Everyday MBA

Episode 108 - John Danner discusses the book Built For Growth and how your personality shapes your business success. What is your entrepreneur personality? How does it help or hinder your success? How can you understand and leverage your personality for better business results? John is a UC Berkeley and Princeton faculty member; best-selling author; popular speaker; trusted advisor to executives worldwide. Note: The book was released just today on Harvard Business Review Press and is already a #1 new release on Amazon. Stay tuned after the interview for three action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 106 - Edward Hess discusses The New Smart Machine Age and where humans fit into the convergence of business, technology and automation. Will smart machines and robots start taking our jobs? What can we do...us humans...to prepare for the inevitable transformation? Ed is a Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. You've seen and heard him in places like WSJ Radio, CNBC, NPR, and Investor's Business Daily, among many others. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 105 - Chip Bell discusses his book Kaleidoscope and ways that companies can deliver innovative service. Everyone talks about the importance of delivering great service and ensuring a great customer experience…but how do you do it? What are the techniques that will really make a difference? And how do you know if we're doing a good job or not? Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 104 - Patty Alper discusses her book Teach To Work and how a mentor, a mentee, and a project can close the skills gap in America today. Patty says that college students entering the job market are not prepared with the skills needed in the marketplace. She explores the benefits of corporate mentoring, the aspects of a successful program, and how organizations and executives can make the most of the effort. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 103 - Mike Hoefflinger discusses his book Becoming Facebook and gives us the inside story of the birth and rise of Facebook. Over 1 billion people use Facebook every day. And it's founding and success is one of the defining business success stories of our generation. But for the people who actually molded this great idea into a $300 billion company, the experience was far more tumultuous and uncertain than we might expect. Mike was one of those Facebook insiders and had a front-row seat to the company's growing pains, stumbles, and reinventions. Stay tuned after the interview for three action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 102 - John Brubaker discusses his book Stadium Status and the business strategies used by stadium-filling country acts, sports teams and top brands to build their fan base and differentiate from the competition. John is the author The Coach Approach and Seeds of Success, which was recognized as the 2013 Business Book of the year at the Hollywood Book Festival and has been adapted into a screenplay for a major motion picture. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 101 - Tim Smith discusses his book Pricing Done Right and the pricing framework proven successful by the world's most profitable companies. Tim began his career as a research scientist in quantum mechanics before his pursuits led him to business, where his deep love of math and his orientation to capturing profitable customers came together in a rather unique way. He shares strategies for value-based pricing, implementation, and world-class sales execution. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 100 - Corey Kupfer discusses his book Authentic Negotiating and keys to true negotiating success. Corey has more than 30 years experience as a successful entrepreneur and attorney. He's got a law degree from New York University and runs his own Manhattan-based law firm. Corey has negotiated hundreds of deals including big real estate, public offerings, leverage buyouts, and more. In 2011, he won both the General Corporate Law and Attorney of the Year awards at New York Enterprise Report's Best Accountants and Attorneys for Growing Business Awards. Stay tuned after the interview for three action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine

Episode 99 - Roberta Matuson discusses her book The Magnetic Leader and ways to attract and employees, customers and profits. Robert is known globally as "The Talent Maximizer" and has helped leaders in Fortune 500 companies like General Motors, New Balance, The Boston Beer Company achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of their talent. She's the author of Suddenly In Charge, which was a Washington Post Top 5 Business Book. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 98 - Lou Diamond discusses his book Master the Art of Connecting and ways to move beyond 'networking' and build more profitable, meaningful and lasting business relationships. Stay tuned after for three action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview, and hear bonus comments. Host Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 97 - Scott Love discusses his book Why They Follow and ways to be the boss that nobody will leave. Scott is an expert in employee loyalty. As a former Navy leadership trainer and president of The Attorney Search Group, a high-stakes recruitment firm, Scott has written his book with empirical research based on tens of thousands of conversations with with business professionals and C-Suite leaders. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments from Scott. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com CraineGroup.com

