
Elevate with Robert Glazer
Discover the keys to unlocking your full potential with the Elevate Podcast. Hosted by Robert Glazer, award-winning entrepreneur, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and creator of the Friday Forward, the Elevate Podcast features interviews with world-renowned business leaders, New York Times bestselling authors, and leading experts who share their insights, best practices, and advice on how to elevate your life, your leadership, and your business. Whether you're seeking to cultivate better habits, reach new leadership heights, or simply learn from those who share your passion for growth and improvement, the Elevate Podcast offers practical steps for making impactful changes and reaching your full potential.
Latest episodes

Apr 1, 2025 • 52min
Dr. Tasha Eurich On Becoming Shatterproof
Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts on self-awareness and business savvy. She’s worked directly with 40,000 leaders and spoken to hundreds of thousands more, helping them achieve dramatic and measurable change. Her clients have included the NBA, Walmart, Salesforce, and more, and her TEDx talks have been viewed more than 10 million times. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books, including Insight and her latest, Shatterproof, which publishes this week.Tasha joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about Shatterproof, the role of resilience in life and leadership, and antifragility.Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast
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Mar 29, 2025 • 52min
Weekend Conversations: The Fundamental Attribution Error in Life and Leadership
On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on The Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the fundamental attribution error, a cognitive bias that causes us to ignore luck and timing in our positive outcomes and make excuses for their failures.Read the post discussed in this episode: Friday Forward - Fundamental Error (#476)A video version of this episode is also available on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 2025 • 1h 1min
Elevate Classics: Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa on Reimagining Life and Leadership
Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa is a professor at Columbia Business School, Founder of the Mentora Institute, and a highly respected coach for Fortune 100 C-suite executives. His course on Personal Leadership & Success is one of the most popular at Columbia Business School. His latest book, Inner Mastery, Outer Impact, is available this week wherever books are sold.In this classic episode, Dr. Wadhwa joined Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his leadership career, how to harness intrinsic motivation, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 25, 2025 • 1h 18min
Elevate Classics: David Heinemeier Hansson's Radical Entrepreneurship
David Heinemeier Hansson, is a true innovator. He is the co-founder of Basecamp which has been used by over 20m people globally. He’s also the founder of Hey and the creator of the transformational Ruby on Rails, an open source web framework that was used to create Basecamp, Github, Shopify, Airbnb and more. He is also a frequent writer at Hey World, the New York Times bestselling author of four books, including Rework, and even an award winning racecar driver.In this classic episode of the Elevate Podcast, David shares his personal approach to work-life balance, the importance of using time effectively, and the value of Stoic philosophy in his life. He challenges conventional notions of productivity and delves into the idea of front-loading important tasks for maximum impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 22, 2025 • 36min
Weekend Conversations: Getting To The Root of Your Beliefs
In a classic edition of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the latest Friday Forward, which focuses on the importance of understand the roots of our beliefs and disagreements. Robert and Mick discuss why beliefs have such deep roots, how we often fail to understand those roots, and how finding that understanding can lead to greater empathy and better outcomes--at work and in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 6min
MIT Professor Hal Gregersen on The Best Questions Leaders Should Ask
Hal Gregersen is a senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management, former Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center, and a globally recognized thought leader on leadership and innovation. He's the author of several books, including Questions Are The Answer, where he shares a powerful approach to fostering radical innovation by encouraging inquiry. He is also a sought after speaker and lecturer who has spoken to audiences all over the world.In this classic episode, Hal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his remarkable leadership career and how questioning drives innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 18, 2025 • 1h 4min
Adam Coffey on General Electric, Building Great Cultures and More
Adam Coffey is a visionary leader who drives growth and builds great cultures. Adam is an Army veteran, a former GE executive, and served as CEO of three service companies for over 20 years. He is the bestselling author of four books, including Empire Builder and ThePrivate Equity Playbook. Adam is currently Chairman of The Chairman Group, aworld class consulting business.Adam joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about leadership lessons from two decades as a CEO, GE's approach to leadership training, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 15, 2025 • 32min
Weekend Conversations: Balancing Your Present Self and Future Self
On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on The Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the choices we constantly make between our present self and our future self. Robert and Mick discuss a few strategies for making these decisions and emphasize the need for balancing between the two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 2025 • 49min
Elevate Classics: Robert Pasin on Leading A Famous Family Business
ABOUT ROBERT PASINRobert Pasin is the Chief Wagon Officer of Radio Flyer. Radio Flyer which was founded by his grandfather Antonio and is famous for the iconic little red wagon, as well as tricycles, scooters and other vehicles for children. Robert has built upon Radio Flyer’s iconic brand and has built a thriving culture in the process.In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Robert joins host Robert Glazer to discuss his grandfather's leadership legacy, how he's innovated a 100 year old brand, and Radio Flyer's top tier organizational culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 11, 2025 • 51min
The Atlantic Journalist Olga Khazan On Embracing Weirdness And Changing Your Personality
Olga Khazan is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World. She has also written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Vox, and other publications. She is a two-time recipient of the International Reporting Project’s Journalism Fellowship and winner of the 2017 National Headliner Award. Olga is also the author of a new book on changing your personality, Me, But Better, which releases March 11. Olga joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss her own experiment to change her personality, the big five personality types, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices