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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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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...

“Sell What?” “Everything.” — The Call That Sparked Entrepreneur Eric Johnson to Teach Himself Economics

March 18, 2023 19:07 - 39 minutes - 73.2 MB

In the Fall of 2007, Eric Johnson, an entrepreneur and designer of satellite communications systems, was on vacation when he received a panicked call from his financial advisor. “Need permission to sell.” “Sell what?” “Everything.” Eric did sell, and his swift move saved him from getting walloped by the Great Recession and the ensuing turmoil in the markets. Eric is a renaissance man: an instrument-rated private pilot, surfer, black belt, astrophotographer, angel investor, and co-f...

Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, or Gene Sticco?

March 12, 2023 01:34 - 54 minutes - 62.6 MB

Gene Sticco embraces three of the core tenets that Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart advocates for anyone who wants to break from the pack: Be audacious. Act on your dreams and passions. Let the naysayers laugh, and then do it anyway. Sticco is an entrepreneur and U.S. Air Force special forces veteran. He is also a newly announced candidate for the Oval Office in 2024. Rotbart describes Gene as a serious candidate with no serious chance of winning. That said, for the example Gene s...

Making Poetry and Profits Rhyme: How Matt Mason Aims to Turn His Passion into Earnings

March 06, 2023 02:36 - 47 minutes - 86.7 MB

Matt Mason, who since 2019 has served as the official state poet of Nebraska, returns to Monday Morning Radio to discuss his latest collection of poems — At The Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife and Churros — and to share his ideas for making poetry and profits rhyme. Matt, a Wizard Academy alumnus, was last a guest on this podcast in March 2019, shortly after publishing his previous poetry collection, The Baby That Ate Cincinnati. On this visit, he continues to explain the ...

Sometimes, Ignorance is the Perfect Preparation for Running a Successful Business

February 27, 2023 02:55 - 46 minutes - 84.4 MB

The secret to Michael Kaeding’s success as the CEO of Norhart Inc., a company that designs, builds, and rents apartments, is that he had no idea how to run his family business when his father unexpectedly passed away. “I had no preconceived notion of the way things were supposed to be done,” Mike recalls. “We just started to naively solve problems, and that was the magic.” Norhart, headquartered in tiny Forest Lake, Minnesota, is booming. Because Mike has refined a process to save 50% or ...

You Can Become a Peerless Communicator If You Have the Courage to Conquer Four Hurdles

February 18, 2023 23:09 - 51 minutes - 93.6 MB

Four sneaky obstacles prevent most business owners and entrepreneurs from becoming peerless communicators, whether in writing, on video, or in front of a live audience. There is a proven formula to vault over those hurdles, and this week’s guest, Michelle D. Gladieux, reveals how to become the best communicator you can be. Michelle, president of Gladieux Consulting, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has taught at the college level for 18 years, starting when she was only 23. Gladieu...

A Valentine’s Day Treat: Wizard of Ads Founder Roy H. Williams on His Newest Venture

February 11, 2023 17:43 - 43 minutes - 49.3 MB

Although officially, the business spotlighted on this week’s podcast is less than a week old, host Dean Rotbart says that given its lineage and the marketing genius supporting it, RomanticSpotsinAustin.com is a sure bet to be an entrepreneurial role model and a global success story. Two years in development, the online guidebook to amorous Austin, Texas, is the brainchild of Pennie Williams, brought from the drawing board to last week’s rollout with an assist by her son Jake and her husban...

Meet America’s Only Chief Results Officer

February 06, 2023 01:13 - 51 minutes - 94.9 MB

Among the giants of self-improvement authors and speakers are Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, and Blaine Oelkers. Blaine who? Blaine Oelkers, http://selfluence.com, is not yet as well known as these other inspiring speakers and authors — but he is a modern keeper of their inspirational flame. In fact, Blaine is America’s only Chief Results Officer — an expert on how to get yourself to do those things you know you should do but aren’t. In this week’s episode, Bla...

Stop Waiting For Someone to Anoint You a Leader, and Just Become One

January 30, 2023 00:38 - 50 minutes - 93.1 MB

When a quality publishing house releases only one book a year, you know it will be a blockbuster. That’s always been the case with award-winning Bard Press, which has brought out 18 business bestsellers over the past 25 years. This year the business boutique imprint has tapped authors Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride. Their book, When Everyone Leads: The Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved, offers a revolutionary model that allows everyone to claim the mantle of “leader,” no matte...

