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Episode 214 - Steve Farber discusses his book Love Is Just Damn Good Business. Steve says that to achieve leadership and competitive advantage, we need to put love into action. Hear him describe ways to boost the linkage between customer loyalty and employees who love their work. Steve is the bestselling author of the books The Radical Leap and Greater Than Yourself. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 213 - Susan Steinbrecher discusses her book "Meaningful Alignment" and how to master emotional interactions at work and in life. Susan and her coauthor Robert Schafer PH.D. offer a new approach -- incorporating research-backed strategies on how to handle tough conversations and expand your capacity for success during times of stress. You may remember Susan from episode 41 when we talked about her book "Heart-Centered Leadership" and she is also the author of the Amazon bestselling book "KENSHO: A Modern Awakening." Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 212: Barry Mitchell, Global Leader for IBM's Digital Workforce, discusses the "Hybrid Workforce" where humans and smart machines work together. This may seem like a futuristic notion, but Artificial Intelligence and automated computer bots are already working right alongside human workers today. The implications for the future...and the future of work...are important. Listen for three action items you can use today. Click here to learn more about IBM Automation solutions: https://ibm.co/2yjG7eS Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 211 - Chris Griffiths discusses his book "The Creative Thinking Handbook" and step-by-step techniques for better problem solving in business. Chris is the founder and CEO of OpenGenius and he is a pioneer in combining creative thinking strategies with technology to enhance productivity. Chris is behind the iMindMap and DropTask apps, now utilized by over two million people worldwide. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 210 - Ashley Goodall discusses his book "Nine Lies About Work" and how much of what we've been taught about leadership is wrong. Ashley is a Senior Vice President of Leadership and Team Intelligence at Cisco. His co-author is New York Times bestselling author Marcus Buckingham and together they expose the disconnect between the way you know you work best and the ways you're told to work. "Nine Lies" was named a book to watch in 2019 by Inc., The Washington Post, and the Business Insider. Listen for three action items you can use today to take advantage of the ideas and advice in the book. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 209 - Jules Pieri, CEO of The Grommet, discusses her book "How We Make Stuff Now" and ways to turn your ideas into products that build successful businesses. Jules is co-founder of The Grommet, a site that has launched more than two thousand consumer products since 2008, and is working to reshape how products are discovered, shared, and bought. She was named one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013 and Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Interesting Entrepreneurs in 2014. She is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

