The Manage 2 Win Podcast

Some consultants and leaders use diversity to divide.  Dr. Lauren Tucker believes another approach is more effective:  Focus on inclusion.     Dr. Tucker is the Founder and CEO of Do What Matters .  She is an entrepreneur who works with other entrepreneurs.  She talks candidly with David about how traditional diversity efforts often hurt the very people they are intended to help, and good intentio...

As a CEO, Melissa Widner has led two companies to successful acquisitions that provided over a 10X return to investors.  Do you need money to grow your company, without giving up equity?  David talks with Melissa about funding your company's growth and the challenges financial folks see in entrepreneurs.  Every startup leaders have a different journey, but there are key similarities that separate...

Today's guest, Sam Citro Alexander, is an admitted Food Lover and Nutrition Nerd who's bitewell team is on a mission to make healthy eating easy, convenient, and accessible for all. Sam and her team says they tried about 1,000 different food and nutrition apps, but concluded none helped people eat well.  Instead, most healthy eating platforms focus on cooking and preparation although the average A...

Brad Harris is a rare Ph. D. leader who can articulate how fantastic leaders succeed in plain English.  He shares the power of failure, how to learn from it, and then to thrive. Brad and David have a very insightful discussion about how top leaders organize their time.  What is their tipping point to maintain their strategic focus?  How do they learn from mistakes?  To be candid, David came away f...

As America's mainline colleges and universities continue their 50+ year descent into political indoctrination and teaching anything but career skills, leaders are wondering what they're getting when hiring recent graduates. Today's podcast is with Dr. John Jackson , the President of William Jessup University , the 3rd fastest growing institution of its type in the nation.  Prior to Jessup, John ha...

How can you stand out in the incredibly crowded markets of today? Seven years ago, Sri Chellappa understood the Human resources area needed more than administrative strategies. For an area as crowded as this, he thought it was necessary to redefine the HR processes and develop a strategy that would help managers streamline HR processes and harness employee potential. So, he did. Sri is the Preside...

On the slopes of Colorado, Shea Gerhardt 's ears hurt from wearing typical earbuds for hours.  Ouch!  There has to be a better way…  and Buderflys research began. But why leave two decades as a high-paid executive in the mobile, gaming, and music industries?  Shea had worked with Universal, Sony, EMI, and Warner Bros., as well as VZW, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Vodafone. The reason is other earbu...

What if your company's culture was not haphazard, but a beautiful tapestry masterfully designed to engage each individual based on their individual dreams, skills, behaviors, and experiences? For more than 20 years, Gustavo Razzetti of Fearless Culture has helped teams do the best work of their lives.  Most organizations don't lack ideas, talent, or resources.  Instead, leaders lack a conducive cu...

How can humility and anarchy build a business? Ari Weinzweig teaches anarchy is not being at war or demanding a lack of structure.  "Ari's Anarchy" (David's term) involves fully connecting with your employees to create and evolve your company.   Ari's Anarchy replaces a focus on hierarchy with humble recognition of the value each member brings to your company.  His approach honors everybody as a u...

We hear about cybersecurity and online villains so much that we dismiss it.  Listen to this podcast with Peter Fidler to consider if you should feel safe, and if you are concerned, what to do about it. THIS IS NOT A SALES PITCH.  Peter gives free tips on steps you can take to protect your computer, phone, and company systems. One study concluded that in the first 8 months of 2020 there had already...

Most people know what an influencer does at a high level, but do you comprehend how to engage social media influencers to grow your business? Ashley Cline is an expert in influencer and referral marketing.  In her conversation with David, she explains specific ways you can develop powerful relationships with influencers.  This is true whether you are introvert or an extrovert, super sophisticated...

How do I recruit and retain the best talent for my company? According to LinkedIn , an average of only 8% of people who view your job posting will apply.  If this doesn't concern you, then it should.  How do you attract and hire superstars when most of them are happy in their current jobs and not even looking?  Then, you convince some people to consider joining your company and only 8% of them app...

