LDRLB | Leadership, Innovation & Strategy

0410 | Alexander Osterwalder

David Burkus — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:15:43 +0000

Alexander Osterwalder is an entrepreneur, speaker, and business model innovator. In their book, Business Model Generation, he and Professor Yves Pigneur revealed the Business Model Canvas, a practical tool to visualize, challenge and re-invent business models. In this interview, we talk about the need for visual business tools, business model strategy, and why good leaders build a portfolio of business models in their organizations.

Business Model Canvas

Strategyzer

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0409 | Two Strategy Questions That Matter

David Burkus — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:00:41 +0000

Strategy is a heavy topic. Either it requires a seemingly infinite time commitment, or it is easily mistaken for an organizational vision or (perhaps worse) a short-term operational plan. If you’re trying to build a solid strategy, then there are a number of resources you can draw from. No matter what tools you use, ultimately you’re strategy has to answer two questions, brilliantly posed by Roger Martin and A.G. Lafley: “Where will we play?” and “How will we win?”

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0408 | Keith Sawyer

David Burkus — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:00:51 +0000

Dr. Keith Sawyer is the author of the new book Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity.

He is one of the world’s leading scientific experts on creativity and innovation. In his first job after graduating from MIT, he designed videogames for Atari. He then worked for 6 years as a management consultant in Boston and New York, advising large corporations on the strategic use of information technology. He’s been a jazz pianist for over 30 years, and performed with several improv theater groups in Chicago, as part of his research into jazz and improvisational theater. He currently serves as a professor of education, psychology, and business at Washington University in St. Louis. In this interview, we talk about the innovation process, the research on personal creativity and the entrepreneurial pivot.

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0407 | Francesca Gino

David Burkus — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:00:53 +0000

Francesca Gino is Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations, & Markets Unit at the Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on judgment and decision making, social influence, and ethics and creativity. Her studies have been featured onCNN and NPR, as well as in leading print publications including Economist, Financial Times, New York Times, Newsweek, Scientific American, and Psychology Today.

She is the author of the new book Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan.

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0406 | Jody Thompson

David Burkus — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:00:27 +0000

Jody Thompson is the co-creator of the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) and co-author of the new book Why Managing Sucks And How to Fix It. In this interview, we discuss ROWE, crab-in-the-basket theory, and how to succeed in business without really trying (the movie, not the career strategy).

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0405 | Saul Kaplan

David Burkus — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:37:31 +0000

Saul Kaplan is the Founder and Chief Catalyst of Business Innovation Factory and the author of Business Model Innovation Factory. In this interview, we discuss why the landscape of business is changing and why leaders need to keep up by innovating their business models or risk being “netflixed.” What is being netflixed? Listen and find out.

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0404 | Do IPOs Hurt Innovation?

David Burkus — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:00:21 +0000

Interesting new research from Shai Bernstein at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business suggests that companies that go public experience a significant decline in innovation post-IPO. Top talent leaves and the talent that stays is typically less productive. Hitting an Innovation wall doesn’t have to be the fate of all companies post-IPO, you just have to train your investors properly.

0403 | Daniel Pink

David Burkus — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:00:24 +0000

Daniel Pink is the author of the New York Times Bestseller To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. In this interview, we talk about the new ABCs of influencing others, the power of attunement for leaders, and why we are all in sales now.

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0402 | Karen Martin

David Burkus — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:00:23 +0000

Karen Martin is the author of The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence and an experienced consultant and thought leader in lean business practices. In this interview, we discuss how to build the foundation of an outstanding organization, our love-hate relationship with chaos, and how chair-flying like the Blue Angels can help build an outstanding organization.

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0401 | Potential Trumps Proven Achievement

David Burkus — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:33 +0000

For the premiere of season four we talk about potential. Not our potential, but some recent research demonstrating that potential has significantly more allure than accomplishment. It turns out, we have a preference for people who show the potential for future achievements over those whose past is full of achievement.

