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Scott Love is an expert on the topic of employee loyalty, having worked as a high stakes head hunter for over 20 years. He speaks professionally on the topics of leadership, retention, and recruiting, and shows managers how to be the boss that nobody wants to leave.

Andrew Kerr is a technology executive with more than ten years of diverse experience leading teams, delivering solutions, and helping individuals and organizations to grow and thrive. He is currently the CEO at FortyAu, LLC where he leads a team of software developers that deliver custom software solutions in the healthcare, sports, and entertainment industries.

Randy Pennington is a business performance veteran, award-winning author, and an expert in helping organizations deliver positive results in a world of accelerating change. His professional accomplishments and credentials stack up with the best of them. His client list includes leading organizations in business, non-profits, higher education, and government

Over the last 30 years in a variety of environments ranging from corporate skyscrapers to South American jungles, Cort Dial has honed a unique methodology that reliably produces performance here-to-fore deemed impossible. He calls this method All-In™ Performance Transformation and he trains and certifies business leaders and coaches in it at his Heretics to Heroes Master Coaching Summits held throughout the year in Austin, Texas.

PJ Jonas says, "Between running a business, farm, and family as well as homeschooling, my days are always full to overflowing. There are never enough hours in the day to get everything done. But I’m ok with that. I’m an 80/20 kind of girl. …Because to try to be perfect is not only exhausting, it is impossible." On this episode we talk to PJ and get the story of her success!

Jeff has designed a professional development plan for his “Weeders” called Landscape University. His message rings true for any industry leader or manager looking to grow a high-performance and dedicated workforce.

In this noisy digital world, business leaders are continually bombarded with the newest must have tools to reach their goals. As a Navy veteran and an inbound marketing engineer, Tom Schwab has a refreshingly different approach. He focuses on time proven strategy, then supercharges them with today’s free tools. An author, speaker, and teacher, Tom helps you get more traffic, leads, and raving customer fans by being interviewed on podcasts.

Lindsey is a gatherer of people. She creates community and builds culture. She’s involved with several projects including Project 7 with a focus on doing good around the world through “Feeding the Hungry, Housing the Homeless, Quenching Those who Thirst, Teaching them Well, and Saving the Earth”, and helped create IF: Gathering with a focus to gather, equip and unleash women to live out their calling by creating tools and resources for the local church and the women they serve.

Mark Deterding has built a reputation as a trusted expert in Servant Leadership. He has successfully led many companies and teams through culture as the leader of the organization. As a business leader, consultant, speaker and author of a new book, “Leading Jesus’ Way: Become the Servant Leader God Created You to Be”.

Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, Enneagram teacher, nationally recognized speaker, psychotherapist, and Episcopal priest. His books include the novel Chasing Francis and spiritual memoir Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me. Ian draws on an array of disciplines—from psychology to the arts, Christian spirituality to theology—to help people enter more deeply into conversation with God and the mystery of their own lives. He and his wife, Anne, live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Larry Winget is the best branded, most recognizable speaker in the business. He has established himself as an icon in the world of personal development and self-help. You won’t find many people who don’t know or who won’t recognize him as a result of his six national bestsellers, his thousands of on-stage appearances or his many regular television appearances. Larry was the first to be willing to take on the “positive attitude” motivational speakers and the Law Of Attraction bozos with his common sense, back to the basics approach. Larry still believes that hard work and excellence are the keys to success and communicates that like no other person on the planet can! Larry makes you think. He makes you uncomfortable. He offers common sense solutions that are impossible to argue with. On top of all that, he is hilarious.  

“When people buy into your dream, your vision - they buy into your leadership.” Dr. Elmer Towns Dr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education. He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty’s existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion. He is He is author of Walking with Giants, Memoirs of The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man. This In autobiography shares about Dr. Towns life of being friends with and learning from some of the greatest Christian leaders in our century.

"The four most powerful words in the English language: What do you think?" Mike Abrashoff ​ Mike Abrashoff took command of the worst-performing ship in the Navy’s Pacific Fleet – 12 months later it was the best ship in the entire Navy… using the same crew. How? The transformation began with Abrashoff working to see the ship through the eyes of his crew and learning to lead differently. Dozens of publications have cited Abrashoff’s tale as an inspiring lesson for business. Leaders identify with his story of being accountable for the results in an environment where they don’t make the rules. He wrestled with an extreme version of the management challenges business faces today – and won. As a speaker, Mike Abrashoff challenges and inspires audiences to rethink their beliefs about leadership and organizational culture. His powerful talks are tailored to suit: improve engagement, execution, leadership skills, teamwork, innovation and more.

Businessman and Life Coach, Aaron Walker, has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. He enjoys helping others and believes experience is a great teacher. 36 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron a wealth of experience. Aaron continues to reach new heights and broaden his perspective of the terrain by examining his experiences and growing from them. For 21 years and counting, Aaron has taken classes from and has been coached personally by his friend, financial guru, Dave Ramsey. Spiritual mentors David Landrith and Bob Warren have impacted his spiritual life beyond measure. Two other disciplined mastermind groups, 48 Days led by friend Dan Miller and The Torch have played a role in his understanding of how to live a significant and successful life. Aaron incorporates education and learning opportunities into his daily routine, remaining informed of the latest tools and trends available. It only took a few years as a partner with David Patton Construction LLC for Aaron to help take the business from doing one to two projects per year to a multi-million dollar company, voted number one builder for three consecutive years by Nashville's House & Home & Garden Magazine's People's Choice Awards. He sold his retail business to Cash America USA, a Fortune 500 company. In addition to being the owner of eight lucrative businesses, Aaron participates in civic endeavors.

Dr. Hans Finzel is a successful author, mentor, speaker and trusted authority in the field of leadership. Hans has trained leaders internationally on five continents. He and Donna founded HDLeaders in 2012 where he serves as President. Prior to that, Hans completed twenty years as President and CEO of international non-profit WorldVenture. Hans and his wife, Donna, spent ten years living in Vienna, Austria while training leaders throughout Eastern Europe behind the Iron Curtain before the fall of communism. He has an earned doctorate in the field of leadership from Fuller School of Intercultural Studies. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Columbia International University (CIU.EDU) for twenty years. Hans is host of “The Leadership Answer Man” Podcast. He is the author of ten books, including his bestseller The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make and his newest release Top Ten Ways To Be A Great Leader.

Tim Sanders spent most of his career on the cutting edge of innovation and change. He was on the ground floor of the quality movement, the launch of the mobile phone industry and, most notably, the birth of the world wide web. Today, he’s gravitated to disruptive change for over 30 years. He was an early stage member of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s broadcast.com, which had the largest opening day IPO in history. After Yahoo acquired the company, Tim was tapped to lead their ValueLab, which enabled sales teams to close hundreds of millions of dollars of new business through rapid collaboration. By 2001, he rose to the position of Chief Solutions Officer and later, the company’s Leadership Coach. In 2005, he founded Deeper Media, which provides consulting and training services for leading companies, trade associations and government agencies. Tim is the author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller Love Is the Killer App: How To Win Business & Influence Friends. It’s been translated into over a dozen languages and has been featured in Fast Company, USA Today, the New York Times, The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and on CNN. His other books include Today We Are Rich, The Likeability Factor, Saving the World at Work and Dealstorming Among the Top-Rated Keynote Speakers He’s one of the top-rated speakers on the lecture circuit, offering keynotes on leadership development, sales strategy, and human performance. His talks help organizations deal with change, become more agile and dramatically increase their effectiveness. Time Magazine referred to him as a “Public Consultant” because of his extensive pre-conference research, leading to a one-of-a-kind keynote with on-point recommendations for attendees. He’s known for blending stories, statistics and actionable advice in a way that moves his audiences to action. He grew up in Clovis, New Mexico, the home of the Fighting Wildcats. He attended Odessa College and Loyola Marymount University, where he was a top ranked debater and national champion extemporaneous speaker. He conducted his graduate work at the University of Arizona.

Meet Joe Calloway as he shares how the concept of simplicity is easy but making things simple is difficult. @joecalloway #podcast The key to simplicity is mindset. @joecalloway #podcast #leadership How do you juggle a thousand things? You don’t. @joecalloway #podcast Keep the most important   Joe Calloway helps great companies get even better. His workshops and interactive keynote presentations help develop leaders, create more effective teams, and improve performance for successful businesses who know that they can, and should, be doing more with the people and resources that they already have.   Joe’s client list reads like an international Who’s Who in business, ranging from companies like Proctor & Gamble and Coca Cola to Cadillac and American Express. Joe also works extensively with small to mid-sized businesses, franchisees, and a range of professional services organizations.   Joe is the author of seven books on business performance, including Becoming A Category of One, Be The Best At What Matters Most, Magnetic: The Art Of Attracting Business. Today, we’re thrilled to have Joe on the show to talk about his brand new book, Keep It Simple.   The concept of simplicity is easy. Making things simple is difficult. @joecalloway #podcast The key to simplicity is mindset. @joecalloway #podcast #leadership How do you juggle a thousand things? You don’t. @joecalloway #podcast Keep the most important things in front of you. @joecalloway #podcast One of the core responsibilities of a leader is to keep it simple for your people. @joecalloway #leadership There is a myth that more is better. @

Chris Voss is the Founder and CEO of the Black Swan Group Ltd and author of Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. He has used his many years of experience in international crisis and high-stakes negotiations to develop a unique program and team that applies these globally proven techniques to the business world.   Prior to 2008, Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as the FBI’s hostage negotiation representative for the National Security Council’s Hostage Working Group. During Chris’s 24 year tenure in the Bureau, he was trained in the art of negotiation by not only the FBI but Scotland Yard and Harvard Law School. He is also a recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement and the FBI Agents Association Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Service.   Chris currently teaches business negotiation in the MBA program as an adjunct professor at University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.       We need to take a step back in our conversations to make sure we’re not missing something. @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   Little, 2mm shifts can make a huge difference. @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   Using these techniques at home, we could actually listen to our spouses. @VossNegotiation #NeverSplittheDifference   75-80% of the time you take a step back, good things happen. @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   We need to understand what brain we’re working from at any point in time. @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   Don’t feel the pain, label it. @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   People don’t care if you feel their pain, they want to know that you understand. @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   Connection brings understanding…and understanding brings connection @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   When people know you understand, people will naturally get onboard with the leader. @VossNegotiation #Negotiation   Often when facing tough times, we try to distract or deny. We need to resist both to build connec

Join us as we welcome the incredible Brian Dodd to the Step into Leadership Podcast. Brian is a leadership blogger, podcaster, author, and expert extraordinaire. His objective is to add value to leaders and provide perspective, encouragement, and solutions to the issues they face daily. During the past three years, the readership of his website, www.briandoddonleadership.com,  has grown to over 50,000 readers per month. His first book, The 10 Indispensable Practices Of The 2-Minute Leader, provides practical steps to grow your leadership effectiveness starting now.

First to talk to Dr. Daniel Shapiro of Harvard University on his new book, "Negotiating the Non-negotiables"...welcome to Step into Leadership Podcast. Dr. Daniel Shapiro is founder and director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program, associate professor in psychology at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, and affiliate faculty at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. His pioneering research focuses on how to address the emotional and identity-based dimensions of negotiation and conflict resolution. He is author of Negotiating the Nonnegotiable and coauthor with Roger Fisher of Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate.