Leadership Superpowered
Episodes
32 episodes
Caleb Gardner & Mike LaVista discuss growth mindset and how the only constant is change
Caleb Gardner is the CEO and Founder of a consulting group, 18 Coffees. He is also the author of a new book, "No Point B". The book touches base on a lot of the work Caleb has been doing in his career, over the last 10 years, including politica...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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31:02
Stephen Kohler & Mike talk about the true creativity of great leadership
Stephen Kohler is the Founder and CEO of Audira Labs LLC, a boutique leadership development firm offering one-on-one coaching and team development, but with a bit of a twist, by using music as a lens. Stephen is also a lifelong musician who sta...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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24:40
Ted Novak & Mike discuss how music teaches future business leaders teamwork, hard work & dedication.
Ted Novak is the CEO and Managing Partner of Clique Studios, a digital transformation business helping organizations going through a change or looking for inspiration to help them grow. Here we discuss Ted’s love of music and how he’s even lear...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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35:07
Steven Horwitz and Mike LaVista discuss the importance of being a good listener in both music and business.
Steven Horwitz is the Founder and Managing Partner of Orchid Black, a management consulting company focusing on helping companies scale and grow. We discuss his passion for music and how it gets pulled into his business life. One of my favorite...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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33:58
Steve Wild and Mike LaVista talk about how you can find new energy in business from an old passion
Steve Wild is the founder and CEO of LifeSport Athletic Clubs and the guitarist in Class of '68. He talks about lessons learned growing a sports club franchise, and what it meant to pick up a guitar again after a 32 year hiatus. Mi...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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25:21
Jon Harris and Mike LaVista talk about the superpower of being a musician in a business world
Jon Harris is Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for ConAgra Brands. He's alos a terrific singer and guitar player. What has that brought to his career?Michael LaVista is the CEO and Founder of Caxy Interactive, a cu...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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32:07
Creating business by creating more connections with people - Dan Horwich
Dan Horwich and Michael LaVista talk about the superpower of creating connections and how it can power your business and make your life richer as well. Dan is the CEO of Camp IT, a company that creates events designed to help IT pro...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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17:25
The psychology of engaging sales conversations
Tom Panos and Mike LaVista talk about the psychology of engagement and how to have more meaningful conversations. Tom has over 10 years of sales & marketing experience, leading business development for consulting firms, agencies, an...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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26:21
Ideas for an omnichannel approach for SaaS products - Greg Taylor and Michael LaVista
Greg Taylor is the VP of Sales for the SaaS platform casestatus.com. The platform allows law firms to communicate more easily with their clients. His superpower is figuring out how to manage a omnichannel app...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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15:13
How to GET, DO and BE better as a leader - Cindy Miller and Mike LaVista
Cindy Miller is an LGPA pro who takes what she learned on the golf course and teaches leaders and teams how to get, do and be better. Her story of how she got to the LPGA is an incredible journey with myriad challenges and pitfalls along the wa...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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23:48
5 things you should STOP doing now to help your brand - with Becka Bates
Mike LaVista talks to Becka Bates of Bates Meron Sweet Design about the things brands need to stop doing. It's also about how to prioritize and make better choices. https://batesmeron.comMichael LaVista is the CEO and Found...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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25:37
Karen Faith and Michael LaVista talk value of understanding and practicing real empathy in business
Karen Faith and Mike LaVista talk value of understanding and practicing real empathy in business.Karen Faith is the CEO and Founder of Others Unlimited. https://www.othersunlimited.com/. Empathy training for research collaboration and c...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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20:07
Mana Ionescu and Mike LaVista talk about how to be successful with influencer marketing
Mana Ionescu and Mike LaVista talk about how to be successful with influencer marketing.Mana runs Lightspan Digital and has years of experience helping brands reach their audiences. Digital Marketing for the Boldhttps://lightspa...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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17:48
Ben Swartz and Mike LaVista talk about ideas for a more engaging employee engagement meeting
Ben Swartz and Mike LaVista talk about ideas for a more engaging employee engagement meeting.Ben Swartz is the CEO of Marcel Digital in Chicago. https://www.marceldigital.com/Mike LaVista is the CEO of Caxy Interact...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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16:16
Tim Van Mieghem and Mike LaVista talk about the 10 ways your company is leaking EBITDA
Tim Van Mieghem and Mike LaVista talk about the 10 ways your company is leaking EBITDATim’s company ProAction group helps manufacturers fix their operational problems. Tim’s top 10 list list can be found here:Mike’s new book “Supe...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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27:55
Josh Schroeder and Mike LaVista talk about the phenomenon of "getting stuck" and ideas to change the pattern
Josh Schroeder and Mike LaVista talk about the phenomenon of "getting stuck" and ideas to change the pattern.While this is a conversation mostly about programming or development, the ideas apply to any creative or problem-solving endeav...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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24:40
Dave Giordano, TSG CEO and Mike LaVista talk about ways to maximize success with new college hires in technology
Dave Giordano, TSG CEO and Mike LaVista talk about ways to maximize success with new college hires in technology.Dave has a long history of running a process to find and train new technology employees from colleges. His secret is to giv...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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26:26
Alex Moss CEO of Northstar and Mike LaVista talk about the major flaw in how organizations value security
Alex Moss and Mike LaVista talk about the major flaw in how organizations value security.Cybersecurity is as hot as ever and getting hotter. But the way organization value and prioritize how to combat the threats puts them at risk while...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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35:58
Mark Baldino and Mike LaVista talk about the risks and costs of legacy software and how to fix it
Mark Baldino and Mike LaVista talk about the risks and costs of legacy software and how to fix it. The focus should be on going after a specific business outcome. Don’t just do it to do it, or because you don’t like what you have. F...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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25:21
Irfan Jafrey from Roosterly and Mike LaVista discuss what's not working right now in marketing
Irfan Jafrey from Roosterly and Mike LaVista discuss what's not working right now in marketing and some ideas on how to fix it. https://www.roosterly.com/https://www.caxy.com
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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24:55
Katie Palmer with Grand Studio talks to Mike LaVista about strategies for finding and attracting more diverse talent.
Katie Palmer with Grand Studio talks to Mike LaVista about strategies for finding and attracting more diverse talent. http://grandstudio.comhttps://caxy.com<...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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17:22
What are the 3 most important things leaders are avoiding right now?
What are the 3 most important things leaders are avoiding right now?Vince Racioppo, Dave Massello, and Michael LaVista talk about the 3 things leaders seem to avoid with frequency. Diverting their time, learning new things, cr...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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32:47
Zack DeLisa and Mike LaVista talk about 3 ways to fix messy month ends
Zack DeLisa and Mike LaVisa talk about a dirty secret many businesses have in common: month end is a manual, messy process.Zack has 3 ideas for making it faster, cleaner and provide more timely data to the business. What would you do if ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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13:10
The real reason 75% of technology projects fail
Gartner data shows that a huge percentage of technology projects fail. While there is a long list of reasons why, one stands out to me. Most technology projects start without an outcome in mind. Worse, they are bought based on what...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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3:12
Mike LaVista and Tom Schaff talk about how to grow by spending less time on fewer, bigger deals
Mike talks with Tom “Tommy” Schaff of Major League Sales about the value of going after few deals and making the ones you do go after bigger. Tommy also gets into the mindset and strategy for changing your approach to these kinds of opportuniti...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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20:55