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0312 | Matthew May

David Burkus — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:00:02 +0000

Matthew May is is the author of The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything, as well as three previous, award-winning books. A popular speaker, creativity coach, and close advisor on innovation to companies such as ADP, Edmunds, Intuit, and Toyota, Matt is a regular contributor to the American Express OPEN Forum Idea Hub and the founder of Edit Innovation, an ideas agency based in Los Angeles.

In this Season Three Finale of LDRLB, Matt and David discuss how subtraction can add to your life and leadership ability.

0311 | Soren Kaplan

David Burkus — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:00:24 +0000

Soren Kaplan is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power the of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. Through his book and his consulting, he helps innovative leaders disrupt mindsets and markets. In this interview, we discuss how the most innovative companies and leaders savor surprises to lead their organization forward.

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0310 | John Baldoni

David Burkus — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:00:47 +0000

John Baldoni is an internationally recognized leadership consultant, coach, author and speaker. He is the president of Baldoni Consulting LLC, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. John is the author of 11 books on leadership develo

pment including his new release The Leader’s Pocket Guide: 101 Indispensable Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Any Situation. In this interview, we discuss his brief but insightful tips for organizational leaders new and old.

0309 | Talent Anarchy

David Burkus — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:00:21 +0000

Talent Anarchy is the dynamic speaking duo of Jason Lauritsen and Joe Gerstandt. These Talent Anarchists use their collective experiences, common beliefs and different perspectives to deliver thought-provoking, actionable keynote and workshop presentations in an engaging and, at times, comical way. Jason and Joe have been making the rounds at HR and management conferences for several years and have compiled some of their collective wisdom in their new book, Social Gravity: Harnessing the Natural Laws of Relationships.

In this interview, we discuss how organizations hold their talented people back, how natural relationships form and how to become a rock star in the business conference world.

0308 | Todd Henry

David Burkus — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:00:56 +0000

Innovation requires creativity. And Todd Henry knows something about creativity.

Todd is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas. He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead to everyday brilliance. Todd’s work has been featured by Fast Company, Fortune,Forbes, HBR.org, US News & World Report, and many other major media outlets.

In this episode, we talk about Todd’s book, The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice which offers strategies for how to thrive in the creative marketplace and how to lead creative teams.

0307 | Cynthia Montgomery

David Burkus — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:00:41 +0000

Cynthia A. Montgomery is the Timken Professor of Business Administration and immediate past head of the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, where she’s taught for over twenty years. For six years she led the strategy track in the School’s highly regarded Owner, President, Manager Program (OPM), attended by top managers of mid-sized companies from around the globe. Currently, she is a core faculty member in the School’s Advanced Management Program.

In this episode, we discuss Cynthia’s new book The Strategist: Be The Leader Your Business Needs. Cynthia boldly redefines strategy and issues a call to arms for leaders to take back their rightful claim to be Strategists of their own organizations.

0306 | Max McKeown

David Burkus — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:00:29 +0000

Max McKeown is a a new breed of business guru. He works consultant, researcher and writer focused on innovation and strategy. He is the author of two recently published books: The Strategy Book andAdaptability. In this interview, we discuss both books and why the best strategy for the future might just be adaptability.

0305 | Scott Eblin

David Burkus — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:00:24 +0000

Scott Eblin is the co-founder and president of The Eblin Group, Inc., a leadership development and strategy firm that supports organizations in ensuring the success of their executive level leaders. Through his work as an executive coach, leadership strategist, speaker and author, Scott has become known as a thought leader in identifying the behaviors that executives need to pick up and let go as they transition into new and larger roles. In this episode, we discuss Scott’s book The Next Level: What Insider’s Need to Know About Executive Success.

0304 | Bob Frisch

David Burkus — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:00:54 +0000

Bob Frisch, managing partner of The Strategic Offsites Group, has worked with organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to German mittelstand family businesses to the U.S. Department of State. Bob’s work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, theWall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Fortune. In this interview, we talk about the difference between senior management teams and kitchen cabinets, why he hates matrix organizations and his new book Who’s in the Room: How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them.

