Business Leadership Series
753 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsOur audience is comprised of business owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs who desire to learn from our guests’ knowledge, advice, and experience for personal and professional growth. We interview pro athletes, rock and roll hall of famers, best selling authors, and other leaders with an inspiring story. We are also a syndicated show regionally on ESPN radio.
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BLS Minute - Tim Fulton
December 06, 2019 00:00 - 2 minutes - 3.54 MBDerek talks with Tim Fulton today about a couple of the roles of a small business leader. One being the talent agent. As the talent agent for your company, you're responsible for getting the "right people on the bus, and in the right seat." You're also the score keeper. It's important to keep track of whether you're winning, or losing. Then making sure you're communicating, key numbers to employees so that they know.
John DiJulius: The Relationship Economy
December 01, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 60.7 MBDerek talks with entrepreneur, author, and customer service expert John DiJulius. John is redefining customer service in corporate America today. He didn’t read the books on customer service, he wrote them: Secret Service, Hidden Systems That Deliver Unforgettable Customer Service, What’s The Secret? To Being a World Class Customer Service Organization, The Customer Service Revolution, The Best Customer Service Quotes Ever Said, and The Relationship Economy One of the most captivating and...
Unstoppable Teams with Former Navy SEAL & INC 500 CEO, Alden Mills
November 24, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes - 65.8 MBDerek Champagne talks with Alden Mills about his inspiring personal journey to overcoming obstacles, his impressive professional career, and building and leading unstoppable Teams. Alden began taking control of his life at age twelve, when his doctor told him to learn chess because his asthma would keep him from playing sports. His first goal was to conquer the asthma, and he went on to achieve extraordinary things in sports, academics, military service, business, and philanthropy. Alde...
BLS Minute - Matthew Alexander
November 19, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 5.12 MBMatthew Alexander is the founder of IlumiBowl, and a Shark Tank Veteran. On this episode, Matthew shares a little bit about how he got started with developing IllumiBowl. Matthew got on KickStarter to help with the initial investment to get the development of IllumiBowl started.
Patrick Lewis: President of Superior Rigging
November 17, 2019 14:04 - 23 minutes - 53.6 MBDerek Champagne talks with Patrick Lewis, President at Superior Rigging & Erecting Co., Inc. Patrick shares his personal story and growth to finding happiness, as well as leadership principles for motivating a team of four generations and executing some of the most complex projects to "make the tough look easy". Patrick also shares more about his companies commitment to create awareness about ovarian cancer through a partnership with Geaux Teal. Superior Rigging wrapped one of their cra...
BLS Minute - Jen Macquarrie
November 14, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.92 MBJen has a flagship program called Upgrade your habits, upgrade your life. She is also a promoter of rising early at 5am to get ahead on your day to be fit, happy, and productive. This came out of her desire to learn guitar, and exercise more. She found that she could not get things done in the evening after trying to get her kids to bed, and one day came across a personal development guru who talked about the 5am club. This led her to become an early riser, and now offers a free webinar to h...
BLS Minute with Patrick Lewis
November 14, 2019 00:00 - 2 minutes - 6.69 MBPatrick Lewis is the CEO/President of Superior Rigging & Erecting. Today we learn a bit more about Patrick's background, and how he actually started working for Superior Rigging at the age of 10, working with his father.
BLS Minute - Whitney Johnson
November 13, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.78 MBIt's sometimes harder to make to think about making the jump into the next thing, rather than just making the jump. Derek and Whitney talk about how to get over that fear of jumping into something new. If you're stuck on a plateau, and you know you need to do something new, think about all the bad things that will happen if you don't make the jump. That alone is a great motivator.
Beth Comstock: Imagine It Forward
November 10, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes - 54.2 MBDerek Champagne talks with Beth Comcast, former Chief Marketing Officer and then Vice Chair of Innovation at GE. For almost 3 decades Beth led efforts to accelerate new growth, develop digital and clean-energy futures, seed new businesses and enhance brand value. As President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal , Beth oversaw TV ad revenue and digital media efforts, including the early development of hulu.com Prior to this, she held a succession of roles at NBC, CBS and CNN/Turner Broadc...
