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112: Silent Language of Leaders – Interview with Carol Goman

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The two channels of non-verbal communication that we want leaders to use 
  • Gender differences and how they impact non-verbal leadership signals
  • Cultural views of time and tips on how to be respectful when traveling abroad
  • How emotions are common across cultures, but what can be shared, displayed, or shown differs
  • What makes our brains default to negative interpretations of any news under certain circumstances

Carol Goman talks with Bill Ringle about the silent language of leaders that each of us can speak more fluently.

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106: The Leaders Climb – Interview with Paul Heagen

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How an early start in news radio led to a career in executive coaching
  • What to do when you find yourself going too fast and fighting too many decisions
  • The similarities of a movie script to a life script
  • How having a professional code of behavior makes it easy to be consistent and credible
  • How publishing a book creates a public standard and personal challenge for congruence

Paul Heagan talks with Bill Ringle about how to succeed by creating an environment where you can do your best thinking and leading.

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104: Leadership from the Inside Out – Interview with Kevin Cashman

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The value of both outer tools (strategy, communications, teambuilding, finance,…) and inner tools (self-awareness of values, character, talents, vision,…) for great leaders
  • What it takes to transform the volitility, unpredictability, complex, and ambiguous elements to those of vision, understanding, clarity, and agility
  • How it took 9 years of research and 1 year of writing to create The Pause Principle book
  • What steps Kevin took to add a “pause environment” in his home 

Kevin Cashman talks with Bill Ringle about using the Pause Principle to develop yourself, others, and to create a culture of innovation. 

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103: 18 Minutes – Interview with Peter Bregman

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The right environment to train business leaders who must have dangerous conversations
  • What makes the “You can have it all” myth so important to burst
  • How to use 5 boxes on your daily planner to accomplish the most important objectives each year

Peter Bregman talks with Bill Ringle about the benefits of finding your focus.

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101: Change Friendly Leadership – Interview with Rodger Dean Duncan

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • What newscaster Jim Lehrer taught Rodger about good interviewing
  • Why it is important to set up and maintain an environment to challenge the status quo
  • How an losing agra business turned itself around in 12 months and yielded a $252 million profit 
  • Points of effective communication with a change initiative
  • The importance of being wiling to be influenced

Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan talks with Bill Ringle about change-friendly leadership.

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88: Wired for Care – Featured Interview with Dev Patnaik

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How his first job unlocked new ways of thinking about design
  • What most businesses miss in terms of making strategy pay off
  • Why the learner’s mindset matters more than most realize
  • Components of an innovative work culture
  • Why Target refers to its customers as “Guests”

Dev Patnaik talks with Bill Ringle about turning ambiguity into opportuntity for his clients.

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86: Nanovation – Featured Interview with Jackie Freiberg

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How leadership is really about relationships unfolding
  • What organizations do to make strategy part of their culture
  • How to recognize and avoid “Dead Person Working” syndrome
  • What leading companies do to invest in their people
  • How to use feedback as a gift for growth rather than as a destructive tool

Jackie Freiberg talks with Bill Ringle about what it really takes to create a culture of leadership and initiative.

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82: The Simple Elegance of Shibumi: Featured Interview with guest expert Matthew May

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How Matt’s career took off with the publication of his book.
  • How the refinement of a loom design factors into Toyota’s heritage and culture.
  • What shibumi means for business leaders.
  • How to combat crippling complexity in organizations.

Matthew E. May talks with Bill Ringle about innovation and the ability to achieve the maximum results with the minimum means.

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81: Creativity is for Everyone – Featured Interview with guest expert Lisa Bodell

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The reality behind how innovation occurs in business.
  • What makes leadership harder than it has to be for some.
  • The importance of mindset in approaching solutions.
  • How you can unlock creative energy in your company by killing stupid rules.

Lisa Bodell talks with Bill Ringle about insights gained from leading innovation initiatives in major companies around the world.

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80: Systems that Succeed – Featured Interview with guest expert Tom Searcy

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How to build systems that allow you to repeat your successes.
  • How to minimize risk in going after big sales.
  • The advantages of tracking your success through the measurable success of your clients.

