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Thought Leader

by Thought Partner Group

We put scare quotes around the term “thought leader.” Don't worry - no hagiographic interviews here. No upsells, no bullshit. We have great conversations with true innovators, thinkers, disrupters, creatives, and a few fools. (You decide.) We ask them all for insights, stories and tools. (You'll laugh, you'll shout, you might fall asleep. It's all good.) We are all thought leaders. Think more. Lead better.

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  1. 121. Lora Cheadle & Finding Your True Self After Betrayals

    🌞 Lora’s summer vibe from a comfortable place. 01:03 😿 Working with women who have been betrayed. 01:51 👧 Magical childhood: little performer, perfectionist, and not used to being imperfect. 02:59 🚦 Warning signs we don’t see in time: it is not possible all the time. 05:27 💃 Dance as joy:...

  2. 120. Nicola Kleinmann & Different Kind of HR

    💂‍♂️ Living in London: life is coming back to the good old days. 00:59 👩‍💼 Starting a new business during the pandemic. 01:47 🤩 People are the most important asset: talent consultancy and building HR systems. 03:09 👔 Talent associates and partnership in HR and recruitment. 04:47 😇 Nicola...

  3. 119. Denise Rosenblum & Being Your Own Social Media Channel

    👠 Executive coaching and facilitate group training. 00:51 🏃‍♀️ Athletic Denise spends her time on traveling, running, and biking. 01:38 👩 Love for the creative environment and being critical of trainers made her a better coach. 02:59 🖥️ Pivot of facilitation and training online. 05:02 😇 Warm...

  4. 118. Milan Milic & Healing on the Knots in Business and Body

    🗽 From hustling in Central Park in New York to alternative therapy counseling. 00:39 🤩 Being patient with people opens so many doors. 04:02 😇 Flow of energy: recognizing stiff communication and people with blockages. 05:01 🩺 Charging for intangible: healing the root cause of an issue is...

  5. 117. Cheri Kuhn & Living the EOS Life

    📚 A whole stack of G. Wickman “Traction” books: it changed her life and business through “the Entrepreneurial Operating System.” 00:49 🎅 Interesting childhood: Cheri was born in Germany but her mom raised her three girls in Alaska. 02:09 🤓 Cheri is a bookworm in the family. 03:27 😇 She didn’t...

  6. 116. Chris Daigle and Smart Business Decisions

    🥗 Supporting the local vegan restaurant. 00:52 🥑 Difference between veganism and plant-based way of eating. 01:22 💊 Chris is called Doctor Daigle because he is a fixer. 02:33 🔎 Growth architect or growth hacker: Glaringly Obvious Opportunities. 03:56 👽 Describing his business to a 3 year-old...

  7. 115. Nina Cooke & Cutting the Limiting Beliefs

    🌞 Spring and summer vibe from Nina. 00:46 🧠 Two types of thinking among entrepreneurs. 01:33 👍 The right perception and response on things we don’t have control over. 03:27 ⚠️ Procrastination has nothing to do with laziness but with reasons deep down. 06:18 🙋‍♀️ Story about insurance broker…

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  8. 114. Tim Stokes & Optimizing Businesses

    🦘 Life in Brisbane, Australia. 00:47 👔 Tim’s journey through entrepreneurship: “I got to start learning this thing called business” 02:12 👉 What you actually have to do while growing the business: growing by accident. 05:51 📈 Cash flow, the time factor, employees, and strategies relevant for...

  9. 113. Isabella Johnston & Creating Real Internship Programs

    🚨 Are interns interned: what are real intern programs? 00:46 👉 Unpaid internship is dangerous: seven criteria around the Department of Labor's requirements. 02:23 😇 How Isabella helps employers to ensure real intern programs are in place. 04:10 🖥️ Annual membership for employers model…

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  10. 112. Rich Rudzinski & Solving Software Tragedies

    👨‍🎤 Rich is our guest with the coolest look. 01:03 👔 His personal brand is connected with his personality. 02:05 😇 Some of the software ‘tragedies’ Rich is fixing. 02:53 👉 Tragic Media is a different company that focuses on top notch service. 05:04 🤝 Business model: Education, hard...

