James Kouzes
What Makes a Great Leader?
In this podcast, I talk with James Kouzes, co-author with Barry Posner of the international bestseller, The Leadership Challenge, and the new edition of Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It. For more than 25 years, Kouzes and his colleagues have conducted extensive research around the world on the traits and behaviors of effective leaders.
Kouzes and I talk about the four top traits that people admire most in their leaders (competence doesn’t top the list, by the way) and how emerging leaders can develop those skills.
Mark Levy
Want New Ideas? Try Freewriting
Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation, a marketing strategy company, and the author of Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content. Levy’s book shows us how to use a tool called freewriting to explore our ideas, solve problems, and create marketing and thought leadership material.
In this podcast interview, we asked Levy to explain what freewriting is, why it works, how to get started, and how to apply it in our businesses.
David Maxfield
How to Change Anything
“We’re surrounded by influences that we don’t even see–we’re blind to them.“
In this podcast I talk with David Maxfield, co-author of the book, Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success .
Maxfield and his team studied the science of personal change through their work with over 5,000 people. The result is a comprehensive framework for making and sustaining personal change.
Nick Morgan
Give Your Best Speech Ever
Nick Morgan is the author of the eBook, 7 Steps to a Great Speech. Morgan, one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches, is also the author of Trust Me: Four Steps to Authenticity and Charisma, and Give Your Speech, Change the World: How to Move Your Audience to Action.
Kerry Patterson
Strategies for “Crucial Conversations”
In this podcast, I talk with Kerry Patterson, co-author of the landmark book, Crucial Conversations. The first edition of the book, which sold 2 million copies, changed how we communicate at work and in our personal lives. Now, the book has been completely updated, with new research, case studies, and tools that you can use to make your high stakes conversations go more smoothly.
Patterson and I talk about why crucial conversations can be so tough–part of the problem is the hard wiring humans are born with. And we discuss how to keep a crucial conversation on track, especially when emotions run high.
Mike Schultz
Rainmaking Conversations
In this podcast we talk with Mike Schultz, co-author of the book, Rainmaking Conversations: Influence, Persuade, and Sell in Any Situation, and of Professional Services Marketing. Schultz is the publisher of RainToday.com, and president of the RAIN Group.
He talks about the skills–and mindset–you need to become a rainmaker, why curiosity is an essential part of the sales process, and how you should think about the objections that arise during the sales process.
Robert Sutton
Are You a Good Boss or a Bad One?
Most people have at least one horror story about a bad boss. If you’re lucky, you’ve also experienced a really good boss.
Our guest, Robert Sutton, has a thing or two to say on the subject of bosses. Sutton is a professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford, and the author of Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best…and Learn from the Worst.
Sutton’s previous books include the bestseller, The No-Asshole Rule, Weird Ideas That Work, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsense, and The Knowing-Doing Gap.
I asked Sutton for his take on what makes for a good boss and a bad one. I also asked for his opinion on some famous bosses like Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer, and Tony Hayward.
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