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Aaron Bare’s life purpose is to create One-Million Exponential Leaders. He is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of Exponential Theory and the Creator of the XMBA (eXponential Mindsets, Beliefs, and Attitudes - Group Coaching Program), and the "XX Podcast; Two Exponentials in a Flat World." Beyond traveling to over 90 countries and all 50 States, Aaron has facilitated innovation and strategy at over 500 companies and appeared on 20 of the top 250 podcasts. He is highlighted as 10 Leaders to Watch in 2022, listed on 50 under 50 Leaders, 40 under 40 Leaders, 35 under 35 Entrepreneurs, and one of his companies has been awarded “Most Innovative Company in the U.S.” His award-winning digital strategy firm had clients such as Google, Council for Foreign Relations, Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, Dannon, Emerson, Comedy Central, Telemundo & Dell, where he built over 100 software projects focused on growth hacking leveraging the viral loop.   Aaron is also a Certified Big Historian, Certified Professional Philosopher, and was the creator of the Oxford Leadership Online Certified Coach, which is closing in on over One-Million participants. As a former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (Ranked #1 in Innovation, 7 years in a Row) and Singularity University at NASA Ames campus in Mountainview, California, Aaron has been exposed to some of the most repeatable, predictable, scalable, and sustainable business models. He currently focuses on helping individuals explore Ancient Wisdom, Repeating Histories, and Modern Science through his XMBA program that focuses on Unlearning, Reprogramming, and creating the Growth Mindset to ultimately create an eXponential Mindsets, Beliefs, and Attitudes. He also helps companies through customized solutions to scale their Exponential Leadership and Business Models.   Aaron Bare holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and an MA from Indiana University. He lives in Arizona.   Learn more about Aaron Bare at http://www.aaronbare.com.  Michael and Aaron had a great discussion of what being an exponential leader looks like.  An expert in leadership, consulting to many of Americas companies, Aaron share his experience and stories on how to be a better leader. #exponentialtheory #exponentialleadership

Todd has spent the last 25 years leading and instructing in the US Air Force. I’ve taken what he learned through the military and through years of personal development studies and created a coaching and consulting business. For the last year and a half he has hosted Todd talks: Design Your Best Life! Podcast with the goal of helping people design the life they desire through mental, physical, emotional, leadership and spiritual growth! Michael and Todd have a great discussion of self improvement - tips dropped constantly as Todd shares his story and how he now helps others! #selfimprovement #bebetter

Limor has been a mentor for women in tech for over five years and a former director of engineering. For over 20 years, she worked in tech as an engineer, manager, and director of engineering. She was always passionate about supporting women in tech. She knows firsthand how it is like being a woman in a male-dominant field and all the challenges women face in the tech industry. Two years ago, upon her return to Israel after nine years in the US, she decided to follow my calling and support women's career growth. Women she works with tell her that working with her enabled them to continuously tear down "ceilings" by challenging them to think bigger. They also say that she opened their eyes to an entirely new way of contributing to their careers. Women she works with can achieve the goals and more in 1/3 of the time they thought it would take them.   https://limorbergman.com/ Michael and Limor cover so many issues relevant to companies building a strong culture, women leaders in tech, women working in tech and folks managing their personal brand. In this episode whether you are a people manager, leader or working on your career, there is something for everyone in this episode.

With a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Oscar is the Co-Founder of Nyckel, a no-code platform that allows developers with no machine learning experience to quickly develop and integrate ML functionality into their applications. In January 2022, Nyckel was one of the 414 startups selected out of 17,000 applications from founders around the world to be part of the Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch. Oscar is also the Senior Director of Machine Learning at Motional, a leading autonomous vehicle company. At the company, he works on ML products, research, and platform for their fleet of vehicles. Before joining Motional, Oscar was the lead developer at Hövding where he helped develop the AI for the world's first airbag bicycle helmet. He also developed CoralNet, the largest AI platform for coral reef image analysis. Michael and Oscar break down what is the difference between machine learning and artificial intelligence. How do you use machine learning in your business today? Why is machine learning so consumable but yet folks don't know about it - get educated today. https://www.nyckel.com  #nyckel #machinelearning #ML #AI

Rob is a thrill-seeker, self-professed nerd, question asker, voracious reader, competitor, keynote speaker, and business builder.  When he first got his Wall Street job as a sell-side equity analyst out of college, he thought he’d made it. After buying everything he wanted on his wishlist, he realized that he still wasn’t happy. He listened to his deep-down desire to help more people by leaving finance to eventually own three Anytime Fitness health clubs and four uBreakiFix cell phone repair stores.     As someone vulnerable to technology’s addictive hold from a young age—video games and Facebook in particular—Rob is on a mission to help individuals and companies reduce burnout and get back time to master their careers and lives. He founded Humans First to provide a one-of-a-kind coaching experience that analyzes and coaches people’s efficiency and energy by paying attention to their mindfulness with technology.     Rob thinks there is always something to be learned from everyone, and he lets his curiosity guide his conversations. In his spare time, he likes to do CrossFit, better himself through reading, travel, and spend time with his wife Niki. https://www.humansfirst.us Rob and Michael talk about this pressing trend to overuse technology. How do you find a balance? Rob shares tips on how to limit technology use and even become more productive in your job. In mental health awareness month, this topic is especially important! Technology use left unmonitored can have a negative impact, especially to children. #technology #mindfulness #limittechnology

