Episodes

Dr. Dan Goleman author of the #1 international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today’s scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment: Attention. In his new book Focus, he uncovers the science of attention in all its varieties – presenting a groundbreaking look at this overlooked and underrated asset, and why it matters enormously for how we feel, and succeed, in life. Dr. Goleman’s most recent books are The Brain and Emotional Intelligenc...

Henry L. (Dick) Thompson, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized consultant, educator, speaker and author. He is an expert on stress effects on decision making and judgment gained from the battlefield to the boardroom. Dr. Thompson was an officer with the U.S. Army Special Forces Group- Green Berets, decorated for heroism and has trained and led some of the most elite teams in the world. His work for the military on high performing battle staffs was instrumental in the success of U.S. forces in...

Kevin is one of the leaders in the new field of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, which is generating a lot of interest in new findings that have previously been in the black box of the brain. He was recently interviewed by Wall Street Journal about managing the fear in the financial marketplace. He currently is the director of Social Cognitive Neuroscience and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Columbia University. Kevin's research interests include the psychological and neural processes invo...

Today’s special show is on Executive Coaching: what you need to know about it to use it effectively in your organization or for yourself. Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Nadler both certified coaches with thousands of hours working with executives and executive team will talk executive coaching best practices today • Did you know when coaching is added to training a person’s productivity is enhanced by 88% while training alone is a 22% increase. • Coaches are great thinking partners for executives In this...

Drs. Greenberg and Nadler will first explore the characteristics that dethrone many of our heroes and leaders. What is behind the passion for success that drives people to cheat like Lance Armstrong and other heroes we have idolized? How do our leaders quickly fall from grace and lose their credibility in moments? The Derailer Detector identifies the top characterstics which can trump your Emotional Intelligence competencies. These “ fatal flaws” have to be attended to and mitigated. When the de...

Dr. Noel M. Tichy is a Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan.

Join us for an insightful conversation with Michael Tompkins, visionary CEO of Miraval- recognized as one of the nation’s finest health resorts and creator of the new “Mindful Living” experience. A fifteen year veteran of the luxury hospitality industry, Tompkins has been instrumental in the creation of the Andrew Weil, M.D. Integrated Wellness Center. Today Michael Tompkins joins us to discuss his new project with Miraval’s latest book– “Mindful Living”.

Phil Jones is known as “The Connector” because he is one of the country’s best Professional Powerbrokers of deals, money and relationships. He leverages his vast field of influence and extensive contact base to bring a range of serious players together to get exceptional deals completed and outcomes banked for his clients that few others are able to achieve. His companies have completed over one billion dollars in real estate purchases and he is a Bestselling Author who has written seven books. ...

This show will highlight some of the hands-on practical tools that our co-host Dr. Relly Nadler uses with his corporate clients daily to help them raise their Emotional Intelligence through executive coaching and leadership development training. Dr. Nadler is a licensed psychologist, Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coach Federation. He is the author of Leading with Emotional Intelligence and teams up with Dr. Cathy Greenberg, author of Fearless Leaders and What Happy Companie...

Jim Kouzes is the coauthor with Barry Posner of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, with over 1.5 million copies sold. He's also the Dean’s Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. The fourth edition of The Leadership Challenge was released in August 2007 and is available in fifteen languages. The Leadership Challenge was #3 on Amazon Editor’s Pick for the Best Business Books of 2007. A Leader’s Legacy (2006), was select...

Delia Horwitz is an entrepreneur, collaboration specialist, leadership coach and professional facilitator. In addition to founding and owning several businesses, she has extensive experience helping good people do great things….together: strategic planning with non-profit Boards of Directors, teambuilding with small and large corporations, goal setting with City Councils, corporate culture work with Fortune 500 senior leadership teams, and visioning with community stakeholders. She even taught c...

Sharon Jordan-Evans is a pioneer in the field of employee retention and engagement. She serves as a prominent speaker for numerous conferences and works with Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Boeing, Disney, Lockheed, Cheesecake Factory, Monster, MTV, PBS, Sony, and Universal Studios. She co-authored two Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The first, Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay, is the world’s best-selling employee retention book and has been translated into 20 l...

