Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Tobin

Dr. Michael Tobin grew up on Long Island, in New York, a big baseball fan who looked up to Willie Mays more than anyone else. Suffice it to say, Israel was not on his radar screen at all. But Jewish and Israel-focused messages were reaching him whether he liked it or not (Wait until you hear about his 20-mile run on Yom Kippur in the 70s), and things reached a crescendo when Michael and his Lebanese Christian girlfriend – and eventual wife, Deborah, decided to bike around the world, including stops in both Lebanon and Israel. Buckle up. This is a wild story told by a wonderful storyteller. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/return-again/support

Tony starts the first segment of the show joined by Michael Tobin of FOX News as they talk about the latest about Israel/Hezbollah missile strikes. They also talk if the United States should be or not be involved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 Segment 1 Tony starts the first segment of the show joined by Michael Tobin of FOX News as they talk about the latest about Israel/Hezbollah missile strikes. They also talk if the United States should be or not be involved.  Hour 1 Segment 2 Tony goes over the recent remarks made by Bill Maher talking about the most recent Donald Trump assassination attempt. Tony also tries to make sense of how the left claims Trump is a “threat” and if there should be another debate between Trump and Kamala Harris.  Hour 1 Segment 3 Tony talks about Kamala Harris dodging interviews and not taking any questions, doing the same thing Joe Biden during the 2020 election. He also talks more about the recent comments from Bill Maher about the upcoming election and more about Kamala's “growing up in a middle-class family” speech she continues to give.  Hour 1 Segment 4 Tony wraps up the first hour of the show talking briefly about the temperatures and climate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Michael Tobin grew up on Long Island, in New York, a big baseball fan who looked up to Willie Mays more than anyone else. Suffice it to say, Israel was not on his radar screen at all. But Jewish and Israel-focused messages were reaching him whether he liked it or not (Wait until you hear about his 20-mile run on Yom Kippur in the 70s), and things reached a crescendo when Michael and his Lebanese Christian girlfriend – and eventual wife, Deborah, decided to bike around the world, including stops in both Lebanon and Israel. Buckle up. This is a wild story told by a wonderful storyteller.

Listen, Watch, & Support DTP: www.thereadinesslab.com/dtp-links  Boost the Signal with a $5 monthly donation!  Become a TRL Insider Member with a ton of extra content!   #emergencymanagement #disastertough #leadership #emergencyservicesCharlotte, North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.  As such, its airport continues to grow and adjust to the increased amount of people passing through its doorsThis week's guest in the Disaster Tough Podcast, Michael Tobin has seen this growth and firsthand.  As the Emergency Operations Manager at Charlotte Douglas Airport, Michael makes sure that the airport, its patrons, and its employees are ready for whatever emergency scenarios may arise.  In this episode, he and host, John Scardena discuss the importance of effective and targeted messaging in airport communication, the lack of standardization of airport emergency management, and what Charlotte Douglas Airport has planned to continue to safely accommodate more growth and more passengers.Major Endorsements: L3Harris's BeOn PPT App.  Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.comImpulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse  Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com

How do you handle a conflict between honoring in-laws and honoring your own parents?  Are there times that married children need to listen to input from in-laws? Are there halachos about what to call your in-laws? What does a mother-in-law do when she sees deficiencies in her daughter-in-law? Are there typically father-in-law issues, and if so, what? What are healthy boundaries, and how do you establish them? Hosted by: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO OU Kosher, renowned Daf Yomi Maggid Shiur and Rov – 13:53 with Rebbetzin Feige Twerski – noted teacher and prolific author – 45:32 with Dr. Michael Tobin – marriage and family psychologist for 50 years – 1:06:12 Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:35:05  מראי מקומות  

Music makes the world go round....On this very special episode we dive into a brand new docuseries that takes the pulse of the music scene in our very own city.  It's time for 'New World Beat'.New World Beat is a musical docuseries that shines a light on the emerging artists, local legends, and unsung stars of Toronto's music scene. in an unequivocal love letter to the city and the music that comes out of it each and every day....With episodes airing on TVO and digitally on TVO.org there's no excuse not to dive into this show, especially if you love music.  I had the unique pleasure of sitting down with show runner Michael Tobin to talk about the origins of the show and so very much more....

