Make a Difference! – The Mentors Radio

In this episode, The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie talks with Guest Mentor Gorick Ng, who is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right. Gorick Ng is a career adviser at Harvard College, specializing in coaching first-generation, low-income students. He has worked in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group, investment banking at Credit Suisse, and is also a researcher with the Managing the Future of Work project at Harvard Business School.

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• BIO: https://www.acewomenscollective.com/speaker-bio/gorick-ng
• WEBSITE: http://www.gorick.com
• BOOK:
  • The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, by Gorick Ng

The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie today talks with legendary San Quentin Death Row Chaplain, the Rev. Earl Smith. Rev. Smith has been on our show before, but in case you didn’t notice it in his interview, we replay it for you today – Thanksgiving Weekend – because every part of his life and story echoes a life of Gratitude.

Even though his father was a preacher, Earl Smith chose a different path, for reasons you’ll hear in the interview. Got involved in gangs, in drug selling, and… eventually… was shot 6 times and left for dead.

That’s when a real-life miracle happened. He survived, but it wasn’t thought he’d pull through in the hospital. The miracle took place in the hospital — nothing outstanding or “showy,” but rather something interior, something deep, something he knew without doubt was beyond this world, which he credits to the prayers and faith of his father.

You’ll learn about all this and more — the surprising way he became the youngest Death Row chaplain EVER in history, the common sense ways he’s influenced and impacted inmates on Death Row as well a other prison chaplains… And more — Rev. Earl Smith is also the Chaplain of two well-known pro-sports teams the San Francisco Bay Area—the Golden State Warriors and the San Francisco 49ers. You’ll learn how he’s used his breadth of listening experience and prayerful wisdom to build and, in a sense, cross-polinate between pro athletes and Death Row criminals such fledgling virtues as Hope, Gratitude, Focus, Humility and a sense of Higher Purpose.

Don’t miss the personal story, journey and insights of Rev. Earl Smith as he talks with The Mentors Host Tom Loarie! Find Show Notes here. Listen to the radio podcast below. Listen on ANY podcast platform, on ANY device, including TuneIn, iHeart Radio, Google Play, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, etc. etc, — Chose your podcast platform here.

In today’s episode, The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie talks with Guest Mentor Salvatore Buscemi about how the top 0.001%—the wealthiest of the wealthy—invest their dollars, preserve their wealth and what they care about. You’ll also learn why that is useful information for any entrepreneur to know, and how to tap into this resource for your own ventures. Buscemi is the CEO and co-founder of Dandrew Partners, a private family investment firm, and he’s been working closely with these investors for years, ultimately authoring several books on the topic, including his latest book, Investing Legacy: How the .001% Invest.

Host Tom Loarie, has spent the past 45 years building healthcare companies from the ground up, and working with some of these unique investors along the way, so this is an exceptionally fascinating, insider conversation!

Creating a vision, building strong teams, developing plans and budgets to support precision execution in business are keys to success, but nothing can be achieved without capital, which makes this episode and interview exceptionally useful information for business owners and entrepreneurs.

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In this episode, Host Tom Loarie talks with George Randle, former U.S. Army Company Commander and Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition at Forcepoint, one of the nation’s premier cyber-security firms. He is also co-author of “The Talent War: How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent” (find a link to this book in our Show Notes).

Randle understands firsthand the exceptional leadership training of U.S. military vets and he and his team match each individual’s unique skills, personality and career interests with companies seeking exactly that match. He’s been helping place vets successfully for 20 years!

In this interview, Randle takes us inside his operations. You’ll learn what he means by “the war on talent.” You’ll also learn the Nine Core Character Attributes of a NAVY SEAL, and why these attributes provide a solid foundation for great organizations and great businesses, large or small. Find Show Notes here. After Saturday morning’s airing, listen to podcast below. Even Better, don’t miss an episode and sign up for the FREE podcast here — on any platform from Spotify and iTunes to Google Play and much more.

In this episode, legendary chaplain Rev. Earl Smith talks with Host Tom Loarie about his life-changing experiences and what matters most in life. Earl Smith is the youngest person ever to be hired (in 1983, at the age of 27) to serve hardened Death Row inmates at notorious, maximum security San Quentin prison. He’s still serving Death Row inmates there — more than 38 years!

