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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Built Different, with Chip Gaines – Episode 417 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On February 21, 2023
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  • alumni, author, Business, entrepreneur, family, leadership, Southwestern Advantage, success
Magnolia co-founder, TV personality, bestselling author, and proud Southwestern Advantage alumnus Chip Gaines talks about his beginnings selling books door to door, his true calling as a “riverboat pastor”, the hybrid of James Dean and the Marlboro Man that he called his grandfather, awakening the grizzly bear of work ethic, what L.U.C.K. really stands for, […]
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