The Mentors Radio Show

In today's legacy episode, THE MENTORS RADIO Host Tom Loarie talks with the late Harold Burson, a master communicator, highly ethical leader, and widely acclaimed as the godfather of modern public relations! At the time if this interview, Harold was in his 90s, but you'd never know it. His mind, memory, well-anchored moral compass and mastery of communication and strategy is sharp and clear. Learn from him, a true legacy mentor! Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! HAROLD BURSON: BIO: Bio Co-founder and Founding Chairman of Burson-Marsteller BOOKS: The Business of Persuasion, by Harold Burson ARTICLES: The Godfather of Modern PR Harold Burson on Moral Responsibilities and Controversial Clients - PR Week The Undisputed Master of Public Relations Harold Burson talks about the business of persuasion

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Ursula Burns, Chairwoman of Teneo and founding partner of private equity company Integrum Holdings. But Ursula is best known for serving as Chairwoman and CEO of Xerox during a 36-year-career there, where she became the first black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. In addition, Ursula serves on several private company boards, while also providing leadership counsel to several community, educational and non-profit organizations including the Ford Foundation, the MIT Corporation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Mayo Clinic, among others. President Obama appointed her to lead the White House national program on STEM and she served as Chair of the President’s Export Council. Since February 2022, Ursula Burns has served as Vice Chair of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness. Ursula holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from NYU. She’s a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: URSULA BURNS: BIO: Bio: Ursula Burns DEIC Power 100 BOOKS: Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir, by Ursula Burns ARTICLES / NEWS: Pioneering CEO Ursula Burns Wants to Make Stories Like Hers Less Rare - WSJ Ursula M. Burns - The New York Times In Her New Memoir, Ursula M. Burns Recounts Blazing a Trail to the Top of Xerox - The New York Times “I’m Here Because I’m As Good As You” - The Harvard Review Former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns on becoming the 1st black female Fortune 500 chief exec - YouTube Expect to see a sizable uptick in M&A in 2024, says Teneo's Ursula Burns - CNBC

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Brenda Wolf, beloved retired President and CEO of Chicago's La Rabida Children's Hospital and recipient of the University of Chicago's Booth School "2023 Alumnus of the Year" award. Wolf dedicated her life to helping children with complex medical needs to have the greatest life possible and she gives us a powerful, insider view of the challenges, rewards and lessons learned from a career in non-profit pediatric health care. You'll also hear how the principles and practices she learned from going back and earning an MBA became invaluable tools in her nonprofit leadership roles. In her 12 years as CEO and President, and her 35 total years serving at La Rabida Children's Hospital, Brenda pioneered the patient-centered family home, in which one physician is responsible for coordinating all care for the patient. She also expanded the hospital's outreach to youth experiencing trauma in under-served communities by establishing clinics in the surrounding area. She talks about leadership during the pandemic shutdown, key partnerships, the importance of providing long-term care for children with chronic conditions, navigating the complexities of Medicaid reimbursement and managing critical resources effectively in a nonprofit healthcare setting. She has been named one of Crain Chicago's Most Notable Women in Health Care. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: BRENDA WOLF: BIO: https://www.thechicagonetwork.org/member/brenda-j-wolf/ ARTICLES: La Rabida Children's Hospital CEO to retire — Crain's Chicago Business La Rabida CEO Stepping Down — Hyde Park Herald 'The Last 12 Years Consumed Me': Chicago hospital CEO retires — Becker's Hospital Review How Brenda J. Wolf seamlessly transitioned to leadership at La Rabida Children's Hospital — Smart Business

