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Monday Morning Radio

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A regular audio podcast that features some of the country's most innovative business owners and experts - men and women who are putting into practice the profitable lessons that can be gleaned by reading Roy H. William's Monday Morning Memo

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Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives, and the Show’s Creator, David Page

March 25, 2024 01:39 - 58 minutes - 107 MB

This week’s guest, David Page, is a well-known expert on American cuisine, culture, and entrepreneurship. The two-time Emmy-award winner and veteran broadcast journalist is best known for creating the Food Network hit Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and serving as its executive producer for eleven seasons. David, president and executive producer of Page Productions, understands why some restaurants succeed while many don’t. Every owner, executive, and entrepreneur, regardless of their busines...

Got Leadership Headaches? This Physician Has Just the Prescription for What Ails You.

March 18, 2024 03:00 - 48 minutes - 87.9 MB

As a physician, Hanah Polotsky is an expert in treating diabetes, thyroid disorders, and serious hormonal abnormalities. As a leadership expert, Dr. Polotsky excels at showing executives — both in and outside the medical field — how best to run teams and apply the tenets of lean management to their organizations. A native of Belarus who fled to the United States at 17 to escape rampant anti-Semitism, Dr. Polotsky earned her Master of Business Operational Excellence at The Ohio State Unive...

Skill, Passion, Persistence, and Luck Fueled Bob Moog’s Ascendency to Game and Puzzle Grandmaster

March 11, 2024 03:35 - 51 minutes - 94 MB

When it comes to running a competitive company, Bob Moog doesn’t play games. Well, actually, he does. Daily. Bob is co-founder and president of University Games, the largest independent game company in the world. For almost four decades, Bob has gone up against the biggest players — including Hasbro and Mattel — and found a way to beat them at their own game. Pun intended. In fact, University Games distributes more products in more outlets and more markets than any other company focused...

What History Can Teach Today’s Business Owners and Entrepreneurs About What’s To Come

March 04, 2024 02:23 - 48 minutes - 87.9 MB

He’d be the oldest man ever to run for president, even as calls grow louder and louder for him to step aside. Joe Biden? No, William Henry Harrison, the successful 67-year-old Whig Party candidate back in 1840.  Tying yesteryear to current events is Ron Shafer’s specialty. His contributions to The Washington Post’s Retropolis history column form the basis of two of his engaging books, Breaking News All Over Again and the forthcoming A Half-Naked George Washington. Now retired, Ron sp...

What’s In a Name?: When You’re Speaking Publicly, It’s Likely More Than You Think

February 26, 2024 02:49 - 48 minutes - 88.2 MB

Most people fail to say their own name correctly. Odd as that may sound, Laura Sicola explains her assertion in a YouTube video that is approaching 7 million views. Dr. Sicola earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in educational linguistics and taught there from 2001-2013. She has more than two decades of experience teaching good vocal habits to executives at companies including Comcast, IBM, and Vanguard.  She is the author of Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadersh...

Andrei Mincov Helps Keep Owners and Entrepreneurs From Missing the Mark - The Trademark

February 19, 2024 01:45 - 56 minutes - 104 MB

Each year, roughly 700,000 American businesses or individuals submit a trademark application. That may sound like a considerable number, but Andrei Mincov — a superstar trademark lawyer based in Dubai, says it's far less than it should be. Before starting The Trademark Factory, his global consultancy that provides start-to-finish trademark registration services, Andrei worked for Baker & McKenzie, one of the world's largest international law firms. His clients there included Apple, Microsof...

Enter the Inner Sanctum of Microsoft’s Executive Suite

February 12, 2024 04:31 - 47 minutes - 86.6 MB

This week, enter the inner sanctums of Microsoft Corp.’s executive suite and discover the tech wizards and vipers who worked there. \ Our guest is Jane Boulware, author of Worthy: From Cornfield to Corner Office of Microsoft. Over the course of her career, Jane launched three billion dollar businesses, was VP of the largest merger in U.S. history, and became one of the ten highest-ranking women at Microsoft by the time she turned 40. On her climb up the corporate ladder, Jane was hit o...

