My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership

Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #169 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Erin Joy . As the founder and executive consultant behind Erin Joy Business Coaching & Consulting, Erin uses over 25 years of experience in entrepreneurship, roundtable facilitation, business strategy, and executive coaching to help fellow female business owners launch, propel, and gro...

Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #169 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Arnold (Arnie) Barnett . He is the George Eastman Professor of Management Science and a Professor of Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Barnett holds a BA in mathematics from Columbia College and a PhD in mathematics from MIT. His research specialty is applied mathematical m...

Author of the book Chocolate Drop in Corporate America: From The Pit To The Palace . Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake168 My guest for Episode #168 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Genesis Amaris Kemp . She is a Creative Content Writer, Author, Self-Development Advocate, Visionary, Inclusion and Diversity enthusiast, and (I love this) a “Firecracker, and a force to be reckoned with...

Marketer and author of "The Rule of 26" Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake167 My guest for Episode #167 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Michael “Buzz” Buzinski , the President/CMO of Buzzworthy Integrated Marketing . Buzz is a lifelong entrepreneur, digital marketing thought leader, and best-selling author of his book The Rule of 26 For Service-Centric Businesses: Three Steps To Do...

Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake166 My guest for Episode #166 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Alisha Wielfaert , a leadership, creativity, transitions and resiliency coach for women. She started her career at an over one-hundred-year-old insurance company. She moved on from that. Along the way, she started studying yoga at the Asheville Yoga Center not just as a physical practice...

Author of The Career Toolkit. Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake165 My guest for Episode #165 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Mark Herschberg , the author of the book The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You . Learn more at his book's website . This is Mark's 300th appearance as a podcast guest! From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web t...

Author of The Orgasmic Entrepreneur and more Episode page and links: https://markgraban.com/mistake164 My guest for Episode #164 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Melissa Drake . As the founder of Uncorped Influence , Melissa helps like-minded businesses and individuals find creative solutions and go further than they thought possible. Melissa is the author of three books: The Orgasmic Entrepr...

Episode page and links: https://markgraban.com/mistake163 My guest for Episode #163 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast i s Jeff Zigman , known as “The Business Engineer,” and the founder and CEO of SkillBuilder . He’s been a tech entrepreneur 10 years, having led and built 25+ software projects from idea to Live, including multimillion-dollar enterprise software, with an engineering background, te...

Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake162 My guests for Episode #162 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast are Dr. Joseph A. Allen and Karin M. Reed . They are the authors of the book SUDDENLY HYBRID: Managing the Modern Meeting . Their previous book was SUDDENLY VIRTUAL: Making Remote Meetings Work . KARIN M. REED is CEO of Speaker Dynamics. She is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist an...

Author of Relationships to Infinity Episode page: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake161 My guest for Episode #161 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Jason Levin . He's a speaker and trainer. He's an executive career, business development and outplacement coach. He's the co-host of the Parents at Work Podcast. His website is www.readysetlaunch.net . He’s also the author of the book, Relationship...

Founder of Shattered Pencil Studios Episode page and links: https://markgraban.com/mistake160 My guest for Episode #160 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Rosie Kosinski . She is what she calls the Brand Queen and Founder of Shattered Pencil Studios , a brand design & development boutique. She straddles the line between creative and strategic, artistic and scientific. Raised by entrepreneur...

Episode page and links: https://markgraban.com/mistake159 My guest for Episode #159 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Glenn Poulos , the cofounder, vice president, and general manager of Gap Wireless Inc., a leading distributor for the mobile broadband wireless and test and measurement equipment markets. Gap Wireless Inc. was recently acquired by Network Wireless Solutions. With over three dec...

Episode page and links: https://markgraban.com/mistake158 My guest for Episode #158 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Karen Hold . She is the Founder of Experience Labs and her work is grounded in a core belief that design thinking provides an enabling social technology that facilitates adaptation and effective problem-solving in complex social systems. Karen began her career in business and s...

My guest for Episode #157 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Denis Crawford, a historian who is the author of books including his latest, The Life and Teams of Johnny F. Bassett: Maverick Entrepreneur of North American Sports. Episode page, video, transcript and more: https://markgraban.com/mistake157 Denis M. Crawford holds a PhD in American Studies, teaches at Youngstown State University, and...

My guest for Episode #156 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Rachell Kitchen . She is an Author, Certified Professional Life & Transition Coach; ICF Associate Certified Coach, and Professional Speaker. Episode page and links (with video and transcript): https://markgraban.com/mistake156 She graduated college with a B.S. degree in Industry & Technology and enjoyed a career as an Industri...

Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake155 My guest for Episode #155 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Rebecca Contreras . She is President & CEO of AvantGarde LLC , an SBA certified 8a and Women Owned Small Business firm she co-founded as Majority Partner in May 2011. Her firm offers a “one stop shop” approach to addressing complex organizational, people and technology needs. Rebecca...

CTO of TalentMarketplace.ca Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake154 My guest for Episode #154 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Scott Hirsch , the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at the HR platform Talent Marketplace . With work experience combining business administration and computer science, Scott's passions lie in enabling business processes through the innovative use of te...

CEO, clinical and organizational psychologist My guest for Episode #153 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Nicole Lipkin , an internationally recognized clinical and organizational psychologist, executive coach, and keynote speaker . Episode page: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake153 Nicole is the author of two popular leadership books: Y In the Workplace: Managing the “Me First” Generatio...

Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake152 My guest for Episode #152 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is John Gallagher . He is an executive coach, mentor, and consultant. He is the Founder and CEO of Growing Champions, LLC . He's also the host of the podcast “The Uncommon Leade r” — and I was his guest there ! He was also previously my guest on my Lean Blog Interviews podcast series . Befo...

My guest for Episode #151 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Lauren Eckhardt , the CEO and Founder of Burning Soul Press . Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake151 An award-winning, and best-selling author and ghostwriter, she is passionate about helping impact-driven souls capture their life story in a book-led movement that changes lives. Lauren founded Burning Soul Press in 2020, afte...

Confrontation expert and coach My guest for Episode #150 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Danielle Gibson , a Confrontation Expert and a Certified Performance Coach. Her firm is Danielle Gibson Coaching & Consulting . Episode page: https://markgraban.com/mistake150 Danielle was previously owner and designer at a jewelry company, Danielle Gibson Designs. She earned a degree in Fine Arts an...

From KaiNexus Episode page and links: https://markgraban.com/mistake149 My guest for Episode #149 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Clint Corley , who spent more than five years as a Senior Account Executive at the software company, KaiNexus . I want to disclose that I've been involved with KaiNexus for more than ten years as a contractor, advisor, and investor. Clint has BBA Degree in profess...

Episode page and links: https://markgraban.com/mistake148 My guest for Episode #148 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Brigitta Hoeferle , a speaker, master trainer, and certified coach. She’s the Owner of two educational institutions, founder of one for children and one for adults that she purchased, the Center of NLP . As she says, she’s “German by birth, American by choice, educator by trade...

CEO of Value Capture Show notes: https://markgraban.com/mistake147 My guest for Episode #147 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Ken Segel , the CEO and Managing Director of the firm Value Capture. Value Capture is a trusted advisory firm that supports chief executives who seek to transform the performance of their healthcare organization in safety, quality, and profitability. In terms of disclo...

Episode page: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake146 My guest for Episode #146 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is John Saunders , the founder of Forward Advisory Solutions . He is the author of the book The Optimizer: Building and Leading a Team of Serial Innovators , which is now also available as an audiobook . Click here to enter to win a copy of each. John spent more than two decades as a Wa...