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with David Rubenstein, the Co-Founder of one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms, the host of The David Rubenstein Show and other programs on Bloomberg TV and PBS, and the author of How to Lead. They discuss what Rubenstein has learned about leadership from interviewing the world’s greatest leaders. David Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. In addition to hosting The David Rubenstein show and other programs on Bloomberg and PBS, David chairs the boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago. David is also a Trustee of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National Constitution Center, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum. He’s a Director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Rubenstein's memberships and awards are too lengthy to list. He is especially known for his philanthropy. He’s an original signer of The Giving Pledge, and a leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, having made transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of many of America’s most important monuments, and he’s provided long-term loans to the U.S. government of his rare copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment, the first map of the U.S., and the first book printed in the U.S. David recently bought the Baltimore Orioles. He is the author of four books and in this episode Dan and David discuss one of these books, namely, How to Lead. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: David Rubenstein: BIO: Bio: David M. Rubenstein BOOKS: How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEO's, Founders and Game Changers, by David Rubenstein The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream, by David Rubenstein The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, by David Rubenstein How to Invest: Masters on the Craft, by David Rubenstein

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Alan Mulally, former Boeing and FORD CEO, regarding his management philosophy which led to the development of the triple seven luxury liner and the transformation of Ford into one of the world’s leading automobile companies! Alan served as President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company, where he led the Ford transformation into one of the world's leading automobile companies and the #1 brand in the United States. Prior to this, he served as President of Boeing Information, Space and Defense Systems at the Boeing company, where he oversaw the development of commercial and military aircraft, including the 777. Widely recognized for his many contributions and leadership mastery, Alan Mulally has been named as one of the world's greatest leaders, one of the 30 world's best CEOs, and as one of the world's most influential people. Mulally's success in both his career and life is rooted in the lessons his parents taught him. These lessons provided the foundation for what became his philosophy of work and life, embodied in his "Working Together" practices and principles, which you'll learn in this episode...and more! Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: ALAN MULALLY: BIO: https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/people/alan-mulally.html BOOKS: Relentless Implementation: Creating Clarity, Alignment And A Working Together Operating System To Maximize Your Business Performance, by Alan Mulally and Adam Witty American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company, by Bryce G. Hoffman, Pete Larkin, et al. ARTICLES: Alan Mulally: The Man Who Saved Ford, by Michael Distefano, Korn Ferry Legendary CEO Alan Mulally Says Coming Together Is The Key To Navigating Through Difficult Times, by Bryce Hoffman, Forbes How Ford's Alan Mulally turned around its fortunes, BBC

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Mark Donovan, President of the back-to-back World Champion Kansas City Chiefs, and responsible for all aspects of the club’s business operations. Donovan also serves as the President of Arrowhead Events, the arm that brings major events to Arrowhead Stadium, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup. During Mark’s 15 years with the Chiefs, the team has become one of the most iconic brands in the world of sports and earned four Super Bowl berths in the last five years, winning three. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: MARK DONOVAN: BIO: Mark Donovan 2023 Media Guide Bio WEBSITE: https://www.chiefs.com/ ARTICLES: Making Big Plays: All that winning for KC and the Chiefs—Super Bowl, NFL Draft, World Cup—keeps team President Mark Donovan's playbook pretty full. He discusses all the balls he has in the air, Kansas City Business Journal Staying Super Busy: How Chiefs President Mark Donovan and 49ers President Al Guido spent their week in Las Vegas, Sports Business Journal On Lamar Hunt, Patrick Mahomes, Taylor Swift and the Chiefs' goal to be 'world team', by Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with world renown psychologist, Dr. George Simon, who has spent decades understanding and dealing with character-impaired personalities. His best-selling book In Sheep’s Clothing just celebrated its 28th year in print. In this interview, Dr. Simon shares his insights on those people who can suck you dry and sap the joy of life out of you. These people subtly prey on your weaknesses and use clever tactics to gain an advantage over you. These people are underhanded, backstabbing, deceptive and conniving. They may work with you, associate with you, or even live with you. They fight hard for what they want, but they want to conceal their aggressive intentions. They can destroy your life and your career. Find out how to defeat manipulators and regain your sanity. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: GEORGE K. SIMON, PhD. BIO: https://www.drgeorgesimon.com/about/ WEBSITE: https://www.drgeorgesimon.com BOOKS: In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People, by Dr. George K. Simon Character Disturbance: the phenomenon of our age, by George K. Simon The Judas Syndrome: Why Good People Do Awful Things, by George K. Simon Essentials for the Journey: Embracing and Living the 10 Commandments of Character - Proven Principles for a Psychologically Healthy and Spiritually Rich Life, by Dr. George K. Simon How Did We End Up Here?: Surviving and Thriving in a Character Disordered World, by George Simon and Kathryn Armistead The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence, by Gavin De Becker (mentioned in show episode) ARTICLES: Malignant Narcissists Always Pose High Risk, by Dr. George Simon The Narcissistic Rage and many other excellent articles, by George Simon

