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01:44 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Susan Drumm who speaks to the origin story of her organization Meritage Leadership Development 09:20 – Michael and Susan reflect on the impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic 12:47 – Building resilience in the face of adversity, stress and anxiety 25:33 – The importance of effective delegation and the O…
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00:55 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Albert Erisman 03:23 – Al talks about why he started Ethix Magazine & The Theology of Work Project 06:25 – Why purpose, meaning and focus outweigh the importance of profits 09:21 – Al talks about his book, The ServiceMaster Story, and the Four Objectives 20:09 – The concept of ‘Shingles on the Roof’ 22:42 –…
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01:01 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Jack Stack 04:21 – Jack’s origin story and the goal of The Great Game of Business 14:25 – The importance of forward-thinking forecasting 20:29 – The secret sauce of The Great Game of Business 27:50 – The importance of the critical number 34:14 – Jack speaks to a story in his latest book, Change The Game 38:…
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00:54 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Mark Green 03:55 –Coaching for Results vs. Coaching for Growth 07:04 – Michael promotes Mark’s book, Activators 10:29 – Mark speaks to hidden growth killers 17:56 – Universal quantifiers 20:35 – Mark talks about three different types of fear 26:08 – Mark lays out the five symptoms of fear 32:45 – Mark tells…
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00:58 – Michael introduces today’s guests, Rich Armstrong and Steve Baker 01:41 – Michael promotes Rich and Steve’s latest book, Get In The Game 03:41 – The origin story of The Great Game of Business 08:48 – How Jack Stack began the process of teaching the language of business to his team 12:08 – Steve addresses the concept of open-book management …
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01:01 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Paul Adams 02:17 – Paul talks about his upcoming book, Your Business Your Wealth 03:55 – Michael speaks to his experience working with CEOs who take a salary that is lower than the market rate 09:15 – Two common mistakes entrepreneurs make when it comes to valuing their business 11:49 – The danger of not th…
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00:58 – Michael introduces today’s topic, making purpose central to strategy 02:00 – Michael recalls working for an absent manager whose purpose and values were misaligned 04:07 – Why making money should not be the sole purpose of an organization 05:46 – How the CEO of Michelin incorporated purpose into strategy 07:40 – The rise of entrepreneurship…
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00:53 – Michael introduces today’s guest, Daniel Marcos 02:47 – Why everything starts and ends with the CEO 05:10 – Daniel speaks to why the strength of the founder usually becomes the weakness of the company 07:12 – Level Five Leaders 09:39 – The Southwest Airlines example 10:56 – Daniel’s entrepreneurial journey 16:50 – The importance of coaching…
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00:58 – Michael recaps the last few episodes of CEO Brain Food 01:29 – Introducing today’s topic: Three Execution Disciplines 03:25 – The strategy horizon 05:09 – Discipline One: Priorities 06:51 – Discipline Two: Data Metrics 10:25 – Creating a mini game to identify the critical number 11:19 – Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 13:28 – Discipline T…
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01:09 – Introducing today’s topic: Driving Growth with KPIs 01:33 – Reinforcing the importance of tracking your critical number 02:28 – Defining the critical number 07:12 – Michael invites listeners to take a moment to reflect on their critical number 07:44 – The factors that influence and drive positive action towards your critical number 11:24 – …
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01:02 – Introducing today’s topic: Do You Know Your Critical Number? 02:17 – Michael speaks to his own experience working with his CFO on his critical number 03:48 – The Mariano Rivera example 05:30 – The value of historical data 07:30 – Identifying the critical number 10:02 – Engaging your team to achieve your critical number 11:17 – The Great Gam…
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01:56 – Introducing today’s topic: Creating a Living Culture with Authentic Leadership 02:10 – Defining what we mean by ‘culture’ 05:35 – The Theranos Example 07:12 – Culture as a differentiator 08:12 – Understanding your core values 10:19 – The Zappos Example 12:22 – Why leadership is key to culture 14:19 – Authentic leadership defined 16:17 – The…
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01:10 – Welcoming back today’s guest, Blaine Millet 04:08 – Blaine poses an intriguing question about customers 05:24 – Results companies can expect by adopting a strategy of customer obsession 06:36 – Building long tail differentiation 08:02 – The Disneyland example 09:52 – The Ace Hardware example 11:05 – Michael dives deeper into the Disneyland …
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01:02 – Introducing today’s guest, Blaine Millet 02:45 – Focusing on customers 06:42 – The importance of differentiation 11:18 – The Holy Grail of customer obsession 14:29 – Why Blaine advocates for organizations to stop marketing 17:45 – Strategies to get customers to talk about your organization with others 19:48 – How customer obsession ties int…
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00:57 – Introducing today’s topic, building a culture of trust 04:36 – The importance of trust 05:28 – The three pillars of an organization 07:19 – The five key points of culture 07:32 – One: Find and Defend Your Cores 09:38 – Two: Build Authentic Relationships 13:27 – Three: Lead Transparently 16:14 – Four: Develop a System of Feedback 18:12 – The…
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01:01 – Introducing today’s topic, Multiplier or Diminisher (Leadership Styles) 01:58 – Michael recalls his experiences working with both multiplier and diminisher kind of leaders 06:09 – A Diminisher Leader Mindset 07:09 – A Multiplier Leader Mindset 09:10 – Closing the gap between “where we are” and “where we want to go” 12:47 – Diminisher leader…
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00:51 – Introducing today’s topic, “The 3HAG Way” planning system 01:13 – Background of Shannon Susko 03:01 – How 3HAG System bridges the gap between 1-year goal and BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) System 05:38 – An anecdote from General Dwight Eisenhower 08:18 – The significance of aligning your team to the core values of the organization to effec…
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01:01 – Introducing today’s topic, coaching 01:41 – The preconceived notions about coaching 02:46 – The importance Michael places on reading 06:13 – Why everyone needs a coach 07:12 – Attributes of a great coach 09:15 – The golf example 09:51 – A compelling argument for having a coach 10:58 – How Michael views potential client needs 12:17 – Bill Ca…
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01:12 – Introducing today’s topic, How Do You Scale Leadership 03:43 – Michael recalls a leader he met early in his career 08:18 – The value Michael places on humility 09:55 – Michael speaks to a recent article he read from Harvard Business Review 11:00 – The Simon Sinek Video 13:47 – Leadership is a choice 14:23 – What makes a great leader 15:04 –…
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01:00 – Introducing today’s topic, Leading High Performance Cohesive Teams 03:50 – How the size of the team impacts its cohesive state 05:31 – Michael speaks to a leadership retreat he recently attended 06:26 – The importance of being present 09:40 – John Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership 10:46 – Hiring the right people 11:33 – Turning the hockey…
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00:56 – Introducing today’s topic, Business Acceleration by Design 04:30 – Attribution Framework 05:35 – Acceleration and the Flywheel 07:04 – How Vanguard utilized the Flywheel 09:29 – Intel and Moore’s Law 11:47 – The medical device industry 13:09 – How cash is a vehicle for business growth 14:53 – Amazon’s cash conversion cycle 15:54 – The four …
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00:49 – Introducing today’s topic, Do You Have the Right Talent 01:26 – Why this is such an important topic in the early stages of a company’s growth 02:16 – The People Equation 02:55 – Developing the skillset necessary to identify the correct talent 04:39 – Growing and scaling a business 06:10 – Challenges growing companies face when looking to ad…
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01:06 – Introducing today’s topic, Authentic Leadership 02:29 – The need to reinforce the value of leadership 05:04 – The role trust plays in effective leadership 06:08 – How leadership can be taught 07:46 – Michael defines Authentic Leadership 08:31 – Modern examples of authentic leaders 10:20 – Michael identifies Bill George as a model of authent…
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01:05 – Introducing today’s topic, Competitive Advantage 04:09 – How to differentiate from competitors 06:03 – Identifying your core customer 08:43 – The Southwest Airlines example 11:06 – Attribution Framework Analysis 14:59 – Why companies struggle to implement this framework 17:39 – A common mistake many mid-market companies make 18:20 – The imp…
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00:51 – Introducing the host of CEO Brain Food, Michael Langhout 01:18 – The inspiration for this week’s topic, the War for Talent 03:00 – How unemployment has changed over the past few decades 04:02 – The importance of anticipating disruption 06:25 – How the demographic change has affected the ways in which companies hire 07:52 – Adapt or die 08:4…
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New episodes and full show notes available at https://www.langhoutinternational.com/podcastΑπό τον Michael Langhout, Harry Duran
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