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Ready to find your Blue Ocean Strategy and soar? Listen in!  Tired of competing against all those "others" that you have been benchmarking yourself against for years, without much benefit? Are you ready to carve out a new market space and make the competition irrelevant? It might be time for you to find your Blue Ocean Strategy, the amazingly successful methodology that helps you see, feel and thi...

A little over two years ago, in June 2017, Dr. Kenneth Hoyt did a podcast with us about his work with higher education institutions that needed, or wanted, to change. We had previously worked with Ken when he was president of Centenary University from 2002 to 2009 when he turned around the institution, dramatically increasing enrollment from 1,600 students to 3,300. How did he do this? By better u...

Adam Honig talks about empowering salespeople to reach new heights! If you have a sales team out in the market, as most of us do, are they producing the results you want? How do you feel about your CRM (customer relationship manager) system which you paid $3 million to install but no one is really using? Perhaps your sales team is better than their results but they just need a hand? In today's pod...

Tristan White explains why culture is everything ! What if you started on your life's journey only to find out that it wasn't really what you wanted to do? Perhaps you thought you'd become a teacher, until you realized you were never going to love it. Or you thought engineering was your calling, until you found out you weren't very good at math. Today's interviewee, Tristan White, thought he was g...

Mark Samuel explains how he helps people change and succeed ! My podcast guest today is Mark Samuel, execution and transformation expert, best-selling author, Forbes Coaching Council member and the CEO of IMPAQ Corp. Throughout the interview, Mark and I talk about areas of mutual interest and concern, namely, how to help organizations change. Frustrated with the challenges faced by people who trul...

Jack Knock explains how IoT is changing business and our lives ! As you know, at  SAMC  we are very interested in exploring how new technologies are transforming businesses, higher ed, non-profits...everything. In this podcast, Jack Knocke and I talk about the Internet of Things. What is this IoT, anyway? Why should we be paying attention to how it's affecting industry, supply chains, the way we l...

Dusty Rubeck tells us how to bring about innovative culture change! How do you transform an old, established organization? How do you give it new purpose and change the way people get their jobs done? While that is what we do for clients, Dusty Rubeck showed us some fresh ways to move an organization in new directions. Dusty and I met at a Vistage meeting where I was speaking. He reminded me that...

Brian Solis explains how to minimize distraction and maximize productivity ! I could tell you all about Brian Solis in the past. And I will. But our podcast is not about what he was doing before he couldn't do it anymore. Our talk is all about how he found himself again and wrote an amazing book, " Lifescale: How to Live a More Creative, Productive, and Happy Life ," to help others transform their...

Sarah Olivieri helps businesses get organized and get going ! Whether you are a nonprofit, a for-profit, or just really interested in building better businesses, Sarah Olivieri has something you are going to enjoy in this podcast. As she worked with numerous nonprofits, she realized that they are often well-meaning but slightly disorganized. Don't misread me here. These are wonderful organizations...

  Roger Dooley explains how your business can run smoothly and more powerfully ! I brought Roger Dooley back to our podcast because he is publishing his next book,  Friction: The Untapped Force that Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage ,  which might just be your next "must read." Think about it: In 2016,  $4.6 trillion  of merchandise was left in abandoned e-commerce shopping carts. Every year, th...

Allen Adamson explains how to successfully stay ahead of change! As I finish many of my  Vistage  CEO workshops, I marvel at how these CEOs run their businesses while also trying to push them forward, find new markets and stay relevant. Often, their clients are moving fast and furiously, leaving vendors or support teams far behind. The times they are a-changin,' as Bob Dylan sang to us a long time...

Monica Sha tells us how to build and grow a successful business! Listen to Monica Sha tell you about a challenge we all face, whether we are in business for ourselves or consulting to help others grow theirs. The Challenge: Most  entrepreneurs  work twice as hard as they need to and make half as much as they could. In today's podcast, Monica and I talk about how to change that for you. Want to sta...

Jeff Leisawitz teaches us how to tap into our own amazing creativity! Creativity coach Jeff Leisawitz burns with a mission: to inspire writers, artists, musicians and people everywhere to tap into their creativity, to heal their hearts and to shine in the world. As his book,  Not F*ing Around: The No Bullsh*t Guide for Getting Your Creative Dreams Off the Ground ,  tells us: Can't quite get your c...

