Episodes

Manisha Thakor is on a mission to help American women learn how to live their lives from a position of financial strength. In today’s program Manisha Thakor, author of ON MY OWN TWO FEET: a modern girl's guide to personal finance? shares her expertise on managing your finances as well as ideas from her forthcoming book GET FINANCIALLY NAKED: how to talk money with your honey. Manisha’s financial advice is featured in national publications such as: The New York Times, BusinessWeek, US News & Worl...

Tagged by Success Magazine as a One Woman Brand and “Creativity and Innovation Guru”, a leading Serial Entrepreneur by Entrepreneur Magazine and having drawn comparisons to Walt Disney and Benjamin Franklin, Jen Groover's name has quickly become synonymous with innovation, entrepreneurship, and evolution. She has gone from guest-hosting spots on QVC to inking deals with some of the industry’s biggest heavyweights. Although it was Jen’s innovative handbag company the award-winning Butler Bag Comp...

Appointed by the Governor, Leslie Stiles acts as state government’s advocate for all issues as they impact on women and girls. In today’s program Leslie Stiles will talk about her vast experience and share new insights gained since the inception of programs she has helped to develop like the Governor’s Conference for Women and the importance these ground breaking summits have on both women and business across the nation. Join us for a stimulating conversation with a top performer who helps devel...

Joe Dowdy, Chief of Staff Office of the Director/NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, is an accomplished leader in his own right, setting the pace for top performers in his current role leading special projects and providing organizational advice to the center director and the Senior Management Team to improve processes and better accomplish Kennedy Space Center's assigned missions. Join Joe Dowdy to gain insight on how NASA is applying leading edge leadership development strategies to maximize ex...

Noel Tichy is one of the greatest names in leadership. His most recent book is JUDGMENT: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls (with Warren Bennis). Tichy, who was named one of the “Top 10 Management Gurus” by BUSINESSWEEK and BUSINESS 2.0., is the founding editor and chief of HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Join Noel Tichy with Dr’s Cathy Greenberg and Relly Nadler as he shares consulting experiences as a senior partner in Action Learning Associates, with clients including: Best Buy, GE, PepsiCo, Coc...

Tom Heck is founder and president of International Association of Teamwork Facilitators (IATF). Tom is a veteran of the team and leadership development field and has trained leaders and Teamwork Facilitators from North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Central & South America, and Australasia. The tools he’s developed (books, multimedia training CDs, teambuilding activities, audio programs, etc.) are used by facilitators, trainers and coaches to transform teams around the ...

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management. The Novartis Chair was established to enable the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful business enterprises. Edmondson joined Harvard in 1996. Her research examines leadership influences on learning, collaboration and innovation in teams and organizations. She has published widely in academic journals and management periodicals and is the author of teaching cases on The Cleveland Clinic, Pruden...

Lain Hensley is the Co Founder and C.O.O. of Odyssey Teams, Inc. Lain and business partner Bill John started Odyssey Teams, Inc in 1991. Odyssey Teams, has created some of the most recognizable and cutting edge training programs in their industry teaching facilitation skills to internal trainers, developing programs for countless regional and global leadership teams, and leading teambuilding and motivational programs for many Fortune 500 companies. During this program we invite you to learn more...

In this show Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Nadler interview Management GURU, Ken Blanchard. Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today. Ken is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world and is...

In today’s show we will look at Employee engagement and interview motivation expert Adrian Gostick. Adrian Gostick is the author of several bestselling books on corporate culture, including the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller The Carrot Principle. He also wrote the bestsellers The Integrity Advantage and The 24-Carrot Manager. His research on employee engagement has been called a “must read for modern-day managers” by Larry King of CNN, “fascinating,” by Fortune maga...

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...

Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Her honors include a Faculty of the Year Award, Faculty Mentor of the Year Award, a Templeton Positive Psychology Prize, and a million-dollar grant from National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) to conduct research on the possibility of permanently increasing happiness. Her book, The How of Happiness, was released in January, 2008 by Penguin Press and translated into 17 languages.