Rebecca Davison, Once a Successful Private Banker, Now Teaches How to Obtain a Different Type of Wealth

February 04, 2024 03:01 - 56 minutes - 103 MB

From her base in far-off Christchurch, New Zealand, Rebecca Davison — who spent 13 years in banking, five as a financial advisor to multimillionaires — has built a global, cult-like following among female entrepreneurs, including top business leaders.   Rebecca, founder of The Intuitive Life Academy, has the knowledge to advise her followers on ways to earn more money and leverage their investments.     But that’s not her proprietary system.   Instead, Rebecca — ...

Before You Quit When You’re At Wit’s End, Listen to This Episode

January 28, 2024 20:16 - 40 minutes - 73.7 MB

Phebe Trotman knows the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in both the sports and business arenas. A former MVP Canadian college soccer star and member of the championship Vancouver Whitecaps professional soccer club, Phebe has had plenty of bad days and opportunities to bow out. She’s never taken them. Phebe is the author of Never Quit on a Bad Day, a compendium of inspiring stories of resilience relayed by Phebe and a dozen contributors, including business leaders, entrepreneurs,...

Dousing the Many Firestorms CEOs and Entrepreneurs Face

January 22, 2024 03:02 - 37 minutes - 69.4 MB

Leading business schools and best-selling leadership authors seldom compare the skills required of for-profit CEOs and non-profit fire chiefs. Yet, the two professions share a lot in common. Indeed, battling blazes is excellent preparation for dousing the many firestorms business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs face. This week’s guest, Clive Savacool, devoted 25 years as a Northern California firefighter before retiring his chief’s helmet and stepping into the boots of a full-time s...

Ryan Erickson is a Talented, Fine-Art Photographer and Entrepreneur

January 14, 2024 18:10 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MB

After 16 years as a wedding photographer, Ryan Erickson concluded he was barking up the wrong tree.  He was making decent money but didn’t have a passion for his work. It was risky, but Ryan decided to try his hand at fine art photography, and he’s been so successful early on that he’s thinking of expanding his fledgling enterprise nationwide. Ryan’s discerning clients are willing to pay up for his portraits that accentuate the eyes and subtleties of his subjects’ faces. Rather than ask...

If You Had a Chance to Visit With the Late Charlie Munger, What Would You Ask Him?

January 07, 2024 23:55 - 37 minutes - 68 MB

Can you imagine what it would have been like to have an exclusive four-hour audience with the late Charlie Munger?  The billionaire businessman, who died in late November at age 99, never got as much press as his close friend and partner Warren Buffett. But many people credited Munger with helping secure Berkshire Hathaway’s decades-long stellar investment performance. Just weeks before Munger passed, The Wall Street Journal veteran reporter Gregory Zuckerman visited Munger in the investo...

A Buffet of Business Insights From Ten Top ‘Monday Morning Radio’ Guests

January 01, 2024 03:02 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MB

A New Year’s Quiz: What do the following have in common: Leadership, Economics, Side Hustles, Online Retailing, Business Exit Strategies, Military Contracts, Bras, Walt Disney, Firefighters, and Worms? Answer:  Each was featured on one of Monday Morning Radio’s ten most popular 2023 episodes. This week, the podcast revisits the highlights of the year past and shares an audio preview of our first Monday Morning Radio book, All You Can Eat Business Wisdom — an anthology featuring 25 of...

A Christmas Day Miracle

December 25, 2023 06:42 - 1 hour - 166 MB

A Christmas Day Miracle, by Dean and Talya Rotbart, is adapted from their 2020 biography of Margaret and Riyaz Adat, titled Improbable Lives: A Scot, A Tanzanian, and Their Canadian Love Story.  A true-life, inspirational adult yuletide tale, A Christmas Day Miracle offers a universal message — regardless of readers' religious beliefs — about the wonder and power of life’s unexpected blessings. Since the book was first published two years ago, it has become a perennial holiday favorite. ...