Created by Michael Tobin, TVO's new series, NEW WORLD BEAT, steps into the heart of Toronto's energetic music scene. Blending performances and intimate conversations, the show taps into the heart of the city by elevating the artists and let them share more than just their music. In this 1on1, we speak to Tobin about Toronto's unique musical voice, creating safe spaces and offering more than our art.

This week I speak with Randall Michael Tobin in Part 2 of our conversation. Randall founded his Theta Sound Studio way back in 1977 and has worked on thousands of projects in various genres including Jazz, Pop, R&B, Classical, Hip Hop, Country, Ragtime, Gospel, Ballet, Alternative, Film Score and Spoken Word. Besides offering just about every audio service you can think of, he also offers art and graphics, online marketing and promotion, video production and editing, and website design and maintenance. As I said last week, there's more to Randall's story than just audio. His interest in artisan cooking led him to baking sourdough bread loafs that he gave to clients and friends as gifts. This eventually led to a side business called Random Acts of Breadness, where as an artisan baker, Randall sells sourdough bread along with raw farm butters, honey spreads, jams and organic extra virgin olive oils. And as I also said last week, I eat at least one piece of Randall's most delicious sourdough just about every day. During Part 2 of our interview, we spoke about how some house concerts started his side-career in cooking and baking, the similarities between food and music, using gorilla marketing to start his bakery, the importance of pivoting when opportunities present themselves, and much more. I spoke with Randall from his studio in Burbank, California.  On the intro I looked at Warner Music looking to buy Tunecore parent company Believe Music, and the most popular hardware synthesizer by country.

You can't have a big sports festival without a mascot... so a young man from the Southern Shore came up with one to oversee the 2025 Canada Games in St. John's. We meet the 9-year-old who gave us Gusty the Cod. (Anthony Germain with Michael Tobin and his mom Nancy)

My guest this week is Randall Michael Tobin, who founded his Theta Sound Studio way back in 1977. Since then he's worked on thousands of projects in various genres including Jazz, Pop, R&B, Classical, Hip Hop, Country, Ragtime, Gospel, Ballet, Alternative, Film Score and Spoken Word. Besides offering just about every audio service you can think of, Randall also offers art and graphics, online marketing and promotion, video production and editing, and website design and maintenance. But there's more more to Randall's story. Along the way his interest in artisan cooking led him to begin baking sourdough bread loafs that he gave as gifts to clients and friends. This eventually led to a side business called Random Acts of Breadness, where as an artisan baker, Randall sells sourdough bread along with delicious compliments like raw farm butters, honey spreads, jams and organic extra virgin olive oils. In fact, I eat at least one piece of Randall's most excellent sourdough just about every day. During part 1 of the interview, we spoke about how some gear never goes out of style, recording big band, his unique studio clientele, where he got his technical chops, and much more. I spoke with Randall from his Theta Sound studio in Burbank, California.  On the intro I looked at some totally unique physical release formats that you won't believe, and what we know about Western tuning and harmony just might be wrong.