208: Richard Brown, President of The BoxMaker discusses the art and science of product packaging. Richard leads a print-on-demand service called Fantastapack, an online platform to create full color custom printed boxes for your business. People judge a book by its cover, and customers judge your product by its box and its label. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 207 - Rich Karlgaard discusses his new book "Late Bloomers" and the power of patience in a world obsessed with early achievement. Rich is the publisher of Forbes Magazine and the author of four acclaimed previous books. You've seen him in places like on CBS, Fox and TEDx. And if you are a late bloomer wondering when you're going bloom, Rich says don't worry, and he's got some action items to consider. We also explore whether or not society is putting too much pressure on young people to succeed early. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Lonnie Wilson discusses his book "Sustaining Workforce Engagement" and ways to ensure your employees are happy, healthy and productive. Lonnie is the a principle consultant at quality consultants and the author of several books on lean manufacturing. Global engagement surveys over the last thirty years reveal that fewer than 20% of us are fully engaged at work...and the issue of employee engagement is one that affects organizations from all industries and all sizes. Listen for action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 206 - Zvi Band discusses his book "Success In Your Sphere" (a #1 new release on Amazon in Business Sales) and ways to leverage the power of relationships to achieve business goals. Zvi is the co-founder Contactually, a top Customer Relationship Management platform, and was a finalist for Ernst and Young's 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year award. Zvi says that effective relationship building is not about acquiring new contacts. It's about strengthening your connections with the key people who will help you drive your business forward. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 205 - Nicolaj Siggelkow discusses his book "Connected Strategy" (a #1 new release on Amazon for robotics and automation) and how to build continuous customer relationships for competitive advantage. Nicolaj is a professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he also serves as co-director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management. Listen as he describes how by designing your own "connected strategy," you can unite the right technology with the right revenue model to reinvigorate and extend customer connections. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 204 - Jim Harter, PhD discusses his new book "It's The Manager" (a #1 new release on Amazon) and new Gallup research that finds managers and team leaders are the single biggest factor in your organization's success. Jim is Chief Scientist for Gallup's workplace management practice. He is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller "12: The Elements of Great Managing," and "Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements," also a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 203 - Alex Bates discusses his book "Augmented Mind," and explores how augmenting humans, combining human intuition and artificial intelligence, will herald an unprecedented era of productivity and financial success. Alex performed DARPA-funded research in neural networks, human memory and computational diagnostics. He is the Managing Director at Neocortex Ventures a firm bringing artificial intelligence and machine learning to the forefront of the industrial market. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Raymond Houser discusses his book "The Winning Advantage" and how to tap into your richest resources. Throughout a notable career that spans selling books door-to-door while in college to running his own companies, Raymond Houser learned that certain actions and attitudes can either reinforce your goals or prevent you from achieving them. Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 202 - In this "Best Of" episode, Host Kevin Craine discusses five action items you can use to take advantage of Vertical Marketing. It can be difficult to succeed if you are perceived as a "jack of all trades." Instead, boost your sales and your profits by specializing in one or more vertical markets. Listen for five actionable steps you can take to develop a "beachhead strategy" focused on winning a particular market first before moving into other, larger markets. Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 201 - Futurist Tom Koulopoulos discusses "The Bottomless Cloud" and how AI, the next generation of the cloud, and abundance thinking will radically transform business. On the heels of his Amazon bestselling book "Revealing The Invisible," Tom teamed up with entrepreneur David Friend to provide a straightforward understanding of the incredible power of the cloud and data abundance; it's an entirely new way to think about the value and the role of data in building tomorrow's enterprise. Host Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 200 - Sandy Rogers, leader of FranklinCovey's Loyalty Practice, discusses the book "Leading Loyalty" -- a #1 New Release on Amazon -- and ways to crack the code to customer loyalty. Sandy was previously senior vice president at Enterprise Rent-A-Car and during his 14 years there managed the turnaround of the London, England, operation and led the teams that developed Enterprise's system for improving customer service across all branches. He is a graduate of Duke and Harvard Business School. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 199 - Bill Lobig, VP of Digital Business Automation at IBM discusses Artificial Intelligence and enterprise content management. Bill explores how innovations using AI are fueled by content, and how organizations are gaining advantage using strategies that leverage the value of data using automation. Listen for action items that you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 198 - Raafi Alidina discusses his book, co-authored with Stephen Frost, "Building An Inclusive Organization" and ways organizations can leverage the power of a diverse workforce. Raafi is an associate at Frost Included limited in the UK and an expert in behavioural economics and equality practices. He got his Masters in Public Policy at Harvard and spent a year as a Research Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor

Episode 197: Kevin Kruse, NY Times best-selling author, discusses his book "Great Leaders Have No Rules" and contrarian leadership principles to transform your team and business. Kevin is the founder and CEO of LEADx, the first company to create a virtual executive coach using IBM Watson artificial intelligence. You may remember him from episode 64 when we talked about his book "15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management." Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsorship

Episode 196 - Chris Duffey discusses his new book "Superhuman Innovation" and transforming businesses with Artificial Intelligence. Chris used AI to write his book, in the form of Aimé, an intelligent bot Chris assembled using AI and natural language tools. Chris and his work has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, the NY Post, The Guardian, and many more. He's the head of AI Innovation & Business Strategy at Adobe, and he serves on Rutgers University Data Advisory Board. Listen for five action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsorship

Special Episode – Kevin Craine shares three ways you can make your business writing better in this special action item episode. Listen for three action items you can use to keep readers engaged, boost your message and build your brand credibility. Kevin has been the written voice for some of North America's leading brands. Find out three important secrets of successful writers.

