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| Applied Creativity: How To Infuse Innovation Into Your Work With Natalie Nixon | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:43:44 | |
Discover the power of applied creativity, where intentional curiosity sparks innovation and propels leadership. In this episode, our guest is the one and only creativity strategist Natalie Nixon, the founder of Figure 8 Thinking, and “the creativity whisperer to the C-Suite”’. Together with host Diane Hamilton, they explore the intriguing world of creativity, curiosity, and innovation within the realm of leadership and business. Natalie uncovers the four factors that can hinder innovation and shares strategies to overcome them, fostering a culture that encourages out-of-the-box thinking. From embracing lateral thinking to draw insights from diverse industries to discovering the art of applied creativity, Natalie explores the true meaning of creativity and its intersection with leadership. As a bonus, she also teases an upcoming book about “invisible work” and redefining productivity! Listen now and learn how to infuse creativity and curiosity into your workplace journey.
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| Influencing Minds, Transforming Lives: The Power Of Pre-suasion With Dr. Robert Cialdini | 30 Jun 2023 | 00:40:33 | |
They say that to change the mind, the influencer must also change the ‘state of mind’. Pre-suasion may sound like a new term, but it could be the key to optimal persuasion. In this episode, Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down with Dr. Robert Cialdini, widely known as “The Godfather of Influence.” He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade. As the founder of the Cialdini Institute, Dr. Cialdini has made a profound impact on the fields of sales, emotional intelligence, curiosity, and perception. Today, he discusses his book and the differences between influence, persuasion, and pre-suasion, unraveling the nuances that set them apart. Dr. Cialdini explores the concept of influence itself, reflecting on who actually possesses influence and how to acquire it. As the conversation continues, Dr. Cialdini investigates the evolving nature of social influence and its remarkable role in capturing people’s attention. He also discusses the powerful art of promising and delivering value. The discussion takes many intriguing turns, ending with Dr. Cialdini’s various research works and a challenge to ponder the future of education. Tune in now and learn how to influence and persuade! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Scaling Your Business To Greater Heights With Matt Blumberg | 20 Dec 2021 | 00:52:54 | |
Scaling a business can be challenging, but it means having the ability to grow without any hindrances to its progress. If you want to know how to overcome challenges so you can start scaling your business, this episode is for you. Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down with the Cofounder and CEO at Bolster, Matt Blumberg. Bolster is an on-demand executive talent marketplace that helps accelerate companies’ growth. Today, Matt shares some practical tips to scaling your business to greater heights. Tune in and discover how you can set the stage to support growth in your company today. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today: | |||
| Curiosity Results In Greater Leadership Outcomes With Shannon Minifie | 05 Apr 2021 | 00:54:22 | |
Have you ever stopped and thought about how important curiosity is to your life and your organization? Do you know that curiosity results in more creative solutions, greater leadership outcomes, and better engagement? Dr. Shannon Minifie, the CEO at Box of Crayons, explains why curiosity-led organizations are more resilient and successful than those who are advice-driven. The key is to slow down the rush of action and stay curious longer. If you feel a sense of stagnation and complacency within yourself and your organization, then this episode is for you. Tune in and be curious about why you think the way you do! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Live Agelessly With Dr. Dian Griesel | 02 Apr 2021 | 00:54:56 | |
Are you 50 years old, and you feel that life is setting on you? That is far from the truth because you can choose to live agelessly! Dr. Diane Hamilton’s guest today is Dr. Dian Griesel, the Founder and President of Dian Griesel International (DGI) and Silver Disobedience. Dr. Dian explains that you have to take responsibility for your life, own it, and be who you want to be, regardless of age. There's no time in your life that you can't live the life you've always wanted to live! All you need is a clear goal and the determination to pursue it. Dr. Dian herself is in her 60's, and she's still rocking her online presence through her various social media platforms! Who said baby boomers couldn't learn how to use technology? Join in the conversation and be inspired to live agelessly! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| A Sneak Peek At The Future Of Autonomous Vehicles With Jeffrey Bleich And Innovating The Measurement Of Pain With Marko Höynälä | 31 Mar 2021 | 01:01:04 | |
Years ago, autonomous vehicles could be thought of as nothing but fiction. As technology advances, more and more people have been cozying up to self-driving cars and their positive impact on the environment. Jeffrey Bleich, the Chief Legal Officer for Cruise, joins Dr. Diane Hamilton in this episode to talk about his work and what we can expect from technology as far as automation goes. He dives into the pros and cons we might encounter before this tech becomes integrated into our daily lives. He also shares some solutions and strategies that can be implemented in order to secure our privacy while still enjoying the many benefits of this technology.
The winner of three innovation competitions, the author of six patents, and a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of industry experience, Marko Höynälä invented the three game-changing IoT products: Skiiot, Cmicro, and Kipuwex. A natural-born innovator, Marko is making a difference in the world by helping people and solving problems. Today, he sits down with Dr. Diane Hamilton to share his journey into becoming the CEO of Kipuwex as well as what got him interested in the health-related field, particularly in pain measurement.
