Inspire Greatness

In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Robyn Bolton, author and founder of MileZero. 

Robyn previously worked at Innosight, the consulting firm founded by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, BCG, and Procter & Gamble, where she helped develop and launch the Swiffer. She is the founder and Chief Navigator at MileZero, a consultancy that helps leaders use innovation to confidently and repeatedly grow business revenue.

Robyn is the author of the forthcoming book Unlocking Innovation: A Leader’s Guide for Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results. Her articles and perspectives have been featured in Fast Company, Harvard Business Review Online, The New York Times, and NPR’s Marketplace. 

During our discussion, Robyn explained her three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members:

1. Doing the opposite of your instincts
2. Being honest about what you are and aren’t willing to do
3. Walking the talk

If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/Robyn-Bolton-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/

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In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Debra Corey, Chief Pay It Forward Officer at DebCo HR. 

Debra is a highly experienced and award-winning consultant, world-class speaker, HR leader, and six-time author who has been named one of the top 101 global employee engagement influencers. 

She’s had a varied career, working for global companies such as Gap Inc., Quintiles, Merlin Entertainments, and Reward Gateway, where she developed and delivered HR strategies in a rebellious way, pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo to truly drive employee engagement.

Debra’s recent book Bad Bosses Ruin Lives: The Building Blocks for Being a Great Boss is a practical guidebook that helps aspiring great bosses recognize and overcome their bad-boss tendencies through actionable tips, tools, and models, ultimately leading to better management and enriched lives.

During our discussion, Debra explained her three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members:

1. Awareness - Becoming aware of the blind spots and traps we fall into that unintentionally cause us to take on bad boss traits.
2. Acceptance - Looking in the mirror and accepting our own individual bad boss traits so that we can take ownership of them.
3. Action - Taking the right actions and leveraging the right knowledge, skills, and tools to become great and overcome our bad boss traits. 

If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/Debra-Corey-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/

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In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Val Ries, founder of Executive Muse, an executive coaching and management training company. 

Through Executive Muse, Val coaches and trains high-impact leaders at startups, Fortune 500 companies, and small businesses. Her goal is to help them build powerful micro-cultures, increase productivity, decrease attrition, and improve employee engagement. 

Val is also the author of the best-selling book Chief Inspiration Officer: How to Lead the Team Everyone Wants to Be On.

During our discussion, Val explained her three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members:

1. Inspiring yourself first
2. Knowing what your team CRAVEs

• Connection/collaboration
• Reliability
• Appreciation
• Value - making impact
• Effective communication

3. Gaining clarity on your real ideal

If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/val-ries-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/

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In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Claudius Hildebrand, a consultant at Spencer Stuart who specializes in CEO performance and leadership advisory services.

Claudius is recognized as an award-winning author and contributes regularly to the Harvard Business Review. His work is often referenced in leading publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and the Financial Times.

He is also the author of The Life Cycle of a CEO: The Myths and Truths of How Leaders Succeed, which he co-authored with Robert J. Stark. The book explores the anticipated challenges and successes that CEOs encounter throughout their leadership journey.

During our discussion, Claudius explained his three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members:

1. Planting flags and building roads
2. Giving up control to be in control
3. Playing to win or avoiding to lose

If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/Claudius-Hildebrand-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/

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In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Jen Thornton, founder and CEO of 304 Coaching. 

304 Coaching is a business consulting company that helps organizations by expanding the positive impact of progressive leadership.

During our discussion, Jen explained her three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members—understanding how social change drives the evolution of leadership, developing the ability to self author, and becoming a creative leader, rather than a reactive leader. 

If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/jen-thornton-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/

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In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Genevieve Piturro, founder of Pajama Program, a nonprofit that helps children facing adversities have the tools they need for better bedtimes.

She’s also the author of Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection, and Lead with Meaning, a book in which she describes her journey of listening to and following her true calling.

During our discussion, Genevieve explained her three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members: listening to your heart voice, being a cheerleader for those on your team, and realizing that, "It's not the power of one that changes things; it's the power of one another that moves mountains and moves people."

If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/genevieve-piturro-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/

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In the latest episode, I had an insightful conversation with Sunil Rajasekar, the CEO of Billtrust.

Billtrust is a cutting-edge financial services organization that provides cloud-based software and comprehensive payment processing solutions. Their goal is to enable finance teams to drive growth and to provide guidance and inspiration to businesses.

Sunil brings over 20 years of experience in the business software industry. Before leading Billtrust, he was the President of Mindbody, a prominent experience technology platform serving the fitness, wellness, and beauty sectors. Prior to that, Sunil held key roles as a General Manager at eBay and the CTO of Lithium Technologies. Additionally, he actively invests in and advises startups.

During our conversation, Sunil delved into his personal journey, sharing how he grappled with leadership challenges as a VP and how he realized the importance of adopting a leadership mindset as he transitioned to senior leadership.

This realization ultimately led him to develop the 8 tenets of leadership, which define his aspirations as a leader and provide support to other leaders within his organization.

If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/sunil-rajasekar-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/

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In this episode, I talked with Kendra Davenport, CEO of Easterseals.

Easterseals is a disability services organization that envisions all people having choices and opportunities to reach their potential. 

Since 2022 Kendra has served as President and CEO of Easterseals and has also held other leadership positions at organizations such as Operation Smile, the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation, and Africare.

In this episode, she’ll share how her tendency to be a control freak caused her all sorts of problems while she was serving as chief of staff at Africare and how she solved those problems and went on to be very successful as a leader, now serving as the CEO of Easterseals.  

If you would like to read the show notes on this episode you can find them on my website:

https://matttenney.com/kendra-davenport-on-inspire-greatness

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In this episode we talked with former Weather Channel VP and author, Louis Gump.

Louis is the former head of CNN Mobile as well as the former VP of mobile at The Weather Channel. During his time with these organizations, he was responsible for several innovations within both companies, and is responsible for shepherding both The Weather Channel and CNN into becoming two of the most visited mobile destinations in the U.S.

In this episode, Louis is going to share about his time as the head of Mobile at the Weather Channel when he faced what seemed to be an impossible deadline to ship a product.

If you would like to read the show notes on this episode you can find them on our website, Business Leadership Today:

https://businessleadershiptoday.com/louis-gump-on-the-business-leadership-today-podcast

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In this episode I talked with global entrepreneur, two-time author, speaker, investor, and adviser, Henry Peniix

Henry is the co-founder and executive chairman of Soaak Technologies, an organization that aims to optimize health and wellness by using a whole-person approach that includes brain mapping, thermal imaging, pathogen testing, and more.

In this episode, Matt and Henry discuss the struggles of securing funding as a young entrepreneur as well as how adversity taught Henry to shift his focus in communication towards creating mutual benefit for all parties involved.

If you would like to read the show notes on this episode you can find them on our website, Business Leadership Today:

https://businessleadershiptoday.com/henry-penix-on-the-business-leadership-today-podcast

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