
The Action Catalyst
The Action Catalyst interviews top leaders and achievers, sharing hard-earned tips and advice to help you uncover your inspiration and gain valuable insights to overcome setbacks, defeat mediocrity, and reach your goals in life, business, and beyond.
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Latest episodes

Jul 2, 2025 • 3min
Overtime with Outland: Klaus Kleinfeld, Episode 490
Overtime with Outland is Action Catalyst host Adam Outland's reflections and commentary on discussions with each of his esteemed and accomplished guests. In this segment, Adam dissects Episode 490, with Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents.

Jul 1, 2025 • 32min
Leading to Thrive, with Klaus Kleinfeld (Leadership, Performance, Business, Language)
Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents, recalls going to work at age 12, and covers the perils of sign language in the business world, getting close to the source of an issue, why we should be talking about energy instead of productivity, the "rule of feedback", the 5 critical components of a high performance team, why purpose is a laser, and being a "hypothesis generating machine".Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching

Jun 26, 2025 • 2min
CLIP: Debt Free College
Author, podcast/radio host, and Certified Financial Coach Rachel Cruze breaks down the easiest methods for paying for college WITHOUT debt.Full interview with Rachel in Episode 39 of The Action Catalyst.

Jun 24, 2025 • 13min
REMASTERED: Love Your Life, Not Theirs, and Eradicating Comparison, with Rachel Cruze (Finances, Debt, Money, Gratitude)
Author, podcast/radio host, and Certified Financial Coach Rachel Cruze shares the role gratitude plays in financial stability, why it’s never too early, or too late, to get your finances in shape, and says…..uh oh…. the "C" word (not that one).Mentioned in this episode:Purchase the Monthly Bill Payment Checklist here. And please consider leaving a great book review if you found the book useful.Stephen Ural / Monthly Bill Payment Checklist

Jun 19, 2025 • 5min
CLIP: You Can Lead The Dance
Daniel Goddard, CEO of the AI networking app, Dysko and an actor with over 30 years of experience, examines the parallels between entertainment and entrepreneurship and the same qualities that make you successful in both.Hear Daniel's full interview in Episode 489 of The Action Catalyst.

Jun 17, 2025 • 14min
REMASTERED: Smart Money, Smart Kids, with Rachel Cruze (Finance, Parenting, Debt, Author)
Author, podcast/radio host, and Certified Financial Coach Rachel Cruze talks about putting 4-year-olds to work, teaching your kids about giving, paying for college without debt, and what contentment REALLY means.Mentioned in this episode:Search Crave by Raphael Cuomo on Amazon.Dr Raphael Cuomo / CravePurchase the Monthly Bill Payment Checklist here. And please consider leaving a great book review if you found the book useful.Stephen Ural / Monthly Bill Payment Checklist

Jun 12, 2025 • 6min
CLIP: Inventing Pie Vs. Optimizing Pie
Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, Harvard Business School professors and co-hosts of the Think Big, Buy Small podcast, share a truly delicious example of how entrepreneurship by acquisition can be a satisfying and lucrative path forward for those with the right mindset.Hear Richard and Royce's full interview in Episode 488 of The Action Catalyst.

Jun 10, 2025 • 29min
Daytime to Dysko, with Daniel Goddard (Entertainment, Entrepreneurship, AI, TV)
Daniel Goddard, CEO of the AI networking app, Dysko and an actor with over 30 years of experience examines the parallels between entertainment and entrepreneurship, recounts the crazy reaction when daytime TV messed with his fan base, pinpoints the business that oversees ALL business, recalls disappointing a date in bed (for a really noble reason), and shares his first-of-its-kind product and the lesson he learned from it, and how his new app is coming to the rescue at universities and conventions across the country.Mentioned in this episode:Search Crave by Raphael Cuomo on Amazon.Dr Raphael Cuomo / Crave

Jun 6, 2025 • 4min
CLIP: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Author, professor, and organizational psychologist David Burkus reveals the TRUTH behind Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and the way the social media is being misused in networking.Hear David's full interview in Episode 240 of The Action Catalyst.

Jun 5, 2025 • 4min
CLIP: Don't Innovate the Product, Innovate the Factory
Author, professor, and organizational psychologist David Burkus explains why great leaders don’t innovate the product, they innovate the factory, and how not to end up as a Blockbuster.Hear David's full interview in Episode 180 of The Action Catalyst.