Growth Igniters® Radio

By Pam Harper & Scott Harper

Join global keynote speaker, author, and business leadership advisor Pamela S. (“Pam”) Harper, Founding Partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., and her business partner/husband D. Scott (“Scott”... more

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September 06, 2017 Bring Together Groups With Opposing Interests – Use Conversational intelligence®
What does it take to co-create new solutions under the toughest circumstances? Find out by listening on-the-go to Episode 122. We speak with returning guest Judith E. Glaser, CEO of Benchmark Communications, Inc., Chairman and Co-Founder of the CreatingWe® Institute, and the world’s leading authority on Conversational Intelligence®. Judith is the award winning author of the […]
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August 30, 2017 Leading Into Your Purpose: Lessons From a Top Franchise Owner
How does leading into your purpose make a difference? Download and listen-on-the-go to Episode 121, We speak with Stephanie Howe, a registered nurse who is the highly successful owner of four Comfort Keepers franchise offices in central New Jersey and one franchise office in Maryland. Her franchise was recently named the top in the U.S. for the […]
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August 29, 2017 Growth_Igniters_Radio_-_Episode_121_-_Leading_Into_Your_Purpose_-_Lessons_From_a_Top_Franchise_Owner.mp3
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August 23, 2017 Create More Game-Changing Opportunities: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone!
How does one CEO defy the status quo to keep growing his successful company in a crowded market? Download and listen-on-the-go to Episode 120, We speak with Simon Nynens, Chairman & CEO of Wayside Technology Group about the strategic power of stepping out of your comfort zone. Simon started his career at Ernst & Young in Amsterdam, […]
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August 22, 2017 Growth_Igniters_Radio_-_Episode_120_-_Create_More_Game-Changing_Opportunities_-_Step_Out_of_Your_Comfort_Zone.mp3
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August 16, 2017 How to Use The 3 Laws of Business Combinations to Create Unique Value [Episode B-14]

Download and listen-on-the-go to the 14th of 14 special episodes
What does it take to be the disruptor and not the disrupted? This final episode of our special summer series provides clues. Links for Episodes 1 through 13 are under “Resources” below).
Download and listen on the go to our conversation with Ben Gomes-Casseres, author of the book Remix Strategy: The Three Laws of Business Combinations. He is an expert on business combinations and a Professor at the International Business School, Brandeis University, who has been studying, teaching, and consulting on the strategy of business combinations for thirty years. (Read more bio below).
You’ll gain insights on:

* Why relationships such as alliances, partnerships, acquisitions, mergers, and joint ventures are increasingly part of the core strategy in most businesses
* How three laws shape the success of any business combination
* Immediately useful ideas for applying these laws to improve your company’s business combinations

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About Ben Gomes-Casseres
Ben Gomes-Casseres has been studying, teaching, and consulting on the strategy of business combinations for thirty years. His newest book is Remix Strategy: The Three Laws of Business Combinations (Harvard Business Review Press, 2015). Ben is a professor at the International Business School, Brandeis University (since 1995) and previously was a professor at Harvard Business School (1985-1995). Prior to that, he was an economist at the World Bank.
Ben has published five books and many academic and managerial articles. Ben speaks for and consults widely with companies seeking to create value from external resources and to improve the way they manage business partnerships. He holds degrees from Harvard, Princeton, and Brandeis. A native of Curaçao, he speaks four languages. Read More about Ben Gomes-Casseres

Resources for This Episode

* Read about Ben’s book — Remix Strategy: The Three Laws of Business Combinations
* Read about The Three Laws of Business Combinations — An Excerpt from “Remix Strategy”
* Read Ben’s blog: Personal Chemistry in Partnerships — Handle With Care
* Find out about senior executive’s surprising expectations and experiences of strategic alliances. Download our complimentary study report,
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August 09, 2017 Two Books for Creating New Opportunities in the Midst of Disruption [Episode B-13]

Download and listen-on-the-go to the 13th of 14 special episodes
What does it take to be the disruptor and not the disrupted? This series of special episodes provides clues. Scott and I are featuring our discussions about best-selling business books as well as our conversations with world-class business authors. (Links for Episodes 1 through 12 are under “Resources” below).
Download and listen on-the-go as Scott and I pair two books that, taken together, reflect our theme for this week: How mindset (and not talent) enables us to overcome challenges and respond to emerging opportunities.
You’ll gain insights on:

* Originals – How Non-conformists Move the World by Adam Grant – What it takes to become a successful “trailblazer”
* Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth – How grit can be learned regardless of IQ or circumstances
* Four immediately useful ideas we’ve developed to apply these concepts to yourself and your teams

