Tom on Leadership Podcast

Author Todd Williams describes his method for identifying, preventing, and recovering from project failure.Linked2Leadership | TomOnLeadership | CEO | Resue the Problem Project | Todd Williams Read more ›

The "Toxic Enabler" is the boss who unwittingly creates a toxic workplace. How to tell if you're one, and how to turn yourself and your workplace around. We interview Mitch Kusy and Elizabeth Holloway, co-authors of the outstanding book "Toxic Workplac...Read more ›

The most difficult and under-supported transition in the work place is from line worker to front line supervisor. Expert Guy Harris, co-author with Kevin Eikenberry of the new book "From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Lea...Read more ›

After the merger or acquisition, the hard work starts -- getting two groups to work cooperatively together. When things go badly, smart CEOs call someone like Christine Grimm, who specializes in handling the most difficult client situations. Fully 70% ...Read more ›

Executive recruiting firms are gearing up for the biggest exit of board members in American history. The increasing obligations of board service make it tougher than ever to recruit qualified directors. In addition, in the face of fierce public scrutin...Read more ›

Tom interviews Mike Taylor of Holland and Knight, on the evergreen topic of Mergers and Acquisitions -- specifically, when to do it, how to do it, why to do it, and what not to do.Linked2Leadership | TomOnLeadership | CEO | Mergers and Acquisitions | M...Read more ›

Tom interviews Dave Clemons and Mike Kroth, the authors of the new book Managing the Mobile Workforce.Linked2Leadership | TomOnLeadership | CEO | Mobile Workforce | Virtual Team Read more ›

In today’s challenging economic environment the need for improved organizational performance is all around us. Tom Devane is an internationally known management consultant, author, and leadership development coach. He specializes in building client c...Read more ›

Bob Lieberman of Cultivating Creativity describes how he teaches senior leaders to cultivate creativity in their firms - and what all professionals can learn about this crucial skill set.Linked2Leadership | TomOnLeadership | CEO | Cultivating Creativit...Read more ›

Alaina Love describes how you can do what she's done in Making HR More Strategic. As the head of a family business, then a researcher at Merck, she was perfectly positioned to move into Merck's HR department as a change agent who understood and cared a...Read more ›

There's a business revolution coming, believes management guru and author John Bernard. He wants you to be ready for it. It's called "Managing in the NOW." Executing in the NOW means that "every employee can act on every opportunity every time" – to ...Read more ›

For some professionals the way to get business is to be well known and trusted. How do you build that reputation? We ask Pam Coates, who helps professionals do exactly that.TomOnLeadership | L2L | CEO | PamCoates | reputation Read more ›

CEOs have to deal with difficult people all the time -- and sometimes they themselves are the difficult ones. What are some proven ways to deal with difficult people? I interview Pamela Cournoyer, founder, CEO of Communicate with CLASS. Pamela addresse...Read more ›

Most of us set plenty of goals, but very few of them get achieved. For example, 85% of New Year’s Resolutions fail within 3 months. To truly achieve our goals we need to radically change how we set them, says Mark Murphy in Hard Goals : The Secret to...Read more ›

The CEO must know enough about Organizational Development to either do it, or delegate it intelligently and oversee it. A great resource for that is Steven Balzac's new book, "The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Organizational Development."TomOnLeadershi...Read more ›

Written from the perspective of a dog, this book explores ways to unleash potential and create success in ways humans can take into action. Co-author Patrick Galvin is the chief galvanizer of Galvin Communications, a word of mouth marketing firm in Por...Read more ›

I interview Mark Paul, an expert at attracting more customers. He's the author of "How to Attract More Customers in Good Times and Bad." His firm is Synergy Consulting.TomOnLeadership | L2L | CEO | customer attraction | Mark Paul Read more ›

Advice for CIOs: "How to Jump Up the Value Chain and Earn the Trust of the rest of the Executive Team." I interview former CIO and consultant Bill Speir to answer these questions: 1. Why would a CEO trust the CIO enough to involve them in planning corp...Read more ›

Part 2 on Patents: Many CEOs have patents in their asset mix, yet may not be using them to best strategic advantage. Others have options to acquire patent rights. How can a CEO best evaluate the strategic value of a patent, and how can patents best be ...Read more ›

What is Management? A conversation with Henry Mintzberg. Henry has been described by Tom Peters as "perhaps the world's premier management thinker." In this episode, I interview Henry about his new book: Management? It’s Not What You Think! (AMACOM; ...Read more ›