Know and build on strengths – The Mentors Radio

How do you find happiness amid pain and chaos? Megan Metcalfe, a vibrant young sales and development professional, has some answers. She should know.  Just 10 years ago she was struck down with Stage 3 cancer, lymphoma, during her junior year of high school. It turned her life upside down. But that life-threatening journey of ups and downs made her strong and wise beyond her years, and she continues to apply the lessons she’s learned—lessons she will share with us—to her daily life and professional career.  Once we recognize that limited time is remaining, Megan says, we are less driven by ego or by what other people think of us. Instead, we are driven by what our hearts really want. It frees us to abandon fear and to instead find greater purpose and satisfaction in the time we have remaining.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen to radio podcast below or sign up for podcasts – any platform or device!

The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie talks with Allan Cox, who is a seasoned master at leading CEOs, teams and business leaders of all types to unlock their hidden potential and soar forward.  In this episode you’ll learn tips and resources to uncover the critical impact of discovering what pulls YOU forward, and how understanding this component can radically change and improve your trajectory, and ultimately your sense of fulfillment and happiness in life and in work.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen below….

Named one of the Top Ten most inspirational turnaround leaders of all time, former SPRINT CEO Dan Hesse shares his hard-earned insights gained by leading SPRINT from the edge of the abyss to being ranked #1 in shareholder return for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in a candid interview with The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen to show episode below or via podcast (podcast available on the right).

Each week you hear them interviewing other leaders, now get to know CEO mentor hosts Ric Brutocao, John Phillips and Tom Loarie in a way you never heard before. Learn what motivates each of them, learn their individual principles for success and even some of their failures, and enjoy some fun exchanges. You’ll also hear guest JW, a 26-year-old young professional, ask for advice about career growth and life balance, and receiving some great advice! To ask the mentors a question, leave a message by phone or email, for details go to thementorsradio.com/contact.  Listen to the show below:

The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie talks with award-winning Public Relations Pioneer Harold Burson on the winds of change over the last 70 years.  Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other social media outlets have transformed how potential buyers are influenced to perceive and purchase goods and services. Named “the century’s most influential PR figure” by PRWeek, Harold Burson has spent more than 50 years as counselor to and confidante of corporate CEOs, government leaders and heads of public sector institutions. As winner of numerous industry honors; a generous supporter of organizations and charities; a mentor to many; and co-founder of the largest public relations agency in the world today, Burson-Marsteller, Harold is a truly singular figure in the world of public relations. In this episode he and Tom discuss Harold’s new book, Persuasion, and what’s changed over the years in public relations. Find Show Notes here.  Listen below (after the first Saturday morning show has aired)

Guest Chris Smith talks with The Mentors Radio host John Phillips about the critical importance of telling your story well — a behind-the-scenes, close-up look at the most fundamental of all principles in knock-it-out-of-the-ballpark, client-attracting branding. He calls the results The Campfire Effect… and it is POWERFUL!… but you’ll have to listen to find out why, and how it applies to you and your business.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen below..

Ken Strottman, founder and CEO of Strottman International, former VP at Mattel Toys, has one of the most engaging career journeys you could imagine. He’s brought toy marketing campaigns to life for clients such as Wendy’s, Lowes, Chick-Fil-A, Leap Frog, Kroger, Holiday Inn, Red Robin, CostCo, Chevron and many more.  In this episode, The Mentors Radio Show host Ric Brutocao brings out all the interesting and sometimes very funny twists and triumphs along the way.  Ken’s journey is a real testimony to “follow your heart,” “do what you do best,” “Persevere no matter what,” and stay absolutely true to your ethical and moral compass along the way…. and ultimately reach a better reality than you could have possibly imagined at the beginning! Find Show Notes here.  Listen below.

The Mentors host Tom Loarie talks with authors and innovators Kim Christfort and Suzanne Vickberg, Ph.D. (aka Dr. Suz) who lead the development of Business Chemistry® (also the title of their book). This is cutting-edge innovation for the workplace. Deloitte teamed with scientists from the fields of neuro-anthropology and genetics to develop a system that leverages modern computational techniques to bring a data-driven approach to observing and understanding differences in people’s business styles. Kim and Dr. Suz will talk about how Business Chemistry works to reveal patterns of behavior to improve workplace dynamics.  Christfort is the national managing director of The Deloitte Greenhouse Experience team, which helps executives tackle tough business challenges through immersive, facilitated Lab experiences, and client experience IP such as Business Chemistry. Dr. Vickberg is The Deloitte Greenhouse Experience team’s social-personality psychologist. Find Show Notes here. Listen below (or on any of the podcast platforms including iTunes, GooglePlay, and more)

Savvy business sense and making a positive cultural difference define Origin Entertainment CEO and executive film producer Dick Lyles. Host Ric Brutocao gives you a fun, provocative, riveting, inspiring — and sometimes challenging — engagement as Dick Lyles gives us a look behind the scenes (literally) of running a Hollywood film production studio, the beauty of sticking to ethical principles no matter what, and the practical application and benefits of wise business decisions and choices along the way. See Show Notes here

The Mentors radio host Tom Loarie talks with guests two “Top Guns,” Lt. Colonel Peter Smith, USAF, Ret. and Colonel David Smith USAF, Commander of the 419th Fighter Wing about their passion, career, discipline and training.  Both guests are U.S. Air Force Academy graduates, experienced A-10, F-16 and F-35 fighter pilots, combat veterans having served in the Serbian and Middle East combat zones, and real-life brothers. Today Lt. Col. Peter Smith lives in Wellington, Florida, and is a Captain for Jet Blue. Colonel David Smith serves as Commander for the 419th Fighter Wing at the Hill Air Force Base in Utah.