Scott Mautz is a former senior executive with Procter & Gamble, whose free leadership classes on LinkedIn have attracted more than two million registrants.

Scott, who ran four of P&G’s multi-billion dollar businesses, knows what it takes to be an effective leader. That’s why he advises all owners and entrepreneurs to work out daily.

But Scott doesn’t mean bench pressing or squats. He’s a champion of rigorous mental workouts designed to build fortitude, confidence, boldness, and decision-making muscles.

Scott’s new book, due in May, is The Mentally Strong Leader: Build the Habits to Productively Regulate Your Emotions, Thoughts, and Behaviors. In the book, Scott offers a 50-question mental strength self-assessment as well as the methods to create a personalized mental strength-training program relying on habit-building science.

When readers get mentally fit, Scott assures, they will find greater achievement and successfully overcome more challenges, both professionally and personally. 

Inc. magazine named Scott a “Top 50 Leadership Innovator.” To learn more about his international training and speaking offerings, click here.

To download a free 60-page companion workbook that includes Scott’s 50-question mental strength self-assessment, click here.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Scott Mautz, scottmautz.com
Posted: April 15, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 40:21
Episode: 12.41

SCOTT MAUTZ’S PREVIOUS MONDAY MORNING RADIO APPEARANCES:

• Stuck in the Middle (Manager’s Role): How to Influence Up, Down, Sideways, and Out

• How to Clear the Obstacles and Greet Each Workday Morning with Enthusiasm 

Whether you are a solo entrepreneur, a small business owner, or the head of a FORTUNE 500 company, innovation is within your grasp — if you understand what it is and isn’t.

This week’s guest, Steve Wunker, managing director of New Markets Advisors, is widely acknowledged as one of the country’s foremost masters of innovation. He pioneered the mobile marketing and commerce industries, and is responsible for one of the world’s first smartphones.

In his latest book, The Innovative Leader: Step-by-Step Lessons From Top Investors For You and Your Organization, Steve shares the ABCs of innovative leadership: Aspire, Build, and Cultivate.

He also debunks three of the most common myths about innovation:

1. A company needs to invent a better product or service to be “innovative.”

2. The hardest part of innovation is hitting on the ‘Big Idea.’

3. Innovation is the exclusive province of high-tech companies.

Not only can every company, big and small, innovate, but Steve warns they had better trailblaze, or they’re sure to be left in the dust of others. Where to begin and who should lead the effort are insights Steve shares on this week's podcast.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Steve Wunker, New Markets Advisors
Posted: April 8, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 37:28
Episode: 12.40

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Does your business have a mascot, a team jersey, and team-related merchandise for sale?

Probably not.

Fredrick “Freddy D” Dudek has spent more than three decades studying how companies can turn their employees, customers, and business affiliates into the kind of raging fans that sports teams enjoy.

He is the author of Creating Business Superfans: The Time-Tested Playbook That Converts Your Customers, Employees, and Business Partners into Superfans for Bigger Sales, Broader Awareness, and Long-Term Success.

Like a sports franchise, Freddy D discovered that the secret to creating business super fans begins by fostering an internal culture dedicated to winning. For businesses, that means making superior customer service the desired home run of every "at bat" with customers and prospects.

While the analogy to sports fanatics is perfectly valid, Freddy D assures us that it’s unnecessary to dress up your CEO as an animal, historical figure, or other costumed mascot with an oversized head and goofy feet. 

Hearing what he has to say and reading his book will suffice.

[Visit Freddy D’s website here and be sure to catch his Business Superfans Podcast here.]

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Frederick “Freddy D” Dudek, Business $uperfans
Posted: April 1, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 40:15
Episode: 12.39

SPECIAL NOTE:

Founding host Dean Rotbart’s most recent book, Dedication and Service: 50 Years on Call with the Volunteers of Colorado’s Genesee Fire Rescue has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal from the national Nonfiction Authors Association. It is Dean’s second Gold recognition.

This week’s guest, David Page, is a well-known expert on American cuisine, culture, and entrepreneurship.

The two-time Emmy-award winner and veteran broadcast journalist is best known for creating the Food Network hit Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and serving as its executive producer for eleven seasons.

David, president and executive producer of Page Productions, understands why some restaurants succeed while many don’t. Every owner, executive, and entrepreneur, regardless of their business sector, will take away actionable intelligence from David’s insights.  

If you’ve ever dreamed of opening your own restaurant, it’s absolutely essential to hear the cautions that David offers.

For foodies in the audience, David shares some of his favorite foods and restaurants, and the one dish he has a strong aversion to.

David is the author of Food Americana: The Remarkable People and Incredible Stories Behind America’s Favorite Dishes. The book is a literary feast of fascinating characters, food culture, pop culture, and nostalgia.

And stay tuned for David’s new podcast, Culinary Characters Unlocked, which is scheduled to debut in early May and feature inside stories of the food world from its most fascinating people.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: David Page, Page Productions
Posted: March 25, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 58:15
Episode: 12.38

SPECIAL NOTE:

Founding host Dean Rotbart’s most recent book, Dedication and Service: 50 Years on Call with the Volunteers of Colorado’s Genesee Fire Rescue has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal from the national Nonfiction Authors Association. It is Dean’s second Gold recognition.

As a physician, Hanah Polotsky is an expert in treating diabetes, thyroid disorders, and serious hormonal abnormalities.

As a leadership expert, Dr. Polotsky excels at showing executives — both in and outside the medical field — how best to run teams and apply the tenets of lean management to their organizations.

A native of Belarus who fled to the United States at 17 to escape rampant anti-Semitism, Dr. Polotsky earned her Master of Business Operational Excellence at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. She is the lead author of Physician Leader: How Exam Room Experience Drives Leadership Excellence.

Often, whether in hospitals or the profit-driven marketplace, administrators are unprepared for the leadership roles that become their responsibility.

This week, Dr. Polotsky shares her prescription for curing the most common supervisory ailments. Listen now, and you’ll start to feel better immediately.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Dr. Hanah Polotsky, Physician Leader
Posted: March 18, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 46:47
Episode: 12.37

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Most people fail to say their own name correctly.

Odd as that may sound, Laura Sicola explains her assertion in a YouTube video that is approaching 7 million views.

Dr. Sicola earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in educational linguistics and taught there from 2001-2013. She has more than two decades of experience teaching good vocal habits to executives at companies including Comcast, IBM, and Vanguard. 

She is the author of Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice.

As Dr. Sicola explains on this week’s episode, how leaders introduce themselves, whether from a speaker’s podium or meeting someone for the first time one-on-one, will help determine how effectively they convey the messages that follow.

How well do you articulate your name?

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Dr. Laura Sicola
Posted: February 26, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 48:00
Episode: 12.34

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This week, enter the inner sanctums of Microsoft Corp.’s executive suite and discover the tech wizards and vipers who worked there.

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Our guest is Jane Boulware, author of Worthy: From Cornfield to Corner Office of Microsoft. Over the course of her career, Jane launched three billion dollar businesses, was VP of the largest merger in U.S. history, and became one of the ten highest-ranking women at Microsoft by the time she turned 40.

On her climb up the corporate ladder, Jane was hit on, spit on, and actually shot at.

Listen closely as Jane — who grew up poor in rural Iowa and is donating 100% of her proceeds from sales of Worthy to Boys & Girls Clubs — shares practical insights that every owner and entrepreneur can utilize — good and bad — from her experience. 

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Jane Boulware, Worthy: From Cornfield to Corner Office of Microsoft
Posted: February 12, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 47:15
Episode: 12.32

From her base in far-off Christchurch, New Zealand, Rebecca Davison — who spent 13 years in banking, five as a financial advisor to multimillionaires — has built a global, cult-like following among female entrepreneurs, including top business leaders.

Rebecca, founder of The Intuitive Life Academy, has the knowledge to advise her followers on ways to earn more money and leverage their investments.

But that’s not her proprietary system.

Instead, Rebecca — a self-described empath — teaches clients how to experience spiritual and monetary abundance through the development of their intuition and ability to communicate with the universe.

Whether or not you buy the notion of metaphysical pathways to success, there is no denying that Rebecca’s methods are delivering results for a large and growing audience.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Rebecca Davison, The Intuitive Life Academy

Posted: February 5, 2024

Monday Morning Run Time: 55:43
Episode: 12.31

Phebe Trotman knows the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in both the sports and business arenas.

A former MVP Canadian college soccer star and member of the championship Vancouver Whitecaps professional soccer club, Phebe has had plenty of bad days and opportunities to bow out. She’s never taken them.

Phebe is the author of Never Quit on a Bad Day, a compendium of inspiring stories of resilience relayed by Phebe and a dozen contributors, including business leaders, entrepreneurs, couples, and athletes.

Phebe retired her cleats and now coaches business clients in British Columbia on the importance of resilience, having a positive attitude, and leading a competitive team. 

This is one episode of Monday Morning Radio you want to listen to now and download to revisit when you’re having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

After all, you can’t score goals if you aren’t on the field.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart. 

Photo: Phebe Trotman, Never Quit on a Bad Day
Posted: January 29, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 39:23
Episode: 12.30

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If you truly could experience your website or bricks-and-mortar store through the eyes of your customers and prospects, you could do a great deal to increase sales and customer satisfaction.

Satyam Kantamneni is the founder of UXReactor, a company whose entire focus is on user experience, referred to as UX. His mission: to design or transform businesses to prioritize — above all other considerations — how customers interact with them. 

With more than 60 employees spread across three continents, Satyam has enabled his clients to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in bonus income thanks to user-centric innovation.

As he explains, the most powerful differentiator in today’s highly competitive business world is the customer’s experience. Master it and you win.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

[Purchase your copy of Satyam’s book, User Experience Design: A Practical Playbook to Fuel Business Growth, here.] 

Photo: Satyam Kantamneni, UXReactor
Posted: December 4, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 43:37
Episode: 12.22

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