Monday Morning Radio

Do you suffer from glossophobia? No pill or injection will cure it. But this week's guest,  Ruth Milligan , has a proven antidote for the nearly eight out of ten people who experience anxiety or fear of public speaking — also known as glossophobia. Ruth is the founder and managing director of Articulation , a 15-year-old executive communication coaching consultancy. She is also the co-author of th...

What began as a labor of love for Jackie Lapin — traveling the world and taking captivating photos — has blossomed into a thriving business and membership community. Today, Jackie's The Historic Traveler offers frequent blog posts, a vast library of images, curated reading lists, historical insights, and exclusive travel resources, all designed for those who share her wanderlust. Jackie is a veter...

The client list of corporations that Steven Gaffney and his colleagues at the Steven Gaffney Company have consulted reads like a Who's Who of America's best corporations, including Allstate , Amazon , American Express , Best Buy , Booz Allen , and BP .  And those are just some of the "A"s and "B"s on the roster. Steven's expertise lies in building consistently high-achieving teams and organization...

[With this episode, we launch our 14th year delivering weekly All You Can Eat Business Wisdom . That's more than 650 episodes — and we're on the verge of celebrating our one-millionth download.] In two words,  Johnny Molson distills what it takes for a business to soar above the ordinary in its advertising and marketing campaigns to attract and keep lifelong customers. Johnny is one of the elite g...

Are the tradeoffs that highly successful executives make — prioritizing wealth and recognition over family and a more grounded life — truly worth it? That's the central question that prompted Butch Meily to write From Manila to Wall Street , a memoir reflecting on his time nearly 40 years ago as a close aide to the brilliant but often brash Reginald F. Lewis , the first African-American to build a...

Like father, like son, entrepreneur Rob Kessler is a talented and ambitious business owner. His company, goTIELESS , has just passed a dozen years of marketing a brand of shirts with proprietary inserts [ Million Dollar Collar ] designed to be worn without ties. Rob is the son of  Richard Kessler , who for 35 years reigned as the diamond engagement ring "King" in Wisconsin and was one of the very...

After more than 15 years as an executive at Meta , eBay , and Target , Anya Cheng set out to launch her own venture, Taelor . Her company uses artificial intelligence and personalized styling to rent clothing to men who dislike shopping, but need to look put-together for professional and social occasions. As she candidly shares this week, her two-year-old company has encountered a full buffet of c...

Business owners and entrepreneurs who mess up royally might take cold comfort in Al Lewis 's Substack, BusinessBlunders.com , which regularly details the boneheaded choices and outright illegal antics of a rogues gallery of today's and yesteryear's CEOs and senior executives. For most readers, Al's independent newsletter is an opportunity to learn from other people's mistakes, which is, as he puts...

Can a timber-framed cottage built in tiny Frogholt, England, in 1450 and its current occupant and owner teach 21st-century business executives and entrepreneurs valuable insights about leadership and collaboration? Absolutely. Douglas Squirrel , who goes by the mononym "Squirrel," is a multi-decade technology trailblazer and business scale-up expert. He uses his home, Old Kent Cottage, which requi...

Michael Drew is an expert at transforming big ideas into influence and income. An evangelist for powerful communication, Michael helps clients express their messages in the most compelling, persuasive, and distinctive ways possible. His favorite vehicle? Books. Since 2003, Mike and his book promotion firm, Promote A Book , have guided more than 130 titles onto major bestseller lists — including Th...

When it comes to late-career transitions, Gigi Meier 's reinvention is nothing short of remarkable. After three decades in banking — reaching the boardroom level of a multi-billion-dollar Texas institution — Gigi has reinvented herself as a successful romance writer. She has self-published 16 books, some quite steamy, across three ongoing series.  The cover of her books — not for every taste — typ...

At first, Maria Fraietta considered naming her organizing system the "death box." After all, the idea for her product arose after her father passed away in January 2021, leaving Maria and her brothers to sort through their dad's scattered files, financial accounts, bills, titles, and possessions. Eventually, Maria landed on calling her kits Nokbox — N.O.K. box — for Next of Kin. Her vision was to...

