John Maxwell says “Leadership is influence…nothing more, nothing less”. Exceptional & sustainable leadership demands a knowledge of influence. Increasing your influence can seem overwhelming; how do we increase it? Your influence increases when you…
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257 – Linda Kaplan Thaler: Advertising Entrepreneur & Author of “Grit to Great”
Linda Kaplan Thaler is an Advertising Hall of Fame luminary, and creator of many of the industry’s most iconic campaigns, including Kodak Moments, and the hilarious Aflac duck. Linda was the CEO of the Kaplan Thaler group, which quickly became one of A…
263 – David Osborn: Entrepreneur, Author, & Real Estate Mogul
David Osborn lives life with passion! As a businessman, he has built one of the top real estate brokerages in the world with more than 1,500 agents and annual sales volume exceeding $2 billion per year. As a serial entrepreneur, David founded over 50 c…
262 – Grant Cardone: Best-Selling Author, International Sales Trainer, & Speaker
Grant Cardone urges his followers and clients to make success their duty, responsibility, obligation, and to rise above out-dated, unworkable middle class myths and limitations in order to achieve true freedom for themselves and their families. His str…
261 – Dr. Kim Villeneuve: President & CEO Centerstone Executive Search
Dr. Kim Villeneuve is the Founder, President and CEO of Centerstone Executive Search, Inc. For more than 20 years, Kim has placed CEOs and executive teams and built boards for companies ranging from new ventures to Fortune 500 firms. Kim leads Centerst…
265 – Gary M. Douglas: Best-selling author, founder of “Access Consciousness”, expert on “Benevolent Capitalism”
Best-selling author, international speaker and a sought-after facilitator, Gary Douglas is known for his intensity of awareness and his incredible capacity to facilitate people to ‘know what they know’. He chooses to embody consciousness in everything …
264 – Solo Episode: Becoming Confident
Great leaders are confident: In Themselves Their Vision In The People That They’re Leading Confidence is at the core of your natural charisma; remember the “Four-Cs” Calm Confident Consistent Courageous How do you become more confident? Constant battle…
266 – Juan Williams: Award winning journalist & political analyst for Fox News Channel
Juan Williams joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in 1997 as a contributor and is also a co-host of FNC’s “The Five,” where he is one of seven rotating Fox personalities. Additionally, he serves as FNC’s political analyst, a regular p…
268 – Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman : Professional mixed martial arts fighter, speaker, mentor & author
Following a successful high school wrestling career, Charlie took his talents to Lock Haven University where he achieved a top 12 finish at Division I Nationals and 1st Team All-Academic. After teaching Spanish for three years and winning Spike TV’s Pr…
267 – Perry Noble: Senior Pastor at NewSpring Church
Perry Noble is the founding and senior pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina. The church averages more than 32,000 people during weekend services at multiple campuses across the state. Perry is a gifted communicator and teacher, convicted about …
270 – Tish Squillaro: CEO, Founder and Author of “HeadTrash” & “HeadTrash 2”
With a goal-oriented and self-confident mindset, Tish creates change. Early on, she developed a great feeling for niche markets and realized her talent in helping business leaders become “unstuck” and learn to make effective decisions. Today, Tish cont…
269 – Bob Vanourek: Inspirational Speaker. Leadership Coach & Consultant
Bob Vanourek is the former CEO of five firms, ranging from a start-up to a $1 billion NY stock exchange company and including winners of a state-level Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award and the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. He is author of Lead…
273 – Michael D. White: Former CEO of DIRECTV & Former CEO of PepsiCo International
Michael D. White is the former president, chairman and chief executive officer of DIRECTV, a world-leading provider of digital television entertainment services. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and…
271 – Monique Tallon: Women’s Leadership Coach, Conference Speaker and Author
Monique Tallon is a Feminine Leadership expert, executive coach, corporate trainer and speaker on women’s leadership topics. She is the author of the new book, Leading Gracefully: A Woman’s Guide to Confident, Authentic and Effective Leadership….
276 – Coach Michael Burt: “The Super Coach”
Michael Burt, “The Super Coach” is a unique blend of a former championship coach who has an entrepreneurial mindset. Coach Burt has quickly become the go-to business coach for aggressive minded companies in competitive and saturated marke…
274 – Bill Hybels: Founder and Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church
Bill Hybels is senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, a church of more than 25,000 that celebrated its 40th year in 2015. Bill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., with a weekend …
272 – Danielle Strickland: Officer in The Salvation Army; Advocate and Author
Danielle Strickland loves Jesus. And she loves people. Her aggressive compassion has loved people firsthand in countries all over the world where she has embraced, learned, cared, evangelized, taught, and exhorted individuals and crowds to surrender t…
277 – Jim Harshaw Jr: Speaker, Coach, & Assistant Director at Virginia Athletics Foundation
Failure, struggle and setbacks are not only an inevitable part of life but a necessary step on the path to success. Jim Harshaw has learned many life lessons on the wrestling mat. Having won three ACC Championships for the University of Virginia, train…
275 – Chuck Gumbert: The Turnaround Specialist
Chuck Gumbert, The Turnaround Specialist™, has utilized a wealth of life and business experience, as well as a knack for overcoming challenges, to guide numerous clients to success. One of Chuck’s first major challenges—overcoming the debilitating effe…
279 – Vito Mazza: Tribute to Mother Teresa’s Canonization into Sainthood
Even in her lifetime, Mother Teresa was an icon of God’s tender mercy, radiating the light of God’s love to so many through the works of mercy, both material and spiritual. Mother Teresa’s mission was to “light the light of those in darkness on e…