He’s also the long-time, much-praised chaplain for several Pro sports teams, including the San Francisco 49ers and the Golden State Warriors. Rev. Smith is often asked to appear on radio and TV shows, including CNN, CBS Morning News, HBO, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel and more. He’s been featured in Newsweek, Ebony, Christianity Today, Time magazine, People’s Weekly, Guidepost, The African Americans and many more.

In 2020, Chaplain Smith was named “National Correctional Chaplain of the Year.” He was awarded two Angel awards for excellence in Media, to name just a few of many honors received.

But Earl Smith sure didn’t start out as chaplain material! In fact, raised in the town of Stockton, California, he spent his teen years honing his criminal drug activity….until one day he found himself alone and on the ground, having been shot six times and left to die. His father, a preacher and pastor prayed and loved him back to life in the hospital and prophetically told Earl: “You are a rebel, but you are God’s rebel and he’s going to use you to his glory.”

PURE INSPIRATION! Find Show Notes here (where you’ll also find a link to Earl’s book, Death Row Chaplain: Unbelievable True Stories from America’s Most Notorious Prison. 

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Sportscasters talk about “impact players,” those who really stand out in their athleticism and also their character, who make a team perform at their peak, take the lead, bring it home. But impact players don’t just exist in the realm of sports. They’re in every aspect of our lives, career and business.

Renown leadership coach, best-selling author and today’s Guest Mentor Liz Wiseman, talks with The Mentors Radio Host Tom Loarie about impact players, what sets them apart, what motivates them, the rewards they receive that keep them top of their game, and how you and I can become impact players in our own way and in our own environment at work, home and play.

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In this legacy episode, Host Tom Loarie talks with Jim Horan, who sadly passed away in 2019. Jim founded the One Page Business Plan company after nearly two decades in senior level financial positions with Shaklee Corporation and Bayer Pharmaceuticals. His mission was to create transformative change in the business and non-profit worlds. His book, which was published in 1998, sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into several languages. It has been one of the best-selling business books on Amazon ever since.

Over the past 25 years, his company has helped thousands of businesses achieve sustainable cash flow and profit growth. He regularly addressed audiences across the North America, helping business owners and CEOs systematically make their business is more profitable. It is a privilege to bring you this exclusive interview with Jim Horan.

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In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Tom Loarie talks with David Siegel, the dynamic CEO of MeetUp.com about the critical importance of community—in life, in work, in everything we do! He also shares useful insights about adaptability in life and work situations. Not to mention, his interesting journey to becoming CEO of MeetUp, why it works and more. Find Show Notes here. Listen to radio podcast below or sign up and listen to the radio podcast on literally ANY platform here.

In today’s episode, world-renown business advisor to Jeff Bezos and other corporate CEOs — the humble and brilliant Ram Charan talks with Host Tom Loarie about the new rules of competition today and how to stay ahead with YOUR business.

Ram Charan is a constant student of how to gain an edge in business and his principles work for every business, regardless of location, product(s) and circumstances.

Yes, Ram holds a doctorate in corporate governance from Harvard Business School, along with other degrees and studies, but it his humility, his ongoing and incisive observations and his seasoned ability to identify changes and trends—in economies, corporate transactions and productivity, and principles of consistent success—that really set him apart.

The world changes constantly. Ram notices.

Fortune Magazine calls Ram Charan “the most influential consultant alive,” thanks to a reputation earned through more than thirty years of wise counsel to the top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time. 32 books, more than 4 million copies and 4 best sellers.  

His 32 books have sold more than 4 million copies and include 4 of the best-selling business books of all time, one of which he co-authored with Larry Bossidy, Execution. His latest book “Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age” is destined to be another best-seller.

Today, the rules of competition are changing, and changing FAST. This is a historical pivot for business. How do we succeed, ride the wave and prosper? Ram Charan delivers six new rules to prosper in today’s digital age, regardless of the size of your business.

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HAVE YOU EVER MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY IN BUSINESS OR LIFE BECAUSE YOU MISSED READING THE TEA LEAVES? In this episode, The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie talks with two well-known Deloitte strategy experts Steven Goldbach and Geoff Tuff on how to recognize and seize opportunity in the face of uncertainty. In their work with many companies over the years, Steven and Geoff have developed great insights on missing opportunities in business — and life — by acting tentatively in the face of uncertainty instead of taking action. There is so much more to this very dynamic, important and insightful “mentoring.” Show notes and more will be posted after the show broadcast on Saturday, including a podcast of the radio broadcast. Never miss an episode by subscribing here.