One of 2024's most popular episodes of Monday Morning Radio featured Australian author and illustrator Andrew Matthews, who, along with his wife, Julie, has built a publishing empire that has sold more than 8 million global copies of his inspirational books about happiness and resilience. Last time, Andrew focused on the uplifting messages his books convey. On this, his second appearance from Quee...

Robert L. Dilenschneider , founder and principal of The Dilenschneider Group , is well known as a venerated strategic communications advisor and counselor to many of the world's most influential business and political leaders. Bob's extensive knowledge as a historian is less commonly known, especially one who can look to the past to identify role models whose lives are worth emulating today and in...

"We're in the news business," Dick Grove insists, "Not the PR business." His reasoning is straightforward: Individuals and companies must think like journalists, not self-promoters, to earn media coverage. Dick is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Inkinc Public Relations and author of the quasi tell-all, It's the Media Stupid! pr without the bs .  For more than five decades, Dick has been at the f...

"You're Fired!" Two words that are never easy to speak and are even harder to hear. Dismissing employees is complicated — legally, emotionally, and professionally. Mastering the art of letting employees go isn't taught in business school, and too many managers fumble the process. Mahesh Guruswamy, chief technology officer at Kickstarter , has spent much of his career delivering tough news — not ju...

Israel Duran describes himself as an "impact architect," helping successful business owners deliver turbocharged profits and coaching them to find a societal purpose beyond profits. Israel, founder of Israel Duran & Associates , has shown thousands of owners and CEOs how to transform their businesses and use their newfound achievements to impact, inspire, and influence their communities and beyond...

Jason Schappert reminds founding host Dean Rotbart of a young Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder, who Dean met and wrote about when he was a financial columnist with The Wall Street Journal . Like Jobs, Jason is dynamic, a visionary, and at only 36 years old, well along the fast track to success. Jason and his wife, Magda, built an aviation education company,  MzeroA , and sold it for an impressive 8-...

Are leaders born or made?  In this week's episode, Robert E. "Bob" Kaplan , co-founder of Kaplan DeVries and a pioneer in leadership development, tackles this age-old question.  With more than 30 years of experience helping executives and organizations thrive, Bob shares actionable insights into overcoming mental roadblocks, embracing feedback, and boosting self-confidence. Drawing from his latest...

Mike Frick never intended to get into the business of selling specialized construction equipment, including rock screens, bedding boxes, and concrete washout tubs. But what started as a side hustle and a way to help his son earn extra cash while in college has turned into a thriving business with a large and diverse nationwide customer base, including construction sites, farms, quarries, mines, an...

You don't have to be an author or would-be author to profit from the reputation-building insights our guest, W. Terry Whalin , shares on this week's episode. Among executives in the book publishing industry, Terry is a rock star. He alone has written more than 60 mainstream books, including a popular  biography of Billy Graham .  Among Terry's most popular books is 10 Publishing Myths: Insights Ev...

Many owners and entrepreneurs complain that overseeing their companies is like running a zoo. That's good news, says Terry Rich , who led the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines from a $600,000 deficit to profitability. His keys to success centered on rethinking the visitor experience and introducing innovative events that attracted fresh customers. Building on his strong entrepreneurial background, Terr...

After 28 years as a cornerstone of Fox News and Fox Business , Neil Cavuto , 66, made headlines earlier this month with his unexpected resignation. Monday Morning Radio founding host Dean Rotbart has known Neil for the broadcast journalist's entire television career. In February 2020, just before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dean conducted an exclusive oral history with him when Neil was...

This week, Hosts Dean and Maxwell Rotbart offer their annual holiday treat for Monday Morning Radio listeners: a reading of the inspirational adult Yuletide tale, A Christmas Day Miracle . The uplifting book tells the true story of one man on death's doorstep and his miraculous survival and recovery. It's a poignant reminder for people of all faiths of the wonder and power of life's unexpected ble...

Charles Rose is an unconventional business coach.  While most consultants focus on improving a company's mechanics — sales, marketing, human resources, and the like — his consultancy advises clients on the best ways to unload the personal baggage that limits their bottom line and personal satisfaction. A serial entrepreneur who built an e-commerce company and sold it for $10 million, Charles has s...