A to point B. You are inventing point B.
Originally published in December 2013, my conversation with August Turak is one of my favorite. This reedited and improved edition is also ad-free!
Originally published in January 2015, my conversation with Seth Godin is one of the most popular Read to Lead episodes of all time. This reedited and improved edition is also ad-free!
Walking us through a number of examples from the military, JV helps us understand how to close the gaps in our organizations and teams in the areas of commitment, loyalty and trust.
Dr. Henry Cloud shows that the best performers draw on another vital resource: personal and professional relationships that fuel growth and help them surpass current limits.
Performance Breakthrough artfully blends techniques from theatrical performance with the new science of performative psychology, guiding readers through forging new relationships guaranteed to yield greater success and satisfaction.
Adam Braun shares the story of his journey from corporate employee to launching a "for purpose" organization that is changing the world.
How to rewire your brain for leadership and personal excellence without adding to your schedule.
A how-to book that outlines a comprehensive program dedicated to helping companies develop a World Class Leadership Development Program.
Host Jeff Brown answers listener questions, from tips for reading a book a week, to retaining what you read, and more!
A no fluff, highly effective, step-by-step guide to discovering your life’s purpose, finding a career you love, and living a life of intense fulfillment each and every day.
Tim's new book Dealstorming is a Swiss Army knife for today's toughest sales challenges. It fixes the broken parts of brainstorming and reinvigorates account management.
Learn the communication tools that great leaders like Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to move people.