World's #1 Bowler: Jason Belmonte
November 03, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 71.4 MBIn this episode Derek talks with the world's #1 Bowler Jason Belmonte. Jason talks with Derek about his unique story of bowling since the age of two, how he stays motivated to continue being the best in the world, and more on his entrepreneurial journey. Jason is known for being one of the first bowlers to gain media attention for using the two handed approach style to deliver his shot. He has won 22 PBA titles, making him one of only 15 players in history with at least 20 PBA Tour wins. H...
BLS Minute - Bobby Albert
October 31, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBOn this episode, Bobby Albert talks about "values driven culture." Culture, is about the people. Culture is something that you cannot see, but you do see the affects of culture.
Building an A-Team with Whitney Johnson
October 28, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 52.5 MBDerek's guest this week is Whitney Johnson: Innovation and disruption theorist, keynote speaker, best-selling author, executive and performance coach. Whitney shares her unique journey and key concepts about how to motivate your employees from her book "Build an A Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve". Whitney Johnson was named one of the world's fifty most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2017. She is the author of the bestselling Build an ...
BLS Minute - Jack Daly
October 21, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.39 MBJack Daly is an expert salesman, author, and entrepreneur. Today we learn a little more about how Jack got started in sales from an early age, and how that transformed him into the leading sales expert that he is today.
Hyper Sales Growth with Jack Daly
October 20, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes - 58.7 MBDerek's guest this week is Jack Daly. Jack talks with Derek about his first sales job at age 7, living a life "by design", and key insights from his book "Hyper Sales Growth". Jack Daly is a leading sales speaker and trainer with over 30 years of sales and executive experience. Jack’s track record is a testament to his real-world knowledge and extensive expertise in sales and sales management. He started his professional journey at CPA firm Arthur Andersen and rose to the CEO level of seve...
BLS Minute - Michael McGreevy
October 16, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBMichael McGreevy talks about a couple of traps that young leaders tend to fall into, that he helps coach them on. 1: Playing not to lose - You're constantly trying to prove yourself, and having to earn the fact that you deserve to be there. It can distract what the greater mission of that position 2: Playing too small - Instead of trying to figure out how to stay in your current position forever, what you need to think bigger on the mission laid out for you, and inspire others to do the sa...
BLS Minute - Dr David Fajgenbaum
October 15, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBMost of us have not had our last rights read to us. Dr David Fajgenbaum has had it read to him 5 times. Each time thinking it was his last, but each time he fought through it. This was a moment that he him a lot about life. He had to reflect on his life, and his regrets. He now lives by the motto "think it, do it."
BLS Minute - Sanyin Siang
October 14, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.52 MBSanyin Siang uses behavioral science principals in her book to help readers address the mindset for major change. Sanyin talks about how her book, "The Launch Book", addresses her fear about launches. One of the key elements in her book, is understand who you as you go into the world launching a business.
BLS Minute - John Rossman
October 13, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBJohn Rossman is a digital and innovation business strategist, focusing on execution and scaling leaders. He is an advisor to companies and leaders working to innovate and compete with more agility and effectiveness. John is also the author of "The Amazon Way, and former executive at Amazon. John talks about his time at Amazon, and the amazing things he did with that company.
BLS Minute - Robin Farmanfarmaian
October 11, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.13 MBRobin Farmanfarmaian is an author, entrepreneur, and works in the medical technology field. She was misdiagnosed with an autoimmune disease which led to 3 organs in her body being removed, and led her to firing her entire healthcare team and finally got correctly diagnosed.
BLS Minute - Art Shamsky
October 10, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.29 MBArt Shamsky is an American former Major League Baseball player. Derek and Art talk about a part of his book when he got his old teammates together to reminisce on the all the good times they had on the field.
Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope into Action
October 06, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes - 57.7 MBListen to this powerful interview with Dr. David Fajgenbaum who has an incredible new memoir, "Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope into Action". David’s story is truly unique; it’s a tale of learning to live, while dying: a universally relatable story about getting up and fighting back after life knocks you down. A former Georgetown quarterback nicknamed "The Beast," David Fajgenbaum was also a force in medical school, where he was known for his unmatched mental stamina. But thing...
BLS Minute - Daniel Puder
October 06, 2019 00:00 - 2 minutes - 6.64 MBDaniel Puder is an entrepreneur, retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, and the founder of My Life My Power. Daniel talks to us today about why, and how he created "My Life My Power.