Can You Prove the Worth of Employee Training, Community Outreach, DEI, and Other So-Called “Soft Skills”?

January 23, 2023 00:45 - 47 minutes - 87.8 MB

Jack and Patti Phillips, a husband and wife Ph.D. duo, lead the ROI Institute, which provides a scalable and systematic approach to program evaluation. Their proprietary ROI Methodology is the most used and implemented such system in the world, adopted by 27 governments and three-fourths of the FORTUNE 500. The Phillipses have a combined five decades of experience evaluating the wisdom of investing in so-called “soft skills,” including employee training, human resources, community outreach,...

This Veteran Professor Knows How Everyone Can Generate Breakthrough Ideas

January 16, 2023 00:50 - 41 minutes - 76.4 MB

Can you teach yourself and your colleagues to generate great ideas — ideas genuinely worth pursuing? Robin Landa, an author and professor of design at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, has made a career studying where breakthrough ideas come from — so-called ideation —  and how anyone can conjure concepts that will be revolutionary. Robin’s latest book is The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative Potential. In it, she identifies the required foundation of every good idea: Goal, Gap, ...

‘Semple’ Strategies to Rev Your Advertising and Marketing Campaigns

January 08, 2023 16:48 - 1 hour - 112 MB

Stephen Semple is a marketing and advertising wizard. Moreover, he is an iconoclast - creating winning campaigns for his grateful clients and his own agency by marching to a different drummer. Officially, Stephen is the Director of Wizard of Ads Canada and one of the elite Wizard of Ads partners who work in collaboration with other creative geniuses around the globe. He is also the co-host of The Empire Builders Podcast, where each week, he and his co-host reverse engineer the playbook of ...

Year In Review: The Top 10 Episodes of Monday Morning Radio in 2022

January 02, 2023 02:57 - 4 minutes - 8.84 MB

These were the ten most-listened to episodes of Monday Morning Radio in 2022. Hear for yourself why business owners and entrepreneurs around the world found them fascinating. #1: Want a Standing Ovation for Your Company’s Financial Performance? Veteran Acting Coach Craig Archibald Raises the Curtain on the Correct Entrepreneur’s Mindset #2: Set Off Emotional “Fireworks:” Writing Heartfelt Letters That Recipients Will Cherish: Lynette M. Smith on How to Show Genuine Gratitude to Collea...

Cathy Nesbitt is in a Slimy Business, and Her Customers Adore Her

January 02, 2023 02:48 - 52 minutes - 95.2 MB

If you have scoleciphobia — fear of worms, you may want to skip this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.  Host Dean Rotbart’s guest, Cathy Nesbitt, is a passionate worm advocate and Canadian worm royalty. Since 2002, Cathy, owner of Cathy’s Crawly Composters, has bred and sold red wigglers and European nightcrawlers by the pound to enthusiastic customers who use the live squigglers for composting — converting household garbage into nutrient-rich fertilizer. Many would-be entrepreneurs...

Everything You Need to Know to Hire and Retain a ‘Dream Team’ of Employees

December 25, 2022 19:39 - 43 minutes - 79.8 MB

When recruiting new hires, Andrea Hoffer leaves little to chance. After ten years of running her own business with a hit-and-all-too-frequent-miss record recruiting and retaining staff, Andrea concluded there must be a better way. She not only developed a structured process for attracting and keeping employees but found her method to be so successful that she built and now is CEO of AHA! Recruiting Experts, an agency that helps clients identify, hire, and retain great employees. Andrea ha...

Bet on Yourself: The Secret of Ted Clark’s Wealth-Generating Method

December 17, 2022 18:05 - 45 minutes - 84.1 MB

Ted Clark, author of Buy & Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business, is an expert on how successful business owners and entrepreneurs can become uber-wealthy. He has spent more than four decades as a business executive and investor, and is currently a partner in Nashville-based Iron Path Capital.  After starting out as a shipping clerk, has climbed the heights of the wealth ladder. He now advises other people on how to leverage their way into society’s upper c...

Insights From A ‘Walking Encyclopedia’ of Business and Career Success Formulas

December 10, 2022 17:08 - 43 minutes - 80.1 MB

A computer engineer by training, Joseph Fung has founded five technology companies, helped to back 20 startups, and now is the CEO of Uvaro, a rapidly growing career success company that provides lifelong training for those in a variety of professional roles, including sales, account management, customer service, and leadership. Host Dean Rotbart describes Joseph as a walking encyclopedia of business wisdom. This week the two discuss a variety of timely topics, including generating a qualit...