  11. 111. Steve Feld & Discovering Hidden Revenue

    🎵 The platinum album on Steve’s wall. 00:49 👕 Making money for bands: projecting sales for merchandise. 01:30 💸 Profit Accelerator software finds hidden annualized revenue in businesses. 03:54 🤔 Marketing as a number 1 issue for small businesses. 05:07 🕵️‍♂️ How do you operate? Sniper...

  12. 110. AnnaMaria Bliven & Helping People Get Jobs

    🌺 Legacy of helping others through her family history. 00:39 ✨ A lineage of choosing specific work engagements. 03:33 👔 Mixed feelings on the job market: chaos and issues in the workforce. 05:35 👩‍💼 AnnaMaria has businesses for-profit and non-profit. 07:52 🤩 Prosperity Pathways: tips that…

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  13. 109. Dr. LaTarsha Holden & Journey From Homeless to Ph.D.

    🌞 Doc Holden and all the great feelings about her name. 00:58 👩🏾‍🦱 Homeless on the streets of Atlanta: LaTarsha had a GED with six kids on the streets. 01:34 😇 When your struggle outlasts your strength: using the principle of servant leadership. 03:30 👠 What Coretta Scott King, Felicia…

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  14. 108. Collin Mitchell & Why Podcast Hosts are Unique

    ☕ What ‘Get the sh*t done’ means to Collin. 00:46 😇 He hated school, but he grabbed one opportunity. 02:01 👔 Creating his first 7-figure company with his girlfriend. 06:01 🎙️ Sales Cast: Colin recorded his podcast every day. 08:45 😎 Business model of podcasting: great source of content. 12:00…

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  15. 107. Chicke Fitzgerald & Passion as the Initiator of Everything

    👧 The amazing story about Chicke’s name. 00:40 🌞 Being a rebel from the beginning and being memorable. 02:08 ✍️ Writing a book: how her grandmother visited a dictator’s wife in Brazil to get better prenatal care in 1940. 03:13 🤩 Passionate personal stories in your business are very important....

  16. 106. Wilbert Carl Farris & Humbleness in Business

    ✈️ Wilbert was an APU mechanic for 40 years. 01:15 🤓 Pain made Wilbert create a tool to reduce it. 02:20 🤕 AbCollar: Distance between chin and neck is important for minimizing stress on the neck muscles. 03:11 🌞 The third party is making it locally, but Wilbert controls the quality process....

  17. 105. Dr. Pelè Raymond & How Happiness Can Be Profitable

    🎸 Pelè’s guitar with a cutaway. 00:45 💰 Pursuing your happiness can also be profitable. 01:27 🎩 The hat: everyone in Minneapolis wears a hat, and it is all about the music. 02:34 ⭐ Living in one more ‘music’ city - Austin, Texas and explaining the concept of tribalism. 04:23 🌞 Moving from…

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  18. 104. Bob Phibbs & The Revival of Retail

    👨‍⚕️ Bob “the Retail Doc” chose his brand name a long time ago. 00:56 💎 SalesRX is an online retail training: stop chasing the shiny object. 01:43 👦 As a kid, he excelled in school but chose not to be a scientist. 03:44 🎼 Bob had many jobs as a young man, and he decided not to pursue his…

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  19. 103. Scott Anderson & Battling Burnout in Business

    ⏱️ Who is Scott Anderson in 12 seconds? 00:56 9️⃣ The nine companies Scott has owned. 01:45 🔥 Giving up too late or too fast, boredom and burnout in business. 02:43 👔 Burnout is a stress-related disorder and a formal mental illness. 04:51 🧃 The juice in business: Birthing a baby elephant and...

  20. 102. Kathleen Steffey & Authenticity in Recruiting

    🎧 Kathleen loves listening to recruiting-related podcasts. 00:46 👔 Organizations need staff: the great resignation. 01:46 👻 Are job seekers finding themselves to be ghosted by recruiters? 03:11 🤯 No one reads cover letters: keywords, and the core questions in the interview. 05:20 🦄 The term...

