Catching Disco Fever, with Candice Faktor – Episode 427 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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On May 23, 2023
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Business, CEO, COVID-19, education, entrepreneur, leadership, learning, motivation, success, tech, technology

Candice Faktor, CEO and Co-Founder of virtual online learning startup Disco, and a serial tech entrepreneur, explains going from a victim to the agent of our lives, possessing the unique motivational drive of an immigrant, learning to be calm and creating a sense of self, why the pandemic was the single best time in the […]

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On May 9, 2023
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author, Business, C-Suite networking, CEO, decision making, leadership, mentorship, success, tech, technology

Accomplished C-Suite leader Atif Rafiq reflects on starting a bank in elementary school (spoiler, it didn’t quite work), the power in the neutrality of raw curiosity, coming aboard AOL at the start of the internet boom, becoming the first Chief Digital Officer in the history of the Fortune 500, digitizing fast food, the creativity-killing hazard […]

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On May 2, 2023
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author, Business, CEO, COVID-19, entrepreneur, leadership, security, Southwestern Advantage, Southwestern Family of Companies, success, transportation

Nathan Foy, author, entrepreneur, and the CEO of Fortis, talks about overcoming your “milkshake moments”, how 9/11 almost toppled, then helped rebuild, his business, being relentlessly skeptical, “failing into” things, using their resources to help out during the pandemic, and channeling the Founding Fathers when creating a leadership team. About Nathan: Nathan Foy is founder […]

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On April 25, 2023
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Business, CEO, entrepreneur, founder, hiring, leadership, PR, Time Management, vision, workflow

Siimon Sander, serial entrepreneur, founder of Oscar Hamilton, and CEO of AboutHire, recounts the early days and the new frontier of podcasting, why not to be so patient with things (give it 6 weeks), how to have a vision but keep it flexible, and talks about making friends with ChatGPT, how entrepreneurship = delegation, 3 […]

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On April 18, 2023
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author, Business, inclusion, leadership, overcome adversity, psychology, sneakers, trust

Dr. Adam C. Bandelli, organizational psychologist, leadership advisor, and Founder & Managing Director of Bandelli & Associates, discusses overcoming bipolar disorder, emotional intelligence vs relational intelligence, embodying the change he wanted to see, why inclusivity = authenticity, Boomer vs Gen Z leadership styles, groundbreaking definitions of trust, rapport, and influence, and takes a DEEP dive […]

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On April 4, 2023
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author, Business, CEO, consulting, efficiency, entrepreneur, productivity, success, Time Management

Nick Sonnenberg, entrepreneur, Inc. columnist, guest lecturer at Columbia University, and founder & CEO of Leverage, a leading operational efficiency consultancy, talks about buying time at a discount, getting a 2 minute notice from a partner, effective vs efficient, why every team should think about CPR (Communication, Planning, and Resources), sorting information like laundry, the […]

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On March 28, 2023
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author, CEO, founder, leadership, music, passion, rock, success

Music producer, promoter, and the founder and CEO of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, David Fishof, talks about moving from a sports agent to representing The Association, reuniting the Monkees, receiving divine intervention from MTV, why today’s world is unlimited for aspiring artists of any age, the benefit of literally drawing out your goals, reflects […]

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On March 21, 2023
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alumni, Business, career, executive, leadership, recruit, Southwestern Advantage, thinkingahead

Stephanie Maas, Executive Search Partner with ThinkingAhead Executive Search, one of the top 10 executive search firms in the country, and a Certified Personnel Consultant, speaks on getting her start selling books door-to-door, knowing your weaknesses and strengthening your aptitudes, following the “Jerry Maguire philosophy”, the definition of “talent”, what one of the nation’s top executive […]

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On March 7, 2023
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alumni, Business, leadership, politics, sales, Senate, Southwestern Advantage, success, Tennessee

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee State Senator, Tennessee Congressional Representative, 4-summer alumnus of the Southwestern Advantage program, and now United States Senator, chats about being only the fourth woman elected to Congress from Tennessee, and the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee, her surprising early role as a pioneer in digital entertainment, […]

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On February 28, 2023
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alumni, author, Business, entrepreneur, family, motivation, Southwestern Advantage, success

Magnolia co-founder, TV personality, bestselling author, and Southwestern Advantage alumnus Chip Gaines chats with host Adam Outland about nature vs nurture and chicken vs egg, recalls the best day of his life (which sort of wasn’t so great), shares his Austin Powers moment, reflects on being too broke to declare bankruptcy and how he initially […]

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Catching Disco Fever, with Candice Faktor – Episode 427 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Decision Sprint, with Atif Rafiq – Episode 426 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

You Can’t Control the Wind, with Nathan Foy – Episode 425 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Be The Leader, Not The Hero, with Siimon Sander – Episode 424 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Relational Intelligence, with Dr. Adam C. Bandelli – Episode 423 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Come Up For Air, with Nick Sonnenberg – Episode 422 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Rock and Roll Fantasy, with David Fishof – Episode 421 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Right Person, Right Organization, Right Time, with Stephanie Maas – Episode 420 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Of The People, with Senator Marsha Blackburn – Episode 419 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Believe in Home, with Chip Gaines – Episode 418 of The Action Catalyst Podcast