Episode 195 - Resiliency Ninja Allison Graham talks about her new book "Married My Mom, Birthed a Dog" and how to be resilient when life sucks. Guaranteed you face challenges; that's life...and business. Unfortunately, without the right tools, those punches will limit your success. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 194 - Rick Snyder discusses his book "Decisive Intuition" and ways to use your gut instincts to make better business decisions. Rick is an international business coach and consultant, and the CEO of Invisible Edge. His breakthrough strategies have been implemented by executives and businesses in Europe, Canada, Asia and America. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 193 - Ken Guest discusses his book "Digital Prospecting" and ways to find, nurture and close sales using social media. Ken is a Partner at Sandler Training at the Ruby Group and an expert at sales prospecting. Sales methods have changed dramatically. The days of cold calls and email blasts are over. Learn modern methods to close more sales using social media. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA/guest

Episode 192 - Six-Figure Freelance Action Items. This special episode explores three steps to strengthen your solopreneur success using proven concepts like a sales pipeline, automated scheduling software and leveraging your niche with a beachhead strategy. Action items any entrepreneur can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 191 - Neil Braun, Dean of the Lubin School of Business at Pace University, discusses STEM education. Are graduating students prepared for the real world? Professor Braun warns us that more is needed in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. What is the future of business education and its integration with other sectors like science and technology? Listen for three action items. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 190 - Sam Conniff Ellende discusses his book "Be More Pirate" and how you can take on the world and win. Sam explores the tactics and strategies of Golden Age pirates, drawing parallels modern business rebels like Elon Musk. Pirates didn't just break the rules, they rewrote them. Learn how you can do it to. Listen for three action items you can do today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 189 - Dr. Timothy Tobin discusses his book "Peak Leadership Fitness" and ways to elevate your leadership game. Tim is Vice President of Franchisee Onboarding and Learning at Choice Hotels International and a leadership coach and fitness expert. What does physical fitness have to do with leadership? Find out in this interview and listen for three action items you can do today. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 188 - David Jenness, portfolio marketing manager for digital business automation at IBM, discusses advanced data capture, process automation and intelligent information management. What steps should you take in order to take advantage of advancements in business automation? What are the roadblocks to automation? And what is IBM's roadmap for content management in 2019 and beyond? Find out more here https://ibm.co/2KeZvm6 Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 187 - Mark Samuel discusses his new book B State and a new roadmap for bold leadership, brave culture and breakthrough results. Mark is the author of The Power of Personal Accountability, which was recently named Best New Business Book by the International Book Awards. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 186 - Tom Murry, retired CEO of Calvin Klein, discusses C-Suite business techniques that get results. Tom retired as CEO after 17 prosperous years during which he facilitated the brand's growth from 2.8 billion to $8 billion. He has worked with, and learned from, the most recognized names in fashion, as well as titans of the business world. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Special Year End Episode - Listen to unheard action items from 2018 interviews. Kevin Craine speaks with guests Derek Lidow, Rick Miller, Best-Seller Tim Caulkins, Dr. Kathleen Allen, Nazim Agabekov and Volkswagon VP Jason Bradshaw. Quick action success techniques directly from thought leaders, best selling authors, and C-suite executives in the real world. Host, Kevin Craine Do You Want To Be a Guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 184 - Cheryl Heller discusses her book The Intergalactic Design Guide and ways to harness the power and potential of social design. Cheryl is the Founding Chair of the first Master of Fine Arts program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and the founder of the design lab CommonWise. She's worked with big brands that we know like Ford Motor Company, American Express, Reebok, Marriott and many others. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 183 - Dale Chrystie, Business Fellow, Blockchain Strategist at FedEx, discusses business opportunities with Blockchain. By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain technology is creating a backbone of a new type of internet. . What is blockchain, how is it different than bitcoin, and what are some of the opportunities for business today? Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 182 - Techniques to drive revenue using Facebook advertising. Kevin Craine speaks with Nazim Agabekov, founder at Lead Gen Black Belt. Nazim says he can help entrepreneurs and startups grow their online business to 7-figures using Facebook and marketing funnels. How does it work? What are the strategies to consider? We'll find out. Listen in the second half for three action items. Host, Kevin Craine Do You Want To Be A Guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 181 - Karen Wickre discusses her book Taking the Work out of Networking and ways to make connections that count. Karen is the former editorial director at Twitter, where she landed after a decade-long career at Google, and a self-described introvert. However, she is regarded in Silicon Valley as a champion networker. How did she do it? Learn how in this interview. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 180 - Dr. Michele Gelfand discusses her book "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers," and how 'tight and loose' cultures wire our world. Michele is a cultural psychologist and a distinguished professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her groundbreaking research has been featured in places like the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Boston Globe...and in national media like NPR, NBC, ABC, among many others. In 2017 she received the Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 179 - Leo Bottary discusses his book What Anyone Can Do and how surrounding yourself with the right people will drive change, opportunity and personal growth. Leo is an instructor for both Rutgers and Northeastern Universities. Prior to that, he was an adjunct professor for Seton Hall University, where he was named adjunct teacher of the year. Listen for three action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice in this interview. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 178 - Sami Saydjari discusses his book Engineering Trustworthy Systems and ways that organizations today must react in order to withstand pressing threats of cyber terrorism and data breaches. Sami has worked with the National Security Agency and NASA and consulted with national leadership on cybersecurity policy. You've seen him in places like CNN, ABC, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine. Listen for action items that you can use today to be prepared and educated. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 176 - Joel Gurin, President and Founder at Center for Open Data Enterprise, discusses the many business opportunities in Open Data. Joel is today's preeminent advocate and authority on Open Data. He is a former senior advisor at the GovLab at NYU and the author of the book "Open Data Now." What is Open Data? How can businesses benefit from its use? Where are the opportunities to consider? Listen for three action items you can use immediately. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 177 - Author and futurist Alexandra Levit discusses her new book Humanity Works and ways organizations need to merge technologies and people for the workforce of the future. Alexandra writes for the New York Times, Fast Company, and Forbes, and she is a former nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of the international bestseller They Don't Teach Corporate in College, and she advised the Obama administration on current employment issues. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Special Episode - Jason Bradshaw discusses his book "It's All About CEX - The Essential Guide to Customer Experience." What is CEX? How are customer and employee experience the same...and different? And how will CEX impact organizations over the next 10-15 years? Jason is currently Chief Customer Officer at Volkswagen Group Australia. Before that he was head of customer experience for Target Australia. Jason earned his MBA from the University of Southern Queensland. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine What to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 175 - Kevin Craine speaks with Doug O'Brien, President and CEO of the National Cooperative Business Association. More than 120 million Americans are members of co-operatives and cooperative credit unions...that is 30 million more people than are owners of mutual funds. And yet co-ops are an often overlooked part of the US economy. What are co-ops? How do they differ from regular businesses? And what are the opportunities? Listen for three action items to learn more. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 173 - Dr. Kathleen Allen discusses her book "Leading from the Roots" and nature-inspired leadership lessons. Explore the concept of biomimicry - the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. Plus ways to build business success using examples from nature. Listen for three action items you can use immediately. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 174 - Harley Davis, VP, Decision Management at IBM discusses the future of business automation and ways to use advancements in AI, machine learning and robotic process automation to automate the decision-making process. More so than ever before, agility matters, and operational decision management provides critical link to business agility. Listen for action items you can use immediately. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 172 - Tim Caulkins discusses his book How To Wash a Chicken (a #1 Amazon Best-Seller) and practical ways to master your business presentation. Tim is an award-winning professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and the author of the books Breakthrough Marketing Plans and Defending Your Brand, which was named 2013 Marketing Book of the Year by Expert Marketer Magazine. Stay tuned in the second half for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 171 - Pam Didner discusses her book "Effective Sales Enablement" and ways to achieve sales growth through collaborative sales and marketing. Pam is a B2B marketing consultant and a former adjunct professor at West Virginia University and the University of Oregon. She spent time at Intel, among others, in senior roles in marketing. Pam earned BA in finance from the University of Kentucky and an MBA from the University of Illinois. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 170 - Kevin Craine speaks with Rick Harris, Executive Director of The Association of Proposal Management Professionals about ways to write and present better bids, RFP responses and proposals. Great proposals get more sales and winning the bid is an essential part of the survival and success of every company. This show is full of practical advice to win more business. Listen in the second half for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be on the show? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest

Episode 169 - Dr. Dileep Rao discusses his book "Nothing Ventured, Everything Gained" ...now a #1 best-seller on Amazon... and how entrepreneurs and startups often have better success without venture capital. Dr. Rao is a clinical professor of entrepreneurship at Florida International University and a former venture capitalist where he was chairman and director of emerging ventures and financial institutions. Listen in the second half for action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest