Episodes

May 24, 2021

Jason Scott on Project Management and Productivity

Jason Scott has personally overseen the global transformational efforts within organizations such as DirecTV, Trader Joe's, Blizzard Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Mattel, and others. His book ' The Irreverent Guide to Project...

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May 17, 2021

Jon Acuff on Changing Overthinking Into a Superpower to Achieve Your …

Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. He's an INC Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker and has spoken to hun...

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May 10, 2021

Dee Ann Turner on Transitioning Your Career to Create a Work Life You…

Dee Ann Turner spent three decades leading teams and coaching staff members at Chick-fil-A. In her new book ' Crush Your Career: Ace the Interview, Land the Job, and Launch Your Future ' Dee Ann draws on that experience to cr...

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May 3, 2021

Dave Crenshaw on The Myth of Multitasking

Dave Crenshaw is the author of ' The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done '. His courses on LinkedIn Learning have been viewed tens of millions of times. His five books have been published in eight langu...

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April 26, 2021

Mary Rensel and Ali Hively on Brain Health and Optimization

Dr. Mary Rensel and Ali Hively have backgrounds in academic medicine and life coaching. Their company, BrainOps Group helps professionals optimize their brain for stress management, productivity and performance. In this conve...

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April 19, 2021

Julie Fast on Getting Things Done with Depression

Julie Fast is a critically acclaimed international author, researcher, educator and sought after expert in the mental health field. She is regarded as a mental health pioneer for her groundbreaking, comprehensive approach to ...

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April 14, 2021

Ariel Garten on Meditation, Mindfulness and Neuroscience

Ariel Garten is a Neuroscientist, former psychotherapist and cofounder of Muse - The Brain Sensing Headband . Muse tracks your brain during meditation to give you real-time feedback on your meditation, guiding you into the “z...

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April 5, 2021

Megan Hyatt Miller on How To Win at Work & Succeed At Life

Megan Hyatt Miller is the chief executive officer at Michael Hyatt & Co. She is also the co-host of the Lead to Win podcast. Her new book, co-authored with her father Michael Hyatt is ' Win at Work & Succeed At Life: 5 Princi...

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March 29, 2021

Michael Dietrich-Chastain on Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, an…

Michael Dietrich-Chastain is a psychotherapist, an executive coach, and an organizational consultant at his firm Arc Integrated. He is also the author of the book CHANGES: The Busy Professional’s Guide to Reducing Stress, Acc...

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March 22, 2021

Charlie Gilkey on How to Start Finishing Projects in Your Life and Go…

Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing , a website that helps changemakers (creatives, leaders, and entrepreneurs) start finishing the stuff that matters. Productive Flourishing is routinely placed in the Top...

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March 15, 2021

Kim Foley on How You Can Be Your Best in Virtual Meetings

Kim Foley founded Smartphone Video Production Academy and trains organizations how to produce and edit professional-quality mobile video. In addition, she consults with corporations on how to create better quality virtual mee...

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March 8, 2021

John Lee Dumas on Discipline, Mentorship, Achieving Uncommon Success

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award winning podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire. His first traditionally published book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success is available for pre-order now at UncommonSuccessBook.com...

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March 1, 2021

Cal Newport on Information Overload and a World Without Email

Cal Newport is the author of Deep Work and So Good They Can’t Ignore You and Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World . Cal's new book is A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication ...

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Feb. 22, 2021

Eric Partaker on Identity, Purpose and Change

Eric Partaker is a certified coach by the High Performance Institute. Eric coaches a limited number of entrepreneurs and leaders throughout the world, helping them reach peak levels of performance, in both their businesses an...

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Feb. 15, 2021

Jeffrey and Jami Downs on The Power of Streaking to Create Life Chang…

Jeffrey and Jami Downs of StreakingMastery.com are the authors of the new book Streaking: The Simple Practice of Conscious, Consistent Actions That Create Life-Changing Results . In this conversation they talk with Erik about...

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Feb. 8, 2021

Chris Byers on Remote Teams, Remote Culture and OKRs

Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack , an online form and data-collection platform. He has helped Formstack grow from 7 to 200 employees in the past 10 years and pioneered a highly relational remote culture. Formstack also produces ...

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Feb. 1, 2021

Annie Duke on Making Better Decisions by Identifying and Dismantling …

Annie Duke is a decision strategist, poker champion, and the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets . Her new book How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices . In this episode Annie talks about how to make better d...

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Jan. 25, 2021

Allison Fallon on the Power of Writing for Clarity, Confidence and Pu…

Allison Fallon is an award winning author, sought after public speaker, and nationally recognized writing coach. She has coached hundreds of thousands of writers - from NYT Bestselling authors to total beginners to help them ...

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Jan. 18, 2021

Jon Acuff on Finishing, Fighting Perfectionism and Completing Your Go…

Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author. In this conversation Jon talks with Erik about his book Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done about completing goals. Jon also has a new podcast called ' All It Takes Is A ...

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Jan. 11, 2021

Dr. Samantha Brody on Overcoming Overwhelm

For decades, Dr. Samantha has helped people to transform their lives with her innovative approach. Now you can use the same tested tools and guidance to experience the freedom of better health, greater resilience, and peace o...

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Jan. 5, 2021

Cait Flanders on Opting Out of Expectations and Living With Intention…

Cait Flanders is the author of Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Year of Less . Her new book is Adventures in Opting Out: A Field Guide to Leading an Intentional Life . In this conversation Cait and Erik talk about how to o...

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Dec. 28, 2020

David Smith and Brad Johnson on How Men Can Be Better Allies for Wome…

David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson are gender-in-the-workplace experts. Their new book is Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace . In this conversation they talk about: How men can partner with the...

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Dec. 21, 2020

David Shar on Identifying, Preventing and Dealing with Burnout

David Shar is a keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer specializing in helping organizations improve their leadership and culture, combat burnout, and design meaningful work. In this conversation David talks with Erik about...

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Dec. 14, 2020

Melissa Steginus on Mindfulness, Intention and Attention

Melissa Steginus is a mindfulness teacher and productivity coach helping people structure their work and lives to be intentional, empowering, and fulfilling. With a background in social work and over a decade of experience as...

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