Monday Morning Radio

This week, Monday Morning Radio celebrates its 700th episode of providing weekly, all-you-can-eat business wisdom. Since its debut in June 2012, the podcast has become a trusted resource for entrepreneurs, executives, and business owners seeking actionable advice rather than theory. In October 2025, the podcast surpassed one million downloads, a testament to its growing audience and enduring appea...

Drawing on three decades of executive recruiting experience, workforce strategist Chris Flakus offers practical advice on how job candidates can land better positions and how companies can hire and retain exceptional employees. Chris is the CEO of CSI Companies and author of Stay Relevant: Conquer Workplace Change at Every Phase of Your Career . For job seekers and employees alike, his message is...

If your business struggles to turn good ideas into successful outcomes, Jeffrey K. Lambert knows why — and what to do about it. For more than two decades, Jeff has helped organizations improve execution, modernize technology, establish project management offices, and lead transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes. Jeff's experience includes many years working in project...

Jeremy Shepherd is rich with pearls of wisdom — both literally and figuratively. Starting with a single strand of pearls that the former flight attendant purchased for his girlfriend on a layover in Beijing, Jeremy has become one of America's largest sellers of pearls and pearl jewelry. Along the way, he accumulated a treasure trove of entrepreneurial insights, drawn from both his successes and hi...

Timothy P. Whitt is a small business owner, franchisor, and leadership expert whose business mentors include termites, mosquitoes, and stinging bees. Really. After more than 45 years in the pest-control industry, Tim — founder and CEO of Pied Piper Pest and Lawn — says every entrepreneur can learn a great deal from the problems insects and critters create for homeowners — and the methods professio...

For many small-business owners, growth creates a frustrating paradox: the more the business succeeds, the more overwhelmed the owner becomes. For two decades, small-business coach Jason Rosado — founder of Distinctive Coaching for Business Success — has used his proprietary methods to help his clients increase revenues, strengthen their teams, and create more free time for their owners. Among the...

One in every five American adults is a customer. The company generates more than $32 billion in annual revenue. And the $17 trillion in customer accounts and investment funds it manages exceeds the combined gross domestic products of Germany, Japan, and India. Yet despite Fidelity Investments ' enormous influence, relatively little has been known about the singular family behind the Boston-based m...

Jon Erlichman spent 25 years as a television business news anchor, helping viewers make better financial and investing decisions. But it turns out his most remarkable expertise is self-marketing. Since leaving mainstream journalism in October 2024 to launch his own digital brand —  Ticker Take — his social media videos have been viewed a whopping 2 billion times. His formula, as he shares on this...

Cheryl Strauss Einhorn has spent years helping executives, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams avoid costly mistakes and make smarter, more confident choices. A former financial journalist turned decision-science strategist, she developed the widely used AREA Method — a structured framework designed to help leaders challenge assumptions, reduce cognitive bias, and improve judgment in high-stakes s...

Had he lived, Zig Zigla r — the legendary motivational speaker who died in 2012 — would have turned 100 later this year.  To honor his father, Tom Ziglar , who now heads the Ziglar organization, is planning a gala event in Franklin, Tennessee, on October 16th. Limited to 1,500 high achievers, the once-in-a-lifetime gathering will feature members of the Ziglar family and well-known inspirational fi...

Starting over at age 30 with a pregnant wife, no money, and a shattered career dream could have broken Jack Oujo . Instead, it became the unlikely foundation for building one of America's largest tax-focused wealth management firms. Jack, founder of Oujo Wealth Strategies , relied on discipline, preparation, and relentless self-education to reinvent himself. Successful leaders, as he learned from...

When people talk about the Chicago Cubs and their historic 2016 World Series victory — ending a 108-year drought — names including players Kris Bryant , Kyle Schwarber , Ben Zobrist , manager Joe Maddon , and president of baseball operations Theo Epstein typically dominate the conversation. One name you rarely hear? Joshua Lifrak . Yet Joshua played a pivotal role in that championship season as th...

Martin "Marty" Strong is a former Navy SEAL, business leader, and author who challenges conventional thinking about how companies — and their leaders — must operate in a rapidly changing world. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of the Warrior's Haven USA Foundation . Over two decades as a SEAL, Marty led 36 special operations missions in high-stakes, unpredictable environments where adaptabil...

