
Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue
With the Minter Dialogue podcast, your host Minter Dial is on a mission to help elevate the debate and insert more meaningfulness into our lives. He gives weekly interviews around leadership, brand strategy and transformation, featuring top business leaders, personalities, entrepreneurs and authors from around the world who are making things happen! The show was ranked as the #6 Leadership and #5 Branding Podcast 2021 by Feedspot, Julie Livingstone’s Top 15 Marketing Podcasts 2020 and Top 50 Marketing Blog/Podcasts by Linkedin.Minter Dial is a filmmaker and author of multiple award-winning books, including The Last Ring Home, Futureproof (FT Press), You Lead (Kogan Page) and Heartificial Empathy, 2nd edition (2023).Podcast show notes are on minterdial.com. To rate & review: RateThisPodcast.
Latest episodes

Mar 20, 2021 • 38min
The Great Presentation Makeover with Presentation Expert and coFounder of Shufflrr, Alexanndra Ontra (MDE414)
Minter Dialogue Episode #414AlexAnndra Ontra is cofounder and President of Shufflrr, helping B2B sales and training teams who need a fast, simple way to create, give and share presentations, all while ensuring brand and message compliance. She also co-author of Presentation Management, The New Strategy for Enterprise Content. In this conversation, we look at the problems that companies face with creating the most effective presentations, how to avoid wasted time and resources in driving your sales and marketing efforts, and we take a look at the typical problems that Shufflrr solves.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Mar 13, 2021 • 50min
Accumulating your Advantage with Mark Schaefer, Author and Marketing Guru (MDE413)
Minter Dialogue Episode #413Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author. His blog {grow} is perennially considered as one of the top marketing blogs in the world. His latest (9th) book is a keeper: "Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds", which explores the art and science of momentum with great storytelling and verve. In this chat, we discuss key elements of his book, how individuals and companies can accumulate the right mix for their advantage and how the book gels with Mark's deeper purpose.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

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Mar 6, 2021 • 54min
Getting Strategic and Building Success in the Non Profit Organization with Patrick Jinks (MDE412)
Certified leadership & strategy coach Patrick Jinks discusses leadership differences between nonprofit and for-profit organizations, the value of coaching, and strategic planning challenges in nonprofits. The conversation explores motivators for unpaid workers, translating plans into action, and the importance of purpose-driven initiatives.

Feb 27, 2021 • 51min
How and Why Business Leaders Need to Develop More Courage with Ryan Berman, author and cofounder of Courageous Leadership (MDE411)
Minter Dialogue Episode #411Ryan Berman is cofounder of Courageous Leadership, a consultancy that helps you believe again. He's co-host of the Courageous podcast with Ryan Thompson and author of the book, Return on Courage: A Business Playbook for Courageous Change. In this conversation, we discuss the role of courage in entrepreneurship and in big business. We look at some of the courageous myths, building a Courage Brand, the importance of courage in driving purpose in your organization.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Feb 20, 2021 • 58min
How to be a productivity ninja with author, speaker Graham Allcott, CEO of Think Productive (MDE410)
Minter Dialogue Episode #410Graham Allcott is CEO of Think Productive, offering practical support to organisations that want to increase productivity. He's also a multiple time bestselling author, having written the very successful "How to Be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do." In this conversation, we discuss his approach to time management, the keys to being present and purposeful, his Do Habit and the need for self-awareness, as well as some vital tips on how to manage your email inbox and how to achieve and keep the magical objective of a zero inbox. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Feb 13, 2021 • 52min
Making Courageous Cultures and Leadership with author, speaker and CEO, Karin Hurt (MDE409)
Minter Dialogue Episode #409Karin Hurt is cofounder and CEO of Let's Grow Leaders, a speaker and multiple-time author, who recently published her newest book, Courageous Cultures, How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates (HarpersCollins). In this conversation, we discuss the importance of courage in business, a very practical approach to creating a courageous culture, the importance of humility and vulnerability, the link between courage and empathy, and how to tackle the fear of standing up.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Feb 6, 2021 • 37min
Beyond Engagement - Bringing Love into the Workplace with Yetunde Hofmann (MDE408)
Minter Dialogue Episode #408Yetunde Hofmann is a portfolio NED, speaker, advisor, founder of Solaris as well as author of the book, Beyond Engagement: The Value of Love-Based Leadership in Organisations, which came out in August 2020. In this conversation, with her background in HR in major global corporations, we discuss how and why to bring the concept of love into the workplace, even in the board room. We look at what is love, how does it translate into work, what is tough love and many more very powerful notions.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Jan 30, 2021 • 50min
The Infinite Leader, A Great Take on Leadership with author and thought leader, Pippa Malmgren (MDE407)
Minter Dialogue Episode #407Dr. Pippa Malmgren is an economist and an award-winning author who served President GW Bush in the White House and on the National Economic Council. She is focused on simple sense-making of the world economy and all its complexities. She was a co-founder of a firm in the drone/autonomy space that won a 2020 CogX award and the 2020 National Technology Award and has been named a leading Woman in Tech by We Are Tech Women and the top 50 Women in Tech by AccelerateHer. In 2020, Pippa co-wrote with Chris Lewis, "The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership." In this conversation, we talk about a number of critical issues for leaders, we unpack what it means to be an infinite leader and some insightful ways to change the leadership style.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Jan 23, 2021 • 50min
Twisted Thinking and Fresh Perspectives to Build Breakthrough Brands with Julie Cottineau (MDE406)
Minter Dialogue Episode #406Julie Cottineau is an author, a brand passionista, who is founder and CEO of BrandTwist brand consultancy. In this conversation, we discuss the origin of her Brand Tattoo Test, her work at and lessons learned while working as head of brand for Virgin USA, the evolution of branding, the power of purpose and Julie's work at BrandTwist, which is also the name of her best selling book.If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Jan 16, 2021 • 44min
Taking Human Resources to the Next Level with Jennifer Thornton, founder of 304 Coaching (MDE405)
Minter Dialogue Episode #405Jen Thornton is founder and head of 304 Coaching, helping companies to drive strategic talent development. Having worked as an HR professional with teams in China, Mexico and the UK, Jen brings a fresh and international perspective to HR planning, management and leadership. In this conversation, we delve into the pinpoints of HR, what is holding back employee engagement, the challenges of building and leading remote teams and much more. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate/review the show on RateThisPodcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)
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