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Hard Way MBA

by Jason Thomas

Hard Way MBA - Empowering ambitious corporate professionals to learn, grow and achieve.

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Episodes

  1. Healthcare Disruption | Future of Healthcare | Joy of Practicing Medicine | Situational Awareness

    Balaji Ramadoss: Future of Healthcare Balaji is the Founder and CEO, Edgility, where he is enabling a cognitive Healthcare disruption. Before launching Edgility he earned a PhD and worked in Healthcare for last 15 years as CRO for Tampa General and VP of Technology Experience for Stanford...

  2. Kristen Hadeed: Your Purpose, Your Why

    Understanding your own why, or purpose, is a tangible advantage

  3. Jordan Harbinger: Art of Charm for business success

    Who are you in a sentence or two? * I teach advanced social skill and personal magnetism. * Art of Charm. High Performers looking to go to the next level. * Seal Team 6. The Art of Charm sounds like a pick up artist training but that's not at all what you do. What does 'Charm' have to do with...

  4. Scott McNabb: Marketing Must Get Closer to Top Line Revenue

    Scott McNabb Vice President, Sales, Enterprise South Oracle Marketing Cloud Newest and fastest growing SaaS Executive confidence in marketing? * 77% of Marketers use awareness as their measure of effectiveness, * Marketers mistake Engagement for Conversion * Engagement metrics: open rates, page...

  5. Bob Stolzberg: Being a Technical Evangelist

    http://hardwaymba.com/bob-stolzberg-technical-evangelist/

  6. Dustin McKissen: LinkedIn an Active Value Creation Mechanism

    How do some get so much more from LinkedIn than others? About Dustin Writer on LinkedIn. 20K+ followers 2MM views of blogs Columnist Most salient points for professionals The way you think about LinkedIn is important. You can use it as a passive platform or active. Active is much better. A good...

  7. Chris Hawkins: M&A, Career Mobility, In house vs. Consulting

    Introduction: I’ll ask you to tell us what you do in a sentence or two. * Director Corp Dev at SunEdison * Integration of acquired companies in NA * Setting up global shared services center. You’ve worked as a consultant at one of the large global consulting firms and ‘in-house’ on M&A with a…

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  8. David Chapman - Change Management Framwork

    Change Mgt in a real project: Hardwaymba.com/changemethodology * Walk through the change framework * Have a methodology to follow. * 4 quadrant. * Discuss the communications plan * How is that plan executed? * Who’s involved in executing it? (Leaders & Champions) Leaders & Champions (two…

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  9. David Chapman - Change Management Communication Plan

    What: Now that I have the why what do I do with it? Communications. Please define for us in this context? * Guides the course of what we'll do this program. Layout for us a simple communications plan? * Segmented audiences by role and disposition. * Must iterate assessment and communications over...

  10. David Chapman - Change Management (2 of 4) It's all about the why

    Last time we talked about an ROI for change. I’m sure that got some attention. Now, it I want to start thinking about managing change, where do I look first? * Often we think about communication and training. * That's good and is a portion of the change effort. * First thing you need to determine...

  11. David Chapman: Change Management - Soft or Tangible ROI

    Change Management: Soft side / tangible ROI. Can you quickly define change management for us? * Tech implementation are often all about getting tech right. No Defects. However, that does not define success. * Projects are about creating outcomes and that is often about the people. * Need to…

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  12. Hard Way MBA Question of the day Episode #11

    Hard Way MBA Question of the day Episode #11 by Jason Thomas

  13. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #10

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #10 by Jason Thomas

  14. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #9

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #9 by Jason Thomas

  15. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #8

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #8 by Jason Thomas

  16. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #9

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #9 by Jason Thomas

  17. Question of the Day Episode #4: How are you tracking on your goals?

    We're 50 days into 2016, how are you tracking on your goals? Breakdown the objectives into roughly 52 sub blocks of activity. Schedule time once a week to get real with yourself. Improving and getting the results requires doing the work. It should hurt some - it should stretch you to #grow and...

  18. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #3

    Do you have a morning routine that makes you more effective? If your answer to this question is 'No.' or 'I don't know, should it?' you must pick up a copy of The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

  19. Rob Scott: Break up with the Truth, Make Change Immediate, Fundamental Shift

    Humanity has a core problem: the limit of our current identity. Can you unpack that for us? * identify is just a story you're telling yourself. it changes over time * The core human problem may be delusion itself.. Direct relatioshipw ith our inturpretation of truth. * Lenses share, color the way...

  20. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #7

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #7 by Jason Thomas

  21. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #6

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #6 by Jason Thomas

  22. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #5

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #5 by Jason Thomas

  23. Hard Way MBA Question Of The Day Episode #2 - Mentors

    Who are your mentors... http://wp.me/p6QsdB-6z

  24. Brian Graiff: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Both Sides of a Deal, As an Employee,

    Bryan's Background: - Graduated from Univ of Ill. - Arthur Anderson in 1992: 6 yrs and volunteered to do everything he could. Never shyed away from a tough assignment. - Went back to get MBA along with CPA. - LMI Aerospace Corp Controller through IPO: Did a lot of improvements and got into...

