Episodes - The Action Catalyst

Leading to Thrive, with Klaus Kleinfeld – Episode 490 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On July 1, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Adam Outland, author, Business, CEO, data, entrepreneur, feedback, high performance, leadership, purpose, questions, success
Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents, recalls going to work at age 12, and covers the perils of sign language in the business world, getting close to the source of an issue, why we should be talking about […]
Read More
 

Daytime to Dysko, with Daniel Goddard – Episode 489 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On June 10, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • actor, AI, Business, CEO, entertainment, entrepreneur, media, networking, Stephanie Maas, success, tech, technology, TV
Daniel Goddard, CEO of the AI networking app, Dysko and an actor with over 30 years of experience examines the parallels between entertainment and entrepreneurship, recounts the crazy reaction when daytime TV messed with his fan base, pinpoints the business that oversees ALL business, recalls disappointing a date in bed (for a really noble reason), […]
Read More
 1

Think Big, Buy Small, with Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff – Episode 488 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On June 3, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • acquisition, Adam Outland, author, Business, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Harvard, leadership, Podcast, risk, success
Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, Harvard Business School professors and co-hosts of the Think Big, Buy Small podcast, explore the growing trend of “acquisition entrepreneurship”, including the type of person who might be right for it, the type of opportunity to look for and how to find them, the relative LACK of risk involved, and […]
Read More
 

Survive, Reset, Thrive, with Dr. Rebecca Homkes – Episode 487 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On May 20, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • author, Business, CEO, executive, growth, leadership, learning, reset, strategy, success, survive, teaching, thrive
High-growth strategy specialist, executive advisor, and lecturer at the London Business School, Dr. Rebecca Homkes, explains how growth is a loop, not a line, and lays out the 4 C’s that threaten a business, the 6 questions to ask in the middle of a strategy reset, the 3 things thriving organizations have, the difference between […]
Read More
 

Talent, Hunger, Wonder, with Bob Bush – Episode 486 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On May 13, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Adam Outland, Bezos, Business, CEO, leadership, motivation, risk, success, Tesla
Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee, explains the key business point on which he disagrees with Bezos, breaks down risk tolerance internationally and domestically, shares the historical lesson we can learn from Nikola Tesla, and talks about keeping the hunger and the naivety that is your spark. […]
Read More
 

Commerce Over Charity, with Bob Bush – Episode 485 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On May 6, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Business, CEO, Dubai, failure, leadership, learning, success, values, Wall Street
Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee, shares the life lessons he learned on early-morning bus rides, and reflects on being allowed to fail (a little bit), talking his way onto Wall Street, getting “behind the numbers”, the head and the heart connection, helping develop Dubai, defining “social […]
Read More
 

Innovating in Style, with Anya Cheng – Episode 484 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On April 15, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • AI, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, founder, leadership, Silicon Valley, startup, Stephanie Maas, success, Taiwan, tech, technology
Anya Cheng is the founder and CEO of Taelor, and a former Head of Product for Meta, eBay, Target, and McDonalds, shares the absolutely insanely tenacious path of networking to her first job, getting to Silicon Valley by accepting a job in Minnesota, an eye-opening story about the prejudices that still exist in the startup […]
Read More
 

Your Best Life Forward, with Dr. Amy D’Aprix – Episode 483 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On April 1, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Adam Outland, advisor, author, Business, empathy, entrepreneur, finances, founder, leadership, Lifebridge Strategies, listening, money, planning, retirement, success
Dr. Amy D’Aprix, President and Founder of Lifebridge Strategies, talks about bridging the gap between the stages, changes, and events of life transitions, how life and money go hand in hand, using the right “script” in your interactions, the 3 levels of listening, why empathy is everything, and offers a tease of what’s to come. […]
Read More
 

Beyond Basketball: Championship Lessons for Success, with Tyler Summitt – Episode 482 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On March 25, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • basketball, Business, coaching, decision making, leadership, Pat Summitt, speaker, Stephanie Maas, success, team building, teams, winning
Tyler Summitt, son of legendary coach Pat Summitt, as well as the Co-Founder of Pat Summitt Leadership Group, shares the group’s mission, the story of Pat’s humble beginnings, the art of mastering full executive decision making in 90 second or less, the “secret sauce” to Pat’s leadership, what she definitely didn’t understand about, but learned […]
Read More
 

Action Catalyst Update: John Rossman

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On March 18, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • author, Business, coaching, data, digital, disruption, future, leadership, metrics, speaker, success
Author, executive advisor, and Managing Partner and Founder of Rossman Partners, John Rossman, rejoins the show to discuss “the innovator’s dilemma”, building foundations, chasing perfection, and making big bets, how to REALLY use metrics and make metrics a verb, 3 megatrends for the future of business, the role of business in democracy, and the #1 […]
Read More