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About Us
Pamela S. Harper is the Founding Partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., a strategic growth advisory firm based in Glen Rock, NJ. For more than 20 years, Pam has applied her gift for finding the hidden opportunities in every situation to helping clients in entrepreneurial, mid-market, and Fortune 500 companies across 30 industries create hundreds of millions of dollars of value in both top and bottom line growth.
Prior to founding BAI, Pam skyrocketed into the ranks of management by taking a progressive series of newly created organizational development positions in companies ranging from mid-market to Fortune 500 across multiple industries, all undergoing dramatic change and growth.
Pam has been quoted in, featured in, or written articles for prominent business media including Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, Chiefexecutive.net, CEO.com and other major media. Her book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock, has been used as a text in universities around the world.
D. Scott Harper, Ph.D., is Sr. Partner with Business Advancement Inc. Throughout his career Scott has devoted himself to understanding why things work the way they do, and how to apply those insights to create new value. Scott helps clients sift through complexity and take full advantage of opportunities by discovering the hidden side of everything.
Before joining BAI in 2010, Scott held a succession of increasingly accountable innovation positions in the consumer healthcare industry. Since then, he has been published and quoted in prominent business media outlets including Chief Executive Magazine, CEO.com, CEO World Magazine, and the IndUS Business Journal.

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August 02, 2017 Dramatically Increase Customer Value With More Powerful Partnering [Episode B-12]

Download and listen-on-the-go to the 12th of 14 special episodes
What does it take to be the disruptor and not the disrupted? This series of special episodes provides clues. Scott and I are featuring our discussions about best-selling business books as well as our conversations with world-class business authors. (Links for Episodes 1 through 11 are under “Resources” below).
This week we’re featuring our conversation with returning guest Jim Blasingame, “The Small Business Advocate”, about how small and large businesses can more effectively collaborate to create maximum customer value.
Jim is the author of the best-selling book The Age of the Customer®—Prepare for the Moment of Relevance. He is also the creator and award-winning host of the nationally syndicated weekday radio program, The Small Business Advocate Show® with Jim Blasingame. [Read more about Jim below]
You’ll gain insights about:

* Emerging trends in strategic partnering between smaller companies and larger companies
* How smaller companies can create a higher level of strategic relationship with larger partners
* Three actionable tips for increasing the effectiveness of large-company / small-company partnering

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About Jim Blasingame
Jim Blasingame, one of the world’s foremost experts on small business and entrepreneurship, is the creator and award-winning host of The Small Business Advocate® Show, the world’s only weekday radio talk show dedicated to small business, nationally syndicated since 1997. As of October 2015, his third book, The Age of the Customer® (2014) has sold over 60,000 copies.
Google ranks Jim as the #1 small business expert in the world. As a high-energy keynote speaker, Jim talks to small business audiences about how to compete in the 21st-century global marketplace, and he talks with large companies about how to speak small business as a second language. Read more about Jim Blasingame.

Resources for this Episode:

* Download the report of our study, “Building POWERFUL Strategic Alliances: How Companies of All Sizes Can Increase Their ROI“
* Download “5 Questions To Ask When You Need to Move Even Faster”
* Learn about Jim Blasingame’s book and special offers at The Age of the Customer®
* Learn More about The Small Business Advocate® Show, with Jim Blasingame
* Listen to previous episodes of our special summer series on “Being the Disrupter and Not the Disrupted”:
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July 26, 2017 Proven Ways to Become Smarter Faster and Better [Episode B-11]

Download and listen-on-the-go to the 11th of 14 special episodes
What does it take to be the disruptor and not the disrupted? This series of special episodes provides clues. Scott and I are featuring our discussions about best-selling business books as well as our conversations with world-class business authors. (Links for Episodes 1 through 10 are under “Resources” below).
This week we’re featuring our conversation with Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and author of the best-selling books The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better (see bio below).
Smarter Faster Better draws on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics – as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, FBI agents, airplane pilots, and Broadway songwriters.
You’ll gain insights on:

* The underlying principle connecting what it takes to maintain focus, make smarter decisions and increase innovation
* Stories that show how the most productive people view their world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways
* Three immediately actionable tips for being more productive in life and business

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About Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and author of best-selling books The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. He is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he has been a frequent contributor or guest on The Colbert Report, NPR’s This American Life, Frontline, and other programs. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children. (Photo credit: Elizabeth Alter) Read More about Charles Duhigg

Resources for This Episode

* Read about Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
* Read about The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
* Listen to previous episodes of our special summer series on “Being the Disrupter and Not the Disrupted”:

* Pam Harper & Scott Harper: Pam & Scott’s Book Pairing for Thinking Differently (Episode B-1)
* Guest Terence Mauri: Winning in the Age of Disruption: Secrets of the Leader’s Mindset (Episode B-2)
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