The Robin Zander Show

Welcome back to the Robin Zander Show, and an entirely different world. The Coronavirus Pandemic has the entire world in an uproar. In today’s podcast, I have a conversation with David Hanrahan, CHRO of Eventbrite, about taking a large company entirely remote in under 2 weeks, parenting tactics when so many of us are working […]

I meet with a lot of individuals and companies exploring both personal and professional performance. Especially through curating Responsive Conference over the last five years, I’ve had the great privilege to meet with change leaders around the world. There are a lot of very innovative approaches to change being practiced in the world today! One… Continue reading “Master Your Code” with Darren Gold of The Trium Group

A few weeks ago, I sat down with Greg Russell, Head of People and Talent at Snapdocs to talk about talent development. The conversation ended up covering a great deal more including company culture, special needs, human development, and my own eclectic background. I hope you enjoy!

This fall I spent 3.5 weeks traveling with my mother in Ghana, Africa. Before embarking for this trip, I had never had a particularly strong desire to go to West Africa. I’ve always wanted to visit many different places, like Morocco, Peru, and Nepal, but West Africa never quite made it on my list. By… Continue reading 25 Days in Ghana with my Mother

Recently while in NYC, I led a strategy workshop for an exclusive group of CEOs and founders who are building companies designed to thrive in the modern world. Here, we discuss how to have more authenticity in our sales. Respecting others’ time and double checking that they are still available and willing to speak gives… Continue reading Be More Loving with Sales – Zander Media Strategy Sessions

A few weeks ago in NYC, I led a strategy workshop for an exclusive group of CEOs and founders who are building companies designed to thrive in the Future of Work. Every organization is tasked with issues that seem insurmountable. Often, the process to accomplishing a huge goal can be so overwhelming that we never… Continue reading Behavior Change – Zander Media Strategy Sessions

My guest today is the President of Pepsi Global Foods, Simon Lowden. Simon has been the driving force over the last 10 years at turning Pepsi into a forward-thinking and self-iterating company. He is incredibly thoughtful when it comes to marketing and Responsive organizations, and in today’s conversation, we dive deep into some of the… Continue reading Responsive Organizations with President of Pepsi, Simon Lowden

A few weeks ago, I sat down with Michael Roderick to discuss brand strategy and his work around creating “referrable brands.” This conversation covers a wide range of topics related to brand strategy, including his AIM model which stands for Accessibility, Influence, and Memory. We apply this framework to a variety of business examples, including… Continue reading How to Create an Amazing Brand with Michael Roderick

Perfectionism can limit your creative fuels. The fear of failure can be crippling, and the pressure to execute consistently can paralyze you from trying at all. To help combat this, try making a list of 10 ways you can do any specific thing unsuccessfully. The idea is to find ways to do something incorrectly, on… Continue reading Perfectionism | Financial Freedom Workshop

We all have a myriad of beliefs, and it is useful first to recognize your beliefs. But it is also possible to amplify them, and use your beliefs as fuel to create more of what you want. In this exercise, we looked for the earliest memories of a specific belief, and then turned the belief… Continue reading What’s Your Purpose? | Financial Freedom Workshop

In this episode, my friend, Daniel Stillman, interviews me for his podcast, The Conversation Factory. We discuss how to ask better questions, the value of loving, non- judgmental questions, and my story. I hope you enjoy today’s podcast as Daniel flips the script and interviews me on the art of asking questions. Line Notes 1:15… Continue reading How to Ask Better Questions with Daniel Stillman and Robin Zander

We are each in control of our own reality. If you feel that making money by selling your art or your work is impossible, go find other people whose work you admire that are successful. If someone else has done it, you can do it too. Find roll models that have something in common with… Continue reading We are in Control of our Own Reality | Financial Freedom Workshop

This is a talk that I gave at the HR Transform conference in Las Vegas to the Heads of HR of some of the fastest growing tech companies you have definitely heard of. The context for my talk was storytelling. I pulled on my experience at Robin’s Cafe and Responsive Conference to help others tell… Continue reading How To Tell Your Story – Robin Zander at HR Transform

If you want to save more money, adopting principles of behavior change will be important. What areas of your daily life can you cut back on spending? It’s important to be thoughtful on what you spend money on in conjunction with how you want to live. That being said, if something in an unnecessary expense… Continue reading What Brings You Joy? | Financial Freedom Workshop

This is the story of how I came to own Robin’s Cafe in the course of 3 weeks with no initial intention or experience in purchasing a coffeeshop. The mental and emotional growth I gained through that experience was instrumental. From that experience, I also found that when we show up humbly and ask for… Continue reading The Story of Robin’s Cafe | Financial Freedom Workshop

50 ways to 50k is a game you can play to come up with ways to make extra money each month. The first step is to choose an amount of money that feels really achievable for you to make additionally to your normal income each month. The second step is to brainstorm 15 ways to… Continue reading 50 Ways to $50,000 | Financial Freedom Workshop

One consideration about money that we don’t talk about enough is establishing a clear “why”. The reason you want something can be highly motivating, and the absence of a clear “why” can limit you from taking direct action. Be specific with how much more money you want, why it is important to you, and what… Continue reading Find Your “Why” | Financial Freedom Workshop

I recently sat down to chat with Lindsay McGregor in New York City. Lindsay is the co-author of The New York Time’s best selling book Primed to Perform and also spoke onstage at Responsive 2018. She and her husband co-founded the company, Vega Factor, which works with fortune 500 companies, fast growing start-ups, and a… Continue reading An Interview with New York Times Best-Selling Author, Lindsay McGregor

Friendship isn’t something that most people do intentionally. Ordinarily, we “fall” into and out of relationships and friendships, without thinking through what we want or why we are there. In this video, I tell the story of how I became friends with Michelle Love, my co-founder at Motion (www.wantmotion.com). Michelle brought a level of clarity… Continue reading Having Intentional Relationships (and Clear Boundaries)

One day, after my first year of college, I came home and proposed to my parents that we have a real relationship. I had always been grateful to have them, but I had never really made the choice actively to have a relationship with them. I promised to always be loving, speak my truth, and… Continue reading How to Get Over Childhood Resentment With Your Parents