Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond

RALF SPECHT is a visionary business leader, highly sought-after speaker, and creator of the Soul System™, a framework that aligns value-creating employee action with broader corporate strategy through shared understanding & shared purpose. As a founding partner of Spark44, he was the architect of an innovative, industry-first joint-venture with Jaguar Land Rover, which he grew to a global revenue...

Randall Crowder is passionate about new venture creation and the innovative spirit that fuels entrepreneurs and advances technology. As an active investor and entrepreneur, he understands what it takes to successfully launch and grow new businesses.  He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Phunware (NASDAQ: PHUN), a technology company in Austin, TX providing brands with a fully integra...

Tim Storey is an acclaimed author, speaker, and life coach, known for inspiring and motivating people of all walks of life, from entertainment executives, celebrities, and athletes to adults and children in the most deprived neighborhoods in the world. A native of Mexico City, Mexico, Peter O. Estévez is an entrepreneur, as well as a philanthropist and advocate for recovery and mental health Celin...

Donald Ian Bull grew up in San Francisco and attended UC Berkeley, moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA Film School and then stayed in Los Angeles to start a career in non-fiction TV and documentaries. In the early 90’s, documentaries were morphing into reality television, and he worked as an editor, then director and producer on many shows, including The Real World , The Osbournes , and Dr. 90210...

Jerry Fetta helps make finances simple, true, and applicable. As the Founder and CEO of Wealth DynamX , a Financial Firm that helps thousands of clients across the U.S. build wealth, Jerry has a passion for providing financial education for families so they can become solvent and achieve greater financial freedom in life. Jerry is married to his wife and business partner, Lexy, and together they h...

Chris Westfall has created multi-million dollar revenue streams for companies on four continents, with innovative new strategies on leadership communication.  However recently, Chris has birthed something new into this world.  His latest book   "easier: 60 Ways to Make Your Work Life Work for You" covers, employee engagement, the myths and realities of entrepreneurship, and how to a...

Alison Conigliaro-Hubbard is a former technology executive, who sees the world with the straight up honesty and spirit of a Brooklyn-native, combined with California wellness-cool, and at a global scale. Her style is classic, with a fire, and a bit of edginess. She is the Founder of The Lens Leadership , providing leadership coaching and consulting services to organizations, executives and individ...

Karen Mangia is an internationally-recognized thought leader whose TEDx appearance, keynotes, blogs and books reach hundreds of thousands of business leaders each year. She is the author of  Working from Home: Making the New Normal Work for You  (Wiley),  Listen UP! How to Tune Into Customers and Turn Down the Noise   (Wiley) and also  Success With Less     (Mari...

After years practicing the law, Carl Ficks left to pursue new goals in life to help others. Carl helps busy professionals, and their teams, reclaim their wellness. He has run 27 marathons and a 50k road race. He is on the programming committee for the Institute of Well-Being in Law. Listen in as Carl shares with Lou  easy ways to implement strategies and get back in the game. Spoiler Alert: a...

😳 Are you struggling to reach the financial freedom that you desire? 🤷‍♀️ Are you confused as to where to put your money to get the highest return? 🕵 Are you searching for a way to replace your full-time job and get back your time? If you are looking for a way to build a long-term sustainable income that will give you and your family the financial freedom that you desire Stephen Somers is the gu...

The rockstar team of Thrive LOUD interns (Adele Williams, Liam Monahan, John Coffey & Zoe Gordon) have compiled a special episode to recognize this milestone episode. They went back and identified ONE guest from each century of episodes from the Thrive LOUD archives and created minisodes for each one of them.  Call it a minisode on steroids ...with hilarious intros and commentary by legendary...

Josh Bernstein is extraordinary individual that has traveled more than 1 MILLION miles to over 75 countries in pursuit of knowledge and discovery. Audiences in over 220 countries and territories around the world know him from his roles hosting series for the History, Discovery, Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic channels Currently he is putting together incredible content for a cool n...

