Know and build on strengths – The Mentors Radio

Most family companies don’t last beyond three generations, instead they sell out or die off. So when a family-owned company endures through the Great Depression, Economic downturns, ups and downs, through six generations, it’s a rare and beautiful thing!  In today’s show, Host John Phillips talks with Guest Bob Verdin of The Verdin Company—an East Coast company that has been making and repairing bells and tower clocks for more than 175 years. You’ll learn Bob’s passion for the business after all these years, and his passion for his role in the company. He shares some of the “secret sauce” that will keep this business alive and thriving far into the future. Why nimble innovation and a strong team are important, always. You’ll also learn about some of their most unusual projects, including restoring a bell originally cast by Paul Revere!  Find Show Notes here, including fascinating short videos of the company at work. Listen to episode below (posted after Saturday’s first airing) and Sign up for our FREE podcast to listen ANYtime on ANY media platform and ANY device!!

In today’s episode, Host Tom Loarie talks with job search experts and sisters Sue and Kelly Connelly regarding how to find a job in challenging times. In 1997, marketing communications consultant and founder of Connelly Communications, Sue Connelly, launched a simple email list to Keep In Touch with friends and clients. But soon after, as friends began experiencing layoffs, the list transitioned into a job opportunity lifeline for the friends. As job opportunities were shared with others, the list rapidly grew and Sue engaged her sister, Kelly, to transition the email list into a job board. Kelly is the principal and creative director of a San Francisco design and branding firm. Today the KIT List, named for it’s origins as a Keep In Touch list, boasts 67,000 free subscribers and is well-ranked among employeers seeking quality employees. Here are Show Notes. Radio podcast below. Listen to our radio podcast any time—on any platform—here.

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The Mentors Radio hosts Tom Loarie, Ric Brutocao and John Phillips are each successful, ethical CEOs and entrepreneurs in their own right, each hailing from three different industries. Together they deliver a powerful punch to those genuinely seeking how to succeed in business and life. In this episode, you’ll hear the real reasons each of these three outstanding and remarkable CEOs have a passion to help YOU succeed. Listen to the radio show podcast below. Sign up for FREE podcasts of the show here.

This weekend, The Mentors Host Tom Loarie (photo) talks with 20-year talent acquisition expert Kristen Sousa, the founder of Talent Squirrels. Prior to founding the career search firm, Kristen served in executive positions with Indeed.com, Robert Half, Monster and AccountTemps. When it comes to solving job search, career challenges, she knows what she’s talking about! The in-depth conversation covers both ends of the job / career search—how to figure out the root problems an employer may experience in struggling to attract employees and how to excel in landing a job you want! They also explore where we were before the pandemic, where we are today, and where we’re going. After the show first airs on Saturday morning, Find Show Notes Here. and Listen to podcast of the radio episode below. Subscribe to our FREE podcast of the radio show and listen as often as you like!

Business growth and branding expert Chris Smith talks with host John Phillips Jr. on how to transform your business or enterprise. He exposes the simple things that many businesses and entrepreneurs overlook or just assume. But these seemingly simple things can radically transform your business, and quickly. He covers storytelling, productive networking, taking time to understand “who” your business is and what sets you apart, and how to achieve success. Find Show Notes here. Listen to Radio podcast below AFTER IT AIRS SATURDAY MORNING. Sign up for The Mentors Radio FREE podcast here.

Are you struggling to lead—in your business, non-profit, place of worship, or at home? Today, Host Tom Loarie talks with guest mentor Harry Kraemer Jr., who is Northwestern’s Kellogg Professor of Leadership (named a favorite professor by students) and the former Chairman and CEO of Baxter International, where he worked for 23 years. Kraemer has written three books on values-based leadership. His strength, however, is not merely in knowledge and understanding of leadership, but in the ability to mentor others to lead well and to anchor all they do in the principles that matter most, putting people first. Find Show Notes here. Listen below. And sign up for our FREE podcasts—listen on any podcast platform, any time!

In this episode, NCAA and Tennis Hall of Fame athlete Roger Crawford talks with Host Tom Loarie about his remarkable journey in tennis and the wisdom he gained — and now shares with others daily — from achieving what most people thought was impossible. Born without hands, and only two fingers at the end of his left arm and one on his right, with three toes on his right foot and losing his left leg at age five, NO ONE imagined Roger Crawford would become the only person in U.S. history to become a U.S. Professional Tennis Association athlete, compete in a Division 1 College Sport with a disability, become a certified tennis professional, win the prestigious International Tennis Association’s prestigious achievement award and earn awards in tennis at the very highest level, including NCAA Division Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame for People with Disabilities, the last distinction which he shares with fellow honorees such as Christopher Reeves, Helen Keller and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Now he dedicates his career to helping others — you and me — achieve success. Find Show Notes here. Listen below. Sign up for FREE podcasts here–Listen on ANY platform, ANY time, ANYwhere!!

Today’s guest Chester Elton talks with The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie about the importance of appreciation in business and life. There’s no simpler way to boost employee performance and transform office culture—or to transform any other relationship or environment—than by showing genuine gratitude and appreciation. It’s inexpensive too! Chester is co-author of a just-released book, Gratitude, and of the best-selling books: The Carrot Principle, The Best Team Wins and All In. In this show, Chester talks about eight (8) simple ways managers can show employees that they are valued, which boosts employee morale, efficiency and productivity. You’ll learn these and other tips that can transform your business and life for the good! Find Show notes here. Listen below and Subscribe for FREE to the podcast here.

Is college for everyone? Join Host Tom Loarie this weekend on THE MENTORS as he talks with guest Mitch Pearlstein, former Director of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement for the U.S. Department of Education on how we got to believing that college is for everyone. Dr. Pearlstein is also founder and president emeritus of The American Experiment, and author of Education Roads Less Traveled. Even more, over the course of his life (so far), Pearlstein has worked in a homeless shelter, been an anti-war activist, a reporter, director of public relations for the University of Binghamton in NY at age 25, received his PhD in educational administration/ higher education, was a speech writer for a Minnesota Governor Albert H. Quie and wrote the governor’s biography, served four years as an editorial writer and columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, served two years in the U.S. Department of Education during the Regan and first Bush administrations, started and raised funds for an entreprenerial think tank in MN, and more. All that first-hand experience and vantage points has given Pearlstein plenty to say about today’s obsession with obtaining a four-year college degree. Find Show Notes here. Listen below, and Sign up for FREE podcast here.

Now in our 4th year, it’s always good to go back to our foundation — to peel back the outside layer and give you a first-hand, inside look at who are your three The Mentors hosts Ric Brutocao, Tom Loarie and John Phillips; what is their business journey, challenges, problems solved, and what are their reasons and passions for wanting YOU succeed in your business and dreams. They talk about why ethics and “doing the right thing”–regardless of the consequences or circumstances–ensures that whatever you do in life and business, you and your business will be trusted by those who matter to you and to your success. Listen to podcast of this radio episode below, or…. Sign up for FREE podcasts on ANY platform here. Submit questions for The Mentors here.