BLS Minute - Dr David Fajgenbaum
October 03, 2019 23:26 - 3 minutes - 4.45 MBDr. David Fajgenbaum has an amazing story, of how he was on his journey for a medical degree, and came down with an illness that at the time had no diagnosis. After having his last rights read to him, they came back with the diagnosis that he had what is called Castleman Disease.
BLS Minute - Jake Fox
October 02, 2019 23:57 - 3 minutes - 7.15 MBJake Fox created "The Fox Code," which is built around the belief that you can learn from your failures. Sometimes failures open up doors to other opportunities, and you have to have the right mentality to see those opportunities and keep pushing through the failures.
BLS Minute - Sean Keith
October 02, 2019 00:00 - 2 minutes - 6.51 MBWhen you've reached a certain level of success, how do you avoid complacency? Sean Keith shares some great tips on how to avoid this, pulling from his own experience.
BLS Minute - Brandon Lewin
October 01, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.37 MBIf you can help a million people, you'd be doing a lot of good in the world. How true is that? This is Brandon's mission with his marketing company. Brandon gives us some insight into how he got started on his entrepreneurial journey.
BLS Minute - Sanyin Siang
September 29, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.44 MBSanyin Siang introduces herself in this episode, and a talks a little bit about being a first generation immigrant and some of the struggles that come with that.
BLS Minute - Sanyin Siang
September 29, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.44 MBSanyin Siang introduces herself in this episode, and a talks a little bit about being a first generation immigrant and some of the struggles that come with that.
BLS Minute - Sanyin Siang
September 29, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.44 MBSanyin Siang introduces herself in this episode, and a talks a little bit about being a first generation immigrant and some of the struggles that come with that.
BLS Minute - Michael McGreevy
September 26, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBMichael struggled with extreme anxiety for almost 15 years. Michael faced a very traumatic experience in his life that he felt at the time was the end of things, but in reality, was the beginning of a new view on life.
BLS Minute - Michael McGreevy
September 26, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBMichael struggled with extreme anxiety for almost 15 years. Michael faced a very traumatic experience in his life that he felt at the time was the end of things, but in reality, was the beginning of a new view on life.
BLS Minute - Adam Brewer
September 24, 2019 00:00 - 2 minutes - 3.68 MBIn the digital age, cyber security is on the forefront of all types of businesses. Adam Brewer is the COO of Information Systems Integrations, who helps businesses pull back the veil on cyber security. It can be overwhelming to look at and try to understand, but Adam delivers what you need to know, in a way that is easy to understand.
BLS Minute - Bryan Falchuck
September 24, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.44 MBBryan Falchuck was one of four children in his family, who grew up in a home where his parents separated, and did not know how to deal with the emotional anxiety that he was facing. He turned to food to fill the void that he felt with his parents being separated, which led to obesity.
Sanyin Siang: Behavioral Science Principles and Life Data Points
September 22, 2019 00:00 - 32 minutes - 74.5 MBSanyin Siang is Derek's amazing featured guest this week! Sanyin shares highlights from her journey, and how to accept positive affirmations and constructive criticism as data points in your life, importance of being generous, and how to be vulnerable. Sanyin helps leaders launch and create value by focusing on mindset, behavioral change, and team and culture building. Sanyin is a CEO Coach, Advisor, Author,the Executive Director of Duke University’s Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Et...
BLS Minute - Cash Keahey
September 20, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.19 MBCash Keahey is the author of Eight LeaderTypes in the White House: Discover and Leverage Your Oval Office Leadership Style. Cash gives us a little background on himself, as well as talks about the importance of self-awareness. His site, Leadertype.com, invites leaders to learn more about yourself, to become a better leader and manager.
BLS Minute - Jake Fox
September 19, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.19 MBAlong your journey, there will be speed bumps, and road blocks. This is part of it. You have to love the journey, even though you don't want to fail. These trials are what make the journey so meaningful. Jake shares some of his experience along his personal journey, where he experienced road blocks and struggles.
BLS Minute - Jake Fox
September 19, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.19 MBAlong your journey, there will be speed bumps, and road blocks. This is part of it. You have to love the journey, even though you don't want to fail. These trials are what make the journey so meaningful. Jake shares some of his experience along his personal journey, where he experienced road blocks and struggles.