Over the last six months, we've run two essay contests in The Free Press. The first was for high schoolers; we asked them to write about a problem facing American society—and how to fix it.  The second contest was for an older generation—70 years and over—and we asked them to tell a story about an event that shaped their life and helped give them wisdom or a fresh perspective.  Today, we are thrilled to bring you the winners of both of those contests. Voices of wisdom exactly 60 years apart. First, you'll hear 17-year-old Ruby LaRocca read her winning essay, “A Constitution for Teenage Happiness.” As you'll hear, her happiness guide involves less phones (in fact, she doesn't own one) and more old books, less TV and more memorizing poems. Ruby is a homeschooled senior. She told us she entered the contest because she believes in our mission of finding “the people—under the radar or in the public eye—who are telling the truth.”  Then, you'll hear Michael Tobin—a 77-year-old psychologist living in Israel—read his winning essay, “A Love Song for Deborah.” It is about grappling with his wife's Alzheimer's diagnosis and nearly giving in to despair—until he found the one thing that awakened her.  We hope you enjoy today's episode, and that it moves, uplifts, inspires—and all of those other holiday spirit verbs. It sure did for us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When fast-food chain Raising Cane's tapped the US capital market this month, it revealed a $7.6 billion fortune held by CEO Todd Graves. Strong demand for the chicken-finger maker's bonds highlights growing investor appetite for risky debt as the US economy appears headed for a soft landing, Bloomberg News reporter Michael Tobin tells Bloomberg senior editor James Crombie in this episode of the Credit Edge podcast. And it shows consumer spending holding up despite inflationary pressures, Tobin says. Also in this episode, Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst Mike Holland weighs the outlook for US health care. Some highly-indebted companies like Community Health Systems and Bausch Health are hitting a wall as liquidity dries up, while others like HCA Healthcare are thriving, Holland says.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Although securing cash is the key objective when raising investment, money isn't the only thing to consider. Many investors can offer vital support and advice too. Michael Tobin OBE is a serial founder, author and non-executive chairman of several international businesses and CEO of technology company Telecity from 2002 to 2015, Michael grew the company from a market cap of £6 million into a FTSE 250 company worth £2 billion. In 2014, Michael was awarded an OBE for services to the UK digital economy. Given many founders require more than just an injection of capital when scaling their businesses, Michael shares his advice on how to ask investors for extra support and what help you can reasonably expect from your investors….plus the importance of the cost of umbrellas. If you'd like to contact Michael you can reach him via LinkedIn FF&M enables you to own your own PR. Recorded, edited & published by Juliet Fallowfield, 2023 MD & Founder of PR & Communications consultancy for startups Fallow, Field & Mason.  Email us at hello@fallowfieldmason.com or DM us on instagram @fallowfieldmason. Let us know how your start up journey is going or if you have any questions you would like us to discuss in future episodes. FF&M recommends: LastPass the password-keeping site that syncs between devices.Google Workspace is brilliant for small businessesBuzzsprout podcast 'how to' & hosting directoryCanva has proved invaluable for creating all the social media assets and audio bites.For contracts check out Law Depot.MUSIC CREDIT Funk Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod.  Link &  LicenceSupport the show

This week, Nick speaks to serial technology entrepreneur and author, Michael Tobin OBE.With over 30 years' experience in the telecoms and technology sector, Michael is the former CEO of Telecity. Michael built Telecity from a £6m market cap to a £2.6bn business.Michael has since founded Tobin Ventures, and holds multiple NED and Chairman roles with progressive businesses in the datacentre and technology industries. Michael is also Chairman of Audioboom.Nick and Michael discuss Michael's upbringing, his route to becoming CEO of Telecity, his management of several successful exit strategies, and his maverick management techniques.Michael's book choice was 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke and his latest book is out now -  A Perfect Storm: How to thrive in an uncertain and ever-changing world.This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed within, constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.

Get ready to ignite your curiosity and fuel your innovation! We're incredibly excited to bring to your screens an exclusive video interview with the audacious and visionary, Michael Tobin OBE. From leading the FTSE 250, to pioneering in tech entrepreneurship, to setting benchmarks in philanthropy, his journey is an epic tale of transformation. Joining him in this illuminating conversation is the brilliant Nat Schooler. Together, they're set to unravel the mysteries of #ArtificialIntelligence, explore the game-changing power of disruptive technology, and delve into the crucial realm of ethics in our digitized world. https://influentialvisions.com/ai-takeover-michael-tobin-obe-reveals-the-dark-side-of-disruptive-tech/

• Flowers by Lisa opened for business in Tullamore in March of this year. Owners Lisa Bracken and Lorraine Wynter have over 47 years combined experience in the trade and joined Ronan in the studio to discuss their new venture. • Getting the right person for the lead role and how an individual's leadership style impacts on an organisation with Teresa Hand-Campbell of THC Consult, All-Ireland Business Foundation 'Business All-Star Organizational Psychology Visionary of the Year 2023. • ‘Learning in the Hubs' is a new partnership between remote working hubs and universities to allow students to live and study within their own communities. It was launched in TUS Athlone by Ministers Heather Humphreys and Simon Harris recently - full details with Dr. Michael Tobin. • A 'Women in Tech' Saturday Networking event is being held at Ardonagh Analytics Lab, Mullingar, this weekend. Co-Founder Sharon Keane of Zinkwork will outline origins of the group and how you can get involved in upcoming events.