Independent Off-Site Contractors Are Helping Companies Save Time and Boost Profits

December 18, 2023 01:24 - 40 minutes - 73.3 MB

Chris McShanag has enjoyed a long and productive career in the healthcare field, working alongside two physician entrepreneurs to build a thriving business providing off-site virtual assistants to doctors, dentists, and even veterinarians. Their company, MedVA, founded in 2020, provides medical and dental virtual assistants and has done an admirable job of helping their clients improve quality of care while simultaneously boosting the bottom line of their practices. In fact, MedVA has pro...

Time to Revisit That Entrepreneurial Idea You Abandoned Because It Was Too Complex and Expensive

December 10, 2023 02:30 - 37 minutes - 68.7 MB

Many innovative business concepts fall through because the cost and logistics of pulling them off just wouldn’t work. Uzair Ahmed, a Canadian chemical engineer, recognized all the missed opportunities and figured he could design technology and automation to make unworkable business models workable. Uzair, founder of Cottonwood Automation, tested his high-tech, low-overhead system by launching a service that sends car mechanics to the homes or offices of customers. Guess what? It succeeded...

UX is the Most Powerful Differentiator in Today’s Highly Competitive Business World

December 03, 2023 23:48 - 43 minutes - 79.9 MB

If you truly could experience your website or bricks-and-mortar store through the eyes of your customers and prospects, you could do a great deal to increase sales and customer satisfaction. Satyam Kantamneni is the founder of UXReactor, a company whose entire focus is on user experience, referred to as UX. His mission: to design or transform businesses to prioritize — above all other considerations — how customers interact with them.  With more than 60 employees spread across three conti...

Nine Out of Ten New Online Retailers Never Make Their First Sale

November 27, 2023 00:44 - 35 minutes - 64.9 MB

Every day, 3,000 eager entrepreneurs jump into the online sales arena. Ninety percent of them will never make a single sale. Matthew Stafford, co-founder and CEO of Build•Grow•Scale, knows what goes wrong and how to fix it. He and his team use sophisticated analytics to help business owners and entrepreneurs achieve online sales success.  Matthew’s passion lies in empowering others to achieve their goals - whether scaling an existing business or starting from scratch with a new venture al...

He Followed the Advice of Warren Buffett and It Worked

November 19, 2023 23:41 - 41 minutes - 76 MB

Bronson Hill took it to heart when Warren Buffet warned investors that they will work the rest of their lives if they don’t find a way to make money while they sleep. Bronson became a zealous student of passive investing and, in 2018, with zero prior experience, raised a comparatively tiny $200,000 to form his first real estate syndicate. Today, Bronson, founder and CEO of Bronson Equity, is a general partner in more than $200 million worth of real estate. He is also the author of the rec...

Will the Day Come When You Can Work for Pleasure, Not Out of Necessity?

November 13, 2023 00:58 - 39 minutes - 72.7 MB

Jeff Kikel helps business owners and entrepreneurs attain what he dubs their “Freedom Day,” that juncture in their lives when work becomes optional, not a financial necessity. Jeff has helped many people who believed they’d have to work until retirement, and perhaps beyond, get their finances and investments under control, freeing them from financial worries. His formula for reaching “Freedom Day” begins with a mindset shift in relationship to money: It should work for you, not vice versa...

Remember the Rush and Anxiety of Starting Your First Business?

November 06, 2023 03:25 - 40 minutes - 74 MB

Three years ago, Nick Barrett had an idea — and little else. He envisioned a new, weighted, portable gadget that could keep cords and wires from getting entangled. Nick’s CordBrick is only a tad longer than a large paperclip and about as thick as a quarter. At this year’s National Retail Federation trade show in New York, one of the largest consumer products showcases in the nation, CordBrick was named “coolest product,” nabbing a $10,000 prize. Nick’s experience launching CordBrick mirro...

