Read to Lead Podcast
If you believe as I do, that intentional and consistent reading is key to success in business and in life, then this is your podcast. My goal each week is to bring you key thoughts and insights from my conversations with those I consider to be among today's brightest minds: our generation's non-fiction authors. We discuss their latest book, as well as their unique perspectives on Leadership, Business, Personal Development, Marketing, Career, and Entrepreneurship. If you love reading, or desire to do more of it, then consider this podcast your audio Cliff's Notes. The Read to Lead Podcast is a...
Tue, March 25, 2025
A Holistic, Research-Backed Framework to Future-Proof Your Leadership with Paula Davis - Episode 563 (M03)
Whether you’re a seasoned leader or an emerging manager, Lead Well provides a holistic, research-backed framework to future-proof your leadership and unlock the full potential of your team.
Tue, February 25, 2025
The Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior - Episode 562 (M02)
Mindmasters is a riveting look at what our digital footprints reveal about us, how they're being used—for good and for ill—and how we can gain power over the data that defines us.
Tue, January 28, 2025
Closing the Courage Gap with Margie Warrell - 561 M01
At a time when courage seems in short supply, in a culture continually stoking insecurity and anxiety, this book will transform your deepest fears into a catalyst for your highest growth and the greatest good.
Tue, January 07, 2025
Special Annoucement: Changes to Read to Lead in 2025
The Read to Lead release schedule, formerly weekly, is changing.
Tue, December 31, 2024
560: Game-Changing Reads: 11 Books Every Leader Needs - Part 2
The is the second part in my two-part series featuring eleven must-read non-fiction books that deserve a place on everyone's bookshelf. These aren't just any books – they're the kind of works that can fundamentally change how you think, lead, and live.
Tue, December 24, 2024
559: Game-Changing Reads: 11 Books Every Leader Needs - Part 1
Today, I'm kicking off my special year-end series featuring eleven must-read non-fiction books that deserve a place on everyone's bookshelf. These aren't just any books – they're the kind of works that can fundamentally change how you think, lead, and live.
Wed, December 18, 2024
558: The 8 Step Blueprint To Building A Profitable Personal Brand Business with Mike Kim (E)
It’s no secret that more people than ever before are building thriving businesses around their personal brands. But why do some create six- or even seven-figure businesses while so many others struggle to make a consistent income? Find out in this conversation with my good friend Mike Kim.
Tue, December 10, 2024
557: The Quest to Build a Culture That Rocks with Arnie Malham (an Encore Presentation of Episode 367)
In Worth Doing Wrong, Malham provides strategies for creating a culture that will help you smash business goals, achieve win-win relationships with your clients, generate buzz in your community, and cultivate a workplace that you and your employees will love.
Tue, December 03, 2024
556: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career with Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta
Full of useful activities and tools, Job Moves offers the timeless framework of our generation to help anyone create a career that will be happier and more fulfilling.
Tue, November 26, 2024
555: Lead with Your Values to Advance Your Career with the Wharton School's G. Richard Shell (an Encore Presentation of Episode 381)
Driven by dramatic, real-world examples from his classroom, today's headlines, and classic cases of corporate wrong-doing, The Conscience Code shows how to create value-based workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Tue, November 19, 2024
554: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short Term World with Dorie Clark (an Encore Presentation of Episode 389)
In The Long Game, Dorie Clark shares unique principles and frameworks you can apply to your specific situation, as well as vivid stories from her own career and other professionals' experiences.
Tue, November 12, 2024
553: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper with Roland Allen
In and age of AI and digital overload, the simple act of moving a pen across a blank page can boost our creativity and mood—and continues to transform our lives.
Tue, November 05, 2024
552: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love, and Still Pay the Bills with Marianne Cantwell (an Encore Presentation of Episode 286)
Free Range Humans is about much more than quitting your job and becoming your own boss. It's about life on your own terms, working when, where, and how you want - so you don't have to fit yourself into someone else's box to make a great income.
Tue, October 29, 2024
551: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life with Nir Eyal (an Encore Presentation of Episode 284)
What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused? What if you had the power to become "indistractable?"
Tue, October 22, 2024
550: This Is Strategy with Seth Godin
From Seth Godin, one of the world's most influential business thinkers and bestselling author of This is Marketing, comes a groundbreaking guide to creating meaningful change in a complex world.
Tue, October 15, 2024
549: Unlocking Creativity: The Science of Brainstorming and Generating New Ideas
Challenging common myths about creativity being an innate gift reserved for a select few, this episode empowers listeners with scientific insights and practical strategies to unlock their creative potential.
Tue, October 08, 2024
548: Standing Out in the Age of AI with Pascal Bornet
Whether you're an individual looking to future-proof your career, a parent aiming to raise future-proof children, or a business leader eager to steer your organization through technological disruption, IRREPLACEABLE offers a universal and comprehensive framework.
Tue, October 01, 2024
547: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery with Arthur Joseph
Learn proven techniques and daily exercises to help you develop a commanding voice and presence and improve vocal quality, mental acuity, body language, and self-esteem to dramatically increase your influence.
Tue, September 24, 2024
546: Overcoming the 8 Fears Holding You Back From Success
I uncover the 8 most common fears that prevent us from reaching our full potential, how each one shows up in real life, what kind of impact it has, and, most importantly, how to tackle them head-on with practical action steps.
Tue, September 17, 2024
545: The Long-Distance Leader Second Edition with Wayne Turmel
The new edition of this internationally acclaimed guide to remote and hybrid leadership comes with an updated and enriched framework for the modern workplace. It introduces new principles and retains proven strategies for effective leadership across distances.
Tue, September 10, 2024
544: Discover How You Contribute to the World with Tom Rath (an Encore Presentation of Episode 304)
Life's Great Question will show you how to make your work and life more meaningful, and greatly boost your wellbeing.
Tue, September 03, 2024
543: Exceptional Presentation Delivery with Tim Pollard (an Encore Presentation of Episode 294)
With practical tips, relatable stories, and vibrant examples, Mastering the Moment employs Tim Pollard's engaging style, making the guidance as absorbing to read as it is to adopt.
Tue, August 27, 2024
542: Future-Proofing You with Jay Samit (an Encore Presentation of Episode 369)
Future Proofing You is perfect for anyone who is tired of jobs with no security (amen!), hopes to truly realize their professional and personal potential (where do I sign up?), and is looking for a way to build a better life for them and their family (yes, please!).
Tue, August 20, 2024
541: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking with Jon Acuff (an Encore Presentation of Episode 365)
The solution to overthinking isn't to stop thinking but to change the soundtrack to something better - more positive, more encouraging, and ultimately, more productive. Once we learn how to choose our soundtracks, thoughts become our best friend, propelling us toward our goals.
Tue, August 13, 2024
540: The 4 AI Tools I use Everyday
These four AI tools are ones I use all the time. In my business, I couldn't function without them. In this episode, I share what I use them for, as well as how I use them. Plus, I share a special surprise at the end.
Tue, August 06, 2024
539: Why You Need to Read Multiple Books at the Same Time
In this episode I talk about the practice of interleaving books, the benefits to you when you intentionally reading more than one book at a time.
Tue, July 30, 2024
538: Efficiency Unleashed: Harnessing AI in the Workplace with Jeff Frownfelter
This time around, I'm joined by someone I've known for over 40 years. We discuss his experience in the technology sector and, specifically, how he's using AI to get ahead and stay ahead in the workplace despite certain disabilities.
Tue, July 23, 2024
537: The Mastery Blueprint: 3 Steps to Becoming the Best You
Explore proven strategies and mindsets from experts like Richard Feynman, Scott H. Young, and Carol Dweck to help you master any skill and unlock your full potential.
Tue, July 16, 2024
536: Celebrating 11 Years: The Most Influential Books of the Read to Lead Podcast
In honor of our 11th anniversary, I thought it would be fitting to look back at 11 of the most influential books I've read since starting this journey. Each of these books has left a lasting impact on me and, I hope, on you too.
Tue, July 09, 2024
535: Negotiating Tips From a Former FBI Hostage Negotiator and a Top DC Publicist
From CEOs communicating with board members to managers negotiating salary increases and entrepreneurs looking to raise capital, it's impossible to overstate the role of persuasion in making your personal and professional goals a reality. The ability to convince others―respectfully and effectively―is one of the most important skills you can master, whatever your profession.
Tue, July 02, 2024
534: How to Live Future Ready with Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt
The renowned global though leader and Google's first Chief Innovation Evangelist introduces a forward-thinking mindstate that will help you navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities, and create exactly the future you want to see.
Tue, June 25, 2024
533: How to Get Better at Anything with Scott H. Young
Whether you’re a student studying for an exam, an employee facing a new skill at work, or just want to get better at something you’re interested in, Scott's insights will help you do it better.
Tue, June 18, 2024
532: How to Create Better Plans and Make Smarter Decisions with Harry Max
Every business person who is even remotely interested in prioritization should read Managing Priorities. Whatever you need to prioritize—tasks, goals, OKRs, projects—this book is for you.
Tue, June 11, 2024
531: 48 Days to the Work (and Life) You Love with Dan Miller (an Encore Presentation of Episode 338)
48 Days to the Work You Love is packed with modern insight and timeless wisdom and provides a step-by-step process for creating a Life Plan and translating it into meaningful, satisfying daily work.
Tue, June 04, 2024
530: Understanding What Truly Matters, Making Strategic Decisions, and Effectively Allocating Your Time and Resources
Managing priorities is more than just making a to-do list. It’s about understanding what truly matters, making strategic decisions, and effectively allocating your time and resources.
Tue, May 28, 2024
529: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed with Kelly Palmer (an Encore Presentation of Episode 234)
The book The Expertise Economy dares you to let go of outdated and traditional ways of closing the skills gap, and challenges CEOs and business leaders to embrace the urgency of re-skilling and upskilling the workforce.
Tue, May 21, 2024
528: The Only Business Metric That Matters is Ideaflow with Jeremy Utley (an Encore Presentation of Episode 446)
We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how great ideas are born. Innovation is not an event, a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon. It's a result of mastering idea flow, a practice that elevates everything else you do.
Tue, May 14, 2024
527: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive with Jordan Raynor (an Encore Presentation of Episode 422)
We don’t need just another approach to changing our habits. What we need is an operating system that takes into account the full scope of our lives. Bestselling author Jordan Raynor presents this system, using seven powerful time-management principles drawn from the example of how Jesus lived.
Tue, May 07, 2024
526: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity with Steve Shwartz (an Encore Presentation of Episode 384)
Today’s AI systems are miracles of modern engineering, but no, humans do not have to fear robots seizing control or taking over all our jobs. In this exploration of the fascinating and ever-changing landscape of artificial intelligence, Dr. Shwartz explains how AI works in simple terms.
Tue, April 30, 2024
525: Extending Your Mind Through Connected Notes with Jorge Arango
By using the right tools and a bit of discipline, you can cultivate a “personal knowledge garden" where your thinking will blossom.
Tue, April 23, 2024
524: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life with Marcus Buckingham (an Encore Presentation of Episode 417)
Marcus shows you how to break free from this conformity—how to decode your own loves, turn them into their most powerful expression, and do the same for those you lead and those you love.
Tue, April 16, 2024
523: Small Actions, Big Impact with Drs. Adaira Landry and Resa Lewiss
MicroSkills is built on one core, easy-to-learn principle: every big goal, complicated task, healthy habit, and, yes, even what we think of as character traits, can be broken down into small, learnable, skills that can be practiced, and incorporated real-time.
Tue, April 09, 2024
522: Impact Players with Liz Wiseman (and Encore Presentation of Episode 400)
In Impact Players, New York Times bestselling author and researcher Liz Wiseman reveals the secrets of these stellar professionals who play the game at a higher level.
Tue, April 02, 2024
521: The Future of Behavior Design with Dr. BJ Fogg (an Encore Presentation of Episode 324)
This proven, step-by-step guide will help you design habits and make them stick through positive emotion and celebrating small successes. Whether you want to lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or be more productive each day, Tiny Habits makes it easy to achieve—by starting small.
Tue, March 26, 2024
520: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - 30th Anniversary Edition (an Encore Presentation of Episode 319)
A can't-miss conversation with the son of the legendary author of the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - 30th Anniversary Edition.
Tue, March 19, 2024
519: Shipping Creative Work with Seth Godin (an Encore Presentation of Episode 344)
With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear. To take the risks worth taking. And to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.
Tue, March 12, 2024
518: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully with Elaine Lin Hering
A paradigm-shifting book looking at the negative impact of silence and how we can begin to dismantle it in order to use our voices at home and at work.
Tue, March 05, 2024
517: The Vision-Driven Leader with Michael Hyatt (an Encore Presentation of Episode 312)
Today, we revisit a conversation I had with Michael Hyatt at the start of the pandemic about vision-driven leadership.
Tue, February 27, 2024
516: Take Your Career From Accidental to Intentional with Scott Jeffrey Miller
Most careers unfold accidentally, haphazardly, and with too much serendipity. That means lost traction, lost years, and lost opportunities. But your career doesn't have to be that way! Career on Course unpacks the 10 steps that will take your career from accidental to intentional.
Tue, February 20, 2024
515: The Top 5 Traits of a Servant Leader
I break down the five most important traits for a Servant Leader to possess: empathy, listening, healing, awareness, and persuasion.
Tue, February 13, 2024
514: How to Fix the Always-On Culture of Business with Malissa Clark
Malissa Clark shows you how to escape the trap of putting work at the center of everything and thus losing your well-being—or your company's performance—in the process.
Tue, February 06, 2024
513: How to Do More of What Matters to You with Ali Abdaal
We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But what if there's another way? Armed with Ali's insights, you won't just accomplish it all. You'll feel happier and more fulfilled along the way.
Tue, January 30, 2024
512: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier with Huggy Rao
The definitive guide to eliminating the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get things done in organizations.
Tue, January 23, 2024
511: The Brave Habit is Your Guide to Courageous Leadership with Todd Henry
Bravery is not reserved for the chosen few; it's a skill and a daily practice that can be developed. The Brave Habit provides a practical framework for courageous leadership and exceptional work.
Tue, January 16, 2024
510: Answer These 5 Questions to Build Your Legacy
I pose five questions you should ponder if you want to build a lasting legacy. I also include three exercises you can do right now to get started on the right foot.
Tue, January 09, 2024
509: The Impact of Dan Miller On Our Lives Continues
Dan has pancreatic cancer and has been given a few months to live. I share his impact on my life and that of a few others' lives.
Tue, January 02, 2024
508: The 9 Books I'm Most Looking Forward To in 2024
I've scoured the book release lists so that you don't have to, and I've selected the 9 books you need to pay attention to this year.
Tue, December 26, 2023
507: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of AI with Brian Evergreen
We are in the midst of an unprecedented degree of technology-driven change at the same time that society faces challenges more complex than our organizations and we as individuals have been prepared to handle.
Tue, December 19, 2023
506: Leading With Questions with Bob Tiede
Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders, Leading with Questions will earn a place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in better engaging with and leading others.
Tue, December 12, 2023
505: The Family First Entrepreneur with Steve Chou
Most entrepreneurs start a business seeking freedom but end up in a prison of hundred-hour workweeks isolated from their loved ones. This book is a guide to do entrepreneurship differently—letting go of the hustle and embracing a family-first mindset instead.
Tue, December 05, 2023
504: Speak Up or Stay Stuck with Pam Marmon
In Speak Up or Stay Stuck, forward-thinking change management expert Pam Marlon unpacks a practical framework for implementing organizational change while ensuring your voice is heard.
Tue, November 28, 2023
503: Leadership Lessons Drawn From the Wisdom of Mom with Valerie Cockerell
In Manage like a Mother, Valerie Cockerell shares common-sense principles for anyone seeking to be an effective leader. She explains how raising children, nurturing their development, multitasking as only a mother does, managing conflicts, dealing with teenagers and being a great role model are some of the essential skills that leaders can easily apply to their professional working environments—with proven success.
Tue, November 21, 2023
502: Learning to Get Past Your Past with Jason VanRuler
The life you dream of isn't that far away. But you can't stay where you are. It's time to embark on your journey toward healing. Let Get Past Your Past be your guide along the way.