Work smarter, not harder.  Are you ready for this challenge? Jon Darbyshire believes a shared vision of "helping teams be more productive by working smarter" enriches culture, promotes accountability, and empowers collaboration through automation.   In 2021, Jon Darbyshire and his team launched SmartSuite , a work management platform that manages any process, from any industry, on one platform.  T...

Many leaders want employees who are a good cultural fit for their company, but few take the time to establish a culture of psychological safety for employees. Chuck Mollor emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership so you can have proactive employees who fully embrace your culture, and you provide them the psychological safety they need to thrive in your organization. Chuck...

Can you imagine watching a video of your day in the last 24 hours? If you are humble enough, it will be clear you could have used better words, a different tone of voice, and had a better attitude as you interacted with others to achieve a result.  Even if that result was something simple, like agreeing to a request someone else made.  Sean Mahar believes the world will get better when we became m...

"It took me 28 years to realize that I needed to change my life, that my leadership skills were no longer enough," Tom Hardison explained to our audience. His role at Hewlett Packard had changed and his youngest son had decided to drop out of school.  His very fulfilling life and successful career had diverted onto a rocky road with difficult to navigate potholes.  Things were not working as easil...

We have been told that, "Your personal life stays at home."   But seasoned leaders know this is fable, not fact.  For some, this lesson is learned when their personal lives (including our past traumas) directly, but unconsciously affect their workflow as entrepreneurs.   Have you seen someone's personal habits spillover into the workplace, or experienced it yourself?   For instance:   Have you eve...

Are you struggling to find time to catch up with your to-do list?   Time management is an underrated skill, but it has always been the best secret held by the most successful leaders.   John Nieuwenburg has been trying to spread the word on this secret since 2004, when he started coaching business owners. He has helped over 320 small business owners increase profit, remove the stress and chaos fro...

Hate it or love it, remote work is not going away any time soon.   By now, most people are used to remote working. But what about hiring and leading?   Damien Filiatrault is fluent in both aspects. He is the founder and CEO of Scalable Path, a software staffing agency that matches leading companies and startups with vetted, remote software developers.   Since Scalable Path was founded in 2010, the...

"You HAVE TO build your network early." Dig your well before you're thirsty.   These are the words of Michael Yinger , a high-performance, forward-thinking executive with 20+ years of experience in building teams, managing global organizations, and providing strategic guidance to C-Suite and Board of Directors.   Michael is the founder and current board member of ResumeSieve , an AI-powered candid...

While serving in the U.S. Army Rangers, he had a training accident which broke his neck. After overcoming his injury, he became the co-founder of a unique jewelry entrepreneurship.   Andrew Wolgemuth grew up in the jewelry business with two entrepreneurial parents who started a small jewelry shop when he was a child. Living above the store for most of his childhood Andrew was immersed in the indus...

Would you know how to change up your business strategy if you had to relocate to a Spanish speaking community?   No? Well, the U.S. is now the fourth country with the highest number of Spanish speakers worldwide. Can you really afford not to know the answer to a question like this?   Gabriela Pulido has worked with over 300 brands, on a global, Latin America and Hispanics levels, providing the abi...

Do you think ZOOM would be every bit as successful if their domain name was "hurry.com" while their brand name stayed the same?   Andrew Rosener , who is responsible for the acquisition of Zoom.com by ZOOM is considered a domain name guru, and one of the largest domain brokers in the world.    He's also a Domain Investor, Digital Asset Investor and pioneer in domain name valuation methodology.  He...

In 1970 the average life cycle for a family business was around 62 years.  Today it is only 24 years.  What went wrong along the way?   To get to the bottom of this, David talked to an expert on the topic, Rob Ferguson .     Rob has been a trusted advisor to family businesses since 2010.  Prior to becoming an advisor, Rob had a distinguished career in leadership – including ten years as a CEO at 2...

Dr. Lonnie Herman focuses on healing people from an "incurable" and progressively devastating disease, such as Lupus, Parkinson's Disease, MS, or Fibromyalgia.       Can he actually do it?   This podcast does not confirm or deny the results Dr. Herman says he is achieving.  David simply talks with Dr. Herman about his process, the time it takes to see results, and whether his approach always works...