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693: How to Build Powerful Professional Relationships That Advance Your Career with Gina London, CEO of Language of Leadership, Ltd.
Gina London, former CNN correspondent and leadership communications advisor, and CEO of Language of Leadership, Ltd., joins the conversation to explore how professionals can build meaningful relationships, advance their careers, and develop
692: Wharton School Professor Matthew Bidwell on How to Build a Successful Career from the Inside
Matthew Bidwell, professor at the Wharton School and author of The Insider Advantage, examines why familiarity with an organization remains a substantial source of career advantage. After studying employment and careers for more than 25 yea
688: Michael on the U.S. Green Card Ban
There's some big news that came out today, that has not actually gotten much publicity, but it should, especially for our client base, and for anyone who wants to have a major professional career, and that's the fact that the U.S. governmen
687: US Open Medalist on Principles to Succeed at Any Table in Business, Sports, and Life (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic featuring an interview with the author of Ping Pong Leadership: 18 Principles to Succeed at Any Table in Business, Sports, and Life, Justin Bookey. In this book, Justin distills less
686: How VC Shapes Startups with Benjamin Shestakofsky (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic featuring an interview with the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality, Benjamin Shestakofsky. This book draws on nineteen months o
685: Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic featuring an interview with the authors of Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, and Nancy Levit. This book explains that the system that
684: Founder and CEO of Triggers, Leslie Zane. The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Persuasion (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with an award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker and authority in harnessing the instinctive mind to accelerate brand and business growth, founder and CEO of Triggers, Leslie Z
683: Professor of Finance at Copenhagen Business School, Jesper Rangvid, on the End of 40 Years of Falling Interest Rates
Jesper Rangvid, professor of finance at Copenhagen Business School, explores what leaders should understand about interest rates, inflation, the cost of capital, prioritization, and AI. Rangvid explains why the roughly 40-year decline in in
682: Founder and CEO of High Alpha Innovation, Elliott Parker. The Illusion of Innovation (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with the author of The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress, Elliott Parker. The Illusion of Innovation tackles the problem with innovat
681: Harvard's Cornelia Choe on How Great Leaders See Differently
Cornelia Choe explains why being right is no longer enough for leaders operating in environments of constant change. She calls the problem "perspective blindness": we may be correct about what we see while still seeing only part of the pict
680: Psychotherapist, Glenn Hutchinson, on Why Good People Cheat: What Infidelity Reveals About Decision-Making
Glenn Hutchinson, a psychotherapist who developed the personality science behind the assessments used by Match.com, explores one of the most misunderstood aspects of infidelity: why people sometimes violate their own values without fully un
679: Director of the K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center at MIT, Amos Winter on Global by Design
Amos Winter, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center at MIT, explains how innovators can create high-performance, affordable products for resource-constrained communities a
678: Social Organizational Psychologist, Jeremy Pollack, on Why Smart Leaders Still Fail at Conflict Resolution
Jeremy Pollack, PhD, argues that most workplace conflicts cannot be resolved by negotiating solutions alone. Before people can solve a problem together, they must first feel understood, respected, and heard. As he explains, conflict resolut
677: Global by Design: Vijay Govindarajan on Building Better Innovations
Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and co-author of Global by Design, explains how innovations developed for emerging markets can also serve wealthier countries. Building on his earlier w
676: The key strategy question most boards do not answer, and cannot answer
Porsche just announced workforce cuts because of dropping sales in China. Every board reads that as an operations problem. It isn't. It's a risk problem — and it's the wrong risk almost every board is looking at. Here's what nobody asks in
675: Porsche to Cut 5000 More Jobs After Sales Collapse. Here's What Their Strategy Is Missing
Michael has said, all other things being equal, there's only a 10% chance of this working. Porsche just announced 5,000 more job cuts ,on top of 3,900 already gone. That's 8,900 positions, 21% of the workforce. The headline story is China's
674: Social Psychologist, Owen Fitzpatrick on Why the Most Dangerous Propaganda Is the Story You Tell Yourself
Owen Fitzpatrick has spent years studying propaganda, belief systems, and decision-making in places such as North Korea, Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Iran. In this conversation, he explains why the same psychological mechanisms that shape socie
673: Why Immigrants Outperform. 3 Traits You Can Build Without Immigrating
Learn the immigrant success mindset and how to build resilience. See how specific challenges foster growth for anyone. Many assume the immigrant experience is only defined by hardship, but these challenges often build a unique toolkit for s
672: How Relying on ChatGPT or Claude Destroys Your Career
I had a coaching call this month where my client could not put his thinking together. He said to me that he wished he had ChatGPT right now. He could do this before. I have watched him do it. My view is that people are losing the ability, b
671: What World Cup Football Reveals About Strategy. The Fundamentals Problem
Most teams don't lose because of poor strategy. They lose because they abandoned the fundamentals. The World Cup proves it — and so does your business or career. In this walking masterclass, we break down why foundational skills are the act
670: Harvard MBA Manisha Thakor on Hungry Ghost Mindset, How to Stop Being a Workaholic, Dealing with Work Addiction (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with the author of MoneyZen: The Secret to Finding Your "Enough", Manisha Thakor. In this book, Manisha shares her candid journey out of the Cult of Never Enough—a painful
669: Stop Making Stupid Investments (with Founder of The Ultimate Investor, David Leiter)
David Leiter learned one of investing's hardest lessons while sitting on a trading desk during the dot-com boom. After watching seemingly everyone around him get rich, he finally gave in to the crowd, bought into the hype, and took a painfu
668: Private Equity Firm CEO, Rick Walker, on Power, Success and Getting Results (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with an experienced founder, leader, and thinker across a variety of domains, Rick Walker. In this episode, Rick walks us through his leadership journey, how he built his f
667: The Experience Economy Is Selling You Belonging
People will save for four years, eat less, and travel across the world to watch their team play. Kris and Michael walk through Berlin during the World Cup and ask what that spending really buys. This is the first episode of the Walking Mast
666: How to Overcome Career Frustrations with New York University's Dr. Tessa West (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with the author of Job Therapy: Finding Work That Works for You, Dr. Tessa West. In her book, Dr. Tessa West helps you figure out the real reason you're unhappy and shows y
665: Google's Laura Mae Martin on How to Be Productive (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with the author of Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing, Laura Mae Martin. In her book, Laura shows how to thrive no matter where you're working
664: Negotiations in B2B Sales and Day to Day Leadership Situations with Andres Lares (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with the co-author of Persuade: The 4-Step Process to Influence People and Decisions, Andres Lares. This book delivers a concise and insightful take on how to transform you
663: Ex McKinsey and LBS Lecturer, Dr. Rebecca Homkes, on High Growth Strategy (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with the author of Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times, Dr. Rebecca Homkes. Survive, Reset, Thrive is a playbook for leaders deri
662: Customer Strategy in the Age of AI with Mark Abraham, BCG's Personalization Lead (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with the coauthor of the book Personalized: Customer Strategy in the Age of AI, Mark Abraham. In this episode, we explore the rise of personalization through digital tools
661: The Science of Sustainable Performance with Award Winning Science Writer Elizabeth Svoboda
Elizabeth Svoboda, award-winning science writer and author of The Art of Pacing, examines a question that sits at the center of many successful careers: how to sustain high performance without exhausting the very resources that make meaning
