Read to Lead Podcast

Leading projects thinker Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez looks at how some leading companies, governments, schools, and universities have already embraced projects as the way to deliver on their strategy and ambitions.

If you run a business, at one point or another you’ve probably said to yourself when facing some obstacle ahead of you, “What would Amazon do if they were in this situation?” Or maybe, “What would Jeff Bezos do?” One person who is uniquely qualified to answer that question is my guest on the show […]

In Think Like Amazon, former Amazon executive John Rossman, who launched and scaled Amazon Marketplace, gives business leaders the ultimate playbook on how to "think like Amazon" and succeed in the digital age, with an inside look at the authentic beliefs, leadership principles, and techniques used to build and manage the dynamic business we all admire, if not fear, today.

If you’ve followed me even for a few months, you probably know that one of my favorite topics is the changing world of work. In fact, in late April, I hosted an online conference called the Boss-Free Virtual Summit, an event whose purpose was to help as many as possible discover all that is available […]

Traditional full-time employment is disappearing. Increasingly, in its place are short-term assignments, contract work, and freelance jobs - the gig economy. Are you ready?

As I take some time off to visit with family, I decided to create this special encore episode just for you. If you’re new or relatively new to the podcast, chances are good you’ve not experienced Episode #200 before. And if you’ve missed Episode #200, you’re even less likely to have heard the five interviews […]

As I take some time away with family, I've prepared this encore episode especially for you. It originally published as Episode 200 of Read to Lead, which itself takes a look back of five special interviews. Enjoy!

Every month for the past two-plus years, I’ve been meeting with members of my online book club to talk through the most recent book we’ve gone through together. Last month, that book was one whose focus is on productivity. But not just any kind of productivity system. No. This productivity book gets right what so […]

In this episode, I share the insights and ideas I gleaned from reading Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt. It's one of the most practical books I've read in quite some time.

When a publicist recently reached out to me about the book I’m featuring today, I almost passed on it. I was in a hurry (and I get a lot of requests). But then I reread the email and realized who the author and his company have worked with. Folks like GE, Nike, Warby Parker, and […]