Education is Freedom, with James Keyes – Episode 471 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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On October 15, 2024
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Adam Outland, astronaut, author, Business, CEO, change, education, entrepreneur, fear, intelligence, leadership, management, success, Time Management

James Keyes’ career has included serving as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies; Blockbuster Inc. and 7-Eleven, but he starting off working to be an astronaut. Hear how, plus find out what Einstein called “intelligence having fun”, learn about what CEO really stands for, why 7-Eleven and Blockbuster were really part of the same business, […]

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On July 16, 2024
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Business, CEO, entrepreneur, founder, leadership, management, marketing, music, social media, Stephanie Maas, technology

Cassie Petrey, CEO and co-founder of social media/music management firm Crowd Surf, talks about starting a Backstreet Boys army at 12 years old, questioning Hillary Clinton, how hardware leads to social media change, the limitations of VR, advice on differentiating yourself in a crowded field, innovating new pay structures in the music and digital marketing […]

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On December 26, 2023
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author, Business, collaboration, leadership, management, reliability, risk, Stephanie Maas, success, systems

K. Scott Griffith is the founder and managing partner of SG Collaborative Solutions, LLC and author of the world’s first Collaborative High Reliability improvement programs, recalls averting catastrophe for the airline industry, working for NASA, and tackling risk A.S.A.P., and explains the sequence of reliability, the essential attributes of a highly reliable organization, socio-technical improvement, […]

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On December 12, 2023
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Adam Outland, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, leadership, management, manufacturing, social media, strategy, success

Anthony Constantino, Co-Founder and CEO of Sticker Mule, and also founder of Stimulus, the world’s first 100% ID-verified social media network, talks about reverse engineering his first successes as a teenager, growing his thriving company from the dysfunctional wreckage of a prior business, and judging on the basis of attendance, shares his dead simple business […]

Be Curious, with Jim Bartolomea – Episode 441 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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On September 19, 2023
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Adam Outland, AI, benefits, Business, hiring, HR, human resources, leadership, management, retention, staffing, success

Jim Bartolomea, SVP and Global Head of People and Places at ClickUp, talks about his “softie”, Broadway-loving, military father, creating a benefits program that drives retention, why letting people go in a beautiful way is hugely important to remaining employees, why people leave managers, not jobs, conducting “stay” rather than “exit” interviews, having confidence in […]

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On June 23, 2023
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author, Business, CEO, engagement, entrepreneur, focus on giving, leadership, management, productivity

We catch back up with Mike McFall, author, entrepreneur, and Co-CEO of Biggby Coffee, who walks us through his new book, “Grow: Take Your Business from Chaos to Calm“, explains how the best-run business is one you’re not a part of, hips us to the “most powerful productivity hack in corporate America since the microprocessor”, […]

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On November 29, 2022
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author, Business, CEO, employee loyalty, entrepreneur, goal setting, leadership, management, success

Mike McFall, Co-CEO of BIGGBY COFFEE®, the US’s third largest coffee franchise, recalls sailing around the world as a teenager and expounds on conscious capitalism, working towards being the eventual owner of the Detroit Red Wings (any day now), doing due diligence on yourself as an entrepreneur, determining your “Grind Score”, gut-checking your ego, why […]

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On September 13, 2022
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Business, human resources, leadership, management, Nicaragua, overcome adversity, security

Patty Hoppenstedt, Chief Operations and People Officer for Southwestern Family of Companies, shares her upbringing in Central America and the natural disaster that helped shape her early life, to her beginnings in security in the 9/11 era, stint in city management, and the influences and determination from her unique background that help her create the […]

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On July 19, 2022
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author, Business, CEO, coaching, executive, fitness, gratefulness, gratitude, management, marketing, motivation, sales

It’s a rare tag-team episode, featuring former CEO and Fortune 50 Global Executive Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann alongside fitness pro and Founder of SOFit SF Inc., Lillian So, covering the importance of paying yourself first, the 4 major Rs (reset, renew, rest, reflect), why it’s impossible to be grateful and be in a crisis at the same […]

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On June 15, 2021
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Business, coaching, emotional intelligence, empowerment, management, relationships, world peace

Executive Coach and “Relational Alchemist” Jamie George is back, continuing his wide-ranging discussion on topics such as models of personality and how to diffuse a heated situation, how to transform defensiveness into curiosity and micromanagement into empowerment, self-talk, emotional intelligence, and yes, they even take a crack at creating world peace. More about Jamie George: […]

Education is Freedom, with James Keyes – Episode 471 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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