Story-driven filmmaker, brand strategist & speaker Jude Charles is featured in a Thrive LOUD minisode. Plucked from his original appearance on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond, Jude shares a story of how he learned what could be possible in entrepreneurship from listening to one of his clients and her success. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVELOUD

Jan Arendtsz is a veteran of the software industry with more than 20 years of experience in development, product management, client services, and sales roles. He founded Celigo in 2011 with the goal of simplifying the integration of cloud-based applications. He is responsible for overseeing all company operations. Jan and his team at Celigo allows IT  and  line-of-business teams to autom...

Sales and Business Coach Ryann Dowdy helps high-achieving women leave their 9-5 and build a 6-figure business by teaching them how to master sales conversations and the mindset work required to make a total identity shift. Before starting her own business, Ryann spent 15 years in the Corporate world building multi-million dollar sales organizations for start-ups in the marketing space. From sales...

B. Dan Berger first joined NAFCU in 2006 and helped turn the association into the premiere advocate for the credit union industry. Since becoming president and CEO in 2013, Berger, who is also an author, economist, and one of Washington's top lobbyists, is credited with bringing national attention to key policy issues, while ensuring NAFCU's members meet policymakers at the highest levels of gover...

Peter Docker is passionate about enabling people to unlock their natural talents. He teaches leadership that is focused on commitment and human connection. This approach harnesses the collective wisdom of teams to generate extraordinary outcomes. He illustrates his insights by drawing on examples from his previous industry, flying, and military careers to explain powerful concepts that can be appl...

Camera Confidence Coach, Facebook Live Ninja and " The Prepared Performer "  Molly Mahoney is known for energizing a room, and inspiring others to step into an elevated sense of their own awesome. Pulled from her original appearance on Thrive LOUD, Molly shares with Lou her "quesadilla of awesome" and the mis-spelled acronym (SAAVE).   MINISODE WARNING:  Molly Mahoney's energy...

Mike Zeller is a business architect who strategizes with entrepreneurs on finding their deepest zone of genius.  He helps entrepreneurs & other high-achievers break through subconscious barriers & craft an Irresistible Offer that can produce 64% of their revenue. He has started 16 businesses across 6 industries [$100+ million in sales].  He is a mentor & coach to 800+ Top Entrepreneurs f...

The Impact Authority & Founder at Grow Disrupt Stephanie Scheller catches up with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. Stephanie hosts an incredible annual event for entrepreneurs called "The Grow Retreat."  The theme for Grow22 is Connect . Stephanie shares with Lou all about why connection is so important within her world and how better understanding the power of connection will help launch entrepre...

In this Thrive LOUD Minisode, we feature Jen Grant , the CEO of Appify . Pulled from their original conversation , Jen shares with Lou why she made the move to head up Appify and how it brought together the right partners, a customer friendly product and a flexible platform that many other companies could utilize. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Stacey Hanke exists to equip leaders within organizations to communicate with confidence, presence and authenticity, day in and day out. Stacey is author of two books;  Influence Redefined…Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday® and Yes You Can! Everything You Need to Know From A to Z to Influence Others To Take Action. Her books provide practical and immediate skills and techni...

Paula White has an unwavering passion for music that she applies in order to bring new perspectives and open new possibilities for leaders. Her one-of-a-kind, forward-thinking approach starts with a foundation of heart and mind.   A globally recognized sales leader, Paula has leveraged her talents to scale Inside Sales Teams into multi-million stand-alone sales channels. She has helped organi...

Ora Nadrich is founder and president of the  Institute for Transformational Thinking  and author of  Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity , named in the  100 Best Mindfulness Books of All Time  by BookAuthority. She is a certified life coach and Mindfulness teacher, specializing in transformational thinking, self-discovery and mentoring new coaches as they develo...

Attorney, strategist, growth hacker and author of eight books Denise Gosnell is featured in a Thrive LOUD minisode. Pulled from her original conversation with Lou, Denise shares an incredible tactic called the Vacation Effect which increases productivity not by adding but by subtracting. A very helpful technique that many of us could use in today's forever busy work schedule. *** CONNECT TO LOU DI...