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GOAT Wisdom, with Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell – Episode 494 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On October 7, 2025
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  • author, Business, community, entrepreneur, farm, goat, kindness, Shark Tank, skincare, Stephanie Maas, success, Work Life Balance
Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, a.k.a. the “Fabulous Beekman Boys”, co-founders of Beekman 1802 skincare, recount settling in with Farmer John and his goats and packing 52,000 bars of soap, and chat about making neighbors, not customers, making hay while the sun shines, NOT Shark Tank-ing every business, making kindness part of the business model, […]
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The Accidental Network, with Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard – Bonus Episode of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On September 23, 2025
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  • author, Business, entrepreneur, founder, internet, inventor, leadership, success, tech, technology
Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, the tech entrepreneur known as the “father of the cable modem“, explains the two experiences he brought together to create the revolutionary device, what things like broadband and cable modems REALLY are, why he gave it all away free of royalties, and the role of homemade Persian food in making it all possible. […]
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Workforce Innovation, with Hattingh Basson and Werner Barnard – Episode 493 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On September 16, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, Business, career, entrepreneur, hiring, jobs, leadership, offshore, South Africa, Southwestern Advantage, Southwestern Talent, staffing, success, talent, workforce
Hattingh Basson and Werner Barnard, Senior Partners at Southwestern Talent, explain the unique career history that spawned the business, the professional services gap that they are filling and why it exists, why offshoring isn’t really offshoring anymore, how the South African people create a world-class talent pool, overcoming start-up pain points, and why sometimes the […]
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God Is Not Done With America Yet, with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On September 2, 2025
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  • alumni, faith, leadership, politics, sales, Southwestern Advantage, speaker, success
Mike Johnson, the 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, as well as an alum of The Action Catalyst’s parent company, Southwestern, breaks down his unique path to the speakership and the big role Southwestern played in getting him there, recounts danger in Tucson and getting a little help from Brett Favre, delivers […]
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The Win-Win Workplace, with Dr. Angela Jackson

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On August 19, 2025
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  • author, Business, CEO, culture, engagement, founder, leadership, management, speaker, success, workplace
Dr. Angela Jackson, the founder/CEO of Future Forward Strategies and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, reveals the lessons learned from studying Fortune 500 companies, the REAL cost of turnover, why top-down decision making is dead, and the two main takeaways for small business owners. About Dr. Jackson: Dr. Angela Jackson is […]
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Find & Follow, with Greg DeVore – Episode 492 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On August 5, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, author, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, knowledge, leadership, music, onboarding, performance, success, teams, training
Greg DeVore, CEO and co-founder of ScreenSteps, lays out his “Find & Follow” philosophy to reduce supervisor burnout and improve employee performance, breaking down concepts like actual vs. foundational knowledge and knowledge spenders vs. knowledge investors, the knowledge operations maturity model, the dead simple exercise that’ll change how your team gets work done, how just […]
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Unleash the Story Within, with Liana Zavo – Episode 491 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On July 22, 2025
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  • author, branding, Business, CEO, crisis, crisis management, PR, public relations, reputation, Russia, speaker, Stephanie Maas, storytelling, success
Founder & CEO of ZavoMedia PR Group, Liana Zavo, recounts how a college dropout and single mom made the jump from Russia to the US and from the style world to PR, gives a bit of advice for Blake Lively, reveals THE biggest PR mistake people make, how to come down from the ledge of […]
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Leading to Thrive, with Klaus Kleinfeld – Episode 490 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On July 1, 2025
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  • 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 […]
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Daytime to Dysko, with Daniel Goddard – Episode 489 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On June 10, 2025
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  • 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), […]
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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
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  • 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 […]
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