0303 | David Owens

David Burkus — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:00:10 +0000

David A. Owens is professor of the practice of management at Vanderbilt’s Graduate School of Management, where he also directs the Executive Development Institute. Specializing in innovation and new product development, he is known as a dynamic speaker and is the recipient of numerous teaching awards. In this interview, we discuss his new book Creative People Must Be Stopped.

Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage “outside the box” thinking. It shows that the antidote to this self-defeating behavior is to identify which of the six major types of constraints are hindering innovation: individual, group, organizational, industry-wide, societal, or technological. Once innovators and other leaders understand exactly which constraints are working against them and how to overcome them, they can create conditions that foster innovation instead of stopping it in its tracks.

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0302 | Marcus Buckingham

David Burkus — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:30 +0000

Marcus Buckingham is a key soloist in the strengths movement choir. He is a best-selling author, popular keynote speaker and business consultant who champions the idea that people and organizations reach peak performance by leveraging their strengths.

In this interview, we discuss his latest project, StandOut, a combination book and strengths assessment that uses an innovative new research methodology to reveal your top two “strength Roles.” StandOut goes beyond description to give people practical strategies that fit their strengths, and provide managers with quick insights on how to get the best from each member of their team.

0301 | Robert Hurley

David Burkus — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:11 +0000

Dr. Hurley is a Professor at Fordham University and President of Hurley Associates. Dr. Hurley consults with organizations on leadership development, top team development, coaching, managing transformational change and developing and implementing strategies to maximize customer value. He has published over 30 articles or book chapters. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, California Management Review, and Harvard Business Review. He is the author of the new book The Decision to Trust.

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Hurley about the importance of trust, how the decision to trust is made and how leaders can become more trustworthy.

0212 | Les McKeown

David Burkus — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:42 +0000

Les McKeown (not the one from the Bay City Rollers) is is the President & CEO of Predictable Success. He has has started over 40 companies in his own right, and was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that advised on the creation and growth of hundreds more organizations worldwide. Since relocating from his native Ireland to the US in 1998, Les advises CEOs and senior leaders of organizations on how to achieve scalable, sustainable growth. His clients range from large family-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies, and include Harvard University, American Express, T-Mobile, United Technologies, Pella Corporation, The US Army, Microsoft and the NSA.

In this episode, we welcome back Les to the podcast and discuss his new book The Synergist, which focuses on getting executive teams to work better together.

0211 | Kevin Oakes

David Burkus — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:00:56 +0000

Kevin Oakes is co-author of The Executive Guide to Integrated Talent Management. He is the CEO and founder of the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), the fastest growing and largest corporate network focused on the practices of high-performance organizations. Kevin has been a leader in the human capital field for the last two decades, and was previously the Founder and the President of SumTotal Systems, the largest provider of talent and learning solutions in the world.

In this interview, we discuss the problem of silos in talent management, including what some of the world’s foremost thought leaders recommend and what leading practitioners are doing to fix it.

0210 | Mike Figliuolo

David Burkus — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:00:22 +0000

Mike is the Founder and Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC – a professional training firm focused on leadership development.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1993 where he was an honor graduate and a Distinguished Cadet. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army. He spent five years as an Armor officer in a variety of roles including Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Personnel Officer and ROTC Instructor at Duke University.

After leaving the Army, he joined McKinsey and Company as a management consultant before starting THOUGHleaders. His new book One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership is designed to help leaders define who they are and what their personal leadership philosophy is.

0209 | Teresa Amabile

David Burkus — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:04 +0000

Teresa Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School. Originally educated as a chemist, Teresa received her doctorate in psychology from Stanford University. She studies how everyday life inside organizations can influence people and their performance. Teresa’s research encompasses creativity, productivity, innovation, and inner work life – the confluence of emotions, perceptions, and motivation that people experience as they react to events at work.