The Insane Story of Electronics Retailer Eddie Antar, Who Built An Empire on Fraud and Deceit

December 01, 2022 20:35 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MB

At the peak of his popularity in the 1980s, electronics retailer “Crazy Eddie” was better known for his screaming and gesticulating television commercials promoting “insane” prices than were then-Mayor Ed Koch and President Ronald Regan. Thousands of customers would flock to store openings, hoping to nab a free t-shirt and get a glimpse of the unhinged pitchman. Behind the scenes, however, Eddie Antar — the real Crazy Eddie, not the TV actor who portrayed him in the commercials — was a t...

The Danger Zone: What Main Street Needs to Know About the Coming Conflict with China

November 25, 2022 19:09 - 52 minutes - 96.5 MB

[November 29th is Giving Tuesday, a day for lending your support to worthy non-profits. This week’s podcast opens with a brief interview with Lisa Weyer, executive director of the All Kids Bike campaign and its parent, the Strider Education Foundation. All Kids Bike is on a mission to teach every child in America how to ride a bike in kindergarten PE class.] Michael Beckley, an author and professor of political science, has briefed high-level policymakers, military leaders, and members of t...

How To Get Things Done When There Are Too Many Things To Do

November 21, 2022 00:51 - 47 minutes - 86.1 MB

Forty days remain in 2022. Forty days to wrap up unfinished business and set course for the New Year. What can you accomplish between now and year-end to further your goals and check worrisome tasks off your to-do list? Dr. Sarah Reiff-Hekking answers, “Plenty.”  Dr. Sarah, a psychologist with more than 20 years of experience, is one of the nation’s preeminent experts on coaching entrepreneurs and professionals on how to get past their sense of being overwhelmed and the procrastination ...

B-List Actor Robert Kerbeck Became a Millionaire As a Corporate Spy

November 14, 2022 03:37 - 49 minutes - 91.4 MB

In the third season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, B-List actor Robert Kerbeck played a Cardassian soldier, unrecognizable under facial prosthetics and heavy makeup. But the alien disguise was child’s play compared to the many real-life guises Robert adopted over his long career as a highly paid corporate spy, absconding with invaluable, private intelligence so detailed it would make the CIA proud. Business-on-business spying is a huge industry — full of deceit and lies. No company is too...

You Don’t Have to Be a Superstar Manager to Be a Great Leader

November 07, 2022 00:57 - 53 minutes - 98.1 MB

As a veteran manager of hundreds of employees, London-based author Jim Edwards would grade himself only a solid “B” as a supervisor. So why do business owners and entrepreneurs on both sides of the Atlantic turn to Jim in impressive numbers for his recommendations on how they can perform better in leadership roles? The reason, says Jim, the author of Say Thank You For Everything, is that you don’t have to be a management superstar to be good enough to outperform your peers and competitors...

What Successful Entrepreneurs Share in Common with Great Writers and Actors

October 31, 2022 00:08 - 50 minutes - 92.4 MB

Todd Mitchell is an award-winning author of novels for young readers. He teaches writing and literature at Colorado State University and has worked with thousands of writers. But Todd is much more than a university professor. He’s a creativity sherpa for all writers, artists, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs, and innovators who, at times, experience doubt, struggle, and failure. While Todd’s latest book, Breakthrough, speaks most directly to those who call themselves writers, he notes tha...

Rob Lohman Went to Prison, Went Bankrupt, Was an Addict, and Tried to Kill Himself

October 22, 2022 23:52 - 42 minutes - 77.7 MB

Sitting in jail - facing a 13-year sentence - Rob Lohman had plenty of time to review his past: alcohol and drug addiction, gambling, bankruptcies, and even a suicide attempt.  That was in 2012. Since then, Rob, who was released from prison after less than a year, has not only turned his life around, he’s used savvy self-marketing to build a for-profit business guiding thousands of other men and women who’ve hit rock bottom — be it in their personal or business lives — to a fresh start. ...

The Government and Your Wallet: Laying Bare the Enormous Influence of Janet Yellen

October 15, 2022 17:27 - 47 minutes - 53.8 MB

Over the past decade, if you paid taxes, borrowed money, invested, or bought goods and services, no single elected or appointed government official has had more influence over your wallet than Janet Yellen.  In fact, no person in American history has served — as Yellen has — in three influential government economic posts: Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, then Chair of the Federal Reserve, and since January 2021, as Secretary of the Treasury. Jon Hilsenrath, an award...