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-...

Pat is co-founder and moderator of the Women’s Executive Leadership Summit, now in its 7th year at the Center for Advanced Studies in Business at UW – Madison’s School of Business. Over the past 7 years, Pat has gained significant insights from the remarkable women and men who are leading change within their corporate cultures. Pat is a frequent speaker and advisor to executives in key leadership positions in business, education and government on aligning career and organizational success for th...

Join best selling author Ariane de Bonvoisin as she shares her secrets from her book “The First 30 Days”. So why focus on the first thirty days? Ariane de Bonvoisin says despite the change — be it unpredictable or self-propelled — the first few days and weeks are often the hardest, most emotional time. It's when we have the most questions, emotions, doubts and fears, and when decisions need to be made. This is also the time when we are most in need of direction, information and support. Thirty d...

LESLIE MORGAN STEINER is the editor of the LA Times bestselling Mommy Wars and writes “On Balance,” the popular daily Washington Post on-line column about working motherhood. She is a frequent national television and radio guest on NBC’s Today Show, The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, MSNBC, Fox News, and other programs. Steiner holds a BA in English from Harvard College and is a successful corporate executive with twenty years of marketing experience at Leo Burnett, Johnson & Johnson,...

James Gottfurcht, Ph. D., is an internationally recognized money coach and keynote speaker. He is President of Psychology of Money Consultants, a Los Angeles firm, where he coaches financial service and mental health professionals and helps individuals and couples in his specialty. He is a pioneer in the field and has been practicing for over thirty years. In 1982, he developed The Psychology of Money Profile which is a standard and is used with professionals and the public to assess ten psychol...

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...

Dr. Don Kennedy is a board certified family physician, author, professor, lecturer, and certified coach. He is the recognized world expert on longevity and smoking cessation and his unique Smoking Bahbit™ program has helped hundreds beat nicotine addiction. He has practiced family and geriatric medicine for twenty five years Dr. Kennedy is a Diplomat of the American College of Family Medicine, holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from Stetson University, He has been a staff writer f...

Dr. Jeff Auerbach is the founder and president of the College of Executive Coaching, the leading training institute in post-graduate training in Executive Coaching. He is a master certified coach (MCC) from the International Coaching Federation. and he has been an Executive Coach and Trainer for over 14 years. Dr. Auerbach started the College of Executive Coaching in 1995 and has been a leader and instrumental in training over 3000 mental health professionals in coaching techniques. Dr. Auerbach...

Yvette A. Hyater-Adams, is a successful entrepreneur whose history includes being a top executive in financial services and retail. She leads a talented team of consultants at Prime Directive Consulting Group Inc., a management consulting & executive coaching firm focused on building strategies that integrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace, As a poet, Yvette’s approach to working with top business leaders through transformative narratives, underscores her premise “Change your underperf...

David Veillette, President/CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical Center, Arizona, is past President/CEO of The Indiana Heart Hospital, a fully digital heart hospital and was President/CEO of CardCon, Inc. a consultation firm specializing in Healthcare development and implementation of new facilities. Veillette, with more than 35 years of experience in healthcare, received national recognition winning the 2004 Louis Sullivan Award from the Workgroup for Electronic...

As Vice President of Collaborative Growth James applies his expertise in developing emotional effectiveness to help public and private sector leaders expand the depth of their influence, anticipate change, and respond to it resiliently. James is a thought leader in providing Emotional Intelligence training and tools. He is the coauthor of Emotional Intelligence in Action, The Emotionally Intelligent Team, A Coach’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Handbook for Developing Emotional and Social ...

As co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, Dr. Jim Loehr has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of business, sport, medicine, and law enforcement including Fortune 100 executives, FBI Hostage Rescue Teams, and Army Special Forces. He is the author of several books on mental and physical training for peak performance, including the Power of Full Engagement (2003) and “Power of Story”, which we will focus on today. Dr. Loehr’s ground-breaking, science-based energ...