The Action Catalyst

David Burkus is a best-selling author, an award-winning podcaster, and associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. His latest book, Under New Management, challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don’t work — and reveals what does. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. David is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and Inc.

Show Highlights:

"Great leaders don't innovate the product, they innovate the factory." - Dane AtkinsonA boost in moral happens when mutual trust is formed. @davidburkusWe are living in a 24/7 World and it is killing us. @davidburkusAre we overloading our people with too much communication? @davidburkusLeaders should be in the business of elimination. @davidburkusWhat things block your people from doing their best work? How do I eliminate them? @davidburkus“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” – William GibsonAs a company, don’t neglect the small things. @davidburkus

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

David Burkus is a best-selling author, an award-winning podcaster, and associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. His latest book, Under New Management, challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don’t work — and reveals what does. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. David is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and Inc.

Show Highlights:

"Great leaders don't innovate the product, they innovate the factory." - Dane AtkinsonA boost in moral happens when mutual trust is formed. @davidburkusWe are living in a 24/7 World and it is killing us. @davidburkusAre we overloading our people with too much communication? @davidburkusLeaders should be in the business of elimination. @davidburkusWhat things block your people from doing their best work? How do I eliminate them? @davidburkus“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” – William GibsonAs a company, don’t neglect the small things. @davidburkus

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Personal Development’s breakthrough power couple, Preston Smiles and Alexi Panos, have supported thousands of people who have dramatically changed their lives by participating in the various programs and workshops they teach all over the world, including their groundbreaking 12-week online training program The Bridge Method, and the popular workshop The Bridge Experience. As agents of change, passion and possibility, they both founded their own movements that inspire and empower people worldwide, including Preston’s Love Mob and Alexi’s non-profit E.P.I.C. Preston and Alexi’s trainings are action-oriented and address all learning styles while engaging the Mind, Body and Soul. They are insanely committed to leading others on this same path and inspiring people to step fully into their unique gifts. They have created a movement of transformation and have built a tribe of loyal fans around the globe who aren’t just inspired by their work, but empowered by it. Their previous books include Love Louder and 50 Ways to Yay!

Show Highlights:

Everything points to something outside of ourselves to complete us. @PrestonSmilesIt’s not a matter of becoming – It’s a matter of revealing. @PrestonSmilesIt’s less about the doing and more about the being. @PrestonSmilesWithout awareness, there is no choice. @PrestonSmilesYou cannot change a habit that you are not aware of. @PrestonSmiles“Diminishers” are ways we sabotage our success right before the breakthrough. @PrestonSmilesThe moment we take 100% responsibility we gain our power back. @PrestonSmilesHow did I create, allow or perpetuate this situation? @PrestonSmilesWhat you permit, you promote. @PrestonSmiles

You can find out more about their revolutionary Bridge Method HERE.

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Personal Development’s breakthrough power couple, Preston Smiles and Alexi Panos, have supported thousands of people who have dramatically changed their lives by participating in the various programs and workshops they teach all over the world, including their groundbreaking 12-week online training program The Bridge Method, and the popular workshop The Bridge Experience. As agents of change, passion and possibility, they both founded their own movements that inspire and empower people worldwide, including Preston’s Love Mob and Alexi’s non-profit E.P.I.C. Preston and Alexi’s trainings are action-oriented and address all learning styles while engaging the Mind, Body and Soul. They are insanely committed to leading others on this same path and inspiring people to step fully into their unique gifts. They have created a movement of transformation and have built a tribe of loyal fans around the globe who aren’t just inspired by their work, but empowered by it. Their previous books include Love Louder and 50 Ways to Yay!

Show Highlights:

Everything points to something outside of ourselves to complete us. @PrestonSmiles

It’s not a matter of becoming – It’s a matter of revealing. @PrestonSmiles

It’s less about the doing and more about the being. @PrestonSmiles

Without awareness, there is no choice. @PrestonSmiles

You cannot change a habit that you are not aware of. @PrestonSmiles

“Diminishers” are ways we sabotage our success right before the breakthrough. @PrestonSmiles

The moment we take 100% responsibility we gain our power back. @PrestonSmiles

How did I create, allow or perpetuate this situation? @PrestonSmiles

What you permit, you promote. @PrestonSmiles

You can find out more about their revolutionary Bridge Method HERE.

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EOFire, an award winning Podcast where he chats with today's most successful Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. With over 1400 interviews to date and multi-millions a year in net revenue, JLD has shown how delivering free, valuable, and consistent content can create a successful business and impact the world!

Show Highlights:

Productivity is producing the RIGHT things on a daily basis. @johnleedumasWhat is productive to you may not be productive to someone else. @johnleedumasSelf-evaluation is necessary to know what productivity looks like for you. @johnleedumasDiscipline is setting up plan and executing step by step. @johnleedumasTo be disciplined, you have to be a disciple of your day. @johnleedumasI want to spend the best parts of my day producing the content that matters. @johnleedumasWe are human all going to shift and slide so we need an anchor like the mastery journal. @johnleedumasPencils of promise’s mission is to give the gift of education to those less fortunate. @johnleedumas

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EOFire, an award winning Podcast where he chats with today's most successful Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. With over 1400 interviews to date and multi-millions a year in net revenue, JLD has shown how delivering free, valuable, and consistent content can create a successful business and impact the world!

