The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Episode 070: Dr. Sharon Melnick – Success Under Stress: Breathing Exercises & Other Tips To Improve Your 50% Sharon Melnick is an incredibly interesting person.  She truly understands the importance of physiology, psychology, and your response.  We are extremely fortunate to have Sharon share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.  Sharon Melnick, PhD is a leading...

Episode 069: Jesse Itzler – Taking Risks, Selling For Millions, Living With A (Navy) SEAL, Married To A Billionaire Jesse Itzler is an incredibly interesting person.  Despite all of his (massive) success, he’s one of the most down to earth people I’ve ever spoken with.  This conversation felt like I was reconnecting with an old friend.  I absolutely loved it. Jesse cofounded Marquis Jet, the world...

Episode 068: Joey Coleman – What Is Your Personal Brand? This is a special episode for me as I’ve been fortunate to get to know Joey over the last month and he’s become a great friend.  I had the distinct pleasure of attending a professional development workshop recently where Joey was the facilitator/speaker/lead engager.  It was the best 2 and a half day training event I have ever been to in my...

Episode 067: Roger Dooley – How To Persuade And Convince Others With Neuromarketing This episode was absolutely packed full of action oriented takeaways to help us all gain a better understanding of how our brain works to process information.  It was an extremely interesting talk on a topic that fascinates me. Roger Dooley is a speaker and author of Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince...

Episode 066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule I would like to thank John Corcoran for introducing me to Judy Robinett.  Both John and Judy are such great givers… Always trying to help others and they’ve done so much for me.   I was fascinated with Judy.  She is incredibly intelligent and is a very deep thinker.  It was a joy to get her to put some of those tho...

Episode 065: Linda Kaplan Thaler – GRIT = Guts, Resilience, Initiative, & Tenacity Linda Kaplan Thaler is an incredibly interesting person.  She truly understands the importance of an intense focus on continuous improvement.  Linda and her team have some massive achievements from a Marketing perspective as well as the work Linda has down as a bestselling author and keynote speaker. We are extremel...

Episode 064: Kevin Lavelle – CEO of Mizzen+Main: Intellectual Curiosity Leads To Growing 500% Kevin Lavelle is an incredibly intelligent leader.  He truly understands the importance of possessing three qualities as a leader: An overwhelming amount of optimism, an intellectual curiosity, and persistence.  We are extremely fortunate to have Kevin share his knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of T...

Episode 063: Whitney Johnson – How To Disrupt Yourself To Dare, Dream, and DO Remarkable Things This was a very interesting conversation with Whitney Johnson... She has an extremely interesting story to tell about how she disrupted herself in order to do something bigger.  She was an incredibly successful equity analyst and she quit in order to follow a dream of doing something bigger and helping...

Episode 062: Jim Tressel – Coaching Ohio State: President of Youngstown State: Servant Leadership: #QuietTime I’ve been fortunate to know Jim Tressel since 2002 when he recruited my younger brother AJ to play football at Ohio State University.  He has always been a phenomenal example of what it means to be a servant leader.  Always calm, composed, and measured in his approach… He’s someone who I a...

Episode 061: Chris Hogan – The 7 Baby Steps To Take Control Of Your Money… Retire Inspired Chris Hogan is a really interesting leader.  I’ve seen him speak to large groups of people on two separate occasions and he always brings a ton of energy to the stage.  Mix that with his deep baritone voice and it makes for a unique leader! A former national champion and all-American football player, Chris H...

Episode 060: Amy Morin – 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do Amy Morin is an incredibly interesting person.  She truly understands the importance of being real, being sincere, and being yourself.  We are extremely fortunate to have Amy share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.  Amy’s article, “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do,” introduced the worl...

Episode 059: Mark Fainaru-Wada – Investigative Reporter, Steroids, Barry Bonds, and Concussions This was an extremely thought provoking conversation with Mark Fainaru-Wada.  This is the first time I’ve ever had an investigative reporter on as a guest of The Learning Leader Show.  The magnitude of the work that Mark has done is immense.    We touched on a number of topics during this conversation f...

Episode 058: Michael Port – Steal The Show: From Actor To World Class Speaker This episode was absolutely packed full of action oriented takeaways to help us better understand how to give the performance of our lives during our next presentation, job interview, or deal closing pitch.  Michael Port has an incredible story.  He has worked incredibly hard to build both his business and his personal b...

