THE LEARNING LEADER
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 #423: Julia Galef – Why Some People See Things Clearly & Others Don’t
Julia Galef is co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality. She is the author of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t. Scout Mindset is what allows you to recognize when you were wrong, to seek out your blind spots, to test your assumptions and change course. It’s what [...]
Episode #422: Dr. Ron Friedman – How To Reverse Engineer Excellence
Dr. Ron Friedman is an award-winning psychologist who has served on the faculty of the University of Rochester and has consulted for political leaders, nonprofits, and many of the world’s most recognized brands. His first book, The Best Place to Work, was selected as an Inc. Magazine Best Business Book of the [...]
Episode #421: Sebastian Junger – Defining Freedom, Building Tribes, & Leading A Team
Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR, TRIBE, and FREEDOM. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world and has [...]
Episode #420: Sean Covey – Disciplined Execution, 7 Habits, & Decision Making Tools
Sean Covey is President of FranklinCovey Education. Sean has led the development of most of FranklinCovey’s organizational offerings, including Focus, Leadership, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The Leader in Me, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Sean oversees all of Franklin Covey’s International partnerships, which cover more than 140 countries. [...]
Episode #419: Scott O’Neil – How To Be Where Your Feet Are
Scott O’Neil is the CEO of The Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment… O’Neil is responsible for the organization’s leadership, strategic vision, operations, and growth, including the pursuit and acquisition of sports, entertainment, and consumer-facing properties. He’s the author of Be Where Your Feet Are. You can watch [...]
Episode #418: Mark Scharenbroich – How To Tell Stories That Move People (Nice Bike)
Mark Scharenbroich is an Emmy award winner, best-selling author, and hall of fame keynote speaker. He is known for his authentic delivery, talent for delivering unique stories, and comedic timing. He’s the author of Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on The Road of Life. You can also WATCH this conversation on YouTube. [...]
Episode #417: Hubert Joly – How To Unleash Human Magic & Achieve Improbable Results (Former CEO of Best Buy)
Hubert Joly is a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School and the former Chairman and CEO of Best Buy. He is also a member of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson and Ralph Lauren Corporation, a member of the International Advisory Board of HEC Paris, and a Trustee of [...]
Episode #416: Greg McKeown – How To Make It Easier To Do What Matters Most
Greg McKeown wrote the New York Times best-seller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. As well as frequently being the #1 Time Management book on Amazon, this book challenges core assumptions about achievement to get to the essence of what really drives success. His latest book is titled, Effortless: Make It Easier To [...]
Episode #415: Suneel Gupta – How To Get People To Take A Chance On You
Suneel Gupta is the founder of RISE and is on faculty at Harvard University. Using the seven steps inside his latest book, Suneel went from being the face of failure for the New York Times to being the “New Face of Innovation” for the New York Stock Exchange. His ideas have been [...]
Episode #414: Erin Meyer – How To Build A High Performance Culture (No Rules Rules)
Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, one of the leading international business schools. Erin conducted an in-depth study with Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix, investigating the underlying principles necessary for building a corporate culture that is inventive, fast, and flexible. The results of that research were published in their [...]
Episode #413: Brook Cupps – Living Your Values: Tough, Passionate, Unified, & Thankful
Brook Cupps does his best to bring a relentless mentality to growth and improvement to others. He strives to help people live intentionally and to define success on their own terms, not what society tells them success is. He brings a reflective and individualized perspective to that preparation. Brook does that as [...]
Episode #412: Kevin Sharer (Former CEO of Amgen) – What Operational Excellence Looks Like
Kevin Sharer led Amgen for 20 years, first as President and then as CEO for 12 years. Under Sharer’s leadership, the company achieved annual revenue of $16 billion with operations in 55 countries. During this time of tremendous growth, Amgen was recognized as among the world’s most innovative as well as largest [...]