Tom Searcy talks with Bill Ringle about the advantages, risks, and transformative successes of big sales.

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79: Cultivating Radiance – Featured Interview with guest expert Tamara Gerlach

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How to take yourself lightly and your business seriously
  • The rapid business boost a successful book can provide
  • What interviews and focused networking can do for your business growth

 

Tamara Gerlach talks with Bill Ringle about connecting with our inner radiance and sharing it with the world in a big way.

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78: Maintaining Networks of Knowledge – Featured Interview with Brian Reich

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • Qualities of a successful info strategist and how that can help your business
  • The importance of avoiding the shiny object syndrome
  • The big challenges on which we can be focusing our talents and technology to improve quality of life now and in the future
  • The key to tackling challenging problems
  • Tips you can use to avoid information overwhelm

Brian Reich talks with Bill Ringle about perspectives from an info strategist that can help your business grow.

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76: The Shifting Marketplace – Featured Interview with guest expert Scott Klososky

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How a dyslexic boss showed how to find a willing market and build a business from the ground up
  • What it took to sell to larger companies as a startup
  • Mistakes made and lessons learned from overly ambitious business expansion
  • What CEOs need to know now about leadership skills in the age of digital marketing and social media 

Scott Klososky talks with Bill Ringle about practices for becoming a smarter business leader using technology and your core strengths.

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73: Linked Strategies – Featured Interview with guest expert Nate Kievman

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • Some of the standards you must clear to be considered a thought leader
  • The power of saying “no” to opportunities and how it helps you grow your business
  • What “platform maturity” allows you as an expert to do to serve even a larger customer base
  • How to convey trust, authority, and credibility using your LinkedIn profile
  • Emerging trends with LinkedIn that will allow businesses to build a larger platform in even less time than before

Nathan Kievman talks with Bill Ringle about growing a business and a brand based on the business social media network, LinkedIn.

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70: The Female Vision – Interview with Sally Helgesen

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How senior leaders are looking to use women’s leadership more strategically.
  • How technology allows customers and prospective employees to evaluate the opportunities for doing business with your organization.
  • What a leading Scandinavian law firm changed in their business to allow people to make a greater contribution.
  • The connection between diversity, openness to change, extraordinary customer experience, and the future of business.

Sally Helgesen talks with Bill Ringle about how companies are responding to the demands of their clients for more diverse and responsive leadership.

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67: Making Ideas Happen – Featured Interview with guest expert Scott Belsky

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How Scott completed his creative project, the book Making Things Happen.
  • How to create a live event program with a waiting list of hundreds of creative professionals.
  • How Scott busted the top 5 myths about how to make creative ideas really happen.

Scott Belsky talks with Bill Ringle about the truth behind empowering creative professionals to make ideas happen.

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65: Trail Blazers – Interview with Lenora Billings-Harris

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How to bridge gaps created by perception
  • Reminders of being your best by being who you authentically are
  • The importance of attending to your verbal and non-verbal messages and micromessages that you send
  • Examples of reaching out to emerging markets in a way that’s not (unintentionally) condescending
  • A technique for raising your awareness of what it feels like to be a minority so you can become a better leader

Lenora Billings-Harris talks with Bill Ringle about building self-esteem and building a successful career as a minority woman.

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63: The Heart of Leadership – Interview with Elizabeth Jeffries

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • What it means to “layer” learning.
  • The importance of cultivating curiosity.
  • Factors to consider when choosing an executive coach.
  • What helps executives thrive in a coaching relationship.

Elizabeth Jeffries talks with Bill Ringle about coaching high performers and rising stars.

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62: The Reactor Factor – Interview with Marsha Petrie Sue

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The TLC of Choice
  • How many people have mental terrorism going on in their own heads
  • What to do instead of trying to change others to suit your purposes
  • A philosophy of giving that helps Marsha contribute on such a big scale to her customers and clients and friends

Marsha Petrie Sue talks with Bill Ringle about using personal accountability as a competitive advantage in business and in your personal life.

