Our MasterMinds series includes more than a hundred exclusive interviews with the leading business thinkers in the world. In each interview, I focus my questions on what you can do to build a better business, career, and life.
Many of these are print interviews, while others are podcasts, but all provide tips, strategies, and tactics you can use immediately to help your high-value business thrive. Topics cover everything from managing your firm and your career to marketing and selling techniques, building client relationships, writing winning proposals, pricing your services, and innovation and creative thinking.
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Meet the MasterMinds:
Eric Abrahamson: The Benefits of Messiness
David Allen: Getting Things Done
Cliff Atkinson: Beyond Bullet Points
Jordan Ayan: Creativity on Demand
Harry Beckwith: Why Clients Buy (podcast)
Harry Beckwith: You, Inc.—Selling Yourself
Harry Beckwith: What Clients Love
Scott Berkun: Mastering Project Management
Mark Birzell: How to Become a Great Consultant (podcast)
Ken Blanchard: The One Minute Entrepreneur
Peter Block: Update on Flawless Consulting (podcast)
Peter Block: Being an Authentic Consultant
Peter Bregman: 18 Minutes to Change Your Life (podcast)
William Bridges: Why Change Fails
Maureen Broderick: The Art of Managing Professional Services (podcast)
Ian Brodie: Pain-Free Marketing (podcast)
Marcus Buckingham: Leadership, Management, and Individual Performance
Daniel Burrus: Winning the Future with Flash Foresight (podcast)
Tony Buzan: What’s the Brain Got to Do with Business?
Dan Calista: How to Grow a Consulting Firm from Scratch (podcast)
James Champy: Inspiring Client Loyalty
James Champy: Outsmart Your Competition
Robert Cialdini: Principles of Influence
Mick Cope: Blueprint for Consulting Assignments
Roger Courville: How to Deliver a Great Webinar (podcast)
Fiona Czerniawska: The Present and Future of Consulting
Fiona Czerniawska: Trends in Consulting
Fiona Czerniawska: The Outlook for Consulting
Aubrey Daniels: Performance Killing Mistakes
Aubrey Daniels: The Measure of a Leader
Ross Dawson: Knowledge-Based Client Relationships
Bert Decker: Communication That Motivates
Thomas DeLong: Leading a Professional Service Firm
Matt Dixon and Brent Adamson: Profile of a Top-Performing Seller (podcast)
Steven Farber: Extreme Leadership
Keith Ferrazzi: Never Eat Alone.
Sydney Finkelstein: Think Again before You Decide
Vincent Flanders: Web Pages That Suck
Jeffrey Fox: Sales Strategies of a Rainmaker
Michael Gelb: Discover Your Genius
Michael Gerber: The Myth of the Entrepreneur
James Gilmore: Orchestrating the Client Experience (podcast)
Seth Godin: Navigating The Dip
Seth Godin: What’s a Purple Cow?
Seth Godin: Free Prize Inside
Rob Goffee: Managing Clever People
Daniel Goleman: New Insights on Emotional Intelligence (podcast)
Charles Green and Andrea Howe: The Tools of the Trusted Adviser (podcast))
Charles Green: Who and Why Clients Trust
Doug Hall: Jump Start Your Business Brain
Ann Handley: How to Make Your Digital Content Compelling (podcast)
Ford Harding: Rainmaking for Consultants
Ford Harding: Cross-Selling Your Way to Success
Ford Harding: Creating Rainmakers
Dan Heath: Ideas That Stick
Jeffrey Hollender: The Next Business Revolution
Jeffrey Hollender: Corporate Social Responsibility
James Hoopes: The False Prophets of Business
James Hoopes: The Cult of Moral Leadership
John Jantsch: Build a Referral Engine for Your Business
Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Confidence
Michael Katz: Pricing Your Services (podcast)
Guy Kawasaki: The Art of the Start
Walter Kiechel: The Strategy Revolution
W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne: Make Your Competition Irrelevant
Jill Konrath: SNAP Selling (podcast)
Jill Konrath: Selling to Big Companies
Philip Kotler: Marketing Professional Services
John Kotter: Leading Change
James Kouzes: Being a Leader (podcast)
James Kouzes: How to Gain Credibility as a Leader (podcast)
James Kouzes: The Challenge of Leadership
Steve Krug: Common Sense Web Design
David Lax: 3D Negotiation
Patrick Lencioni: The Competitive Advantage of Organizational Health (podcast)
Patrick Lencioni: The Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni: Miserable Jobs
Patrick Lencioni: Getting Naked with Clients
Jay Conrad Levinson: Guerrilla Marketing
Mark Levy: How to Generate Your Best Ideas and Insights (podcast)
Jim Loehr: Achieving Peak Performance
Suzanne Lowe: Competing to Win
David Maister: Strategy and the Fat Smoker
David Maister: Leading Professionals
David Maxfield: How to Change Anything (podcast)
Christopher McKenna: The World’s Newest Profession
Michael Michalko: Cracking the Creativity Code
Harry Mills: Pricing Consulting Services
Nick Morgan: 7 Steps to a Great Speech (podcast)
Nick Morgan: Trust Me
Nick Morgan: Working the Room
Chunka Mui: Billion-Dollar Mistakes
Kerry Patterson: Keeping High-Stakes Conversations on Track (podcast)
Don Peppers and Martha Rogers: The Real Value of Relationships
Tom Peters: Lessons on Pursuing Excellence
Tom Peters: Re-Imagining Business
Jack Phillips: The ROI of Consulting Projects
Daniel Pink: The Truth about Motivating People
Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind
Michael Port: Beyond Booked Solid
Bob Prosen: Kiss Theory Good Bye
Al Ries: Branding Your Consultancy
Dan Roam: The Antidote to Blah, Blah, Blah (podcast)
Dan Roam: Visual Thinking
Lon Safko: The Business Case for Social Media
Tom Sant: The Language of Success
Tom Sant: Persuasive Business Proposals
Robert H. Schaffer: How to Get Rapid Results
Robert H. Schaffer: High-Impact Consulting
Mike Schultz: Influence, Persuade, and Sell in Any Situation (podcast)
Mike Schultz: Marketing Your Services
Andrew Sobel: Power Questions (podcast)
Andrew Sobel: Building Client Partnerships
Andrew Sobel: The State of Client Relationships
Andrew Sobel: Writing a Business Book
Andrew Sobel: Client Loyalty
Mark Stevens: Why Your Marketing Sucks
Tom Stevenson: The Relationship Advantage
Doug Stone: Handling Difficult Conversations
Vickie Sullivan: How to Break into the Speaking Market
Robert Sutton: What You Can Learn from the Best and Worst Bosses (podcast)
Robert Sutton: The No Asshole Rule
Al Switzler: The Six Sources of Influence
Jeff Thull: The Prime Solution
Jeff Thull: Mastering the Complex Sale
Michael Treacy: Double Digit Growth
Jack Trout: Strategy and Positioning for Consultants
Dave Ulrich: The Why of Work
Jerry Weinberg: Secrets of Consulting Success
Jerry Weissman: Telling Your Story
Jerry Wind: The Power of Impossible Thinking
Andy Wood: The Role of Trust in Selling
Keith Yamashita: What to Do When You Get Stuck
Glenn Yeffeth: Getting Your Book Published (podcast)
Steve Zaffron: Breakthrough Organizational Performance
Gene Zelazny: Make the Most of Any Presentation
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