Backstage w/ Matt Stone

[Note: There is a slight humming sound during the beginning of the conversation, which thankfully is gone after the 3 minute mark.]   Atlanta-based consultant Oneka Cornelius was born and raised in New York, where her business education started at the young age of 16 helping to run a small business. By age 19, she was working on Wall Street processing yen trades for the Industrial Bank of Japan. O...

When she answered a blind ad in the local newspaper, a young Christina Khoo had no idea the adventure she would end up on. Twenty-five years later, she had built a thriving life insurance agency, and had learned a ton about leadership, business fundamentals, and how to constantly grow through any experience. When it was time to sell the business and move on to the next chapter, the natural next st...

Pete Rayls has an unbelievable story to tell about the life and death consequences of having "connections that matter." During this episode, learn about how a relationship between a Canadian general and his American counterpart prevented World War III...and much more.  Peter ("Pete") Rayls dreamed of attending the U.S. Naval Academy as a young man. When the rejection letter came, Pete not only did...

Fresh off the June 4, 2020 premier of her TEDx talk, "Dare to Lead like a Girl," consultant and seasoned global marketing executive Dalia Feldheim joins the Connections That Matter Podcast to share learnings from two pivotal, contrasting tales of leadership from her work experience. The first was during her time as a young brand manager at P&G, where she was encouraged to be herself and empowered...

How does a person go from working on film sets in New Zealand to jetsetting with Hollywood elites around the world, to becoming an expert in conflict resolution, to providing top-shelf coaching to executives and teaching graduate students at USC? Well, you're going to find out! It's hard to find a person with more energy, passion, and dedication than Helena Goto, an L.A.-based coach,  consultant,...

Chris Tighe is an award-winning, crime-fighting, straight-talking leader and senior advisor. With over 25 years of Federal government (and private industry) experience, spanning the U.S. Postal Service, Treasury, and Homeland Security Investigations, Chris has stories to tell, and lots of lessons he's learned along the way. But some of the biggest lessons started early in life. At one point briefl...

If you are a leader managing young team members, you don't want to miss this episode! Listen to Host Matt Stone's conversation with Mindy Lockard about the connection between principles of etiquette and self-awareness, relationship development, and leadership. Mindy shares stories about what led her to become formally trained in etiquette (after getting a degree in communications), and how she rea...

She's talented, funny, insightful, and a tremendously skilled storyteller. During this hour, host Matt Stone explores with Christiane the links between comedy, storytelling, and building meaningful human connections.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mattstone.substack.com

In this Podcast pilot episode, listen to Host Matt Stone's conversation with Tokyo-based fitness trainer, Bodhi Kenyon. In this hour-long conversation, Bodhi and Matt discuss stories around continually improving health, relationships, leadership, and improving quality of life. Bodhi shares tips on maintaining mental fitness, dietary health, and building muscle, even if stuck at home. Listen to the...