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In the relaunch episode of Critical Mass Business Talk Show, host Ric Franzi interviews Josh Wilhelm, Founder & CEO of LightHouse Graphics.

In their insightful discussion, Ric & Josh discuss Josh's vision for LightHouse Graphics, challenges Josh has faced along his leadership journey, and much more!

I have invited Leo to join us to discuss his 3rd and latest book “Peernovation: What Peer Advisory Groups Can Teach Us about Building High-Performance Teams.”

Here are the questions we discussed:

What is the MAIN IDEA contained in your book?

Tell us about the title?

Leo, can you tell us about the inspiration for writing this book?

What do you mean by the term “peer influence”?

Who is the target audience for your book?

Take us through the table of contents of the book

How does someone get in touch with you?

Ric discusses with Author Didier Cossin the big ideas in his latest book "High-Performance Boards: Improving and Energizing Your Governance".

How does governance drive financial performance?

How does diversity impact a board's performance?

What is the role of an outside director?

Do you think it is good for CEO's who have a board to join the board of another firm?

What has been the effect of the principles of Conscious Capitalism on governance?

Ric talks with author Bob Burg about his classic book "The Go-Giver".

What is the MAIN IDEA contained in your books and speaking?

Bob, you have authored or co-authored eight books, five in The Go-Giver Series with your writing partner John David Mann. I want to focus on The Go-Giver Leader. It seems to me, the key lesson from that book is not about the leader; it about the people. Can you talk to us about how the Go-Giver philosophy applies to CEOs and leaders in companies?

Are there misconceptions about what being a Go-Giver means? As a leader, can you be taken advantage of that way?

One of the principles you write about is Influence. How does a Go-Giver create Influence with the people they lead?

How did you first come up with the term Go-Giver?

Can you tell us about the inspiration for your life’s work?

How does someone get in touch with you or learn more about your work?

Ric talks with author Bill Flynn about his new book "Further, Faster: The Vital Few Steps That Take the Guesswork out of Growth".

Here are the topics and questions they discuss:

What is the MAIN IDEA contained in your book?

Why performance is a team sport

How to run your business as a coherent system

How and why cash rules

Can you tell us about the inspiration for writing this book?

Discuss and highlight the reason/reasons that motivated you to write this book.

Who is the target audience for your book?

Take us through the table of contents of the book.

What advice can you give to our audience, who want to write a book, about how to successfully write and publish a book.

What have you learned about the that you did not know prior to publishing your book?

How does someone get in touch with you or learn more about your firm?

Ric talks with Author Mauro Guillen about his latest book "2030- How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape The Future of Everything".

Here are the topics and questions covered during their conversation.

Q1:  What is the organizing principle of your book 2030?

Ric talks with author Darius Mirshahzadeh about his new book "The Core Value Equation".  Darius addresses 7 questions Ric had about core values during their conversation heard live on LinkedIn on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

Q1 Can you define, from your perspective, what you mean by the term CORE VALUES?

Q2 You write in your book The Core Value Equation that companies don’t have core values people do. What do you mean?

Q3 What is your advice on how to properly design core values to become the language of the organization?

Q4 Can you share the four most critical elements that core values need in order to create consistent, impactful results in any organization?

Q5 You talk about the importance of the quality of design when creating core values. Can you discuss how Steve Job’s approach to design is an inspiration CEOs about designing core values?

Q6 In chapter 5 you outline the key design principles of creating well-designed core values. What are they?

Q7 The balance of your book deals with how to launch your core values, make them sticky, and how to determine the ROI on your core values. Can you highlight the most critical aspects of each?

In today's episode of Critical Mass Radio Show, author Mark Barden, joined Ric live-streaming on LinkedIn to talk about his book A Beautiful Constraint and how its message can be applied now during these uncertain economic times.

Returning guest Angelo Ponzi, founder of the Ponzi Group joined Ric on LinkedIn to discuss what companies are doing to gain market share during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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