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  • Disrupt Yourself: A Powerful Idea For Succeeding in Unexpected Ways [Episode 41]

    How do the principles of disruptive innovation apply to personal change and growth?
    Find out by listening on-the-go to our conversation with Whitney Johnson, widely acknowledged as the leading thinker on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work, just published in October, 2015.
    Whitney co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a boutique investment firm, with Clayton Christensen, and was an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for eight consecutive years, including at Merrill Lynch. She and her work have been been covered in The Atlantic, BBC, CNN, Fast Company, the Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, and more. (see more in Whitney’s bio below).
    Find out:

    * How self-disruption can be a powerful tool for professional and personal growth
    * How using the “S-curve” model of growth can guide you to unexpected heights of success
    * Three immediately useful ideas for activating your own personal disruption and realizing your dreams





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    About Whitney Johnson
    Whitney Johnson is the leading thinker on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption, and she is the author of the critically-acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. She co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a boutique investment firm, with Clayton Christensen, and was an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for eight consecutive years, including at Merrill Lynch. She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and is also the author of the book Dare, Dream Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream (2012).
    Whitney has been widely recognized for her contributions, including being named a Future Thinker Finalist by management Thinkers50 in 2013, and was one of Fortune’s 55 Most Influential Women on Twitter in 2014. Whitney is also the co-founder of the Forty Over 40 list, recognizing women who are reinventing, disrupting, and making an impact. Find out more about Whitney Johnson.

    Resources for This Episode

    * Find out more about Disrupt Yourself  — order on Amazon.com
    * Read Whitney Jonson’s articles in Harvard Business Review
    * Take Advantage of our special Holiday Offer for buying Preventing Strategic Gridlock


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  • Pam & Scott’s Holiday Book Pairings for Accelerating Success in 2016

    What will it take to successfully address uncertainties in the coming year? In time for holiday reading and gift-giving, we reprise our popular “book pairing” format! Just as fine wines taste better when paired with complimentary foods that bring out their nuances, a great way to gain even more perspectives on any issue is to read complementary […]

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  • Pam & Scott’s Holiday Book Pairings for Accelerating Success in 2016 [Episode 40]

    What will it take to successfully address uncertainties in the coming year?
    In time for holiday reading and gift-giving, we reprise our popular “book pairing” format!
    Just as fine wines taste better when paired with complimentary foods that bring out their nuances, a great way to gain even more perspectives on any issue is to read complementary books – either sequentially or at the same time in alternating sips.
    We discuss pairs of books in three themes: 

    * Embracing the power of uncertainty
    * Finding opportunities to succeed in unexpected ways
    * Developing new habits for balancing collaboration and competition




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    Pamela S. Harper is founding partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc. She is an internationally recognized expert on business performance, an acclaimed author, and a professional speaker. She is author of the Critically acclaimed book,  Preventing Strategic Gridlock®: Leading Over, Under & Around Organizational Jams to Achieve High Performance Results
     
    D. Scott Harper, Ph.D.,  is Sr. Partner with Business Advancement Inc. He is an internationally recognized innovation expert with a unique ability to blend technical and business insights. With a commitment to innovation, Scott has helped clients overcome “organizational inertia,” enabling them to become faster and more effective, gaining millions in top and bottom line growth.
     

    Resources for This Episode

    * Take Advantage of our special Holiday Offer for buying Preventing Strategic Gridlock
    * Listen to some of Pam & Scott’s previous episodes:

    * Pam & Scott’s Six Must-read Business Books for the Summer (our first book pairing)
    * What Can You Do To Accelerate Major Transformation?