Effective workplace mentoring isn't a 'sometimes' thing. It's a habit. That's a leadership lesson that Kimberly Lee has learned after more than two decades of hands-on experience in human resources, and helping businesses embrace what she dubs "a coaching culture." Kim is the founder and CEO of Lotic Systems and author of Building a Coaching Culture: The Ripple Effect . She is also the creator of...

With the Artemis II mission underway, this week on Monday Morning Radio , we're joined by Mark L. Fox —former Chief Engineer for NASA's Space Shuttle program and a legendary instructor at Wizard Academy . In a conversation recorded just 24 hours after the Artemis launch, Mark bridges the gap between lunar missions and terrestrial entrepreneurship. He discusses his latest venture,  Resona Health ,...

What can a beautifully prepared dinner teach about running a successful business? Quite a lot, according to Ellen Wright , a five-time cookbook author who trained with culinary icons Julia Child and James Beard . In this week's episode, Ellen shares how the principles that guide her cooking translate seamlessly into leadership, entrepreneurship, and everyday decision-making. Her approach is refres...

Fauzia Burke is a veteran marketing strategist and founder of FSB Associates , which specializes in book publicity, author websites, and consulting. Founded by her in 1995, it was one of the first firms specializing in digital publicity. Not one to rest on her laurels, Fauzia's latest frontier is artificial intelligence — not only enhancing the capabilities of FSB Associates but also teaching othe...

Business success is often portrayed as the product of talent, hard work, and persistence. But what if success could be analyzed — and improved — using the logic of probability? Kyle Austin Young , a sought-after strategy consultant, maintains that most goals — whether launching a product, raising funds, or publishing a book — can be analyzed and improved by understanding the odds behind them. Kyle...

Courtney De Ronde is a financial decoder. As the CEO of Forge Financial & Management Consulting in West Des Moines, Iowa, she studies the same financial data that owners and comptrollers review, but she uncovers opportunities and risks within the numbers that most business leaders miss. Additionally, Courtney is the creator of the Simple Scale-Up System , a framework designed to help established b...

This week's guest is Doug C. Brown , CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a leading authority on building predictable, measurable, and scalable sales growth.     After a career as a top salesperson, including serving as president of sales and training for peak performance coach Tony Robbins , Doug is now advising CEOs on how to rethink their approach to sales.   Among the companies Doug and his team ha...

People may not know his name, but regular viewers of cable news instantly recognize Arthur Lih and his ubiquitous commercials for LifeVac — the non-invasive rescue device designed to save choking victims when the Heimlich maneuver and other traditional methods fail. To date, his invention is credited with saving 5,450-plus lives. As Arthur shares on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio , in...

Bestselling author Michael Lewis has spent decades practicing the habits of the sharpest business thinkers: questioning assumptions, navigating past blind spots, and revealing why conventional wisdom so often leads smart people astray. Lewis is the author of a remarkable run of business bestsellers, including Liar's Poker , Moneyball , Flash Boys , The Big Short , Boomerang , The Undoing Project ,...

Many entrepreneurs and business owners know how to make money. Far fewer truly understand how to protect it, manage it wisely, and plan for the long arc of life once the hard work of earning is done. Jeffrey Panik is a U.S. Army veteran and a certified financial planner with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals, families, and business owners clarify complex financial decisions. He...

Monica Ballard knows why so many marketing campaigns fail. It's not for lack of clever slogans, talented spokespeople, or catchy jingles. Surprisingly, the cause is trying to project "perfection" rather than authenticity, which includes acknowledging the struggles and risks inherent in running a business. Monica is a veteran marketing strategist, storyteller, and one of the elite Wizard of Ads Par...

Ruben Gonzalez , four-time record-holding Olympian, bestselling author, and sought-after keynote speaker, returns to Monday Morning Radio for a wide-ranging, deeply practical conversation about perseverance, belief, and the wisdom of following proven leaders. Ruben's story is anything but conventional. He didn't begin competing at an elite level until his mid-20s, and has never used his lack of na...