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Greg Graves, retired Chairman and CEO of Burns & McDonnell. Greg led one of the fastest-growing and most successful engineering, architecture, construction and environmental consulting firms in North America. In his 13 years as CEO, employment (and therefore the number of employee-owners) quadrupled, revenues grew 10-fold to $3 Billion, and the company produced an average ROI in excess of 25% each year – all organically. Fortune Magazine listed Burns & McDonnell among it’s Top 100 Best Places to Work list six times, reaching #14 in 2014. His best-selling book Create Amazing about employee ownership has held the #1 positions in the Business, Human Resources and Democracy categories at Amazon. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: GREG GRAVES: BIO: Greg Graves Bio BOOK: Create Amazing: Turn Your Employees into Owners for Explosive Growth, by Greg Graves ARTICLES & VIDEO CLIPS: CEO Greg Graves Announces Retirement Retired Burns & McDonnell CEO Greg Graves on Improving Business and Empowering Workers Video Clip: Greg Graves retirement and plans Graves May Be Leaving Burns & McDonnell, but He’ll Remain a Civic Force in KC — Ingram's These Kansas City philanthropists built a private lake for family, friends and charity — Kansas City Spaces, The Kansas City Star HIGH PRAISE for Greg Graves' Create Amazing book: Create Amazing reached #1 for Business, #1 for Human Resources and #1 for Democracy categories at Amazon over different times. In 2023, the United States Senate reached out to Greg and asked for 100 copies, one for each member. Rutgers University School of Business Annual Book Award is called the Joyce Rothschild Prize for Economic Democracy. Semi-Finalist, then Finalist, finally 2nd prize…2023. The London Book Awards (Cambridge) Semi-Finalist, then Finalist for the International Business Book of the Year….2022. Good to Great Author Jim Collins: “In Create Amazing, Greg Graves argues persuasively that employee ownership—-done the right way and for the right reasons——can be a catalytic force for economic prosperity and corporate endurance.” University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod: “Greg Graves’ dynamic leadership of a highly successful large multinational employee-owned company provides him with a unique perspective of wealth building in America.” United States Senator Jerry Moran: “As Create Amazing makes clear, employee ownership has a rich history in our country—-and a strong future. Greg Graves has given us a How-To Manuel for combining good politics and economic policy to reduce economic disparity and improve the financial well-being of our nation.