Do You Find Today’s Younger Employees Irritating? Guess What? The Feeling is Mutual

October 08, 2022 00:27 - 42 minutes - 77.1 MB

The title of Chris De Santis’s new book is sure to resonate with employers and employees alike: Why I Find You Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work. Many business owners and veteran company employees find their younger colleagues irritating —  failing to share their values and work ethic. Guess what? The feeling is mutual, as Millennials and GenZers often lack respect for their older co-workers. Chris, an organization expert and former director of training and developmen...

Every Owner and Manager Needs to Have ‘The Revelation Conversation’ With Their Employees

October 03, 2022 02:04 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MB

Steve Curtin, ranked as one of the top 30 customer service experts in the world — with clients that include Carnival Cruise Line, NAPA Auto Parts, and TJ Maxx — believes that every owner and manager needs to have “The Revelation Conversation” with each of their employees. The conversation, which is the focus of Steve’s latest book, is designed to address the question of why their job and their company matter. As Steve tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, “we’ve all heard the ...

Why Korn Ferry and Jonathan Dahl Have Embraced ‘Dazzling Corporate Content’

September 24, 2022 16:27 - 43 minutes - 78.8 MB

You may have never heard of Jonathan Dahl. But six times a year, he produces a glossy magazine that reaches 1.8 million high-powered global executives and owners, in addition to a weekly online newsletter that has surpassed 3.5 million annual page views. What’s special about Jonathan is that he doesn’t work for a mainstream news organization. Rather, he generates what he calls “dazzling corporate content” for Korn Ferry, the highly respected privately held global consulting firm. Whether ...

These 8 Rules Are Essential to Achieve Entrepreneurial Success

September 18, 2022 23:37 - 38 minutes - 69.9 MB

Sean Castrina says there are eight unbreakable rules that entrepreneurs who want to be a success must follow. Given that Sean has launched more than 20 companies over the past two decades — most of them successes — he knows more than a little about the dos and don’ts of competing effectively in the cutthroat business marketplace. Sean is by no means lazy, but as he tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, his millionaire-producing formula has always been to create high-margin bus...

Richer Than The Rockefellers, Nastier Than Brian from “Family Guy,” and Quirkier Than Elon Musk:

September 12, 2022 02:20 - 38 minutes - 70.2 MB

Among the robber barons of the late 19th century, none was more ruthless and unscrupulous than Jay Gould, who amassed a fortune greater than that of the Rockefellers. During Gould’s life, he controlled the country’s largest railroad empire, Western Union, and even the New York World newspaper (which he sold to Joseph Pulitzer in 1883). Today, Gould is all but forgotten outside of academia. But his influence and the regulations put in place to try and prevent future stock manipulators such...

Set Off Emotional “Fireworks:” Writing Heartfelt Letters That Recipients Will Cherish

July 03, 2022 01:18 - 40 minutes - 73.4 MB

July 4th is the perfect time for fireworks, barbecues, and according to Lynette M. Smith, writing personal, heartfelt letters to colleagues, friends, family members, and others who enrich your life. Lynette is a letter-writing evangelist who has authored multiple books on the art and impact of crafting the type of communications that will be saved and savored for years, even decades to come. [Get your personal copy of How to Write Heartfelt Letters to Treasure.] Spoken words, texts, and e...

A Business Primer: See the Weiner Dog Run. Run. Run.

June 25, 2022 17:17 - 45 minutes - 82.7 MB

What can an annual race featuring weiner dogs teach serious entrepreneurs and business owners about correctly predicting the outcome of any marketing campaign before spending a dime on testing the concept? Plenty. That’s the bottom line of Peter Nevland’s latest book, Wiener Dog Marketing: A Silly Sounding Book for Serious Business Growth. The fast read not only features lessons Peter has gleaned from teaching and attending classes at the Wizard Academy, it also maps the mind of the Wizard ...

The Future of Business Journalism: A Special Edition of Monday Morning Radio

June 19, 2022 16:36 - 1 hour - 124 MB

CLOCKWISE: Dean Rotbart, Matt Quayle, Peter Coy, Henry Dubroff, Matt Murray, and Chris Roush   A special audio/video edition of Monday Morning Radio presenting a panel of distinguished journalists discussing the future of business journalism. TO VIEW THE VIDEO, CLICK HERE. This is the first episode in the 11th year of the business-to-business podcast. Everyone who owns a business, operates a professional practice, or works for either, understands the importance of the business...

