Best Seller Podcast

Chris Westfall, author of Leadership Language: Using Authentic Communication to Drive Results, wrote the book to help people achieve a better understanding of how leadership works. Westfall says that leadership is about being an original and understanding what it all means internally because he considers it an “inside job.” The book is about conversational strategies that can create a real impact...

Mark Hunter, author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results, defines prospecting as “finding the right customer.” The book focuses on the top part of the sales pipeline by teaching readers to disqualify prospects quickly in order to spend quality time with fewer prospects that can actually lead to a successful closing. He says sal...

David Parish, author of The Facts of the Matter: Looking Past Today’s Rhetoric on the Environment and Responsible Development refers to the void he feels currently exists in regards to climate change and responsible development. Parish says there is a disconnect which can be resolved by having a real conversation about the causes of climate change and what are we doing about it. He wants to avoid...

Joshua Spodek, author of Leadership Step by Step: Becoming the Person Others Follow, talks about how people aren’t born leaders but instead develop leadership skills throughout life as a result of the obstacles life throws at them. He states that every great leader has learned leadership, but “no one’s born leading.” Spodek also says he treats leadership as a performance-based field and that peopl...

Sebastian Jespersen and Stan Rapp, authors of Release the Power of Entangled Marketing: Moving Beyond Engagement discuss the term ‘entangled marketing’ and how it can change the way brands interact with their customers. Entangled marketing is a new business model that leads to an enduring, mutually rewarding relationship with customers in the internet era. “Entanglement” is used as a metaphor for...

Richard Marker, author of Saying Yes Wisely: Insights for the Thoughtful Philanthropist, targets philanthropists of all levels — from the very rich to the occasional donor. The book explains how ‘saying yes wisely’ means that you’ve thought about why you’re giving and why giving is a priority for you. Marker states that while many people are charitable, many don’t know the intricacies of philanthr...

Tony Chatman, author of The Force Multiplier wrote the book as a way to address a gap in leadership in a more practical, and less theoretical, way that would be applicable to everyone — from first-time leaders to executives. Chatman argues that if first-time leaders have a solid foundation about what it means to be a leader, they can avoid a number of pitfalls when they become executives. He also...

Joel Block, author of Stop Hustling Gigs and Start Building a Business: 101+ Tricks of the Trade to Help Entrepreneurs and Self-Employed People Build a Money-Making Machine talks about giving people the tools and know how to put things in motion successfully. Block states that the trick to being successful is having a business that can do multiple things that are derivative of each other, and do t...

Jo Hausman, author of Go For It! A Woman’s Guide to Perseverance shares her personal memoir, which also has a business twist to it. Hausman first started this book as a chronicling of her late husband’s death due to a terminal illness but it turned into a book on how she found herself and her inner energy to keep going and how writing this book really changed her life. She talked about how she has...

Phil M. Jones, author of Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words For Influence and Impact focuses on the importance of word choices and highlights that the difference between a good job and a great job is having the right words at the right time. Jones says that the book is applicable for verbal conversations as well as digital conversations. He stresses that questions help build relationships but pe...

Doug Andrew, author of Entitlement Abolition: How to Lead Your Family from Me to We decided to write his book to reflect some of the lessons he learned as a child and, in turn, taught his own children, about responsibility and accountability. Andrew spent many years as a financial advisor to many who were financially successful but faced a dilemma when planning to divide their wealth among family...

Jill Griffin, author of Women Make Great Leaders: Real World Lessons To Accelerate Your Climb offers twenty-four lessons for women to become great leaders, stand their ground, and learn how to say no. Griffin argues that many women seek to be people pleasers and have a hard time saying no. She encourages women to find male champions who are “two or three rings” above them because that’s how you ge...

Brian Hazelgren, author of Healthy Habits of Highly Productive Employees: Thriving in Health, Wealth and Self talks about how an employee’s health has a direct correlation with their level of productivity. As the owner of a health and wellness company and a former 4-sport athlete, Hazelgren is aware of the impact one’s health has on the rest of our lives, including job performance. He saw the need...

Deirdre Breakenridge, author of Answers for Modern Communicators: A Guide to Effective Business Communications, delves into how the definition of the modern-day communicator has changed. It used to mean that only people who were trained were the communicators, but nowadays; with the changes in media and social media, anyone can be a citizen journalist and act as a communicator. Breakenridge says t...

Cathy Dolan-Schweitzer, the author of Health Well Done, talks about the fast pace of the healthcare industry and what needs to happen in order to make it a better system overall. Dolan stresses that, in healthcare, things need to be “well done” not just done as there needs to be intention behind it. She argues that it’s no longer a matter of quantity, it’s a matter of quality and making the indust...

Terri Levine, author of Turbocharge: How to Transform Your Business as a Heart-repreneur, emphasizes the power of transformation and how it’s time for businesses to take on this approach in order to increase productivity and profitability. Levine insists that in order for a business to succeed, companies have to put ‘heart in business — treat employees and vendors with respect and create value for...

Tajuana Ross, author of The LinkedIn Professor: “Class is Now in Session.” Your 21 LinkedIn Questions Answered, wrote the book to answer people’s questions about LinkedIn as a platform and its uses as a branding tool. She adds that many people don’t understand the full capabilities of the platform because they don’t know those capabilities exist. Ross says one way to increase one’s digital footpri...

Sylvie di Giusto, author of The Image of Leadership: How leaders package themselves to stand out for the right reasons, talks about the way leaders package themselves and how people perceive them in return. When leaders package themselves, it refers to one’s visual appearance and what that says about a person and about what they have to offer. di Giusto says many people are unaware of how they are...

Stu Heinecke, author of How to Get a Meeting with Anyone: The Untapped Selling Power of Contact Marketing, is in a unique position as both a marketer and a WSJ cartoonist. He talks about creating “contact campaigns” with personalized cartoons and many other clever means to grab someone’s attention and secure meetings with critically-important accounts and prospects. Heinecke says, “the goal of Con...

Stacey Alcorn, author of Reach! Dream, Stretch, Achieve, Influence encourages readers to reach for the lofty goals that may seem unreachable. The word “Reach!” has two meanings: going after the big goals and building a massive army of advocates to help you reach those big dreams. Alcorn has interviewed a series of c-level executives, like Richard Branson, other celebrities and celebrity athletes t...

Neen James, author of Attention Pays, is aiming to make ‘attention’ a positive word, as she feels it gets a bad rap all around. James says that “attention is like currency. The more you invest, the more you get in return.” She argues that in order to attract and retain top talent, businesses need to pay attention to their employees or teams. But, with people being distracted by their devices and t...

Nancy Lynn, author of The Young Polished Professional: Exude Confidence, Credibility, and Composure, wrote the book with the purpose of teaching young professionals the skills needed to make a successful transition from college to the business world. Lynn says that “life is all about transitions” and the book serves as a tool that young professionals entering the workforce can use to create a grea...

Mark Eaton, author of The Four Commitments of a Winning Team, talks about the four core principles that can transform an underperforming team into a contender. Eaton found that the lessons learned during his 12-year NBA career easily translate to the business world and that each core principle can be put in place immediately. Knowing these four principles gives everyone in the organization a bette...

Kristiane Cates, author of The Golden Thread: A Memoir talks about her own personal story about the death of her son and the aftermath of that experience. Cates believes that every person has a thread woven into their life; the thread representing hope and everything has a reason for being – even in the worst of situations. Through her personal story, Kristiane wants to encourage people going thro...

Kathleen Thomas, author of The Hardworking Woman’s Guide to Money, wrote the book because as a certified financial advisor, she wanted to address all of the questions she was frequently asked by her clients, but to a wider audience. Thomas wanted to focus on giving financial advice to women as she felt women had the least resources to turn to and remain underrepresented in the financial industry....