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59: The On Demand Brand – Interview with Rick Mathieson

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How Rick reached Tom Peters and formed the basis of a professional mentorship and friendship.
  • What the sustaining energy is that keeps people engaged and “in the conversation” both online and off line.
  • Contrasting examples of a company that bombed with their online effort and several that hit home runs.
  • The law of transparency online that allows even the smallest pizza shop to use these largely no-charge tools to build a fan base.

Rick Mathieson talks with Bill Ringle about the interesting journey from writer to digital marketing author and expert.

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58: Get Yourself Unstuck a Featured Interview with guest expert Libby Gill

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The one behavior to change that so many business people get trapped by
  • How two clients with similar backgrounds and challenges but drastically different results inspired You Unstuck
  • The differences in risk perception between business owners and business workers
  • What steps were taken to improve visibility through keynote speaking
  • The vital importance of delegating (and what idea to adopt to master this area)

Libby Gill talks with Bill Ringle about getting unstuck and moving in a postiive, productive, and authentic direction.

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57: The Acorn Principle – Interview with Jim Cathcart

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How a single decision helped Jim break through to a much more fullfilling and rewarding life.
  • What it means to create effective and profitable business relationships.
  • Steps to discovering your own potential.

Jim Cathcart talks with Bill Ringle about life lessons that lead to success in business and beyond.

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56: Career Mapping – Interview with Ginny Clarke

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How to adjust to the change from working in a corporate environment to launching a business.
  • The new world of work and what skills both companies and business owners will need to hone to succeed.
  • Three techniques that Ginny has used to differentiate her business in a crowded industry.

Ginny Clarke talks with Bill Ringle about taking one’s own advice to chart a career with greater satisfaction and fulfillment.

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55: Skirts in the Boardroom – Interview with Marshawn Evans

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • What propelled and inspired Marshawn to excel in each phase of her career.
  • That in order to prosper, you have to share the authentic essence of who you are, not a copy of somebody else.
  • How to start to discover and articulate your purpose in life.

Marshawn Evans talks with Bill Ringle about the importance of creating our own economy to thrive in the larger economy.

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54: Customer Service, Who Really Cares? – Interview with Kit Grant

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The primary reasons that keep people from taking responsibility
  • How every choice has a consequence
  • What it means when everyone on a team is engaged personally in the mission
  • The importance of the leader setting the tone for the team or business 

Kit Grant talks with Bill Ringle about personal responsibility and initiative as foundations of strong teams and organizations.

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53: Contented Cows – Interview with Richard Hadden

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • About the fundamentals of leadership and good customer service.
  • How diversification and targeting leads your business to greater success.
  • The importance of meaning and mentorship to employee retention.

Richard Hadden talks with Bill Ringle about the secrets of creating great places to work.

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51: The Consulting Bible – Interview with Alan Weiss

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The best times to ask for a business referral, and how to lay the groundwork for receiving one.
  • Specific language to use to get good referrals and great prospects, and why that’s important.
  • What other options you can offer a buyer who is satisfied with the value you’ve added.
  • How Alan used referrals to personally invite Marshall Goldsmith and David Maister as presenters at his Thought Leadership conference.
  • The importance of community for professional and personal growth.

Alan Weiss talks with Bill Ringle about the attitudes and behaviors that lead to success through referrals and thought leadership.

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48: The Responsible Business – Interview with Carol Sanford

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How an early mentor introduced Carol to people, organizations, and systems that have nurtured a 30-year work plan.
  • The most important thing for a company that is embracing sustainability to keep in mind.
  • A reality about different ends of the organizational hierarchy that all businesses should understand.
  • What Internet transparancy is doing to shape how leaders communicate.

Carol Sanford talks with Bill Ringle about integrating sustainable thinking, planning, and actions in large corporate projects.

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46: Getting Things Done – Interview with Mike Williams

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The importance of learning “agility competency” in order to flourish in today’s work environment.
  • Smart steps to take when you find yourself in a situation where the rules and structures have changed (or vanished!).
  • How stretching beyond the comfort zone led to great opportunities.
  • Key points to consider as a founder transitions to a new role and brings in a CEO.
  • How the best practices of your business life can bring order and harmony to your family life, as well.

Mike Williams talks with Bill Ringle about improving your personal and business productivity through the Getting Things Doneâ„¢ philosophy and methods.