Tue, November 14, 2023
501: Discover Who You Already Are, Who You Want to Be, and How to Ensure Others See You That Way with Aliza Licht
How you show up in person, over email, and on social media, Aliza says, communicates your personal brand. That brand deserves thoughtful cultivation and crafting as you shape your narrative, build your network, grow your confidence, and plot your future.
Tue, November 07, 2023
500: Listen to This or Die with Ray Edwards
For anyone who wants to turn their life around but doesn't know how, the PASTOR method teaches how to harness marketing wisdom to get honest about what we really want from life and craft better beliefs and plans to help us start living life on our own terms.
Tue, October 31, 2023
499: Decision Making, Project Management, and Workplace Engagement with Gerald Leonard
In A Symphony of Choices, workplace culture and strategy expert Gerald Leonard provides you with the practical tools and real-world examples that will help you build the knowledge and skills you need to thrive in a project-driven world.
Tue, October 24, 2023
498: How to Win with Clarity-Fueled Communications with Steve Woodruff
From email to sales pitches, from workshops to resumes, Steven Woodruff’s Clarity Fuel Formula is the universal recipe for communications success.
Tue, October 17, 2023
497: How to Create Self-Leading Teams That Win with Kyle Buckett and Chris Mefford
In this revolutionary guide, Mefford and Buckett share crucial leadership strategies to help organizations revamp their work culture, throw out stifling hierarchical leadership models, and embrace a dynamic, results-oriented, and successful self-led team-oriented model instead.
Tue, October 10, 2023
496: Build a Team, Stay Focused, Make Better Decisions with David Dodson
David Dodson explains how to get better at running virtually any kind of organization by breaking down each critical skill into digestible, bite-sized sub-skills, that you can learn quickly and easily.
Tue, October 03, 2023
495: Turning the Power of Mindset Into Action with Eduardo Briceño
With this innovative and refreshing framework of balancing learning and performing, individuals and companies can reach their boldest aspirations.
Tue, September 26, 2023
494: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put On the Spot with Matt Abrahams
Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public speaking to interviewing to networking—with essential strategies from a Stanford lecturer, coach, and host of the popular Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast.
Tue, September 19, 2023
493: The Inner Journey of Leadership with Dan Rockwell
In this timeless, eye-opening tale of redemption, Bob’s tailspin journey through loss and catastrophic failure invites readers to examine the nature of genuine leadership and embark upon their own story of self-discovery.
Tue, September 12, 2023
492: Walmart, Amazon, and the Battle for Our Wallets with Jason Del Rey
For years, Walmart and Amazon operated in separate spheres—one a massive brick-and-mortar retailer, the other an online giant. But in 2016, Walmart aggressively moved into the world of e-commerce, while Amazon made big bets in physical retail. What can we learn from them? Turns out, a lot.
Tue, September 05, 2023
491: Your Future Self with Hal Hershfield
Your Future Self describes the mental mistakes we make in thinking about the future and gives us practical advice for imagining our best future so we can make that vision a reality.
Tue, August 29, 2023
490: The Learn-It-All Leader with Damon Lembi
In The Learn-It-All Leader, Learnit CEO Damon Lembi shares the leadership mindset you need to make better decisions, take bolder risks, and build stronger teams.
Tue, August 22, 2023
489: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone with Michael Bungay Stanier
This book shows you how to build the best possible relationship. One conversation. Five questions. Detailed guidance on how to prepare and set the relationship up for success. Key insights on how to maintain the relationship so that it will continue to thrive.
Tue, August 15, 2023
488: Always Make Your Future Bigger Than Your Past with Dan Miller
A culmination of weekly inspiration shared with Dan Miller’s inner circle over the past 20 years!
Tue, August 08, 2023
487: Closing the Confidence Gap with Kelli Thompson
Closing the Confidence Gap will show you how to advance with confidence. You’ll hear deeply personal stories and walk away with practical tools to show you how to claim your role as a confident leader.
Tue, August 01, 2023
486: Hidden Genius with Polina Marinova Pompliano
After learning from the world's most successful people, you will have a mental toolkit to help you tackle thorny problems, navigate relationships, and use creativity and resilience in times of uncertainty.
Tue, July 25, 2023
485: An Unbound and Unbridled Path to Unstuck Growth with Bryan Orr
Unconformed is a toolkit for preventing and overcoming that "stuck" feeling and exploring the many paths to success, no matter your age or life stage. With many stories about successful people from diverse backgrounds, this book offers a fresh look at learning and working.
Tue, July 18, 2023
484: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams with David Burkus
Discover how to develop a clear, concise understanding of how your team’s culture affects its performance. Follow this simple, practical blueprint to cultivate a Best Team Ever environment and set your team on a path to success.
Tue, July 11, 2023
483: The Illusion of Choice with Richard Shotton
The Illusion of Choice identifies the 16 1/2 most important psychological quirks that everyone in business needs to bear aware of today—and shows how any business can take advantage of these quicks to win customers, retains customers and sell more.
Tue, July 04, 2023
482: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In with Steven Van Cohen
In Connectable, you’ll learn how tackling the issue of worker loneliness head on can transform an isolated workforce into one that’s happier, more engaged, and more productive.
Tue, June 27, 2023
481: How to See What Others Don't with Constance Dierickx
Whether you are at the start of your leadership journey or have held a senior leadership role for years, Meta-Leadership will arm you with knowledge and insights to achieve the highest results from yourself and your team.
Tue, June 20, 2023
480: The Case for Good Jobs with Zeynep Ton
The Case for Good Jobs provides leaders with the blueprint they need to choose excellence by providing good jobs that offer a living wage, dignity, and opportunities for growth both for their employees and their organization.
Tue, June 13, 2023
479: Finding Clarity, Confidence, and Courage with Heather Penny
Are you tired of chasing a dream you aren’t even sure you want anymore? Or have you accomplished your dream only to discover it’s not as fulfilling as you thought it would be? It’s time to get excited about your life again.
Tue, June 06, 2023
478: Protecting Your Brain in the Digital Age with Dr. Carl Marci
Rewired provides scientifically supported solutions for everyone who wants to restore their tech-life balance.
Tue, May 30, 2023
477: Why Work is No Longer Working and What To Do About it with Seth Godin
In The Song of Significance, Seth Godin provides a roadmap for the business leaders who are willing to create a meaningful future while bravely rejecting the outmoded management models that are no longer serving us. As Godin writes, “Choosing significance is to dance with fear, and choosing fear requires belief that what we’re doing matters.”
Tue, May 23, 2023
476: Choosing Greatness and Achieving Exceptional Outcomes with Christina Curtis
If you're a leader, entrepreneur, executive, or anyone who wants to squeeze more time, money, and joy from every day, Choosing Greatness is a must-have book that's brimming with tools and strategies!
Tue, May 16, 2023
475: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most with Adam Alter
A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential.
Tue, May 09, 2023
474: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion with Lisa Bragg
With proven tools, techniques, and insights, Bragging Rights will help you understand and tell the world about your true superpowers, so you can access new opportunities and, along the way, elevate others.
Tue, May 02, 2023
473: How to Make a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity with Miriam Schulman
After twenty years of selling art as well as coaching other artists, Miriam Schulman knows that now is the time to leave the rat race behind and pursue your highest dreams. It's time to gamble on yourself.
Tue, April 25, 2023
472: Arguing for the Good in Bad English with Valerie Fridland
Language change is natural, built into the language system itself, and we wouldn’t be who we are without it. Like, Literally, Dude celebrates the dynamic, ongoing, and empowering evolution of language, and it will speak to anyone who talks, or listens, inspiring them to communicate dynamically and effectively in their daily lives.
Tue, April 18, 2023
471: The Microstress Effect with Karen Dillon
How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.
Tue, April 11, 2023
470: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower with Morra Aarons-Mele
The Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership. As leadership expert and self-proclaimed anxious achiever Morra Aarons-Mele argues, anxiety is built into the very nature of leadership. It can—and should—be harnessed into a force for good.
Tue, April 04, 2023
469: Optimizing Learning and Development in the Workplace with James McKenna
Upskill, Reskill, Thrive illustrates how to create and sustain learning and work environments that honor and empower individuals in ways that promote knowledge generation and sharing.
Tue, March 28, 2023
468: Stop Writing Books Nobody Reads with Debs Jenkins
You don’t need a long book published by a traditional publisher to get what you need. You need to get short valuable ideas out to your market in a professional way, as quickly as possible. That can be by blogging, writing articles, making videos or by writing a book.
Tue, March 21, 2023
467: Success Starts With Your Thinking with Mind Your Mindset Author Megan Hyatt Miller
Drawing upon the latest insights from the fields of performance psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, as well as case studies from clients and their own personal experiences, Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller explore the power of ideas to shape superior outcomes, not only in business, but in every aspect of life.
Tue, March 14, 2023
466: Transform How You Talk, Listen, and Interact with Chuck Wisner
Our conversations—at home, at work, or in public—can be sources of pleasure and stepping-stones toward success, or they can cause pain and lead to failure. Chuck Wisner shows how we can form a connection from the very first conversation and keep our discourse positive and productive throughout any endeavor.
Tue, March 07, 2023
465: What to Say to Get Your Way with NYT Bestselling Author Jonah Berger
This book provides a powerful toolkit and actionable techniques that can lead to extraordinary results. Whether you’re trying to persuade a client, motivate a team, or get a whole organization to see things differently, this book will show you how to leverage the power of magic words.
Tue, February 28, 2023
464: The Power of Clarity with Ann Latham
In The Power of Clarity, Ann Latham exposes the unrecognized confusion and explains how to eliminate it. This fascinating guide to workplace productivity and effectiveness draws upon extensive research and case studies to demonstrate how you can get better results in far less time while also increasing confidence and commitment.
Tue, February 21, 2023
463: Redefining What It Means to Sell with Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown
The Unsold Mindset reveals a counterintuitive approach not just to selling but to life. It's a journey toward an entirely new mindset—the greatest sellers on the planet aren't successful because of what they do, they're successful because of what they think.
Tue, February 14, 2023
462: Make More Sales, Build Loyal Relationships, and Make More Money with Jen Gitomer
From attracting customers online and face-to-face to helping secure lifelong relationships, referrals and reorders, by building trust over time, minute by minute; to ensuring profitable sales and customer loyalty, you will learn 212 strategies that when put into practice, will make your sales and success soar.
Tue, February 07, 2023
461: Audio Book Summary: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset.
Tue, January 31, 2023
460: Find Focus and Fight Distraction with Dr. Gloria Mark
In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She also shows how much of what we think we know is wrong.
Tue, January 24, 2023
459: You MUST Market Your Book with Honorée Corder
New and even experienced authors often feel overwhelmed by everything they're told they must do. It can be hard to know where one should be putting their energy. Honorée has a gift for teaching what's important in a way that's easy to understand and remember.
Tue, January 17, 2023
458: Over 10MM Copies Sold: My Summary of Atomic Habits
In just over four years since its release, it has officially sold more than 10MM copies! In this episode, I share an audio summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Tue, January 10, 2023
457: Turn Your Passions Into Profits with Matt McWilliams
So many entrepreneurs either run a profitable business but hate their work or run a business they love, with a message they’re proud of, without making any money. There’s a better way to build a business, one that helps you wake up every day excited and full of purpose and make a profit.
Tue, January 03, 2023
456: The 6 Books I'm Most Excited About Coming Out in 2023
As I take a look ahead, these are the six books I'm most excited about that are coming out in the first half of 2023.
Tue, December 27, 2022
455: My Six Favorite Books I Read This Year
Much of my reading outside the reading I do for the podcast was centered around notes, knowledge retention, and learning. These are my favorites I read in 2022, but not necessarily released in 2022.
Tue, December 20, 2022
454: Eliminate Difficult Conversations using the Disconnect Principle with Ann Latham
The Disconnect Principle provides the missing link that will change the way you think about feedback, accountability, and performance management forever. This is the approach that will allow you to be the empathic and effective manager, employee, or peer that you would like to be.
Tue, December 13, 2022
453: How to Trade Shame, Guilt, and Fear for a More Fulfilling Life with Neal Samudre
Neal and Carly Samudre believe that joy is what’s missing from our ability to make lasting change in our lives. Building on biblical insights and the latest findings in positive psychology, Start from Joy outlines an emotionally healthy approach to change―one where joy leads the way.
Tue, December 06, 2022
452: Results of My Listener-Reader Survey
This week, I share the results of my 2022 Listener-Reader Survey and where the Read to Lead Community is headed.
Tue, November 29, 2022
451: How to Create, Live, and Sell a Powerful Personal Brand with Dr. Cindy McGovern
Learn how to create, live, and sell your own personal brand―even if you hate sales!―with step-by-step help from the First Lady of Sales.
Tue, November 22, 2022
450: Primal Storytelling with Anthony Butler
Whether you’re competing for local foot traffic or global downloads, Primal Storytelling will help you forge authentic connections with your audience, improve your brand performance in social media and SEO, and supercharge your content results.
Tue, November 15, 2022
449: Communication Secrets of the World's Greatest Salesman with Carmine Gallo
The communication tools Jeff Bezos created are so effective that former Amazonians who worked directly with Bezos adopted them as blueprints to start their own companies. Now, these tools are available to you.
Tue, November 08, 2022
448: Transform How You Communicate and Lead with René Rodriguez
Amplify Your Influence shows you how to leverage a variety of behavioral motivators to achieve positive outcomes and results and frame our ideas in a way that encourages engagement and gets and active response from your followers.
Tue, November 01, 2022
447: The Inside Story of a Multibillion Dollar Behemoth with Mike Evans
Grubhub founder Mike Evans reveals the inside story of how he grew a multibillion dollar behemoth that changed the way we eat.
Tue, October 25, 2022
446: The Only Business Metric That Matters with Jeremy Utley
We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how great ideas are born. Innovation is not an event , a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon. It's a result of mastering idea flow, a practice that elevates everything else you do.
Tue, October 18, 2022
445: Peak Your Profits with Jeff Blackman
After 36 years of testing, research and development, Jeff Blackman's explosive business-growth system that shows you step-by-step how to Peak Your Profits.
Tue, October 11, 2022
444: How the Future Works with Helen Kupp
How the Future Works offers a blueprint for using flexible work to unlock the potential of your people.
Tue, October 04, 2022
443: 18 Words to Live By with Kent Sanders
Originally written as letters from a father to a son, 18 Words to Live By is a practical handbook for life and a heartfelt reminder of what matters most.
Tue, September 27, 2022
442: Your Most Important Work is Always Ahead of You with Cynthia Covey Haller
The final book from the late legendary leadership expert Stephen R. Covey of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame, offers inspiration and optimism about living your best life.
Tue, September 20, 2022
441: The 4 Key Components to Taking Smart Notes
If you'd like to see the outputs that result from your content consumption efforts lead to new connections, well-deserved promotions, and opportunities that were previously out of reach, then you have to learn how to take smart notes.
Tue, September 13, 2022
440: A New Approach to Making Business Personal with Vincent Pugliese
Join author Vincent Pugliese on a backwards journey that starts with your character and curiosity and ends with your offer, and discover all the opportunities waiting for you when you turn your attention from being a wealth of knowledge and experience towards being a wealth of connection.
Tue, September 06, 2022
439: How to Future-Proof Your Business with Jonathan Brill
In Rogue Waves, Jonathan Brill—a renowned expert on resilient growth and decision-making under uncertainty—shows you how to prepare your business to survive and thrive through the most radical upheavals.
Tue, August 30, 2022
438: How to Engage Your Employees and Drive Organizational Excellence with Patrick Veroneau
Leaders who align their leadership behaviors to motivate and satisfy the needs of their teams will build cultures that are both engaging and profitable.
Tue, August 23, 2022
437: Got Years of Notes Scattered All Over the Place? Let's Fix That!
Is your appetite for learning far greater than the time you have available to process it? Want a better system for retaining what resonates with you and ultimately expressing it in your own way? Your help is here!
Tue, August 16, 2022
436: The Undefeated Marketing System with Phillip Stutts
What if the key to future business success lies in a simple and secret marketing approach that presidents use to get elected and startups use to become unicorns? Now you can learn it too!
Tue, August 09, 2022
435: How Anyone Can Turn an Unsolved Problem Into a Breakthrough Success with Danny Warshay
Entrepreneurship is not a spirit or a gift. It is a process that anyone can learn, and that anyone can use to turn a problem into a solution with impact.
Tue, August 02, 2022
434: Leading With Heart with John Baird and Edward Sullivan
As we reach the peak of the Great Resignation, two veteran executive coaches help today's leaders learn how to retain and inspire their teams through the one thing their research has found works: LEADING with HEART.
Tue, July 26, 2022
433: You MUST Write a Book with Honoree Corder
Beyond technology, software, social media networks, even advertising and marketing campaigns, the biggest and best tool you'll ever have in your belt is a book with your name on the cover.
Tue, July 19, 2022
432: How Creativity Rules the World with Maria Brito
Maria Brito illustrates how creativity is merely a series of habits, actions, and attitudes that anyone can develop—regardless of who you are and what you do.
Tue, July 12, 2022
431: LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies with Donna Serdula
LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies shares exactly what you need to know to optimize your profile according to your goals.
Tue, July 05, 2022
430: The Secret Society of Success with Tim Schurrer
In The Secret Society of Success, Tim Schurrer invites you to reevaluate your definition of success and learn a new, freer way to go about achieving it.
Tue, June 28, 2022
429: The Magic Formula That Will Make You Rich with Noah St. John
Whether you want to become a millionaire, build wealth faster, or retire early, join the more than one million people worldwide who are already using Noah’s iconic method to transform your life in less than five minutes a day.
Tue, June 21, 2022
428: The 5 Secrets to Lasting Love from the Go-Giver Marriage
To say love is what makes a marriage work, is like saying it takes oxygen to climb a mountain. Yes, oxygen is necessary. But not sufficient.
Tue, June 14, 2022
427: Simple Money, Rich Life with Bob Lotich
A 21-day kick-start to stress-free money management.
Tue, June 07, 2022
426: A New Way to Think with Roger Martin
Reading like a series of one-on-one sessions with one of the world's leading business thinkers, A New Way to Think is an essential guide for any current or aspiring business leader.
Tue, May 31, 2022
425: A Radical New Way to Negotiate with Barry Nalebuff
From a leading Yale Expert and serial entrepreneur comes a radical, principled, and field-tested approach that identifies what's really at stake in any negotiation and thereby ensures you get your half—so you can focus on growing the pie.
Tue, May 24, 2022
424: Deep Purpose is the Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies
A distinguished Harvard Business School professor offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right.
Tue, May 17, 2022
423: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company with Whitney Johnson
Growth occurs when learning is internalized—when we try something new and invest the effort to move it from being something we do to something we are.
Tue, May 10, 2022
422: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present & Wildly Productive
We don't need just another approach to changing our habits. What we need is an operating system that takes into account the full scope of our lives. In these pages bestselling author Jordan Raynor presents this system, using the seven powerful time-management principles drawn from the example of how Jesus lived.
Tue, May 03, 2022
421: Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact with Chick-fil-A's Mark Miller
Are you working harder than ever but struggling to make progress? You can escape the quicksand of busyness, distraction, and complexity...starting today!
Tue, April 26, 2022
420: A Radical New Approach to Greater Success and Fulfillment
Personal accountability is the bedrock upon which all sustained success in life is built. Yet, what if nearly everything we have been taught about accountability is wrong?
Tue, April 19, 2022
419: Your Super-Serious Guide to Modern Money Management
Rich. Wealthy. Well-heeled. Moneyed. Affluent. Not bad—but why not get Stacked instead? If you’ve ever dreamed of a basic philosophy of money that’ll help you live bigger, be bolder, and laugh harder, you need this book.
Tue, April 12, 2022
418: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others with Stephen M. R. Covey
Stephen M. R. Covey has made it his life's work to understand trust in leadership and organizations. In his newest and most transformative book, Trust & Inspire, he makes the compelling argument that even though our world has changed drastically, our style of leadership has not.
Tue, April 05, 2022
417: How to Love What You Do, Do What You Love, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life with Marcus Buckingham
World-renowned researcher and New York Times bestselling author Marcus Buckingham helps us discover where we're at our best—both at work and in life.
Tue, March 29, 2022
416: The Extraordinary Unordinary You with Simone Knego
Do you wake up every day feeling like you're going through the motions, that the hundreds of choices you make have almost no impact on the people around you? Simone Knego says you really only need to change the way you see yourself and the world around you will change.
Tue, March 22, 2022
415: Restoring Meaning, Purpose, and Fun to Your Life and Work with Dr. Sunil Raheja
In Dancing with Wisdom, Dr. Sunil Raheja shows you how to stop going through the motions and become the fully alive human being you were always intended to be.
Tue, March 15, 2022
414: Taking Your Next Book From Blank Page to 10,000 Copies Sold with Chandler Bolt
In this conversation with Self-Publishing School's Chandler Bolt, he walks us through a proven path to taking your book to bestseller status.
Tue, March 08, 2022
413: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life with Todd Cherches
VisuaLeadership will forever change the way you think and communicate by showing how you can quickly and easily leverage the power of visual imagery, mental models, metaphor, analogy, storytelling, and humor to help you take your game to a whole new level.
Tue, March 01, 2022
412: Strategies for Creating a High-Revenue Microbusiness with Elaine Pofeldt
Could you be the bottleneck that is preventing your business from the growth you'd hoped for? Today's guest has just the help you need to get over the hump to the next level.
Tue, February 22, 2022
411: The Actions That Will Make AND Keep Your Family Rich
If the American dream of formal education, work, buying a house, working some more, and trying to raise a family, isn't leading you where you want to go, then this is for you!
Tue, February 15, 2022
410: Creating the Most Persuasive Presentations of Your Life with Dan Roam
Dan's new book outlines a fast and practical visual storytelling method that puts a powerful new toolkit into the hands of leaders, innovators, salespeople, teachers, and anyone who needs to quickly make an impact on increasingly distracted audiences.
Tue, February 08, 2022
409: Break Free From Daily Burnout, Struggle Less, and Thrive More in Work and Life with Nataly Kogan
Filled with simple, science-backed practices and Nataly's contagious energy, The Awesome Human Project will teach you how to create more supportive relationships with yourself, with your thoughts and emotions, and with other people, so you can become the awesome human you're meant to be.
Tue, February 01, 2022
408: How to Lead a Life of Significance by Embracing Your Trials with Warwick Fairfax
In Crucible Leadership, Warwick Fairfax explains what he learned about himself from a devastating failure – who he was and who he was not, what his unique design, purpose, passions, and vision really were.
Tue, January 25, 2022
407: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance with Dr. Nate Zinsser
The Director of West Point’s influential Performance Psychology Program shares the secrets of mental toughness and self-belief in this definitive guide to mastering confidence, the key to performance in any field.
Mon, January 17, 2022
406: A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety with Charlie Hoehn
If you or someone you know suffers from bouts of anxiety, or from workaholism, or both, this conversation is one you do not want to miss.
Mon, January 10, 2022
405: How the Power of Pace Can Help Your Organization Achieve All New Levels will Elizabeth Knox
With years of experience helping organizations reimagine their identities, communication, and effectiveness to create a more productive workplace, Elizabeth Knox details her experience and data-driven strategies to help readers evaluate and discover a pace that allows both their organization and employees to succeed.
Mon, January 03, 2022
404: Leading Successful Meetings, Dynamic Workshops, and Effective Training Events with Paul Maltby
The Fearless Facilitator consolidates twenty years of experience and hard-learned lessons into a summary of powerful techniques you can deploy now.
Mon, December 27, 2021
403: How History's Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together with Robert Dilenschneider
CEO and respected advisor Robert L. Dilenschneider examines the trajectories of iconic figures to reveal the choices that enabled them to fulfill their potential.
Mon, December 20, 2021
402: Reclaim Control and Make Every Situation a Win-Win with Gail Rudolph
Gail Rudolph helps readers discover how to harness their innate interpersonal power, revealing the cues and signals that help us respond effectively.
Mon, December 06, 2021
401: How Great Leaders Prepare, Perform and Prevail with Jim Afremow and Phil White
This book taps into the same tips and techniques honed by top-tier athletes, such as how to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble, to become a champion at work and the ultimate team player at home.
Sun, December 05, 2021
400: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact
Drawing on insights from leaders at top companies, Wiseman explains what the most influential players are doing differently, how small and seemingly insignificant differences in how we think and act can make an enormous impact.
Mon, November 29, 2021
399: Applying Relationship Rules in Business for Ultimate Success with Honoree Corder
Want to take your networking to another level? Apply the rules of personal dating to cultivate valuable business relationships like never before!
Mon, November 22, 2021
398: Learning and Development Programs That Stick with Meredith Bell
Use this book as a roadmap for strengthening the people in your organization and building a positive coaching culture.
Mon, November 15, 2021
397: Thursday is the New Friday with author Joe Sanok
Learn to let go of the paralyzing need to be perfect. Find out how to navigate your fears of failure. And stop holding onto the industrial mindset that logging hours boosts productivity.
Mon, November 08, 2021
396: How to Write a Non-Fiction Book That Sells with Julie Broad
In Self-Publish & Succeed, trusted best-selling author and entrepreneur Julie Broad shows you that writing a successful nonfiction book starts long before you write your first chapter. To write a book that boosts your brand, generates a profit, and makes you an influencer in your industry, you need the 'no boring books' way.
Mon, November 01, 2021
395: How Leading Organizations Blend the Digital and Physical with Robert E. Siegel
Siegel shows how to create lasting profits and growth in the smartest way possible: by creating a solid partnership between digital innovation and traditional business operations―in other words, by marrying brains and brawn.
Mon, October 25, 2021
394: Take Your Life Back From Your Business with Dr. Sabrina Starling
Grinding it out is grinding us up. Work should support life, not the other way around. The irony is the less we work, the more effective we become. In The 4 Week Vacation, you will discover strategies to build a thriving life and business. Get ready to take your life back!
Mon, October 18, 2021
393: You Can Change Other People with Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson
In You Can Change Other People, the world's number-one executive coach, Peter Bregman, and Howie Jacobson, PhD, share the Four Steps to help the people around you make positive change - even if they've been stuck for years.
Tue, October 12, 2021
392: Stimulate Greater Engagement and Productivity with Roy Heintz
How engaged are your people? What does their performance productivity look like? Sadly, 67% of those surveyed said they were “not engaged” and 18% said they were “actively disengaged!”
Mon, October 04, 2021
391: Take Back Your Time the Guilt-Free Way with Chrisy Wright
Decide what matters. Stop doing what doesn't matter. Create a schedule that reflects what matters. Protect what matters. Be present for what matters.
Mon, September 27, 2021
390: The Magnetic Leader with Chris McClure
In The Magnetic Leader, discover 18 Essential Actions you can practice daily to upgrade your influence and impact. People will follow your lead, becomes more confident, draw out the best in each other, enjoy healthy relationships, and make a difference!
Mon, September 20, 2021
389: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short Term World with Dorie Clark
Dorie Clark shares unique principles and frameworks anyone can apply to their situation, as well as stories from her own career and other professionals' experiences.
Mon, September 13, 2021
388: How to Build a Profitable Business in Any Economy with John Meese
Survive and Thrive paves the path for any entrepreneur to start from scratch and build a profitable business in any economy, including this one.
Mon, September 06, 2021
387: 8 Tools You Need to Get Paid the Money You Want with Jill Young
The Earning Advantage is a unique resource for employees to earn more money while promoting their company's growth.
Tue, August 31, 2021
386: How to Listen Like You Mean It with Ximena Vengoechea
In Listen Like You Mean It, Ximena offers an essential listening guide for our times, revealing tried-and-true strategies honed in her own research sessions and drawn from interviews with marriage counselors, podcast hosts, life coaches, journalists, filmmakers, and other listening experts.
Mon, August 23, 2021
385: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career with Jeff Brown
If you already know that reading is critical for success, Read to Lead (the book) will help you get more out of the books you read. If you aren’t a reader (yet) it will help explain why you should be, and give you tips on how to jump into it painlessly.
Tue, August 17, 2021
384: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity with Steve Shwartz
Although we don't have to worry about evil robots rising to power and turning us into pets, artificial intelligence is here to stay, and we must learn to separate fact from fiction and embrace how this amazing technology enhances our world.
Mon, August 09, 2021
383: The Speed of Trust with Stephen M. R. Covey
Stephen M. R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees, and all stakeholders—is the single most critical component of a successful leader and organization.
Sun, August 01, 2021
382: 7 Practical Tools to Take Charge of Your Career with Ted Fleming
Ted Fleming, head of talent development for CVS, shares simple, powerful advice for finding the right job or growing in an existing role.
Mon, July 26, 2021
381: Lead with Your Values to Advance Your Career with the Wharton School's G. Richard Shell
Driven by dramatic, real-world examples from his classroom, today's headlines, and classic cases of corporate wrong-doing, The Conscience Code shows how to create value-based workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Mon, July 19, 2021
380: Big Ideas for Fueling Irresistible Corporate Cultures
In Pathway to Purpose, service excellence expert Jamey Lutz unveils time-tested strategies that have helped transform once good companies into truly exceptional ones.
Mon, July 12, 2021
379: Finding Purpose and Passion in Your Career and Personal Journey
Close your eyes. Do you see, feel, and sense a vision of yourself that does not align with your current life? If so, that means it's time to grow; it's time to change.
Mon, July 05, 2021
378: The 8 Step Blueprint To Building A Profitable Personal Brand Business
It’s no secret that more people than ever before are building thriving businesses around their personal brands. But why do some create six- or even seven-figure businesses while so many others strive to make a consistent income? Find out in this conversation with my good friend Mike Kim.
Sat, June 26, 2021
377: How to Unlock and Activate the Wisdom of Others
Many industries worldwide are stuck as they struggle to survive and grow. Stuck businesses do not react, pivot, and redirect, which can be catastrophic. In Unstuck, Craig Lemasters shares techniques he has used in a lifetime of helping Fortune 500 companies fill their knowledge gaps.
Mon, June 21, 2021
376: The 8 Pillars of Trust That Drive Results
You will learn strategies to increase alignment, overcome attrition, and get absolutely clear on executing your top priorities.
Mon, June 14, 2021
375: Develop Today's Team for Tomorrow's World of Work
Talent Transformation will help you engage your workforce, set meaningful goals, and make decisions based on data and logic instead of guesswork. It will help you lead with confidence, embrace uncertainty with an unrivaled degree of flexibility and agility, and achieve long-term success.
Mon, June 07, 2021
374: The Long-Distance Teammate with Kevin Eikenberry
This book tackles the most important issues presented by long-distance teamwork. Learn the mindset, skillset, and habits you need to be a successful, engaged, and valued long-distance contributor.
Mon, May 31, 2021
373: 50 Lessions for Life and Leadership
This book features fifty original, powerful stories that will shape the lives of its readers, helping them to become better leaders and people.
Mon, May 24, 2021
372: How to Talk to Yourself the Way God Talks to You
There’s no need to remain stuck thinking unhelpful thoughts. Learn how you can fill your mind with encouraging, life-enriching truths through a gospel-saturated, 31-day challenge that can help you replace a destructive mindset with a positive, empowering, and godly one.
Mon, May 17, 2021
371: The Walk-On Method to Career and Business Success
Professional success is your control, much more than you realize. Ordinary people will accomplish extraordinary feats when their energy is properly channeled.
Mon, May 10, 2021
370: The Unconventional Path to Breakthrough Ideas with Cyril Bouquet
Through the ALIEN method, you will learn how to develop out-of-this-world ideas. ALIEN Thinking, the book, can help anyone find innovative solutions to the most difficult problems.
Mon, May 03, 2021
369: Future-Proofing You with Jay Samit
This book is perfect for anyone who is tired of jobs with no security, hopes to truly realize their professional and personal potential, and is looking for a way to build a better life for them and their family.
Mon, April 26, 2021
368: Taking Depression Head-On with Victoria Mininger
In Daring to Fight, Victoria Mininger candidly shares her painful battle with clinical depression and lays out practical steps she used to fight it every day.
Mon, April 19, 2021
367: The Quest to Build a Culture That Rocks with Arnie Malham
In Worth Doing Wrong, Malham provides strategies for creating a culture that will help you smash business goals, achieve win-win relationships with your clients, generate buzz in your community, and cultivate a workplace that you and your employees will love.
