On our penultimate podcast for 2020, we’re joined by Nir Bashan, founder and CEO of The Creator Mindset and author of the new book, The Creator Mindset: 92 Tools to Unlock the Secrets to Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability.

Your intrepid hosts Tom and Charles take a brief respite from their holiday revels for a special holiday greeting - featuring an inspired rendition of White Christmas from a legendary friend of the pod.

Director, cinematographer, screenwriter and author Steven Bernstein discusses his new film, Last Call (about the last day of poet Dylan Thomas, featuring John Malkovich). We also talk about the challenges of filmmaking and getting the best work from his cast and crew.

A shockingly engrossing conversation about exec compensation from the sell/buy sides with the tag team of Tom Haines, Managing Director at Frederick W. Cook & Co., and Steve Pennacchio, Senior VP at Pfizer.

Sean Conley, former placekicker for the Detroit Lions, Indy Colts, and NY Jets talks about rediscovering himself through yoga and meditation in his new book, "The Point After: How One Resilient Kicker Learned There Was More to Life Than the NFL." An inspiring journey for anyone at a career or life impasse.

Ilyce Glink nationally-syndicated financial journalist, book author, radio show host and CEO of Best Money Moves, on financial wellness and pushing benefits to meet employees at the point of pain.

You may not know the name, but you’ve seen his work - Bruce Van Dusen, one of the advertising industry’s most successful commercial directors, talks about his amazing career and his new memoir, 60 Stories About 30 Seconds: How I Got Away with Becoming a Pretty Big Commercial Director without Losing My Soul (Or Maybe Just Part of It).

Author of the award-winning novel the Bear and the Signal Flame, a National Book Award Finalist, Andrew Krivak discusses writing in the age of the pandemic, his lyrical brand of stoicism, and why we read fiction. Bonus debate on the greatest 20th C. American novelist, Cormac McCarthy vs. Philip Roth.

Research scholar and business strategy consultant Dr. Mark Attridge discusses the role of EAP in promoting positive workplace outcomes (lower “presenteeism,” improved work/life satisfaction, etc.) and maintaining business continuity. He also shares the findings in the 2020 Workplace Outcome Suite Report (sponsored by Morneau Shepell and the Employee Assistance Professionals Association), which underscored the ROI of EAP.

Leadership coach Dr. Julianna Hynes, CEO of Julianna Hynes & Assoc., on key leadership competencies, including influence and persuasion, strategic thinking and speaking, etc. Most importantly, she tells Tom and Charles what they need to do to “exude executive presence.”