Know and build on strengths – The Mentors Radio

BIG DATA Scientist Dr. John Feland, CEO of Argus Insights joins The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie to discuss the use of BIG DATA to predict the adoption of new products and services, which is critical to successful sales and business growth. You’ll also learn how Big Data will continue to transform your business and careers. Find Show Notes here. Listen to the show below. Listen by podcast on ANY device (iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, GooglePlay, TuneIn, etc.) here.

This weekend guest mentor Clint Severson shares hard-earned secrets gained from radically transforming a publicly traded company that was in a death spiral, bleeding cash and failing fast, into a $2 billion acquision. Host Tom Loarie ferrets out how Clint built a high-performance team in the rough and tumble healthcare diagnostics field. Clint joined a young, publicly-held Abaxis Inc. when it was losing money on $6 million in sales. His focus on company culture and well-crafted compensation programs transformed the failing company into an empowered team that — over the next 22 years — radically grew to become a major success story. Abaxis was acquired in 2018 for $2 billion by Zoetis.  Hear the inside transformation story first-hand… Find Show Notes here. Listen below or by podcast on any device here.

What do John Paul II, Mother Teresa, Mick Jagger, Bono, Ella Fitzgerald, and U.S. Presidents Ronald Regan, Bush and Clinton have in common? The answer is: Michael Collopy, one of the nation’s pre-eminent portrait photographers. Host Tom Loarie talks with Mr. Collopy about lessons learned, business success, humility, and the power of listening and observing in any walk of life. Find Show Notes here. Listen below, or by podcast here.

This weekend guest mentor Clint Severson shares hard-earned secrets gained from radically transforming a publicly traded company that was in a death spiral, bleeding cash and failing fast, into a $2 billion acquision. Host Tom Loarie ferrets out how Clint built a high-performance team in the rough and tumble healthcare diagnostics field. Clint joined a young, publicly-held Abaxis Inc. when it was losing money on $6 million in sales. His focus on company culture and well-crafted compensation programs transformed the failing company into an empowered team that — over the next 22 years — radically grew to become a major success story. Abaxis was acquired in 2018 for $2 billion by Zoetis.  Hear the inside transformation story first-hand… Find Show Notes here. Listen below or by podcast on any device here.

Ethical Leadership and putting people first makes all the difference, and no one knows that better than Dan Hesse, the former Sprint CEO who was brought in to turn the company around. He succeeded, radically turning Sprint from a headlong downward spiral to being ranked #1 in shareholder return. It was not easy. But he hit the ground running through amazing focus and ethical leadership. Named one of the Top Ten most inspirational turnaround leaders of all time, former SPRINT CEO Dan Hesse shares his hard-earned insights with you in a candid, down-to-earth conversation with host Tom Loarie. Find Show Notes here. Listen to radio episode below, or by podcast – on any device or app – here.

Is it true that career and life success is just a byproduct of a life well-lived? In this episode of The Mentors Radio Show, host Tom Loarie talks with guest mentor August Turak, a highly successful entrepreneur and author of Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity. Topics of discussion include self-sufficiency, transformation and authenticity.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen to episode below or by podcast here.

Tom Dooley delivers life lessons and learnings few have the privilege to experience, let alone hear. Host Ric Brutocao brings out these lessons in this episode. As a double Olympiad Dooley earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in 1968 in Mexico City and again, in 1972, in Munich, Germany: Two especially historic Olympics, for very different reasons. Racewalking is an endurance sport. Interestingly, the self-discipline, humility, insights and lessons one gains from training for any athletic adventure—especially for elite-level endurance racing—spills over into every aspect of one’s life, even business and work. Few athletes are also good teachers.  Tom Dooley is both great athlete and great teacher, as many of his students will attest. Not only was he a high school history teacher and record-breaking racewalker athlete, he also served for 25 years as National Coach for the Leukemia and Lymphoma’s Team in Training program. Talk about mentoring! Why not learn from the best?! Listen below or by podcast here.

Guest Dan McClory, president and head of China equity investments for Boustead Securities, talks with The Mentors Radio Show Host Ric Brutocao about China from an extensive and fascinating, first-hand business and investment perspective. He delivers lessons learned and insights gleaned from his own business journey and talks about a new opportunity, a new system, that can help smaller companies achieve IPO faster than previously thought possible. Find Show Notes here. Listen below, or sign up for Podcast here.

If you’ve ever wondered how entrepreneurs secure super-star investor funding, or how to secure any funding for your business or idea, today’s episode is for you. One thing everyone knows: It all begins with crafting a strong “pitch.” But you’ll learn more from the show. Host Tom Loarie digs deep with guest Dave Mosby, author of The Paradox of Excellence, a well-known, well-respected figure among Kieretsu and other Angel Investment groups, and the founder of E2i Academy, an entity dedicated to coaching and helping entrepreneurs perform at their highest level and, if desired, to secure investor funding through crafting and delivering winning pitches. It is truly fascinating, and you’ll learn a lot about pursuing your own business and dreams as well.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen below or Sign up for podcast – FREE!

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, other recessessions, ups and downs, through more than five generations, it’s a rare and beautiful thing!  Guest Bob Verdin of The Verdin Company—an East Coast company that has been and repairing bells and tower clocks for a very long time—talks with Host John Phillips about his passion for the business after all these years, and for what his role is. Bob reveals some of the secret sauce that will likely keep this five-generation (going on six-generation) business alive and thriving. You’ll also learn about some of his most interesting projects, including restoring a bell originally cast by Paul Revere!  Find Show Notes here, including fascinating short videos. Listen to episode below or sign up for podcast on any media.