Subscribe on…
Our Most Recent
280: Vince Molinaro – Helping Leaders Be the Best They Can Be
Vince Molinaro Show Notes Page Vince Molinaro experienced a defining moment early in his career when he saw a respected colleague and mentor succumb to cancer that she believed was the byproduct of a stressful, [...]
279: Kevin Vallely – Facing the Unknown
Kevin Vallely Show Notes Page Kevin Vallely was travelling with his family at the McKenzie River, when a lone wolf suddenly approached their tent. Surprised and afraid, Kevin fired shots at the wolf to make [...]
278: Karin Hurt – Promoting a Courageous Culture in the Workplace
Karin Hurt Show Notes Page About 5 years ago, Karin Hurt had everything in her life crash all at the same time. Karin had just left her executive role at Verizon to start her own [...]
277: Patrick Schwerdtfeger – Emerging Anarchy in a Decentralized World
Patrick Schwerdtfeger Show Notes Page Patrick Schwerdtfeger has made plenty of mistakes in his life, and a majority of those mistakes happened because he tried plenty of different things in his life. Yet, despite his [...]
276: Doug Conant – Become the Leader You Want to Be
Doug Conant Show Notes Page Doug Conant was recruited to work as the General Manager for a division in RJR Nabisco. After a rough first meeting with the chairman, Lou Gerstner, which turned out to [...]
275: Annette Franz – Customer-Centric Leadership and Culture
Annette Franz Show Notes Page With the current pandemic going on, Annette Franz goes through this difficult situation with the help of her two teenage boys who lives together with her and shares some quality [...]
274: Tamara Ghandour: People-First Innovation
Tamara Ghandour Show Notes Page Tamara Ghandour was faced with a business challenge that needed the perspective of others. Focused on the outcome, Tamara was unable to generate a lot of ideas from the team [...]
273: Steve Brown: The Future Is Now
Steve Brown Show Notes Page Steve Brown was unsure where to go next in his career. Being given the advice to follow his passions and do the thing that he loves, Steve started his own [...]
272: Chuck Swoboda: Never Stop Innovating
Chuck Swoboda Show Notes Page Chuck Swoboda was working in a big company that was supposed to be an innovator. Seeing the bureaucracy and the senior leaders not really upholding the company's core values, Chuck [...]
271: Paul Pagnato: Transparency Brings Trust into the Customer Experience
Paul Pagnato Show Notes Page Paul Pagnato was working in the financial industry when the financial crisis hit. With the lack of transparency in the industry, people no longer knew if it was all going [...]
270: Mark W. Johnson: Bringing the Future Alive
Mark W. Johnson Show Notes Page Mark W. Johnson spent his beginning days trying to drive disruptive innovation for organizations, but the innovation they were trying to drive never really took root in their own [...]
269: John Eades: Elevating Others to Success
John Eades Show Notes Page John Eades did not feel excited about his work anymore. Having a passion for professional development, he started his own learning technology company, but failed when his leadership weaknesses were [...]
The Hump Day Hoedown is the fun and fast paced part of our 20-minute (ish) show where we ask our guests several questions. Their job is to give robust but rapid responses to the questions. Sometimes I get a good surprise and get off track; but I make every effort to quickly jump back on that camel and race on to the finish.
As always I want your feedback and thoughts on questions we should add to the hoedown. One I will never ask is, “Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike…guess what day it is?” So don’t send it.
Are you ready to share a good story? Are you ready to hoedown? Want to be a Guest? I am always looking to share an inspirational story about leading self and others. All you need is passion, be willing to help others, and like to have fun in the process. If you are ready to move onward and upward, please call me at 336-288-8226 and we can explore what is possible.
Please do not send me an email. If you do not reach me, please leave me a voice mail. This is important because this is a podcast and I need to “speak” with you. -Jim
The Fast Leader Show is a weekly podcast. Each episode will be released on Wednesday morning at 4:00am eastern time. Why on Wednesdays? Because it’s hump day.
But every once in a while we will have a double hump day and release two shows on Wednesday morning. We are not announcing when will are going to have double hump Wednesdays. We are keeping them as a surprise. When you subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher you will never miss an episode.