Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond

Ted Larkins is an author, speaker and accomplished business executive and entrepreneur. Through his book and keynote talks, he shares the powerful Get To Principle, the ability to say "I Get To" as opposed to "I have to". Ted also co-developed a leading entertainment licensing company in Tokyo, representing major movie studios that included Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, and 20th Century...

For nearly 25 years, Christina (Tina) Martini has been a practicing attorney at the global law firm DLA Piper (and its legacy firms Rudnick & Wolfe and Piper Rudnick). Tina is a partner at DLA Piper and focuses her practice on domestic and international trademark and copyright law, as well as domain name, Internet, social media, advertising and unfair competition law. She is a WGN Radio Host on a...

"People Packaging" is what she does! Sylvie di Giusto helps individuals and organizations to explore how people make up their minds very quickly about them, their leadership potential, or their company, and either open the door or slam it shut. Twenty years of corporate experience and her ability to empower people to influence the success of own career has led to her launching Executive Image Consu...

BIM Networks CEO, Adam Frisch, shares the importance of keeping perspective in running a tech-start up.  Explaining how you have to ride out the 'ups' and 'downs' when everything feels like a '1' or a '10'.   Enjoy this Thrive LOUD Minisode.  You can hear Lou and Adam's original interview in it entirety by clicking this link .

Business coach, author, podcast host and speaker.  Jon Dwoskin is all about helping you grow your business - very BIG. And he lives and breathes this every day as the Head of the Jon Dwoskin Experience . He also is the host of a podcast show called The Think Big Movement Podcast. Even his bio on his website is monstrously BIG ;-)  Enjoy this fun conversation between Jon and Lou on Thrive...

Derek Lundsten is always DREAMING BIG and DOING what it takes to make those dreams REAL! He is the CEO of Scrimmage , a modern mobile learning, development and training technology firm with a global footprint. Derek leads a dynamic growth business and a stellar team, overseeing its Sales & Marketing, Client Services and Technology divisions to ensure a proper alignment between evolving customer ne...

Cy Wakeman is a dynamic international keynote speaker, business consultant, New York Times bestselling author, and global thought leader with over 25 years experience cultivating a revolutionary new approach to leadership.  She is the CEO and Founder of Reality Based Leadership .  Named one of the “Top 100 Leadership Experts to Follow” on twitter, Wakeman’s influence continues to build....

In this Thrive LOUD Minisode we go back to where it all began.  The very first Thrive LOUD episode with Billee Howard . The founder and CEO of Brandthropologie highlights what an amazing time we're living in to be an entrepreneur and how it important it is to "follow your dreams". Enjoy!

Gavin Zuchlinski is the founder of Acuity Scheduling , the slickest way for businesses to automate and manage their appointments online, allowing clients to schedule themselves. A self-professed tech geek and espresso maniac (a word he does not use lightly) who wholeheartedly believes that business should be fun. Acuity Scheduling supports over 50,000 businesses of all sizes, from people working f...

D.L. Brouwer is the author of The Return on Leadership . He brings a unique perspective to his role as a leadership author, keynote speaker, and business visionary. His views on business and life were shaped by the years he spent as a navigator, flying anti-submarine missions from US aircraft carriers in the north Arabian Sea during the height of the Cold War and as a manager, leader and executive...

In this Thrive LOUD Minisode - Love Coach Debbie Forth reminds us to "believe in love" in this special Valentine's Day edition.  Click here to hear the original interview between Debbie and Lou

Fred Killingsworth is the founder and CEO of Hinge Consulting . A true master connector, former Amazonian and top producing sales pro throughout the years within the Telecom industry - Fred has created a company that helps businesses maximizes their potential within the Amazon-sphere.  Hear his story, journey and passion for helping businesses Thrive! **** Connect to Lou:   loudiamo...

Tony Chatman is a Force Multiplier, Bias Disrupter, Change Navigator, Keynote Speaker and Corporate Relationship Expert. He has worked with hundreds of corporations and government agencies to help people reach new heights of effectiveness by understanding themselves and others better.   He is the author of  The Force Multiplier - How to Lead Teams Where Everyone Wins and the founder...

Nicole Holland is a podcaster, master coach, marketing strategist and free spirit.  As THE Modern Marketing Specialist she serves entrepreneurs and business owners to help them get viewers, listeners and money through her business " InterviewsThatConvert.com ". She is also the host of  The Business Building Rockstar Show and the  Get Guest Ready Podcast. Nicole and Lou chat about&nb...

Jamie Crosbie is an accomplished senior executive with more than two decades of success across sales, sales leadership, talent acquisition and management.  She is an inspiring and powerful speaker and understands the complex interplay of strategic scale growth, lead generation, market analysis, sales and business development because she has been there, in the sales management, talent recruitm...

Rob Karp is the CEO & Founder of MilesAhead - a luxury travel concierge company.  At the early age of 14, Rob developed a passion for the travel industry and a drive for customer experience. As he progressed into high school, Rob learned about the power of points. He continued to develop his airline knowledge and began helping out family and friends with their travel in his spare time. W...

Jill Schiefelbein is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, recovering academic, speaker, online education pro, animal lover, self-professed geek and one amazing Thriver. She taught business communication at Arizona State University for 11 years before venturing into entrepreneurship. Jill’s business, The Dynamic Communicator® , helps organizations navigate the digital communication space to attra...

Mary Carillo shares with us how important it is to sometimes just "SAY YES!" CLICK HERE to listen to Mary Carillo's full interview with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD.

Christian Griffith is a renowned endurance athlete.  A man who is not a fan of routine, not a fan of the status quo, unfounded expectation, nor our current culture's drive for money, power, and material possessions. He is by every definition of the two words a survivor and a thriver. He is the founder of Live For a Living . And is the main figure behind Run2Heal an organization that is aiming...

Elizabeth McCourt is a Practical-minded Creative, Leadership Expert-Coach, Speaker, Author and President and Founder of the McCourt Leadership Group .  Her newly released novel - Sin in the Big Easy   shows her breadth and incredible range as a true Thriver! A background in executive recruiting in financial services for nearly 20 years, she works with high-level individuals and teams as...

Ladan Davia is the founder of BEEYA.com Beeya.com is a website that matches employees with employers (and vice-versa) to save time and money for both parties. The current process to fill or find a position is tedious and expensive; Beeya strives to simplify this process through their unique algorithm by matching employers and employees specific requirements. If the employee can’t find a job with t...

Ian Karr is the founder of IKA Collective and is living his passion each and every day. Over the last 30 years Ian started a company, created a ton of content, helped networks promote their shows, kept the flying public safe, made YouTube a more valuable company and was the co-host of Jackie’s Joke Hunt on SiriusXM for 8 years. This might be the 'voice-off' episode of Thrive LOUD as Lou and Ian le...

Cathy Jirak and Gary Quirke , the COO and CEO respectively of QueBIT Consulting , have built an absolutely amazing company as the Trusted Experts in Analytics . Cathy is the Chief Operating Officer for the regional consulting offices, responsible for all of the company’s operations, including sales, service, and support. Catherine is co-partner of QueBIT Consulting and has been in the Enterprise P...

Author, speaker, coach, entrepreneur, blogger, podcast host and the Chief "Energy" Officer at Ajax Union -- Joe Apfelbaum is Thriving each and every day. His soon-to-be-released book " Average Joe to CEO " details the 7 stages that he grew to become the leader of one of the fastest growing companies in the US. Joe Apfelbaum shares his journey, his beliefs and his passions in this 'chock-full...

Robin Dreeke is a natural born leader. He is the founder and president of People Formula and the Author of The Code of Trust . He is a recognized expert and gifted lecturer in the art of interpersonal communication. From his time at the United States Naval Academy, United States Marine Corps and the FBI he learned that leadership was much more than just telling people what to do: a great leader us...