Leaders often use “top line” metrics, such as company size, number of employees and income, to measure their success. But what if there was something else – actual take-home profits – that should be the number one consideration? Best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz joined Lead to Succeed to share his take on this discussion, his quest to eradicate entrepreneurial poverty, and so much more!
Read MoreMordy Golding is Director of Content for LinkedIn Learning. He oversees the creation of a vast library of high-quality learning content, primarily in the form of on-demand, online, video-based courses. He did similar work for Lynda.com prior to its acquisition by LinkedIn.
Read MoreIn this episode, Naphtali interviews Jon Brodsky. Jon is finder.com’s Country Manager (US), leading the company’s growth across its core niche categories of international money transfers, personal loans, credit cards and shopping comparisons. Before that, he was the Senior Vice President Digital at Chicken Soup for the Soul, where he was responsible for product changes that helped grow monthly content reach from approximately 300,000 people to one billion people. Previous experience also includes time at Allmenus.com, which Jon grew to 250,000 restaurants and nationwide coverage within 18 months, and 1-800-flowers.com, where he completed deals that generated over $300 million in annual revenue.
Read MoreBob Burg is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences sharing the platform with everyone from today’s business leaders and broadcast personalities to even a former U.S. President.
Bob is the author of many books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. His book, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann has sold over half a million copies and it has been translated into 21 languages. It has been released in a new, expanded edition, with a foreword by Huffington Post founder and publisher, Arianna Huffington.
Read MoreLou Diamond is a Coach, Consultant, Bestselling Author, Speaker & Motivator. He was a top producer for firms such as Accenture, Deloitte, Omnicom, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America, leading teams to achieve record revenues year after year. Lou founded THRIVE, a leading consulting and coaching company focused on making the most incredible leaders and top performers even more amazing. Most recently, he launched ThriveLOUD, a weekly podcast dedicated to inspiring people to reach their peak potential in every facet of their life.
A Cornell University graduate, Lou is a passionate sports fan, avid golfer, loving husband and extremely proud dad.
Read MoreJaime Jay founded Slapshot Studio, LLC in 2013. He wanted a business that combined his life-long passion for the sport of ice hockey with his ability to build websites and thus the Slapshot Studio brand was born.
Read MoreIn this episode, Naphtali interviews Dr. Alan Kadish, a prominent cardiologist and the President of Touro College and University System, the largest Jewish-sponsored educational institution in the United States. Alan shares some great tips that are sure to increase your work productivity. He provides nuggets on various topics like multi-tasking, developing emotional detachment, looking at the big picture and managing stress. Tune in and benefit from these great insights which can help you manage your work and life in a better, more effective manner.
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Annette Franz is CEO of CX Journey Inc, a boutique consulting firm specializing in helping clients ground and frame their customer experience strategies in/via customer understanding. Her passion lies in teaching companies about customer experience and helping them understand the importance of the employee experience to a great customer experience. She has 25 years of experience in the CX space and has been recognized as one of “The 100 Most Influential Tech Women on Twitter” by Business Insider and by several other organizations as a top influencer in Customer Experience. She is an active CXPA member, as a CX Expert, CX Mentor, and a SoCal Local Networking Team Lead; she also serves as an executive officer on the association's Board of Directors.
Read MoreStephen Woessner is the founder and CEO of Predictive ROI, a digital marketing agency, and the host of Onward Nation — a top-rated daily podcast for learning how today’s top business owners think, act, and achieve. Onward Nation is listened to in 113 countries around the world. Stephen is the author of three books, including the #1 bestseller, “Profitable Podcasting”. His digital marketing insights have been featured in Forbes.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post, and Inc. Magazine.
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Simcha is a life celebrator, game-changer, and futurist. He co-founded the game-based entrepreneurial training company Freshbiz, which has taken over 50,000 professionals from top companies across the globe on a game-based journey to smarter, better, and faster. He is also the author of “The New Entrepreneurz: Changing the Way You Play Life”.
Read MoreRabbi Hershel Lutch, MBA, is the Executive Director of MEOR, a leading Jewish education and outreach organization active on top American university campuses. He has previously held leadership positions within a number of other prominent Jewish organizations. Serving as MEOR’s chief professional, Hershel leads a dynamic staff of educators and oversees MEOR’s fiscal management, operational planning, and fundraising activities.
Podcast highlights:
The need to “get your hands dirty” with your leadership
How leadership and management differ, and when to wear each hat
How leaders can also manage
Hershel’s personal hurdles and how he overcame them
Why you need to continue to invest in yourself
Leaders are only as good as their people
Why Hershel wants to meet George Washington
How Hershel’s faith guides his role
