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Episode 126 - Michael Gale discusses his book "The Digital Helix" and ways organizations can capture the advantages of digital transformation. Michael says that only 20% of organizations are getting digital transformation right, but those that do often double their brand value. How can you do it too? Find out, and listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 124 - Ron Warren, Ph.D, discusses his book "Personality at Work" and how bad habits and personality traits can hamper good leadership. Ron is a psychologist the developer of the LMAP 360 personality assessment used in executive education programs including at Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and the Yale School of Management. Listen for five action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 123 - Mindy Gibbins-Klein discusses her book The Thoughtful Leader and ways to use your head and your heart to inspire others. Mindy is an award-winning author, TedX speaker, and thought leadership strategist. Listen for five action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 123 - Lee Bartlett discusses his book The Number One Best Seller and the mindset, strategy and processes of a top salesman (or woman). Lee has enjoyed a highly successful sales career working for a variety of tier 1 institutions. He has held roles in large US, UK and European-based corporations, and sold extensively across most countries in these regions, as well as in Asia. Listen for five action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 122 - Dorie Clark discusses her book Entrepreneurial You and ways to monetize your expertise, create multiple income streams and thrive as a solo entrepreneur. Dorie is a best-selling author, a frequent contributor in places like the Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal, and she is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration Duke University. Listen for action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 121 - Stacey Hanke discusses her book Influence Redefined and ways to be the leader you were meant to be. Stacy is an executive mentor, a popular trainer and keynote speaker. Her clients include big brands like Coca Cola, Nationwide, GE, Kohl's and many others. You've seen her in the New York Times and on SmartMoney. Listen for action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 120 - Mary Lamia discusses her book What Motivates Getting Things Done and ways to harness procrastination, manage your emotions and boost your success in business. Mary is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, as well as professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. Her book Emotions! won the Family Choice Award and you've seen her in places like ABC, Fox and the New York Times, Woman's Day. She's a regular blogger at Psychology Today. Host Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 119 - Vanessa Van Edwards discusses her book Captivate and the science of succeeding with people. Vanessa is a national best selling author and the lead investigator at human behavior research lab, Science of People. She writes a monthly column for Entrepreneur Magazine and the Huffington Post. As a human behavior hacker she runs original research experiments on topics such as the science of leadership, human lie detection, body language hacks, the psychology of attraction and successful people skills. Listen for action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 118 - Mitch Axelrod discusses his book The New Game of Selling and ways to attract, convert and keep more customers. Mitch is a guest lecturer at Harvard and his strategies have been adopted by thousands of companies from, Pfizer and Prudential, to small, medium and home-based businesses in 35 countries. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 117 - Colin Shaw discusses his book The Intuitive Customer and imperatives for moving your customer experience to the next level. Colin has been recognized by LinkedIn as one as one of the world's top Business Influencers and he was voted by Brand Quarterly as one of the 'worlds top 50 Marketing thought leaders over 50' for the last 2 years. Includes three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 116 - Lisa Magnuson discusses her book The TOP Seller Advantage and powerful strategies to build long-term executive relationships. Lisa is Chief Corporate Sales Strategist at Top Line Sales and a former sales team leader at companies like Xerox, Ikon and others. It is important for high-level sales folks to reach the executive level of an organization, but that isn't always an easy thing to do. Lisa steps us through specific tactics to sell to the C-Suite and nurture executive relationships. Includes three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 115 - Nathan Hirsch discusses ways to leverage freelance resources to build a million dollar business. Nathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur who is an expert in hiring remote workers and eCommerce business. He co-founded his first company out of his dorm room in 2009 drop shipping products on Amazon.com and built it to sell over $20 million worth of products over 5 years. While scaling, Nathan discovered the power of outsourcing and ended up building an remote army of freelancers. In 2015, Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com, an online hiring marketplace focused on connecting businesses with the top 1% of online workers in eCommerce, digital marketing, virtual assistance, and web development. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 114 - Jonathan David Lewis discusses his book Brand vs Wild and ways to build resilient brands for harsh business environments. Jonathan is a branding and business strategist and a partner at McKee Wallwork + Company. You've seen him in places like Forbes , Digiday and Advertising Age. He says that the factors involved in surviving in today's business landscape have surprising similarities to actual wilderness survival psychology. How so? Find out in this interview. Stay tuned after the interview for three action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 113 - Seth Mirren discusses his book The Power of Positive Destruction and ways to turn a business idea into a revolution. Seth is a global business leader and philanthropist who reinvented how Wall Street uses technology when in 1985 when he founded his first company, Merrin Financial, and launched the industry's first electronic order management system. This revolutionized trading by transforming the process from paper to digital and created the trading desk technology that is now standard in the United States. He's been called "Innovator of the Decade"… "100 Most Influential People in Finance"…and "Entrepreneur of the Year Metro New York in Financial Services." Stay tuned after the interview for three action items and bonus comments. Host Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 112 - Daniel DiPiazza discusses his book "Rich 20 Something" and ways you can ditch your day job, start an epic business, and score the life you want. Daniel writes a column for the Huffington Post and you've seen him also in places like Time magazine, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and Fox News. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 111 - Jess Todtfeld discusses his book Media Secrets and tips for better and more profitable media interviews. Jess is a former producer at ABC, NBC, and FOX and has advice to make the most of media exposure and convert interviews into more business. He even set a Guinness Record for being interviewed the most times in 24 hours… 112 different stations on radio. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com Produced by CraineGroup.com make your own podcast with us

Episode 110 - John Rossman discusses his book The Amazon Way and the leadership principles that helped the company dominate the online marketplace and become one of the world's most disruptive companies. An Amazon insider, John was responsible for launching the third party selling business which today is over 50% of all Amazon units. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 109 - Marc Vollenweider discusses his book Mind+Machine and a decision model for optimizing and implementing analytics. We hear a lot about "Big Data" these days, but how do you use data to really make a difference in the performance of your business? This interview explores how the human mind collaborates with machines to improve things like productivity, time to market, and quality, or to create new capabilities that did not exist before. Stay tuned after for action items and bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Special Episode - Kevin Craine offers quick and practical action items for entrepreneurs and business owners to gain more business marketing your brand one customer at a time. Action items and steps to take for improved revenue and customer satisfaction. Stay tuned next week for another regularly scheduled show. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 107 - Brandon Black discusses his book Ego Free Leadership and ways to end the unconscious habits that can hijack your business. Brandon is a former CEO of Encore Capital Group and he shares his journey of transformation from an autocratic and argumentative executive to one who builds trust, collaboration and success. What are those habits? Why should "ego" be replaced with "we-go?" And how can you learn from the CEO's story? Stay tuned after the interview for five action items and hear bonus comments. Host, Kevin Craine Everyday-MBA.com

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