In this interview, we discuss her latest research project, chronicled in her new book The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. The book, based on research into nearly 12,000 daily diary entries from over 200 professionals inside organizations, illuminates how everyday events at work can impact employee engagement and creative productivity

0208 | Pam Fox Rollin

David Burkus — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:00:56 +0000

Pam Fox Rollin is an executive coach and the head of IdeaShape, a coaching and consulting firm for senior executives. Pam is an experienced consultant who has worked with leading organizations such as Verizon, eBay and Charles Schwab. Pam is the author of 42 Rules for Your New Leadership Role. In this interview, we discuss what “rules” leaders need to know as the take on a senior leadership position.

0207 | Jesse Lyn Stoner

David Burkus — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:00:23 +0000

Jesse Lyn Stoner has worked closely with leaders for over twenty-five years, helping them create collaborative, engaged organizations that make a powerful and positive impact on the world. A business consultant, former executive, and bestselling author, Jesse has worked in a wide range of industries including Fortune 500s, small startups, government agencies, and nonprofits. In this interview, we discuss her book Full Steam Ahead (co-authored with Ken Blanchard).

0206 | Mitchell Kusy

David Burkus — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:00:45 +0000

Dr. Mitchell Kusy, an international consultant, has worked internally in several organizations including American Express Financial Advisors as head of leadership development. He is a full professor in the Ph.D. Program in Leadership & Change at Antioch University. He is the co-author of The Little Book of Leadership Development. In this podcast, we discuss the simple ways everyday managers can develop the leaders on their teams.

0205 | Tim Harford

David Burkus — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:00:09 +0000

Why Success Always Starts with Failure

Tim Harford is a senior columnist for the Financial Times. His column, “The Undercover Economist,” reveals the economic ideas behind everyday experiences. He is also the author of Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure. In this interview, we discuss how leader’s can build organizations ready to learn from their (and others’) failures.

0204 | Todd Dewett

David Burkus — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:00:48 +0000

Todd Dewett, Ph.D., is a tenured Professor of Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University. He is also a noted speaker and consultant on leadership and management. In this interview, we talk to Todd about the various projects he has underway, including his new book The Little Black Book of Leadership.

0203 | Guy Kawasaki

David Burkus — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:00:14 +0000

Guy Kawasaki is the former Chief Evangelist of Apple and current head of Alltop. He is the author of the new book Enchantment and, in this interview, talks about what it takes for leaders to enchant their followers…and for followers to be enchanting back.

0202 | Guy Harris

David Burkus — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:40:23 +0000

Guy Harris describes himself as a Recovering Engineer. He has served as an officer aboard a US Navy Submarine, and he has held leadership positions in both major multi-national and small businesses. Guy is the author, with Kevin Eikenberry, or From Bud to Boss, a new book that focused on equipping newly promoted leaders.

0201 | US Naval Academy

David Burkus — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:00:31 +0000

Siddhartha Herdegen is the Assistant Chair of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In this podcast, we discuss the methods and challenges of developing leadership among the midshipmen of the Naval Academy.

Referenced Resources

US Naval Academy

Principles of Failure

0112 | Les McKeown

David Burkus — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:00:20 +0000

Les McKeown is the President & CEO of Predictable Success. He has started over 40 companies in his own right, and was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that advised on the creation and growth of hundreds more organizations worldwide. His book, Predictable Success, discusses the lifecycle of organizations in plain English.

Referenced Resources

Predictable Success – McKeown

Predictable Success Map

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working – Schwartz

Life – Richards

Outliers – Gladwell

0111 | Jim Kouzes

David Burkus — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:00:49 +0000

What is the Truth About Leadership?

Jim Kouzes has been a fixture in the world of leadership studies for over 30 years. He is co-author, with Barry Posner, of the seminal The Leadership Challenge and the duo have just released a new book, The Truth About Leadership.

References Resources

The Truth About Leadership

The Leadership Challenge

0110 – Diana Whitney

David Burkus — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:00:32 +0000

Diana Whitney Ph.D. is the President of Corporation for Positive Change, an international consulting firm specializing in the application of Appreciative Inquiry – the revolutionary process she helped develop and spread – to resolve the most pressing challenges of our time. In fields ranging from healthcare to education; from peace-building to business; from community development to government, Diana coaches executives and their teams in support of organization culture transformation, and strategic development.