  21. 101. Theresa Bailey & Regrowing Creativity and Connection

    🌞 Flowers, play dough, and Theresa’s interesting background. 00:46 🖐 Pyramid of playdough: sessions and workshops with Hasbro. 02:03 🤔 Theresa’s work with homeless people brought some questions to her. 03:21 😇 Working with teams, facilitating for 20 years, and the research Theresa uses in her...

  22. 100. Gill Tiney & Love and Collaboration as Superpowers

    🖼️ Photographs of Cornwall behind Gill. 00:48 💂 Gill’s family had a positive attitude even living in challenging circumstances in London. 02:27 💪 Her dad worked on the docks: labor and strikes. 04:05 🤯 Gill didn’t purchase clothes until she was 13. 05:07 😍 Human beings first: connection and...

  23. 99. Jayesh Surisetti & Maximizing Mobile Efficiency

    😇 Fascinating meaning of our guests’ names. 00:50 🍞 Southern food: Rice is sacrosanct. And bread is sacrilegious. 01:30 📱 He invented a tool to empower people to make better decisions while using smartphones. 02:13 ☹️ Overdependence on smartphones: relationships, grades, and efficiency has...

  24. 98. Shelley Smith & Alignment of Values and Culture

    🖼️ Purple swirls behind Shelley makes her happy. 00:45 🧐 What causes issues for the employee’s engagement with the employer. 02:03 🧪 Culture is changing: toxic cultures cause a tsunami of resignations. 04:00 🌺 Clashing of our work lives and our personal lives: its impact on younger…

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  25. 97. Asger Lindholdt & Overcoming a Fear of Public Speaking

    🔱 Asger has a name with a very unusual meaning. 00:39 🇩🇰 His US accent is from Wisconsin, even though it is not his first language. 01:23 😷 COVID pushed Asger to use more virtual sessions. 02:28 🌞 Story format is the structure of each talk: we don’t need tremendous stories, just a…

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  26. 96. Guillermo Söhnlein & Venus as a New Destination for Living

    🤯 Guillermo is focusing on building his 11th startup. 01:01 🪐 Venus might be a good place for settling humans because of the low gravity. 02:50 🧐 Low gravity impacts human bodies. 05:30 👨‍🚀 Guillermo’s dream was to be an astronaut and commander of the first Martian colony. 07:01 🌭 Adapting…

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  27. 95. Dr. Karthik Nagendra & Building Thought Leadership in India

    ⚔️ Having a name of an Indian god. 00:55 🤓 Similarities between thought leadership and warlord wielding leadership. 01:33 🛣️ Karthik’s journey from corporate sales in banks to thought leadership and a consulting business. 03:26 🆙 Adopting thought leadership should start from the leadership...

  28. 94. Dan King & The Two Types of CEOs

    🏙️ Big buildings in NY: Dan as a young tourist. 00:54 💪 Creator CEOs: the specific type of leaders Dan works with. 01:40 🎾 Dan loves tennis and connects it with entrepreneurship. 03:10 👨‍💼 A lawyer who followed a fortune cookie’s advice: Dan’s self-awareness path changed. 04:31 🛺 Dan’s does...

  29. 93. Ketan Patel & Impactful Ideas on Money and Investing

    📚The many books behind Ketan and combining business and insight. 00:39 ⚡ Developing a powerful story for raising capital, connection, and strategy. 03:55 👔 Ketan did not want to rely on corporate checks, so he chose real estate as an occupation. 06:51 🤯 Different approach to investing: How to...

  30. 92. Lee Chambers & A Functional and Holistic Approach to Business

    👕 Lee’s most vibrant shirt and his business. 00:46 🔀 Functional coaching: interconnected aspects people are not always aware of. 02:21 🧒🏽 Lee was an incessantly curious child: grandparents’ moral values. 05:25 🚶🏽 Reflection point: losing the ability to walk and having to relearn. 07:57 ⚡...

  31. 91. Charlotte E. Terrell & The Power of Happiness

    😇 Charlotte’s strong drink and two things that are perfectly clear to her. 00:39 😷 Connecting through the mask. 02:27 🤩 Charlotte’s parents are both social workers and influenced her career choice. 03:51 ✨ Helping people and making a difference in their lives. 06:44 ✈️ From Flint, Michigan to...

  32. 90. Toni Lontis & Creating a Safe Space for Growth

    👩‍⚕️ Toni’s green screen and friendly smiling face. 00:39 😷 Crazy business environment with crazy things in the world. 01:49 📚 Nurse with a nurse consultancy business, radio show, and book: Tony explains her self-healing in her book “Resilience” 02:58 🤩 From general and perioperative nursing…

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  33. 89. Dr. A.J Minai & Investing In The Underdogs

    🦇 Dr. AJ’s studio has a Batman vibe. 00:50 👦 As a kid, AJ said he would be on the stage when he grew up: the importance of storytelling. 01:27 💰 A different plan for investing in 77 companies: The VC mentality is very revenue-driven, and AJ would like to change that. 04:26 ⚔️ The legend of 300...

  34. 88. Linda Fisk & Empowering Women Leaders

    🍍 Linda has a fascinating background. 01:08 👠 Building a community of extraordinary women in the world. 01:48 🌷 Environment for women in leadership to share, grow and learn. 04:35 🤓 Self-directed learning and sharpening your skills. 06:25 😲 Epiphany moment in Linda’s career. 09:56 🎯 Grit…

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  35. 87. Nola Mutogo & The Power of Social Media Connections

    🦄 Nola has a unique story and background. 00:46 🌍 Moving from Africa to Sydney, Australia. 02:06 📊 Nola is growing brands through social media. 03:48 🤝 The biggest mistake is focusing only on the product, not the connection with people. 04:31 🤹 Building a brand for others but also for…

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  36. 86. Brynne Tillman & Leveraging LinkedIn for Your Business

    👶 Brynne should be named Jennifer. 00:54 👩‍💼 Recovering sales trainer who helps anyone responsible for b2b business development. 02:01 🤝 Brynne believes in human to human: her definition of B2B. 02:41 📈 Facts from polls. 03:58 🖐 Google your name and look at what people are seeing: five...

  37. 85. Justin Nassiri & Blending AI and Human Interaction

    🎙️ People are so excited about podcasts: Justin loves real backgrounds showing the real you. 00:39 ✨ Justin has a great background: Fred Rogers is his role model. 02:34 🤹 Mr. Rodgers was a fantastic innovator, and he kept things simple. 04:27 👨‍👧‍👦 A connection through the television for...

  38. 84. Jason Ellinger & Sharing Positive Stories through Video

    🧔🏽‍♂️ Your face is your brand: Cool beard, glasses, and Jason’s hat. 00:48 🎥 Creating Beard and Bowler - non-profit storytelling and video production services. 03:38 🧪 What is the formula that every major Hollywood movie follows. 05:14 🌞 If you don’t have a video, it is like you don’t exist:...

  39. 83. David Parker & The Power of Equity Crowdfunding

    🤕 Age of technology; sometimes a headache. 00:46 💸 David helps companies raise money in an easy way. 01:15 📈 Using educational technology and artificial intelligence in creating his companies. 02:37 💰 What is equity crowdfunding or Regulation CF. 03:30 😎 How to get that second round of...

  40. 82. Brad Silberman & Being a Gap Explorer

    🤕 Incident in a nightclub and Brad’s brain injury. 00:39 😞 Three years of recovery and learning to talk, walk and eat all over again. 03:40 🤯 Brad started studying too soon after the operation. 04:39 🙏 Why he is grateful for the injury and what he learned from it. 06:20 🧠 Transition and...

  41. 81. Fahd Alhattab & A New Way of Leadership

    🤓 Short practice of Arabic: born in Kuwait but has lived in Canada for 23 years. 00:49 🧆 Kuwait and Iraq cuisine is very similar: fish market. 02:19 ☮️ Peace is possible. 03:26 😇 Fahd visit to New York: being a translator of culture and truth in the USA in the ’90s 04:38 🦄 Building a…

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  42. 80. Jonathan Aufray & Filling the Gap with Growth Hacking

    🥖Jonathan is now in Taiwan but is from France. 00:51 😷 COVID-19 shut the world down, but Taiwan was completely open until recently. 02:20 🏡 Efficiency of remote workers: trust has to be built. 05:23 🧞‍♂️ A growth hacker fills the gap between product development and marketing. 08:08 🕰️ In...

  43. 79. Lisa Marie Platske & Finding The Brilliance In Who You Are

    🌎 L, m, n, o, p in Lisa’s name: the speaking world has changed 00:39 👮‍♀️ Lisa started in law enforcement: learning to speak up for herself. 02:18 💅 Seeing her in the streets of NY was an anomaly. 03:11 👠 Lisa went out: Realizing the necessity to be seen, heard, recognized, and rewarded.…

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  44. 78. Dominique Henderson & The Impact of Financial Advice

    🎦 Dominique is in the movie. 00:39 📢 When your name comes from a basketball star. 01:43 🌳 He financially changes family trees. 02:58 💲 Different views on financial professionals that help the trajectory in other people’s money. 04:22 💰 No money talk around us creates brakes, but literacy...

  45. 77. Keisha King-Brown & Combining AI with Human Expertise

    🤖 Bots as a causation side and learning side of AI. 00:46 🥰 How do bots work? 01:27 🔮 What is machine learning, and how does it work?. 02:24 👔 Two-thirds of the speed of light: AI extracts data very fast. 03:40 🤔 She was dealing with how to maximize growth and have more sales. 05:40 ❗…

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  46. 76. Shannon Lee Whalen & Achieving a Healthy Life

    🎽 Shannon is helping executive coach level up and she is a fitness entrepreneur. 00:46 😷 Fitness online but it is time to get back in the gym. 02:05 🤸‍♀️ Having a coaching business: training of the mindset. 03:05 🥅 Shannon’s background in ballet and fitness helps in understanding athletes and...

  47. 75. Chris Maresca & Branding Businesses with Stories

    🔲 Chris’s conference room was once a speakeasy. 00:55 🌉 San Francisco is known to be a rebellious town. 03:11 🤔 What does it mean to be a fractional and interim technology executive? 05:15 🗣️ You have to be a storyteller of your company to raise capital, but how does it work? 06:28 🙃 Fail…

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  48. 74. Mikhail Sokolov & Creating Empathetic AI

    🛣️ Mikhail started as a web developer and moved to data science: 01:08 😎 How AI can write instead of humans: future of content writing. 02:27 🇺🇦 His journey from Ukraine to the USA: startups in his country. 05:39 👦 As a boy, he was interested in computers. 07:58 👨‍👩‍👦 Mikhail’s parents…

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  49. 73. Harvey Kraft & History, Technology, and the Future

    🏄 Wood panel and surfboard. 00:40 🌞 Permission to himself for exploring and engaging: chief marketing officer + ancient sages and Budha. 01:31 🙏 History vs. Harvey’s outlook on history: inward development and technology. 05:59 ☀️ Consciousness and awareness in combination with the future.…

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  50. 72. Ran Mullins & The Art of Branding and Automation

    🖼️ The signal through the noise: Night and day personalities. 00:45 📊 Art became more inclusive: Ran’s interest in how data can talk to us. 02:23 📄 What is Data-driven content marketing? 05:49 🧐 Creating real information, not creating content for content's sake. 08:27 💲 The importance of…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We put scare quotes around the term “thought leader.” Don't worry - no hagiographic interviews here. No upsells, no bullshit. We have great conversations with true innovators, thinkers, disrupters, creatives, and a few fools. (You decide.) We ask them all for insights, stories and tools. (You'll laugh, you'll shout, you might fall asleep. It's all good.) We are all thought leaders. Think more. Lead better.

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Thought Partner Group

Produced by Dr. Kent Gustavson and Randy Baker

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