Michael Davis explains why cybersecurity is more urgent than ever ! Are you a small business and think cybersecurity is really not a concern for you? The hackers are going to go after the big guys: banks, insurance companies, large retailers, not you. Right? Wrong. Listen in as Michael Davis takes us through the swift evolution of cybercrime and the urgent need for all businesses to stop the attac...

Hear how Maria Gallo and her team took an innovative approach that paid off, big time ! Dr. Maria Gallo is a very special interviewee for our podcast. She is president of  Delaware Valley University —DelVal to many of us—in Bucks County, PA, north of Philadelphia. For much of 2018, we worked with DelVal on their  Blue Ocean Strategy  and are thrilled at the terrific successes they're seeing. Reali...

Stefan Pryor describes how Rhode Island became a leading state for business! You may not have noticed but Rhode Island is on a roll. In just three years, America's smallest state has moved up 10 spots in  Chief Executive 's 2018 "Best and Worst States for Business ," the most dramatic climb of any of the 50 states. Why and how is what today's podcast is about. I have the honor of interviewing Secr...

Jennifer Dawn helps you find your calling and your purpose! We present Jennifer Dawn to you because of how her clients brag about her: "Jennifer helped me to rock out my first Tame Your Mind Event with stellar results. She guided me through the process of creating a rock-solid marketing plan, tapping into my local media, and meeting my sales goals each week which produced a SOLD OUT event...the ex...

Lihi Segal explains how microbiomes are the key to health! I first heard about heard Lihi Segal in a TED Talk about how our diets are unique to our bodies. It was so interesting. It's not about how much we eat, it's the precise mix of foods we consume. I reached out to Lihi and  DayTwo,  her research company that's developing this new approach, to see if they would share with us their research fin...

Michael Alan Tate explains how to create successful career move strategies ! I had a wonderful podcast interview with Michael Alan Tate. You will enjoy listening to him, too. What was of such interest? The  challenges of change , of course, something that we at  SAMC  spend a lot of time working on with clients. Michael has been an executive consultant and career coach for more than 20 years. He i...

Jared Tate shares how blockchain is where the future's going ! You might just be a real fan of Jared Tate. So many in the  DigiByte  (DGB) world are. Jared founded DigiBYte in 2013, then the next year, launched DGB's genesis block to create a better cryptocurrency .  Recognizing that blockchain is the wave of the future (or more accurately, the tsunami), disrupting all kinds of markets and creatin...

Jill Johnson is helping women of color entrepreneurs succeed! Today, in 2019, 40% of the businesses in the U.S. are owned by women. In this podcast, Jill Johnson and I discuss the challenges faced by women of color in starting a business, finding the capital to underwrite its growth, and developing the business acumen to successfully take their ideas and turn them into brilliant innovations. It is...

Richard Sheridan shares how to build a workplace full of joy ! A little over a year ago, in January 2018, I had the pleasure, or should I say "joy," of  speaking with Richard Sheridan  and several of his staff about the Joy he has infused into his business, Menlo Innovations. After leading a workshop on culture change at a conference hosted by Richard, I've grown very fond of him and his approach...

Allison De Paoli explains how to contain benefit spending  and  care for employees! When I was first introduced to Allison De Paoli, I wondered how you, our listeners and readers, would feel about her topic: how to control employer spending on healthcare benefits for their employees. I urge you to listen in before you judge whether this is really relevant to you. In fact, this is as much about you...

Listen now as Michelle Turman teaches us how to bring about innovative change to maintain growth! Are you thinking about starting your own business? Maybe you're looking around the one you're in and want to run yours with better organizational skills? Are you "On the Brink" of launching a new venture that is truly a reflection of your passions? Whatever your situation, perhaps it is time to meet a...

Listen now as Roger Nierenberg explains how The Music Paradigm helps you see your organization with fresh eyes !     We are delighted to have with us today Roger Nierenberg, an exceptional conductor and innovator who has taken his musical passion and skills and become a "go-to" inspiration for businesses. Through the metaphor of music, Maestro Nierenberg helps organizations "see, feel and think" a...