EEC 361: Turning Innovation into a Science, with Tony Ulwick
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
Release Date: 12/17/2024
EEC 378: Mastering Leadership and the Entrepreneurial Mindset, with Darius Ross
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Darius Ross is a pro arbitrager, business consultant, and motivational speaker with 30+ years of entrepreneurial experience behind him. How did your experiences growing up in inner-city Chicago shape your entrepreneurial journey? How can the right mentality help entrepreneurs overcome challenges and seize opportunities? What key traits define true leadership? What strategies have helped you crack high-stakes deals while fostering a strong business culture? What advice would you give your younger self? Darius Ross Darius Ross is a pro arbitrager, business consultant, and motivational speaker...
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EEC 377: Lead From Your Heart; Not With Your Title, with Mike Manazir
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Mike Manazir has a passion for stories, leadership, and lifting up people. Mike is a graduate of Top Gun and commanded a US Navy F-14 squadron, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and a Carrier Strike Group. What motivated to write your book, "Learn How To Lead To Win"? Is there a similitude difference between leading as a naval officer and as a civilian executive? Value and bigger than yourself. Give guidance. What are the basic themes of your book? What is your top tip about effective leadership? What are your three top tenets for an effective leader? Mike Manazir Mike Manazir has a passion...
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EEC 376: Emotional Intelligence - The Path to Fulfillment, Influence, and Lasting Success, with Nada Lena Nasserdeen
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Nada Lena Nasserdeen is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, visionary, and advocate for personal and professional empowerment. As the Founder and CEO of Rise Up For You, she is a two-time #1 best-selling author and a two-time TEDx motivational speaker. What inspired you to focus on soft skills as the foundation for leadership and why do you believe they are the new success skills? Why now? What are the most common challenges you see leaders face today to foster growth within their teams? What are the key takeaways from these experiences that can benefit leaders and teams? How do you...
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EEC 375: Transformational Leadership: Why Embracing A Coaching Mindset Is Key To Success, with Kerri Sutey
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Kerri Sutey is an experienced executive and leadership coach with over 20 years of expertise in transforming individuals, teams, and organizations. In your Forbes article, how do you define a coaching mindset? What are the most significant barriers leaders encounter when shifting from a traditional, directive style to a more collaborative approach? Could you share an example (or a story) of a leader you have worked with who embodied the coaching mindset? In the context of rapid technological change and a multigenerational workforce, what unique challenges—and opportunities— do leaders...
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EEC 374: How to Recognize and Prevent Burnout, with Jasmin Dennis
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Jasmin Denis is a health and wellness coach at Jazzhealth. She coaches leaders in the workplace. It has been her driving force and passion for over 30 years. How do you create an effective workplace program? How do you recognize you are in burnout mode? What are some natural remedies to combat stress? AI friend or foe? Are regular wellness workshops effective in managing employee wellbeing? Jasmin Dennis As a Health and Wellness Leadership Coach, at Jazzdhealth and Wellness, Jasmin Dennis coaches, transforms, and implements health and wellness programs in the workplace. Health and wellness...
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EEC 373: Discovering Purpose and Authenticity in a Life-Changing Diagnosis, with Jonathan Tuteur
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Jonathan Tuteur is an Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Author, and Management Consultant with over 25 years of experience working across numerous industries. Jon’s executive coaching work focuses on helping individuals and groups optimize their performance, enhance their mindset, and achieve their potential. How have your life experiences informed how you work with your clients? What is your approach to making difficult decisions? How do you find your motivation and purpose and inspire others to find theirs? How do you practice empathy with clients whose views, backgrounds,...
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EEC 372: The Importance of Human Leadership, with Jeffrey Sanow
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Jeffrey Sanow is a Former CIA Senior Intelligence Officer, a Global Security Expert, and a Strategic Leadership Speaker. He has a decorated career in critical global operations, and he served in the CIA’s National Clandestine Service. Can you share a brief overview of your background with our listeners? You say the ‘failure is not an option’ what do you mean? Talk about the art of decision-making under pressure. Is that a skill set you can cultivate? How did you experience abroad help you with your career? What do different people from different cultures have in common? With such an...
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EEC 371: The Leadership Roadmap to Success, with Jim Carlough
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With over 30 years of leadership experience, Jim Carlough is an accomplished business strategist, speaker, and author. Having successfully driven explosive growth for healthcare organizations—from start-ups to industry leaders—Jim is a trusted expert in building high-performing teams, revitalizing underperforming businesses, and guiding organizations through transformational change. There is a constant debate about leaders are born or made. What is your take on this? Your book outlines six pillars as a foundational roadmap for aspiring leaders. Could you briefly walk us through each one...
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EEC 370: What it Means to be Mindfully Successful, with Margo Boster
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Margo Boster is a leadership coach and yoga teacher with over twenty- five years of diverse roles in information technology across private sector companies and governmental organizations. The book's title is Mindfully Successful, how do you describe what mindfully successful is and what it isn't? Can you share a real example of where a “successful” leader was hindering themselves or getting in their way – perhaps working harder than they had to or having an unintended impact on their team or organization - and how your techniques improved their performance, effectiveness, and health?...
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EEC 369: From Startup to Scale Up, with Marc Luanghy
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Marc is an award-winning trademark attorney and experienced entrepreneur with over 20 years of launching and scaling businesses. He created the Power Trademark 360, a comprehensive framework that empowers entrepreneurs to leverage trademarks for business growth and sustainability. What are some emerging trends in intellectual property that entrepreneurs should be aware of? How do you see intellectual property intersecting with sustainability and social impact, particularly in the African market? What inspired you to develop the Power Trademark 360, and how does it benefit entrepreneurs? How...
info_outlineTony Ulwick is the pioneer of the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and the founder of strategy and innovation consulting firm Strategyn.
- What is Outcome - Driven Innovation and why did Tony decide to make it open-source?
- What did your career as an engineer teach you about running a business?
- What causes failure and how can you diminish the risk of failure?
- What metrics reduce failure and how does WSJ know immediat ely that IBM's product was a failure?
- Why don't more companies adopt this process? HBR 2002 and HBR 2016 promote this process.
- How do you help companies implement the innovation and what are some of the causes of failure?
Tony Ulwick
Tony Ulwick is the pioneer of the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and the founder of strategy and innovation consulting firm Strategyn. Tony has applied his ODI process at some of the world’s leading companies and across nearly all industries to inform breakthrough innovations — achieving a success rate that is 5 times better than the industry average. Philip Kotler calls Tony “the Deming of innovation” and credits him with bringing predictability to innovation. Publishe d in Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, Tony is also the author of best sellers What Customers Want and JOBS TO BE DONE: Theory to Practice.
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