Mon, April 12, 2021
366: Win at Work and Succeed at Life with Megan Hyatt Miller
Megan Hyatt Miller and Michael Hyatt's new book shares their proven, practical plan to help you win at work and succeed at life.
Mon, April 05, 2021
365: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking with Jon Acuff
If you want to tap into the surprising power of overthinking and give your dreams more time and creativity, learn how to DJ the soundtracks that define you. If you can worry, you can wonder. If you can doubt, you can dominate. If you can spin, you can soar.
Mon, March 29, 2021
364: The Power of a Graceful Leader with Alexsys Thompson
In The Power of a Graceful Leader, Alexsys Thompson shares how to begin integrating who you are and how you lead.
Mon, March 22, 2021
363: The Common Path to Uncommon Success with John Lee Dumas
Based on thousands of interviews from John Lee Dumas’ highly acclaimed podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire, this revolutionary 17-step roadmap provides a proven path for entrepreneurs like you to achieve the financial, location, and lifestyle freedom you are capable of. Let The Common Path to Uncommon Success show you how.
Mon, March 15, 2021
362: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You with Mark Herschberg
Mark's book The Career Toolkit will help you master networking, negotiating, communicating, leading, and career planning. It's a multivitamin for your career.
Mon, March 08, 2021
361: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets from the Hype Handbook
If you're a business owner, entrepreneur, executive, artist, activist, or thinker who can honestly say that you are truly trying to make the world a better place, it is your moral imperative to learn how to harness raw emotion and irrational thinking to your benefit.
Mon, March 01, 2021
360: Advice for Working Moms from Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Joann Lublin
A longtime Wall Street Journal career columnist and mother compares two generations of women - boomers and GenXers - to examine how each navigates the emotional and professional challenges involved in juggling managerial careers and families.
Mon, February 22, 2021
359: How to Make Your Family Business Last with Mitzi Perdue
Your family business faces a 70% of not making it to the next generation. The good news is you can change those odds, and Mitzi Perdue's book can give you the tools to do it.
Mon, February 15, 2021
358: Resilient By Nature with former NFL Great Reggie Williams
In Resilient By Nature, Reggie Williams provides an intimate account of his remarkable journey while also sharing his unique perspectives on a wide variety of topics.
Mon, February 08, 2021
357: The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias
A timely, must-have guide to understanding and overcoming bias in the workplace, from the experts at FranklinCovey.
Mon, February 01, 2021
356: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking with Michael J. Gelb
Mastering the Art of Public Speaking will guide you to rediscover your natural gift for communication while strengthening your confidence and your presence.
Mon, January 25, 2021
355: Discovering the Hidden Forces That Drive Your Best Work with Todd Henry
Rewards like money, perks, and praise lead to short-term wins but don’t really do much to ward off the pull of habit and complacency. So, what’s the secret to unleashing our best work? And how can we use it to achieve lasting results with our teams and in our lives? The Motivation Code shows the way.
Mon, January 18, 2021
354: How to Stay On Top Forever with the Help of Today's Tech Titans
Through 130 interviews with insiders from Mark Zuckerberg to hourly workers, Alex Kantrowitz shows how the tech titans operate cultures of invention.
Mon, January 11, 2021
353: 99% Invisible's Roman Mars on the Hidden World of Everyday Design
You are about to see stories everywhere, YOU BEAUTIFUL NERD.
Mon, January 04, 2021
352: How to Get Paid for What You Know with Jonathan Milligan
Jonathan Milligan gives you a simple four-step framework to rise above the noise and build a real business.
Mon, December 28, 2020
351: 22 Ways to Stop Procrastinating with Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy's life-changing global bestseller Eat That Frog! has now been adapted to the specific needs of students.
Mon, December 21, 2020
350: The Rise of an Iconic Brand with former Dunkin' Donuts CEO Robert Rosenberg
In 35 years as CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, Robert Rosenberg grew the company from $10 million in sales to over $2 billion, with more than 3,000 outlets.
Mon, December 14, 2020
349: Why You Need to Be Unapologetically Ambitious with Shellye Archambeau
Unapologetically Ambitious invites us to move beyond the solely supportive roles others expect us to fill, to learn how to carefully tread the thin line between assertive and aggressive, and to give ourselves permission to strive for the top. Make no apologies for the height of your ambitions.
Mon, December 07, 2020
348: Lessons for Today's Leaders from Bold Decisions that Changed History
Here you'll find sixteen well-researched and carefully curated case studies of world leaders that reveal powerful lessons that today's leaders can apply to their own professional lives.
Mon, November 30, 2020
347: Lessons On Lasting Leadership from the Greatest Leaders of All Time
Leadership Endurance is for any leader who feels called to a lifetime of service in the leader's chair.
Mon, November 23, 2020
346: Raising Your Kids in a Tech-Driven World with Arelene Pellicane
In Screen Kids Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the tools you need to make positive changes. Plus, you’ll learn to teach the five A+ skills that every child needs to master: affection, appreciation, anger management, apology, and attention.
Mon, November 16, 2020
345: Solve Any Problem Faster, with Less Risk, and Lower Cost with Stephen Shapiro
Apply just one of the book's 25 lenses and you will quickly discover better solutions. Apply all of them and you will be able to solve any problem - in business and in life.
Mon, November 09, 2020
344: The Practice and Shipping Creative Work with Seth Godin
With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear, to take the risks worth taking, and to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.
Mon, November 02, 2020
343: The Self-Evolved Leader with Dave McKeown
The Self-Evolved Leader is a practical guide to help C-suite executives and leaders at all levels resist the pull of the urgent so they can focus on the medium- and long-term direction of their team, the development of their people, and the successful delivery of shared goals.
Mon, October 26, 2020
342: Close the Gap Between Dreaming and Doing with Kary Oberbrunner
Unhackable is the 30-day elixir for creating flawless ideas, leveraging superhuman focus, and achieving optimal human performance through flow.
Mon, October 19, 2020
341: When More Is Not Better with Roger L. Martin
Filled with keen economic insight and advice for citizens, executives, policy makers, and educators, When More Is Not Better is the must-read guide for saving democratic capitalism.
Mon, October 12, 2020
340: The Bridge From You Dreams to Your Destiny with Mark Victor Hansen
You were born with a destiny. Your job is to discover it. Once you begin to practice the art and science of asking to discover your destiny and start to move toward it, you can manifest innumerable blessings for yourself and others.
Mon, October 05, 2020
339: What Mothers Never Tell Their Daughters with Dr. Michelle Deering
Author, speaker, and psychologist Dr. Michelle Deering shows you how to clarify issues, connect, and communicate better with your mother or daughter or anyone.
Mon, September 28, 2020
338: 48 Days to the Work (and Life) You Love with Dan Miller
In this 20th anniversary edition of Dan's bestseller, you will find everything you need to move you toward finding - or creating - work you love in just 48 days.
Mon, September 21, 2020
337: Change (the) Management with Author Al Comeaux
Change (the) Management draws on Al Comeaux's decades of experience in-seat as a change champion and senior executive at well-known companies, as well as decades of research on the subject of organizational change.
Mon, September 14, 2020
336: Building an Unbeatable Business with Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey
The Innovation Stack is an irreverent first-person look inside the world of entrepreneurship, and an inspiring business narrative that's much bigger than the story of Square.
Tue, September 08, 2020
335: How to WIN in a World of Comparison
Stop giving Comparison power. Take control of your life, starting now!
Mon, August 31, 2020
334: The Business of Friendship with Shasta Nelson
Shasta Nelson teaches you how to develop healthy and appropriate friendships at work that can benefit both you and your organization.
Mon, August 24, 2020
333: Great Leaders Do What Drug Addicts Do with Michael Brody-Waite
In Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts, Michael explains what drug addicts do to recover and provides a step-by-step program you can use to break free from your mask addiction to thrive in both work and life.
Mon, August 17, 2020
332: Knockout Networking with Michael Goldberg
In Knockout Networking, Michael Goldberg provides you with the same lessons he's shared with industry titans, helping anyone become an expert at prospecting while building and maintaining client relationships.
Mon, August 10, 2020
331: How's the Culture in Your Kingdom? with former Disney VP Dan Cockerell
How's the Culture in Your Kingdom? introduces relevant examples, compelling stories, and common-sense concepts that prepare leaders to lead their own kingdom.
Mon, August 03, 2020
330: Leadership Lessons from Hockey's Greatest Coaches
In Behind the Bench, journalist Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and candid conversations with some of the hockey world's most notable modern luminaries.
Mon, July 27, 2020
329: 3 Simple Steps to Create a Life Full of ENERY and Live Your Best Every Day
The Energy Clock shows you how to adjust your mindset and accomplish more meaningful work with fewer distractions.
Mon, July 20, 2020
328: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders with Alain Hunkins
Cracking the Leadership Code is designed to shorten your leadership learning curve and accelerate your leadership growth.
Mon, July 13, 2020
327: The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur with John Jantsch
The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur is a guide for creating a deeper relationship with the entrepreneurial journey.
Mon, July 06, 2020
326: Win Every Day with Chick-fil-a VP Mark Miller
Mark Miller shares proven practices to release the untapped potential in your people, create strong competitive advantage, and win not just on game day but every day.
Mon, June 29, 2020
325: Building a Brand People Love From Day One with Emily Heyward
Whether you're starting a new business, launching a new product line, or looking to refresh a brand for a new generation of customers, Obsessed shows you why the old rules of brand-building no longer apply, and what really works for today's customers.
Mon, June 22, 2020
324: The Future of Behavior Design with BJ Fogg
Based on twenty years of research and Fogg's experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation.
Mon, June 15, 2020
323: Using Authority, Warmth, and Energy to Get Exceptional Results
One of the nation's premier talent agents and career advisors shows you how to catapult your career and your life forward with three key communication strategies―Authority, Warmth, and Energy.
Mon, June 08, 2020
322: Fix This Next with Mike Michalowicz
In Fix This Next, Mike shows you how to utilize his system, repeating it every time your company plateaus or meets a new challenge. It will move your business forward decisively fast.
Mon, June 01, 2020
321: Habits of a Champion with Dana Cavalea
In Habits of a Champion, Coach Dana Cavalea shares 15 lessons about what it takes to become a champion. He shares stories and insights from some of the world's top performers in sports, life, and business.
Mon, May 25, 2020
320: Maximize Profits by Investing in Your People with Sherry Deutschmann
When entrepreneur Sherry Deutschmann first decided to start a business, she knew she wanted to build something totally different. In Lunch with Lucy, Sherry tells the story of the creation of that company, LetterLogic, and how she turned it into a $40-million company by putting employees first - even ahead of customers and shareholders.
Mon, May 18, 2020
319: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 30th Anniversary Edition with Stephen M. R. Covey
Jeff chats with Stephen M. R. Covey, son of the late Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century!
Mon, May 11, 2020
318: 5 Steps to Kill Busyness with Garland Vance
Everyone is busy. And it's killing us all. But it doesn't have to be this way! If you're ready to do less, get more done, and enjoy life, it's time to get un-busy!
Mon, May 04, 2020
317: No One's Listening and It's Your Fault with Pam Marmon
Leading change at your organization can be a daunting proposition while you face mounting pressure for growth. As a senior leader, what should be an exciting time for your organization becomes a challenge, leading to a fear of change and the belief that change is hard. Pam Marmon shares a refreshing and radical truth: With the proper process, change is not hard.
Mon, April 27, 2020
316: Could You Survive Shark Tank?
Your business may never appear on the TV show, but following the principles in this book will ensure you avoid the fatal mistakes entrepreneurs often make in the real world.
Mon, April 20, 2020
315: Thinking Like a Boss with Kate Crocco
With plenty of inspiring stories and actionable steps you can take - starting now - Kate Crocco exposes the twelve limiting beliefs that are holding you back from your true potential.
Mon, April 13, 2020
314: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments
In Experimentation Works, Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke shows what constitutes best experimentation practice, illustrates how that works at leading companies, and answers some fundamental questions.
Mon, April 06, 2020
313: Building a Compelling Subscription Model with Robbie Kellman Baxter
With The Forever Transaction, you have everything you need to build durable, long-term relationships with every customer, and leverage them for ultimate business success - today, tomorrow, and forever.
Mon, March 30, 2020
312: The Vision Driven Leader with Michael Hyatt
The Vision-Driven Leader guides you through a series of 10 questions that not only serve as a diagnostic tool, but also shed light on the vision-crafting and vision-casting process.
Mon, March 23, 2020
311: The Life-Change Power of Trustiing Yourself with Margie Warrell
You’ve Got This! is a must-read for everyone, from seasoned leaders, to those embarking on their adult lives, and anyone in between who just needs encouragement to rise to take that leap
Mon, March 16, 2020
310: Leading with Gratitude with Adrian Gostick
Adrian and Chester introduce eight simple ways managers can show employees they are valued. They supplement their insights and advice with stories of how many of today’s most successful leaders effectively incorporated gratitude into their leadership styles.
Mon, March 09, 2020
309: Discussing the Art of Doing Nothing with Celeste Headlee
Burnout is now classified as a legitimate medical diagnosis. Do Nothing offers an understanding of how we've arrived at this point and how to break the cycle.
Mon, March 02, 2020
308: Cracking Complexity with David Benjamin
Filled with stories and advice distilled from years of experience applying the Complexity Formula across a broad range of sectors, David Benjamin and David Komlos have delivered the defining handbook for current and future leaders.
Mon, February 24, 2020
307: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Work with Bruce Daisley
Bruce Daisley draws on both his experience at companies like Twitter, Google, and YouTube and his relationships with experts in psychology, economics, and behavioral science to help bring back joy to our burned out, unproductive work culture.
Sun, February 16, 2020
306: The Successful Speaker with Grant Baldwin
In this conversation, you will learn the five-step roadmap to starting and scaling a speaking business from the ground up.
Mon, February 10, 2020
305: Ditch the Me Mindset and Change the World with Dr. Eric George
In We, Dr. George presents the value of embracing a mindset of connectedness, where the people we encounter represent the source of a fulfilling life.
Mon, February 03, 2020
304: Discover How You Contribute to the World with Tom Rath
Tom Rath's new book, Life's Great Question, will show you how to make your work and life more meaningful, and greatly boost your wellbeing.
Tue, January 28, 2020
303: Riding the Next Wave of Disruption with Paul Estes
You don't have to quit your job to live a balanced life, reskill, unlock new opportunities, or start that side hustle you can't stop thinking about.
Mon, January 20, 2020
302: Never Go With Your Gut with Gleb Tsipursky
Poor decision making can devastate an enterprise. In Never Go With Your Gut, learn how leaders like you can avoid terrible advice, cognitive biases, and bad judgment to save your business and bottom line.
Mon, January 13, 2020
301: Delivering the Ultimate Customer Service Experience with Micah Solomon
In Ignore Your Customers (and They'll Go Away), Micah reveals the secrets of how you can transform your own customer service and culture.
Mon, January 06, 2020
300: Sharpen Your Marketing Message and Cut Through the Noise with Bill Cates
Radical Relevance will help you cut through the daily barrage of messages your prospects experience, to reach the right people at the right time with the right message.
Tue, December 31, 2019
299: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want with Anese Cavanaugh
This highly-anticipated follow-up to Contagious Culture shows aspiring leaders how to embody the qualities they wish to cultivate in their organizations.
Mon, December 23, 2019
298: Master Your Code with Darren J. Gold
Master Your Code combines ancient wisdom and modern science to produce an essential guidebook for what we all want - a life of joy, fulfillment, and happiness.
Tue, December 17, 2019
297: A Practical Guide to the Design and Implementation of Strategy
In The Strategy Mindset 2.0, Dr. Chuck Bamford shows you how several popular strategy myths can actually stunt your company's growth.
Mon, December 09, 2019
296: Earning a Debt-Free Degree with Anthony O'Neal
In Debt-Free Degree, Anthony teaches you how to pay for college without student loans - whether you've started saving or not.
Tue, December 03, 2019
295: The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring companies. They have the resilience to thrive in an ever-changing world, while their competitors fall by the wayside. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead the rest of into the future.
Tue, November 26, 2019
294: Exceptional Presentation Delivery with Tim Pollard
Mastering the Moment employs Tim Pollard's engaging style, making the guidance as absorbing to read as it is to adopt.
