My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership

Show Notes: https://www. MarkGraban.com/mistake120 My guest for Episode #120 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Angelo Ponzi , Founder / President of the Ponzi Group (now called Craft Marketing Architects ). Angelo is a fractional CMO, business advisor, marketing architect, keynote speaker, and author. He's also host of the podcast called Business Growth Cafe . In today's episode, Angelo shares...

Show Notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake119 My guest for Episode #119 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Melanie Pump , an accomplished Chief Financial Officer and business leader from Toronto. She is “a survivor, a business leader and a deep believer in the power of positive, supportive work environments.” She's also the author of the book DETOX: Managing Insecurity in the Workplace . In...

https://www.markgraban.com/mistake118 has show notes, links, and more. My guest for Episode #118 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Matthew Korban , a Certified Health Coach, Executive Life Coach, and Motivational Speaker. Born in Beirut, but based in Ohio now, he is also a 5-time black belt martial artist who practices meditation and Yoga daily. In today's episode, Matthew shares his “favorite...

Show page: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake117 My guest for Episode #117 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Lynn Yap , the Founder of Actv8 Network , whose mission is to increase the participation of women in the fields of technology, and entrepreneurship. She started her career as a corporate attorney, and then followed a traditional business path—graduating from the Wharton School with an M...

In today's bonus episode, host Mark Graban talks about an error that he was "victim" of this week. He was given the incorrect Moderna booster dose, being given the "full" 0.5 mL dose instead of the "booster" dose of 0.25 mL. This is, thankfully, an error that's not harmful (in fact, it may be to his benefit). But, everyone, from the CDC to the store, pharmacy manager agreed this was a "serious" er...

My guest for Episode #116 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Steve Gerein , a musician and entrepreneur. Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake116 He was previously the lead singer of the country band Aces Wyld and he is now the founder and CEO of SongShop , a platform that connects artists with independent songwriters, so they can turn their catalogs into profit via licensing opportuni...

Show notes page: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake115 My guest for Episode #115 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Kelly Cutchin , the Country Manager at Moneycorp , a global currency exchange leader and she has helped many Americans make overseas investments. She has over a decade of experience in the foreign exchange industry. She joined Moneycorp in 2006 as the first American employee. In t...

Show Notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake114 My guest for Episode #114 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast i s Carlos Hidalgo , an author, International & TEDx Speaker, marketer, consultant, coach, and advisor. Carlos is a co-host of The Life Design Podcast (with his wife Susanne) and is the author of the book Book: The UnAmerican Dream: Finding Personal and Professional Happiness Establis...

Show page: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake113 My guest for Episode #113 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Gena Cox, PhD PCC , an industrial psychologist, executive coach, author, and speaker. She has advised corporate leaders for 20+ years how to build organizational cultures that support innovation, inclusion, and employee engagement. Gena earned a Ph. D. in Industrial/Organizational Psych...

Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake112 My guest for Episode #112 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Brian Buck , a “success curator” who helps people have masterful communication & powerful relationships so they achieve amazing results — transformational coach for small- and medium-sized businesses. He's also co-host of the " People, Purpose and Profits Business Coaching " show o...

Oops -- fixed the audio gap that was there early in the episode. My most recent mistake!! Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake111 My guest for Episode #111 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Merit Kahn , a sales expert, Certified Emotional Intelligence Expert, business speaker, and CEO of her training company, SELLect Sales Development . She has coached & trained entrepreneurs and...

Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake110 My guest for Episode #110 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Moses Harris , a software engineer and technical leader at IBM, and the co-founder and Head of Outreach for Tech Can [Do] Better , an organization that helps technology companies create equitable outcomes for underserved populations, starting with the Black community. Moses graduated f...

Show notes page: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake109 My guest for Episode #109 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Karie Kaufmann , a “business coach who gets results.” Since 2005, Karie has helped over 1000 business owners and executives achieve their goals and take their business to the next level. Coach Karie lives what she teaches by putting family first, based on her philosophy that: “bei...

Chairman of the North American business unit of AKKA Technologies Notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake108 My guest for Episode #108 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Cash Nickerson . He's the chairman of the North American business unit of AKKA Technologies, a negotiation instructor, and a black belt in karate. He's a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law...

Founder of Moxie Bookkeeping Show notes and more: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake107 My guest for Episode #107 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Ean Price Murphy, who founded Moxie Bookkeeping & Coaching Inc in 2003 to work with creative businesses and nonprofits. In today's episode, Ean shares her “favorite mistake” story about believing financial advice without questioning it. She was...

Coach, author, and speaker Show notes and links: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake106 My guest for Episode #106 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Scott Ballard , a coach, speaker, and author, based in Portland, Oregon. His company is Confidence Coach LLC . From his bio, Scott “has used that superpower [of encouragement] to help create insight and breakthroughs for hundreds of people to take t...

Consultant with two degrees from MIT Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake105 My guest for Episode #105 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Andrea Jones , founder and principal at her firm Andrea Jones Consulting . Andrea Jones has focused on efficient and effective Project Management and Change Implementation for over 20 years. She also loves process improvements, and has a natural ins...

Corporate magician, speaker, emcee, and more Show notes and links: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake104 My guest for Episode #104 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Fred Moore , who has been a professional speaker and entertainer for the past 25 years, including roles as a corporate magician , event emcee , and more. Fred has done over 6,000 performances and presentations in 30 countries. In t...

Author, speaker, professor Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake103 My guest for Episode #103 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Cheryl Lentz , “The Academic Entrepreneur.” She is a keynote speaker , faculty at five universities, publisher at The Lentz Leadership Institute She is the author of the book Failure Has No Alibi: Learning From the Lessons Failure Teaches . She had a podc...

Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Tegrita Notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake102 My guests for Episode #102 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast are two C-level executives from Tegrita , a marketing technology, strategy, and consulting firm based in Toronto. They are Rolly Keenan (Chief Revenue Officer) and Mike Geller (President and Chief Technology Officer) and they're tw...

Positive psychologist and Author My guest for Episode #101 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Kezia Luckett , a highly respected Positive Psychologist, three times international best-selling author of “ The Pay it Forward Series: Notes to My Younger Self ” and the creator behind two revolutionary modalities, The Energy Code ® and Mind Conditioning Therapy®. https://www.markgraban.com/mistake101...

FranklinCovey executive, author of books including Marketing Mess to Brand Success Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake100 My guest for Episode #100 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Scott J. Miller , a long-time executive with FranklinCovey. Scott is the author of books including Everyone Deserves a Great Manager , Management Mess To Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the L...

Former kicker and punter for Iowa, various pro teams Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake99 My guest for Episode #99 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Brion Hurley , a friend of mine from Lean Six Sigma professional circles, who I recently learned was an American football kicker and punter in college (Iowa Hawkeyes) and a number of professional teams (the NFL and Arena Football). Bri...

Mumpreneur, Property Investor and Success Coach Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake98 My guest for Episode #98 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Karene Lambert-Gorwyn . She’s a Mumpreneur, Property Investor and Success Coach, Karene Lambert-Gorwyn balances being a full-time mother with running 3 businesses and an ever-expanding property portfolio. A former management consultant, she...

NFL athlete, American Ninja Warrior, and entrepreneur. Show notes and more: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake97 My guest for Episode #97 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Anthony Trucks , a foster kid turned NFL athlete. This is the first time I’ve interviewed somebody who was on American Ninja Warrior . Anthony is the author of the new book, released this week, titled Identity Shift: Upgrade...