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45: Coloring Outside the Lines – Interview with Jeff Tobe

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • Why Jeff believes everyone is creative, not just a chosen few.
  • The question that helps a business leader shatter the limiting stereotype of how customers perceive his or her company.
  • The 2010 Gallup survey finding of only 42% of American workers engaged in their work.
  • The two key components of creativity and how to think through value delivery at every touchpoint.

Jeff Tobe talks with Bill Ringle about how smart companies encourage creativity internally and focus on top customer experience externally.

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44: Mastering the World of Selling – Interview with Eric Taylor

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The characteristics needed to be successful in personal marketing and selling.
  • How Eric promoted Jeffrey Gitomer’s seminars for success.
  • The lesson of asking, “How can I provide value first?”

Eric Taylor talks with Bill Ringle about his rapid growth in business through creating qualified leads,

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40: Talent is Overrated – Interview with Geoff Colvin

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The three keys to high performance in business, sports, and the arts.
  • What to focus on when you want to improve your game in any area of your life.
  • The vital role that feedback and accountability play in reaching new levels.
  • What Geoff learned when he spoke with 3 self-made billionaires (Sir Richard Branson, Steve Case, and Ted Turner).

Geoff Colvin talks with Bill Ringle about the role of deliberate practice in developing exceptional capabilities and results in business as well as other arenas.

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39: Successful Blog – Interview with guest expert Liz Strauss

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How blog writing on the Internet is like “Little House on the Prairie”.
  • Why “location, location, location” matters on the Internet, but it’s not where you live or work.
  • Valuable tools to use to boost your blog and Twitter visibility on the Internet.
  • The importance of speaking the language that your target market is using.
  • The secret of using “co-opetition” to exchange insights with peer experts.
  • How focusing on a niche helps raise your reputation faster.

Liz Strauss talks with Bill Ringle about being successful as an entrepreneur blogger.

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38: Capturing New Markets – Interview with Stephen Wunker

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How success in embarking on new ventures leads to its own momentum.
  • What a South African bank did to expand its opportunities through looking at the problems its customers were facing from their perspective.
  • What it means to assess what doesn’t exist in the marketplace and how it might present a growth opportunity.
  • The viewpoint of a company evaluating a new market strategy and the risks they have to weigh.
  • Whether your best bet is to take a superhighway or a country road or a combination of the two as you innovate towards growth.

Stephen Wunker talks with Bill Ringle about new ways of thinking to be successful creating new ways to grow business.

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34: The Improvisation Edge – Interview with Karen Hough

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Listen to this interview to learn:

    • How behavioral skills lead to success.
    • The necessity of stepping outside our comfort zone.
    • Why having fun at work is not only more enjoyable, but vital to gaining new insights and developing new forms of collaboration and teamwork.

    Karen Hough talks with Bill Ringle about building trust on individual, team, and organizational levels through improvisation, honesty, and acting in line with your values.

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    33: Management Rewired – Interview with Charles Jacobs

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

    • Surprising details on how our minds work.
    • The myth of economic maximizing rules.
    • How asking questions proved key at DEC and can help your team, too.
    • What motivates people to contribute even more than money.

    Charles Jacobs talks with Bill Ringle about how the latest discoveries in brain science inform better management practices.

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    31: Honesty Sells – Interview with guest expert Colleen Francis

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

    • How she decided to leave a successful career to start her business
    • The shipping company case study, where small spot sales were converted to larger, more frequent sales
    • What hurdles companies need to clear in order to approach sales with greater effectiveness 
    • A practical tip for helping salespeople move outside their comfort zone
    • The importance of dispelling the myth that selling is an innate skill, so your business can grow

    Colleen Francis talks with Bill Ringle about how to truly think big and take action to build a business that serves clients worldwide.

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    30: Boring to Bravo – Interview with Kristin J. Arnold

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

    • How keeping in touch can lead to new work.
    • The importance of always going the extra mile for clients and how it pays off.
    • What a focus on streamlining your business can do for you.

    Kristin Arnold talks with Bill Ringle about how staying in touch and being responsive has led to great opportunities.

