Latest Michael langhout Podcast Episodes
025 Maintaining Resiliency in the Face of Stress and Adversity with Susan Drumm
CEO BrainFood - May 14, 2020 07:11 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:44 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Susan Drumm who speaks to the origin story of her organization Meritage Leadership Development 09:20 – Michael and Susan reflect on the impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic 12:47 – Building resilience in the face of adversity, stress and anxiety...
024 Ethics, Value, & Purpose with Albert Erisman
CEO BrainFood - March 02, 2020 06:54 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:55 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Albert Erisman 03:23 – Al talks about why he started Ethix Magazine & The Theology of Work Project 06:25 – Why purpose, meaning and focus outweigh the importance of profits 09:21 – Al talks about his book, The ServiceMaster Story, and the Four Objec...
023 Mastering The Great Game with Jack Stack
CEO BrainFood - January 15, 2020 08:15 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:01 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Jack Stack 04:21 – Jack’s origin story and the goal of The Great Game of Business 14:25 – The importance of forward-thinking forecasting 20:29 – The secret sauce of The Great Game of Business 27:50 – The importance of the critical number 34:14 – Jac...
022 Coaching with a Purpose with Mark Green
CEO BrainFood - January 06, 2020 08:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:54 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Mark Green 03:55 –Coaching for Results vs. Coaching for Growth 07:04 – Michael promotes Mark’s book, Activators 10:29 – Mark speaks to hidden growth killers 17:56 – Universal quantifiers 20:35 – Mark talks about three different types of fear 26:08 ...
021 The Great Game Interview with Rich Armstrong and Steve Baker
CEO BrainFood - December 09, 2019 08:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:58 – Michael introduces today’s guests, Rich Armstrong and Steve Baker 01:41 – Michael promotes Rich and Steve’s latest book, Get In The Game 03:41 – The origin story of The Great Game of Business 08:48 – How Jack Stack began the process of teaching the language of business to his team 12:...
020 Achieving Financial Independence with Paul Adams
CEO BrainFood - December 03, 2019 08:15 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:01 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Paul Adams 02:17 – Paul talks about his upcoming book, Your Business Your Wealth 03:55 – Michael speaks to his experience working with CEOs who take a salary that is lower than the market rate 09:15 – Two common mistakes entrepreneurs make when it com...
019 Purpose is Central to Strategy
CEO BrainFood - November 11, 2019 01:55 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:58 – Michael introduces today’s topic, making purpose central to strategy 02:00 – Michael recalls working for an absent manager whose purpose and values were misaligned 04:07 – Why making money should not be the sole purpose of an organization 05:46 – How the CEO of Michelin incorporated...
018 Lifetime Learning with Daniel Marcos
CEO BrainFood - October 21, 2019 07:15 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:53 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Daniel Marcos 02:47 – Why everything starts and ends with the CEO 05:10 – Daniel speaks to why the strength of the founder usually becomes the weakness of the company 07:12 – Level Five Leaders 09:39 – The Southwest Airlines example 10:56 – Daniel’s...
017 Three Execution Disciplines
CEO BrainFood - October 07, 2019 07:15 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:58 – Michael recaps the last few episodes of CEO Brain Food 01:29 – Introducing today’s topic: Three Execution Disciplines 03:25 – The strategy horizon 05:09 – Discipline One: Priorities 06:51 – Discipline Two: Data Metrics 10:25 – Creating a mini game to identify the critical number ...
016 Driving Growth with KPIs
CEO BrainFood - September 30, 2019 07:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:09 – Introducing today’s topic: Driving Growth with KPIs 01:33 – Reinforcing the importance of tracking your critical number 02:28 – Defining the critical number 07:12 – Michael invites listeners to take a moment to reflect on their critical number 07:44 – The factors that influence an...
015 Do You Know Your Critical Number?
CEO BrainFood - September 23, 2019 07:15 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:02 – Introducing today’s topic: Do You Know Your Critical Number? 02:17 – Michael speaks to his own experience working with his CFO on his critical number 03:48 – The Mariano Rivera example 05:30 – The value of historical data 07:30 – Identifying the critical number 10:02 – Engaging your...
014 Create a Living Culture with Authentic Leadership
CEO BrainFood - September 17, 2019 07:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:56 – Introducing today’s topic: Creating a Living Culture with Authentic Leadership 02:10 – Defining what we mean by ‘culture’ 05:35 – The Theranos Example 07:12 – Culture as a differentiator 08:12 – Understanding your core values 10:19 – The Zappos Example 12:22 – Why leadership ...
013 Finding the Right Customer, Part 2 with Blaine Millet
CEO BrainFood - September 09, 2019 07:15 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:10 – Welcoming back today’s guest, Blaine Millet 04:08 – Blaine poses an intriguing question about customers 05:24 – Results companies can expect by adopting a strategy of customer obsession 06:36 – Building long tail differentiation 08:02 – The Disneyland example 09:52 – The Ace Hardwar...