Episode 057: Turney Duff – Wall Street, Addiction, Rehab, Best-Selling Author, TV Show Consultant This episode different from the normal Learning Leader Show episode…  Turney contacted me via my website (the contact form www. LearningLeader.com ) after he saw the John LeFevre episode published.  He mentioned that he was a fellow Ohio University Bobcat and he had followed my football career.  From...

Episode 056: Blake Anderson – Trick Plays, Playing Fast, And Having Fun: America’s Most Entrepreneurial Football Coach Blake Anderson is an incredibly interesting learning leader.  I’m very fortunate to now call him a friend.  He truly understands the value of creativity mixed with hard work and empowering of his players.  We are extremely fortunate to have Coach Anderson share his knowledge with...

Episode 055: Joe Desena – Spartan Race CEO, Delayed Gratification, & Helping 1 Million People Joe Desena is an incredibly intense person.  He truly understands the importance of an intense focus on pushing yourself beyond what you might have perceived your limits to be.  We are extremely fortunate to have Joe share his knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.  Joe Desena...

Episode 054: Geoff Colvin – Talent Is Overrated: Humans Are Underrated Geoff Colvin is an incredibly interesting person.  He truly understands the importance of an intense focus on continuous improvement.  We are extremely fortunate to have Geoff share his knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.  Geoff Colvin is an Award-winning thinker, broadcaster, speaker and bestsel...

Episode 053: Shama Hyder – The Zen Master Of Marketing: Millennial Master Of The Universe This episode was absolutely packed full of action oriented takeaways to help us better understand how to be a “chief value officer.”  Shama Hyder has an incredible story.  She has worked incredibly hard to build both her business and her personal brand.  There is so much to learn from her.  I’m incredibly gra...

Episode 052: Bobby Carpenter – Self-Awareness, Tom Brady, & A Career In Politics? I’ve been fortunate to know Bobby for the last 15 years… We met when he was a teammate with my younger brother AJ at Ohio State.  I’ve always know Bobby to be an incredibly interesting person.  He tells it like it is and isn’t afraid to share his true feelings.  During our conversation for this podcast, Bobby didn’t...

Episode 051: Suzanne Kelly – From CNN To Raising $1.5 Million For A StartUp… Suzanne Kelly is an incredible learning leader.  She truly understands the importance of understanding your environment and surrounding yourself with the right people.  We are extremely fortunate to have Suzanne share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.  Suzanne Kelly is CEO and Publish...

Episode 050: Dr. Henry Cloud – Ridiculously In Charge I originally sent a cold email to Henry Cloud in February asking him to be one of the first guests on my podcast, The Learning Leader Show .  I am extremely happy that after 7 months of work (a lot of emails/calls/scheduling), we made it happen!  I’m extremely proud of this, and I was especially happy to hear the kind words Henry shared about T...

Episode 049: Joe Sweeney – Networking Is A Contact Sport Joe Sweeney has an incredibly interesting story… He originally wrote pages of his thoughts in order to staple to his will for his children to read… That lead to a best-selling book which led to over 350 speaking engagements around the world!  Joe shares that story and so much more on this great episode of The Learning Leader Show. Joe Sweene...

Episode 048: Cameron Herold – Why You Should Teach Your Child To Be An Entrepreneur This episode was absolutely packed full of action oriented takeaways to help us all improve in each of our environments. I love the strategy Cameron has employed to teach children to be entrepreneurs as well as his strategies to grow a number of businesses… Cameron Herold has been instrumental in the successful sal...

Episode 047: David Marquet – Turn The Ship Around! Going From Worst To First This episode was absolutely packed full of action oriented takeaways to help us all improve in each of our environments. I love the strategy David has employed to empower and grow leaders… You’ll learn about his thought process on leadership in the Navy and in the civilian world as well.  David realized that the leader-fo...

Episode 046: David Coleman – The Dating Doctor & National Speaker Of The Year David Coleman is an incredible interesting person.  He truly understands the importance of being real, being sincere, and being yourself.  We are extremely fortunate to have David share his knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.  David Coleman is known worldwide as The Dating Doctor.™ He has...