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    29: How to Click with People – Interview with Dr. Rick Kirschner

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

    • How following your passion opens doors to new opportunities.
    • What Congress can learn about working productively with people with whom you strongly disagree on issues.
    • A three-step process for helping people and organizations change.
    • The risks of social media technology for young people today.

    Dr. Rick Kirschner talks with Bill Ringle about the art of change.

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    28: The Ring in the Bubble – Interview with Gary Bradt

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

    • How to turn a love of working with people into a career
    • What to listen for when your customer has critical feedback and important details to pick up
    • Why your goals must be important enough to pursue, and to be aware of your motivations
    • How telling the truth is a vital leadership practice

    Dr. Gary Bradt talks with Bill Ringle about leadership lessons learned while building a successful business as a well-known author, speaker, and advisor to senior management.

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    27: Smart Woman Solutions – Interview with Joy Chudacoff

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

    • How entrepreneurship can be a pathway for women to earn more money and freedom.
    • Some of the best lifestyle benefits of being a successful business owner.
    • When to move on from a business or career path to embrace a new direction.
    • What focus can do to help you become more efficient in your business and lead a more satisfying family/personal life.
    • Networking secrets for women in business.

    Joy Chudacoff talks with Bill Ringle about accelerating the careers of women entrepreneurs and integrating family and work.

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    25:Transformational Mothering – Interview with Amy Robbins-Wilson

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

    • How business ideas can come from unexpected inspiration.
    • Advice on positioning yourself and your business where people will look for it.
    • The importance of creating a genuine dialogue with your customers.

    Amy Robbins-Wilson talks with Bill Ringle about the role of music in healing and business building.

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    23: Users Not Customers – Interview with guest expert Aaron Shapiro

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    Listen to this interview to learn:

      • How a company pivots based on customer feedback.
      • What steps a full-service digital agency take to insure success with high stake assignments from Fortune 1000 firms, including Comcast, Target, and HBO.
      • How the magic of good design leads to rapid product adoption.
      • The demand for a great online experience (and how the bar keeps getting raised) by the generation of consumers now in their 20’s.
      • What Forrester research says about the role of online sales transactions in 2012.

      Aaron Shapiro talks with Bill Ringle about the urgent need for companies of all sizes to make the shift to treating customers as users.

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      22: Future-Proofing Your Business – Interview with Troy Hazard

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      Listen to this interview to learn:

      • The importance of engaging your customers
      • Specific tools you can use to future-proof your business
      • An example of how to listen to your team to gain credibility
      • The evolution of an entrepreneur from start-up to investor

      Troy Hazard talks with Bill Ringle about applying common sense to solving important business problems throughout a successful career.

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      19: Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most – Interview with Sybil Stershic

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      Listen to this interview to learn:

      • How to recognize the ineffective lip service some managers give when what employees want is to make more significant contributions.
      • The importance of an internal marketing action plan.
      • Why the more employees know about the customer, the better they can serve them.
      • Why people leave a boss or supervisor, not a company, in general.
      • Three levels of connection to review for optimum employee engagement.

      Sybil Stershic talks with Bill Ringle about internal marketing insights for both business and non-profit teams.

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      18: Creating Personal Presence – Interview with Dianna Booher

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      Listen to this interview to learn:

        • How a Fortune 100 corportation helped launch her business.
        • Mistakes to avoid when running a business meeting.
        • What makes communication more powerful than simply sharing information.
        • The relationship between how you deliver the message and the impact it has on your audience.

        Dianna Booher talks with Bill Ringle about distinctions that make communication more effective in business relationships and cause organizations that follow these principles to be more profitable and productive.

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        17: Greater than Yourself – Interview with Steve Farber

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        Listen to this interview to learn:

        • How you need to reflect on your experience and abilities to identify where you can make a valuable contribution
        • Position isn’t a requirement to express, exert, or exude leadership
        • The LEAP framework for extreme leadership
        • What makes a great leader can be cultivated
        • The micro-organizational level of leadership is where immediate changes can be noticed
        • How extreme leadership occurs in business, education, and across all industries

        Steve Farber talks with Bill Ringle about the characteristics and behaviors that allow anyone to become an extreme leader.

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