Leadership Point Radio | Critical Thoughts for Today’s Leaders

So many times in our dreams we see ourselves leading big organizations. What is interesting about today’s guest is that he never had that dream. But he’s lived the dream anyway. We’ll explore leading multi-national companies with thousands of employees because you were just who was needed at the that right time.

Wouldn’t you like to become a world traveler with audiences gathering to hear your every thought? How about if you ran a few large industrial companies at the same time? All while building a leading world-wide consulting practice? Today’s guest is all that and he’s here to tell his story on how leadership in thought and action makes the difference.

Today we speak with a gentleman who has walked with the greats in the halls of power. From the marine corp to congress he has maintained his own style and life philosophy. Stay with us for a deeper look inside the mind and machinations of politics, power and purpose. Former congressman Jim Bates reveals the ways of national leadership and politics from the big view.

Ask yourself this question: do I have joy in my life? Sure you are successful. You are a leader. But, really can you say you get joy in your leadership role? We explore that question as we talk about executives finding fulfillment for themselves, their employees, business and customers by practicing conscious capitalism. R. Michael Anderson, M.B.A., M.A., is creator of The Executive JOY Institute, which specializes in developing authentic happiness in leaders through speaking, facilitation, writing and online courses. Michael is the founder of three successful international software companies, a former professional basketball player and has a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. He brings to the table a rich blend of education and experience to instruct clients in the use of powerful transformative tools to elevate and enrich their lives. His recent book, The Experiment: Discover a Revolutionary Way to Manage Stress and Achieve Work-Life Balance, is a best seller in the Business Leadership Training category. Find out more about his work at www.executivejoy.com.

It’s rare to find effective advise, which is hard won in the halls of leadership today. In this episode we explore how we all can up our skills, practice and effectiveness across the seven most critical functions of leadership. We talk with executive coach, consultant, speaker and the author of the new book, Seven Disciplines of a Leader, Jeff Wolf.

Known for his deep thoughts on building corporate leadership, our guest is really a rockstar. And a VC/Private Equity guy. And a martial arts instructor. And a psychologist. Bring all these diverse ideas together and you will see leading edge ideas which work in the field for running a company, growing every employee in the business and maintaining your ethics, too. We talk today with WD-40’s, Vice President of Global Organization Development, Stan Sewitch.

Leadership is not just about the person who is in charge. Leadership is also about the environment and conditions which allow leaders to flourish with their ideas, products and organizations. Today on Leadership Point Radio we explore leadership of emerging companies from the viewpoint of advisors. If you want to know how to start, fund and reach success with your company stay with us. We’ll explore practical fund raising business structure ideas from our guest, Bill Eigner, known as the go-to-guy for start-ups.

This time we talk about leadership beyond the worldwide thoughts of our prior shows. We?re exploring leadership in the new space race. Where do humans go next? Who is going? And how? Which government or country is taking the lead? Or is government and political stance even part of space development anymore? / / Leadership beyond the edge on today?s episode of Leadership Point Radio

New ideas and the entrepreneurs who have those ideas need a fertile ground to spread and grow. If the area you choose is too hard or without nourishment that alone could doom your idea to failure. Today we explore with a deep thinker what it take to grow a space which nourishes entrepreneurs and their ideas.

Continuing with our series on biotechnology and healthcare, this week we look at San Diego’s role in international and American medical innovation. San Diego hosts the major international biotech conference this year. We’ll explore who is coming, what these leaders are talking about and why it’s important to the future of healthcare for all of us.

This time we are talking about our personal experience with disease leading to truly effective, targeted treatments. This is a leadership idea at the painful intersection of medicine and society. We speak with Kyle Brown who founded Patients Crossroads to gather and cross pollinate the true effects of rare and common disease affecting everyone and their families.

We all know that the medical industry is spread across every continent. It’s rare for a medical or pharmaceutical company to only work in one country these days. But, how does someone with an idea or novel research gain entry into this global industry? Today’s interview is about one such effort to reach across the oceans in building answers to many of our biggest health care issues. Thomas Mortensen joins us from the Medicon Valley region of Scandinavia as we explore business building in the health care industry.

This episode is one the most important we will ever broadcast. We’re talking about protecting our daughters and sons from the serious danger living among us. We’ll explore the movement to protect our children from sexual predators, and a new film telling the stories of tragedy and survival of families across the country. There are few film projects that one can knowingly enter into that will leave a legacy far beyond the box office or talent attached. “Chelsea’s Law” is exactly that. It’s the most important film on the Intelliscape slate, as far as making a difference in society. The subject matter is keeping child predators in prison, one strike. San Diego teenager Chelsea King was brutally raped and murdered by a former child predator in 2010. Her parents, Brent and Kelly, along with Chelsea’s stoic brother Tyler, have made it their mission to ensure other teens and pre adolescents are safer for generations to come by spearheading Chelsea’s Law in California.

If you remember your early twenties you were probably still enjoying all night parties, wondering what to do with your life and how you could really change the world. Today's guest, Kelvin Chan, still in his twenties, had done it.

Leadership develops over time and experience. Time to build ideas and dreams. If you are all about ideas pushing toward execution, then you will enjoy today’s interview of a world class idea traveler. It’s an interview which takes us across four totally different industries and five continents.

