THE LEARNING LEADER SHOW
Welcome to The Learning Leader Show. My mission is to have deep conversations with the world’s most thoughtful leaders and share their useful life stories and leadership wisdom. I speak with CEOs, Special Forces Operators, Entrepreneurs, Best-Selling Authors, Professional Athletes, and more. Our conversations are open dialogs where my guests share their most valuable experiences and learnings for the benefit of The Learning Leader Show audience. You will find links to each episode and the corresponding show notes at the bottom of this page.
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Episode List & Show Notes
All episodes are listed below, newest first. Each episode link has show notes with major topics discussed and links to books & other resources mentioned in the episode.
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Episode #459: Josh Peck – Using Humor To Connect, Making The Big Ask, & The Power Of Vulnerability
Josh Peck is an actor, comedian, author, entrepreneur, and YouTuber. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s and had an early role on The Amanda Show from 2000 to 2002. Josh rose to prominence for his role as Josh Nichols alongside Drake Bell’s character in the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & [...]
Episode #458: Gary Burnison – The Five Graces Of Life & Leadership (CEO of Korn Ferry)
Gary Burnison is the CEO of Korn Ferry. Under his leadership, Korn Ferry has been transformed into a global organizational consulting firm with nearly 9,000 colleagues. Burnison is the author of seven leadership and career development books, including a New York Times bestseller. WATCH this conversation on YouTube. And SUBSCRIBE! Read my new book, The [...]
Episode #457: Ken Blanchard – Creating Magical Moments, Building Trust, & Simple Truths Of Leadership
Dr. Ken Blanchard is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world and is respected for his years of groundbreaking work in the fields of leadership and management. He’s written 60+ books… Most notably, The One Minute Manager has sold over 15 million copies. Ken is also the Chief Spiritual [...]
Episode #456: Daniel Pink – How Looking Backwards Moves Us Forward (The Power Of Regret)
Daniel H. Pink is the author of seven books, including the forthcoming The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward (Riverhead, 2022). His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and [...]
Episode #455: Oliver Burkeman – How To Think About Productivity… Time Management For Mortals (4,000 Weeks)
Oliver Burkeman is the author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management For Mortals. It’s a book that has become an international best-seller. It is about making the most of our radically finite lives in a world of impossible demands, relentless distraction, and political insanity (and ‘productivity techniques’ that mainly just make everyone [...]
Episode #454: Jim Levine – A Conversation With My Literary Agent (How To Write A Great Proposal)
Jim Levine has been a literary agent for more than 30 years. Some of his agency’s clients include Ray Dalio, Scott Galloway, Jay Shetty, Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl), Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), Tom Brady, & Giselle Bundchen among others… He also is my book agent and he brokered the [...]
Episode #453: Dr. Gary Chapman – The 5 Love Languages, Resolving Conflict, & Building Trust
*NOTE* This episode starts with me reviewing 2021 and sharing my goals for 2022. You can also watch my review and goal-setting video by clicking HERE. Gary Chapman, PhD, is the author of the bestselling The 5 Love Languages® series, which has sold more than 20 million worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages. [...]
Episode #452: Debbie Millman – Visual Storytelling, Building Your Brand, & Fostering Your Creativity
Debbie Millman has been named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator, and host of the podcast Design Matters. For 20 years, Debbie was the President of [...]
Episode #451: Rob Fitzpatrick – How To Talk To Your Customers, How To Ask Great Questions, & How To Be Useful (The Mom Test)
Rob Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur of 14 years and has written three books about his learnings along the way, including the best-selling handbook for doing better Customer Development, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers and figure out if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. [...]
Episode #450: Stan Johnson – Living Your Core Values, Building Culture, & Developing Leaders
Stan Johnson was hired as Loyola Marymount University’s men’s basketball head coach on March 20, 2020. The 2020-21 season saw meteoric growths across the board for LMU men’s basketball. In his first season as head coach, Stan Johnson guided his team through the COVID-19 pandemic and posted a winning record in the [...]
Episode #449: John Amaechi – The Traits Of Effective Leaders, Excellence Is In The Mundane, & Giving Proper Feedback
John Amaechi OBE is an organizational psychologist, best-selling author, and CEO of APS Intelligence Ltd. In 2019, John was recognized as one of HR’s most influential thinkers by HR Magazine. John is the first Briton to have a career in the NBA. John is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Fellow of the [...]
Episode #448: Dr. Benjamin Hardy – How To Go From The Gap To The Gain, Choosing Your Who, & Setting Big Goals
Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and the author of Willpower Doesn’t Work and Personality Isn’t Permanent. He also co-authored Who Not How with Dan Sullivan, which sold over 120,000 copies in the first 4 months of publication. Their most recent book is called, The Gap and The Gain. His blogs have been read by over [...]
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