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Dr. Jim Loehr, the founder of Johnson and Johnson’s HUMAN PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE and best-selling author. They discuss the rarest of human qualities, courage, its costs, and what life will give you in return for a little courage. The insights shared in this episode deliver some of the most powerful, life-changing challenges for any human being, regardless of their work, profession, life or athletic prowess. Dr. Loehr has coached some of the most elite professionals in sports, athletics, business, military and nonprofits. These are professionals who are so well-trained and high-level that what will give them “an edge” and what will give them a sense of happiness or fulfillment has nothing to do with skill or technique. Instead, this is how to retrain your thinking to become your truest self, resulting in “a seismic shift,” as Jim describes it, in people’s lives—from frustration or unhappiness to vibrant happiness and feeling of fulfillment. Loehr's Institute of Performance, his books and success are world-renown. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: JIM LOEHR: BIO: World-renowned performance psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, co-founder, Coach | Leading with Character, always Bio-1: https://www.jnj.com/jjhws/jim-loehr Bio-2: Bio: Jim Loehr WEBSITE: HUMAN PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE BOOKS:The Power of Story: Change Your Story, Change Your Destiny in Business and in Life, by Jim LoehrLeading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy by Jim LoehrThe Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, by Jim Loehr and Tony SchwartzThe New Toughness Training for Sports: Mental Emotional Physical Conditioning from One of the World’s Premier Sports Psychologists, by Jim Loehr and Chris Evert The Only Way to Win: How Building Character Drives Higher Achievement and Greater Fulfillment in Business and Life, by Jim Loehr On Form : Achieving High Energy Performance Without Sacrificing Health and Happiness and Life Balance, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz Stress for Success: Jim Loehr’s Program for Transforming Stress into Energy at Work, by Jim Loehr Mentally Tough: The Principles of Winning at Sports Applied to Winning in Business, by Jim Loehr and Peter McLaughlin The Corporate Athlete Advantage: The Science of Deepening Engagement, by Jim Loehr and Jack Groppel Breathe In, Breathe Out : Inhale Energy and Exhale Stress by Guiding and Controlling Your Breathing, by Jim Loehr, Jerome Agel, and Jeffrey A. Migdow Jim Loehr is a 2022 USTPA (U.S. Tennis Professional Association) Hall of Fame Inductee : USPTA Hall of Fame Inductee Tribute Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/SmljoF62rbk?si=yait9FLVuKb2wXkY

In today's episode, THE MENTORS RADIO Host Dan Hesse talks with John Stanton, one of the creators of the wireless industry, the founder of multiple companies including T-Mobile USA, and now Chairman and CEO of the Seattle Mariners and Chairman of Trilogy Partnerships. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of Costco and Microsoft, which today is the world's most valuable company. Learn the evolution of the wireless industry and why fans are driving changes to the most traditional of games—America's national pastime—baseball. John is truly a wireless pioneer, co-founding three of the top 10 wireless operators in the U.S. during the last 40 years. John helped found McCaw Cellular where he was Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman, which became the largest wireless operator in the U.S. and which was sold to AT&T to become AT&T Wireless. He then founded Western Wireless, where he served as Chairman and CEO until it was acquired by Alitel, and he founded Voicestream, where he served as Chairman and CEO, selling it to Deutsche Telecom in 2001 for $50.7 billion. Deutsche Telecom renamed the company T-Mobile USA and it remains headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. John also served as Chairman of Clearwire until it was sold to Sprint in 2013. John is a member of the Wireless Hall of Fame. Listen to this episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: JOHN STANTON: BIO: BIO: John W. Stanton BOOK: Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch of the Cellular Revolution, by James B. Murray, Jr. ARTICLES: New Mariners CEO John Stanton is baseball-loving billionaire with World Series goal, The Seattle Times In His Own Words: John Stanton

In this episode, THE MENTORS RADIO Host Dan Hesse talks with Steve Case, one of America’s most influential tech visionaries, the CEO of the investment firm Revolution, the founder and former CEO of AOL, and the author of The Rise of the Rest. In addition to learning how entrepreneurs can make a great pitch to investors, we’ll discuss how innovation is moving to America’s heartland, rejuvenating major cities, and why this is so important to our country’s future. Steve Case co-founded AOL in 1985. Under Steve’s leadership as CEO, AOL became the largest and most valuable Internet company on the planet, driving the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based investment firm that backs entrepreneurs at every stage of their development. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund has invested in more than 200 startups in more than 100 U.S. cities, in partnership with many of America’s most successful entrepreneurs and investors. Steve was recently named co-chair of the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which will advise on the development of a National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to ensure America’s competitiveness. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES STEVE CASE: BIO: Bio: Steve Case BOOKS: The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream, by Steve Case The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future, by Steve Case TELEVISION and ARTICLES: We cannot allow AI to make Big Tech even bigger (CNBC) America’s big mistake in the war for high-tech talent (CNN) This Popular Way to Pick Winners can Make You Miss the Biggest Opportunities (Inc.) How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community (HBR) Lessons from a bipartisan economic triumph, 10 years later (The Hill) Innovation Moves to Middle America (WSJ)