012 The Magic of Customer Obsession, Part 1 with Blaine Millet
CEO BrainFood - September 04, 2019 02:09 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:02 – Introducing today’s guest, Blaine Millet 02:45 – Focusing on customers 06:42 – The importance of differentiation 11:18 – The Holy Grail of customer obsession 14:29 – Why Blaine advocates for organizations to stop marketing 17:45 – Strategies to get customers to talk about your organ...
011 Building a Culture of Trust
CEO BrainFood - August 26, 2019 07:15 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:57 – Introducing today’s topic, building a culture of trust 04:36 – The importance of trust 05:28 – The three pillars of an organization 07:19 – The five key points of culture 07:32 – One: Find and Defend Your Cores 09:38 – Two: Build Authentic Relationships 13:27 – Three: Lead Transpar...
010 Are you a Multiplier or a Diminisher?
CEO BrainFood - August 19, 2019 07:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:01 – Introducing today’s topic, Multiplier or Diminisher (Leadership Styles) 01:58 – Michael recalls his experiences working with both multiplier and diminisher kind of leaders 06:09 – A Diminisher Leader Mindset 07:09 – A Multiplier Leader Mindset 09:10 – Closing the gap between “where w...
009 The 3HAG Way
CEO BrainFood - August 12, 2019 07:15 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:51 – Introducing today’s topic, “The 3HAG Way” planning system 01:13 – Background of Shannon Susko 03:01 – How 3HAG System bridges the gap between 1-year goal and BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) System 05:38 – An anecdote from General Dwight Eisenhower 08:18 – The significance of aligning...
008 Everyone Needs a Coach
CEO BrainFood - August 05, 2019 07:15 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:01 – Introducing today’s topic, coaching 01:41 – The preconceived notions about coaching 02:46 – The importance Michael places on reading 06:13 – Why everyone needs a coach 07:12 – Attributes of a great coach 09:15 – The golf example 09:51 – A compelling argument for having a coach 10:...
007 Scalable Leadership
CEO BrainFood - July 29, 2019 07:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:12 – Introducing today’s topic, How Do You Scale Leadership 03:43 – Michael recalls a leader he met early in his career 08:18 – The value Michael places on humility 09:55 – Michael speaks to a recent article he read from Harvard Business Review 11:00 – The Simon Sinek Video 13:47 – Leade...
006 Leading High Performance Cohesive Teams
CEO BrainFood - July 22, 2019 07:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:00 – Introducing today’s topic, Leading High Performance Cohesive Teams 03:50 – How the size of the team impacts its cohesive state 05:31 – Michael speaks to a leadership retreat he recently attended 06:26 – The importance of being present 09:40 – John Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership ...
005 Business Acceleration by Design
CEO BrainFood - July 15, 2019 07:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:56 – Introducing today’s topic, Business Acceleration by Design 04:30 – Attribution Framework 05:35 – Acceleration and the Flywheel 07:04 – How Vanguard utilized the Flywheel 09:29 – Intel and Moore’s Law 11:47 – The medical device industry 13:09 – How cash is a vehicle for business gro...
004 Do You Have the Right Talent?
CEO BrainFood - July 08, 2019 07:13 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:49 – Introducing today’s topic, Do You Have the Right Talent 01:26 – Why this is such an important topic in the early stages of a company’s growth 02:16 – The People Equation 02:55 – Developing the skillset necessary to identify the correct talent 04:39 – Growing and scaling a business 0...
003 Authentic Leadership
CEO BrainFood - July 02, 2019 07:45 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:06 – Introducing today’s topic, Authentic Leadership 02:29 – The need to reinforce the value of leadership 05:04 – The role trust plays in effective leadership 06:08 – How leadership can be taught 07:46 – Michael defines Authentic Leadership 08:31 – Modern examples of authentic leaders ...
002 What is Competitive Advantage?
CEO BrainFood - June 24, 2019 08:07 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings01:05 – Introducing today’s topic, Competitive Advantage 04:09 – How to differentiate from competitors 06:03 – Identifying your core customer 08:43 – The Southwest Airlines example 11:06 – Attribution Framework Analysis 14:59 – Why companies struggle to implement this framework 17:39 – A c...
The War For Talent
CEO BrainFood - June 11, 2019 18:28 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings00:51 – Introducing the host of CEO Brain Food, Michael Langhout 01:18 – The inspiration for this week’s topic, the War for Talent 03:00 – How unemployment has changed over the past few decades 04:02 – The importance of anticipating disruption 06:25 – How the demographic change has affected ...
Welcome to CEO BrainFood
CEO BrainFood - May 06, 2019 01:08 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsNew episodes and full show notes available at https://www.langhoutinternational.com/podcast
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