Capitalists 2.0: The New Breed of Business Leaders and Owners

June 11, 2022 20:43 - 1 hour - 115 MB

As the top journalist and now CEO of Fortune Media — publisher of Fortune magazine, Fortune.com, and an increasing array of live Fortune global conferences — Alan Murray is one of the most influential business journalists in the country. In his capacity as the head of Fortune, Alan has the opportunity to keep company with many of the world's most prominent and influential people, including presidents, heads of state, legendary CEOs, titans of Wall Street, and even the Pope. Alan is the au...

Want a Standing Ovation for Your Company’s Financial Performance?

June 05, 2022 20:42 - 46 minutes - 86 MB

Most people don’t think of Hollywood celebrities as entrepreneurs. But Craig Archibald, founder of The Archibald Studio, is not most people. A well-established acting coach, Craig has mentored talents including Eric Roberts, Dan Futterman, John Slattery, and Constance Wu. One of the first lessons he drills into his clients’ minds is that acting is a highly competitive business, and if they are going to succeed, they need to excel as entrepreneurs. But get this, Craig also recommends that ...

Lessons in Effective Leadership Forged in the Crucible of War

May 30, 2022 03:48 - 52 minutes - 96.7 MB

As an active U.S. Army Colonel, Christopher Kolenda — a West Point graduate — led 800 paratroopers stationed in Afghanistan. Six of his soldiers were killed under his command. The loss of his troops and the lessons he learned about effective leadership during his storied military career are front and center in Col. Kolenda’s mind this Memorial Day. Col. Kolenda is the author of Leadership: The Warrior’s Art and Zero-Sum Victory: What We’re Getting Wrong About War. He is also the founder o...

Trash-Talking Brian Scudamore Offers Many Pearls of Business Wisdom

May 23, 2022 03:30 - 44 minutes - 81 MB

Brian Scudamore was a high school dropout. Waiting at a McDonald’s drive-through, he spotted a ratty old pickup with “Junk Hauling” spray-painted on the side. “I could do that,” Brian told himself. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and inspired to do things bigger and better, Brian bought a beat-up old truck and launched what today is the $600 million global industry giant, 1-800-Got-Junk, which dominates the junk removal business. Brian is the founder and CEO of Vancouver-based 02E Bran...

What Organizations Can Learn from the “Peanuts” Character, Linus Van Pelt

May 15, 2022 21:56 - 45 minutes - 83 MB

One of the most popular characters in Charles M. Schultz’s Peanuts comic strip is Linus Van Pelt, Charlie Brown’s best friend. Linus displays great wisdom even as he clings to his always-present blue security blanket. Dr. Victoria Grady, an organization expert with decades of experience working with Fortune 500 companies, sees similarities between Linus and the type of “attachment behavior” that often stalls the progress of companies trying to successfully transform in the digital age. Do...

One Might Say That the Way Tim Redmond Helps Businesses Thrive is a Blessing

May 01, 2022 23:59 - 42 minutes - 77.2 MB

Tim Redmond, CEO of Redmond Growth Consulting, has spent more than 35 years mentoring plumbers, electricians, landscapers, remodelers, and other small bricks-and-mortar business owners on ways to dramatically improve their performance. Tim relies on an unusual framework for his growth principles: The Bible. While Tim’s clients come from all religions and denominations, he looks to teachings in the New Testament, in particular, to steer his innovative coaching process. The Divine inspirati...

To Get Where You Dream of Going, You’ll Have to Make Better Choices

April 24, 2022 18:07 - 50 minutes - 92.1 MB

Ken Lindner is a professional development maestro, having helped choreograph the careers of thousands of individuals from all walks of life. Among the many professionals he’s helped guide are leading broadcast personalities, including Lester Holt, Deborah Norville, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Leeza Gibbons, and Matt Lauer. Ken’s approach to careers — and life in general - is simple: Make better choices, and achieve better results. The founder of Positive Life Choice Psychology, Ken is the author of...

This Couple, Both in Their 60s, Pedaled Coast-to-Coast on a Tandem Bike

April 17, 2022 19:03 - 46 minutes - 85.9 MB

Stephen Kreider Yoder and his wife, Karen, had been married for 42 years when last summer — at a combined age of 127 — the two successfully rode a tandem bike 3,819 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The 12-week adventure taught the couple a multitude of lessons about teamsmanship, resilience, planning (and spontaneity), the hospitality of strangers, the beauty of nature, and the addictive satisfaction of checking items off of their bucket list. This wee...