  25. Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #1

    Hard Way MBA Question of the Day Episode #1 by Jason Thomas

  26. Steli Efti Interview: Transition service to produce and sharing candidly, especially the struggles.

    Background on Steli * Originally from Greece and grew up in Germany * Dropped out of school at 17 * Launched first few business then. * Bought a 1 way ticket to Silicon Valley * First business was a soul crushing failure. Launching Close.io * Close.io started as an outsourced sales function. They...

  27. Mark Richman: Founders story, Theater to business owner, Episode 014

    Mark Richman shares his founder story with us on Hard Way MBA.

  28. Scott Pope: What Works in Sales, Pragmatic Marketing, Gap Between Strategy & Execution, Ep 013

    Scott Pope is a marketing executive with 10+ years of lead generation, graphic design, and business development in a variety of vertical markets including health care, financial services, retail, and manufacturing industries. I have personally seen Scott's commitment and hustle on display in the...

  29. Kirk Bowman: The Art of Value, Value Based Business Model, Ep 012

    Let's level set; Art of value - When you say value, what do you mean? I'm sure it's not 'the cheapest in town'. - The value a customer will receive or achieve as a result of doing business with you. Must focus on the end result. What prompted you to take such a large departure from the standard...

  30. Carlos Gil: Side Projects, Business & Personal on Social Media - Episode 011

    Noting that you are working at a large corporation while running at least one, sometimes several side projects, like CarlosGilTV, I'm wondering if you see synergies between these engagements? It's all interconnected. We all have a personal brand. He's owning his personal brand. Motivating and...

  31. Ashley Nanney: Feed Your Vitality, Business from Passion, Episode 010

    Feed Your Vitality makes healthy food taste naughty. The story behind your business is inspiring. Share with us what drove you to start business? – Sent home with hospice at one point in her life. – 97 lbs overweight. – Daughter was 2 at the time, now 18 years old – Was passionate about food,...

  32. Bob Sherlock: Drive profits with Marketing, Segmentation Episode 009

    What can we do from a marketing perspective to improve profitability? Continually looking for ways to: Increase unit volume (sell more) Increase selling price for given piece / service Enrich the mix of products / services you sell Marketing strategy: Re-imagining Reality Sweet spot triad: who…

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  33. Mike Weinberg: Blunt Truth Re: Sales Mgt, Sales Culture, Moving up to Management, Episode 013

    You wrote New Sales. Simplified. and it is on my shelf (or often in my bag) as one of the best sales books ever written and you followed it up with Sales Management. Simplified. Having talked to you before about the writing process and all of the effort that goes into a book, I was a little...

  34. Frans VanOudenallen: Transitioning between industries, Don't Network, Engage - Episode 008

    You transitioned from corporate career path to academia and coaching. I'm sure you've seen many other clients make dramatic (or what seems so) transitions. What are some of the keys to a transition of this nature? Seek that which you love and you'll never work a day in your life Enjoyed mentoring...

  35. Troy Scott: New sales reps, Align with clients, Moving into sales leadership Episode 007

    Troy and I were brought together, in a round about way, by Mike Weinberg and his phenomenal book, New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development (affiliate link) We both highly recommend it and start the podcast talking about it. How do coach new...

  36. David Singer: Starting Young, Growing the Business, Continual Learning Episode 006

    You started with Warehouse of Fixtures right out of college. Did you buy into the business right out of college? Started out of college. Continuation of what his grandfather did. Re-manufactured manikins, got into office furniture. Started selling furniture out of the old warehouse in the summer...

  37. Scott Ginsberg: Prolific production, Generosity, Passion for Another's Business - Episode 005

    We talk to a man who has worn a name tag for 4993 days. (He's over 5000 days now, by the time I publish this). Aside from that, he's an inspiration. Scott is a prolific writer and actually has outlined what he calls The Prolific Framework Is reverse engineering creativity in his life. Combines…

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  38. Nathan Keller: Changing Industries, Sales Ramp Up, Tech and Business - Episode 004

    Changing Industries - Self reflection is required. Be sure you're not jumping ship but moving towards a better opportunity. - Know why you were successful in the first place. - Be true to the process you have that creates value for your clients. Keys to Ramp Up Quickly 30 days - Learn the…

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  39. Brandon Dempsey : High Energy, Transparent Business, Defined by Outcomes - Episode 003

    Brandon Dempsey carries titles like Founder, Partner & Chief Marketing Strategist at goBRANDgo! but mostly he's an entrepreneur. He joins the Hard Way MBA for a great discussion about... Being the most energetic dude I know. How does Brandon keep a super high energy level that allows him to run a...

  40. Marshall Michaels: Government Sector, Building Leadership Teams, Delegating - Episode 002

    Working with the Government Two tech businesses; Two names. You own and run a couple of companies. What's your favorite job there? Why? Building great teams and delegating to them

  41. Steve Fallick - Episode 001

    The recruiting business has been disrupted several times in the last decade. The job market changed significantly with the crash of Lehman Brothers and the Great Recession. Around the same time, new technology, social media, especially LinkedIn, entered the picture. Tell me about how that's...

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