Episode 96 - Lee Caraher discusses her book The Boomerang Principle and ways to inspire lifetime loyalty from your employees. Companies today must see themselves as "talent brands" where employees that move on often return in the form of customers, partners, or advocates…and even returning employees. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments from Lee. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 95 - Erika Andersen discusses her book Be Bad First and ways to get good at things fast in order to stay ready for the future. Erika is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting and training firm that focuses on leader readiness. Erika is one of the most popular leadership bloggers at Forbes.com, and is the author of Leading So People Will Follow, Being Strategic, and Growing Great Employees. Stay tuned in the second half for five action items, and hear bonus comments from Erika. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 94 - Justin Constantine discusses his book My Battlefield, Your Office and leadership lessons he has learned from the front lines while serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the marines. Hear his amazing story of being shot in the head by a sniper, and his advice for all of us to be better leaders and more successful people. Stay tuned after for five action items and to hear bonus comments from Justin. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA Everyday-MBA.com

Special Episode - Jeff Kavanaugh, adjunct professor at University of Texas, discusses his new study on whether MBA programs are adequately preparing students for career success. Plus, hear never-before-heard advice from past guests Dorie Clark, John Lee Dumas and Doug Sandler in this special episode. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com @Everyday_MBA

Episode 92 - Steve Napolitan discusses his book Capture Clients, Close Deals and ways to gain more clients without convincing or chasing. Steve is an award-winning producer and recognized by national media as a pioneer in the new media market. He has produced hundreds of advertising and marketing campaigns for many companies like Apple, Intel, Charles Schwab and Nestle. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com @Everyday_MBA

Episode 91 - Amy Bruske discusses the book Business is Business and ways to overcome the unique challenges of a family-owned businesses. Working with family complicates the already daunting task of owning a business. Amy outlines steps we can take to strike the difficult balance between lifelong relationships and operating a sustainable and successful business. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments from Amy. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 90 - Stephanie Breedlove discusses her book All In and how women entrepreneurs can think bigger and build sustainable businesses. Stephanie is the co-founder of Care.com HomePay, and an advocate and roll model for women in business today. She eventually sold her business for $50 million and she shares specific and proven tactics for entrepreneur success. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and bonus comments from Stephanie. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Special Episode - Action Items for C-Suite Leaders. Executive leadership success advice from five of our most popular guests, including best seller Brian Solis, executive coach Susan Steinbrecher, deep dive business reporter Joseph Michelli, customer experience pioneer Jeanne Bliss, and business author, consultant and speaker Joe Calloway. Stay tuned next week for another regularly schedule episode. [powerpress]

Episode 89 - Jamie Shanks discusses his book Social Selling Mastery and practical tips to boost sales using social media. Action steps to better engage, expand and profit from your social media network. Don't just make noise, make a difference win sales with social media with these steps. Stay tuned after for five action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 88 - Richard Moran discusses his book The Thing About Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters and ways to increase your effectiveness, happiness and success in business today. Richard is President of Menlo College, the author of seven best-selling books, and the host of "​In the Workplace" on KCBS Radio in San Francisco. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage of the ideas in this interview and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 87- Nicole Ertas discusses her book Free Range Brands and how a new breed of brands that have up-ended many of the traditional corporate brands that once dominated the marketing world. Why are many of the once dominant brands, with the best creative agencies and biggest marketing budgets, finding it so difficult to stay relevant with today? What can we do to build brands that engage with a new type of consumer. Stay tuned after for five action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Special Episode - 2017 Predictions and Tips. Host Kevin Craine discusses five predictions and tips you can use to take advantage in the new year. 1. Watch for Internet Shutdowns. 2. Mobile Workforce. 3. Automated Content Strategies. 4. Optimizing Across Multiple Devices. 5. Marketing with a Purpose. Stay tuned next week for another regular episode of Everyday MBA. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Special Episode - New Years 2017 special greeting from host Kevin Craine. We'll be back next week.

