The High Performance Zone

Guest: Kate Eckman

Show Live-with: “A mantra: What’s best for me is either already here, or it’s on its way.”

Topics Covered in this Episode: 

• Better quality of life through cognitive science
• How gratitude can change your brain
• The importance of SEEING everyone at their core
• How suicide changed Kate’s life forever
• Transforming pain into positive experience
• The invincibility of the spirit
• Fitness and endurance for the Spirit 
• How to accept rejection as a blessing
• Changing your default system
• Working as a host for QVC
• Solving problems by sitting and staring at the wall

Kate's Website:
https://www.kateeckman.tv/

Bio: Greg Wells is a performance physiologist, a scientist, an athlete and an author. He is the CEO and founder of Wells Performance, a global consulting firm on a mission to elevate how we live our lives at work and in life.  He has worked with some of the highest-performing individuals on the planet, including Olympic and world champions and elite organizations including General Electric, BMO, Deloitte, KPMG, BMW, Audi, Sysco Foods, YPO and Air Canada.

Topics covered in this episode:
Life changing morning routines
How to stare down a rhino
What's happening in the brain of high performers
Tips and tools for a healthier life
The science of 'walking in nature'

Gregg's Website:
https://drgregwells.com/ 

Bio :Steve is the founder of "Gratitude At Work" - a happiness company founded in 2006. His work with human resources professionals, directors, managers and CEO’s has grown into work with leaders across Canada and into the United States – shifting corporate cultures by helping teams bring more gratitude to work each day. And these grateful people spend more time thriving and less time surviving.

Show Live-With: Gratitude can transform your life. 

Topics Covered in this Episode: 

• Gratitude in life and work
• How two crazy engineers became gratitude gurus
• Seeing your life as a gift
• How gratitude can transform your life
• What happens in our brains when we witness gratitude
• What’s a “Canadian Powerpoint?”
• Two simple steps to a more grateful life
• The quest to inspire a billion people to be happier
• Establishing a common language around gratitude
• The connection between all human beings

Steve’s Website:
https://www.gratitudeatwork.ca/

Guest Name: Dr. Michael Lewis

Show Live-With: Don't try to be someone else; be the best version of yourself.

Bio: Michael Lewis is an orthopedic surgeon at the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute. He has been Chief of Staff at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Skokie Hospital. He also was named best teacher of the year at Rush University Medical Center. He has also been an orthopedic consultant to the Chicago White Sox baseball team, the Chicago Wolves hockey team, and the Chicago Bulls basketball team, with whom he earned two championship rings. Dr. Lewis has been honored to treat numerous world-class athletes from several continents, including All-Star professional basketball and baseball players and Olympic medal winners. Being an avid tennis player, who has successfully competed at the national level in his age group, he understands how important active participation in their chosen activities is to his patients.

Topics covered in this Episode:

• Key medical decisions in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals
• Lessons learned from Michael Jordan
• Bonding with Dennis Rodman over Janis Joplin
• Studying self actualization with Abraham Maslow
• Working with baseball legend Bill Veeck
• Wisdom from Michael’s 104 year old mother

 Links:

BOOKS:
The Ball’s In Your Court
Invitation To Joy
Seeing More Colors
Eagle Eyes
One World

WEBSITES:
https://michaelslewismd.com/
linkedin.com/in/michaelslewismd 

Guest: David Horsager

Show Live-With: “The more you seek pleasure for pleasure’s sake, the less you get.” 

Bio: David Horsager is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute and a global authority on helping leaders and organizations become THE most trusted in their industry. David is… • inventor of the Enterprise Trust Index™ • director of global trust study: The Trust Outlook™ • AND national bestselling author of The Trust Edge His work has been featured everywhere from Forbes to The Wall Street Journal. He has taken the platform on 6 continents and advised everyone from IBM, Toyota and global governments to the New York Yankees and FedEx.