    * Read about Superforecasting
    * Read about Losing the Signal
    * Read about The Innovator’s Dilemma
    * Read about Disrupt Yourself
    * Read about Friend & Foe...
    30 min
  • The CEO as Chief Cultural Officer

    What does it mean to truly embrace the role of “Chief Cultural Officer”? Find out by listening on the go to our conversation with Julie Sue Auslander, President and Chief Cultural Officer of cSubs, a highly successful woman-owned business that manages subscription programs for leading corporate and professional subscribers. Among their many honors and awards for customer […]

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  • The CEO as Chief Cultural Officer – A Case Study [Episode 39]

    What does it mean to truly embrace the role of “Chief Cultural Officer”?
    Find out by listening on the go to our conversation with Julie Sue Auslander, President and Chief Cultural Officer of cSubs, a highly successful woman-owned business that manages subscription programs for leading corporate and professional subscribers.
    Among their many honors and awards for customer service, innovation, and growth over the years, cSubs is one of the few companies that Inc. magazine has named among its 5000 Fastest Growing Companies for more than 6 years in a row, beginning in 2008. (see more in Julie’s bio below)
    Find out:

    * How Julie created a customer-centric and employee focused culture that drives her company’s performance
    * How cSubs employees across the organization translate vision and values into meaningful action
    * Three immediately useful ideas Julie has used for shaping and reinforcing cSubs’ strong cultural values





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    About Julie Sue Auslander
    Julie Sue Auslander is President and Chief Cultural Officer of cSubs. CSubs is a highly successful middle market, woman-owned business that manages subscription programs for leading corporate and professional subscribers. It’s one of the few companies that Inc. magazine has named among its 5000 Fastest Growing Companies for more than 6 years in a row, beginning in 2008.
    Both cSubs and Julie have received many other honors, including being named to the Women’s Enterprise list of top business enterprises in the U.S., and receiving the 2015 ACG New Jersey Corporate Growth Award.
    In addition to leading cSubs, Julie sits on the advisory board of the Center for Women and Enterprise, and on the Leadership Forum of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, an organization of more than 12,000 woman-owned companies. Read more about Julie Auslander.

    Resources for This Episode

    * Find out more about cSubs
    * Read Julie’s Fast Company Blog


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    © 2015. Growth Igniters and Growth Igniters Radio are service marks of Business Advancement, Inc. All Growth Igniters Radio episodes are copyrighted productions of Business Advancement, Inc., intended for the private use of our audience. Except as otherwise provided by copyright law, all other uses, including copying, editing, redistribution, and publication without prior written consent of Business Advancement, Inc. are prohibited. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Opinions expressed by our guests are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of Business Advancement Inc.
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  • CEOs: Now You’re the Futurist

    Leading into the future isn’t what it used to be    Regardless of the size of your company, listen to Episode 38 as we welcome back Jim Blasingame, author of the best-selling book The Age of the Customer®—Prepare for the Moment of Relevance. Jim is also the creator and award-winning host of the nationally syndicated weekday radio program, The Small […]

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    30 min
  • CEOs: Now You’re the Futurist [Episode 38]

    Leading into the future isn’t what it used to be   
    Regardless of the size of your company, listen to Episode 38 (buttons below) as we welcome back Jim Blasingame, author of the best-selling book The Age of the Customer®—Prepare for the Moment of Relevance. Jim 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]
    Find out:

    * Why the role of “chief futurist”  is an accountability CEOs can’t delegate
    * How focusing on your competition can mask signals about what is important to your customers
    * Three actionable strategies for honing your futurist skills and becoming indispensable to customers





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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.

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    Resources for this Episode:

    * 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


    © 2015. Growth Igniters and Growth Igniters Radio are service marks of Business Advancement, Inc. All Growth Igniters Radio episodes are copyrighted productions of Business Advancement, Inc., intended for the private use of our audience. Except as otherwise provided by copyright law, all other uses, including copying, editing, redistribution, and publication without prior written consent of Business Advancement, Inc. are prohibited. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Opinions expressed by our guests are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of Business Advancement Inc.

    30 min

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Growth Igniters® Radio is the award-winning executive leadership podcast for CEOs, C-suite teams, and board directors who are reimagining leadership for transformational growth. Since 2015, hosts Pam…