Tue, November 19, 2019
293: Attract Top Talent and Build a Thriving Culture
The Problem Isn’t Their Paycheck guides you through the changes you need to make in your business to attract (and retain) the 12% of employees who bring their all - and maps out the financial reward that comes with retaining employees.
Sat, November 09, 2019
292: Transforming Your Business with Amanda Slavin
Amanda Slavin unveils the tools to measure and grow your brand's engagement, forge a deeper, more personal connection with customers, and unite your employees around a shared mission.
Mon, November 04, 2019
291: How to Have Conversations That Matter with Celeste Headlee
In We Need to Talk, Celeste Headlee outlines strategies that have made her a better conversationalist and offers actionable steps anyone can take to improve their communication skills.
Mon, October 28, 2019
290: Build Your Business, Quit Your Job, and Live Your Ideal Lifestyle
Tom and Ariana guide current and aspiring entrepreneurs through the major aspects of making it happen with a simple step-by-step process.
Mon, October 21, 2019
289: Taking the Work Out of Networking with Karen Wickre
Networking can feel phony, awkward, and intimidating - but it doesn't have to. Here you'll find a more authentic way to make connections.
Fri, October 11, 2019
288: The High Achiever's Guide with Maki Moussavi
In The High Achiever's Guide, Maki Moussavi shares her best tools and processes to determine what fulfillment means to you so you can thrive with empowered confidence.
Mon, October 07, 2019
287: How to Grow Your Business Like Amazon with Steve Anderson
Technology and Risk expert Steve Anderson has analyzed and distilled Bezos' shareholder letters to reveal the key 14 Growth Principles that unlock the lessons, mindset, and steps Bezos has used to make Amazon the massive success it is today.
Mon, September 30, 2019
286: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills with Marianne Cantwell
Trapped in a job or business that's "just not you"? Marianne Cantwell's straight-talking bestseller will help you break out of the career cage and Be a Free Range Human.
Mon, September 23, 2019
285: The 10 Laws of Trust with JetBlue Chairman Joel Peterson
The 10 Laws of Trust is the playbook for breaking through operational silos and CYA mentality that plague so many organizations today.
Mon, September 16, 2019
284: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become "indistractable"?
Mon, September 09, 2019
283: Creating a Remarkable Culture with Chick-fil-a Veteran Dee Ann Turner
When it comes to running a business, the most important decisions a leader makes are not about products or locations--they're about people. Now Dee Ann Turner is ready to share her secrets on how to build, sustain, and grow an organizational culture that attracts world-class talent and consistently delights customers, no matter what your industry.
Mon, August 26, 2019
282: Becoming Dr. Seuss with Brian Jay Jones
Coming right off the heels of George Lucas and the bestselling Jim Henson, Brian Jay Jones is quickly developing a reputation as a master biographer of the creative geniuses of our time.
Tue, August 20, 2019
281: How You Too Can Find a Business Within You with Kajabi Cofounder Travis Rosser
You may not realize it, but we were all given a gift that we should be sharing with the world. The experiences you have accumulated throughout your life can turn you into a potential entrepreneur, says Travis Rosser.
Mon, August 12, 2019
280: Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It
John R. Brandt offers leaders an actionable Anti-Nincompoopery Plan based on retaining three deceptively simple, research-validated strategies: innovation, talent, and process.
Mon, August 12, 2019
279: Stand Out, Grow Your Tribe, and Build a Successful Business
Online marketing's self-described crash-test dummy is back for his third visit, this time to discuss his brand new book on how to create Superfans.
Mon, August 05, 2019
278: How to Become the Leader You Would Follow
In Management Mess to Leadership Success, you'll find 30 leadership challenges, honed by FranklinCovey through years of research that illustrate how to rise when you fall and how to survive and even thrive as an unfiltered leader.
Mon, July 29, 2019
277: How to Succeed in a Project Driven World
Leading projects thinker Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez looks at how some leading companies, governments, schools, and universities have already embraced projects as the way to deliver on their strategy and ambitions.
Mon, July 22, 2019
276: 50 1/2 Ideas to Become Digital Leader with former Amazon Executive John Rossman
In Think Like Amazon, former Amazon executive John Rossman, who launched and scaled Amazon Marketplace, gives business leaders the ultimate playbook on how to "think like Amazon" and succeed in the digital age, with an inside look at the authentic beliefs, leadership principles, and techniques used to build and manage the dynamic business we all admire, if not fear, today.
Mon, July 15, 2019
275: Get Better Work, Take More Time Off, and Finance the Life You Want in the Gig Economy
Traditional full-time employment is disappearing. Increasingly, in its place are short-term assignments, contract work, and freelance jobs - the gig economy. Are you ready?
Mon, July 08, 2019
Encore Episode: 5 Killer Books on Public Speaking and Effective Communication
As I take some time away with family, I've prepared this encore episode especially for you. It originally published as Episode 200 of Read to Lead, which itself takes a look back of five special interviews. Enjoy!
Sat, June 29, 2019
274: An Audio Summary of Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
In this episode, I share the insights and ideas I gleaned from reading Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt. It's one of the most practical books I've read in quite some time.
Fri, June 21, 2019
273: Applied Empathy with Michael Ventura
Empathy is not about being nice. It's not about pity or sympathy, either. It's about having a deep understanding of your consumers, your colleagues, and yourself.
Mon, June 17, 2019
272: The Daily Decision That Changes Everything with Brian Dixon
If you're ready to get unstuck, love your work, and make the dream happen, entrepreneur and business coach Brian Dixon has a message for you: Start With Your People.
Mon, June 10, 2019
271: Unlimiting Your Beliefs with Ironman Karen Brown
Karen Brown shares 7 keys to greater success in your personal and professional life by accessing the power of the unconscious mind through scientifically-proven techniques and patterns.
Mon, June 03, 2019
270: 7 Simple Actions to Get the Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals
Taking control of your time and life doesn't have to be complicated. If you're serious about squashing stress and taking control, read Accomplish It.
Thu, May 23, 2019
269: The All-New Second Edition of Same Side Selling
Same Side Selling will help you to escape the competitive, adversarial dynamic that gives salespeople a bad name.
Mon, May 20, 2019
268: How to Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team Back on Track
Learn how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done.
Tue, May 14, 2019
267: Making Your Company Fit for Human Life
Moe Carrick offers a fresh, honest, and direct roadmap for leaders everywhere who seek to make their workplace fit for human life. And, she offers advice for workers and encourages them to be their authentic selves.
Mon, May 06, 2019
266: 6 Energy Habits to Master the Business Travel Life
Whether you realize it or not, you have a certain energy level that you’ve developed on the road. Is your status as good as you think it is or even hope it to be?
Mon, April 29, 2019
265: Ryan Levesque on the Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Business
Starting a business is hard. Most people fail, but it doesn't have to be that way. It starts with asking WHO instead of WHAT.
Mon, April 22, 2019
264: Life Is Too Short to Do Things You Can't Stand
Host Jeff Brown argues that too many people are living someone else's life, trudging along in a job they hate. Is that you? Stop, Jeff says. Life is too short!
Tue, April 16, 2019
263: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Liife with Laura Gassner Otting
Laura Gassner Otting teaches you how to ignore the rules that created your limits, align your energies and your actions, and do work that really matters so that you can live your best life.
Tue, April 09, 2019
262: How to Win Life's Trials Without Losing Yourself with Heather Hansen
Life is full of trials, and sometimes you need a warrior spirit to overcome them. In The Elegant Warrior, Heather Hansen shows you how.
Tue, April 02, 2019
261: Great Leaders Have No Rules with Kevin Kruse
In Great Leaders Have No Rules, New York Times bestselling author Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership.
Mon, March 25, 2019
260: How to R.E.S.E.T. Your Mindset with Natalie Eckdahl
Everyone suffers from mindset issues of one kind or another. If you want to learn how to attack yours head on, then Natalie Eckdahl is here to help.
Mon, March 18, 2019
259: Nurturing the Crazy Ideas That Transform Industries
Safi Bahcall joins Jeff Brown and reveals the surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about the spread of new ideas.
Mon, March 11, 2019
258: Dead End Job? Do This Next!
I share the next three steps you need to take if your current job is no longer fulfilling you and you're not sure what to do next.
Tue, March 05, 2019
257: Marketing Rebellion: The Most Human Company Wins
Mark Schaefer will challenge your view of what it means to be a marketer today and provide a radical new blueprint for business growth.
Mon, February 25, 2019
256: 3 Reasons to Consider Going Boss-Free
I share three compelling reasons why now, more than ever, you should consider self-employment, as well as details about my upcoming free online conference.
Mon, February 18, 2019
255: Gain an Authentic, Dedicated, and Diverse Online Following From Scratch with Brendan Kane
In One Million Followers, Brendan Kane teaches you how to gain an authentic, dedicated, and diverse online following from scratch.
Tue, February 12, 2019
254: Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters
Employee to Entrepreneur combines storytelling with a step-by-step framework to teach you how to effectively explore and leverage entrepreneurship to gain freedom, fulfillment and financial security.
Tue, February 05, 2019
253: Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery
Vocal Leadership provides proven techniques and daily exercises to help you develop a commanding voice and presence, and improve vocal quality, mental acuity, body language, and self-esteem to dramatically increase your influence.
Mon, January 28, 2019
252: Cultural Brilliance is DNA of Organizational Excellence
In Cultural Brilliance: The DNA of Organizational Excellence, Claudette Rowley offers organizations a step-by-step guide to intentionally assessing, designing, and integrating cultural change that's iterative, each success building on previous successes.
Mon, January 21, 2019
251: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant with James Fell
Motivation expert James Fell teaches readers how to skip the hard part and go directly from intention to committed action.
Mon, January 14, 2019
250: Redesign Your Business to Work Less, Earn More and Be Free with Natalie Sisson
Learn how to harness and exploit your own potential, experience, skills and knowledge in the new, digital economy, and create a profitable business based around YOU.
Mon, January 07, 2019
249: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth - and How You Can Too
Chris Hogan destroys millionaire myths that are keeping everyday people from achieving their financial independence.
Mon, December 31, 2018
248: 3 Books You Must Read to Make the Most of 2019
Today I share three books that have been life-changing for me and my friends and colleagues. Read these books to start the year, and I believe it'll become your best year yet.
Sat, December 22, 2018
247: Hospitable Leadership with Terry A. Smith
Practicing leadership with a hospitable mindset is the right way - the moral way - to lead people. But when understood properly, hospitable leadership has a radical edge. And, it brings revolutionary results.
Mon, December 17, 2018
246: Leader by Choice? Yes says Andres Valdes
Andres Valdes shares the 7 inspirational decisions that helped him overcome failures, setbacks, and life's punches by using self-leadership to turn adversity into an advantage.
Mon, December 10, 2018
245: The Path to Mastery with Thane Marcus Ringler
The life experiences Thane shares speak to the reality that, more often than not, we will fail. But, in failing there's learning. And in learning there's growth.
Mon, December 03, 2018
244: Building a Successful Business Through Faith in People and a Culture of Hospitality
The unvarnished tale of a rags-to-riches story that any entrepreneur or restaurant enthusiast will love and learn from.
Mon, November 26, 2018
243: Success in Business Begins with Clarity
Clarity Wins is a proven handbook to create competitive advantage in any marketplace. You don't have to spend a million dollars to rise above the noise and grow referrals. You just need to learn how to be clear.
Mon, November 19, 2018
242: Building Atomic Habits with James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for getting 1% better every day.
Mon, November 12, 2018
241: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation with Dan Schawbel
Back to Human is designed to help you discover how the next generation of leaders will create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered, without relying on technology.
Mon, November 05, 2018
240: The Serving Mindset: Stop Selling and Grow Your Business
What if you could stop selling altogether and grow your profits? With The Serving Mindset, you'll learn how to serve, elevate your business success, and feel great about it!
Mon, October 29, 2018
239: How to Master Content Strategy with Pamela Wilson
Do you have a vision you want to share with the world — but you feel overwhelmed by the firehose of advice you find online? Then Master Content Strategy from Pamela Wilson is your guidebook.
Mon, October 22, 2018
238: 8 Surefire Ways to Dramitically Grow Your Business by Becoming the Obvious Choice
In this solo episode, I outline what I've learned over the years running my own business, to help me stand out among everyone else and get noticed.
Mon, October 15, 2018
237: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners and Experts with Someting to Teach
The roadmap to success as a knowledge worker, professional, and expert has changed. This is the guidebook for navigating and thriving in this new world.
Mon, October 08, 2018
236: Do You Have WHO It Takes with Steve Trautman
Author Steve Trautman offers revolutionary yet practical ideas for every level of an organization so that you can manage talent risk with clear, measurable, and relevant data.
Mon, October 01, 2018
235: The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth
The book Talk Triggers finally gives you the practical framework you need to turn customers into volunteer marketers.
Mon, September 24, 2018
234: How Smart Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed
The Expertise Economy shows how the most forward-thinking companies, big and small, are transforming their employees into experts and, ultimately, creating their biggest competitive advantage.
Mon, September 17, 2018
233: Stretched Too Thin with Jessica N. Turner
Popular author and lifestyle blogger, Jessica Turner helps working moms live with intentionality, love their families well, practice healthy self-care, and thrive both at work and at home.
Mon, September 10, 2018
232: Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life with Arlene Pellicane
We know that overusing technology harms our health and relationships, but how can we rewire our habits for a healthier life? Arlene Pellicane has the answers.
Mon, September 03, 2018
231: How to Go From Overwhelmed to Highly Effecient and Reclaim Your Life with Kris Ward
Win the Hour, Win the Day author Kris Ward walks us through her time management for small business strategies and techniques.
Mon, August 27, 2018
230: How Collaboration Beats Competion as a Strategy for Success with Paul Skinner
What if the competitive model of business is broken? Collaborative Advantage, says Paul Skinner, can be used to drive a greater level of success that is better for you, better for your customers and better for society.
Mon, August 20, 2018
229: How to Design Your Business to Run Itself
Instead of sacrificing your family, friendships, and freedom to keep your business alive, what if instead your business could run itself, freeing you up to do what you love when you want, while it continues to grow and turn a profit?
Mon, August 13, 2018
228: The Most Important Meeting of Your Life with Jim Sheils
The Family Board Meeting is a carefully designed, easy-to-follow strategy for creating outstanding quality time with your children.
Mon, August 06, 2018
227: Revolutionize Your Career and Make BIg Things Happen with Derek Loudermilk
The steady career path is a thing of the past: disruption is here to stay. You need to be able to keep learning, growing and reinventing yourself to stay valuable in the midst of this change. Superconductors shows you how.
Sun, July 29, 2018
226: Rule for Remarkable Remote Leadership with Kevin Eikenberry
The cofounders of the Remote Leadership Institute, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, show leaders how to guide their teams by recalling the foundational principles of leadership.
Sun, July 22, 2018
225: How to Reinvent Yourself as a Leader (Because Eventually You'll Need To)
John and Mark identify seven common stalls most leaders will face, suggesting radical changes in mindset, behaviors, and skills on the way to reinventing themselves as "sophisticated" leaders.
Mon, July 16, 2018
224: 7 Simple Steps to Doing Work You Love
Everything you need to make the leap from the "9 to 5" you hate to earning six-figures doing work you love from anywhere.
Tue, July 10, 2018
223: The Key to Your Future Freedom Lies in Freelancing
With the world moving rapidly towards a freelance model, Freelance to Freedom is not only timely and necessary, but it’s also entertaining, engaging and paints a picture for anyone looking for a life of freedom with money, time and location.
Mon, July 02, 2018
222: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing with Dan Pink
Bursting with bid ideas and enduring lessons, WHEN will transform how you think about your past, your present, and your future.
Mon, June 25, 2018
221: Your Guide to Personal and Financial Success as a Creative Entrepreneur with Lisa Robbin Young
Creative Freedom dives into how to own your dreams without selling your soul. It's your guide to personal and financial success as a creative entrepreneur.
Mon, June 18, 2018
220: Communication Secrets to Get From Good to Great with Carmine Gallo
As the nature of work changes and technology carries things across the globe in a moment, communication skills become more valuable - not less.
Tue, June 12, 2018
219: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges Into New Value Frontiers
Alice's book is a practical guide for any business leader who wants to build, expand or reinvent their company by finding new value in global challenges.