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| The Changemaker Playbook: Making Change Global With The Hon. Henry F. De Sio, Jr. | 29 Mar 2021 | 00:51:55 | |
Known as the global ambassador for changemakers, the Honorable Henry De Sio, Jr. is a leadership advisor, campaign strategist, and keynote speaker who was the 2008 Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Serving as Deputy Assistant to the President in the Obama White House, he became intimately acquainted with a new emerging pattern of societal change. On today’s show, he joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to share how he has since followed his campaign-driven passion for hope and change to make change–making a global phenomenon. He also talks about his work, servant leadership, and what inspired him to write the Changemaker Playbook. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Quantum Marketing: Reinventing Our Approach To Marketing With Raja Rajamannar | 26 Mar 2021 | 00:59:02 | |
Marketing is now going through such massive disruption, and it's about to enter what they call the fifth paradigm. When classical marketing theories and concepts don’t work, we have to reinvent, reimagine, and change our marketing approach. Raja Rajamannar says this new way is what they call quantum marketing. Raja is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Mastercard and President of the company's healthcare business. He joins Dr. Diane Hamilton as they discuss reinventing the marketing approach away from the existing ways of practicing it. He also shares how his switch into marketing has led him to the forefront of this incredible movement. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Keeping Up With Austin’s Real Estate Trends With Ari Rastegar | 24 Mar 2021 | 00:57:53 | |
No matter what industry you’re in, keeping up with the trends is a must if you want to stay on top. Ari Rastegar, the CEO of Rastegar Property Company, joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to discuss the history and future he sees with the real estate scene in Austin, Texas. Ari also gives his two cents on what people can expect when it comes to office spaces. Finally, he goes into the benefits and importance of collecting and analyzing relevant data to secure your investment's success. Know all about the changes taking place that are setting the pace of investments in Austin and learn why it’s the place to be in. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Negotiating With Narcissists With Rebecca Zung And Becoming The Best Salesperson With Larry Long, Jr. | 22 Mar 2021 | 00:54:08 | |
Many people think of narcissists as big grandiose figures that go around bragging all the time. Rebecca Zung, however, says it’s not necessarily so. Rebecca is one of the top 1% of attorneys in the nation. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton, she identifies other forms of narcissism such as covert and passive-aggressive narcissism. She also shares how she came to realize and started applying what she’s been learning about narcissism and to get narcissists off their positions to make headway in negotiations. — For many people, sales bear a negative connotation, and Larry Long, Jr. is out to prove that wrong. He defines sales simply as playing matchmaker of whatever product, service, thought, or idea we have with someone else’s needs, desires, challenges, dreams, and aspirations. And if you can meet that, you’re selling. Larry the Director of Collegiate Sales at Teamworks where he joins Dr. Diane Hamilton today to share some tips on how to be the best salesperson and get people to recognize the value of sales, and so much more. To know more about Larry’s approach to sales, you can check out his YouTube channel, Midweek Midday Motivational Minute. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Working Remotely: Succeeding Virtually With Tsedal Neeley | 19 Mar 2021 | 00:53:20 | |
Virtuality was going to be the future, but no one would have ever guessed that it would be to this magnitude and scale. In this episode, Tsedal Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, joins Dr. Diane Hamilton in discussing this timely topic of working remotely and succeeding virtually. Tsedal and Diane also talk about the future of work and the dynamics that organizations need to consider as they transition to remote work. Finally, Tsedal digs into the preparation people need to undergo not only during this disruption but also after. Tune in and learn how to mix it up and be a leading player in this virtual remote setup. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Evolution of Advertising Trends With Michael Donahue | 17 Mar 2021 | 00:58:16 | |
Product and brand advertisements have been around as far as anyone can remember. As someone who has been in the marketing and advertising industry even before the internet, Michael Donahue walks down memory lane as he shares the evolution of advertising as he witnessed it firsthand. He talks about what it’s like to be a digital expert in advertising in an era that hasn’t embraced digital means. He also shares his insight on the current trends in advertising that revolves around influencer messaging and how it stands above the others during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in to learn some key strategies that Michael shares on how you can identify your brand loyalists and the impact they can have on improving your brand as a whole. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Fundamentals Of Future Ready Leadership With Shane Ram | 15 Mar 2021 | 00:54:00 | |
What qualities will the ultimate leaders of the future possess? A lot of things will come to mind, but Shane Ram efficiently boils it down to eight fundamentals in his new book, Future Ready Leadership. Shane is the CEO and founder of Go for 10 and the creator of Functional Executive Coaching – a holistic practice that gets into the root of what holds leaders back from going for excellence. In this conversation with Dr. Diane Hamilton, he gives a quick overview of each of the eight must-have strategies that leaders need to have to be able to succeed in the coming years. Be prepared to take note of these essential things that are going set you up for greater things down the road. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Metronomics: Helping Businesses Create A United System With Shannon Byrne Susko | 17 Dec 2021 | 01:00:31 | |
Have you heard of Metronomics? Well, if you are a business leader it might be something you want to know more about. Today’s guest is Shannon Byrne Susko, Founder and CEO of Metronome United. Shannon discusses the framework that has helped CEOs and entrepreneurs achieve success. With Dr. Diane Hamilton, she shares the secrets to help you win the business Olympics with insights from her latest book, Metronomics: One United System to Grow Up Your Team, Company, and Life. Tune in to find out how to create a system for your organization that leads to outcomes for your business. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today: | |||
| Activating The Gig Economy For Older Adults With Teri Lucie Thompson And Bringing Entertainment And Education To Trade Shows With Seth Kramer | 12 Mar 2021 | 00:59:37 | |
While many people from ages 55 and up are thinking of retirement, there are still a significant number of them who still wish to work. Yet, with newer generations taking over the workforce, it can be especially hard for this age group to find jobs that will take them. And what a waste of talent and experience that would be! Teri Lucie Thompson co-founded Knackstor Global, a digital platform that activates the gig economy for older adults, allowing them to earn, volunteer, and create community. In this episode, she sits down with Dr. Diane Hamilton to share with us the origin of this great company and the ways they are creating opportunities for adults. What is more, Knackstor caters to a double-sided market, providing a supply of experienced talents from those 55 years old and up and demand from small businesses, non-profits, and corporations looking to leverage their expertise.
