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2026/09/07
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Results matter. In fact, we’re paid to get results. So the big question is this...how do business leaders, like us, who really want to do the right thing and make a difference; how do they get results? How do they effectively lead others in the face of adversity and how do they find the strength and courage to role model the behavior they want to see in others. That is the question and this podcast will give you the answers.
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E371: The Real Reason You Never Have Enough Time
2026/09/07
You don't have a time problem. You have a system problem.
Every leader hits the same wall. Their calendar's full before they even open their eyes, back to back meetings, no white space.
Time itself can't be managed. What can be managed is what you focus on, and today I'm giving you the three truths I use to manage my focus, and exactly when to put them to work, so you can start building a system of your own.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E370: How to Actually Disconnect on Vacation
2026/08/28
Picture this. You're on a beach chair, sun on your face, and your kid is mid-sentence telling you about the sandcastle she just built. Your hand is already moving toward your phone. Just for a second. Fifteen minutes later, you're drafting a reply in your head, and she's stopped talking to you.
That's not a vacation. That's just working from a different zip code.
Today I'm giving you the exact reason most executives never actually disconnect, and the one shift that makes it possible to be fully present with your loved ones the moment you land.
Let's get into it.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E369: The Best Leadership Books to Read This Summer
2026/08/18
Before you head out on vacation, do one thing for me. Throw one of these in your bag.
Summer's the one stretch all year where the pace actually lets up enough to read something that isn't a status update or a board deck. And the leaders who grow the fastest don't read more than everyone else. They read differently.
Today I'm handing you the books that actually changed how I think, not just what I know, including three I reread every single summer, on purpose, not because I forgot them.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E368: How to Think Like a C-Level Executive
2026/08/11
C-level executives don't have better instincts. They have a different filter running underneath everything they say and do, and it's the reason a room trusts them before they've even finished the sentence.
Today I'm giving you the four shifts in thinking that separate C-level executives from everyone circling the seat, including the one question the best ones ask before anyone else even sees the real problem. Watch this twice if you've ever walked out of a room knowing something was missing, and had no idea what to do about it.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E367: 5 Habits That Get You Promoted
2026/08/04
You hit every number this year. You did everything the job description asked of you. And someone else still got the seat. That's not bad luck. That's the wrong scoreboard. Today I'm giving you the 5 habits that actually get senior leaders promoted, the ones that don't show up on your performance review, and the one habit most people skip that's probably costing you the most.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E366: Your Vacation Is a Leadership Test. Here's How to Pass It.
2026/07/29
You're about to board a plane.
Phone's in your hand. You're telling yourself you're going to disconnect. And somewhere between packing and the gate, a quiet thought surfaces.
What happens if something goes wrong while I'm gone?
That thought isn't anxiety. It's data. And today I'm going to give you the exact playbook that makes it go away — so you can actually be present when you get there.
This is the Leadership Vacation Test. And most senior leaders are failing it without knowing it.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E365: How to Lead at the Next Level Without Losing What Made You Great
2026/07/21
You've spent the last two weeks sitting with some hard questions about how you're leading. And if you're like most of the leaders I work with, something in the back of your head is saying — I get it, I know I need to change. I just don't want to watch everything I've built start to slip while I figure it out.
That fear is legitimate. And it's exactly why most leaders intellectually understand this transition before they actually make it.
Today I want to give you the specific shift and show you how to make it without losing the standards, the speed, and the quality that got you here.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E364: The Instinct That Built You Is Now Costing You
2026/07/14
Your team brought you a hard problem last week. You saw it immediately. You gave them the answer, they said thanks, and they walked out.
And you felt useful.
That feeling is the problem.
Not because you were wrong. Because you were right and you just guaranteed they'll be back with the next one.
That instinct — the one that built your career — is now quietly costing you more than you know. And today I'm going to show you exactly where it shows up, and the three specific moments where you can start changing it.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E363: The Leadership Audit Every VP Needs at Mid-Year
2026/07/07
You just closed Q2. Numbers hit. Team delivered. And you’re still here – watching this – because something in the back of your head won’t quiet down.
It’s not about the results. The results are fine.
It's that it's still this hard. After all your success, it should feel easier than this by now. And it doesn't.
That gap has a name. And today I'm going to give you a short audit — four questions — that shows you exactly where it is.