Why Make Being an Effective Leader So Complex When - DUH! — All It Takes is Common Sense?

April 08, 2022 18:52 - 44 minutes - 81.3 MB

Two of the country’s top experts on leadership — men who write bestselling books and get paid the big bucks to mentor top executives — confess that managing others doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, Ken Blanchard — who has sold more than 23 million copies of his books worldwide — and his colleague Randy Conley contend that outstanding leadership boils down to two common-sense ingredients: build trust with your employees and strive to serve others ahead of yourself. Of course, even...

Zappos’ Tony Hsieh Aspired to Bring Happiness to the World, But Couldn’t Find It Himself

April 04, 2022 02:47 - 37 minutes - 68.9 MB

The life and death of Tony Hsieh, the billionaire CEO of online shoe-seller Zappos, is a master class in visionary business leadership and a cautionary tale about how fame can mask profound problems. Hsieh, who sold Zappos to Amazon for $1.2 billion, died in a mysterious shed fire in late November 2020 at age 46. This week, two reporters for The Wall Street Journal — Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre — join host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart to share details from their newly publi...

Look Before You Leap into the Entrepreneurial Life

March 28, 2022 01:25 - 49 minutes - 90.1 MB

Here is a harsh truth: Many entrepreneurs have no business running their own businesses. In a no-holds-barred conversation with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, bestselling author Gino Wickman draws an impermeable line between those who have the right stuff to succeed in business and those who never will, no matter how hard they try. Wickman is the creator of “The Entrepreneurial Operating System,” which more than 130,000 companies have relied on to improve their results. H...

Shift Happens: We Can’t Control Our Personal or Business Misfortunes

March 21, 2022 03:43 - 38 minutes - 71.3 MB

Ann Papayoti has plenty of reasons to be bitter. She lost an infant child, had another born with epilepsy, and was married to a belligerent and abusive husband. But Ann chose to make peace with her past. Today, she is a successful self-help author and life coach who mentors others on how to overcome all manner of life setbacks. What allows people to prevail over their difficulties is what Ann calls “shift” — embracing a better, life-affirming perspective.  Ann is the co-author, along wi...

Events in Russia, China, and Domestically Punctuate the Need for Topnotch PR

March 13, 2022 16:02 - 55 minutes - 102 MB

Good PR has become everyone’s responsibility, regardless of your industry or job title. That is a core message shared by a distinguished panel of three experts on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio. Leading the panel is Robert L. Dilenschneider, editor of the newly published fifth edition of The Public Relations Handbook, a must-read for communications practitioners and a valuable reference for executives who wisely recognize that public relations is integral to every activity and...

This Week, A Monday Morning Radio Doubleheader (of Sorts)

March 03, 2022 21:53 - 38 minutes - 69.6 MB

Last week, due to a technical glitch at the service that hosts Monday Morning Radio, some listeners heard half of one podcast while others listened to a completely different episode. So this week, we are offering a double-header. In center stage is David Hailey, founder of Countifi. This cutting-edge concern uses a combination of computer vision and artificial intelligence to help companies in the airline industry, healthcare, construction, and higher education gain better control of their ...

SPECIAL REPORT: How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Impacting One Small Business Professional

February 28, 2022 06:17 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MB

This week, a special edition of Monday Morning Radio features a conversation with Anton Suddia, a Ukraine-based expert on augmented reality. Recorded Sunday, February 27th, Anton shares his very personal and compelling story of how his life has changed since Russia invaded Ukraine four days earlier. Anton previously appeared on this podcast in September 2016, discussing the global effort to bring Augmented Reality to Main Street businesses. A father of two young children, Anton and his...

No More Room at the Top? Discover Seven Powerfully Effective Alternatives to Promotions

February 21, 2022 03:50 - 47 minutes - 86.2 MB

There is only so much room at the top of the corporate ladder. What can owners and CEOs do to retain and incentivize good employees when no more executive slots are available? According to Julie Winkle Giulioni, a human resources expert and bestselling author, there are excellent alternatives to promotions. Besides, many employees no longer want all the drama and responsibilities that come with upper-management jobs. Julie’s new book, Promotions Are So Yesterday, won’t be out until next m...

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