Sun, 28 November 2021
Change has changed. That is the premise of bestselling author Erika Andersen’s latest book, Change from the Inside Out, a primer for businesses and individuals on how to rethink change — typically viewed as difficult, costly, and uncomfortable — and instead embrace it as doable, rewarding, and routine.
Erika, founder of Proteus International, is a consultant and advisor to top executives at organizations including Amazon, Spotify, and the Yale School of Public Health. She has made a career out of helping her clients become “change-capable” leaders; able to respond to, and actually benefit from, the rapid speed and relentless nature of change. Are you prepared for whatever comes next? Join host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart as he and Erika explore the many advantages of greeting change with a fresh, positive perspective. Photo: Erika Andersen, Proteus |
Sun, 14 November 2021
For more than a century, General Electric stood as a beacon of American manufacturing and ingenuity. The 129-year-old company was once the most valuable U.S. corporation; its brand emblazoned on tens of thousands of products from light bulbs to nuclear power plants.
On November 8th, GE, which has been in decline for years, announced that it would spin out its remaining operations into three separate companies, in effect, heralding the end of General Electric as the world knew it. What went wrong and what can today’s business owners and leaders learn from the rise and fall of GE? Gary Hoover, executive director at American Business History Center and a leading business historian, is host Dean Rotbart’s special guest this week. Photo: Gary Hoover, American Business History Center |
Sun, 7 November 2021
How Transforming Into an ‘Unfear’ Business Can Lead to Breakthrough Performance and Improve Employee Satisfaction
Fear is a stick that many bosses use to squeeze extra productivity out of their employees: Fear of job loss, fear of career stagnation, and even fear of humiliation in front of their colleagues.
There remains a place for fear in the workplace — when well-managed — but two former McKinsey and Company consultants have helped more than 1,000 business leaders and hundreds of organizations embrace the “Unfear” methods of leadership, leading to breakthrough success and elevated levels of employee satisfaction. This week, authors Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas share with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart how fear — properly channeled — provides valuable opportunities for individuals and organizations to learn and grow. [Pick up your own copy of Unfear here.] Photo: Gaurav Bhatnagar (l) and Mark Minukas, Co-Creation Partners |
Sun, 31 October 2021
The Op-Ed pages of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today are among the hardest journalism forums for outsiders to crack.
Bob Brody has spent the past 40 years as an Op-Ed “safecracker,” having written or ghost-written roughly 1,000 Op-Ed essays. If you are passionate about a topic of public interest or are looking for a way to bolster your stature in the public eye, Op-Eds can be a uniquely valuable tool. This week Bob shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart the methods that he’s discovered are most effective for newcomers hoping to break into the Op-Ed pages of the nation’s elite news organizations. Photo: Bob Brody, bobbrody@hotmail.com Read Dean Rotbart’s latest Op-Ed essay in The Wall Street Journal here. Purchase a signed copy of Dean’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story, here. |
Sun, 10 October 2021
More than six million listeners worldwide tune in each week to hear Scott Jeffrey Miller’s On Leadership podcast, produced by Franklin Covey. In his newest book, Master Mentors, Scott draws on interviews he’s conducted with his podcast guests — including Daniel Pink, Seth Godin, and Susan Cain — to offer tightly focused, transformative insights aimed at current and would-be leaders. What overarching trait do the 30 mentors share? Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart asked Scott the question, but Dean disagreed with Scott’s answer. Listen in, and see how you think about it. Photo: Scott Jeffrey Miller, Master Mentors For Your Monday Morning Radio Bookshelf:
Master Mentors: 30 Transformative Insights From Our Greatest Minds -- Scott Jeffrey Miller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition -- Steven R. Covey Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us -- Daniel H. Pink Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us -- Seth Godin Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking -- Susan Cain September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story -- Dean Rotbart |
Sun, 3 October 2021
Chrysta Castañeda was a solo legal practitioner in Dallas when the legendary oil magnate T. Boone Pickens asked her to represent him in a decade-old business dispute involving investments he made in the three-billion barrel Red Bull region of West Texas. After about three hours of deliberation, the jury awarded Pickens $146 million. Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart says he doesn’t know who is more impressive, Chrysta Castañeda for winning the case so convincingly or the late Boone Pickens, who was 88 years old when the trial began in November 2016. This week Chrysta shares behind-the-scenes details of the lawsuit and the “real” Boone Pickens. She is joined by Loren C. Steffy who, with Chrysta, co-authored The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens. Photos: Chrysta Castañeda and Loren C. Steffy, The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens |
Sun, 26 September 2021
When he was starting out, Rob Cornilles founder of Game Face, Inc., had the unenviable task of selling season tickets to the Los Angeles Clippers, which at the time was the most forlorn franchise in the NBA. Who wanted to go to a Clippers game, when Los Angeles had the Lakers?
Yet, Rob soon figured out the secret to attracting sports fans and has gone on to train the sales forces of more than 300 other sports teams and a whopping total of 50,000+ sales executives and leaders. Rob, author of “The Sales Game Changer,” shares some of his most effective techniques with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, including Rob’s SW-SW-SW-N philosophy - Dean’s favorite. As Rob notes, whether or not you think you’re in sales, you are. Photo: Rob Cornilles, Game Face, Inc. |
Sun, 12 September 2021
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg’s Store.] Joel Schwartzberg has two crucial pieces of advice for anyone tasked with making a presentation or giving a speech: 1. Have a point. 2. Get to it. Surprisingly, many business executives, politicians, and non-profit leaders fail to heed those simple rules for effective speaking.
Joel knows what he’s talking about. A communications coach and the author of two books, his clients include American Express, Blue Cross Blue Shield, State Farm Insurance, and Comedy Central. Using only three simple words, Joel tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart that anyone can become a more effective speaker. Oh yes, you won’t want to miss this: Dean reprises a portion of his Bar Mitzvah speech, just to see how Joel evaluates it. Be sure to pick up copies of Joel’s books:
Photo: Joel Schwartzberg, The Language of Leadership |
Sun, 5 September 2021
Let’s play a game. We’ll call it Two Business Truths and a Lie. Which one of these three statements is false?
Playing games and encouraging others to have a great time at work is a passion for Dr. Bob Nelson, co-author of the new book, “Work Made Fun Gets Done: Easy Ways to Boost Energy, Morale, and Results.”
Dr. Bob, who has worked with 80% of the Fortune 500 companies, knows that office play is a serious business. This week, he and host Dean Rotbart go mano a mano to see which one of them has the finer-tuned lie detector. But don’t worry, it’s all in good fun. [Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg’s Store.] Photo: Dr. Bob Nelson, Work Made Fun Gets Done! |
Sun, 15 August 2021
Host Dean Rotbart recently conducted an informal poll of business owners and his social network friends. What, he asked, is the one thing they would most desire more of? About 40% of those who responded answered “money.” Another 40%, however, replied that they wish they had more energy.
Dr. Amy Novotny, founder of the PABR Institute, which stands for Pain Awareness Breathing and Relief, says that over the past dozen years she’s helped countless clients — without caffeine, medication or surgery — address a wide variety of restrictive conditions, including a lack of energy. More money, Dr. Novotny points out, may or may not buy you more energy. But more energy is very likely to help owners and professionals earn lots more money and check off other high-priority items on their wish lists. [Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now pre-order a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story.” Visit Gutenberg’s Store.] Photo: Dr. Amy Novotny, PABR Institute |