The Strategy and Leadership Podcast with Anthony C. Taylor

On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, Matt Barnett from Bonjoro joins us to discuss growing a remote team, communication challenges and how personalized video communication can improve both company culture and client relationships. Matt's company, Bonjoro, uses personalized video to help organizations develop better relationships with their customers and leads, as well as withi...

Keith Ferrazzi joins the Strategy and Leadership podcast to share the power of co-creation: How to be able to create an aligned vision with anyone. He also shares his principles for coaching, leadership and communicating to create transformative change. He also shares his perspectives on how organizations can adapt and thrive in this new economy. Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template h...

On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, Perry Maughmer joins us to talk about being the best CEO you can be, intellectual humility, peer groups and how to establish a leadership framework. Perry is a facilitator for Vistage International and the Principal of Maughmer & Co, where he specializes in working with people. Perry started his journey as an entrepreneur in retail, bri...

On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast we're joined by Michele Wucker, CEO of Gray Rhino & Company and best selling author of The Gray Rhino. Michele has defined a gray rhino as a problem large and obvious staring you down, pointed right at you, and probably about to trample you. With a range of different experiences in financial journalism, media management, think tank manag...

In this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined by Grategy founder and Chief Appreciation Strategist, Lisa Ryan, CSP. Lisa brings an impressive range of experience to the podcast, spending time as an executive recruiter, working in industrial sales, the welding industry (yes, she welds!), the healthcare industry, and as a speaker. During our conversation, Lisa shares some of...

In this episode, Timothy shares his experience working with executive teams and tips on various topics including: Leadership A leader cannot be neutral. They either lead the way or get in the way, as Timothy mentions. In order to lead the way, the leaders has two primary functions within an organization- to coach skills and model behaviour, therefore becoming the architect of culture. Culture The...

On this episode of our Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we were joined by Denise Liebetrau, the Founder & CEO of Prosper Consulting, in Colorado. With a background in HR compensation for fortune 500 companies, Denise felt passionate about sharing her knowledge and expertise with small to mid-sized organizations. Now Denise spends much of her time helping these organizations figure out compen...

On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts LLC and author of Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters. Gleb immigrated to the US as a child from Moldova in eastern Europe. Since then, he's gone on to study cognitive biases, decision making and avoiding disast...

In this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined by Aviv Shahar: author of 'Create New Futures' and founder of Aviv Consulting. Aviv was born and raised in Israel, and was originally trained to fly supersonic jets in the Israeli Airforce. Since then, he has spent three decades gaining valuable experience working on the executive leadership teams of Fortune 500 companies. Thro...

In this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined by Alex Rooney, Vice President and co-founder of Vision33 Inc. Alex and his company specialize in IT and professional services with several business lines including SAP, business application software, change management and developing intellectual property. Impressively, Vision33 has averaged 25% year over year growth for the pa...

In this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined by Ryan Walter. For over 20 years, Ryan has consulted for organizations, including Fortune 500 companies. His advisory firm, Parrels, helps organizations overcome challenges and undergo transformation. Ryan's rich experience guiding organizations through big changes and helping the grow internally makes him a great voice for th...

During our conversation, Shawn shared his experiences and some valuable insights on the following: Change management, Successful communication ingredients, What to do in a crisis, and Social media best practices Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template here: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-process-template-workbook Enroll in our strategic planning course to learn our proces...

In this episode of our Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined by Catherine Sherlock, the founder of Higher Mindfulness. Catherine developed Higher Mindfulness to help people take their awareness deeper in order to expand their self-expression, leadership skills and potential. This is important for business leaders because emotional awareness is a positive skill that helps leaders with cla...

In this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we're joined by author and founder of the Extreme Leadership Institute, Steve Farber. Steve has been involved in leadership development for 30 years, which has allowed him to work with almost every kind of industry and business from top to bottom. His experience has granted him a valuable perspective and the ability to identify what success...

Justin Miller, Co-Founder & CEO of CARE for AIDS joined us on our Strategy & Leadership Podcast to share his best practices on aligning culture & strategy in a non-profit organization. During our conversation, Justin shared his expertise on co-building and leading an international non-profit organization. Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template here: https://www.smestrategy.n...

In this episode of our Strategy and Leadership Podcast, we were joined by Josh Schneider, Director at the Millennial and Employment Engagement Institute. Josh spends his days traveling, writing, and speaking at conferences, and has developed this institute to fund research that matches the stories and examples that were being seen in the workplace, along with topics such as meaningful and fulfilli...

In this episode of our Strategy and Leadership Podcast, we welcomed Zvi Band, the Co-founder and CEO of Contactually and author of Success Is in Your Sphere. Zvi has a diverse background, starting as a software engineer out of college and eventually evolving into the leader he is today. In addition to his career, Zvi is involved in his community and supports building relationships in both his pers...

In our interview with Johnathan Grzybowski of Penji, he dives into the reasons why leaders can support their people by fostering an open culture. Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template here: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-process-template-workbook Enroll in our strategic planning course to learn our process for creating a strategic plan successfully (without hiring anyon...

In this episode of our Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we were joined by Jeff Gothelf, author of Sense and Respond. Jeff was a software designer for over 10 years, before eventually shifting his focus to providing value to customers by redefining the way design is integrated into software. Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template here: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-pro...

In this episode we chatted with creative industry leader, Melissa McComas who shared her best practices on leading teams. Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template here: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-process-template-workbook Enroll in our strategic planning course to learn our process for creating a strategic plan successfully (without hiring anyone): https://www.smestrat...

In this episode of our Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we were joined by Jacob Baadsgaard Founder & CEO of Disruptive Advertising. Jacob began his career in the web analytics industry, eventually moving into marketing after working with various enterprise and Fortune 100 organizations to track their marketing efforts and data insights. Jacob founded Disruptive Advertising as an entrepreneur...

We were joined by Carey Rome, the CEO of Cypress Resources. Referring to himself as a “recovering CPA”, Carey started his career in accounting, and eventually moved into other areas of business, leading to positions as CFO, COO, and now CEO. Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template here: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-process-template-workbook Enroll in our strategic plann...

Micah has been involved in the corporate world, facilitating and developing strategic plans, as well as in the entrepreneurial world, working on new and interesting creative projects. He recently merged these two worlds through the development of an online course aimed at helping entrepreneurs and small businesses learn about strategic planning. Get our FREE Strategic Planning Workbook template he...

Art Kleiner is the Editor in Chief of Strategy and Business and a PWC Global thought leader and he shares how continuous learning helps leaders to grow and evolve their capabilities so that they can learn how they think and how their brain processes information. Read our about our interview with Art here: https://www.smestrategy.net/blog/how-the-best-leaders-use-applied-mindfulness-interview-with-...

Carlos Valdes Dapena is the managing principal at Corporate Collaboration Resources and the Author of Lessons from Mars. Carlos shares his experiences as well as his best practices for developing strategies, teams, and collaboration. Read our interview summary with Carlos: https://www.smestrategy.net/blog/how-to-encourage-high-performance-collaboration-in-your-organization-lessons-from-mars-with-c...