This week on The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Greg Harden, M.S.W., an extraordinary life coach and mentor whose coaching and mentoring has changed more lives than even he imagined possible. Harden is the lifelong mentor to seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady; to Michael Phelps, the most celebrated and decorated Olympiad of all time with 28 medals; to Desmond Howard, Heisman Trophy winner; to Samantha Arsenault, the Gold medalist swimmer who overcame low sense of self-worth, injury and a tumor; to Warde Manuel whose football career-ending neck injury changed his life but not his life’s purpose—and to mentor many others as an athletic director at the University of Michigan. Here's a peak at Hardon's "secret sauce" in mentoring others: Hardon sees difficulty and obstacles as advantages. The more obstacles in your path, the higher odds you’ll succeed because others will back down. In this fast-paced, in-depth interview, Greg Harden will coach and mentor YOU to embrace a mindset to live your best life and achieve your passion and goals, with a sense of purpose, genuine fulfillment, peace and happiness. He also talks about the principles in his book, Stay Sane in an Insane World, filled with first-hand examples, experiences, his own challenges, principles of living a rich and rewarding life, and more. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: GREG HARDEN: BIO: https://gregharden.com/bio/ https://ssw.umich.edu/faculty/profiles/ce/gharden BOOKS: Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive, by Greg Harden WEBSITE: GregHarden.com

In today's episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with one of the greatest baseball players of all-time, Hall of Famer George Brett, the only major league player in history to win batting titles in three decades, and the only player ever with 3000 hits, 300 home runs, 600 doubles, 100 triples and 200 stolen bases. In addition to a career batting average of over .300, he retired as the American League’s all-time leader in being walked intentionally. During George’s 21-year career with Kansas City, the Royals had 15 winning seasons with seven post-season and two World Series appearances, winning the World Series in 1985. A gold glove third baseman, his #5 was retired by the Royals, and George was inducted into the Hall of Fame with the 8th highest vote tally of all-time. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: GEORGE BRETT: BIO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brett George Brett BIO - with stats BOOK: George Brett: A Royal Hero — The Kansas City Star, essay by Joe Posnanski, Sports Publishing, Inc DOCUMENTARY: BRETT, MLB Network documentary on George Brett (December 2023) 'I had tears, man': Brett's career on full display in MLB Network documentary — by Robert Falkoff, MLB.com (includes video clips of Brett's TERRIFIC talk at Hall of Fame induction, Brett walking off with final HR and the Pine Tar incident)

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Ed Kopetsky, retired CIO for Stanford Health, to discuss the critical issue of addiction, a major career and family derailer today. Ed, who lost his son to an opioid overdose, shares 17 years of frontline experience, sharing invaluable insights on addressing addiction within families and communities. There is no one I know who is better to provide guidance on dealing with addiction within a family. He has been on the front lines of the addiction battle for 17 years. He lost his 31 year old son, Tim, to an overdose in 2017. Before he retired, he served as the Chief Information Officer at Stanford Health’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford's Children's Health. He has served as the Board Chair for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and he is the founder and serves today as the Co-Chair of the CHIME Opiod Task Force. He was awarded the John Gall “CIO of the Year Award” awarded by CHIME and HIMSS. CHIME CEO Russell Branzell has called Ed “one of the most courageous people I know.” Kopetsky is now focused on mentoring families whose lives have been turned upside down with drug addiction. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: ED KOPETSKY: BIO: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/about/news/releases/2019/ed-kopetsky-cio-of-the-year-award ARTICLES and INTERVIEWS: LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Why and How Two Prominent Healthcare Leaders Chose to Fight the Drug Addiction Crisis Head-on — The Mentors Radio CIO of the Year Ed Kopetsky: "It's about Expectation Management and Trust" — HealthsystemCIO

