Ep 52: Bob Pozen: Extreme Productivity

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Bob Pozen is currently a Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of
Management and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. And he is a
former President of Fidelity Investments and Former Executive Chair of MFS
Investment Management. He has written  Extreme Productivity: Boost Your
Results, Reduce Your Hours.  Stew and Bob talk about how we can all be more
productive, more efficient,  more mindful with our time, and how to get
more flexibility…[Click here for more]

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Ep 51. Vik Bakhru: Own Your Health

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Vikram Bakhru, M.D. is Chief Operating Officer at ConsejoSano, a
multicultural technology platform dedicated to improving health outcomes in
under served populations by improving their access and their engagement.
 He has an MBA from Wharton and serves on the Board of Directors for
several organizations including the Foundation for International Medical
Relief of Children.  To learn about changes in the healthcare industry and
how you personally can gain control of your own health…[Click for more]

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Ep 50. Tony Schwartz: Energy for Success

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Tony Schwartz is the founder and CEO of the  and author of several books,
including The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time (with Jim
Loehr), The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, and with Donald Trump, of The
Art of the Deal.  Stew and Tony talk about the importance of re-energizing
and re-focusing in order to foster sustainable workplaces that allow
employees to be productive. For more on how one’s feelings have an impact
on performance and productivity… [Click here]

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Ep 49. Josh Levs: Paternity Leave Champion

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Josh Levs is an author, entrepreneur, and expert on fathers in the
workplace. For 20 years, Josh wrote for NPR and CNN. He is a six-time
Peabody award-winner and two-time Edward R. Murrow award-winner.  At the
time of the birth of his third child he sued his employer, CNN/Time Warner,
to obtain a paternity leave for biological fathers that matched the
company’s leaves for mothers and adoptive parents….[Click here for more]

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Ep 48. Sanyin Siang: Find Your Superpower and Launch

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Sanyin Siang is an author, leadership advisor, and CEO coach. She
co-founded and leads the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) at
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.  Her The Launch Book draws on
first-hand stories and behavioral science principles to help us all be
braver about launching – because she believes that we’re all “launching”
all the time.  Stew and Sanyin talk about what happens when we’re trying
something new—whether it’s an idea at work, a big move in our personal
lives, or the start of a company. To hear more about Inspiration Boards,
Impact Boards, building your tribe — including naysayers — and more…[
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Ep 47. Michael Bungay Stanier: Say Less, Ask More

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Michael Bungay Stanier is a Rhodes Scholar and founder of Box of Crayons, a
company known for teaching 10-minute manager coaching. He is also the
author of The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead
Forever. Stew and Michael discuss the term coaching, and Michael argues
against advice-giving and suggests taking a slow, deliberate approach to
management and coaching….[Click for more]

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Ep 46. Mike Bontrager and Luke Zubrod: Maximizing Trust not Profit

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Michael Bontrager founded Chatham Financial in 1991 and continues to serve
as CEO. Luke Zubrod is Director of Strategic Initiatives; he works on ways
to advance Chatham’s market impact and organizational culture, including
initiatives that strengthen civil discourse within the firm. Stew, Mike,
and Luke discuss what’s called a “multiple bottom line” or “triple bottom
line” approach to business—focused not just on making money but on what
social and environmental impact an organization can have. Mike and Luke
 explain what they’re doing differently at Chatham by treating each
employee interaction and each client engagement as an opportunity to build
trust…[Click for more]

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Ep 45. Sarah Green Carmichael: Work Obsession

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Sarah Green Carmichael is a Senior Editor at Harvard Business Review and
host of the award-winning HBR IdeaCast. Stew and Sarah discuss the trend
amongst millennials of working longer hours, the reasons for this, and ways
to avoid burnout. Sarah uses the term “work obsession” as opposed to
“workaholism” or even “work martyrdom”…[Click here for more]

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Ep 44. Roger Schwarz: Mutual Learning for Smarter Teams

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Roger Schwarz is an organizational psychologist, speaker, leadership team
consultant, and CEO of Roger Schwarz & Associates. And he’s the author of
Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get
Results and The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for
Consultants, Facilitators, Coaches and Trainers. Stew and Roger discuss how
our assumptions and values often go unexamined and they explore how this
can negatively affect team performance, working relationships and personal
well-being…[Click here for more] 

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Ep 43. Harry Kraemer: Values-Based Leadership

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Harry Kraemer is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Baxter
International Inc and author of two books on values-based leadership: From
Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership and
Becoming The Best: Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based
Leadership. Stew and Harry discuss the importance of knowing yourself and
your values in order to motivate, inspire, and lead others…[Click here
for more]

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