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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LATEST EPISODE
Episode #625: Melody Wilding – Effectively Managing Up, Designing Your 1:1s, Getting Paid What You’re Worth, Creating The 1 Pagers, & Earning The Triple Win
Melody Wilding is a professor of human behavior at Hunter College. Her background as a therapist and emotions researcher informs her unique approach, weaving evidence-based neuroscience and psychology with professional development. She is the author of Trust Yourself and Managing Up: How to Get What You [...]
Episode #293: Brent Beshore – How To Get Rich Slow & Live An Optimal Life
Episode #293: Brent Beshore – How To Get Rich Slow & Live An Optimal Life Investor Brent Beshore is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of adventur.es, a Midwestern-based private equity firm. His firm takes a long-term approach to lower middle market private equity, investing “permanent equity” in small to midsize privately [...]
Episode #292: Beth Comstock – You Don’t Need Permission (Former GE Vice Chair)
Episode #292 – Beth Comstock: You Don’t Need Permission (Former GE Vice Chair) Until December 2017, Beth Comstock spent nearly three decades at GE. As Chief Marketing Officer and then Vice Chair of Innovation, she led efforts to accelerate new growth, develop digital and clean-energy futures, seed new businesses and enhance brand [...]
Episode #291: Andy Rachleff – What Do You Uniquely Offer That People Desperately Want?
Episode #291: Andy Rachleff – What Do You Uniquely Offer That People Desperately Want? Andy Rachleff is a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Wealthfront. He had previously been the executive chairman of the company after stepping down as the CEO, but then returned to the CEO role on October 31, 2016. Rachleff co-founded Benchmark Capital in [...]
Episode #290: Scott Harrison – Redemption, Compassion, & The Transformative Power Within Us All
Episode #290: Scott Harrison - Redemption, Compassion, & The Transformative Power Within Us All SCOTT HARRISON is the founder and CEO of charity: water, a non-profit that has mobilized over one million donors around the world to fund over 28,000 water projects in 26 countries that will serve more than 8.2 million people. [...]
Episode #289: Philip McKernan – Relationships Move At The Speed Of Vulnerability
Episode #289: Philip McKernan - Relationships Move At The Speed Of Vulnerability Philip McKernan works with entrepreneurs and business leaders all over the world. When people are seeking clarity about their future or want to move through roadblocks, seen and unseen, they call Philip. As a speaker he has inspired and challenged [...]
Episode #288: Robert Greene (Part 2) – The Laws Of Human Nature
Episode #288: Robert Greene (Part 2) - Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and Mastery. In his sixth book, The Laws of Human Nature, he turns to the most important subject of [...]
Episode #287: Robert Greene (Part 1) – 5 Strategies For Becoming A Master Persuader
Episode #287: Robert Greene (Part 1) - 5 Strategies For Becoming A Master Persuader Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and Mastery. In his sixth book, The Laws of Human Nature, he [...]
Episode #286: Phil Jones – How To Build Your Squad (The WHO In Your Life)
Episode #286: Phil Jones - How To Build Your Squad (The WHO In Your Life) Phil Jones has made it his life's work to demystify the sales process, re frame what it means to "sell," and help his audiences to learn new skills that empower confidence, overcome fears and instantaneously impact their [...]
Episode #285: Scott Gerber – Stop Networking And Start Building Relationships That Matter
Episode #285: Scott Gerber - Stop Networking And Start Building Relationships That Matter Scott Gerber is CEO of The Community Company, an organization that builds and manages community-driven programs for media companies and global brands. He is the founder of YEC, an invitation-only organization for the world’s most successful young entrepreneurs. He [...]
Episode #284: Michael Lombardi – A Masterclass In Building Teams And Winning Championships
Episode #284: Michael Lombardi - A Masterclass In Building Teams And Winning Championships Since the mid-1980s, Michael Lombardi has been an executive in the front offices of the 49ers, Browns, Eagles and Raiders. From 2014-16 he was an assistant to the coaching staff of the Patriots. He’s also worked for numerous media [...]
Episode #283: Tyler Cowen – The Path To Prosperity In A Disordered World
Episode #283: Tyler Cowen - The Path To Prosperity In A Disordered World Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and also Director of the Mercatus Center. He received his Ph.d. in economics from Harvard University in 1987. His book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate [...]
Episode #282: Seth Godin – You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See
Episode #282: Seth Godin - You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See Seth Godin is the author of 18 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He’s also the founder of the altMBA and The Marketing Seminar, online workshops that [...]
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