BLS Minute - Yigal Adato
September 18, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.44 MBYigal Adato started early with entrepreneurship, and leadership at an early age. His family were all business owners, and for Yigal he got his start at age 13 when he joined a youth leadership movement, and at 17 when he became a counselor, then at age 20 he became on of the main leadership directors. Yigal caught the leadership and entrepreneur bug early on, and has stuck with him ever since.
BLS Minute - Pamela Gold
September 16, 2019 22:02 - 3 minutes - 7.44 MBPamela Gold is a spiritual strength coach, and author of Find More Strength: 5 Pillars to Unlock Unlimited Power and Happiness. Coming out of school, she had two different jobs, with one of them being a mom. Out of that personal pursuit of trying to get healthy, that led her to her entrance into writing her book.
BLS Minute with Yifat Cohen
September 16, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBYifat Cohen was an influencer on Google+, until the day that it no longer was relevant. This was a big lesson for Yifat to learn, that no one platform consist of all of your followers. You might be relevant on a platform today, but when it's gone tomorrow, would you still be relevant? Yifat talks about her experience with becoming an influencer on Google+ and how that got started.
BLS Minute with Kavit Haria
September 13, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBKavit Haria in 2005 sold music career education online, and his company now uses sales marketing funnels to generating over a million dollars in sales, and Kavit has written a book called "Don't Sleep On It." On this episode, we will hear more from Kavit on his background, and how he got his start up in entrepreneurship.
Martha Germann
September 12, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.29 MBMartha Germann is the CEO of Mindful Games Institute, author of Thriving Beyond Survival, and TedX speaker. In this episode we hear how Martha got her start in the training world, and gives some background on her book "Thriving Beyond Survival".
BLS Minute with David Baker
September 11, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.08 MBDavid Baker has a very interesting story with his very diverse background. On today's episode, David gives us some background on growing up in Africa, and how he got on his journey in entrepreneurship.
Brent Medders: Friends First
September 08, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes - 57.5 MBDerek talks with successful entrepreneur Brent Medders. Brent worked his way up from a pizza delivery driver to becoming one of the top award-winning franchise owners in the nation. entrepreneur Brent shares his entrepreneurial journey, gives lessons in balance and leadership, and shares how they eliminated the word "customer" from their vocabulary and to start treating as "Friends First". https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-medders-8a35b654/
BLS Minute with Arlene Battishill
September 04, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.45 MBIn 2010 there were 18,000 retailers selling ATV's, and in 2011 there 10,000 of them left. If Arlene Battishill was going to make it in the entrepreneurial world, she had a fight on her hands. The US was just coming out of the recession, and she had to figure out how to get on the market in the worst possible conditions. Arlene was determined to get her revolutionary product, GoGoGear, on the market, and would stop at nothing to make it happen.
BLS Minute with Karen Posada
September 03, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.26 MBKaren Posada, Shark Tank Veteran, is no stranger to rejection in the world of entrepreneurship. Turned down on Shark Tank, and turned away by Whole Foods to carry her new food item, The Good Promise, she keep moving forward to find other options for companies who would shelve this new product.
Yifat Cohen: Engagement Marketing
September 02, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 59.9 MBDerek talks with entrepreneur and influencer Yifat Cohen. Yifat shares her unique story of growing up in Jerusalem, being part of a colony of 40 families, serving in the Israeli army, traveling the world, being a Google + influencer, and now helping her clients grow with engagement marketing. Yifat shares her story of going from G+ goto gal. Up until April 2019 where she used to rank as the top ORGANIC result for her keywords. When Google announced they were sunsetting the program Yifat wa...
BLS Minute with Brent Medders
August 29, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.26 MBBrent Medders talks about his mind set, and driving force, that keeps him growing his business. His personal drive for competition, as well as giving younger people an opportunity to grow, is the root of his drive to keep expanding.
BLS Minute with Ishveen Anand
August 28, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 6.94 MBBuilding a company is not for the faint of heart. Ishveen is no stranger to the highs and lows of growing a business. Ishveen shares some pieces of her background that has helped her maintain her drive while building her company, OpenSponsorship.
BLS Minute with Ishveen Anand
August 28, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 6.94 MBBuilding a company is not for the faint of heart. Ishveen is no stranger to the highs and lows of growing a business. Ishveen shares some pieces of her background that has helped her maintain her drive while building her company, OpenSponsorship.