Make a Difference! – The Mentors Radio

In today’s episode, The Mentors Radio Host Dan Hesse talks with Robert (Bob) McDonald, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, remarkable former Chairman, President and CEO of The Proctor & Gamble Company, and a U.S. Army Veteran who served with distinction in the 82nd Airborne Division.

Few have been trained in leadership at an elite military academy such as West Point and then applied and evolved their leadership skills throughout their careers across the “grand slam” of organization structures: Military, government, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and the private sector as has today’s guest mentor, Robert A. (Bob) McDonald.
Bob was nominated by President Obama to serve as the eighth Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) where he led the VA and its roughly 400,000 employees on an ambitious transformational journey to become a world-class service provider and the No. 1 customer-service agency in the Federal government to give Veterans consistent, high-quality experiences.
Before joining the VA, Bob was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of one of the world’s largest companies, Procter & Gamble (P&G). During his tenure, P&G was widely recognized for its leader development prowess, with Chief Executive Magazine naming P&G the best company for developing leader talent.
Bob graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and he earned his MBA from the University of Utah in 1978.
An Army Veteran, Bob served with the 82nd Airborne Division. He completed Jungle, Arctic, and Desert Warfare Training, and he earned the Ranger tab, Expert Infantryman Badge, and Senior Parachutist Wings. He received the Meritorious Service Medal upon leaving military service, and Bob currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the West Point Association of Graduates.

ROBERT A. (BOB) McDONALD:

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with the Mentor’s Mentor, Scott Jeffrey Miller. Together they delve into the secrets of effective leadership and mentorship to provide you with powerful tools and a roadmap for how to become a leader who makes a significant difference for the good in the lives of others. That said, Miller is “real,” down-to-earth and easy to relate to and understand. As Scott’s website puts it “Scott is a mess. But unlike most, he owns it! He fundamentally believes we learn more from our messes than from our successes. He uses his messes to not just teach himself, but also to inspire leaders from a variety of backgrounds all around the world.” Scott, a Wall Street Journal best-selling author, has penned six influential books, including his latest, THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO Great MENTORSHIP: 13 Roles to Making a True Impact. He is also the voice behind the world’s largest weekly leadership podcast, “On Leadership with Scott Miller,” reaching thousands of aspiring leaders each week.

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Scott Jeffrey Miller:

In this episode, host Tom Loarie talks with guest mentor Ulrich Schmid-Maybach, whose great-grandfather, Wilhelm Maybach, designed the first high-speed internal combustion engine in 1883 and the first Mercedes car in 1901. Today the Mercedes Maybach is known to the most elite of car enthusiasts worldwide; the ultra-luxury car starts at $168,600. But this episode is not about luxury. It’s about super-innovation, building bridges from the past to the future, and mentoring others. Ulrich founded the Maybach Foundation in 2006 with the dual mission of honoring the history of ingenious designers and inventors Wilhelm and Karl Maybach and mentoring a new generation of innovators to follow their own inspirations. The Foundation’s motto is “Your best future is helping someone else find theirs.”

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ULRICH SCHMID-MAYBACH:

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Melissa Schilling, author of Quirky, professor of management and organization at New York University’s Stern School of Business, the Innovation Director for Stern’s Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation, and one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation strategy and the science of creativity. You’ll learn the science behind the convergence of the traits, foibles and genius of breakthrough innovators such as Madame Curie, Elon Musk, Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein. How do we recognize and nurture these in people we manage at work, in our children and in life? Find out!

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MELISSA SCHILLING:

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Dan Hesse talks with Michael Milken, whose lifelong commitment to finding faster cures for terminal illnesses, including cancer, has help improve the lives of countless children, adults and families over the past 50 years. Mike’s book, Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health, is his memoir of his work in this regard and is well-worth the read. This work, however, has paralleled his revolutionizing of capital markets by pricing and rewarding risk more efficiently, ultimately helping to create millions of jobs. Mike Milken has been uniquely successful in creating value, whether measured in lives saved (Fortune magazine called him “The Man Who Changed Medicine”), students inspired (Forbes said he is an education visionary) or jobs created. A UCBerkeley grad with highest honors and an MBA from Wharton where he was a Joseph Warton fellow, Mike and his wife, Lori, have been married 55 years and are proud of their three children and 10 grandchildren (so far). Hang on to your seats for a fast-paced, engaging, innovative and absolutely inspiring interview with plenty of “nuggets” that will help you to lead YOUR best life!