Mon, June 04, 2018
218: Revolutionize How You Work with The Fun Formula
In The Fun Formula, Joel Comm reveals that the best path to success - in work and in life - is to focus on our passions.
Mon, May 28, 2018
217: How the World's Leading Entrepreneurs, Thought Leaders, and Cultural Icons Achieve Success
Everything you need to create a truly rich life is already in your possession. This book shows you how to make it happen.
Mon, May 21, 2018
216: How to Cope with the Changing World of Work
Stephen Warley discusses what to do if you're feeling anxious about your work, and how to prepare for the inevitable future changes.
Sat, May 12, 2018
215: The 5-Step Blueprint for Getting a Seating on the Executive Team
Read this book to learn what they don't teach in business school about becoming a high-impact Chief-level executive.
Mon, May 07, 2018
214: How to Break Free from the Trap of Success
Discover stories of real people who've faced moments of choice that caused them to dig deep, find their courage, and create a life and career of meaning.
Mon, April 30, 2018
213: How You Can and Why You Should Consider a Sabbatical Soon
This book is witty and wise and provides insightful guidance and motivation for anyone facing change, seeking career-life balance, or weighing a next step.
Mon, April 23, 2018
212: Grow Your Business, Attract More Clients, and Make More Money with Robin Waite
Robin's book will help you change your perceptions of your own business so that you can get out of your own way.
Mon, April 16, 2018
211: How Hidden Networks Can Transform Your Life and Career with David Burkus
When it comes to networking, forget the outdated advice you've already heard. Learn how to make use of the hidden networks you already have.
Thu, April 05, 2018
210: 8 Steps to Launching Your Own Mastermind Group
I've launched a number of mastermind groups over the years. Here's what I've found to be the path to launching yours successfully.
Mon, April 02, 2018
209: Take Control and Be More Optimistic About the Future
Retirement is changing, and the process you use to make critical decisions about your life and money must too.
Mon, March 26, 2018
208: How to Stay In Love With Your Entrepreneur In a Crazy Startup World
Learn how to keep your relationship strong when there's a startup in the family.
Mon, March 19, 2018
207: How to Take Your Startup From Idea to Empire
Throughout this book, celebrated entrepreneurs share ideas that worked for them. With a fleet of trusted experts by your side, starting a business will be faster, less confusing, and a whole lot more fun.
Mon, March 12, 2018
206: How to Take Charge of Your Brain and Program More Happiness Into Your Life
We have more control over our minds than we think. Learn how to train your brain to create the life - and future - you want.
Tue, March 06, 2018
205: How to Achieve Success, Create Balance, and Experience Fulfillment
Learn how achieving success, creating balance, and experiencing fulfillment begin and end with Remember Who You Are.
Mon, February 26, 2018
204: Finding Happiness, Focus, and Productivity No Matter How Busy You Are
Rather than rush through another day leaving things un-done and roses un-sniffed, take a beat and a breath and take back your day with The Free-Time Formula.
Mon, February 19, 2018
203: How to Leave a Legacy: A Tribute to My Father
What I learned from my father's passing was the incredible impact he had on everyone he encountered.
Tue, February 13, 2018
202: How to Think Like a Super Connecter, Not a Networker
How can you become a Superconnector? Scott and Ryan share instructive anecdotes from a who's who roster of high achievers, revealing how to systematically manage a professional community and maximize its value.
Tue, February 06, 2018
201: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future
Prepare for an inspiring journey, following an ancient manuscript with powerful lessons that will transform your life.
Tue, January 30, 2018
#200: A Look Back at 5 Killer Books on Public Speaking
In this milestone episode, we look back at the last 100 episodes and feature 5 interviews focused on the art of relating, communicating, and effective public speaking.
Tue, January 23, 2018
#199: Hiring, Firing and Creating an Amazing Team Culture
The complete guide every busy leader needs for creating an amazing team culture.
Tue, January 16, 2018
#198: How to Be the Leader Creative People Need with Todd Henry
No matter what creative field you're in, Herding Tigers will give you the confidence and the skills to foster an environment in which clients, management, and employees have a product they can be proud of and a process that works.
Mon, January 08, 2018
#197: The Secrets of Effective Leadership with Brad Lomenick
H3 Leadership is an application-driven, practical leadership playbook and road map that provides a proven process on how not only to run but finish well in the leadership race.
Tue, January 02, 2018
#196: 5 Steps to Achieving Your Most Important Goals
In Your Best Year Ever, Michael Hyatt shares a powerful, proven, research-driven system for setting and achieving your goals.
Tue, December 26, 2017
#195: Eight Keys to Achieving Your Goals
Mark Schinnerer takes you into a fresh story and unpacks, through a corporate/agricultural allegory, the success of setting and achieving goals.
Tue, December 19, 2017
#194: Leadership from the Inside Out with Kevin Cashman
Leadership from the Inside Out serves as an integrated growth experience that helps leaders understand how to harness authentic, value-creating influence and elevate impact.
Tue, December 05, 2017
#193: The Best Book I've Read this Year
I've read over 50 books this year. And my favorite hasn't even been featured on the podcast, until now. Join me as I share the key insights I gleaned from The Big Leap.
Mon, November 20, 2017
#192: Learning to Embrace Imperfection with Jon Acuff
If you're tired being a chronic starter and want to become a consistent finisher, you have two options: You can continue to beat yourself up and try harder, or you can give yourself the gift of done.
Tue, November 14, 2017
#191: How to Lead with Gratitude
Seth Buechley tackles the plaguing question of why ambitious people struggle to find satisfaction and reveals what they can do about it.
Tue, November 07, 2017
#190: High-Stakes Leadership with Constance Dierickx
Learn why some leader are so effective when the stakes are high while others fall apart. Why some are able to not only survive, but to lead their organizations to new heights even in risky, fast-changing times.
Mon, October 30, 2017
#189: Monetize Your Expertise with Dorie Clark
(readtolead in the “how did you hear about us” section)
Tue, October 24, 2017
#188: How to Lead When You're Not In Charge with Clay Scroggins
Clay Scroggins explains what is needed to be a great leader - even when you answer to someone else.
Mon, October 16, 2017
#187: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job with Patrick McGinnis
McGinnis details how to invest just 10 percent of your time and resources, and still become a successful entrepreneur without losing a steady paycheck.
Mon, October 09, 2017
#186: Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business with Shayne Hughes
Shayne Hughes shows you how, as leaders, to take your ego out of the equation in order to watch your company thrive.
Tue, October 03, 2017
#185: Building a StoryBrand with Donald Miller
Whether you are the marketing director of a multibillion dollar company, the owner of a small business, a politician running for office, or the lead singer in a rock band, Building a StoryBrand will forever transform the way you talk about how you are, what you do, and the unique value you bring to your customers.
Thu, September 28, 2017
#184: The Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
Alan Alda tells the story of his quest to learn how to communicate better, and to teach others to do the same. With his trademark humor and candor, he explores how to develop empathy as the key factor.
Mon, September 18, 2017
#183: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months
The 12 Week Year is a how-to book for both individuals and organizations that would like to accomplish more in less time.
Mon, September 11, 2017
#182: The Top 10 Ways to Be a Great Leader
In this practical book, you'll discover how to lead with your heart, learn as you go, and love what you do.
Sat, September 02, 2017
#181: How to Achieve the Success You're Wired For
Learn how to get a leg up on your competition, discover the value you have to offer, and find the answers you need to be truly successful.
Tue, August 29, 2017
#180: How to Start a Business While Working a Full-Time Job
It is possible to leverage the margins of life outside your job to grow your business on the side, even if there are things like small children in the mix for you.
Mon, August 21, 2017
#179: How to Become the Person Others Follow
Leadership Step by Step treats leadership for the first time as the active, social, emotional, expressive, performance-based field it is - like acting, sports, improve, music, dance, and more.
Mon, August 14, 2017
#178: How to Market a Book with Joanna Penn
So you've written, or are writing, your non-fiction book? Great! But once it's complete, how do you market it effectively? Joanna Penn is here to help!
Mon, July 31, 2017
Try My Members-Only Book Club for Just $1
For a limited time, you can try my members-only book club for just one dollar. Act fast as this offer is only open to the first 30 people. Visit readtoleaduniversity.com and enter 'DOLLAR' at checkout.
Mon, July 24, 2017
#177: How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth and Happiness
What if you could turn your greatest fears and obstacles into your biggest advantages and opportunities? With Akshay Nanavati's help, you'll learn to turn emotions like fear into health, wealth and happiness.
Sun, July 16, 2017
#176: How to Find a Mentor and Benefit from Being One
While most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, they don't know how to find one or use one. And despite widespread approval for the idea of being a mentor, most people don't think they have the time or skills to do so.
Mon, July 10, 2017
#175: The 4 Best Interviews from the First 4 Years
As Read to Lead celebrates it's 4th anniversary, I take a look at the four best conversations - one from each of the first four years.
Fri, June 30, 2017
#174: How to Energize People Every Day
Kristi’s latest book reveals the surprising, everyday actions that any leader can take to be an inspiring and motivating force.
Thu, June 22, 2017
#173: The Starving Artist is a Myth
Bestselling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is in fact a competitive advantage in the market place.
Tue, June 06, 2017
#172: Focused Success in a Distracted World
Jeff breaks down the finer points of one of last year's most popular books, Deep Work by Cal Newport.
Tue, May 23, 2017
#171: Making Your Next Career Pivot with Jenny Blake
No matter your age, industry, or bank account balance, Jenny's advice will help you move forward strategically.
Mon, May 15, 2017
#170: The Science of Succeeding with People with Vanessa Van Edwards
Do you wish you could decode people? Do you want a formula for charisma? Do you want to know exactly what to say to your boss, your date, or your networking partner? You need to know how people work.
Tue, May 09, 2017
#169: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Liz Wiseman makes her third appearance on the podcast to talk about the revised and updated edition of her bestselling book Multipliers.
Wed, May 03, 2017
#168: Tame Your Inner Critic and Conquer the Fears Holding You Back
Make Your Mark is the roadmap for the rest of your life. It holds an invitation to dig a little deeper and live a little braver.
Tue, April 25, 2017
#167: Why You Really Should Sweat the Small Stuff
Don't sweat the small stuff, and other modern adages, are often rife with misguided advice according to Andy Andrews.
Tue, April 11, 2017
#166: Learn to Create and Dominate Markets
What do Facebook, Google, Salesforce.com, Uber, VMware, Netflix, IKEA, Birds Eye, 5-hour Energy, and Pixar have in common? The key has to do with creating, developing, and dominating new categories of products and services.
Sun, April 02, 2017
#165: Becoming a Pro at Live Video Streaming
When it comes to demonstrating out-of-the-box leadership, not to mention overcoming life's obstacles and living life outside your comfort zone, there are few better real-life examples I could choose to highlight than Luria Petrucci.
Thu, March 30, 2017
RTLU Registration is Open!
Act fast as there are only 50 spots available.
Mon, March 27, 2017
#164: Pursuing Your God-Given Purpose
You've been designed to do something naturally well and succeed at it. But, if you're like most, you haven't discovered what it is yet. Let my conversation with Paul Sohn help you.
Wed, March 22, 2017
#163: How to Fuel a Lifelong Love Affair With Your Customers
Nelson takes readers on a hero's journey to connecting with customers in ways both profitable and transformational.
Tue, March 14, 2017
#162: Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined with Scott Sonenshein
Using captivating stories to illustrate research in psychology and management, Rice University professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much.
Wed, March 08, 2017
#161: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success
Many believe that leaders are only those rare few in the upper echelons of a business or enterprise. The truth is, leaders can be found at any organizational level.
Tue, February 21, 2017
#160: How to Outsmart Your Instincts and Drive Your Company Forward
Author Adam Hansen describes our inherent cognitive biases that get in the way of innovation, and how to overcome them.
Tue, February 14, 2017
#159: How to Beat Your Competition by Becoming the Obvious Choice
Learn how to identify the place where you can create the most value—your edge of disruption—at the intersection of old and new, where your existing profits, reach, and reputation enable you to create the markets of the future.
Tue, February 07, 2017
#158: Living a Life of Significance with Aaron Walker
The difference between success and failure is the ability to adjust with personal grit, determination and the desire to live a life of significance.
Tue, January 31, 2017
#157: Mastering the Art and Science of Exceptional Presentation Design
In The Compelling Communicator, you will learn a proven process for designing presentations that touch your audience in a highly impactful way.
Tue, January 24, 2017
#156: How to Consistently Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
With Reach, Andy Molinsky offers an enlightening and prescriptive guide based not only on the his groundbreaking research but also on his own quest to get out of his comfort zone.
Thu, January 19, 2017
NEW: Read to Lead University Book Club
Struggle with applying what you read to your life and work? Then, Read to Lead University and the all new RTLU Book Club is for you!
Mon, January 09, 2017
#155: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity
The 100-Year Life says whether you are 18, 45 or 60, you will need to do things very differently from previous generations and learn to structure your life in completely new ways.
Tue, January 03, 2017
#154: How to Find Success and Significance as a Leader
Whether you’re just stepping into leadership, an accomplished leader seeking something more, or simply stalled along the way, this book's practical approach to modern leadership will help you navigate the turns and detours on your own journey.
Mon, December 12, 2016
#153: The 12 Best Business and Personal Development Books
What books do the world's most successful and inspiring authors recommend? You'll find them on this list.
Tue, December 06, 2016
#152: How to Go from Blank Page to Published Author with Chandler Bolt
Don't read this book UNLESS you want to remove all your excuses and put yourself into the elite group of people who actually author a book.
Mon, November 28, 2016
#151: 3 Ways to Be a Leader Others Can't Help But Follow
After 30 years, host Jeff Brown shares what he's learned about what it takes to be the kind of leader others will follow anywhere.
Mon, November 21, 2016
#150: Leadership Lessons from the Marines
Author and former Marine Justin Constantine, severely wounded on the field of battle, shares leadership lessons from the front lines.
Tue, November 15, 2016
#149: 4 Business Books Every Leader Should Read
These are the four books that have impacted my life and career probably more than any others. If you haven't yet read them, add them to your wishlist now!
Tue, November 08, 2016
#148: Master Content Marketing with Copyblogger's Pamela Wilson
Content marketing is the single, most effective method for attracting a profitable audience. Copyblogger's Pamela Wilson shows you how.
Mon, October 31, 2016
#147: Discover the Science of Adventure with Jon Levy
Adventures don't happen by accident. In The 2am Principle, Jon Levy shares his EPIC Model of Adventure, a four-stage process for creating unforgettable experiences.
Mon, October 24, 2016
#146: Be Obsessed or Be Average with Grant Cardone
If you want real success, you have to know how to harness your obsession to rocket to the top. This book will give you the inspiration and tools to break out of your cocoon of mediocrity and achieve your craziest dreams.
Mon, October 17, 2016
Announcement: My New 'Get Unstuck' Coaching Program
Text "unstuck" to 44222 to learn more about my new Get Unstuck coaching program.
Mon, October 10, 2016
#145: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale
Sell with a Story explains how stories work, when to use a story for to move the sales process along, which ones to always have handy, and how to turn real-life experiences into stories that resonate.
Mon, October 03, 2016
#144: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want
In this follow-up to her number-one bestselling book, Smart Money Smart Kids, Rachel shines a spotlight on what may be the most damaging money habit we have: comparing ourselves to other people.
Tue, September 27, 2016
#143: How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate with Your Visual Mind
Draw to Win explains Why you should draw, How to draw, and What to draw to lead, sell, innovate, train, or just figure things out on your road to success.
Mon, September 19, 2016
#142: The Heart Led Leader with Tommy Spaulding
Heart-Led Leadership is a clearly spelled-out leadership philosophy that is proven to drive extraordinary bottom-line results.
Tue, September 13, 2016
#141: The 4 Cornerstones for Strategic Living with Brian Holmes
The 4 Cornerstones For Strategic Living gives every person a proven system (a blueprint) for constructing the life they desire.
Mon, August 22, 2016
#140: 9 Principles for Unlimited Success in Business and Life
Unstoppable shows that with the right mindset, strategy and actions, you can achieve everything you want and live the life you may only think is possible in your dreams.
Tue, August 16, 2016
#139: Navigating Your Midlife Launch
Learn how to make your dream a reality without feeling like you have to give up sleep or time with family.
