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Jeff Haden on Ghostwriting and Using Achievement to Create Motivation Mar 01, 2019

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Jeff Haden’s first paid ghostwriting job was writing a press release for a startup. Since then he’s written about real estate, management, process improvement, finance and investing. He’s ghostwritten books on subjects as diverse as breastfeeding, hydroponics, horticulture and magic.

After an intriguing discussion with Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, plus dozens of interviews with other incredibly successful people, Jeff decided to pull back the veil on what it really means to “get motivated” and reach goals. These insights led him to write and publish his own book The Motivation Myth.

Jeff is also an avid cyclist (which he hated when he first started), ghostwrote a eulogy and writes an Inc. column that attracts over 20 million readers.

Show Notes

How Jeff got started in ghostwriting and writing for Inc.
How Jeff has grown his Inc. column readership to over 20 million.
Jeff’s “white whale” that he wants to interview for an article.
How Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, sparked Jeff’s interest in the exploring this topic of motivation and the misconceptions behind it.
Myths people have around motivation and where they come from.
Jeff’s lunch interview with Richard Branson and what surprised him about it.

Derek Coburn on Un-Networking Mar 01, 2019

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Derek Coburn has dedicated his career to … the art of “un-networking” and breaking down the concepts and practices of “traditional networking” in both professional and personal settings.

He began his career as a financial advisor and built a successful wealth management practice mainly by outworking everyone else.

He began using non-traditional networking strategies to triple his revenue and improve the quality of his business and life.

His passion for connecting remarkable professionals led he and his wife to start an “un-networking” community in Washington, DC called CADRE, which currently supports over 100 CEOs and business leaders.

They created CADRE as a way for top-notch professionals to connect and develop meaningful relationships, efficiently and effectively, with the ultimate goal of working together to promote each other while adding value for their existing clients and network.

Derek is also the author of #1 Amazon Best-Selling book Networking is NOT Working, as well as the CEO and co-founder of CADRE, an un-networking community based in Washington, D.C.

Show Notes

How Derek went from cold-calling prospects to networking to build his financial advising business.
The most common question about networking that Derek gets asked.
How to successfully reach out to CEOs if you want them to respond to you.
How to approach networking if you’re an introvert.
What “Un-networking” means.
Networking 3.0 and why that’s where Derek chooses to focus his time and energy.

David Burkus on the Science of Networking Mar 01, 2019

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David Burkus is the author of several books including Friend of a Friend: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career. Friend of a Friend offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice. He is also the author of Under New Management and The Myths of Creativity.

David is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and his work has been featured in Fast Company, the Financial Times, Inc magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and CBS This Morning.

David’s innovative views on leadership have earned him invitations to speak to leaders from a variety of organizations. He’s delivered keynote speeches and workshops for Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Stryker and governmental and military leaders at the U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Postgraduate School. His TED talk has been viewed over 1.8 million times.

When he’s not speaking or writing, David is in the classroom. He is associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University where he was recently named one of the nation’s “Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire.” Show Notes

David’s big idea for writing Friend of a Friend and why he chose to explain how networks actually work.
Why you can’t actually grow your network.
Multiplexity – what it is and how it’s a context for connection.
Homophily – what it means and why it’s so valuable to pay attention to if you want to strengthen your network.
Networking insights from Ben and Jerry of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream
Why asking “What do you do?” is not a great way to start a conversation with someone you’ve met for the first time and something that may be better to ask.
What the majority illusion is and how Tim Ferriss used it to build his personal brand.

AmyK Hutchens on Lessons in Life and Leadership Mar 01, 2019

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The dynamic and driven AmyK Hutchens joins us on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer to discuss aligning brilliance, attributes of high-performing leaders, the secrets leaders keep and the troubling rise of “comparison condition.”

At her core, AmyK is a teacher. Beginning her career teaching fifth grade, she eventually started teaching other teachers and entire organizations about how to teach critical thinking. She then took her love of teaching to the corporate world and became a sales trainer for a billion-dollar global consumer products company.

AmyK now serves as the Founder and Intelligence Activist of AmyK International, Inc., an executive development firm focused on leadership development, healthy team cultures, sales and innovative thinking. Clients include AT&T, Expedia, Lockheed Martin, Securian Financial, IBM, Wells Fargo, Walmart, John Paul Mitchell Systems and hundreds more. She travels the world helping senior executives lead and collaborate more effectively.

She’s also the author of the Amazon best-selling book, The Secrets Leaders Keep.

Show Notes

Why AmyK went from teaching kids to teaching business leaders.
Who is more difficult to teach? Kids or business leaders?
Why AmyK decided to write The Secrets Leaders Keep and what she did with the first draft of her book.
Some of the secrets AmyK found that are ubiquitous among leaders.
Imposter Syndrome and how she’s seen in it manifest in her work with students and business leaders.
What the Comparison Condition is and how it’s leading to anxiety and depression.

Hal Elrod on The Life-Changing Power of Morning Routines Mar 01, 2019

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Our guest on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer is Hal Elrod, best-selling author of one of the highest rated, best-selling books in the world, The Miracle Morning—which has been translated into 27 languages, has over 2,000 five-star Amazon reviews and is practiced daily by over 500,000 people in 70+ countries.

In his books, blog post and speaking presentations, Hal talks from experience about the importance of a morning routine and its impact on not just your day, but your whole life. He is also an international keynote speaker and success coach.