Mike’s philanthropy, which began in the 1970s and paralleled his business career, expanded in 1982 with the establishment of the Milken Family Foundation.  Mike is also chairman of the Milken Institute, an economic think tank that hosts more than 200 annual conferences and other events around the world. The Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University offers 30 degree options. The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream is slated to open in 2024.

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MIKE MILKEN:

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with Guest Mentor Stephen M.R. Covey, the international bestselling author and ethical business leader whose name is synonymous with leadership and trust. Covey reveals the practical and experiential wisdom behind his newest book, Trust and Inspire. You’ll learn the devastating consequences when there is a lack of trust in any organization, large or small. You’ll also learn how anyone—you—can help transform an organization, a situation, a team, even a family, into a vibrant, effective, meaningful and peaceful environment and ultimately how to unleash the greatness of others. LIFE-CHANGING lessons from a master mentor.

Stephen M. R. Covey is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The SPEED of Trust—The One Thing That Changes Everything. He is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which, under his stewardship, became the largest leadership development company in the world. Stephen personally led the strategy that propelled his father’s book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to become one of the two most influential business books of the 20th Century, according to CEO Magazine.

As President and CEO of Covey Leadership Center, Stephen nearly doubled revenues while increasing profits by 12 times. During that period, the company expanded throughout the world into over 40 countries, greatly increasing the value of the brand and enterprise. The company was valued at $2.4 million when Stephen was named CEO, and, within three years, he had grown shareholder value to $160 million in a merger he orchestrated with Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey.

Stephen co-founded CoveyLink, a consulting practice, which focuses on enabling leaders and organizations to increase and leverage trust to achieve superior performance. After many years of exceptional results and mentoring, Covey recently merged CoveyLink with FranklinCovey, forming the Global Speed of Trust Practice, where Stephen serves as Global Practice Leader.

STEPHEN M.R. COVEY:

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Conor Grennan, the head of Generative AI and Dean of Students at New York University’s Stern School of Business, a TEDx speaker and a #1 Inernatonal Best-selling author of Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal. In this episode, they discuss how ChatGPT, BARD, BING, their extensions and plug-ins can power your career and make you the go-to person for AI in business and life. … Prior to working at NYU, in search of adventure, a then-29-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, beginning with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children’s Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war—for a huge fee—by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, risking his life in the process. Grennan’s experience is captured in his international best-selling book (see below).

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CONOR GRENNAN:

In today’s episode, The Mentors Radio host Dan Hesse talks with Marc Andreessen, the outspoken technology visionary who believes that Artificial Intelligence will save the world. In this episode, Marc shares his advice for entrepreneurs, talks about how new fields such as cryptocurrency and The Metaverse will impact our lives. After co-creating the influential Mosaic Internet browser and co-founding Netscape, Marc led a remarkable career building new companies. As co-founder and general partner of venture capital firm Andreesen-Horowitz (also referred to as “a16z”), he continues to mentor many of today’s most successful tech entrepreneurs. A lifelong innovator and creator, Marc is one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion (BILLION!) people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Andreessen co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He also co-founded Loudcloud, which, as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018. Marc holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Coinbase, Dialpad, Flow, Golden, Honor, OpenGov and Samsara. He is also on the board of Meta.

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MARC ANDREESSEN:

In this episode, The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie talks with Adam Alter, New York University’s Stern School of Business “Professor of the Year,” TED Talk speaker, and author of Anatomy of a Breakthrough. As a renowned professor of marketing and psychology, Adam Alter has captivated audiences at the intersection of these two disciplines, shedding light on why we all feel stuck at some point in our lives. He’s a TED Talk speaker. Fortune 100 companies and NGOs consult with him. In this exceptional episode, learn what YOU can do to breakthrough when you feel trapped … whether it’s a thankless job, a difficult relationship, bad habits, loss and much more.

ADAM ALTER:

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, host Tom Loarie talks with Michael Collopy, an award-winning portrait photographer who—early in his career—studied under and worked with Ansel Adams. Collopy recounts what it was like to work with Adams, and what he learned from this master photographer. He also talks about his own journey, wonder, challenges and first-hand experiences….and about the incredible value of “listening.” The gems that Collopy shares in this interview are absolutely engaging, inspiring and applicable to anyone, regardless of their interests and talents.

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MICHAEL COLLOPY:

Architects of Peace, by Michael Collopy

Works of Love Are Works of Peace: Mother Teresa of Calcutta and the Missionaries of Charity, by Michael Collopy

Walking in Grace, by Alison Carlson (author) and Michael Collopy (photographer)