Special Greeting - Merry Christmas 2017. The show is taking a break this week. Hear a holiday season message and enjoy "Fingerstyle Christmas" acoustic guitar instrumental music from Kevin Craine. We'll be back next week. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 86 - Dan Negroni discusses his book Chasing Relevance and six steps to understand, engage and maximize next-generation leaders in the workplace. Dan is a business management and talent development consultant focused on today's critical cross-generational issues. Steps to bridge the gap between managers and their millennial workforce to improve performance and profitability. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 85 - Rob Jenkins discusses The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders and steps to unlock your leadership potential. Rob serves as a professor at Georgia State University and as a Fellow of the Academy for Academic Leadership. He's a regular contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 84 - Jason Forrest discusses his book Leadership Sales Coaching and sales management success tactics. Jason was named the winner of Training Magazine's top young trainers in 2012. Leadership Sales Coaching was rated as Selling Power Magazine's top sales book. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments from Jason. Host, Kevin Craine - Everyday-MBA.com

Special Episode - Action Items for Freelancers. Five actionable tips for solopreneurs from some of our best interviews of 2016. Hear thought leaders and best sellers David Allen, Kevin Kruse, Ilja Grzeskowitz, Andy Paul and Don Yaeger. How can you find that sweet spot as a freelancer? How can you make "Myself Incorporated" a success? Find out in this special episode, and stay tuned next week for another regularly scheduled episode of Everyday MBA. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 83 - Journalist Randall Kenneth Jones discusses his book Show Me and the lessons learned from his interviews with top celebrities, business tycoons, rock stars, and more. Hear about Pat Benatar, Erin Brockovich, Sonny Jurgensen, Shirley Jones and others. Stay tuned after for five action items and to hear bonus comments from Randy. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 82 - Diane DiResta discusses her book Knockout Presentations and techniques to turn public speaking into a strength. Learn to overcome anxiety, and how to organize your talk in ways that maximize your impact. Diane is a licensed speech pathologist with a Masters Degree from Columbia University and you've seen here in places like CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Business Week. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage if the ideas and advice in this interview and hear bonus comments from Diane. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 81 - Jeremy Goldman discusses his book Getting To Like and ways to boost your personal and professional brand to expand opportunities, grow your business and achieve financial success. Powerful tips to establish a unique digital identity, build strong relationships with your audience and gain visibility for all the right reasons. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview and hear bonus comments from Jeremy. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 80 - Nicole Lipkin discusses her book What Keeps Leaders Up At Night and ways to recognize and resolve your most troubling management issues. Nicole examines the intersections of psychology, neuroscience and group dynamics that result in both leadership challenges and opportunities. She is also the co-author of Y in the Workplace: Managing the "Me First" Generation. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview, and hear bonus comments from Nicole. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 79 - Steven Goldstein discusses his book Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? Learn ways to transform your business using five principles of engagement. Steve is currently the Chairman of US Auto Sales and he's held executive positions with American Express, Sears Credit and Citigroup. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage if the ideas and advice in this interview and hear bonus comments from Steve. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 78 - 9-time New York Times best-selling author Don Yaeger discusses his book Great Teams and things high-performing organizations do differently. As Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated magazine, Don has had a front row seat to study the greatest champions of all time. What do team like the New England Patriots and San Antonio Spurs do better than most all of their opponents? What do great sports leaders like Walter Payton, Warrick Dunn and John Wooden have in common? How do great teams at organizations like Microsoft and Starbucks consistently outshine their competition...and how can we do it to? Stay tuned after the interview for five action items that you can do to take advantage of the ideas and advice in Great Teams, and hear bonus comments from Don. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 77 - Dr. John H. Johnson discusses his book Everydata and the misinformation hidden in the little data we consumer every day. We create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. What does it really mean? What are the impacts to avoid, and the opportunities we should look for? How can we make everyday data work for us…and not against us? Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice, and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 76 - Jonathan Raymond discusses his book Good Authority and how to become the leader your team is waiting for. Jonathan is the former CEO and Chief Brand Officer of EMyth. Today, he's the owner of Refound, an online training startup that offers leadership training programs. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this discussion and hear some bonus comment from Jonathan. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA

Episode 75 - Rita Sever discusses her book Supervision Matters and ideas to transform you and your team. Rita is an Adjunct Professor at both University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University, and a consultant focused on improving supervision in the workplace. Prior to that she spent many years as Director of Human Resources and Training in the non-profit sector. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA

Episode 74 - Michael Alden discusses his book 5% More and ways to make small changes that achieve extraordinary results. Recently, Michael was recognized by SmartCEO magazine as one of the top 50 CEO's in Boston. His previous book Ask More Get More was a best seller. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items, and hear bonus comments from Michael. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 73 - Advertising great Linda Kaplan Thaler discusses The Power of Nice and ways to conquer the business world with kindness. Linda is one of today's most successful marketers. She was the creator of the Aflac duck, composer of the ToysRUs theme song, and behind a bunch of iconic campaigns we all know. Her talents have earned her the Matrix Award, the Muse Award, and the Advertising Woman of the Year Award. Linda was inducted into the 2015 Advertising Hall of Fame. Stay tuned for five action items, plus some listener shout-out's in the second half. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 72 - Yitzchock Saftlas discusses his book So, What's The Bottom Line? Hear proven techniques for building your brand with a human-centric approach. Yitzchok is the host of the weekly business radio show, "Mind Your Business" on 77WABC in New York, and the founder of Bottom Line Marketing Group, an award-winning marketing agency helping clients build their brands. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview, and hear bonus comments from Yitzchock. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 71 - John Chisholm discusses his book Unleash Your Inner Company and how to use passion and perseverance to build your ideal business. John is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and has mentored hundreds of startup on five continents. John is president of the MIT Alumni Association and a contributor to Forbes. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items, and hear bonus comments from John. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 70 - Adam Toporek discusses his book Be Your Customer's Hero and real world tips and techniques for creating superior customer experience. Adam is the founder of the Customers That Stick blog. He has been recognized by The Huffington Post as one of the "Top 100 Most Social Customer Service Pros On Twitter." Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview, and hear bonus comments from Adam. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 69 - Gordon Tredgold discusses his book FAST and four principles every business needs to achieve success and drive results. Gordon has been recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts and is a Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University. Use these principles to achive results more quickly. Stay tuned after for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview, and hear bonus comments from Gordon. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 68 - Jay Samit discusses his best-selling book Disrupt You! and ways to master personal transformation, seize opportunity and thrive in an era of endless innovation. Jay helped launch and grow Linkedin, was an exec at Sony and Universal Studios, and now a professor at USC. You've seen him in The New York Times, The Economist and Businessweek, as well on ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, and many more. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of the ideas in this interview and hear bonus comments from Jay. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 67 - Chris Surdak discusses his book Jerk - 12 Steps to Rule the World and ways to use Big Data and transformative trends and technology to craft a new path to business success. Chris is the award-winning author of Data Crush and returns to the program with more important tips and perspective. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice, and hear bonus comments from Chris. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA

Special Episode - 7 Characteristics of Killer Knowledge Leadership Content - Kevin Craine is interviewed by Andy Paul. Learn how to create content that will help you standout, build credibility and sell more. A sneak-peek at Kevin's new book coming soon. Stay tuned next week for another regular episode of Everyday MBA. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA

Special Episode - 5 Action Items for Entrepreneurs - Take action for success with these Everyday MBA action items. Hear comments from best-seller Doug Sandler, podcasting giant John Lee Dumas, C-Suite executive coach Dov Baron, social media master Shama Hyder and top millennial author Matt Britton. Stay tuned next week for another regular episode of Everyday MBA. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA

Episode 66 - Steven Haines discusses The New Managers Survival Guide and management tips for success in the corporate world. Steven is the founder and CEO of Sequent Learning Networks and an expert in management effectiveness. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview and hear bonus comments from Steven. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA Everyday MBA is produced by CraineGroup.com

Episode 65 - Corporate anthropologist Andrea Simon discusses her book On The Brink and how viewing your business with a new lens of anthropology can boost your success. Andi holds a PhD and is a visiting Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She spent 20 years as senior executive in healthcare and financial services. Stay tuned after the interview for five action items to take advantage of her ideas and advice and hear some bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine @Everyday_MBA