Everyday MBA

Episode 128 - Steven Kuhn speaks with Kevin Craine about his journey from US Army combat veteran and bodyguard to Mick Jagger to international business consultant and keynote speaker. Hear Steven's concepts regarding conscious leadership driven by honesty, integrity and transparency. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine   Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 127 - Former Navy Seal Chris Fussell discusses his book " One Mission " and ways leaders can build more effective and responsive teams. Learn from the strategies used by the military to eliminate silos between groups and teams, and transform your teams into an effective force for change and process improvement. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine    Everyday...

Episode 126 - Michael Gale discusses his book " The Digital Helix " and ways organizations can capture the advantages of digital transformation. Michael says that only 20% of organizations are getting digital transformation right, but those that do often double their brand value. How can you do it too? Find out, and listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine    Everyday-MB...

Episode 124 - Ron Warren, Ph. D , discusses his book " Personality at Work " and how bad habits and personality traits can hamper good leadership. Ron is a psychologist the developer of the LMAP 360 personality assessment used in executive education programs including at Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and the Yale School of Management. Listen for five action items you can us...

Episode 123 - Mindy Gibbins-Klein discusses her book The Thoughtful Leader and ways to use your head and your heart to inspire others. Mindy is an award-winning author, TedX speaker, and thought leadership strategist. Listen for five action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine    Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 123 - Lee Bartlett discusses his book The Number One Best Seller and the mindset, strategy and processes of a top salesman (or woman). Lee has enjoyed a highly successful sales career working for a variety of tier 1 institutions. He has held roles in large US, UK and European-based corporations, and sold extensively across most countries in these regions, as well as in Asia. Listen for fiv...

Episode 122 - Dorie Clark discusses her book Entrepreneurial You and ways to monetize your expertise, create multiple income streams and thrive as a solo entrepreneur. Dorie is a best-selling author, a frequent contributor in places like the Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal, and she is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration Duke University. Listen for action items you c...

Episode 121 - Stacey Hanke discusses her book Influence Redefined and ways to be the leader you were meant to be. Stacy is an executive mentor, a popular trainer and keynote speaker. Her clients include big brands like Coca Cola, Nationwide, GE, Kohl's and many others. You've seen her in the New York Times and on SmartMoney. Listen for action items to take advantage of the ideas and advice. Host, ...

Episode 120 - Mary Lamia discusses her book What Motivates Getting Things Done and ways to harness procrastination, manage your emotions and boost your success in business. Mary is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, as well as professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. Her book Emotions! won the Family Choice Award and you've seen her in places like ABC, Fox and the New York Times, Wom...

Episode 119 - Vanessa Van Edwards discusses her book Captivate and the science of succeeding with people. Vanessa is a national best selling author and the lead investigator at human behavior research lab, Science of People. She writes a monthly column for Entrepreneur Magazine and the Huffington Post. As a human behavior hacker she runs original research experiments on topics such as the science...

Episode 118 - Mitch Axelrod discusses his book The New Game of Selling and ways to attract, convert and keep more customers. Mitch is a guest lecturer at Harvard and his strategies have been adopted by thousands of companies from, Pfizer and Prudential, to small, medium and home-based businesses in 35 countries. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host,  Kevin Crain...

Episode 117 - Colin Shaw discusses his book The Intuitive Customer and imperatives for moving your customer experience to the next level. Colin has been recognized by LinkedIn as one as one of the world's top Business Influencers and he was voted by Brand Quarterly as one of the 'worlds top 50 Marketing thought leaders over 50' for the last 2 years. Includes three action items you can use today. ...

Episode 116 - Lisa Magnuson discusses her book The TOP Seller Advantage and powerful strategies to build long-term executive relationships. Lisa is Chief Corporate Sales Strategist at Top Line Sales and a former sales team leader at companies like Xerox, Ikon and others. It is important for high-level sales folks to reach the executive level of an organization, but that isn't always an easy thing...

Episode 115 - Nathan Hirsch discusses ways to leverage freelance resources to build a million dollar business. Nathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur who is an expert in hiring remote workers and eCommerce business. He co-founded his first company out of his dorm room in 2009 drop shipping products on Amazon.com and built it to sell over $20 million worth of products over 5 years. While scaling, N...

Episode 114 - Jonathan David Lewis discusses his book Brand vs Wild and ways to build resilient brands for harsh business environments. Jonathan is a branding and business strategist and a partner at McKee Wallwork + Company. You've seen him in places like Forbes , Digiday and Advertising Age. He says that the factors involved in surviving in today's business landscape have surprising similarities...

Episode 113 - Seth Mirren discusses his book The Power of Positive Destruction and ways to turn a business idea into a revolution. Seth is a global business leader and philanthropist who reinvented how Wall Street uses technology when in 1985 when he founded his first company, Merrin Financial, and launched the industry's first electronic order management system. This revolutionized trading by tra...

Episode 112 - Daniel DiPiazza discusses his book " Rich 20 Something " and ways you can ditch your day job, start an epic business, and score the life you want. Daniel writes a column for the Huffington Post and you've seen him also in places like Time magazine, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and Fox News. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comments. Host,  Kevin Craine   Everyday-M...

Episode 111 - Jess Todtfeld discusses his book Media Secrets and tips for better and more profitable media interviews. Jess is a former producer at ABC, NBC, and FOX and has advice to make the most of media exposure and convert interviews into more business. He even set a Guinness Record for being interviewed the most times in 24 hours… 112 different stations on radio.  Stay tuned after the interv...

Episode 110 - John Rossman discusses his book T he Amazon Way and the leadership principles that helped the company dominate the online marketplace and become one of the world's most disruptive companies. An Amazon insider, John was responsible for launching the third party selling business which today is over 50% of all Amazon units. Stay tuned after the interview for action items and bonus comme...

Episode 109 - Marc Vollenweider discusses his book Mind+Machine and a decision model for optimizing and implementing analytics. We hear a lot about "Big Data" these days, but how do you use data to really make a difference in the performance of your business? This interview explores how the human mind collaborates with machines to improve things like productivity, time to market, and quality, or t...

Special Episode - Kevin Craine offers quick and practical action items for entrepreneurs and business owners to gain more business marketing your brand one customer at a time. Action items and steps to take for improved revenue and customer satisfaction. Stay tuned next week for another regularly scheduled show. Host,  Kevin Craine   Everyday-MBA.com

Episode 107 - Brandon Black discusses his book Ego Free Leadership and ways to end the unconscious habits that can hijack your business. Brandon is a former CEO of Encore Capital Group and he shares his journey of transformation from an autocratic and argumentative executive to one who builds trust, collaboration and success. What are those habits? Why should "ego" be replaced with "we-go?" And ho...

Episode 108 - John Danner discusses the book Built For Growth and how your personality shapes your business success. What is your entrepreneur personality? How does it help or hinder your success? How can you understand and leverage your personality for better business results? John is a UC Berkeley and Princeton faculty member; best-selling author; popular speaker; trusted advisor to executives w...

Episode 106 - Edward Hess discusses The New Smart Machine Age and where humans fit into the convergence of business, technology and automation. Will smart machines and robots start taking our jobs? What can we do...us humans...to prepare for the inevitable transformation? Ed is a Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the...

Episode 105 - Chip Bell discusses his book Kaleidoscope and ways that companies can deliver innovative service. Everyone talks about the importance of delivering great service and ensuring a great customer experience…but how do you do it? What are the techniques that will really make a difference? And how do you know if we're doing a good job or not? Stay tuned after the interview for five action...