Monday Morning Radio

Dave Albin helps business executives and employees face and overcome their fears. But that's nothing special. Dave's methods, however, make him unique among corporate coaches. Dave is the #1 firewalk instructor in America, having cajoled more than one-half million people to tiptoe, barefoot, over a bed of coals exceeding 1,000 degrees in temperature.  A disciple of Tony Robbins , Dave ran firewalk...

Amy Dockser Marcus , a distinguished author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with The Wall Street Journal , has dedicated her career to exploring the complex intersections of economics, society, and health within modern medicine.  In her latest meticulously researched book, We The Scientists , she delves into the remarkable accomplishments of "citizen scientists" — ordinary parents and individu...

For half a century, Bob Johansen has been forecasting the future. Clients, including  Procter & Gamble , Walmart , and McKinsey , trust his vision. Moreover, he is an instructor at the Army War College . Along with coauthors Joseph Press and Christine Bullen , Bob has recently released " Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living " — his 13th book. Ostensibly, Office Shock peers...

Nick Loper i s a fountain of money-making ideas and the required methods to implement them. As the founder of  Side Hustle Nation and its Chief Side Hustler, Nick has shown tens of thousands of his followers how to bring in  $1,000, $2,000, or even $5,000 a month in extra income. On his podcast , on his website, in books, and speeches, Nick breaks down the vast opportunities to supplement your inc...

Dr. Henry Mintzberg is one of the world's most highly regarded business theorists, having written more books -- 22-- than the Beatles produced #1 hits. He is an organization and management rock star. In his latest book, Understanding Organizations … Finally , Dr. Mintzberg likens running a company or non-profit to coaching a professional sports team: You wouldn't use the same tactics in football a...

When Victoria Pelletier sets her mind to achieving a goal, she won't let anything or anyone stop her. Nor will she blame anyone but herself when things don't go the way she planned. Those two personality traits — being unstoppable and making no excuses — have been a recipe for success since she became the chief operating officer of a multinational corporation at age 24. Decades on, after holding s...

Dave Combs is a disarmingly charming southerner, a former telecommunications executive, and a man of faith. He's also a hardcore entrepreneur and one of the most successful musicians and music distributors you've probably never heard of. Since Dave and his friend, studio pianist Gary Prim , recorded their first instrumental tune  in 1986 — Rachel's Song — the duo has produced 15 successful instrum...

Since 2006, serial entrepreneur Clay Stafford has produced an ever-more-popular Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference that brings together authors, agents, exhibitors, and fans of crime and thriller literature. Pulling off a large meeting, workshop, or other live event entails countless steps. In Clay's instance, planning for the next gathering begins a year in advance. This week, Cla...

The days of the imperial CEO are bygone. Today's business and organization leaders empower everyone, regardless of rank, to be heard and contribute to success.  That's the premise of David C. Tate , a licensed clinical psychologist and lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. David is the co-author of Conscious Accountability: Deepen Connections, Elevate Results . Financial performan...

For the head of a successful business coaching firm, Toronto-based Launch and Scale , Khierstyn Ross , founder and CEO, has an odd goal. "We actually want our clients to fire us," the e-commerce strategist tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart . Khierstyn  is crazy — crazy like a fox. Her firm's mission is to help launch and scale online brands until they achieve $3 million in annua...

Dux te ipsum duc is Latin for "Leader, Lead Thyself." The concept is at the heart of business growth coach Bradley Hamner 's formula for transforming owners and executives from "slaves" to their companies into masterful architects of growth and success. Bradley is the founder of Business Growth Curator , a consultancy that coaches owners and executives on how to grow their confidence and leadershi...

When Jennifer Brown sizes up business and organization leaders on how well they address today's ever-increasing demand for inclusive workplaces, she describes them on a continuum of four stages: unaware, aware, active, and advocate. Jennifer is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and founder of Jennifer Brown Consulting , a strategic and diversity advisory firm. She has spent more than two deca...

In the Fall of 2007, Eric Johnson , an entrepreneur and designer of satellite communications systems, was on vacation when he received a panicked call from his financial advisor. "Need permission to sell." "Sell what?" "Everything." Eric did sell, and his swift move saved him from getting walloped by the Great Recession and the ensuing turmoil in the markets. Eric is a renaissance man: an instrume...

Gene Sticco embraces three of the core tenets that Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart advocates for anyone who wants to break from the pack: Be audacious. Act on your dreams and passions. Let the naysayers laugh, and then do it anyway. Sticco is an entrepreneur and U.S. Air Force special forces veteran. He is also a newly announced candidate for the Oval Office in 2024. Rotbart describes Gene...

Matt Mason , who since 2019 has served as the official state poet of Nebraska , returns to Monday Morning Radio to discuss his latest collection of poems — At The Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife and Churros — and to share his ideas for making poetry and profits rhyme. Matt, a Wizard Academy alumnus, was last a guest on this podcast in March 2019 , shortly after publishing his previ...

The secret to Michael Kaeding 's success as the CEO of Norhart Inc. , a company that designs, builds, and rents apartments, is that he had no idea how to run his family business when his father unexpectedly passed away. "I had no preconceived notion of the way things were supposed to be done," Mike recalls. "We just started to naively solve problems, and that was the magic." Norhart, headquartered...

Four sneaky obstacles prevent most business owners and entrepreneurs from becoming peerless communicators, whether in writing, on video, or in front of a live audience. There is a proven formula to vault over those hurdles, and this week's guest, Michelle D. Gladieux , reveals how to become the best communicator you can be. Michelle, president of Gladieux Consulting , headquartered in Fort Wayne,...

Although officially, the business spotlighted on this week's podcast is less than a week old, host Dean Rotbart says that given its lineage and the marketing genius supporting it, RomanticSpotsinAustin.com is a sure bet to be an entrepreneurial role model and a global success story. Two years in development, the online guidebook to amorous Austin, Texas, is the brainchild of Pennie Williams , brou...

Among the giants of self-improvement authors and speakers are Dale Carnegie , Earl Nightingale , Jim Rohn , Zig Ziglar , and Blaine Oelkers . Blaine who? Blaine Oelkers , http://selfluence.com , is not yet as well known as these other inspiring speakers and authors — but he is a modern keeper of their inspirational flame. In fact, Blaine is America's only Chief Results Officer — an expert on how t...

When a quality publishing house releases only one book a year, you know it will be a blockbuster. That's always been the case with award-winning Bard Press , which has brought out 18 business bestsellers over the past 25 years. This year the business boutique imprint has tapped authors Ed O'Malle y and Julia Fabris McBride . Their book, When Everyone Leads: The Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Sol...

Jack and Patti Phillips , a husband and wife Ph. D. duo, lead the ROI Institute , which provides a scalable and systematic approach to program evaluation. Their proprietary ROI Methodology is the most used and implemented such system in the world, adopted by 27 governments and three-fourths of the FORTUNE 500. The Phillipses have a combined five decades of experience evaluating the wisdom of inves...

Can you teach yourself and your colleagues to generate great ideas — ideas genuinely worth pursuing? Robin Landa , an author and professor of design at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, has made a career studying where breakthrough ideas come from — so-called ideation —  and how anyone can conjure concepts that will be revolutionary. Robin's latest book is The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Cre...

Stephen Semple is a marketing and advertising wizard. Moreover, he is an iconoclast - creating winning campaigns for his grateful clients and his own agency by marching to a different drummer. Officially, Stephen is the Director of Wizard of Ads Canada and one of the elite Wizard of Ads partners who work in collaboration with other creative geniuses around the globe. He is also the co-host of The...

These were the ten most-listened to episodes of Monday Morning Radio in 2022. Hear for yourself why business owners and entrepreneurs around the world found them fascinating. #1: Want a Standing Ovation for Your Company's Financial Performance? Veteran Acting Coach Craig Archibald Raises the Curtain on the Correct Entrepreneur's Mindset #2: Set Off Emotional "Fireworks:" Writing Heartfelt Letters...

If you have scoleciphobia — fear of worms, you may want to skip this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio .  Host Dean Rotbart 's guest, Cathy Nesbitt , is a passionate worm advocate and Canadian worm royalty. Since 2002, Cathy, owner of Cathy's Crawly Composter s , has bred and sold red wigglers and European nightcrawlers by the pound to enthusiastic customers who use the live squigglers for co...