Who says magic is only for entertainment? Seth Kramer, an illusionist and mentalist, uses his talents to help companies market and gain sales. He joins Dr. Diane Hamilton in today's conversation to talk about how he balances entertainment with education to draw people into a company or brand. Seth takes us to his work in trade shows and how he works together with businesses for their presentation and to achieve their marketing goals. With so many competitions popping out, it has become a must to learn how to stand out in the crowd. Allow Seth to give you some insights to not only get leads but also converting those, even in settings like trade shows and business events. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Achieving Personal Awareness And Choosing The Lighter Side Of Life With Dr. Dain Heer | 10 Mar 2021 | 00:58:16 | |
Many beliefs and mindsets are instilled in us growing up, which we probably continue to uphold even as adults. But by having complete personal awareness, we can go beyond these and society's pre-determined things to start shaping our own reality and future. Dr. Diane Hamilton brings on Dr. Dain Heer, a professional chiropractor and inspiration influencer, to talk about the power we have within ourselves that allows us to get out of fixed perspectives and ways of life, choose the things we love and comfortable doing, and start aiming for bigger things. Dr. Heer also emphasizes the right way to discern good opportunities from the bad ones, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, he touches on the many struggles of students nowadays with the educational system and what must be done to address the alarming suicidal rate caused by today's harsh, judgmental culture. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| From Basketball To Entrepreneurship With Dre Baldwin | 08 Mar 2021 | 00:53:49 | |
Dre Baldwin, the Founder of Work On Your Game, Inc., is an influencer who has millions of views on his YouTube channel. In this episode, Dre joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to share his journey from basketball to entrepreneurship. How did he switch from being a pro basketball player to having 73+ million reach through various platforms? You'll be surprised to discover that the principles of success you apply when playing basketball are the same in every other area of your life! Want to learn some of the principles that Dre uses in his own career? Tune in to find out! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Failing His Way To The Core Value Equation With Darius Mirshahzadeh | 05 Mar 2021 | 00:55:22 | |
Every company has to have core values – that’s just Business 101. But having core values is not just about having a nice set of lofty words to put up on your lobby. Darius Mirshahzadeh learned that in the most painful way possible as a young entrepreneur. Being born to and raised in a business family didn’t spare Darius from the failures of every beginner’s journey, including the implosion that many in the real estate world suffered in 2008. That humbling experience taught Darius the importance of building a business around core values – this time, real core values that have high utility value. His book, The Core Value Equation, tells his story eloquently along with the lessons he learned from it. Listen in as he discusses with Dr. Diane Hamilton what core values ought to be. You will find the answer to be easy, quite literally this time. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Power Moms: Inspiring Stories Of Women Navigating Life And Work With Joann Lublin | 03 Mar 2021 | 01:00:08 | |
Being a woman in the workforce is tough as it is. How much more being a mom while at it? Recognizing the power moms that continue to navigate their work and life, Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down with Joann Lublin, the former management news editor for The Wall Street Journal and the best-selling author of Power Moms. In this episode, they talk about the struggles many women face when entering the workforce and how much it differed then and now. Joann then shared some of the insights from her book where she interviewed 85 executive mothers, revealing how they overcome the challenges with finding the balance between work and family responsibilities. What is more, they also talk about co-parenting, forced paternity, the differences among moms across each generation, and the struggles of being a single mom. Join Diane and Joann’s conversation to find how women are so capable of doing whatever they set their mind to, be it in their personal or professional lives or both. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Biohack Your Brain: Diet And Lifestyle Changes For A Healthier Life With Dr. Kristen Willeumier | 01 Mar 2021 | 00:59:05 | |
Medications can only do so much and, most of the time, only really alleviate symptoms. To find the long-term healing you need, you have to go straight into the root cause. Dr. Kristen Willeumier, a neuroscientist with expertise in neuroimaging and psychiatric disorders, is all about doing that. With her new book, Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power, she details the ways you can balance your brain's chemicals so our body and mind can function more efficiently. She sits down with Dr. Diane Hamilton to tell us about it, discussing topics from the gut-brain connection and how we can use diet and lifestyle nutritional interventions to help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| How Curiosity Plays A Role In Achieving Self-Awareness With Dr. Rebecca Heiss | 26 Feb 2021 | 00:56:52 | |
Understanding oneself is one of the most important keys to growth and success. Unfortunately, many people don't pay that much attention to achieving self-awareness, which hinders them from attaining bigger things and meaningful people connection. Dr. Diane Hamilton delves into this complicated yet colorful topic with keynote speaker and author, Dr. Rebecca Heiss. Together, they talk about how being curious can get you out of your comfort zone and "bite the lemon," opening yourself up to feedback, change, and communication. Dr. Rebecca also explains how people can take advantage of her 360 self-awareness application, icueity, when getting into the journey of knowing oneself even deeper and embracing weaknesses at all levels. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Built For Growth: How To Understand Your Builder Personality And Use It To Shape Your Business With Christopher Kuenne | 24 Feb 2021 | 00:54:28 | |
