Motivation
Michael Gates Gill on How Starbucks Saved His Life
How one man's career went from advertising executive to jobless to the best job of his life... serving coffee at Starbucks.
June 27, 2008 / Podcast # 08-26
Michael Gates Gill had it all. But by the time he turned 60, he had lost everything except his Ivy League education and his sense of entitlement. First he was downsized at work; next, an affair ended his 20 year marriage. Then he was diagnosed with a slow growing brain tumor.
Gill had no money, no health insurance, and no prospects. One day as Gill sat in a Manhattan Starbucks, a 28 year old Starbucks manager named Crystal Thompson approached him, half joking, to offer him a job. With nothing to lose he took it and went from drinking coffee in a Brooks Brothers suit to serving it in a green apron. Read more…
Dan Miller on Saying Goodbye to the Monday Morning Blues
For everyone who dreads going to work on Monday mornings, inspiring advice on how to find fulfilling work in an uncertain age.
April 25, 2008 / Podcast # 08-17
The only way to find true security is by following your calling and then finding or creating work that matches your passion. Dan Miller’s new book No More Mondays addresses people looking for guidance on how to launch a new career or business, those who want to stay in their current jobs and give the old 9-to-5 model a twenty-first-century makeover, and managers desperate to understand the way people want to work today. For all of them, Dan Miller’s message is loud and clear: If you’re one of those people who dread going to work on Mondays, do something about it! Read more…
Dr. Susan Smith Kuczmarski and Thomas Kuczmarski on Changing the Way We Lead and Succeed
How to create a work culture that's both compassionate and competitive.
February 15, 2008 / Podcast # 08-07
For centuries, leaders have been operating within a “control and compete” mindset. But times are changing. More and more, at the helm of successful companies, you’ll find a different sort of leader. Collaborators, not controllers, they are “square apples,” bold men and women who dare to create success by reshaping the workplace in unexpected ways.
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Charles Handy on Eudaemonia and Other Important Matters
In these bonus excerpts from his AMA webcast, a legend in organizational and personal well-being discusses the state of education and his future plans.
February 1, 2008 / Podcast # 08-05
Charles Handy is often referred to as Britain’s greatest management thinker. He has written some of the most influential management articles and books of the past 30 years, including The Age of Unreason, The Elephant and the Flea, The Future or Work, and The Age of Paradox. In his latest book, Myself and Other More Important Matters (AMACOM), Handy shares his special brand of wisdom, giving readers uncommon insight into business and careers…as well as the choices we all have to make in our lives.
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Stephen M.R. Covey on Using Trust for a New Year of Success
Following the runaway success of his new book, America's leading expert on trust returns to share his insights for a new year.
January 4, 2008 / Podcast # 08-01
Stephen M. R. Covey is co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide. He is the author of The Speed of Trust, which challenges the age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue and instead demonstrates that trust is a hard-edged, economic driver—a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing. Read more…