Topics Covered in this episode:

• Trust, the leading indicator of performance
• How to increase TRUST in your organization
• Elevating psychological safety in the workplace
• Discovering root causes of business problems
• 8 pillars that solve any leadership problem
• Why a 9 year old maybe shouldn’t drive a tractor
• Identifying character in the workplace
• How seeking too much pleasure hurts others
• How thoughts become desires which become actions
• Grappling over trust and experience 
• Losing clarity because of inconsistency 
• How rebuilding trust is not about the apology
• The #1 Commercial Tattoo 
• John on his ‘95 soft-tail custom Harley

Check out David’s new book, Trusted Leader: https://www.trustedleaderbook.com/
https://davidhorsager.com/
https://trustedgecoaching.com/

Guest Name: Clint Pulver

Bio: Clint Pulver is an Emmy Award-winning, motivational keynote speaker, author, musician, and workforce expert. Clint was known for years as “The Undercover Millennial”, a project that had him doing years of direct research on employee engagement and retention. Clint is a fun, dynamic, entertaining, no-stress speaker. A Professional Drummer for over 20 years, he's played with top headlining fellow musicians in venues like the Vivint Arena, the Stadium of Fire, and the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. 

Known as the Leading Authority on Employee Retention, Clint helps organizations retain, engage, and inspire their team members from the front desk to the board rooms and everyone in between. He expertly helps audiences navigate generational complexities, communication challenges, leadership missteps, and cultural cues.

Show Live With: “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” ~Oscar Wilde

Topics covered in this episode: 

• Becoming the “Undercover Millennial”
• What Millennials really think about leadership
• Creating a lens into the workplace 
• Good leadership from the employees eyes
• The 5 qualities of a great mentor 
• The difference between leaders, managers, and mentors
• What are happy employees most grateful for
• Why leaders should create a “to-don’t” list
• How the best leaders “create moments” for others
• Playing the bongos on Howie Mandel’s bald head
• The “cleanest” form of music
• The power of speaking to kids
• Receiving a suicide note after a high school speech
• Changing young people’s lives
• Being part of a human surgical trial that cures blindness

LINKS:

Clint’s New Book: I Love It Here

Clint’s Website

Clint’s Instagram

Guest Name:Kraig Kann

Show Live-With: “You can’t preach to anyone, unless you can get them into the church.”

Bio:  Kraig Kann is former lead anchor and studio host for NBC Sports’ Golf Channel, Kraig attained his lifelong dream of becoming a network broadcaster. He then progressed to Chief Communications Officer for the LPGA where he was part of a dynamic leadership team that raised the organization to new levels of prosperity. Today, he is a successful entrepreneur mastering his own brand. Kraig founded Kann Advisory Group in 2016, making good on a goal of managing his own business on a belief that his definition of success would be realized by sharing his experience and delivering value to others. 

The unique combination of C-suite strategist and media entertainment has positioned him as a unique voice delivering custom workshops, seminars and keynotes focused on leadership, message delivery and personal and professional brand Development. Thought leadership offered in his blog has contributed to attention from PR News, Sports PR Summit and Forbes, who have identified him as a keynote speaker, featured industry panelist, communications council member and content contributor in areas of public relations, brand marketing, public speaking and strategic communications. He remains relevant in broadcasting, hosting weekly shows on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio, hosting his podcast “Tracks To Success” and serving as a faculty member in the Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL.

John to unpack: KRAIG’S NEW BOOK “CAN YOU GET OUR ATTENTION”:

LINK for our audience https://bit.ly/KannAmazonBook

Topics covered in this Episode:

• The team game of TV broadcasting
• Broadcasting childhood bulls games in his bedroom
• Doing something that no one else has done before
• Becoming a dynamic presenter of yourself
• Getting a masters degree in “people” 
• Interviewing 5 US presidents 
• Working with “The King” Arnold Palmer
• How to sign a good autograph
• The power of “I am” statements
• Witnessing the rise of Tiger Woods
• Sitting down with Tiger when he won the ‘97 masters
• How do you become Paul Revere? 
• We will learn how one can present the best of themself.
• Learn 3 things only as the human mind can’t handle more than that.
• Learn how to sell you, believe in you, you are your one brand.
• Don’t wait for people to take notice of you, find a way to make people take notice!
• Go where the path hasn’t gone before.
• Set the curve.

      +    Learn to do relevant things, don’t wait for others.