Top 5 Most Read RNS's on Vox Markets for Thurday 25th May 2023 1. Cineworld Group #CINE - Chapter 11 update As previously announced, in light of the level of existing debt that is proposed to be released under the Group Chapter 11 Companies' plan of reorganisation, the Proposed Restructuring does not provide for any recovery for holders of Cineworld's existing equity interests. 2. Angle #AGL - Pharma services contract with Artios Pharma ANGLE announce that its first bespoke assay development customer, Artios Pharma (Artios), has signed a new contract to utilise two DNA Damage Response assays developed by ANGLE in a Phase 1 clinical trial expected to commence shortly. 3. Audioboom Group #BOOM - Director/PDMR Shareholding Michael Tobin OBE, non-executive Chairman of the Company, purchased 2,769 ordinary shares in the Company on 24 May at a price of 323p. Following this purchase, Michael Tobin holds approximately 4.6% 4. Phoenix Copper #PXC - Final results for the year ended 31 December 2022 Investment in Empire Mine increased to $33.10 million (2021: $26.12 million) Group reports loss of $1.57 million (2021: $969,250). Year-end cash balance of $4.66 million (2021: $13.05 million) 5. Guild Esports #GILD - Guild launches campaign with Sky UK Guild Esports announce the launch of a campaign in partnership with its Official Premier Partner, Sky UK, to champion inclusive gaming environments by raising awareness of the gender-based verbal harassment facing women gamers playing online. Sky has provided the funding for the promotional activity to support the awareness campaign that will run online across social media channels, including Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch, in addition to the procurement of influencer talent.

Michael Tobin (@initialfocus) joins us to discuss pro video editing on Apple's iPad Pro, DaVinci Resolve, FCP, and YouTuber life. FOLLOW MICHAEL: https://youtube.com/@initialfocus

Top 5 Most Read RNS's on Vox Markets for Tuesday 28th March 2023 5. Audioboom Group #BOOM - Director/PDMR Shareholding Audioboom announces that Michael Tobin OBE, non-executive Chairman of the Company, purchased 1,162 ordinary shares in the Company on 27 March at a price of 420 pence per ordinary share. Following this purchase, Michael Tobin holds approximately 4.5% of the Company's issued share capital. 4. eEnergy Group #EAAS - Results for the six months ended 31 December 2022 Revenue up 58% to £15.1 million (HY21: £9.6 million) Adjusted EBITDA (1) up 87% to £1.5 million (HY21: £0.8 million) Profit before tax of £0.4 million (HY21: loss of £1.0 million) 3. UK Oil & Gas #UKOG - Horse Hill Farmout UK Oil & Gas PLC announce that it has executed a conditional binding term sheet with Pennpetro Energy plc ("PPP"), whereby PPP will farm-in to the Horse Hill Oil Field on an incremental production basis via funding the acquisition of 3D seismic and the drilling of the next infill production well. UKOG holds an 85.635% net interest in Horse Hill and the surrounding 142.9 km² PEDL137 and PEDL246 licences located about 2 km north of Gatwick airport. 2. Union Jack Oil #UJO - Interim Dividend Declared The Board declares an interim dividend of 0.3 pence per ordinary share with a London Stock Exchange ex-dividend date of Thursday 6 July 2023, a record date of Friday 7 July 2023 and payment date of 28 July 2023. 1. Contango Holdings #CGO - Lubu Project Operational Update The wash plant construction is now complete ahead of commissioning and the production of coking coal. Refurbishment of the screen, used to sort the coking coal prior to it being fed through the wash plant, is also near completion in Harare and is expected to be delivered to site in early April, with installation immediately thereafter.

Top 5 Most Read RNS's on Vox Markets for Monday 19th December 2022 5. Tirupati Graphite #TGR - Update regarding Acquisition of Suni Resources TG will not be assuming any external debt as a result of the acquisition and it will not have any obligation in respect of repayment of or the payment of interest in respect of any third party debt upon completion as a result of the acquisition of Suni Resources. 4. Audioboom Group #BOOM - Director/PDMR Shareholding On 16 December, Michael Tobin OBE, non-executive Chairman of the Company, purchased 4,658 shares at an average price of 425.85p. Following this purchase, Michael Tobin holds approximately 4.4 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 3. hVIVO #HVO - Imutex Phase I data published hVIVO plc announces publication of previously reported positive data from a first-in-human Phase I clinical study evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of AGS-v PLUS. The data has been published in eBioMedicine, a peer-reviewed open access biomedical journal part of The Lancet Discovery Science. 2. Angus Energy #ANGS - Fundraising to raise approximately £7 million Angus Energy announces its intention to raise gross proceeds of approximately £7 million by means of a placing of at a price of 1.65p. 1. Avacta Group #AVCT - Avacta to Host Therapeutics Division Science Day Avacta Group will host a Science Day for City analysts and fund managers on 23rd February 2023 to discuss recent progress within the Company's Therapeutics Division and hear from selected key opinion leaders in the field of oncology.