Mon, August 08, 2016
#138: Public Speaker Secrets with Michael Hudson
Time-tested and proven lessons learned while delivering over 8,000 presentations and observing countless others.
Tue, August 02, 2016
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Remove the headaches of gathering and organizing your content, and easily design and deliver your slides.
Mon, July 25, 2016
#137: Change the Way You Lead Forever
Seven questions and the tools to make them an everyday way to work less hard and have more impact.
Mon, July 18, 2016
#136: Developing Your Exit Strategy with Ellory Wells
If you're in a job you hate, let Exit Strategy show you how to go from where you have to be to where you want to be.
Mon, July 04, 2016
#135: 18 Streams of Income From a Single Book
Kary Oberbrunner walks us through how he's managed to create three six-figure businesses all around his last three books.
Sun, July 03, 2016
#134: How to Carve Out Creative Space
If you are making a work of art in any field, you aren't going from point A to point B. You are inventing point B.
Mon, June 27, 2016
An Encore and Ad-Free Presentation: A Conversation with August Turak
Originally published in December 2013, my conversation with August Turak is one of my favorite. This reedited and improved edition is also ad-free!
Mon, June 20, 2016
An Encore and Ad-Free Presentation: A Conversation with Seth Godin
Originally published in January 2015, my conversation with Seth Godin is one of the most popular Read to Lead episodes of all time. This reedited and improved edition is also ad-free!
Mon, June 13, 2016
#133: Breaking the Trust Barrier with JV Venable
Walking us through a number of examples from the military, JV helps us understand how to close the gaps in our organizations and teams in the areas of commitment, loyalty and trust.
Mon, June 06, 2016
#132: Self-Help for the Rest of Us with Terry Lancaster
An irreverent, funny and practical guide to making the most of the here and now.
Tue, May 31, 2016
#131: The Starling Effect Others Have On You...And What to Do About It
Dr. Henry Cloud shows that the best performers draw on another vital resource: personal and professional relationships that fuel growth and help them surpass current limits.
Tue, May 24, 2016
#130: Success at Work Through Improv
Performance Breakthrough artfully blends techniques from theatrical performance with the new science of performative psychology, guiding readers through forging new relationships guaranteed to yield greater success and satisfaction.
Mon, May 16, 2016
#129: Creating Extraordinary Change
Adam Braun shares the story of his journey from corporate employee to launching a "for purpose" organization that is changing the world.
Mon, May 09, 2016
#128: The Mindfulness Edge with Matt Tenney
How to rewire your brain for leadership and personal excellence without adding to your schedule.
Mon, May 02, 2016
#127: The Ultimate Guide to Leadership Development
A how-to book that outlines a comprehensive program dedicated to helping companies develop a World Class Leadership Development Program.
Tue, April 19, 2016
#126: Ask Me Anything
Host Jeff Brown answers listener questions, from tips for reading a book a week, to retaining what you read, and more!
Mon, April 11, 2016
#125: How to Find a Job, Career and Life You Love
A no fluff, highly effective, step-by-step guide to discovering your life’s purpose, finding a career you love, and living a life of intense fulfillment each and every day.
Tue, April 05, 2016
#124: The Secret to Solving Your Toughest Sales Challenges
Tim's new book Dealstorming is a Swiss Army knife for today's toughest sales challenges. It fixes the broken parts of brainstorming and reinvigorates account management.
Mon, March 28, 2016
#123: How to Lead Through Change
Learn the communication tools that great leaders like Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to move people.
Mon, March 21, 2016
#122: 9 Simple Practices for Real Leadership
John Addison shares his straightforward practices for successful leadership that fostered enduring results on his path to success.
Tue, March 15, 2016
#121: How Leading Organizations are Upending Business as Usual
David Burkus challenges the widely accepted principles of business management - and proves that many of them are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work anymore.
Tue, March 08, 2016
#120: How to Live Forward and Get the Life You Want
Imagine trading just twenty-four hours for the life you really want. It's possible, and Living Forward shows you how.
Tue, March 01, 2016
#119: How to Write Copy That Sells with Ray Edwards
It's hard to write sales copy that doesn't feel "sales." How to Write Copy That Sells is a step-by-step guide to writing copy that sells without being pushy.
Tue, February 23, 2016
#118: Build Your Business and Live Your Dream
Stop Chasing Influencers gives you a step-by-step blueprint to building a business and life you love.
Tue, February 16, 2016
#117: What It Takes to be Successful That Nobody's Teaching You
Not Taught punches you in the face with the new realities of work today and offers clear strategies on how to be successful in this crazy information-driven world.
Tue, February 09, 2016
#116: My Experience with Anxiety
When we hold back from sharing our failures and shortcomings, I believe we deny ourselves the opportunity to encourage, and be encouraged by, others.
Mon, February 01, 2016
#115: Will It Fly? A Conversation with Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn and I walk you through the process of validating your next business idea without spending a ton of time and money.
Tue, January 26, 2016
#114: Repeating Success Through People, Products and Profits
So many of us after "bringing the crowd to its feet," worry that we're going to get booed off the stage with our next venture. Is there a way to avoid this, to have multiple hits and "endless encores?" Ken Goldstein says yes!
Mon, January 18, 2016
#113: How to Crush Your Next Media Interview
Gone are the days when the only people “on-air” were celebrities or folks with their “15 minutes of fame.” Are you ready for your interview?
Mon, January 04, 2016
#112: How to Hug Your Haters with Jay Baer
Centered around proprietary research into how, where, and why we complain, Hug Your Haters demonstrates that there are two types of complainers, each with very different motivations.
Mon, December 21, 2015
#111: Read to Lead's 5 Best Books of 2015
As much as I wanted to, I just couldn't rank them from #5 down to #1. But consider these books tied for first place among the 50 I read in 2015.
Tue, December 15, 2015
#110: Project Management for You with Cesar Abeid
Cesar shares how to turn your ideas into reality, deliver on your promises, and get things done.
Mon, December 07, 2015
#109: Retire Inspired with Chris Hogan
Chris will educate and empower you to make your own investing decisions, set reasonable expectations for your spouse and family, and build a dream team of experts to get your there.
Tue, December 01, 2015
#108: Choosing a Life That Matters with John Maxwell
John Maxwell shares his lifelong personal journey to significance and walks you every step of the way through your own journey.
Tue, November 24, 2015
#107: Dominate Your Day Before Breakfast with Jeff Sanders
The 5 AM Miracle offers you a plan to focus on what matters most, and get more done.
Thu, November 19, 2015
#106: How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life
Learn how the methods of top actors will help you connect with, inspire, and persuade any audience.
Tue, November 10, 2015
#105: The Four Secrets of Passionate Organizations
Performance Breakthrough reveals the four secrets for creating a more passionate, productive, and profitable organization.
Thu, November 05, 2015
#104: How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time
While many people focus on adding a new time management method to there lives, Jeremie has gone to the source of conflict and created a common language that, if implemented, will decrease drama and insecurity and instill a secure confidence that people everywhere need.
Fri, October 30, 2015
#103: Firepower for Living an Unlimited Life with Dixie Gillaspie
A step-by-step process for challenging those barriers, weakening those walls, and finally applying the "real dynamite" and powering right on through.
Thu, October 22, 2015
#102: Amplify Your Strengths and Create Success on Your Own Terms
Think you have to be loud and brash to be successful in business? Think again. The strengths and traits of the typical introvert lend themselves well to entrepreneurship, as well as "intrapreneurship" and a range of business roles.
Thu, October 08, 2015
#101: Master Personal Transformation with Jay Samit
Jay Samit's mantra is, "Stop waiting for things to happen. Go out and make them happen."
Wed, September 30, 2015
#100: The Top 10 Leadership Lessons Learned After 100 Episodes
This special edition of Read to Lead features highlights from 10 previous guests and the Top 10 Leadership Lessons Learned from them.
Fri, September 25, 2015
#099: Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth with Gabriel Weinberg
Drawing on advice from more than forty successful startup founders and marketers, Traction is a comprehensive textbook for marking your way to growth.
Sat, September 19, 2015
#098: The 5 Laws of Stratospheric Success with Bob Burg
Shifting your focus from “getting to giving” ” is far from just nice…it’s also very financially profitable !
Fri, September 04, 2015
#097: Find Your Balance Point with Brian Tracy
The only way to make our lives less stressful is to make sure we spend more time doing the things that matter most and less time doing the things that matter less.
Fri, August 28, 2015
#096: How to Hire the Right People with Jim Roddy
The importance of accurate people decisions cannot be underestimated. Jim Roddy shows you how to make them with confidence.
Fri, August 21, 2015
#095: The End of Jobs with Taylor Pearson
The rapid development of technology and globalization has changed the leverage points in accumulating wealth: money, meaning and freedom.
Tue, August 11, 2015
#094: My Best Presentation Tips and Tools
Today, we peak behind the curtain as I share how I gather my presentation ideas, craft my slides and deliver a compelling talk.
Thu, August 06, 2015
#093: Harness the Power of Your Authentic Voice
While your work speaks about you, does it really speak for you? Does it represent you well? The key to making your work resonate is to uncover, develop, and then bravely use your authentic voice.
Tue, July 28, 2015
#092: The Strategy Mindset with Dr. Chuck Bamford
Corporate strategy is a mix of art and science. You provide the art: let Dr. Chuck Bamford provide the science.
Tue, July 21, 2015
#091: 50 Everyday Acts of Courage to Thrive in Work, Love and Life
In today's uncertain times, fear can unconsciously direct our lives. Start small, dare big, and begin today to live with greater purpose, passion and courage.
Tue, July 14, 2015
#090: How to Take Control of Your Destiny with Clay Clark
Clay's book is designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams by allowing you to learn from his past experiences, failures and successes.
Tue, July 07, 2015
#089: How the Best Teams Deliver Results with Alan Foster
Power Score is a universal framework for leadership. The key is to have the right priorities, the right people on your team, and the right relationships that achieve results.
Wed, July 01, 2015
#088: Dana Perino on Sharing the Credit, Taking the Blame and Exercising Forgiveness
Former White House press secretary Dana Perino discusses the leadership and life lessons learned from her upbringing in Wyoming and Denver, to her time in DC and New York.
Mon, June 15, 2015
#087: REEL Leadership: Five Leadership Lessons from Jurassic World
REEL Leadership is a Leadership from the Movies Series featuring numerous podcasters and bloggers, each extracting their favorite leadership lessons from a 2015 summer blockbuster.
Tue, June 09, 2015
#086: Leading with Intention with Mindy Hall, PhD
Leading with Intention makes the connection between your leadership behavior and the bottom line and challenges you to make a profound, deliberate mark on both your organization and the world around you.
Tue, June 02, 2015
#085: How to Beat Fear and Slay Rejection Once and For All
If you struggle with rejection, you won't help but be inspired by the story of Jia Jiang and his journey to beat fear through 100 days of rejection.
Fri, May 29, 2015
#084: Discover Exactly What Your Customers Want to Buy with Ryan Levesque
The Ask formula has been used to help build multi-million dollar businesses in 23 different industries, generating over $100 million dollars in sales in the process.
Tue, May 19, 2015
#083: 5 (Author-Hosted) Podcasts You Should Be Subscribed To
In today's episode, I share my five must-listen podcasts for anyone who considers personal and professional growth a priority. All five just happen to be hosted by authors.
Tue, May 12, 2015
#082: One Bed, One Bank Account with Derek & Carrie Olsen
Whether you're just starting out, in the middle of a financial crises, or doing well, having better conversations on money will strengthen your marriage.
Tue, May 05, 2015
#081: Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators and Icons Accelerate Success
Serial entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow delves into the reasons why some people and some organizations are able to achieve incredible things in implausibly short time frames, showing how each of us can use these "smartcuts" to rethink convention and accelerate success.
Tue, April 28, 2015
#080: Time Management Magic with Lee Cockerell
Time Management Magic is all about learning a system and a way of thinking that will enhance your ability to lead a highly productive, balanced and effective life.
Mon, April 20, 2015
#079: The Best Career Book Ever Written? Seth Godin Says YES!
Looking to turn a ho-hum career into something better? A good career great? A great career fantastic? This is your book!
Tue, April 07, 2015
#078: How to Book Yourself Solid with Michael Port
Learn the most reliable system for getting more clients than you can handle, even if you hate marketing and selling.
Tue, March 24, 2015
#077: How the World's Best Marketers Get Us to Believe
This book will shatter your assumptions about leadership and the art of influence, and give you the invaluable insights required to understand and move others.
Tue, March 17, 2015
#076: Art of Work Author Jeff Goins Answers Listener Questions
In this special episode, host Jeff Brown has compiled questions submitted by listeners specifically for author Jeff Goins.
Mon, March 09, 2015
#075: Cultivate Enduring Customer Loyalty with Noah Fleming
From Internet startups and mom-and-pop businesses to multinational giants, strong companies are rooted in customer retention. Evergreen helps anyone merge high-tech tools with the personal touch to forge lasting bonds and steady profits.
Tue, March 03, 2015
#074: How to Stand Out and Find Your Breakthrough Idea with Dorie Clark
Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they will be lauded as experts on the merits of their work. But that's simply not true anymore.
Thu, February 26, 2015
#073: How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide with Susan RoAne
How to Work a Room, now available in a silver anniversary edition, has sold over one million copies in 13 countries.
Mon, February 16, 2015
#072: Get BIG Things Done with Erica Dhawan
Erica Dhawan helps us understand what she and her co-author Saj-Nicole Joni call Connectional Intelligence. Take a dream. Add a connection. Dream bigger. Get BIG things done.
Tue, February 10, 2015
#071: Discover What You Were Meant to Do with Jeff Goins
Through personal experience, compelling stories, and current research on the mysteries of motivation and talent, Jeff shows us how to find our vocation and what to expect along the way.
Tue, February 03, 2015
#070 Chandler Bolt on Launching Your Bestselling Book in 90 Days of Less
Should you write a book? Chandler Bolt shows you how you can use a book to explode (or start) your business and at least 7 ways to make money from it.
Tue, January 27, 2015
#069: Are You Living or Existing with Author Kimanzi Constable
Life change starts with the decision to take deliberate and intentional action. Kimanzi Constable shows you how.
Wed, January 21, 2015
#068: Hal Elrod Shares How Changing Your Mornings Can Rock Your Life
An invitation to start taking your self to the next level so you can take your success to the next level (because it only happens in that order).
Tue, January 13, 2015
#067: Dan Miller, author, 48 Days to the Work You Love (10th Anniversary Revised and Expanded Edition)
New York Times bestselling author Dan Miller discusses The ‘shelf life’ of the average college degree, the limitations of making safety and security your end goal and the difference between a vocation, your career and a job.
Tue, January 06, 2015
#066: Seth Godin Shares Wisdom from His New Book: What to do When it's Your Turn
New York Times bestselling author Seth Godin wants you to wake up and has written a book to make sure you do just that. Assuming you read it, of course.
Tue, December 16, 2014
#065: Entrepreneur on Fire's Kate Erickson Offers 16 Steps to Successfully Launching Your Business
Entrepreneur on Fire's Kate Erickson offers 16 steps to successfully launching your business.
Thu, December 11, 2014
#064: Multiply Your Time by Procrastinating on Purpose with Rory Vaden
Rory Vaden helps us understand the way the world's most successful people think differently about time.
Tue, December 02, 2014
#063: Read More in Less Time: My 5 Favorite Reading Apps
In this episode, I share some of my favorite apps for covering more reading ground in the least amount of time possible, as well as how simple it can be to leverage wasted downtime.
Mon, November 24, 2014
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Tue, November 18, 2014
#062: Liz Wiseman, Author, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work
Author Liz Wiseman argues that, in the 21st century, it isn't so much about what you know, as it is how fast you're able to learn.
Mon, November 10, 2014
#061: Achieving Success by Living with Purpose with Jairek Robbins
Jairek Robbins is a decorated performance coach and lifestyle entrepreneur who has applied his innovative methods to living a life of adventure, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship.
Fri, November 07, 2014
Bonus Episode: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson [Audio Summary]
The key insights from Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson are brought to you by Blinkist, a mobile learning company that transforms outstanding nonfiction books into 15-minute reads made for your mobile device.
Fri, October 31, 2014
#060: How to Solve Unsolvable Problems with David Niven PhD
It’s Not About the Shark opens the door to the groundbreaking science of solutions by turning problems—and how we solve them—upside down.
