
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

Mar 1, 2025 • 1h 2min
Weekend Conversations: How To Talk About The Looming AI Revolution
On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on The Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the looming AI revolution and the massive disruptions it will cause to our work and lives. Robert and Mick discuss how people need to prepare for the AI-oriented future and, most importantly, how to prepare teenagers and young adults to compete in an AI-dominated economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 27, 2025 • 41min
Elevate Classics: Ingrid Fetell Lee on the Leadership Purpose of Creating Joy
Ingrid Fetell Lee is an expert on how the design of our environment profoundly impacts our lives. In a world where productivity and functionality are critical to design, Ingrid has discovered the power of designing spaces that bring joy into people’s lives and change their experiences in the process.Ingrid is the author of Joyful, and the founder of the website The Aesthetics of Joy, she empowers people to find more joy in life and work through design. Her immensely popular TED talk “Where Joy Hides and How to Find it” has been viewed more than 17 million times.On this classic episode, Ingrid joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about the power of effective design, the leadership value of creating joy and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 25, 2025 • 51min
Elevate Classics: Don Yaeger on Leadership Lessons from John Wooden and Other Sports Legends
Don Yaeger has built a career on sharing leadership stories from luminaries like basketball coach John Wooden, Hall of Fame football player Walter Payton, and dozens of other world class coaches and athletes.He is an award-winning keynote speaker, business leadership coach, and the author or co-author of eleven New York Times bestselling books, including John Wooden’s A Game Plan For Life. Prior to his leadership coaching career, Don was a celebrated journalist, covering presidential candidates, Olympic athletes, sports legends and more.On this classic episode, Don joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss the lessons he’s learned in his career, the difference between great performers and great coaches, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 22, 2025 • 48min
Weekend Conversations: Fix Problems Now or Face Them Later
On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the importance of fixing problems when they occur, rather than delaying them.Episode LinksFriday Forward - Dongle Story (#472) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 20, 2025 • 49min
Elevate Classics: Rock Thomas on Principles-Based Leadership
Rock Thomas is the founder and CVO of Rock Thomas International, an organization that coaches others to achieve peak performance, and unlock their full potential. He is a serial entrepreneur, a bestselling author, a world-renowned speaker, and the host of the I Am Movement podcast.Rock joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about starting movements in others, growing up on a farm in Canada, building multiple businesses and coaching others to success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 2025 • 59min
Amanda Ripley on Changing Education and Building Resilience
Amanda Ripley has extensively studied anti-fragility and resilience. She is aninvestigative Journalist of three books, including High Conflict, TheSmartest Kids In The World and a her latest, The Unthinkable: WhoSurvives When Disaster Strikes, and Why. She has reported for The Atlantic,Politico, the Washington Post, Time Magazine and other outlets, and her workhas helped Time win two National Magazine Awards.Amanda joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss reforming the education system, building resilience, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 15, 2025 • 55min
Weekend Conversations: Jalen Hurts' Journey of Resilience - Plus, Super Bowl Ad Recaps
On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss backstory of Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts and the lessons his story offers for building resilience and embracing struggle. Then, Robert and Mick dig into the notable trends from the Super Bowl commercials and what they say about the future of business.Episode LinksFriday Forward - Hurts First (#471) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 13, 2025 • 44min
Elevate Classics: Top Leadership Thinker Dan Rockwell
Dan Rockwell is one of the world’s most prolific and insightful thinkers on leadership. He’s a former entrepreneur, consultant, world-renowned speaker and creator of Leadership Freak, a top leadership blog that has 450,000 subscribers around the world. Named the #1 Most Socially Shared Leadership Blog on the Internet, Leadership Freak features daily wisdom on how leaders can improve, make life better for those around them, and be a positive force in the world.Dan joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his life as a speaker, leader and writer, and to share how leaders can grow and help others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 2025 • 46min
Charles Duhigg on The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and the bestselling author of three books: The Power of Habit, Smarter Faster Better and his latest, Supercommunicators, which was published this year. Charles is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards, and he currently writes for The New Yorker and several other publications.Charles joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about habit formation, how to become an excellent communicator, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 8, 2025 • 45min
Weekend Conversations: Catching Lightning In A Bottle
On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the concept of catching lightning in a bottle--big successes that come from perfect timing or luck and cannot be replicated. They use the example of Dollar Shave Club's viral debut ad from 2012, which many companies tried and failed to emulate, and talk about how leaders should approach recreating their biggest hits.Episode Links
Friday Forward - Bottled Lightning (#470)
Dollar Shave Club Ad from 2012
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