Today, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan is joined by Bloomberg News reporter Michael Tobin. Airbnb is teaming up with several big landlords and letting renters offer rooms on the service.

5. Deepverge PLC #DVRG - Blue Carbon Resilience project DeepVerge secures a Blue Carbon Resilience project in Georgia and South Carolina worth £2.4m. 4. Audioboom Group #BOOM - Director/PDMR Shareholding Michael Tobin OBE, non-executive Chairman of the Company, purchased 1,886 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 500 pence per ordinary share. Following this purchase, Michael Tobin approximately 4.4 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 3. Bushveld Minerals #BMN - Interim Results for Six Months ended 30 June 2022 Revenue of US$76.2 million (H1 2021: US$47.0 million) and Adjusted EBITDA1 of US$15.6 million (H1 2021: Adjusted EBITDA loss of US$10.8 million). 2. Union Jack Oil #UJO - Gaffney Cline Report Reserves and Contingent Resources of the Wressle Oilfield PEDL180 and PEDL182 illustrative production scenario show upside potential. 1. Supply @ME Capital #SYME - Holding in Company The AvantGarde Group holdings have reduced from 29.6% to 28.9%

Instacart is joining other big tech companies on slowing down the hiring process and shifting focus to making the startup as profitable as possible.  This comes just this month as the delivery company confidentially filed for their long-awaited IPO, with a listing expected as soon as this year.  For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Liz Saint John spoke with Bloomberg reporter Michael Tobin.    

Shares of Peloton dropped to a record low following the company's latest earnings report. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby spoke with Bloomberg News reporter Michael Tobin.

Host Paul Owen meets Michael Tobin OBE, CEO of Telecity from 2002 to 2014, a company he took from £6 million to £1.7 billion market cap during his tenure. Now wearing many hats as entrepreneur, investor, mentor and philanthropist, Mike focuses much of his fund-raising efforts on children's charities. In 2016, Mike ran 40 marathons in 40 days to raise money for the Prince's Trust and, in 2020, he completed an immense 60-mile nautical trek across the Antarctic plateau to the South Pole to raise funds for The Lewis Moody Foundation and The Brain Tumour Charity. He personally raised £110,000 for the trek. 3 key areas are discussed in each episode with an experienced business leader: 1. What makes a successful sales team? 2. How to motivate yourself and your teams when growing a business; 3. The role of leadership in company growth. Tune in to hear Mike's views on the VPN of trust, why SMEs should rein in their hard sales approach, using storytelling rather than pitching, and the true role of leaders if you want to scale your business. 

In this episode our hosts, Steve and Katie Keene, speak with Dr. Michael Tobin who has been a psychologist and marital and family therapist for 47 years and author since he wrote his first play at 11. Over the years, Dr. Tobin has worked with numerous families struggling with loss, divorce, and the challenges of raising children with mental and physical challenges. In every case, it's the same question: How do you find and express love when you're overwhelmed by the demands of circumstances?Dr. Tobin has been married to his soulmate, Deborah for 47 years. They are the parents of four and the grandparents of 17. Four years ago, his beloved wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. They are all learning how to love and grieve Deborah, Mom, and Mama as she fades into the world of Alzheimer's.Enjoy the show!1) To connect with Michael:www.drmichaeltobin.comFacebook:Dr. Michael Tobin 2) For a transformational health secret to support your family's health foundation:Live longer, Feel Better 3) Be sure to find Katie and Steve on social media! @FamilySuccess | Linktree 4) Steve Keene - High-Performance CoachingLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenkeene7/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve.keene.75875) Katie Keene - Special Needs Family CoachingKatie Keene - Special Needs Family Coaching 6) To book a Parent Support Session, a free 30-minute call:Generationally Minded, LLC., Family Success Secrets and The Greater Honor 