Thu, October 23, 2014
Bonus Episode: Fascinate by Sally Hoghead [Audio Summary]
The key insights from Fascinate by Sally Hogshead are brought to you by Blinkist , a mobile learning company that transforms outstanding nonfiction books into 15-minute reads made for your mobile device.
Fri, October 17, 2014
#059: A Conversation with Business in Blue Jeans Author Susan Baroncini-Moe
Business in Blue Jeans is a comprehensive, how-to guide for starting and growing a successful business in the way that suits you best.
Sat, October 11, 2014
Bonus Episode: Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull [Summary]
The key insights from Creativity Inc. are brought to you by Blinkist , a mobile learning company that transforms outstanding nonfiction books into 15-minute reads made for your mobile device.
Thu, October 09, 2014
#058: The 7 Day Startup with Dan Norris
Dan is the co-founder of WP Curve, one of the world’s fastest growing WordPress support companies. WP Curve provides unlimited small WordPress fixes 24/7 for a flat monthly fee.
Mon, September 29, 2014
#057: Improve Your Focus, Boost Your Energy and Make the Most of Your Time with Erik Fisher
What if you could improve your focus, boost your energy and make the most of your time? Hit the Mark will help you achieve all three!
Mon, September 22, 2014
#056: Mike Michalowicz on the Profit First Formula that will Transform Your Business into a Money-Making Machine
Mike shares the simple but profound method for transforming your business from a cash-eating monster into a money-making machine.
Thu, September 11, 2014
#055: Finding the Quest that Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
The new book from Chris Guillebeau reveals how anyone can bring meaning into their life by undertaking a quest.
Thu, September 04, 2014
#054: Author Jared Easley on the Power of Podcasting
Author, podcaster and expert networker Jared Easley shares what you're missing by not launching a podcast.
Tue, August 26, 2014
Encore Episode: The 5 Most Powerful Moves You Can Make with Beverly Flaxington
Bev shares her insights on the five most powerful moves you can make right now to get where you want to go.
Tue, August 19, 2014
Encore Episode: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds with Carmine Gallo
What makes TED Talks Work? What makes them stand out. What makes them unique. Find out that and more in this encore episode of the Read to Lead Podcast.
Tue, August 12, 2014
Encore Episode: The Obsession that Drives Apple's Success with Ken Segall
When everyone else wants to include every feature but the kitchen sink, Apple says "Let's wait on that." When everyone else wants to offer a plethora of model choices, Apple counters with, "How about just a couple?"
Mon, August 04, 2014
Encore Episode: Surviving Job Loss with SPI's Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn from the Smart Passive Income podcast and Smart Passive Income blog shares about his road to independence and his book Let Go.
Wed, July 30, 2014
#053: Beat Your Anxiety, Build Your Confidence, Change Your Life with Fearless Speaking Author Gary Genard
If you suffer from speaking anxiety, Fearless Speaking can change your life. Start enjoying public speaking today, and reap the rewards.
Tue, July 22, 2014
#052: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less with Essentialism author Greg McKeown
Greg McKeown, New York Times bestselling author of the new book Essentialism discusses the disciplined pursuit of less - but better.
Mon, July 14, 2014
051: From Day Job to Dream Job with Kary Oberbrunner
Go as you please, earn as you wish, and live as you like. Kary Oberbrunner says you can start living your dream job today!
Mon, July 07, 2014
#050: Pamela Slim, Author, Body of Work
Pamela gives us the tools to have meaningful careers in this new world of work. She shows how to find the connections among diverse accomplishments, sell your story, and continually reinvent and relaunch your brand.
Wed, June 25, 2014
#049: Mark Satterfield, Author, The One Week Marketing Plan
As most business owners know, attracting consistent streams of brand new prospects, and then turning large percentages of them into paying clients, can be frustrating. The good news is this no longer needs to be the case.
Tue, June 17, 2014
#048: Robert Bruce Shaw, Author, Leadership Blindspots
With examples from firms like Apple, Amazon, HP, JCPenny and JPMorgan Chase, Leadership Blindspots examines how a leader's blindspots can lead to devastating mistakes if they aren't recognized and acted on.
Tue, June 03, 2014
#047: Lewis Schiff, Author, Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons
For decades, the middle class has believed that the road to success meant working hard and playing by rules passed down from previous generations. But as the 2008 economic crisis has made clear, the old rules no longer apply.
Wed, May 28, 2014
#046: Sunni Brown, Author, The Doodle Revolution: Unlock the Power to Think Differently
Sunni Brown's mission is to bring the power of the Doodle to all of us. She leads the Revolution defying all those parents, teachers, and bosses who say Stop doodling! Get serious! Grow up!
Wed, May 21, 2014
#045: Lauren Maillian Bias, Author, The Path Redefined: Getting to the Top on Your Own Terms
Serial entrepreneu Lauren Maillian Bias shares the lessons and tactics that skyrocketed her to the top of three completely different fields - all before she reached 30.
Tue, May 13, 2014
#044: Bev Flaxington, Author, Make Your SHIFT
In Make Your SHIFT, Bev Flaxington shares the five most powerful moves you can make to get where you want to go.
Tue, May 06, 2014
#043: Simon Sinek, Author, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. It's not as crazy as it sounds. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders are creating environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things.
Mon, April 28, 2014
#042: My 5 Favorite Leadership Books from the Last Five Years
In this episode, we steer from the normal routine to talk about what I believe to be the most important leadership books from the last half decade.
Tue, April 22, 2014
#041: Dan Roam, Author, Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations
If I tell you the truth, if I tell it with a story, and if I tell that story with pictures, I can keep you glued to your seat. Let me show you how.
Tue, April 15, 2014
#040: Ben Carpenter, Author, The Bigs: The Secrets Nobody Tells Students and Young Professionals
The Bigs is an eye-opening book with not only great stories, but specific practical advice you won’t hear anywhere else. This is a book that parents will want to read and give to their children — and their children will want to read and share with their friends.
Tue, April 08, 2014
#039: Farnoosh Brock: Author, Digital Media Entrepreneur and Expert Green Juicer
Farnoosh Brock left a successful career at a Fortune 100 corporation to start her own company, Prolific Living, Inc., to pursue her passions of writing, holistic health, career coaching and entrepreneurship. She helps you create your ideal lifestyle by simplifying your nutrition, adopting a positive powerful mindset, building smart daily habits in your life, and achieving your career goals.
Tue, April 01, 2014
#038: Jaime Tardy, Author, The Eventual Millionaire
There are many ways to become a millionaire, but research has often shown that creating your own business is one of the best ways to build wealth. The Eventual Millionaire will lay the foundation for those looking to start their own business and work their way toward financial independence and a fulfilled life.
Tue, March 25, 2014
#037: Bill McGowan, Author, Pitch Perfect: How to Say it Right the First Time, Every Time (with Alisa Bowman)
In this episode, the media coach and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan shares his secrets of pitch-perfect communications, showing you how to communicate with confidence.
Tue, March 18, 2014
#036: Chris Brogan, Author, The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth
Chris Brogan is back as our first-ever return guest on the Read to Lead Podcast. His new book The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth is due out in a few weeks and it's gonna be awesome!
Tue, March 11, 2014
#035: Ryan Avery, Author, Speaker Leader Champion: Succeed at Work through the Power of Public Speaking
How to Deliver a TED Talk author Jeremy Donovan and Public Speaking World Champion Ryan Avery break down the winning speeches from Toastmasters’ prestigious annual competition—providing you with tips and techniques guaranteed to improve your speaking, presentation, and communication skills.
Tue, March 04, 2014
#034: Carmine Gallo, Author, Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds
Ideas are the true currency of the twenty-first century. So, in order to succeed you need to be able to sell your ideas and yourself persuasively. Carmine Gallo shows you how in Talk Like Ted.
Mon, February 17, 2014
#033: Chris Ducker, Author, Virtual Freedom
How to work with Virtual Staff to buy more time, become more productive, and build your dream business.
Tue, February 11, 2014
#032: Adam Bryant, New York Times Bestselling Author of Quick and Nimble
Quick and Nimble offers a keen understanding of the forces that shape corporate culture and a clear road map to bring success and energy to any organization.
Mon, January 27, 2014
#031: Ken Blanchard, Author of Fit at Last (with Tim Kearin)
This is a book about commitment. People don't fail because they don't know what to do - they fail because they just don't do it. Go from being interested in change to committed to change.
Tue, January 21, 2014
#030: Liz Wiseman, Author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
In Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, Liz and co-author Greg McKeown, share about the two dramatically different types of leaders we've all had experience with. On one end of the spectrum are the Diminishers. These are the idea killers or the energy sappers. On the other end are the Multipliers, the kind of leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves to deliver results and surpass expectations.
Tue, January 14, 2014
#029: Kimberly Palmer, Author, The Economy of You
Weary of pink-slip anxiety and the never-ending money squeeze? Join those who are starting side-gig businesses and taking back their financial futures!
Tue, January 07, 2014
#028: Daniel Pink, Author of To Sell is Human
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. But dig deeper and a statling truth emerges: so do the other eight.
Tue, December 31, 2013
#027: Best of 2013 Vol. 2
Our Best of 2013 Vol. 2 episode features highlights from our chats with Lisa B. Marshall, Andy Andrews, Ken Davis, Todd Henry, Chris Brogan, Gary Vaynerchuk and Natalie Sisson.
Mon, December 23, 2013
#026: Best of 2013 Vol. 1
Dan Miller, Robert D. Smith, John Lee Dumas, Jeff Goins, Jay Baer, Pat Flynn, G. Richard Shell, Erik J. Fisher and Jon Acuff are all featured in this two-part, year-end episode.
Tue, December 17, 2013
#025: August Turak, Author of Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks
A successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, and award-winning author, August Turak attributes much of his success to living and woking alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey for seventeen years.
Tue, December 10, 2013
#024: Dr. Bill Dyment, Author of Fire Your Excuses (with Dr. Marcus Dayhoff)
Discover the "secrets" of the unique 8% - 10% who are able to achieve lasting changes to destructive habits and behaviors.
Tue, December 03, 2013
#023: Natalie Sisson, Author of The Suitcase Entrepreneur
Natalie Sisson promotes creating freedom in business and adventure in life by teaching you how to build an online business and life you love from anywhere.
Mon, November 25, 2013
#022: Gary Vaynerchuk, Author of Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
A great resource on understanding the psychology of various social media platforms and what makes each one unique. In fact, Gary argues understanding that concept and the others he lays out is key if you have any plans of succeeding on these platforms.
Sun, November 17, 2013
#021: Chris Brogan, Author of The Impact Equation (with Julien Smith)
As the traditional channels for marketing, selling, and influencing disappear and more people interact mainly online, the very nature of attention is changing. The Impact Equation will give you the tools and metrics that guarantee your message will be heard.
Tue, November 12, 2013
#020: Scott M. Fay, Author, Discover Your Sweet Spot
Scott's new book is designed to help us understand the importance of adding Design, Build and Maintain elements to our lives by implementing the 7 steps to creating a life of success and significance.
Tue, November 05, 2013
#019: Dave Delaney, Author, New Business Networking
Author Dave Delaney helps us learn how to make the most of conferences we attend and shares how to best leverage Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+.
Tue, October 29, 2013
#018: Richie Frieman, Author of REPLY ALL...And Other Ways to Tank Your Career
Richie Frieman aka Modern Manners Guy, shares his ultimate guide to successfully navigating the minefield of your workplace.
Tue, October 22, 2013
#017: Todd Henry, Author of Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
"Embrace the importance of now and refuse to allow the lull of comfort, fear, familiarity, and ego to prevent you from taking action on your ambitions. The cost of inaction is vast. Don't go to your grave with your best work inside of you. Choose to Die Empty."
Tue, October 15, 2013
#016: Ken Davis, Author of Secrets of Dynamic Communication
Author Ken Davis shares how to prepare a speech with focus, capture and hold the attention of any audience, banish your fear of public speaking and make your presentation unforgettable.
Tue, October 08, 2013
#015: Pat Williams, author of The Difference You Make
Pat Williams, founder and senior vice president of the Orlando Magic, shares about the 3 forms of influence and helps us define the qualities of good character.
Tue, October 01, 2013
#014: Andy Andrews, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Discusses The Noticer Returns
If you've ever said to yourself, "Boy, I could read a lot more nonfiction if it just weren't so...nonfiction-y," then today I may be introducing you to the greatest author or all time.
Tue, September 24, 2013
#013: Lisa B. Marshall, author of Smart Talk: The Public Speaker's Guide to Success in Every Situation
Lisa's Smart Talk book with teach you the six steps to improving your conversation skills, the 7 rules of networking, and the art and science of persuasion.
Tue, September 17, 2013
#012: Jon Acuff, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Start
New York Times best-selling author Jon Acuff shares how to deal with the voices of doubt (both real and imagined) and punch fear in the face.
Tue, September 10, 2013
#011: Erik Fisher, author, Beyond the To-Do List Vol. 1: Goals
In today's episode of the Read to Lead Podcast we'll chat with Erik Fisher , author of Beyond The To-Do List Volume 1: Goals , as he provides some much needed help toward turning our elusive goal-setting efforts into a bonafide habit.
Tue, September 03, 2013
#010: Dan Schawbel, author of Promote Yourself: The New Rules of Career Success
Dan helps us to, among other things, walk that fine line between effectively gaining visibility for ourselves and coming off like a self-promotional jerk.
Mon, August 26, 2013
#009: Author Ken Segall | Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
Even if you don't consider yourself a fan of all things Apple, it's impossible to deny that the company has improved virtually every category they've chosen to enter. From products and packaging, to marketing and advertising, the hits seem to far outweigh the misses. But what is it about Apple that has them firing on all cylinders more often that not? When Ken Segall, author of the book Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success, asked himself that question, he found a common thread in all the data, feedback and meeting notes. In a word, it's all about Simplicity. When everyone else wants to include every feature but the kitchen sink, Apple says "Let's wait on that." When everyone else wants to offer a plethora of model choices, Apple counters with, "How about just a couple?" It's this "simplicity as religion" that serves as the common thread among all the successes.
Mon, August 19, 2013
#008: G. Richard Shell, author of Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success
What is success to you? Where do your ideas and opinions on success come from? Are they your own, or are you striving to achieve someone else's idea of what success should be? In today's episode, we chat with author G. Richard Shell from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In his new book, Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success, he helps answer two key questions on success: What is success for you? (along with understanding how the expectations of others impact your assumptions on that question) and how can you best go about achieving it?
Tue, August 13, 2013
#007: Pat Flynn, author of Let Go and the man behind Smart Passive Income
Pat Flynn from the Smart Passive Income podcast and Smart Passive Income blog shares about his road to independence and his book Let Go.
Mon, August 05, 2013
#006: Jonah Berger, New York Time Best-Selling Author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Jonah Berger shares his six STEPPS for ensuring your product, idea or service catches on.
Mon, July 29, 2013
#005: Jay Baer, New York Times best-selling author of Youtility
Jay Baer discusses his just released and New York Times best-selling book Youtility and shares why he believes smart marketing is about Help and not Hype.
Tue, July 23, 2013
#004: Jeff Goins on Building a Successful Platform
Author, blogger and speaker Jeff Goins shares why "chasing an audience" is the worst way to go about building a platform.
Sun, July 14, 2013
#003: Entrepreneur on Fire host John Lee Dumas on the hottest trend in 2013
John Lee Dumas, host of the Entrepreneur on Fire podcast, shares why he believes podcasting is the hottest trend in 2013 and why it's not too late to get on the bandwagon.
Sun, July 14, 2013
#002: Robert D. Smith, author of 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Your Life Right Now
Author Robert D. Smith (The Robert D.) shares how you can accomplish more in a single day than most people do in an entire year.
Sun, July 14, 2013
#001: New York Times best-selling author Dan Miller
New York Times best-selling author Dan Miller shares why reading is number one on his list of Ten Steps to Education and Becoming Rich and discusses his latest book Wisdom Meets Passion.
Sun, July 14, 2013
#000: An Introduction to the Read to Lead Podcast
In this introductory episode, host Jeff Brown describes who the podcast is designed for, what the podcast is and is not, as well as some valuable resources for those looking to make the most of their commute, workout and running time.
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