This is the Leadership Audit. And the answers are going to stay with you longer than you expect.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E362: Why the Handoff Conversation Keeps Failing — Even When You Do It Right
2026/06/23
You had the tough conversation. You were clear. You handed it off completely.
Two days later — they were back.
Not with progress. With questions you already answered.
And somewhere in that moment you thought: I just did this. I was thorough. I covered everything.
You did. And it still broke down.
Today I'm going to show you exactly where that conversation fell apart and the three specific moments where even a good handoff stops transferring ownership.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E361: How to Hand Off Work Without It Coming Back Broken
2026/06/16
You delegated it. They came back with questions you already answered.
You re-delegated it. They came back with a version that missed the point.
The third time, you just did it yourself. And in that moment, without meaning to, you made a decision you'll be living with for the rest of the year.
Today I'm going to show you the real reason that keeps happening and give you one four-box framework that stops it.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E360: The Real Reason Your Team Keeps Bringing Problems Back to You
2026/06/09
You solved three problems this week that weren't yours to solve. You know it. And somewhere in the back of your head — you already know why they keep coming back.
The answer isn't your team's capability. It's the system you built without realizing it.
Today I'm going to show you the real reason your team keeps bringing problems back to you — the three moments you built this pattern without ever seeing it — and I'm going to give you one question that starts breaking it the next time someone dumps a problem back on your plate.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E359: 4 Decisions Your Team Should Be Making Without You by End of Q3
2026/06/04
Are your best people still waiting on you to make decisions they should be making themselves?
Q3 starts in weeks. And if you're honest — too many decisions are still routing to you. Not because your team can't handle more. Because you never handed it off.
You've spent the first half of the year creating stability for your team. Now it's time to ask — who's creating leverage for you? Today I'm going to show you the four categories of decisions that belong to your team, not you. And which ones your team should be making without you by the end of Q3.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E358: AI is Incredible. Don’t Forget What’s Even Better.
2026/05/26
AI is incredible. In the last two years, I've watched executives accomplish in hours what used to take weeks. The speed is real. The leverage is real. I'm not here to slow any of that down.
But I am here to remind you of something. Something so obvious… so fundamental… that most leaders don't even notice when it starts to slip.
And it's the one thing AI will never be able to replace. Let's dive in.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
E357: How to Improve Decision-Making Under Constant Pressure
2026/05/20
Think about your decision-making over the last week.
Not how many decisions you made—but which ones actually got your best thinking.
Because most leaders aren’t moving too slowly. Decisions are happening all day. Emails, approvals, priorities, direction calls. It doesn’t stop.
But at the end of the week, something still feels off.
Work moved. The days were full. And yet the decisions that actually change something—the ones that move the business forward—are still sitting there.
Here’s what’s usually going on. It’s not that you’re making too few decisions.
It’s that under pressure—the wrong decisions are getting your best thinking. Let’s dive in.
> Links mentioned within
1) Download my eBook: "The CEO Shift: Empower Your Leaders to Think Like Entrepreneurs and Lead Like Owners" → https://clevelfreedom.com/the-ceo-shift
2) Grab a FREE COPY of my book, "Freedom to Experiment" - How to Ignite a New Level of Energy, Focus, and Momentum in Yourself and Your Team
→ Visit: https://bit.ly/FreedomToExperiment-freebook
3) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel of Leadership Videos for new weekly videos.
4) Schedule an exploratory call: https://www.clevelfreedom.com/bookwithriv
5) 1) If you want to Develop Your Brand, Increase Your Influence, and Accelerate Your Impact, join our Leadership Community of Growth Champions:
→ https://growthchampion.com/
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stillspinning3 2020/03/31
Simply the Best
Let's face it, all of us face challenges with work, family, and life. Riv's style will make you walk away from every podcast episode walking tall. H...
brian.m.kennedy 2019/11/10
15 min words of wisdom that always feel perfectly relevant
This podcast is full of little nuggets of wisdom that Jim is absolutely amazing at articulating in 10-20 minute segments that are easy to keep up with...
A.Gawlik 2019/06/07
The one and only Riv!
Riv is very motivating and inspirational. He is non-judgemental, positive, and has a way of opening your mind to see things in a different perspective...
Nick Kushh 2018/11/16
Awesome stuff Jim
Jim has a great perspective on life. Very informative!
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