Donnie Smith heads up Poultry and Prepared Foods team at Tyson Foods, Inc. But what sets Donnie apart is his passion for people and his unique ability to build high performing teams. In this webcast, Donnie shares his secret to being a champion leader in the world's largest protein producer.Contactwww.organizationalchampions.comwww.twitter.com/Thom…

Rob DeMartini is the CEO of New Balance. New Balance is in the midst of a reinvigoration of its brand. The company is over 100 years old, but is making some very interesting strides towards reestablishing itself as a premiere athletic shoe brand. In this episode, we speak to Rob about leading this charge and what it is taking both inside and outsid…

In today's episode, we have a conversation with Dr. David Yudis of Disney. He is currently the Director of Global Learning and Development for Disney Consumer Goods.Topics: Disney's Past and Future Preparing Disney's Champions Three things to learn from how Disney develops its future leaders David Yudis on Twitterwww.twitter.com/davidyudisContactww…

Org. Champion Webcast 014 - Your Company's Problems Could be Bigger Than the Economic Downturn Deloitte has a brand new report called The Shift Index, and today we are going to talk about why you need to know about it. Show Notes: Why the report was written: From the Executive Summary - Paraphrased The Winners are barely winning while the Losers ar…

Show Notes: Today we look at blog entries from Om Malik, CEO of GigaOm, a news blog focused on the communications and tech sectors and William C. Taylor, the author of Practically Radical. Jeff Bezos on being a successful entrepreneur... The 10 Questions Every Change Agent Must Answer Takeaways:1. Never Quit Focusing on Customers 2. Create a Cultur…

Show Notes:In the News:Did Professional Management Cause the Fall of GM? (HBR)http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/hbreditors/2009/06/professional_management_and_th.htmlAlfred Sloan and The Great GM Mystery Alfred Sloan was the Leader of GM from the 1920's through the 1950's On paper, Sloan espoused a scientific, strongly hierarchical style of lead…

Show Notes:The Organizational Champion hits the shelves on June 5th.The New Organizational Champions Website: More info on the book Blog Forum Podcast ChampEm.com Twitter Facebook The idea is to start a movement A Champion's Three-Word Story: The Power of Story - HBR Article Liz Murray Background How to create one How it brings value to you in your…

Show Notes: The Organizational Champion hits the shelves on June 5th. Alan Mulally Alan Mulally is the CEO of the Ford Motor Company and he is a champion. We talk about why we think so... In The News: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/136/through-the-fire.html Sean Maloney of Intel talks about why Intel is on the move while it seems as though eve…

Show Notes: In today's episode, we discuss our final stop on the Champion's ECChO model, Opportunity Minded. Execution and doing what has to be done seems to always be in the way of seeing the road ahead, yet the best of the best, the Champions are able to do it. We are going to discuss how to get out of the weeds and see the big picture. That and …

In today's episode, we discuss our next stop on the Champion's ECChO model, the Change-Maker. It also brings us to an interesting chicken & egg dilemma that every leader faces. That and much more in today's episode of The Organizational Champion Webcast. Show Notes: In The News: CNN and Career Builder's Top Ten cities for College Graduates. Why is …

Show Notes:In today’s episode, Mike and Murray discuss the value of engaging and staying connected to all stakeholders as a leader. It isn’t always easy be available, open, and vulnerable as a leader but as we move forward, leaders who can’t do that will be shuffled to the back of the pack. We will talk about how to be a connected leader and why yo…

Show Notes: The Organizational Champions Webcast Episode #6 Being a Champion During the Bad Times In this week's episode of the Organizational Champion Webcast, Mike and Murray discuss how to lead effectively when times are bad. How transparent does a leader need to be? Is there a time for pessimism or optimism? How does a leader strike the right b…

Show Notes: In the News: The Best of Behance: Best of Behance's 99% Conference: 13 Tried and True Practices For Making Ideas Happen. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/linda-tischler/design-times/best-behance-13-tried-and-true-practices-making-ideas-happen The ECChO Model: ECCho Discussion: I. Recap The Definition of a Champion II. Discuss the Model (…

Show Notes: We invite you to check out www.ChampEm.com. WHY WE WORK: Through the Decades Today SETH GODIN BIO: Author of 10 books on Marketing He has the number one most read blog about Marketing Pundit Thinker His job is to ask the questions and make observations that others can’t either due to their perspective or simple lack of time. www.sethgod…

Show Notes: If you are going to spend 5,10, or 15 hours of your life devoted to reading a book, wouldn’t it be nice to know more about the author? And yet, most times all you get is a paragraph or two in the inside flap to let you know who the author is. We thought that’s enough of that. This episode is completely devoted to getting to know Mike Th…

Show Notes: IN THE NEWS: It was a dry week for news stories. We pored over endless news feeds this week and there was nothing there. Where are the commentators and people with opinions and vision? Where are the stories about exciting companies and visionary leaders? EXECUTION V. VISION: Which comes first vision or execution. On first blush the answ…

Show Notes: IN THE NEWS: Googles Lead Designer Leaves McDonald’s Goes Green 10 Ways to Make Better CEOs THE DEFINITION OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHAMPION: If we are going to have a conversation about Organizational Champions, then we better know what they are. In today’s podcast we have an extended conversation about what a Champion is and how to spot o…

About the episode It’s a wrap. The first podcast was just completed. It was fun and hopefully a little compelling as Murray and I discussed the Organizational Champions movement, the book, leadership, and expectations of future podcasts. Through today’s podcast, you’ll discover why the Organizational Champions movement was started, some of our insi…