Read to Lead Podcast

Today’s guest is not only a podcast guest, she’s also the first guest expert inside the new premium tier of my online Read to Lead Community called Read to Lead+. Her name is Christina Curtis, and she’s a thought leader on motivation and goal attainment, and regularly contributes to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and […] The post 476: Choosing Greatness and Achieving Exceptional Outcomes with Christina Curtis first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

You may recall that in the first episode of 2023, I spelled out the six books I was most looking forward to in the first half of this year. Today, I’m thrilled to be able to feature the fourth of those six books. That book is Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When […] The post 475: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most with Adam Alter first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

I love speaking with authors who also happen to be former broadcasters, as is the case today. Why? Because they’re excellent communicators, and today’s guest is certainly no exception. I’m talking about Lisa Bragg, whose new book comes out in two days called Bragging Rights: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion. Tell […] The post 474: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion with Lisa Bragg first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

Today, I owe a special thanks to former podcast guest and author Michael Schein. He’s the one who introduced me to today’s guest. And a great guest (and author) it is! Her name is Miriam Schulman, and she’s written a new book called Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity. […] The post 473: How to Make a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity with Miriam Schulman first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

If you’ve ever wondered if I geek out over anything besides books, today you get your answer. It’s a related topic, as it involves a form of communication. Language. Mind you, I was not a particularly strong language student in school (though I could diagram a sentence pretty well). But I scored a measly 405 […] The post 472: Arguing for the Good in Bad English with Valerie Fridland first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

One of my favorite authors is Clay Christensen, who has written books like The Innovator’s Dilemma, Competing Against Luck, and How Will You Measure Your Life?. One thing several of his books have in common is a coauthor by the name of Karen Dillon. She’s now cowritten another new book, this time with Rob Cross, […] The post 471: The Microstress Effect with Karen Dillon first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

At the beginning of the year, I identified the six books I was most looking forward to in the first half of this year. My goal is to interview the author of all six books. With today’s guest we’re officially three out of four on that front. I’m talking about Morra Aarons-Mele. Her latest book […] The post 470: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower with Morra Aarons-Mele first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

If there’s one thing in life I’ve grown to love, it’s learning. That hasn’t always been the case. But ever since I fell back in love with books in 2003, I’ve been on a learning journey that has no end in sight (and that’s A-OK with me). I see myself today as a lifelong learner. […] The post 469: Optimizing Learning and Development in the Workplace with James McKenna first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

Networks are an amazing thing. And to think I never even considered what a boon this podcast could be to my own network when I launched it nearly 10 years ago. There is Dan Horowitz of LinkedIn. He read my book and invited me to speak to his employees. Later, he introduced me to author […] The post 468: Stop Writing Books Nobody Reads with Debs Jenkins first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

The last time today’s guest appeared (which was also her first time), I wrote that I hoped it wouldn’t be her last. Well, lucky for you and me, my hopes were not in vein. I’m talking, of course, about Full Focus CEO, Megan Hyatt Miller. Her new book, cowritten with her father Michael Hyatt, is […] The post 467: Success Starts With Your Thinking with Mind Your Mindset Author Megan Hyatt Miller first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.