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The Action Catalyst
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The Action Catalyst interviews top leaders and achievers, sharing hard-earned tips and advice to help you uncover your inspiration and gain valuable insights to overcome setbacks, defeat mediocrity, and reach your goals in life, business, and beyond.
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Introducing "Think Big, Buy Small"
Oct 20Tap to summarizeToday on the podcast, we’re excited to feature a conversation from Think Big, Buy Small, produced by our friends at Harvard Business School. Hosted by HBS professors (and former Action Catalyst guests) Rick Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, Think Big, Buy Small explores the world of entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA), highlighting how ambitious leaders build lasting wealth and careers by acquiring and growing small businesses. Each episode features candid conversations with CEOs, investors, and entrepreneurs who have taken the leap into small business ownership.On this special episode, you’ll hear their discussion with Paige Sopcic, who left behind a promising engineering career to pursue entrepreneurship. Paige shares her journey from Harvard Business School to acquiring CanSource, a fast-growing beverage can supplier, just months before the pandemic hit. She reflects on leading the company through the chaos of COVID-19, scaling operations to meet unprecedented demand, and ultimately selling the business to TricorBraun in 2023.Listen to more episodes of Think Big, Buy Small and follow the podcast: https://link.mgln.ai/7Fgb85
Transcribe →Unleash the Story Within, with Liana Zavo (Public Relations, Branding, Crisis Management, Reputation)
Jul 22, 202500:25:28Tap to summarizeFounder & CEO of ZavoMedia PR Group, Liana Zavo, recounts how a college dropout and single mom made the jump from Russia to the US and from the style world to PR, gives a bit of advice for Blake Lively, reveals THE biggest PR mistake people make, how to come down from the ledge of panic in the moment, why authenticity and accountability equals authority, the difference between brand vs. reputation, and what it means to “B.E.P.I.C.”
Transcribe →CLIP: Doing Side / Being Side
Jul 17, 202500:03:11Tap to summarizeBest-selling author, professor, and leadership expert Ryan Gottfredson distinguishes the doing side vs. the being side of ourselves, what each of those means, and how they contribute to who we are.And be sure to check out Ryan's original appearance in Episode 317 of The Action Catalyst.
Transcribe →REMASTERED: Putting Feet to Vision, with Jenni Catron (Mindset, Leadership, Personal Development, Self-Improvement)
Jul 15, 202500:15:30Tap to summarizeCulture strategist and leadership coach Jenni Catron takes a hard look at “clout killers”, and talks about exchanging fear for truth, comparison vs jealousy, combating a scarcity mentality, the duality of insecurity and pride, and how control means putting power over influence.
Transcribe →CLIP: Understanding Energy and "Performance Zones"
Jul 10, 202500:04:55Tap to summarizeKlaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents, explains why we should be talking about energy instead of productivity, and what it means to staying in your desired "performance zone".Hear the full interview with Klaus in Episode 490 of The Action Catalyst.
Transcribe →Update: Becoming Better, with Ryan Gottfredson (Mindset, Growth, Healing, Personal Development)
Jul 8, 202500:25:26Tap to summarizeBest-selling author, professor, and leadership expert Ryan Gottfredson explains how mindsets aren't just attitudes, distinguishes the doing side vs. the being side of ourselves, and talks about gauging your "window of tolerance", the 3 levels of adult development, reaction vs. response, and healing to grow.And be sure to check out Ryan's original appearance in Episode 317 of The Action Catalyst.
Transcribe →CLIP: Comparison and Contentment
Jul 3, 202500:03:56Tap to summarizeAuthor, podcast/radio host, and Certified Financial Coach Rachel Cruze explains why comparison isn't just the thief of joy...it's the thief of your paycheck as well.Hear Rachel's full interview in Episode 161 of The Action Catalyst.
Transcribe →Overtime with Outland: Klaus Kleinfeld, Episode 490
Jul 2, 202500:03:15Tap to summarizeOvertime with Outland is Action Catalyst host Adam Outland's reflections and commentary on discussions with each of his esteemed and accomplished guests. In this segment, Adam dissects Episode 490, with Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents.
Transcribe →Leading to Thrive, with Klaus Kleinfeld (Leadership, Performance, Business, Language)
Jul 1, 202500:32:24Tap to summarizeKlaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents, recalls going to work at age 12, and covers the perils of sign language in the business world, getting close to the source of an issue, why we should be talking about energy instead of productivity, the "rule of feedback", the 5 critical components of a high performance team, why purpose is a laser, and being a "hypothesis generating machine".Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching
Transcribe →CLIP: Debt Free College
Jun 26, 202500:02:07Tap to summarizeAuthor, podcast/radio host, and Certified Financial Coach Rachel Cruze breaks down the easiest methods for paying for college WITHOUT debt.Full interview with Rachel in Episode 39 of The Action Catalyst.
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