Zeynep Ekemen is Out to Prove That What Comes Down Can Always Go Back Up

October 30, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 63.6 MB

Zeynep Ekemen has ridden the rollercoaster of COVID-19 and its impact on small businesses. She is the founder of Silver Defender, a company that sells antimicrobial-protected film for high-touch areas — such as door bars and handles, elevator buttons, and guide rails. She launched her business in 2018. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit less than two years later, her sales took off like a rocket, stretching her company’s production and distribution capabilities to the max. But now, as deman...

Carina Ramirez Cahan Has Built a Better Bra:

October 22, 2023 22:28 - 44 minutes - 82.1 MB

In 1855, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his journal: “If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.” In time, his words were somehow conflated as the oft-cited quote: "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." Carina Ramirez Cahan, co-founder of Cobalt Rose Company, is testing Emer...

Join in the Celebration of The Walt Disney Company’s 100th Anniversary

October 16, 2023 06:29 - 47 minutes - 87.3 MB

On October 16, 1923 — precisely 100 years ago today — Walt Disney and his older brother Roy launched Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. In time, their business would morph into one of the world’s best-known and most beloved companies. To mark this milestone anniversary, co-hosts Dean and Maxwell Rotbart review the history of The Walt Disney Company and Disneyland, paying special attention to the many practical lessons that executives and entrepreneurs can glean from the Disney successes and fa...

Meet Curt Tueffert, the “ChatGPT” of Sales Tactics and Motivation

October 07, 2023 20:04 - 44 minutes - 81.7 MB

Curt Tueffert describes himself as “America’s Master Sales Motivator.” That he is. But as he demonstrates in this week’s episode, Curt is also gifted with NI — Natural Intelligence. He has spot-on answers to some of the most vexing questions confronting business owners and sales professionals. How can I best qualify customer prospects? What can I do about a prospect who says, “let me think about it?” How can I remain positive in the face of rejection? Curt acquired his expertise workin...

More and More Companies Are Outsourcing Their HR Headaches

October 01, 2023 21:49 - 46 minutes - 85.5 MB

When Vicky Brown launched her HR consultancy — Idomeneo Enterprises —  in 2001, she knew she was wading into shark-infested waters dominated by giants, including Accenture, ADP, Deloitte, and KPMG. By focusing on emerging and mid-size companies and providing concierge services to her clients, Vicky’s West Hollywood firm has won an impressive roster of clients from coast to coast. Trying to cope with ever-changing state and federal employment regulations, the work-from-home migration, and ...

It’s Likely You’d Never Hire Someone Like Gregory Shepard, And You’d Be Mistaken

September 24, 2023 19:17 - 50 minutes - 92.1 MB

The universities Gregory Shepard sought to attend wouldn’t admit him. When he volunteered for the U.S. Navy, the recruiters said, “no thanks.” Admittedly, Greg is not your textbook job candidate: He is autistic, dyslexic, and has a sensory condition known as synesthesia, which is commonly described as having the brain’s wires crossed. Greg could have allowed his neurodivergent struggles — and there are plenty of them —  to defeat him. Instead, he’s leveraged his atypical mind to build and...

A Proven Formula Anyone Can Use to Obtain Power and Wield Influence

September 17, 2023 17:27 - 37 minutes - 68.6 MB

To obtain power and influence, you don’t need wealth or privilege. Better yet, anyone can become widely known and respected if they can generate a compelling idea and communicate it effectively. That is the conclusion of Robert L. “Bob” Dilenschneider, an author, historian, and legendary strategic communication advisor who has been studying and dissecting the elements of power and influence for more than four decades. Bob, who is best known as the founder of the acclaimed consultancy, T...

Giving Meaning to Life’s Misfortunes

September 11, 2023 02:50 - 44 minutes - 82.4 MB

Forty years ago, when Lori Poland was only three years old, she was kidnapped from her front yard, molested, and left for dead at the bottom of a remote mountain outhouse. By chance, after three days, a bird watcher answering the call of nature heard the little girl whimpering 12 feet below. “What are you doing there?” he called down. “I live here,” the confused child answered. Today, married with children of her own, Lori is co-founder and chief executive officer of the National Foundati...