From Bestselling author, currently writing the forthcoming book Authentic Achievements - The 7 Secrets to Building Brave Belief, Unstoppable Sales, and Turning Your Leaders Into Talent Magnets for Guaranteed Sustainable Growth, this show shares advice, stories and inspiration to help you achieve exponential growth personally and for your business. Featuring interviews with industry leaders and a separate series on #confidencehacker to help you build authentic confidence. In this episode, I am delighted to be joined by Michael Tobin OBE. Michael is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, maverick and all-round inspiration. His journey from the streets of Bermondsey to CEO of an FTSE250, to serial entrepreneur, Michael's journey is a compelling one. In this episode, he shares some of his journey and his ethos of starting with a yes. It's one not to miss. To find out more about Michael please visit https://www.michaeltobin.online/ If you want to find out more check us out at www.kimadelerandall.com or www.authenticachievements.co.uk

Michael Tobin will share the journey of his book, Riding the Edge, a Love Song for Deborah.The book chronicles the around the world journey of two soulmates, who the security of their well-ordered lives in search of larger truths. Forty-seven years ago, Michael discovered his soulmate Deborah on a dance floor in Keene, New Hampshire. It took her soul a few years and an around-the-world bike trek to fully reciprocate. Riding the Edge is the astonishing tale of the six-month odyssey that profoundly shaped the next 564 months of their lives together. Taking place in 1980, Michael and Deborah explore and take risks in search of life's larger truths. What they find is a story of magnificent vistas and memorable moments that enliven their senses to the beauty of the world even as it also reveals the vilest of human cruelty. It's a journey that has a mind and heart of its own. In the end, each story, kindness, and cruelty uncover the humanness that connects all living things and shows that love is a powerful, healing life force.

Michael Tobin will share the journey of his book, Riding the Edge, a Love Song for Deborah.The book chronicles the around the world journey of two soulmates, who the security of their well-ordered lives in search of larger truths. Forty-seven years ago, Michael discovered his soulmate Deborah on a dance floor in Keene, New Hampshire. It took her soul a few years and an around-the-world bike trek to fully reciprocate. Riding the Edge is the astonishing tale of the six-month odyssey that profoundly shaped the next 564 months of their lives together. Taking place in 1980, Michael and Deborah explore and take risks in search of life's larger truths. What they find is a story of magnificent vistas and memorable moments that enliven their senses to the beauty of the world even as it also reveals the vilest of human cruelty. It's a journey that has a mind and heart of its own. In the end, each story, kindness, and cruelty uncover the humanness that connects all living things and shows that love is a powerful, healing life force.

Michael Tobin will share the journey of his book, Riding the Edge, a Love Song for Deborah.The book chronicles the around the world journey of two soulmates, who the security of their well-ordered lives in search of larger truths. Forty-seven years ago, Michael discovered his soulmate Deborah on a dance floor in Keene, New Hampshire. It took her soul a few years and an around-the-world bike trek to fully reciprocate. Riding the Edge is the astonishing tale of the six-month odyssey that profoundly shaped the next 564 months of their lives together. Taking place in 1980, Michael and Deborah explore and take risks in search of life's larger truths. What they find is a story of magnificent vistas and memorable moments that enliven their senses to the beauty of the world even as it also reveals the vilest of human cruelty. It's a journey that has a mind and heart of its own. In the end, each story, kindness, and cruelty uncover the humanness that connects all living things and shows that love is a powerful, healing life force.

What's the secret to a happy, long-lasting relationship? Marital and family psychologist Dr. Michael Tobin believes it's mutual respect for one another. He's been with his life partner, soulmate, and wife, Deborah, for 47 years, and in practice as a psychologist for more than 45 years. His most recent book, “Riding the Edge, A Love Song to Deborah,” chronicles a six-month transformative journey in 1980 when Deborah, an Arab American, and Michael, an American Jew, bicycled across Europe, Lebanon, and Israel where they confronted the challenges of love, war, and identity. Today he discusses ways to work through trying times, even when life-transforming situations such as illness or marital infidelity occur. He is also a life-long writer, and has written extensively on marriage and family relationships, aging, health, fitness, and travel. Info: drmichaeltobin.com

Airbnb is rolling out more than 50 new features, brought about in part, by the way its users rental habits have changed since the start of the pandemic. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Rebecca Corral spoke with Bloomberg News reporter Michael Tobin.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Michael Tobin has been a marital and family psychologist for 45 years. He is the founder of the award-winning website, www.wholefamily.com, which contains numerous articles about relationships. His series of articles, The Marital Labyrinth , which delves into marriage, marital affairs, and how to affair-proof a relationship, was featured in Psychology Today. His new book, Riding the Edge, A Love Song to Deborah, chronicles a six-month transformative journey in 1980, when he, an American Jew, and Deborah, an Arab American, bicycled across Europe, Lebanon, and Israel, where they confronted the challenges of love, war, and identity. They have been together for 47 years now, and are the parents of four and the grandparents of 14. We spoke about the spiritual implications of the adventure he describes in his book and the challenges he's faced since Deborah was diagnosed with Alzeimer's. Learn more about Michael Tobin here: www.drmichaeltobin.com