In today's episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Patrick Lencioni, the world’s foremost thought leader on organizational health. His 13 best-selling books have sold more than 10 million copies and are translated into more than 30 languages. These books are short, immediately engaging and powerful, focusing on how to reduce organizational politics, silos, confusion and dysfunction while increasing organizational clarity, alignment and productivity. Pat's current focus is on why some leaders have an unconscious unwillingness to do the difficult tasks and confront the challenging situations required to bring about a healthier and more productive organization. During this lively episode, Pat talks about his career, his observations and team-, individual- and business-changing solutions, and about his new, simple and EASY “Working Genius” assessment tool that enables anyone to increase their contribution to work and life by overcoming their unconscious unwillingness to do difficult tasks and confront challenging situations. It's a game-changer! Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: PATRICK LENCIONI: BIO: https://www.tablegroup.com/pat/#pat BOOKS: The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team — by Patrick Lencioni The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities — by Patrick Lencioni The Five Dysfunctions of a Team — by Patrick Lencioni WEBSITES: https://www.tablegroup.com/ https://www.workinggenius.com/ ASSESSMENT TEST:

In this episode, The Mentors Radio Host Dan Hesse talks with Andy Reid, Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs who brought the Chiefs to win two Super Bowls (so far) and who trails only Bill Belichick in career victories among active NFL coaches. Reid is considered an Offensive mastermind. His Chiefs have won seven consecutive AFC West titles and hosted five consecutive AFC championship games. But the enduring take-away is not the victories alone, it's what goes on behind-the-scenes to prepare for and achieve those victories. Of course it's about continuously learning, observing, honing in on player expertise and strategies... But that's not enough. For Reid, it's about knowing people, how a player is best motivated, how to build a genuine sense of team, and most importantly, it's about mentoring. For him, success in life comes from teaching others. He lives what he believes; 11 NFL head coaches were mentored by Andy Reid, as branches on his famous "coaching tree." You'll learn all this and more to help YOU take YOUR dream to the next level. Listen to the show live in San Francisco or via live-streaming on iHeart Radio worldwide… You can also listen on ANY podcast platform, including Apple podcast, iTunes, Spotify, TuneIN, Stitcher, Google Play and all the others. Subscribe to this podcast here. SHOW NOTES: ANDY REID: BIO: https://www.chiefs.com/team/coaches-roster/andy-reid MORE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Reid

Listen as The Mentors Radio Host Dan Hesse talks with Joe Montana, one of the greatest football players in history, a four-time Super Bowl champion. In this episode, Montana teaches us how to get the most out of those around us and how to perform under pressure. We’ll also learn how he has parlayed his team leadership skills into a very successful career as an angel investor and "Unicorn" picker. Without a doubt, Joe Montana personifies excellence and personal integrity, both on and off the field. He is one of the toughest quarterbacks ever to play the game and his trademark was unflappable poise in the clutch, earning the nickname "Joe Cool." Yet the word most closely associated with Joe is not winner — it's leader. After leading Notre Dame to the college football national championship, Joe led the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowls titles with Joe earning MVP honors three times. He finished his legendary NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs and he’s a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His post-football life has been just as successful, as a public speaker, advertising pitchman, husband, father, grandfather, and “angel” investor. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. BE SURE TO LEAVE US A GREAT REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: JOE MONTANA: BIO: https://thementorsradio.com/bio-joe-montana/ BOOKS: The Winning Spirit: 16 Timeless Principles That Drive Performance Excellence, Joe Montana and Tom Mitchell, PH.D. Audibles: My Life in Football, Joe Montana and Bob Raissman ARTICLES: Joe Montana Finding As Much Success Away From NFL As He Did Playing - Forbes DOCUMENTARY: Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure (Peacock) VIDEO CLIPS: Joe Montana Top 50 Most Magical Plays! - youtube Top 10 Joe Montana Games of all Time - NFL Films - youtube The Most Iconic Pass in Football History - Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure (clip)