Management Strategies That For-Profit Businesses Can Glean from a Volunteer Fire Company’s Enduring Success

September 02, 2023 22:37 - 44 minutes - 80.6 MB

This week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio tells the remarkable story of Genesee Fire Rescue (GFR), a little volunteer engine company that could, and has, for five decades. Located in the majestic foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 20 miles west of downtown Denver, the unincorporated community of Genesee is home to approximately 4,000 residents and 1,500 homes.  Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart spent 18 months chronicling GFR’s half-century evolution, growing from a three-person com...

Ken Paskins Watched His Father and Grandfather Struggle as Entrepreneurs

August 06, 2023 23:06 - 43 minutes - 79.8 MB

Ken Paskins, a third-generation entrepreneur, witnessed his father and grandfather struggle to run a successful business. He was determined to find a better way. So Ken went to work for giant companies, including Oracle and BEA Systems, until he could deconstruct the leadership, HR, sales, and finance formulas for success. Today, Ken is the co-founder of The Shift Spot, a CEO coaching and peer advisory community that shows owners and CEOs of companies with 100 or fewer employees how to ac...

The Speaker’s Podium is One of the Most Overlooked Business Tools

July 31, 2023 00:49 - 41 minutes - 76 MB

If you want your talent and brilliance to be recognized, SPEAK UP! Take it from Bret Ridgway, author of The Spotlight on Speaking Newsletter. Bret is an evangelist for the many benefits that accrue to owners and entrepreneurs who take to the podium. Among the clients he has worked with are Ryan Deiss, Alex Mandossian, Joe Polish, and Wendy Lipton-Dibner. During his 25-plus-year career, Bret has witnessed a couple of thousand speakers. He knows what works and what doesn’t. You needn’t ...

From Dungeon to King of the Castle: Change Your Thinking and Change Your Life

July 24, 2023 02:25 - 44 minutes - 82 MB

Back by popular demand, Dr. Noah St. John returns to Monday Morning Radio for the third time to share insights from his new book, The 7-Figure Life: How to Leverage the 4 FOCUS FACTORS for Wealth and Happiness. Success has been kind to Dr. St. John, the self-described “nerdiest nerd.” When he started out 25-plus years ago, he was living in a 300-square-foot apartment with no money, no girlfriend, and very little hope. The core idea for how to turn his life around — and that of the more th...

What Are You Waiting For? Selling to Uncle Sam Can Be Very Lucrative

July 16, 2023 15:20 - 53 minutes - 98.4 MB

Ricky Howard has awarded or managed more than $1 BILLION in purchase contracts, many with small businesses. In good economies or bad, his client is a reliable buyer, and once your company is selected as a vendor, it’s likely to be a vendor for years, if not decades, to come. Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Richard C. “Ricky” Howard, founder of DoD Contract Academy, is an expert on how to win lucrative government contracts, from office supplies and HVAC equipment to sophisticated computer program...

Start the Presses: How the Right News Release Can Shine a Spotlight on Your Company

July 10, 2023 00:25 - 53 minutes - 98.7 MB

In 1998, Mickie Kennedy started eReleases as a discount press wire service, providing the same media reach as the industry heavies at a fraction of the cost. Twenty-five years later, Mickie’s company is still going strong and saving companies tens of millions of dollars, having helped hundreds of thousands of small businesses reach journalists, investors, trade associations, and customers. Moreover, Mickey has become a news release maestro, able and willing to share the secrets of distrib...

