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Leadership, whether it is financial, personal or otherwise, relies heavily on a combination of adaptability, flexibility, risk management and an always active eye toward the future. We will discuss and better understand risk as well as learn more about leadership and change from our guest, Bruce Day, President of Global Maxfin Investments and Global Insurance Solutions. Bruce brings a unique blend of experience, insight and humor to our better understanding the most critical aspect of leadership: future sustainability and viability of the enterprise.

With everyone being inter-connected using a multitude of social media platforms, it is critically important to utilize them in the most effective ways. This is especially true when looking for a new and/or better job. Our guest, Chaim Shapiro is a leader in organizational administration and LinkedIn. As an experienced leader, he will help us better understand what employers are specifically looking for in a candidate and what they are looking for on a LinkedIn profile. Chaim will also help us better understand how to use many of the dynamic LinkedIn features to better highlight the inner leader that every employer is looking for.

How can we be more innovative? It is a question that many companies and many individuals constantly ask themselves. Many times we think that innovation is purely in the realm of the creative types and that it's beyond everyday people. Nothing can be further from the truth. Moe's guest, Yuri Cataldo, an entrepreneur and innovator has developed a new spin on the everyday mundane water. His products have been featured in the gift baskets for the Emmy, Oscars and other awards shows. Yuri's journey will show that anyone and everyone has a creative and innovative sense. We'll also have practical tips and advice for taking innovation beyond the dream stage.

Has Leadership gone to the dogs? Perhaps the truest litmus test of practical leadership is the realm of the entrepreneur. All successful entrepreneurs must exhibit an acute sense of leadership across the many roles of a business. From sales and human resources to logistics and accounting, the entrepreneur either does it all and/or is responsible for others taking on those tasks. Our guest, Alice Lerman is an example of a successful retail entrepreneur in the competitive pet supply arena. For Alice, no two days are ever the same and simply keeping pace with the competitive landscape can be all consuming. Alice will share with us how she not only leads her team but also share with us some of the pitfalls and setbacks she experienced and that has made her stronger today.

With all of the 'tried and true' attributes of leadership, creative seems to be always left out. Ultimately, our success as both personal and organizational leaders depends on our ability to think creatively and to be creative. Our ability to be adaptable and flexible relies heavily on this important ability. We'll discuss why creativity is so important as well as Moe's 'Nifty-Nine' principles of creativity. These principles are not your typical principles and can easily (and with fun) be added to anyone's repertoire. The net result: a more creative you and one that can truly think of and develop new ideas and perspectives.

While leadership is mostly considered a serious endeavor, there is great value in adding health doses of humor to the leadership mix. Whether it is with personal or professional relationships, negotiations, meetings and dealing with truly serious topics, humor can and should be a valuable arrow in the leader's quiver. Moe's guest, Andrew Tarvin is a humor engineer and best selling author who has helped companies from the Fortune 100 to much smaller enterprises integrate humor to build more meaningful relationships and allow for increased innovation and entrepreneurial progress. Whether it is learning from improv, comedy or simply having a lighter (or not so serious) approach, we will all take away strategies, tactics and information that will make us more relatable and of course, better leaders

Aviation provides the perfect metaphor for life and its changes. There is the constant and continuous cycle of learning and training as well as adapting to the changes within the environment. Our guest, Wes Kautzmann, a certified flight instructor and aviation entrepreneur will provide more of the aviator's perspective through understanding Pilot in Command, DECIDE (Detect, Estimate, Choose, Identify, Do, Evaluate), 3P (Perceive, Process, Perform) and OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) and how they apply not only to better aviation decision making but to better overall decision making. After all, whether in aviation or in life, we fly the weather we find, not necessarily the weather we planned. Success in both is determined by how we detect and react to changes, both planned and unplanned.

All leadership starts with self-leadership. How we conduct ourselves, for ourselves and others plays an integral role in how we can lead others in an organizational setting. Perhaps one of the more difficult self-leadership is leading ourselves to healthier and more-fit selves. We fight a continuous struggle to find time to exercise, to eat healthier and to commit to a healthier lifestyle. Our guest, Jared Korpal will help us find and utilize strategies and tactics to overcome our resistance to healthy change. He will also offer tips and suggestions on exercising and diet. There is no substitute for a healthier self and we owe it to ourselves to lead ourselves in this direction. By leading ourselves successfully in this challenging self-leadership we will certainly be able to project a more confident and healthier self for all other leadership challenges.

This episode will introduce the audience to Moe and to Be The Pilot in Command! This is the essence of better personal and professional leadership. Throughout this episode, listeners will better understand how to take command (of themselves) as well as gaining some tools and tactics to have a positive impact. Moe will introduce PIC (Pilot in Command), why it's so important as well as how it best applies to us. After all, just like a pilot can't just pull over to the nearest cloud, we can't pause our lives. This episode will also introduce a well-used aviation mnemonic, ABCC. In aviation, this stands for Airspeed, Best Place, Checklist and Communication. It also applies to our own personal leadership and Moe will demonstrate how. Other topics introduced will be the CHART method of better communications and how to best ask and answer, How Do You Know What You Know?