Srinivasan Pillay, M.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pillay is known for bringing brain science to life in the simplest terms that he then translates into recommended action steps that you can take. In his newest book: “Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders” was peer-reviewed by Wharton Business School and was released in March of 2011. Dr. Pillay is widely regarded as a motivational speaker who is able to explain the scienc...

Harvey Mackay is author of five New York Times bestsellers. His first two books -- Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware The Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt -- have been translated into 37 languages and distributed in 80 countries. Both books were New York Times #1 bestsellers and are also listed by the Times among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time. Harvey’s latest book is Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tel...

Join us for an insightful conversation with Marshall Goldsmith - recognized as the world’s most influential leadership thinker in the bi-annual Thinkers50 survey (sponsored by the Harvard Business Review). He is the million-selling author or editor of 34 books. Marshall is one of a select few executive educators who have been asked to work with over 150 major CEOs and their management teams. He has been given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Institute for Manageme...

During his basketball career he lead his University of Illinois team to the Final Four 1989. From there Stephen played 10 years professionally with stops in the NBA (Dallas, Detroit, and San Antonio) and overseas (France, Japan, Italy, Spain, and Venezuela). Bardo made a smooth transition into sports broadcasting and has worked with CBS and ESPN. He currently is a college basketball analyst for the Big Ten Network and motivates audiences with his presentations on leadership to youth, association...

Jonathan pursues research on consciousness, memory, the relationship between language and thought, problem-solving, and decision-making. He is particularly interested in exploring phenomena that intersect between the empirical and the philosophical such as how fluctuations in people’s awareness of their experience mediate mind-wandering and how exposing individuals to philosophical positions alters their behavior. We will focus on how these discoveries can help leaders today. In 2007 he joined t...

Since the Declaration of Independence, Americans have been free to pursue happiness, but there’s no guarantee we’ll achieve it, the secret is knowing where to look. Building on this great heritage, experts Nadler and Greenberg share exciting news on the state of the art about “the science of happiness” and how it impacts our emotional and social intelligence. New insights include how we can choose to joyfully respond to such factors as money or consumptive happiness, the genetics of adventure an...

Dr. Lois Phillips is a dynamic public speaker whose clients say she “practices what she teaches.” Her academic background combines with executive experience in Higher Education to inform her training and coaching. Using principles gained from interviews with successful speakers and outlined in “Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers” she provides coaching and training to spokespersons, managers and executives. Dr. Phillips has a special interest in advancing women’s caree...

Dr. Laura Sicola has spent more than a decade coaching, lecturing, researching and publishing on cognition, pronunciation, culture, the voice and related effects on learning. Her primary goal is to help people develop their Vocal Executive Presence (VEP), establishing themselves as leaders whose voices are heard and messages are accurately received, while making authentic connections with their audience. She has given presentations on the intersection of pronunciation, cognition, culture and lea...

Kim S. Cameron is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Michigan Business School and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education. Dr. Cameron’s research on organizational effectiveness, virtuousness, and the development of management skills has been published in more than 80 articles. Join us for an energizing discussion on corporate virtuousness and its relationship to industry success.

Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard. His research and lectures on happiness and human potential have received attention in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, as well as NPR and CNN. When not at Harvard, Shawn travels the world giving talks on positive psychology to Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, schools, and non-...

Jane Buckingham is a self made Life Coach for the Modern Girl. She appears regularly on the airwaves and in print. In her new book, “The Modern Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations,” Jane gives welcome advice with warmth and humor at home or at work. What can you do if you sent an email you should have “deleted”? What if your cell phone gets wet or worse- the toilet? What should you do if your date or co-worker shows up drunk? When should you share a big secret with someone new? Jane’s award winnin...

Bruce Tulgan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace and one of the leading experts on leadership and management. Bruce is a best-selling author, an adviser to business leaders all over the world, and a sought-after keynote speaker and management trainer. His new book is “Not Everyone Gets a Trophy.” He has been called the new Tom Peters by many who have seen him speak. Bruce was named by Management Today as one of the few contemporary figures to stan...