Referenced Resources:

Appreciative Leadership

Corporation for Positive Change

Toas Institute

Appreciative Intelligence

StrengthsFinder

VIA

Relational Being

0109 | Bob Sutton

David Burkus — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:22 +0000

Robert Sutton is Professor of Management science at the Stanford Engineering School and researcher in the field of Evidence-based management. He is an IDEO Fellow and a Professor of Organizational Behavior, by courtesy, at Stanford Graduate School of Business. In this interview, we discuss his known famous book The No Asshole Rule and his newest release Good Boss, Bad Boss.

0:00 Introduction
1:23 What is the No Asshole Rule?
3:08 What are some of the costs associated with keeping bossholes?
4:30 What inspired you to write Good Boss, Bad Boss?
6:50 What separates a good boss from a bad boss?
10:15 What are some of the ways to cope with having a bosshole?
12:30 How do you transition from a bad boss to a good boss?
16:45 What are you reading now?
18:35 What’s next for you?
20:40 How can people get a hold of you?

Referenced Resources
The No Asshole Rule – Sutton
Good Boss, Bad Boss – Sutton
B.O.S.S. by Rypple
The Invisible Gorilla – Chabris & Simmons
Chasing Stars – Groysberg
BobSutton.net
Twitter.com/Work_Matters

0108 | Liz Wiseman

David Burkus — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:00:35 +0000

Liz Wiseman is president of The Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development center headquartered in Silicon Valley. She advises senior executives and leads strategy and leadership forums for executive teams worldwide. A former executive at Oracle Corporation, she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development for 17 years. She is the author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. In this interview, we talk about how aspiring leaders can become multipliers with their people.

0:00 Introduction
1: 04 How did you come to find this multiplier principle?
3:30 What’s the difference between multipliers and diminishers?
7:37 What are the five disciplines of multipliers?
11:10 Can you give me some examples of well-known multipliers?
15:07 How can leaders become multipliers?
19:50 What are you reading now?
24:01 What’s next for you?
27:02 How can people get a hold of you?

Referenced Resources

Multipliers – Wiseman & McKeown

The Wiseman Group

MultipliersBook.com

Bury My Heart in Conference Room B – Slap

The Why of Work – Ulrich & Ulrich

Fired Up or Burnt Out – Stallard, Hommes & Pankua

0107 | Michael Lee Stallard

David Burkus — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:00:59 +0000

Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau are co-founders of E Pluribus Partners. They are also co-authors of Fired Up or Burned Out. In this podcast, they make a compelling case for why the next competitive advantage is engaged employees and explain how to build the connection culture that engages them.

0:00 Introduction
4:00 What is a connection culture?
5:47 What are the benefits of a connection culture?
9:21 What are the three bridges?
14:05 Some examples of a connection culture.
23:12 What are you reading now?
24:13 What’s next for you?

Referenced Resources

E Pluribus Partners

Fired Up or Burned Out – Stallard, Dewing-Holmes & Pankau

Leader to Leader Journal

Bonhoeffer – Metaxas

Let Your Life Speak – Palmer

A Hidden Wholeness – Palmer

0106 | Becky Robinson

David Burkus — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:00:18 +0000

Becky Robinson is the blogger behind LeaderTalk, a recent addition but a staple in the blogging community. In addition she serves as an adjunct at Mountain State University’s School of Leadership and Professional Development. In this interview, we discuss MSU, LeaderTalk and the wealth of information found in the blogging community.

0:00 Introduction
0:57 Tell me about MSU.
2:03 Why such a strong emphasis on leadership?
3:02 Tell me about the different degree programs at MSU.
5:09 Tell me about the Doctor of Executive Leadership program.
9:29 How did LeaderTalk get started?
14:19 How can I contact MSU?
15:31 What are you reading now?
17:11 What’s next for you?

Referenced Resources:

LeaderTalk

MSU School of Leadership and Professional Development

[Editor's Note: Due to my hectic Summer travel schedule, this interview was originally recorded in May. I apologize for any confusion this might cause.]

