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Dec 29 2017

Episode 044: Lolly Daskal, Top-50 Leadership & Management Expert

Lolly Daskal is the go-to executive leadership coach for Fortune 500 companies. She has been named by Inc. Magazine as a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert. The Huffington Post honored Lolly with the title of “The Most Inspiring Woman in the World”. She regularly writes for the Harvard Business Review, Inc, Fast Company, Huffington Post, and Psycholgoy Today. Her newest book is called The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. It has appeared on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller charts. Lolly is the founder of Lead from Within, a successful leadership firm that offers custom made programs in leadership and organizational development. Lolly also has more than 1 million followers on twitter.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How Lolly is able to read a book every day
  • Why leadership is important for everybody
  • What to do when you have a gap in your life and leadership
  • How to measure success when working with Fortune 500 companies

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Albert Einstein, Bob Burg, Books, Business coach, Carl Gustav Jung, Ed DeCosta, executive coach, Forbes, fortune 500, George Washington, Huffington Post, Inc.com, Inside Out Leaderhip, Jamy Bechler, jeremie kubicek, John Avalon, Joseph Campbell, Kevin Harrington, Lead from within, Leaders are Readers, Leadership, Lolly Daskal, Micheal Burt, Quantum Physics, Reading Books, Simon Sinek, The Leadership Gap, Viktor Frankl

Dec 26 2017

Episode 043: Mike Hamilton, Executive Director of Show Hope

Mike Hamilton is the Executive Director of Show Hope, a position that he has held since December 2014. Show Hope is an orphan care and adoption ministry started by Christian music entertainer Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth. A man of deep faith, Mike has extensive experience in leadership and development, serving 26 years in intercollegiate athletics at Clemson University, Wake Forest University. Most notably, he was the athletic director at the University of Tennessee and their $105 million budget.  Mike also served on the board for Show Hope, as well as other local, regional, and national nonprofits. Mike is also the CEO and Founder of Winfred-Henry Partners, LLC, which provides athletic consulting. Mike and his wife, Beth, live in the Nashville area and have five children through adoption.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • The environment and pressures of big-time SEC athletics
  • Job search advise, including why many coaches get hired or fired
  • Ways that Show Hope is impacting lives and making a difference in the world
  • The interesting story of Bruce Pearl getting hired at the University of Tennessee

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Adoption, Alan Stein, anton goff, Athletic Consulting, Bethany Christian Services, Brian Stanchak, Bruce Pearl, Chad Briscoe, Charity, College Athletics, consulting, Curtis Hollomon, Dan Wood, Daniel Hare, Hiring Process, jason romano, Job Search, Lane Kiffin, larry desimpelare, Management by walking around, NCAA, Pat Williams, Rick A. Morris, Rob Miller, Shemy Schembechler, Show Hope, Steven Curtis chapman, Tennessee, Tennessee volunteers, Tim Selgo, Tom Peters, Tracie Hitz, troy kirby, University of Tennessee, Winfred-Henry Partners

Dec 25 2017

Episode 042: Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler

Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler serves as the President of GES Advisory Company. Shemy has spent the majority of his life and professional career in the football industry, growing up as the son of legendary coach Glenn E. “Bo” Schembechler. He has evaluated talent for such high-level programs as the University of Michigan, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Chicago Bears, the Washington Redskins, and the Seattle Seahawks. In addition to his father, Shemy has studied under accomplished coaches Gary Moeller, Lloyd Carr, Marty Schottenheimer, and Joe Gibbs. They have all had an indelible impact on his career, and his ability to scout and recommend prospects. Shemy has been a part of many championship and playoff teams, and has been able to evaluate or recommend players that have gone on to Pro Bowl careers (Charles Woodson, Ian Gold and Tom Brady, respectively), as well as inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Joe Montana, Marcus Allen, and Derrick Thomas, respectively).

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Growing up with a famous dad
  • Mistakes that coaches and players make that sabotage their success
  • How he is helping student-athletes develop and maximize their potential
  • Stories from the 10-year war between Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler
Bo Schembechler won more than 79% of his games and is in the College Football Hall of Fame.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Adoption, Barberton, Bo Schembechler, Dave Brandon, dwane casey, GES Advisory Company, jack harbaugh, jason romano, Jerry Hanlon, Jim Hackett, jim harbaugh, john harbaugh, john u. bacon, John Wooden, Kevin Harrington, Leadership, Michigan Wolverines, NCAA, NFL, Ohio, Ohio State University, Pat Williams, Scouting, University of Michigan, Unselfish, Warde Manual, Woody Hayes

Dec 23 2017

Episode 041: “90-Day Sales Manager” Bruce Lund

Bruce Lund has trained thousands of professionals all over the country as a business professor, career author, speaker, and sales trainer for more than a decade. Bruce has one basic belief that trained people consistently outperform untrained people.  Because of this belief, Bruce founded the widely popular 90-Day Sales Manager™ coaching program that specializes in sales onboarding and entrepreneur training. It is essentially the P90x of sales training. He was formerly a vice-president for Micheal Burt Enterprises.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How being a college student-athlete helped him in business
  • What makes “90-Day Sales Manager” different
  • Working for Coach Micheal Burt (episode 022)
  • Why he chose Denver to start his business

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Coach Burt, college baseball, Denver, Elevator Pitch, EOS, Explanation of Service, Hope College, Leadership, Mark Sanborn, Matt Crane, Micheal Burt, Michigan, nextpert, Sales Training, student-athlete, University of Michigan

Dec 20 2017

Episode 040 John Maxwell Leadership Coach Justin Maust

Justin Maust is a certified speaker, trainer and coach for the John Maxwell Team. His business, athletics, and youth leadership experience provides him a unique ability to connect with any audience. His personal “hold nothing back” style will challenge you to live life full of passion and stay focused on your mission.

In 2012, Justin founded Leader Legacy Inc. with a passion to develop leaders, inspire teams, and build world-changing legacies. Justin is also a Professional EOS Implementer, serving companies across Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. His home base is in South Bend, Indiana, but he travels anywhere within a 4 hour radius to help entrepreneurs implement the EOS system.

In 2004 Justin, along with family and a couple friends, helped launch Five Star, a non-profit organization with the mission to inspire students to live to their fullest potential with an after school leadership program. Starting with five volunteers and 50 students, they grew a dynamic character and leadership youth program that now reaches over 2,000 students annually, delivers a powerful message of hope, while delivering significant improvements in academics, attendance and behavior.

Simply put, Justin will energize your organization.  His skills, passion, experience and strong network of professional resources will help any team transform their culture to improve the effectiveness of the entire organization.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How to build powerful teams
  • His background, origins and experiences with the John Maxwell Team
  • What differentiates his coaching and team-building from other programs

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Andreas Jones, bob Buford, Bob Chapman, Building Strong Teams, College Basketball, Daily Agenda, Darren Hardy, Ed DeCosta, Eric thomas, Greg Gorman, Jeff Raver, John Maxwell, John maxwell team, Julie Gorman, Justin Maust, Lead USA, Leader Legacy, Leadership Coach, misty young, Paul Martenelli, Planning, Professional Speaking, public speaking, Rick A. Morris, Roddy Galbraith, Significance, Success, Survivor, team building

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