
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

Jun 5, 2024 • 2min
Overtime with Outland: Bill Rancic, Episode 460
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 460, with entrepreneur, television personality, author and speaker Bill Rancic.

Jun 4, 2024 • 26min
Nothing Starts with No, with Bill Rancic (Entrepreneurship, Food and Beverage, Television, Business)
Entrepreneur, television personality, author and speaker Bill Rancic talks about becoming an entrepreneur at age 10, the 3 biggest lessons he learned from competing on (and winning) The Apprentice, how he was treated by Trump, words of wisdom from Howie Mandel, breaking down goals into smaller victories, "The Mega-Brands That Built America” on The History Channel, the way fatherhood forced him to change both his personal and business mindset, and learning from Neil Armstrong if the moon landing was a hoax?Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching

May 30, 2024 • 2min
CLIP: Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field
Leadership speaker, best-selling author, and global influencer Jon Gordon explains how Steve Jobs taught his team to overcome limiting beliefs, and why being a realist can often be overrated, and ineffective. Hear Jon's full interview in Episode 192 of The Action Catalyst.

May 29, 2024 • 2min
Overtime with Outland: Luis Baez, Episode 459
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 459, with Sales Enablement Strategist Luis Báez.

May 28, 2024 • 28min
From Overlooked to Overbooked, with Luis Baez (Sales, Intrapreneurship, Social Media, Tech)
Luis Báez, a Sales Enablement Strategist who has worked with tech giants like LinkedIn, Uber, Tesla, and Google, explains why LinkedIn is the best employment experience he’s ever had, what parts of sales make him feel icky and why you don’t need them, the massive value of community, how the same customers behave radically differently depending on the platform they're engaging with, creating a "water cooler" in a virtual setting, thriving through intrapreneurship, and accepting messiness.Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching

May 23, 2024 • 4min
CLIP: Use Your G.O.A.T.s
Karin Hurt and David Dye, the CEO and President, respectively, of Let’s Grow Leaders, explain the 4 C's of how to resolve workplace conflict, as well as some key phrases for diffusing a heated argument and moving forward with a shared mission.Hear Karin and David's full interview in Episode 458 of The Action Catalyst.

May 22, 2024 • 2min
CLIP: Fighting Energy Vampires
Leadership speaker, best-selling author, and global influencer Jon Gordon shares tips for dealing with the "energy vampires" in your life.Hear Jon's full interview in Episode 40 of The Action Catalyst.

May 21, 2024 • 14min
REMASTERED: The Carpenter, with Jon Gordon (Leadership, Inspiration, Author, Giving)
Leadership speaker, best-selling author, and global influencer Jon Gordon shares the 3 winning strategies of love, service, and caring, the importance of slowing down to produce MORE, the power of grace, being a resistor vs a conductor, tips for dealing with energy vampires, and how to become a love magnet.

May 21, 2024 • 17min
REMASTERED: The Power of Positive Leadership, with Jon Gordon (Leadership, Inspiration, Author, Teaching)
Leadership speaker, best-selling author, and global influencer Jon Gordon explains why when it comes to employees, you’ve got to love ‘em up but hold them accountable, why to be demanding not demeaning and to start with the believers, how there IS such a thing as healthy delusion, and shares a story involving fellow Action Catalyst alum Donna Orender.

May 16, 2024 • 4min
CLIP: Founding GameStop, First In The World
Gary Kusin, co-founder of GameStop, Laura Mercier Cosmetics, and former President and CEO of Kinko’s, tells the story of launching what would become GameStop, and how the catalyst for it's innovative business model was staring them in the face for so long.Hear Gary's full interview in Episode 457 of The Action Catalyst.
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