Show Notes

Hal’s “humble beginnings” selling Cutco knives
Why Hal hit rock bottom
What Hal’s mornings looked like before implementing his SAVERS routine
What happened in the first two months of Hal starting his own morning routines - even though he wasn’t a morning person
What the morning routine SAVERS are and how Hal arrived at them
How Hal’s wife helped him come up with the name Miracle Morning for his book

Eric Kapitulik on Leadership, Coaching and Parenting Mar 01, 2019

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Our guest on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer is Eric Kapitulik, a well-known and well-respected leader, coach and teammate. He served in the United States Marine Corps as both an Infantry Officer and Special Operations Officer with 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division. As a Platoon Commander within his company, Eric led a team of 20 covert operations specialists on numerous Special Forces-related missions.

After leaving active duty, Erik founded The Program in 2008 with the sole purpose of developing better leaders and creating more cohesive teams.

As a leadership trainer and coach, Eric and his team work with most of the top college sports teams in the country and well as leading businesses.

Show Notes

Eric’s journey to starting The Program and getting it to where it is today
Bob’s experience meeting Eric and his team for the first time at one of The Program’s leadership trainings
How you prove how good of a team leader and teammate you are
Why most parent’s definition of failure is wrong
What parents should be doing and saying to their kids to help them succeed

Joey Coleman on Never Losing Another Customer Mar 01, 2019

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Joey Coleman, our guest on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer, specializes in helping companies retain their customers with a unique and rewarding experience.

Joey is the founder and Chief Experience Composer of Design Symphony and recently published his first book, Never Lose a Customer Again. His bestselling book explains how creating a good customer experience can generate an army of raving fans who will stay with you for years to come and spread the word about your company to other prospective customers.

Show Notes

How Joey came up with the name “Chief Experience Composer” for his title
Where Joey’s idea for his First 100 Days program came from
The realization Joey had that led him on a multi-year journey to look at customer retention and help companies improve their first 100 days with a customer
Why the first 100 days are so critical to the long-term success of a company
What customers are “dying for” from company reps they work with
Something that Joey was expected to do while working in the White House that surprised him and stayed with him as a valuable customer relationship strategy
A recent mistake that Joey’s made that he’s learned a lot from

Daniel Coyle on Elevating Group Performance Mar 01, 2019

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Our guest on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer is bestselling author, Daniel Coyle. Daniel has looked inside some of the world’s highest performing groups, including U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six, Pixar and the San Antonio Spurs, and lays out what their success has in common in his newest book, The Culture Code.

Daniel is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code, The Little Book of Talent and The Secret Race, a book he co-authored with former professional road bicycle racer, Tyler Hamilton.

Coyle and Hamilton also won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prize in 2012.

When he’s not churning out award-winning, best-selling books, he is a contributing editor for Outside Magazine and works as a special advisor to the Cleveland Indians.

Show Notes

Why Dan switched from wanting to become a doctor to pursuing a career as a writer
A promise Dan made to the managing editor of Outside that he thinks helped land him his internship 20+ years ago
How writing The Talent Code inspired Dan to write The Culture Code
How a tennis ball sent Dan on a journey looking at great cultures around the planet
Three signaling behaviors that all high-performing groups follow
What San Antonio Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich did to create a safe environment for his players
What Daniel discovered about culture from studying Pixar, Navy Seal Team Six, etc. that surprised him

Kim Scott on Radical Candor Mar 01, 2019

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Kim Scott is the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Seller. She is also the co-founder of the company, Radical Candor, LLC. She joins this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer to talk about how she created the concept of Radical Candor and how anybody can apply it.

Kim has been an advisor at Dropbox, Kurbo, Qualtrics, ReelGoodApp, Rolltape, Shyp, Twitter, and several other Silicon Valley companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations at Google.

Previously, Kim was the co-founder and CEO of Juice Software, a collaboration start-up, and led business development at Delta Three and Capital Thinking. Earlier in her career, Kim worked as a senior policy advisor at the FCC, managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo, started a diamond cutting factory in Moscow, and was an analyst on the Soviet Companies Fund.

Show Notes

Kim’s introduction to the concept of radical candor
Why radical candor requires that we undo training we learned as a child
Why well-meaning feedback training often inhibits their ability to give feedback
Three steps to giving caring, candid feedback
Why criticizing someone’s personality is never helpful
Why giving feedback immediately is important
How giving and receiving feedback well is essential to capacity-building
Why companies need to create growth opportunities for people in individual contributor roles – without requiring them to become managers of people
One of Kim’s most painful experiences in her career NOT being radically candid with an employee

Gretchen Rubin on the Four Tendencies and the Secret to Happiness Feb 15, 2019

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Bestselling author, Gretchen Rubin, joined us on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer to discuss risk taking, happiness, purposeful growth, our unique tendencies, and how to discover and use them to outperform.

Gretchen is the author of several books, including #1 New York Times bestsellers The Happiness Project, Happier at Home, Better Than Before and The Four Tendencies. Her books have sold almost three million copies and been published in more than thirty languages.

With her work, Rubin has emerged as one of the most thought-provoking and influential writers on habits and happiness.

Gretchen and her sister, Elizabeth, also have their own podcast called Happier where they discuss good habits and happiness.

A graduate of Yale and Yale Law School, Rubin started her career in law. She clerked for Judge Pierre Leval and was clerking for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she realized she really wanted to be a writer.