Ranked #1
195: Glenn Elliott: Get on with it and stay resilient
195: Glenn Elliott: Get on with it and stay resilient
Glenn Elliott was trying to grow his company by building a sales team. He had six false starts, received tons of advice ... Read more
17 Oct 2018
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37mins
Ranked #2
188: Howard Partridge: I was a terrible leader
188: Howard Partridge: I was a terrible leader
Howard Partridge had the vision for a turnkey business. What he did not realize was that his strong out-going task-orien... Read more
29 Aug 2018
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35mins
Ranked #3
129: Judd Hoekstra: I had all that junk swirling around in my head
129: Judd Hoekstra: I had all that junk swirling around in my head
Judd Hoekstra got into a downward spiral. He got to the point where he was putting emphasis in the wrong area. It create... Read more
12 Jul 2017
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28mins
Ranked #4
206: Karen Chaston: I did not honor myself
206: Karen Chaston: I did not honor myself
Karen Chaston tragically lost her son Dan and she went straight back to work. She knew how to be a CFO, not a grieving m... Read more
2 Jan 2019
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30mins
Ranked #5
223: Douglas Gerber: How do you create high-performance teams?
223: Douglas Gerber: How do you create high-performance teams?
Douglas Gerber was a Vice President at Pepsi when one of his regional managers gave him some terrible news. He was leavi... Read more
1 May 2019
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32mins
Ranked #6
211: Ed Muzio: I needed to iterate
211: Ed Muzio: I needed to iterate
Ed Muzio was running an industry forum for the first time. While he followed the advice he received he missed a few key ... Read more
6 Feb 2019
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32mins
Ranked #7
219: Stacey Hanke: My influence was redefined
219: Stacey Hanke: My influence was redefined
Stacey Hanke was doing introductions for speakers early in her career and her boss said she needed to be recorded for fe... Read more
3 Apr 2019
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31mins
Ranked #8
249: Scott Warrick: Resolving employee conflict is simple
249: Scott Warrick: Resolving employee conflict is simple
Scott Warrick had a client that all of a sudden stopped communicating with him. After several attempts to connect withou... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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51mins
Ranked #9
227: Alan Stein: I work hard to be coachable
227: Alan Stein: I work hard to be coachable
Alan Stein Jr. spent most of his life with qualities that weren’t so endearing. But now he works hard on his self-awaren... Read more
29 May 2019
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37mins
Ranked #10
255: John DiJulius: Relationship is the differentiator today
255: John DiJulius: Relationship is the differentiator today
John DiJulius, III looked back on mistakes and regrets and found a pattern. He’s always been the underdog, and when he t... Read more
11 Dec 2019
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41mins
Ranked #11
213: Chris Westfall: There are no mistakes
213: Chris Westfall: There are no mistakes
Chris Westfall wrote down his desired salary on a napkin and the CEO accepted it. He started his new job but only a few ... Read more
20 Feb 2019
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39mins
Ranked #12
185: Connie Malamed: You have to want to give to them
185: Connie Malamed: You have to want to give to them
Connie Malamed wrote a book about visual language for instructional design to achieve quick and effective communication ... Read more
8 Aug 2018
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30mins
Ranked #13
198: David Hiatt: At what point am I going to take myself seriously
198: David Hiatt: At what point am I going to take myself seriously
David Hiatt had friends that convinced him to enter a speech contest. He did it half way but soon realized that when he ... Read more
7 Nov 2018
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26mins
Ranked #14
256: Gleb Tsipursky: Never go with your gut
256: Gleb Tsipursky: Never go with your gut
Gleb Tsipursky and his wife set out to start a non-profit. But quickly they began to experience a lot of conflict trying... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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47mins
Ranked #15
265: Ryan Gottfredson: I shifted from my negative mindsets
265: Ryan Gottfredson: I shifted from my negative mindsets
Ryan Gottfredson came to appreciate his deep learning about mindsets because it’s much more fulfilling and rewarding tha... Read more
19 Feb 2020
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45mins
Ranked #16
214: Cheryl Strauss Einhorn: Where I am may not be where somebody else is
214: Cheryl Strauss Einhorn: Where I am may not be where somebody else is
Cheryl Strauss Einhorn grew up trying to investigate and get to know her father to develop a deeper relationship. This l... Read more
27 Feb 2019
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33mins
Ranked #17
263: Alex Castro: What’s your readiness score?
263: Alex Castro: What’s your readiness score?
Alex Castro found that ninety percent of his clients were not in a position of readiness when he was brought in to help ... Read more
5 Feb 2020
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45mins
Ranked #18
199: Brannon Beliso: Achievements and success are two different things
199: Brannon Beliso: Achievements and success are two different things
Brannon Beliso had no choice when he was a child, he was a victim. At some point Brannon the man had to make the better ... Read more
14 Nov 2018
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29mins
Ranked #19
222: Samuel Bacharach: Leaders listen, apologize, and move agendas
222: Samuel Bacharach: Leaders listen, apologize, and move agendas
Samuel Bacharach was a new professor at Cornell and was called out for not following procedures by an office administrat... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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36mins
Ranked #20
127: KH Kim: I focused on my weaknesses a lot
127: KH Kim: I focused on my weaknesses a lot
Dr. KH Kim was assigned to write and report the meeting minutes for her group faculty meetings. Not being experienced in... Read more
28 Jun 2017
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31mins