Just put yourself in the situation where you are enjoying your Sunday and out of nowhere you get a call. You are now, without warning, the leader of a multi-million dollar organization with very high visibility and thousands of stakeholders. The prior CEO

Suppose you needed to grow the business climate in a region or even improve a country’s economic strength. You’re part of the government or perhaps a leader with a large business anchoring the existing business region. What could you do to encourage and strengthen the future of existing markets and launch new entrepreneurial business? Today’s interview is with a person who is making a difference in over 25 countries through ideas, investments, and nurturing. Greg Horowitt brings his experience to our show with his insights as a meta-entrepreneur influencing development in over 25 countries.

How do you grow a service company when your whole staff could easily leave you to take a top position at another firm? That’s the story we’ll hear today. Our guest, Wayne Pinnell, found the secret to motivating his staff so well that his firm is the fastest growing CPA firm and winner, two years running, as the best place to work in Orange County. Wayne dives deep in to how communication, engagement, skill building and passion for the client motivate the firm members. We don’t stop there though. Since it’s early in the year this is a great time for an update on some of the regulatory and compliance issues business will face this year. Along with some practical advise every business needs to know to just get to the finish line. Rarely do you hear passion and commitment from a CPA like you’ll hear on today’s interview with Wayne Pinnell.

Stuart Ross hails from Nottingham, England as head of the High Growth Academy and top selling author. Stuart’s successfully consulted with over 500 firms to produce over £3bn in company revenue in the UK alone. He’s here to break down the nine habits to reaching high growth personally as a leader and reveals the five aspects for a company to reach the true and rare high growth pace. Join us for this very clear and practical interview. Stuart Ross is the founder of the High Growth www.high-growth.co.uk He works with the ambitious directors of fast-growing businesses who recognize that, to achieve and sustain high growth they need cutting edge skills and the proven strategies to stay ahead of their competitors. Having successfully launched businesses for Alliance Boots and consulted over 500 high growth businesses in Europe, the US and Asia, he developed High Growth after recognizing the lack of quality support offered. As a keynote speaker, his style is challenging, honest and goading. Free of business school hyperbole and rhetoric, he makes his audience think and offers practical solutions. With over 20 years’ international business experience, his broad expertise covers business strategy, marketing, sales, international business, ecommerce, acquisitions, new product development and human resource management. Stuart has personally conceived, developed and implemented new products and services that have generated sales within the UK of over £3bn and received prestigious awards in the UK and Japan. Meanwhile, his “groundbreaking” e-book Secrets of High Growth Companies is a business best seller. High Growth provides an integrated approach to supporting fast growing businesses through coaching, training and an online academy. The academy is a high growth online community, which shares the secrets of success with all businesses. For a one-off fee, it offers organizations access to the same cutting edge training videos, skills and tools used by the fastest growing businesses in the world at the time they need it. Alongside his numerous speaking engagements, regular contribution to the BBC and business press and lecturing at Nottingham University Business School, Stuart also is coach to a number of business leaders in the UK. “Textbook theories are inappropriate for growing businesses.” – Stuart Ross.

Visionary leadership development master for the top leaders of our day, Will Marré, joins us. He is the emmy-award winning writer, speaker and expert on 21st century leadership to Cisco, Nike, GE, GAP, Disney and more. Will’s message is simple, Purpose drives leadership. You’ll hear about the real, measurable results achieved when a leader answers the Why Question with everyone first. Will’s stories of the founding of the Covey Leadership Center with Stephen Covey and other stories of leading organizations enthrall us. And it’s not just business, hear how the entire way of conducting military campaigns was changes through leadership. Leadership methods which apply just as well for business and non-profits. Will concludes with some of the most practice advice ever on effective engagement and leadership for today’s work force. Advice which everyone can use today to see immediate growth. Join us for this fast-paced and deep interview. Interview bio/story Will Marré (rhymes with “Hooray!”) is the co-founder and former president of the Covey Leadership Center which brought The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to millions worldwide. Today he is CEO of the REALeadership Alliance which conducts ongoing research on business innovation strategies of today’s most admired leaders. Will’s primary work is coaching and partnering with CEOs using a proprietary process—5 Star Leadership—to thaw frozen bureaucracies and heat up agile cultures to win in a fiercely competitive marketplace. Will also co-founded the Seacology Foundation, the only conservation organization dedicated to saving the fragile environments and cultures of islanders, especially in the South Pacific. An acclaimed speaker, Will received an Emmy Award® for writing the PBS learning documentary Reclaiming Your American Dream. Will was recently featured by the University of California TV (UCTV) for his online course, Turn your Superpower into your Career. Will serves on the leadership faculty of UCSD Extension, is the visiting Scholar of Social Enterprise at Clemson University and is a former Leadership Scholar in Residence of The University of San Diego. He is the author of Save the World and Still Be Home for Dinner and his soon to be released, BAM: Unleashing the 5 Forces of Leadership. In 2004 Will founded The American Dream Project to ignite leaders of the future to develop and find the ideas, tools and relationships they need to create sustainable abundance. As a speaker, coach or consultant Will is dead serious with a humorous style. He connects up-to-minute research with clear insights into a river of powerful ideas. As a leadership expert and an unrelenting advocate for a sustainable future, Will always transforms your most relevant business problems into an unconventional approach to opportunity, and does it with infectious passion.