0105 | Steve Farber

David Burkus — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:10:14 +0000

Steve Farber is the president of Extreme Leadership, Incorporated—an organization devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community. His latest book,Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson In Leadership, is a Wall Street Journal® and USA Today® bestseller.

0:00 Introduction
1:25 What is GTY?
2:06 What lead you to write GTY?
4:08 Talk about the differences between mentoring and GTY.
8:29 What are the three tenets of GTY?
13:37 What are the similarities between GTY and Transformational leadership?
17:27 Who is your GTY Project?
21:28 What are you reading?
22:10 What’s next for you?

Referenced Resources

Greater Than Yourself – Farber

The Radical Leap – Farber

The Radical Edge – Farber

It’s Not Just Who You Know – Spaulding

The Passion Test – Attwood & Attwood

SteveFarber.com

GreaterThanYourself.com

0104 | Marshall Goldsmith

David Burkus — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:07:30 +0000

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better by achieving positive, lasting change in behavior for themselves, their people and their teams. Marshall is an executive coach, speaker and author or editor of 29 books including What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and his newest release MOJO.

0:00 Introduction
1:26 What is executive coaching?
3:59 What is MOJO?
8:03 What is NOJO?
10:30 What are the four areas of MOJO?
15:04 How can leaders experience MOJO and help their people experience MOJO?
17:18 What is #MOJOtweet?
21:03 What are you reading?
22:01 What’s next for Marshall Goldsmith?

Referenced Resources

MOJO – Goldsmith

#MOJOtweet – Goldsmith

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There – Goldsmith

The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching – Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith Library

Old Path White Clouds – Hanh

Success Built to Last – Porras, Emery & Thompson

0103 | Michael Petty

David Burkus — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:17:33 +0000

Michael Petty is the managing partner of North Star Partners, a firm that assists companies in the areas of leadership development, strategic thought and application, and financial stewardship.

0:00 Introduction
1:26 What is strategic thinking?
2:30 How does strategic thinking differ from strategic planning?
4:40 What role does visual analysis play in strategic thinking?
11:54 What is foresight?
13:30 How would you suggest leaders develop strategic thinking?
15:55 What are you reading?
17:57 What’s next for you?

Referenced Resources

Strategy Thinking and the New Science – Irene Sanders

Blue Ocean Strategy – W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne

Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

0102 | Daniel Pink

David Burkus — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:28:50 +0000

Daniel Pink is the author of several New York Times best-selling books including his new release, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. In Drive, Dan explores new research that suggests that our traditional ideas about motivation may be way off.

0:00 Introduction

1:19 What is motivation 3.0?

3:50 Talk to us about some of the research you explore in the book.

6:40 What advice can you give organizational leaders on how to use this research?

10:20 How do these findings apply to sales organizations?

17:30 What is emotionally intelligent signage?

21:30 What are you reading?

Referenced Resources:

Drive – Dan Pink

Predictably Irrational – Dan Ariely

Emotionally Intelligent Signage

Nothing to Envy – Barbara Demick

0101 | Bret Simmons

David Burkus — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:02:26 +0000

This inaugural episode’s guest is Bret Simmons, PhD. Dr. Simmons is a professor of organizational behavior and leadership at the University of Nevada, Reno. His interests include leadership, followership and positive organizational behavior. Additionally, Dr. Simmons runs corporate training sessions and blogs regularly at bretlsimmons.com.

0:00 Introduction

2:05 Do you notice a difference in receptiveness to theory between university students and corporate trainees?

5:15 Do you tend to favor certain theories?

6:41 How do you determine what theory to use?

10:45 Talk to us about positive organizational behavior.

13:48 What are you reading now?

18:13 What are you working on now?

Referenced Resources:

Positive Organizational Behavior

Positive Psychology

Linchpin – Seth Godin

Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense- Robert Sutton & Jeffrey Pfeffer

The Leadership Challenge – James Kouzes & Barry Posner

The Fifth Discipline – Peter Senge

Tribes – Seth Godin

The Starfish and the Spider – Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom

Deep Change – Robert Quinn

What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 – Tina Seelig