Why You Should Prepare to Sell Your Business Long Before You’re Ready To Walk Away

July 02, 2023 23:42 - 49 minutes - 90 MB

For many small business owners, finding a buyer for their company is an elusive goal. Mac Lackey has done it six times.  His latest venture, ExitDNA, guides entrepreneurs on how to best position their companies to be acquired, should they ever wish to sell. Monday Morning Radio host Maxwell Rotbart engaged Mac in a wide-ranging discussion about what entrepreneurs need to know at each stage of their operations — from inception to disposition. Among the advice Lackey shares is how to choos...

Digital Transformation is a Journey With No End, But Now Is the Time to Embark

June 24, 2023 23:10 - 49 minutes - 90.6 MB

Dr. Michael Lenox, a consultant, author, and business professor at the University of Virginia, is an expert on artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and other agents of digital transformation. He knows both the challenges and opportunities posed by today’s rapidly advancing digital technologies. In his new book, Strategy in the Digital Age: Mastering Digital Transformation —  out this week, Dr. Lenox explains that businesses need to be innovative and agile or risk going the w...

“Paint Your Wagon’ and Come Along to a New Chapter in Your Career or Life

June 19, 2023 01:28 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MB

[This edition of Monday Morning Radio begins our 12th year of podcasting in conjunction with the non-profit Wizard Academy and its co-founder, Roy H. Williams. This is our 550th episode.] When it comes to career moves, bestselling author Joanne Lipman has been very successful and resilient.  She was the first woman to become a deputy managing editor at The Wall Street Journal. She was the founding editor-in chief-of Condé Nast’s award-winning Portfolio magazine. She served as editor-in-c...

Would You Walk Over Searing Coals or a Bed of Broken Glass to Overcome Your Limiting Fears?

June 11, 2023 00:19 - 50 minutes - 91.7 MB

Dave Albin helps business executives and employees face and overcome their fears. But that’s nothing special. Dave’s methods, however, make him unique among corporate coaches. Dave is the #1 firewalk instructor in America, having cajoled more than one-half million people to tiptoe, barefoot, over a bed of coals exceeding 1,000 degrees in temperature.  A disciple of Tony Robbins, Dave ran firewalks for the mega-motivator for almost two decades before striking out on his own to form Firewal...

What Everyone Can Learn From a Daring Team of ‘Citizen Scientists’ and Enlightened Physicians

June 05, 2023 00:41 - 45 minutes - 83.5 MB

Amy Dockser Marcus, a distinguished author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with The Wall Street Journal, has dedicated her career to exploring the complex intersections of economics, society, and health within modern medicine.  In her latest meticulously researched book, We The Scientists, she delves into the remarkable accomplishments of "citizen scientists" — ordinary parents and individuals who united to revolutionize the conventional practices employed by established medical researc...

What Would Your Business Do Differently Today If You Knew the Future?

May 28, 2023 23:00 - 48 minutes - 87.9 MB

For half a century, Bob Johansen has been forecasting the future. Clients, including Procter & Gamble, Walmart, and McKinsey, trust his vision. Moreover, he is an instructor at the Army War College. Along with coauthors Joseph Press and Christine Bullen, Bob has recently released “Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living” — his 13th book. Ostensibly, Office Shock peers a decade ahead to describe the workplace of the future — the officeverse. Today’s office towers face ...

Nick Loper Can Show You How to Earn Some Serious Extra Income

May 21, 2023 01:22 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MB

Nick Loper is a fountain of money-making ideas and the required methods to implement them. As the founder of Side Hustle Nation and its Chief Side Hustler, Nick has shown tens of thousands of his followers how to bring in  $1,000, $2,000, or even $5,000 a month in extra income. On his podcast, on his website, in books, and speeches, Nick breaks down the vast opportunities to supplement your income in your spare time — as well as how to turn a side hustle into a full-time gig providing gre...

Running a Business is Like Coaching a Sports Franchise: Would You Be a Champion?

May 14, 2023 19:59 - 48 minutes - 89.3 MB

Dr. Henry Mintzberg is one of the world’s most highly regarded business theorists, having written more books -- 22-- than the Beatles produced #1 hits. He is an organization and management rock star. In his latest book, Understanding Organizations … Finally, Dr. Mintzberg likens running a company or non-profit to coaching a professional sports team: You wouldn’t use the same tactics in football as you use in hockey or baseball. Yet many CEOs mistakenly take a one-size-fits-all approach to...

