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 #607: Dr. Meg Meeker – How to Raise Tough, Resilient, Hard-Working, & Kind Children (Author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters)
Dr. Meg Meeker has spent more than thirty years practicing pediatric and adolescent medicine and counseling teens and parents. Dr. Meeker is a popular speaker and bestselling author of several books, including the national bestseller, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters; The 10 Habits of Happy [...]
Episode 076: Amanda Holmes – Taking Over As CEO At Age 27: The Ultimate Sales Machine
Episode 076: Amanda Holmes – Taking Over As CEO At Age 27: The Ultimate Sales Machine Amanda Holmes is someone who has a contagious energy about her. This conversation (which was also aired live on Periscope) was entertaining and educational. Amanda is an incredibly interesting person. During our time together, Amanda talked [...]
Episode 075: Kristi Piehl – Creating A Winning Culture & Earning Great PR
Episode 075: Kristi Piehl – Creating A Winning Culture & Earning Great PR Kristi Piehl is an incredibly driven person. She truly understands the importance of focusing on creating a phenomenal a phenomenal work environment for her employees and is reaping the rewards because of it. We are extremely fortunate to have [...]
Episode 074: Tim Kight – The Secret Weapon Behind Ohio State’s Success
Episode 074: Tim Kight – The Secret Weapon Behind Ohio State’s Success Tim Kight is an incredibly dynamic speaker. He is a great combination of extremely high intelligence mixed in with great experience around some of the best leaders in the world, including legendary UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden. I absolutely loved [...]
Episode 073: Jay Bilas – World Class ESPN Basketball Broadcaster, Toughness, Fixing The NCAA
Episode 073: Jay Bilas – World Class ESPN Basketball Broadcaster, Toughness, Fixing The NCAA Jay Bilas is an incredibly interesting person. He is a great combination of extremely high intelligence mixed in with a keen awareness of many issues we are all faced with in today’s world. This was one of my [...]
Episode 072: Jon Gordon – Optimistic People Win More | The Energy Bus
Episode 072: Jon Gordon - Optimistic People Win More | The Energy Bus Jon Gordon leads an inspirational life. He’s had high moments and very low moments. He openly shares some of the lowest moments of his life as well as the specific thoughts process he developed in order to go from [...]
Episode 071: Nate Boyer – Green Beret, Texas Football, The NFL, Making Films
Episode 071: Nate Boyer – Green Beret, Texas Football, The NFL, Making Films **A Special Veterans Day Episode** Nate Boyer leads a remarkable life. He’s been all over the world working hard to help others and defend our country. Nate truly values passion and having no compromise when going after your vision. [...]
Episode 070: Dr. Sharon Melnick – Success Under Stress: Breathing Exercises & Other Tips To Improve Your 50%
Episode 070: Dr. Sharon Melnick – Success Under Stress: Breathing Exercises & Other Tips To Improve Your 50% Sharon Melnick is an incredibly interesting person. She truly understands the importance of physiology, psychology, and your response. We are extremely fortunate to have Sharon share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of [...]
Episode 069: Jesse Itzler – Taking Risks, Selling For Millions, Living With A (Navy) SEAL, Married To A Billionaire
Episode 069: Jesse Itzler – Taking Risks, Selling For Millions, Living With A (Navy) SEAL, Married To A Billionaire Jesse Itzler is an incredibly interesting person. Despite all of his (massive) success, he’s one of the most down to earth people I’ve ever spoken with. This conversation felt like I was reconnecting [...]
Episode 068: Joey Coleman – What Is Your Personal Brand?
Episode 068: Joey Coleman – What Is Your Personal Brand? This is a special episode for me as I’ve been fortunate to get to know Joey over the last month and he’s become a great friend. I had the distinct pleasure of attending a professional development workshop recently where Joey was the [...]
Episode 067: Roger Dooley – How To Persuade And Convince Others With Neuromarketing
Episode 067: Roger Dooley – How To Persuade And Convince Others With Neuromarketing This episode was absolutely packed full of action oriented takeaways to help us all gain a better understanding of how our brain works to process information. It was an extremely interesting talk on a topic that fascinates me. Roger [...]
Episode 066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule
Episode 066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule I would like to thank John Corcoran for introducing me to Judy Robinett. Both John and Judy are such great givers… Always trying to help others and they’ve done so much for me. I was fascinated with Judy. She [...]
Episode 065: Linda Kaplan Thaler – GRIT = Guts, Resilience, Initiative, & Tenacity
Episode 065: Linda Kaplan Thaler – Do You Have Grit? Practical Tips To Increase It Linda Kaplan Thaler is an incredibly interesting person. She truly understands the importance of an intense focus on continuous improvement. Linda and her team have some massive achievements from a Marketing perspective as well as the work [...]
RECENT EPISODES
- Episode #655: Morgan Housel – The Simple Formula For Happiness, Betting on Others, Gaining Independence & Purpose, Family Vacation Secrets, The Art of Spending Money, & The Death Bed Lesson Every Leader Needs to Hear
- Episode #654: Jake Tapper – The Most Important Leadership Skill, Handling Criticism, Chasing Your Curiosity, Understanding Tradeoffs, Responding to Rejection, and Being So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- Episode #653: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy – Becoming a CEO, Transforming a Company, Earning the Promotion, Knowing Your Non-Negotiables, & Hiring Excellent Leaders
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