All entrepreneurs, big or small, have specific builder personalities that shape the way they do business and handle their teams. Although there are several ways in which a builder personality can take form, there is no one attribute that defines a successful entrepreneur. Whatever personality you have, there are core strengths that you can maximize to take the win for your business. Serial entrepreneur, educator and author, Christopher Kuenne does a wonderful job in explaining this in Built for Growth, a bestselling book that he co-authored with John Danner. Chris is the former founder and CEO of Rosetta, one of the biggest marketing agencies focused on customer engagement. Since 2014, he has founded and led Rosemark, a platform of interdependent companies focused on cracking the code of personalized customer marketing. Whether you’re interested in Chris’ take on the builder personality or his visionary insights on digital marketing, this conversation with Dr. Diane Hamilton is going to be a treat for you. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Modern Workplace: Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion With Dr. Tana M. Session | 22 Feb 2021 | 00:59:10 | |
A modern workplace is designed for diversity, equity, and inclusion of all employees, operating for the ultimate goal of belongingness. Join Dr. Diane Hamilton and Dr. Tana M. Session, Organizational Development Strategist and International Speaker, as they talk about the system of diversity and belongingness in the workplace. Dr. Session shares her insights on the vision of diversity and how companies can ensure to hire the best-qualified candidate for the job. Speaking on the other end, she then offers some tips on how anyone can set themselves up for success when an opportunity presents itself. Dr. Session gives us a peek into her book, Get Your Career Life in Order, which speaks to those who are aspiring for promotion or jumping into a new one. Listen to their conversation and realize where we are in our journey, whether as a company hiring or as someone looking to be hired, and how to move from there. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Creating An Organizational Culture Of Learners And Innovators With Mary Fedewa | 19 Feb 2021 | 00:59:34 | |
The culture of a company plays a big part in its overall success. This has never been more true with the COVID-19 pandemic we’re in, where, now more than ever, we need team members who are in great relationships with each other, no matter their separation with the current remote work setting. But where do you start building a strong culture in your organization? Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down with Mary Fedewa to give us the answers. As President, and Chief Operating Officer of STORE Capital, leading the servicing function and guiding staffing and organizational structures, Mary has the wisdom and experience to share with us how she has helped create a learning environment within her organization and how she is maintaining it. She taps into the changes COVID has brought to the working environment and why it is needed to have a culture that supports innovation. Dr. Hamilton then takes the hot seat to take us deeper into the importance of curiosity to avoid status quo thinking—a trait which is particularly helpful in this uncertain time where innovation is most needed and high valued. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Xbox Culture: Taking The Strategic Approach Towards Problem-Solving With Robbie Bach | 15 Dec 2021 | 01:01:30 | |
Oftentimes, the most complex problems require simple solutions. You just need to take a strategic approach towards problem-solving. These and other valuable lessons are part of this episode as Dr. Diane Hamilton talks to one of the movers and shakers in the creation of the Xbox, Robbie Bach. Robbie takes a look back at 22 years of lessons at Microsoft, including lessons in creativity, leadership and why you should not be afraid to fail. Be inspired by Robbie’s life lessons by tuning in. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today: | |||
| The Power Of “Ask” With Mark Victor Hansen And Crystal Dwyer Hansen | 17 Feb 2021 | 00:52:39 | |
There is one area of life in which little children constantly outperform most of us – and that is their uncorrupted ability to ask what, when, where, why and how. It’s the greatest tragedy that we lose that ability once we become adults, just when we need it the most. Reconnecting with this primal curiosity can become the greatest transformational tool that you will get to learn (or relearn, in this case). Both prolific and brilliant authors in their own right, Mark Victor Hansen and Crystal Dwyer Hansen join forces to bring us a new book that will teach you how to use the power of asking as a bridge from your dreams to your destiny. Co-authoring a book is a unique challenge on its own, even for those of Mark and Crystal’s caliber, but they pulled it off to churn out what may be one of the best personal development texts to come out of 2020. Listen in as they share the three biggest questions you need to ask yourself now and other actionable tidbits of wisdom in this conversation with Dr. Diane Hamilton. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Embracing The Uncomfortable Through Developmental Mindfulness Practice With Michael Bunting | 15 Feb 2021 | 00:58:00 | |
Mindfulness is commonly associated with calm, quietness, and meditation. But with developmental mindfulness practice, the focus is shifted to embracing negativity and the distressful episodes of life. Dr. Diane Hamilton talks to mindfulness coach Michael Bunting to delve into how this specific method can cause personal growth and help avoid being stuck in lower states of maturity that only rely on the comfortable. Michael discusses how this can help turn the attitude of being judgmental into a sense of curiosity, which is more concentrated on making connections than imposing beliefs on others. Furthermore, he explains how this kind of mindfulness practice impacts cultural challenges in business leadership, which helps minimize dishonesty within the workplace. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Doing Business Like A Mobster With Jerold Zimmerman And Living The Unmuted Life With Rachel Druckenmiller | 12 Feb 2021 | 01:01:10 | |