Kraig’s Links:

https://kannadvisory.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4k0-5IYvEhSdaDNSAkOrAg
https://twitter.com/kannadvisory
https://www.facebook.com/KannAdvisory/
Kraig’s Book:  “CAN YOU GET OUR ATTENTION”: https://bit.ly/KannAmazonBook

 
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Guest: John Brady

Show live-with: “Reality is magic, there is nothing normal about it.”

Bio:   John Brady was an executive director for the Lillian Vernon Corporation from 1983 to 2001.  He studied and practiced meditation with Eido Shimano Roshi, an authentic master and lineage holder in the Rinzai tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism.  John was on the board of directors of The Zen Studies Society from 1985 to 1995.  He studied and practiced with Edo Shimano for 14 years.  In 1996 John met Geshe Lobsang Tarchin and Geshe Michael Roach. He began the rigorous 36 course Buddhist study program which ended in 2010.  John then entered a 3 - year, 3 - month, 3 - day silent meditation retreat on December 26th of 2011 and re-entered the world on April 2rd 2014. He was the inside director of the 3 - year retreat. 

 John currently is the Executive Director of the Asian Legacy Library, a not for profit, which digitally scans, catalogs, and transliterates countless thousands of ancient wisdom texts.  The Asian Legacy Library distributes them at no cost, online, to scholars and university graduate students internationally.   He is a senior teacher for the Asian Classics Institute, The Diamond Cutter Institute, and The Sedona Colleges of International Management.  He is a meditation teacher for a New York City based meditation training organization which offers a 6 - week training on traditional meditation systems based on a  6th century master of Buddhism.  

He currently lives in Sedona, Arizona with his wife, Constance O’Brien.  They travel and teach together throughout Asia, Europe, and Latin America. 

Topics covered in this episode:

• Wisdom and transformation from three years of silent retreat 
• The power and purpose of meditation 
• How to use meditation to transform your life
• Does reality come from me, or at me ?
• The importance of preserving ancient wisdom 
• The purpose of translating ancient wisdom for the world
• The size and scope of the Mongolian National Library
• How to make important life changes and leap into fear with trust
• The power of compassion and importance of kindness
• How running a large non profit is like running a business
• The importance of taking care of others as a life motivator 

John Brady's links

The Asian Legacy Library -https://asianlegacylibrary.org
John Brady's upcoming meditation teaching -https://lightningclub.info/meditation-weekend
The Lighting Club https://lightningclub.godaddysites.com

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Guest: Eric Bellamy

Show live-with: “The will to win is not nearly important as the will to prepare to win.”

Bio: Eric Bellamy is Fannie Mae’s Enterprise Risk – Chief of Staff and Director. As the Chief of Staff, Mr. Bellamy plans and organizes all administrative, financial and operational activities for the Chief Risk Officer. He also organizes and prioritizes critical issues and requires information to facilitate efficient decision making to ensure the smooth operation of Enterprise Risk. Mr. Bellamy brings over 25 years of financial services experience in the areas of technology, risk management and operations. He started as an intern in May of 1992 and has spent time in most divisions within the Enterprise. He is a native of Washington, DC

Topics covered in this episode:

• Keeping people in their homes during a pandemic
• Taking care of your people as a leader
• Public/private partnerships with the Obama administration
• Being cast on a reality TV show
• Living on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6th
• Growing up in 1980s Washington DC`

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Show Live With: “ I don’t know what the next chapter is going to be, but i've known the author for a long time, so I know its going to be good. '

Bio:  Bret enlisted in the Air Force and served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He went on to serve as CEO of a CSG with 4,000 employees. Bret was known for expanding the revenue and scope of CSG exponentially.  He was responsible for negotiating billions of dollars of deals.  

Topics covered in this episode:

• How to treat and execute billion dollar deals
• Preserving company culture while scaling and expanding
• How five minute goals tie into 5 year goals
• Entrepreneurship with compassion
• Humility and The  practice of Debrief
• Cleaning up internally reflects externally 
• Growth Accelerators 
• The process of integrity and climbing up the corporate ladder
• Keeping a birds eye view on every situation 
• Tying in the micro to the macro for big results and gains 
• Work life Balance

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