Elevate with Robert Glazer

On this special episode of the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer reads two more installments of Friday Forward, his inspirational newsletter that reaches over 100,000 people around the world each week. In Little Things, Robert talks why the small details make all the difference, especially in customer reactions. He challenges listeners to pursue excellence in everything we do. Then, in Two Weeks...

In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer sits down with Tim Urban creator of the popular blog Wait But Why. In a wide ranging conversation, Robert and Tim dig into Tim’s career as a writer, his TED Talk on why everybody is a procrastinator, and an eye-opening post Tim wrote that creates a visual timeline of a human life and emphasizes that we have less time with loved ones than w...

In this second episode of Friday Forward Audio, Elevate Podcast host and creator of Friday Forward, Robert Glazer, reads two recent installments of his inspirational weekly newsletter. In Second Chances, Robert talks about Cat Hoke's remarkable work helping convicted inmates get a second chance at life with her Hustle 2.0 program. Then, in Confirmation Bias, Robert discusses the way that our biase...

In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer sits down with Tom Rath to talk about helping people find their strengths as performers and using that knowledge to build their overall capacity. Tom is a leading expert on the role of human behavior in business, health and well-being. He is the author the #1 New York Times bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? as well as Are You Fully Charg...

On this special mini-episode of the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer introduces something new--an audio version of Friday Forward Robert's weekly inspirational newsletter that is read by over 100,000 people around the world. On this episode, Robert reads two recent posts--"Winning Position" and "Best Intentions". These installments capture several themes of the Friday Forward, including how to...

Bob Burg has made generosity the backbone of a successful and influential career. He is the best selling author of multiple books, including Endless Referrals and the business parable Go-Giver series. Bob is a sought-after keynote speaker who has spoken to audiences of 16,000 people, including an American President. Bob joins host Robert Glazer on this Elevate Podcast episode to talk about his car...

Entrepreneur, speaker and author Cat Hoke, has dedicated her career to helping others get a second chance at life. She sat down with host Robert Glazer to talk about her experience working with incarcerated inmates, helping them rebuild their lives, and seeing how they make an impact in their own communities. Cat is the founder of Hustle 2.0, a non-profit with a vision of ending mass incarceration...

Daniel Marcos is an entrepreneur and one of the leading experts on business growth. He is the co-founder and CEO of the Gazelles Growth Institute, a premiere executive education program that trains C-Suite executives to lead their businesses through the varied phases of business growth. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur who has started and sold several businesses over the years. He is also a widely...

Bill Cummings has transformed lives through business and charity. He built a real estate giant in Cummings Properties and successfully trained and onboarded his successor. When he exited the company, Bill had accrued billions of dollars to his name. Then, he decided to give everything back. He founded the Cummings Foundation, a charitable organization that now has $2 billion in assets, and signed...

Philip McKernan needs just a few minutes with somebody to understand what they want in life. As a coach, Philip works with entrepreneurs and business leaders to help them find clarity on what their passion is in life, and setting them on the path to achieving that clear purpose. Philip takes a holistic approach to coaching, believing that what people do outside work is vital to what they do profes...

Ingrid Fetell Lee is an expert on how the design of our environment profoundly impacts our lives. In a world where productivity and functionality are critical to design, Ingrid has discovered the power of designing spaces that bring joy into people’s lives and change their experiences in the process. Ingrid is the author of Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Ha...

Sean Swarner will make you rethink what is possible. Sean was diagnosed with terminal cancer twice as a teenager. Despite facing those devastating diagnoses—and losing functionality in one of his lungs due to radiation treatment—he has become one of the most accomplished adventure sports figures on the planet. Sean has climbed the highest peak on all seven continents, completed an Iron Man Triathl...

Jordan Harbinger joins this episode of Elevate to talk about his career in podcasting, his past as a lawyer, and the bold decision to bet on himself, leave his former podcasting company and launch The Jordan Harbinger Show. Jordan is often referred to as “the Larry King of podcasting”. He started his career was a Wall Street attorney before launching a highly successful podcasting career. On the J...

Jayson Gaignard is the founder of Mastermind Talks, one of the world's most exclusive, invite-only events for entrepreneurs. He’s also the author of Mastermind Dinners and host of the Community Made podcast. Show Notes Why Jayson decided to start his first business. The evolution of Jayson’s entrepreneurial journey and how it led him to start networking with other entrepreneurs. The event that ins...

Aron Ain is the chief executive officer of Kronos and author of WorkInspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work. His book chronicles the Kronos employee engagement journey and imparts lessons Ain has learned for senior leaders, HR professionals, and people managers to turn employee engagement into a strategic weapon. Ain joined Kronos in 1979 and has played a role in nearly...

Tiffani Bova is Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Over the past two decades, she has led large revenue-producing divisions at businesses ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She spent ten years at Gartner, the world’s leading IT research and advisory firm. Bova’s cutting-edge insights have helped Microsoft, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, SAP, VMWare,...

James Clear is an American author, entrepreneur and photographer. On his personal website, JamesClear.com, he writes about habits and human potential. James is also the author of Atomic Habits. Show Notes A formative accident in James’ life that set him on a new career path. What he did to regain a sense of control over his life after the accident. How James stumbled into writing and how that evol...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. He writes mostly about science and endurance sports and is also currently a contributing editor at Outside, a columnist at the Globe and Mail, and a senior editor at Canadian Running. He was previously a Runner's World columnist and contributing editor at Popular Mechanics. His latest book, ENDURE: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elast...

Garrett Gunderson is the founder of Wealth Factory, a company that provides personal financial education, guidance and family legacy programs for entrepreneurs, professionals and small business owners. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity. Show Notes Garrett’s upbringing and how that influenced h...

Jay Baer is the founder and President of Convince & Convert. Jay has advised more than 700 brands since getting started in online marketing in 1993. He is also the New York Times best-selling author of five books, including his latest, Talk Triggers. In addition to strategy consulting, the firm also runs Convince & Convert Media, a fast-growing education company that produces six podcasts, a digit...

Yanik Silver is the founder of Maverick1000, a private, invitation-only global network of top entrepreneurs and industry leaders. This group periodically assembles for breakthrough retreats, rejuvenating experiences, and impact opportunities (to-date raising over $3M+) with participating icons such as Sir Richard Branson, Tony Hawk, Chris Blackwell, John Paul DeJoria, Tony Hsieh, Russell Simmons,...

Jeff Haden’s first paid ghostwriting job was writing a press release for a startup. Since then he’s written about real estate, management, process improvement, finance and investing. He’s ghostwritten books on subjects as diverse as breastfeeding, hydroponics, horticulture and magic.  After an intriguing discussion with Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, plus dozens of interviews with other incred...

Derek Coburn has dedicated his career to … the art of “un-networking” and breaking down the concepts and practices of “traditional networking” in both professional and personal settings. He began his career as a financial advisor and built a successful wealth management practice mainly by outworking everyone else. He began using non-traditional networking strategies to triple his revenue and impro...

David Burkus is the author of several books including Friend of a Friend: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career. Friend of a Friend offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice. He is also the author of Under New Management and The Myths of Cre...

The dynamic and driven AmyK Hutchens joins us on this episode of Elevate with Robert Glazer to discuss aligning brilliance, attributes of high-performing leaders, the secrets leaders keep and the troubling rise of “comparison condition.” At her core, AmyK is a teacher. Beginning her career teaching fifth grade, she eventually started teaching other teachers and entire organizations about how to te...