Business is business, whether you’re doing it as a lawful firm executive or as a big mafia boss. Setting book and movie stereotypes of mobsters aside, there is actually a lot that business owners can learn from their business practices. Join in as Dr. Diane Hamilton draws these pieces of business acumen from Jerold Zimmerman, author of the intriguing book, Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters’ Business Practices. You’d be surprised at how the American mafia pretty much anticipated a lot of the business principles that we take for granted and how they outperform the majority of lawful businesses in a lot of ways. Listen in and take in these nuggets of wisdom from an unexpectedly shady source. … You can be great at speaking and be able to engage your audience from hello to the last clap, but when you add singing to the mix, you’re a superstar. Rachel Druckenmiller, makes the best of these two gifts in both her in-person and virtual speaking events. Rachel is the Founder and CEO of UNMUTED, a company that is on a mission to humanize the workplace by helping leaders and teams become more engaged, resilient and compassionate. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been very friendly to the speaking world, and Rachel was not exempted from its repercussions. In this conversation with Dr. Diane Hamilton, Rachel shares how she bounced back from the setbacks and continues to give service to her audience virtually. We also get a snapshot of how growing up as the child of two entrepreneurs has shaped her outlook in life and in business. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today: | |||
| Creating Generational Wealth Through Multifamily With Jerome Myers | 10 Feb 2021 | 00:56:51 | |
There's a great opportunity for people to create generational wealth through multifamily real estate ownership. Although getting from 0 to 1 is the hardest thing to do in this space, but once you close that first deal, things happen a little bit quicker and easier. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on today’s podcast is Jerome Myers, the Founder of The Myers Development Group and the host of the Multifamily Missteps Podcast. Jerome does leadership coaching, corporate exit plans, and multifamily real estate coaching. If you want to know how you can build wealth through multifamilies, you don’t want to miss this show as they discuss the merits of multifamily real estate and how you can grow and create the things you want. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Social Media Marketing Made Easier With Xenia Muntean And Unlocking Your Creative Vision With Doug Patton | 08 Feb 2021 | 00:57:19 | |
In today's age of the internet, the significant role of social media marketing in all kinds of industries cannot be set aside. But despite their usefulness and tangible results, managing tons of online accounts is not that practical. Xenia Muntean understands this challenge well, so she builds the content review and marketing collaboration program Planable. Together with Dr. Diane Hamilton, she shares how she used her own hardships in marketing (managing endless spreadsheets and creating unnecessary Facebook page drafts) to start her own business to lighten the burden for social media marketers. She also shares her points of consideration when adding people to the teams, as well as her plans moving forward as a growing entrepreneur.
Every single one of us has a certain level of creativity, and it is up to us how to utilize it. For Doug Patton, the first step to unlocking its full potential is by having a clear creative vision. Sitting down with Dr. Diane Hamilton, the CEO of Patton Design talks about awakening inner creativity by overcoming personal traumas, embracing negativity, and exceeding the expectations of society. He also explains the importance of letting yourself go beyond the boundaries of your imagination while still knowing the right time to shut it down, allowing you to manage your limitations and avoid falling into creative disarray. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Dr. Mark Skousen On Keeping An Open Mind In The Middle Of Divisiveness | 05 Feb 2021 | 01:01:43 | |
With the entire nation divided politically, on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, global warming, and the crippling economy, everything is in total disarray indeed. With different opinions clashing with one another, keeping an open mind at all times is certainly needed. Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by one of the top economists today, Dr. Mark Skousen, to discuss how to deal with people who have values, mindsets, and perspectives different from yours without resulting in a heated debate but instead coming to a collective solution. He also displays his forecasting abilities by explaining the possible path the economy may take as it gradually falls into inflation and shares his experiences interviewing politicians as the editor-in-chief of Forecasts & Strategies. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| From Court To Screen With Toni Ann Marcolini And Dealing With Cultural Situations In Business With Angel RIBO | 03 Feb 2021 | 00:55:43 | |
Imagine a couple in the middle of a divorce forced to stay in the same house until the divorce was over. It sounds like an interesting plot to a movie, but it also sounds like many family law cases in reality. Toni Ann Marcolini has had the good fortune to be able to try her hands in both. As a lawyer, Toni has had more than two decades of experience in family litigation before moving on to a more transactional role as a general counsel to the United States Presidential Culinary Museum. As a creative, she co-produces the legal family drama web series, Surviving Sam. Listen to this episode as she shares with Dr. Diane Hamilton how such a unique combination of roles played into her interesting life. — We tend to think that everything is global, that the way you do business works as well in one area as it does in another. Nothing could be further from the truth. In the course of his international career as an influencer, TV host, public speaker, consultant, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Angel RIBO finds that cultural differences are a crucial component of business relationships that often gets overlooked. Known as The CEO Confidant, Angel has empowered more than 1,500 CEOs in 33 different countries. He is not only fluent in several languages; he is also proficient in the different cultural “languages” used by the people he encounters daily. Listen in as he shares how he handles cultural situations in business and how perception plays into it with Dr. Diane Hamilton. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Zen Leadership With Dr. Ginny Whitelaw And Sleeping Through Sound With Jim Donovan | 01 Feb 2021 | 00:57:17 | |
Leadership calls for proper training and strategies to keep a team performing at its best and well-connected. And yet, this model can still be elevated to another level through Zen leadership. Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by Dr. Ginny Whitelaw, Founder and CEO of the Institute for Zen Leadership and President of Focus Leadership, to discuss how to achieve self-mindfulness by spending time on meditation, understanding the major patterns of leadership, and resonating with others according to their own wavelength. She also shares how her own leadership experience at NASA and getting a degree in Physics influence her current career focused on the energies in and around us. — Although music is mostly for entertainment, some people have found other beneficial purposes to it, especially when it comes to relaxing the mind and body. This is exactly what Jim Donovan did when he started connecting with people while being part of a band. The host of the Sound Health Podcast joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to share how this discovery led to creating a unique music procedure that helps everyone achieve mindfulness and healthier life. Jim also explains how this same concept can be used to trick your mind into falling asleep much easier and getting that well-needed REM sleep through rhythmical tapping and brain humming. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Corporate Value Of Emotional Intelligence With Sarah Turner And Making Your Voice VISIBLE With Angela Durrant | 25 Jan 2021 | 01:00:00 | |
Have you taken a personality assessment lately? Now that organizations are increasingly realizing the role of emotional intelligence in increasing engagement and productivity, personality assessments have become valuable tools in determining employee fit to specific positions and responsibilities in organizations. Dr. Diane Hamilton’s guest for this episode has multiple certifications on emotional intelligence, including the EQ-i 2.0, EQ 360, DISC, Platinum Rule and Predictive Index. Sarah Turner is a Principal Consultant at The Faurote Group. She is a professional trainer, consultant and executive coach. In this conversation, Sarah discusses the different benefits that each of the different personality tests can bring and how organizations can use this information to leverage people uniquely to produce complementary productive outcomes. … The need to find your voice as a speaker isn’t just metaphorical. In a very special way, it is also quite literal. If you’re a speaker, the weight of the message you’re spreading into the world is carried in large part by the power of your vocal cords. Speakers have a lot to learn from singers when it comes to this. Raised in a musical family, Angela Durrant makes good use of her heirloom gift to help people from another persuasion. As a vocal coach at Maverick Communication, she helps senior leaders, business professionals and public speakers unlock their unique voice and use it to whatever purpose they need it for. Angela spent years developing a system called VISIBLE – the seven areas that distinguish the magnetic speakers from the mundane ones. These are not written in stone. With proper training and the help of an expert, anyone can start improving their vocal performance and present more powerfully. Listen in for some tips on how you can start to improve your own voice! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Community Of SEVEN: Creating A Tribe Of Purpose-Driven Leaders Who Want To Change The World With Lan Phan | 18 Jan 2021 | 00:56:49 | |
Nobody would look at getting fired from a dream job at Fortune Magazine as a good thing, but for Lan Phan, it opened up an opportunity to do something that makes a much bigger impact on the world. An award-winning marketing leader with over 20 years of experience, Lan was recruited into Fortune’s executive team in late 2019, but was let loose six months later in the middle of the pandemic. Rather than hunker down after what seemed to be a devastating blow on her career, Lan used it as an opportunity to launch the Community of SEVEN, an invite-only community for purpose-driven leaders who want to change the world. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on the show, Lan shares how her upbringing in a Vietnamese refugee family trained her to be nimble and resilient amidst adversity – a quality that served her well during this pivotal moment in her journey. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Putting Effective Cybersecurity Measures In Place To Protect Your Business With A-Jay Orr | 13 Dec 2021 | 00:58:39 | |
With opportunity comes risk, and you need to understand what risks your business is undertaking with new technology advancements. That’s why you need to learn how to make effective cybersecurity measures to safeguard your business. Dr. Diane Hamilton welcomes A-Jay Orr, author, veteran, and CEO of Simple Plan IT. A-Jay’s latest book, The Art of War In Business Technology, details how exactly you can implement cybersecurity measures in your business. The key is understanding what your risks are so that you can create a risk management plan. Do you want to protect your business from cyber-attacks? Then this episode’s for you. Enjoy! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today: | |||
| Scaling A Franchise Business With Robert Rosenberg | 13 Jan 2021 | 00:55:10 | |
Adaptation and change are a natural part of our culture and our being. Everywhere you look, the competition, consumer, and technology are changing. As a result, businesses have to create new plans and strategies to change along with them, one of them being a franchise business. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on today’s podcast is Robert Rosenberg, who served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dunkin’ Donuts from 1963 until 1998. Robert relays the story of how Dunkin’ Donuts started and its longstanding competition with another donut brand. He also shares the four primary functions of a leader, the importance of apprenticeship, the value of a brand and the great benefits franchising provides. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Understanding Workplace Well-Being With Dr. Nicolas Deuschel | 14 Dec 2020 | 00:55:51 | |
Workplace well-being is always the first to suffer if the leadership doesn't have proper focus, the team is too diverse, and the company's goals are a bit unclear. To remedy this, executives and employees must strive together to create solutions that work and last. This is what Dr. Diane Hamilton aims to discover as she goes deep into a working environment's challenges with professor and expert organizational psychology advisor Dr. Nicolas Deuschel. Together, they dissect mental health issues that often arise in an office setting (and work from home setup due to the pandemic), as well as how to become more adaptable in the workplace. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Towards A Modern Learning Strategy With Matt Donovan And Learning Influence Skills With Alex D. Tremble | 11 Dec 2020 | 00:57:03 | |
The Chief Learning Officer role is one of the leadership roles that are most closely-linked to curiosity. With 25 years of experience in leading teams to create innovative solutions in corporate learning through modern learning strategy, Matt Donovan is indubitably the best person for that role at GP Strategies. Matt spoke at the Novartis’ Curiosity Month about the intersection between the shift in the role of the learner and how technology plays a role in it. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton in this conversation, he shares some of his insights and ongoing efforts in the creation of this disruptive force in corporate education. Corporate education is constantly on the move. Matt’s work is perhaps one of the best efforts out there to keep education relevant in the constantly-changing learning environment. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Brain Science: Accessing The Brain And Its Functions Ethically With Dr. James Giordano | 09 Dec 2020 | 00:58:31 | |
The brain is, in the words of Emily Dickinson, wider than the sky. Since the discovery of the brain in 17th century BC, man has been developing new tools to assess the brain. On today’s podcast, Dr. Diane Hamilton brings on Dr. James Giordano to talk about the neuroethical aspect of brain science, digging deep into the brain science of morality and ethics and the ethical, legal, and social issues that arise in and from neuroscience and its varied applications in biomedicine, public life, and daily occupational pursuits. Dr. Giordano is a full Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chief of the Neuroethics Program, and Co-director of the program in Brain Science and Global Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC. He has over 300 publications in brain science, ethics and biosecurity. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| From Infomercials To Mentor To Millions With Kevin Harrington And The Business Pillars Every CEO Needs To Know With Trey Taylor | 07 Dec 2020 | 00:56:26 | |
Are you thinking of informing buyers on your product but found commercials too short? If so, then infomercials are the way to go. In this exciting episode, Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down with the man behind this great advertising platform, Kevin Harrington. Kevin is no other than the inventor of the Infomercial and the Original Shark on Shark Tank. Here, he lets us in on how the idea of infomercials came to be, how he started his entrepreneurial career, and who are the mentors that helped him along the way. Kevin then shares his latest book, Mentor to Millions, reminding us of the importance of having a mentor to one’s success.
What does it take to become a CEO? How did these successful leaders rise to the top of their game? Trey Taylor, Managing Director of Trinity Blue Consulting, joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to share with us some of the answers to his questions. With his new book, A CEO Only Does Three Things, he breaks down the three important things they need to be mindful of: culture, people, and numbers. He shares a couple of strategies companies can utilize for their hiring and retention processes and more. Join Trey as he helps you figure out things that are necessary to a company’s success in this conversation. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| EyeJust: Protecting Your Eyes From Blue Light With Gigi Mortimer | 04 Dec 2020 | 00:54:57 | |
With the threat of the COVID-19 outside, almost everyone is now shut inside their homes, migrating most of their daily routine online. One of the negative effects is the increase in the number of hours we use our devices, causing eye strain, and more. In this episode, Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by Gigi Mortimer, the founder of EyeJust—a company that focuses on creating a light block screen protector for all devices. She talks about how the blue light is disrupting our body’s circadian rhythm and explains the technology behind the solution she has created to help protect our eyes and sleep. Gigi also takes us across her career in the fashion industry and how she made a move to tech. Plus, she also lets us in on how she is handling her business and growing it towards even more success. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Leadership Mind Traps With Jennifer Garvey Berger And Who’s Really Making Money On A Car Deal With Glenn Lundy | 02 Dec 2020 | 00:55:11 | |
Many people view leadership as a set of lessons to be learned, a group of qualities, or a demanding responsibility. However, becoming a leader is not about completing a course but being transformed. Leadership grows, and we need to cultivate as much of it as we can in these complex and often-troubled times. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on today’s podcast is development coach and author Jennifer Garvey Berger. The CEO of Cultivating Leadership, Jennifer shares how she got into the leadership and coaching world and talks about the pervasive leadership mind traps that so many leaders get themselves into and how to get over them. The product of a black father and a white mother who split up when he was eleven, Glenn Lundy grew up in two cultures. This got him spending most of his childhood until early into his twenties having a hard time identifying who he is and where he belongs. Many more challenges later that got him hitting the proverbial rock bottom, Glenn dove into self-development and worked his way up from being a salesperson all the way to the top. Today with Dr. Diane Hamilton, Glenn talks about his Facebook Live show called #RiseAndGrind, his experience in the automotive industry that led to be the pioneer of the 800% Club, and who’s really making money on a car deal. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Improving Business Performance By Taking Care Of Talents With Jay Fulcher And Helping Women In Business Worldwide With Wendy Diamond | 30 Nov 2020 | 00:57:45 | |
We are entering a moment for human capital management and the science behind HR. Now, more than ever, more and more companies are realizing the importance of talent to a business’ performance. Helping small and mid-sized businesses on that front and more, Jay Fulcher, the CEO and Chairman of Zenefits, joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to get us up to date with the latest on business growth and leadership, particularly on the importance is the enrollment process for companies, and where technology plays into that. He takes us deeper into HR and how Zenefits can help you gain access to opportunities that used to be available for big businesses only. Follow Jay's wisdom as he helps you navigate this new business landscape where people, just as it should be, are at the forefront.
Many women worldwide are being kept from living the life they always wanted because they don’t have access to the opportunities that could otherwise lead them to live a successful and fulfilled life. On a mission to help and empower women, Wendy Diamond founded the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. In this episode, she sits down with Diane to talk about the ways she has been empowering, celebrating, and supporting women in business worldwide. She talks about her organization as well as her passion for animal rescue and how she puts two and two together to create a bigger social impact. Through it all, Wendy shows us the social importance of entrepreneurship and how great leaders bring their mission forward to benefit not only themselves but the world at large. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Neuroscience Of Learning With Stella Collins | 25 Nov 2020 | 00:55:40 | |
Curiosity and fear are even more closely related than we ever thought they were. In fact, they are both registered in the nucleus accumbens and it depends where dopamine hits your nucleus accumbens as to what you feel. Did this make you even more curious? Then this episode is something you don’t want to miss. Dr. Diane Hamilton interviews the co-founder and Chief Learning Officer at Stellar Labs, one of the Brain Ladies, and author of Neuroscience for Learning and Development, Stella Collins, about all things neuroscience, brain, and learning. They dive deep into emotional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal intelligence, the learning revolution and our DNA model, and teaching soft skills. Stella also talks about how mindfulness helps and what changes are happening in learning and development since the book. Tune into this discussion to gain more interesting insights about learning, whether that be in the context of work, school, and more. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Sociology Of Beauty Pageants With Hilary Levey Friedman And Getting FIT For Business With Sheryl Grant | 23 Nov 2020 | 00:59:24 | |
We have an interesting relationship with beauty pageants. While in recent times these events have been criticized for exacerbating stereotypes about womanly beauty, beauty pageants remain to be reflective of America’s complicated and ever-changing concept of womanhood. Hilary Levey Friedman has spent a lifetime’s career unlocking this less-studied subject. A sociologist at Brown University, Hilary merged her mother's past experience as Miss America in 1970 with her own experience as pageant judge and a mentor to Miss America 2018. Her conversation with Dr. Diane Hamilton is a deep dive into the intersections between beauty pageants, sociology and feminism that encourages us to take a good, hard second look at what would initially appear to be a frivolous enterprise. … You don’t have to be in Miss Olympia to be a strong woman, but you can certainly learn a thing or two from one who is. Winning the title at 55 years old, Sheryl Grant realized from her experience that her transforming her body began with transforming her mind. With her company, SGE, she uses her signature product, FIT for Business, to empower millions of women around the world to break their self-imposed barriers and develop the tenacity to take what they deserve in life. It is Sheryl’s mission to reach 50 million women all over the globe with her powerful message. Join her as she drops one value bomb after the other in this insightful chat with Dr. Diane Hamilton. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| How To Be A Successful Frontline CEO With Eric Strafel | 10 Dec 2021 | 00:56:06 | |
The frontline CEO empowers people with information in the organization, expecting them to make decisions. Dr. Diane Hamilton's guest in this episode is Eric Strafel, the CEO and Founder of SUMMi7 and the Author of The Frontline CEO. Eric talks with Dr. Diane about how leaders need to lead by example. Intentional learning and active listening are essential factors to turn employees into decision-makers. When employees take the initiative, there's a boost in morale and profits. If you're passionate about raising decision-makers in your organization, this episode's for you. Tune in! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today: | |||
| The Entrepreneur’s Faces With Jonathan Littman And Susanna Camp | 20 Nov 2020 | 00:55:04 | |
Entrepreneurship is important to the economy for so many reasons. From promoting social change to driving innovation, entrepreneurs have the ability to change the way we live and work. But not all entrepreneurs are created equal. In this episode, Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp join Dr. Diane Hamilton to reveal the many faces of entrepreneurs. Jonathan and Susanna co-authored the book called The Entrepreneur's Faces: How Makers, Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed. Today, they go over the ten types of faces discussed in their book. Tune in to discover which one of these are you because figuring out who you are can provide the spark that makes the difference between success and failure. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| The Future Of Work And Learning With Gary A. Bolles And Productivity Zonez With Sande Golgart | 18 Nov 2020 | 01:05:04 | |
We’re living in a fast-paced world where disruption is so quickly happening that it can be overwhelming for people to try to make sense or catch up with the changing times and technologies. People are hungry to understand how these disruptive technologies are affecting our industries, our organizations, and our lives. On today’s podcast, Gary A. Bolles joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to talk about the future of work, learning, and the organization. Gary is the Chair for Future of Work at Singularity University, and is also a lecturer, writer, and a consultant on these subjects.
Now more than ever, providing innovative infrastructures to businesses has become increasingly crucial. One particular company that is working with innovative companies and creating products that promote efficiency and productivity is Zonez. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on the show today is Sande Golgart, the President of Zonez. Sande is passionate about helping companies solve their biggest issues. Today, he shares how they’re changing how business gets done through modular privacy suites that provide privacy for employees, whether for concentration, conversation, or collaboration. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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| Respect Trumps Harmony: Lessons From An Extreme Leadership Experience With Rachael Robertson | 16 Nov 2020 | 00:57:53 | |
Respect trumps harmony. Whether you’re stuck in Antarctica for a year with people you don’t know or simply surrounded by your peers in the workplace from 9:00 to 5:00, you are bound to get into disagreements with others, and that’s okay. For highly-acclaimed international speaker and bestselling author, Rachael Robertson, the constant need to be liked by your colleagues is not just overrated; it is actually counterproductive. Selected to lead a year-long Antarctic expedition, Rachael created for her team a culture founded on mutual respect for each other and each other’s ideas. Drawing from that experience, she now teaches these leadership principles to the world through her speaking engagements. Learn more from her incredible experience and the things she learned from it about leadership, teamwork and inspiration in this conversation with Dr. Diane Hamilton. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Take The Lead community today:
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