No Matter the Circumstances, Resilience is a Muscle Anyone Can Develop

May 07, 2023 22:25 - 39 minutes - 71.5 MB

When Victoria Pelletier sets her mind to achieving a goal, she won’t let anything or anyone stop her. Nor will she blame anyone but herself when things don’t go the way she planned. Those two personality traits — being unstoppable and making no excuses — have been a recipe for success since she became the chief operating officer of a multinational corporation at age 24. Decades on, after holding senior roles at American Express, IBM, and Accenture, she now advises owners, CEOs, and board me...

This is the 1986 Song Whose Popularity Never Ends

April 30, 2023 18:20 - 1 hour - 131 MB

Dave Combs is a disarmingly charming southerner, a former telecommunications executive, and a man of faith. He’s also a hardcore entrepreneur and one of the most successful musicians and music distributors you’ve probably never heard of. Since Dave and his friend, studio pianist Gary Prim, recorded their first instrumental tune  in 1986 — Rachel’s Song — the duo has produced 15 successful instrumental albums which have attracted millions of worldwide fans. Dave displays more than 50,000 fan...

Planning Your Next Live Business Event in the Post-COVID-19 Era

April 24, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 85.5 MB

Since 2006, serial entrepreneur Clay Stafford has produced an ever-more-popular Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference that brings together authors, agents, exhibitors, and fans of crime and thriller literature. Pulling off a large meeting, workshop, or other live event entails countless steps. In Clay’s instance, planning for the next gathering begins a year in advance. This week, Clay pays a return visit to Monday Morning Radio to share his post-COVID-19 event blueprints wit...

In Today’s Business World, the Means to Success Often Matter As Much as the Ends

April 16, 2023 23:38 - 48 minutes - 88.5 MB

The days of the imperial CEO are bygone. Today’s business and organization leaders empower everyone, regardless of rank, to be heard and contribute to success.  That’s the premise of David C. Tate, a licensed clinical psychologist and lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. David is the co-author of Conscious Accountability: Deepen Connections, Elevate Results. Financial performance still matters. But David teaches that in the modern workplace, the means to success often ma...

“We Want Our Clients to Fire Us,” Says Khierstyn Ross, Founder and CEO of ‘Launch and Scale’

April 10, 2023 01:10 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MB

For the head of a successful business coaching firm, Toronto-based Launch and Scale, Khierstyn Ross, founder and CEO, has an odd goal. “We actually want our clients to fire us,” the e-commerce strategist tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart. Khierstyn is crazy — crazy like a fox. Her firm’s mission is to help launch and scale online brands until they achieve $3 million in annual sales. She’s done that successfully for dozens of brands. However, by the time her clients’ s...

The Secret to Becoming an Extraordinary Leader: “Dux te ipsum duc”

April 03, 2023 01:37 - 49 minutes - 91.1 MB

Dux te ipsum duc is Latin for “Leader, Lead Thyself.” The concept is at the heart of business growth coach Bradley Hamner’s formula for transforming owners and executives from “slaves” to their companies into masterful architects of growth and success. Bradley is the founder of Business Growth Curator, a consultancy that coaches owners and executives on how to grow their confidence and leadership, develop an effective team, scale their companies, and make a difference. Since launching h...

How to Create a Business Culture Where Everyone Can Thrive

March 26, 2023 23:55 - 58 minutes - 107 MB

When Jennifer Brown sizes up business and organization leaders on how well they address today’s ever-increasing demand for inclusive workplaces, she describes them on a continuum of four stages: unaware, aware, active, and advocate. Jennifer is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and founder of Jennifer Brown Consulting, a strategic and diversity advisory firm. She has spent more than two decades helping CEOs and other executives look inward so that they can be more effective in creating...

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