Show Highlights:

Productivity is producing the RIGHT things on a daily basis. @johnleedumasWhat is productive to you may not be productive to someone else. @johnleedumasSelf-evaluation is necessary to know what productivity looks like for you. @johnleedumasDiscipline is setting up plan and executing step by step. @johnleedumasTo be disciplined, you have to be a disciple of your day. @johnleedumasI want to spend the best parts of my day producing the content that matters. @johnleedumasWe are human all going to shift and slide so we need an anchor like the mastery journal. @johnleedumasPencils of promise’s mission is to give the gift of education to those less fortunate. @johnleedumas

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Lt. Col. (ret.) Rob ‘Waldo’ Waldman - The Wingman – is a professional leadership speaker, executive coach, and author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Never Fly Solo. He teaches organizations how to build trusting, revenue producing relationships with their employees, partners, and customers while sharing his experiences as a combat decorated F-16 fighter pilot and businessman.

He is a highly experienced combat veteran with over 2,650 flight hours and sixty-five real world combat missions, having flown both in Iraq enforcing the “No-Fly Zone” and in Yugoslavia during Operation Allied Force in 1999. Some of his military honors include five Air Medals, two Aerial Achievement Medals, four Air Force Commendation Medals, and two Meritorious Service Medals.

Waldo is a graduate of the U.S Air Force Academy and also holds an MBA with a focus on Organizational Behavior. He is an inductee into the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame, a prestigious award that honors speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence, and has been bestowed on less than 190 speakers worldwide. He is also a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and his clients include Hewlett Packard, Verizon Wireless, New York Life, Siemens, The Denver Broncos, and Johnson & Johnson.

In addition to his speaking business, Waldo is also founder and President of The Wingman Foundation, a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to build funds and awareness for soldiers, veterans and their families in need.

He’s been featured on Fox & Friends, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, The Harvard Business Review, Success Magazine, INC. Magazine, and Business Week.

Show Highlights:

Your passion has to be stronger than your fear. @waldowaldmanIf what you’re doing doesn’t get you out of bed, abort immediately. @waldowaldmanWhen you know people need you, you find meaning in your mission and don’t give up. @waldowaldmanI won’t allow my fear to keep me from doing what I need to do and helping people. @waldowaldmanA wingman is someone you feel comfortable going to for help and are confident in their ability to help you. @waldowaldmanUsually help from a wingman is a proverbial slap across the face. @waldowaldmanA wingman will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. @waldowaldmanYou need people who will truly speak the truth to us. @waldowaldmanA good wingman will point out potential threats to you and you have to take action. @waldowaldmanYou have to trust what your wingman is telling you because they can see the potential threats you cannot. @waldowaldmanYour work ethic is your most important asset. @waldowaldmanI would much rather fly with someone who is prepared than someone who I like hanging out with. @waldowaldmanPlan for the worst, expect the best. @waldowaldmanWe have to overcome the things in life that are dragging us down. @waldowaldman

For more info about Waldo’s programs or his bestseller Never Fly Solo, visit www.yourwingman.com, e-mail [email protected], or call 770-333-9867.

A special gift for The Action Catalyst Podcast listeners: Visit www.yourwingman.com/nfs and use password: Wingman for a free copy of Waldo's audiobook Never Fly Solo!

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought le...

Lt. Col. (ret.) Rob ‘Waldo’ Waldman - The Wingman – is a professional leadership speaker, executive coach, and author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Never Fly Solo. He teaches organizations how to build trusting, revenue producing relationships with their employees, partners, and customers while sharing his experiences as a combat decorated F-16 fighter pilot and businessman.

He is a highly experienced combat veteran with over 2,650 flight hours and sixty-five real world combat missions, having flown both in Iraq enforcing the “No-Fly Zone” and in Yugoslavia during Operation Allied Force in 1999. Some of his military honors include five Air Medals, two Aerial Achievement Medals, four Air Force Commendation Medals, and two Meritorious Service Medals.

Waldo is a graduate of the U.S Air Force Academy and also holds an MBA with a focus on Organizational Behavior. He is an inductee into the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame, a prestigious award that honors speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence, and has been bestowed on less than 190 speakers worldwide. He is also a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and his clients include Hewlett Packard, Verizon Wireless, New York Life, Siemens, The Denver Broncos, and Johnson & Johnson.

In addition to his speaking business, Waldo is also founder and President of The Wingman Foundation, a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to build funds and awareness for soldiers, veterans and their families in need.

He’s been featured on Fox & Friends, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, The Harvard Business Review, Success Magazine, INC. Magazine, and Business Week.

Show Highlights:

Your passion has to be stronger than your fear. @waldowaldmanIf what you’re doing doesn’t get you out of bed, abort immediately. @waldowaldmanWhen you know people need you, you find meaning in your mission and don’t give up. @waldowaldmanI won’t allow my fear to keep me from doing what I need to do and helping people. @waldowaldmanA wingman is someone you feel comfortable going to for help and are confident in their ability to help you. @waldowaldmanUsually help from a wingman is a proverbial slap across the face. @waldowaldmanA wingman will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. @waldowaldmanYou need people who will truly speak the truth to us. @waldowaldmanA good wingman will point out potential threats to you and you have to take action. @waldowaldmanYou have to trust what your wingman is telling you because they can see the potential threats you cannot. @waldowaldmanYour work ethic is your most important asset. @waldowaldmanI would much rather fly with someone who is prepared than someone who I like hanging out with. @waldowaldmanPlan for the worst, expect the best. @waldowaldmanWe have to overcome the things in life that are dragging us down. @waldowaldman

For more info about Waldo’s programs or his bestseller Never Fly Solo, visit www.yourwingman.com, e-mail [email protected], or call 770-333-9867.

A special gift for The Action Catalyst Podcast listeners: Visit www.yourwingman.com/nfs and use password: Wingman for a free copy of Waldo's audiobook Never Fly Solo!

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought le...