Omar is a former pharmaceutical General Manager (GSK, Allergan), Intent Consulting and Tympo.io founder, motivational speaker, and bestselling author, with over 20 years’ experience building high performance organizations on 4 continents.  Having managed multibillion dollar brands and led extensive organizations while working in the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the US, he innovated blueprints for J.E.D.I. Leadership (leading with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) and servant leadership and 20 Team Performance Acceleration Principles (TPAPs) that can be applied by leaders at all levels of professional experience. https://www.omarlharris.com Michael and Omar discuss J.E.D.I. Leadership and why NOW is the time to move to this. Leadership in general is the primary topic of this episode with Omar sharing tips and advice from his other best selling books as well. #JEDI #leadership 

Steve Preda is a Leadership Team Coach whose passion is to help emerging privately owned businesses grow and thrive. He pursues it by simplifying and teaching management and strategy concepts used by large companies, and elite consulting firms. His new book: Pinnacle: Five Principles that Take Your Business to the Top of the Mountain is coming out in May.  https://amzn.to/3MsOetD Michael and Steve really break down the five principles and even dive into the 3 sub components and how they make it all happen. Yes there are 15 focus points to support the five principles. It is so well laid out in the book and this episode gives a glimpse into how business can grow through strategy and a roadmap over a period of time.  This is additionally supported through Pinnacle Business Guides that lead organizations through the process. In all the episodes, I have never seen a system so well thought out and deployed.

Tanaha Hairston is the Founder of Axismeta. She’s a successful Tech Investor and business strategist who specializes in methods and tools to increase business valuation and lead generation.  Over the span of 15 years as a serial entrepreneur, Tanaha has started and sold multiple businesses in various industries including SaaS software, eLearning, and consumer products.  Tanaha helps investors and business owners to reduce the risk of failure and be consistently profitable while doubling the bottom line, without additional hiring.  Her proven strategies include incorporating a comprehensive digital strategy based on customer journey eCommerce principles, strategic acquisitions, AI, and SOPs, all with the focus on communicating to convert.  https://www.axismeta.co Michael and Tanaha have a great discussion about the importance of eCommerce in your business, why the right agency can help you evolve, how to have a strategy, what is a digital strategy. Tanaha shares her entrepreneurial journey and what led her to success.

A highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell has spoken to over 3,000 audiences worldwide and authored 16 books, including his latest, Leadership Begins with Motivation. He is the co-founder of www.theREADINGhabit.com, the world’s top reading engagement program.   https://www.freegiftfromdanny.com America's Reading Ambassador! Michael and Danny get into the importance of reading and how it can change your perception of it. Whether you are an avid reader or someone who prefers to skim, this is your episode. Danny uses great examples to showcase how we move reading from a "have to" to a "want to".

Roy Osing is a former president, CMO and entrepreneur with over 40 years of successful and unmatched executive leadership experience in every aspect of business. As President of a major data and internet company, his leadership and audacious ‘unheard-of ways’ took the company from its early stage to $1 Billion in annual sales.  He is a resolute blogger, keen content marketer, dedicated teacher and mentor to young professionals. As an accomplished business advisor, he is the author of the no-nonsense book series ‘BE DiFFERENT or be dead.’  He is devoted to inspiring leaders, entrepreneurs and organizations to stand apart from the average boring crowd and achieve their true potential. https://www.bedifferentorbedead.com #bedifferent #audaciousleadership

Dr. Julia DiGangi is a neuropsychologist who shows you how to expand the power of your nervous system to hold more emotional voltage. As a brain scientist, Dr. Julia knows that your nervous system is your portal to power. She will show you how to take the pain in your life--your stress, your struggle and your suffering--and transform that energy into your power.     Dr Julia brings tremendous expertise and decades of applied experience serving leaders at the highest levels of power, including The White House, top leadership at global companies, and Special Forces. Having worked with leaders who’ve endured some of the highest-stakes, highest-stress situations on the planet, Dr. Julia will show you what it takes to unlock new dimensions of your emotional power as you face defining challenges in your own life.  She is regularly the keynote speaker for corporate, healthcare, government and educational audiences. She has published extensively in the scientific literature as well as in popular press outlets, like Harvard Business Review, The Chicago Tribune and Psychology Today.  She is presently writing a book for Harvard Business Review, the pre-eminent publication for business leaders. The book is titled “From Pain to Progress: The Neuroscience of Smart Leadership in Tough Times” and is due out in Fall 2021.  https://www.neurohealthpartners.com/ Michael and Dr. Julia have a really great talk about the brain and how it affects leaders. Great concepts include power and pain, drive for connection and drive for choice, and so many more. Dr. Julia has a great way to take the way complex and make it consumable.  

After a long career as an engineer and project manager in Corporate America (Telecom, Medical Device), Tom is now an Entrepreneur in the financial/insurance industry.  Tom Basey, is the owner of Basey Insurance. He helps people and small businesses find cost-effective health insurance options and employee benefits. It’s his pleasure to serve customers in the DFW area and across the state of Texas, whether in person or online. What’s more important than health? Health insurance may not be the most important thing out there, but it’s up there. He works with major health insurance companies and healthcare providers to provide insurance options to individuals and small businesses. Because he work with many major carriers, he is able to tailor solutions in terms of both features and costs—finding the best solution for each client.  https://basey-insurance.com/ Michael and Tom talk about the confusing world of insurance - medicare specifically.  Tom talks about how he helps seniors and others choose the right insurance. He makes this complex world very understandable and you can just sense that he cares.  He shares why even if you have benefits from your employer, you should speak with an independent broker to see if you have all the coverage you need.