In this episode, The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie talks with Al Pisano, Dean of the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), Jacobs School of Engineering, about technology, trends in technology, trends in STEM education and where the demand for engineers will be the greatest over the next decade. Dr. Pisano, a highly accomplished mechanical engineer, has been in the UC system for more than 41 years, the last 11 years as Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering. Under Dr. Pisano’s leadership the school exploded in growth from 5,800 students to 9,000, making it one of the largest public engineering school in the nation—the largest public engineering school in California—and ranked as one of the best engineering programs in the country. He raised nearly $400 million for the school and expanded its research from computer chips to earthquake-proof buildings, to flying taxis. Pisano is listed as a co-inventor on more than 20 patents, has authored or co-authored more than 190 archival publications and founded and co-founded 10 start-ups in Medtech and Tech. A co-founder of 10 companies, Pisano is dedicated to translating engineering breakthroughs for the benefit of society. In 2000, for example, he co-founded Mercator MedSystems with UC Berkeley doctoral student Kirk Seward in order to commercialize their MEMS-enabled breakthrough in medical device design and manufacturing. Today, the company’s medical devices are used around the world to deliver drugs, stem cells and other therapies to tissues at precise locations deep with the body. What's next? In this episode Dr. Pisano talks about the future of engineering, key trends in technology and cutting edge technology. For those considering a career in engineering, the future looks bright, plentiful and fascinating! For the rest of us, there's plenty to glean from this lively, innovative conversation. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. We are GRATEFUL for YOUR review(s) on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!! THANK YOU!! Please share with friends and colleague— Let the world know! SHOW NOTES: AL PISANO, PhD: BIO: https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release/1387 https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/about/leadership/dean/albert-pisano MENTIONED IN EPISODE: "Stream Your Learning" at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering WEBSITE: https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Dan Hesse talks with Manfred Krankl, the successful builder of multiple businesses including the restaurant Campanile and the bakery La Brea, but he is best known as a winemaking icon. Manfred is the founder, owner and winemaker at Sine Qua Non, which has redefined the term “cult wine” and earned 25 perfect 100 point scores from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, more than any winery in the world during this time period according to my research. Krankl is an innovator with unusual wine bottle shapes plus his own art that changes each year. According to Chat GPT, Sine Qua Non wines have appreciated more in value in the last decade than any wine in the world, including the famous French Burgundy Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. His new winery Next of Kyn is yet another remarkable success. Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. We are GRATEFUL for YOUR review(s) on Apple Podcasts and Spotify … Feel free to Share with friends and colleagues — Let your world know! SHOW NOTES: MANFRED FRANKL: BIO: https://www.vinum.eu/de/wein/winzer/2020/manfred-krankl/ BOOK: The Art of SQN, by Manfred Frankl WEBSITE: Sine Qua Non ARTICLES: The Frankl Cult - Forbes Sine Qua Non, Next of Kyn and the Third Twin - The Wine Independent Hedonism Meets... Manfred Krankl - Hedonism Wines The 12 Wines from "The Drops of God" - The Drink Business Sine Qua Non Collection - Cult Wine

In this episode, The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie talks with J.W. “Terry” Freiberg III, a social psychologist who became a prominent lawyer. Frieberg went on to write a short series of inspiring and popular books addressing what he calls The Four Seasons of Loneliness. It earned him the 2017 Independent Publishers Gold Prize for best book of the year in psychology/mental heath. You'll learn as Freiberg talks about his observations and work, his career segue from psychologist to lawyer, the changing loneliness statistics over the past 20 years (alarming!), and the simple and very realistic solution to discovering and maintaining terrific mental health and also to avoiding loneliness (not to be confused with purposeful solitude). Listen to episode below, or on ANY PODCAST PLATFORM here. We are GRATEFUL for YOUR review(s) on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ... Please enjoy and share with friends and colleagues! SHOW NOTES: J.W. "TERRY" FREIBERG III:: BIO: http://www.jwfreiberg.com/about WEBSITE: http://www.jwfreiberg.com/ BOOKS: Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer’s Case Stories – by J. W. Freiberg Growing Up Lonely: Disconnection and Misconnection in the Lives of Our Children – by J. W. Freiberg Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone: A Lawyer’s Case Stories of Love, Loneliness, and Litigation – by J. W. Freiberg