RIDING THE EDGE: A LOVE SONG TO DEBORAH-- A LOVE SONG FOR US ALL Summary: Dr. Michael Tobin, PhD has been a marital and family psychologist for 45 years and an author and playwright since he was twelve. He's been with his life partner, soulmate, and wife, Deborah, for 47 years. In this 2-part interview, he discusses his most recent book, Riding the Edge, A Love Song to Deborah. In a race against the ravages of Deborah's Alzheimer's, Michael Tobin wrote this gorgeous love song to his wife to celebrate the extraordinary days of their early courtship and chronicles a six-month transformative journey in 1980 when Deborah, an Arab American, and Michael, an American Jew, bicycled across Europe, Lebanon, and Israel where they confronted the challenges of love, war, and identity. 

Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Michael Tobin talks about marriage and infidelity. Emotional entanglements are an indicator of something that is out of balance in a marriage. Michael says that affairs don't happen in a vacuum, infidelity in marriage point to something. The thing about marriage is that you get out what you put in and if the focus is self then the marriage will fail. As a psychologist Michael has found that affairs are a temporary escape from a painful reality and that emotional vulnerability can lead to infidelity. But does it have to? No but marriage doesn't tolerate lack of integrity, intolerance, laziness or dishonesty. Success in marriage and insulation against infidelity comes down to two people who are mutually giving and receiving to each other. Michael shares some great insights and tips to help married couples to not only avoid infidelity but also to recover from it. If you are married this podcast will be a great use of your time and your marriage will thank you! Grab a cuppa something wonderful and your spouse then join us! Please remember to subscribe, rate, and share this podcast. Thank you!

Michael Tobin – Riding the EdgeAired Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM ESTForty-seven years ago, Michael Tobin discovered his soulmate Deborah on a dance floor in Keene, New Hampshire. It took her soul a few years and an around-the-world bike trek to fully reciprocate. Riding the Edge: A Love Song to Deborah is the astonishing tale of the six-month odyssey that profoundly shaped the next 564 months of their lives together. Taking place in 1980, Michael and Deborah—an American Jew and American Arab, respectively—leave the security of their well-ordered lives as psychologists sleepwalking toward marriage and family to explore and take risks in search of life's larger truths. What they find is a story of magnificent vistas and memorable moments that open their senses to the beauty of the world even as it also reveals the vilest of human cruelty. My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, Michael Tobin, PhD, has been an author and playwright since he was twelve. On his way to becoming a psychologist, he was a former US Army officer, glacier climber, marathon runner, and restauranteur. Life dramatically changed for him and Deborah in 2018 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. This book tells the story of their experiences and deep and abiding love. His website is https://www.drmichaeltobin.com/ and he joins me this week to share their journey and inspiring book, Riding the Edge: A Love Song to Deborah.Visit the Destination Unlimited show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/destination-unlimited/Connect with Victor Fuhrman at http://victorthevoice.com/#ErvinLászló #RidingTheEdge #VictorFuhrman #DestinationUnlimited

Picking apart all the iPhone 13 camera features, behind the scenes creating the reviews and what photographers and filmmakers can expect. Watch the episode (https://youtu.be/BY-c0j3Blyw) Special Guest: Michael Tobin.

Two of my favorite people discuss faith in this episode of SpiritWars! If anyone can document all the scriptures mentioned then you truly earned a medal!

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We would agree with what one reviewer called “ONE OF THE BRAVEST BOOKS I'VE READ THIS YEAR,” A BOOK THAT WILL HAVE READERS RE-DEFINING THE MEANING OF LOVE AND COMMITMENT.”

RIDING THE EDGE: A LOVE SONG TO DEBORAH-- A LOVE SONG FOR US ALL Summary: Dr. Michael Tobin, PhD has been a marital and family psychologist for 45 years and an author and playwright since he was twelve. He's been with his life partner, soulmate, and wife, Deborah, for 47 years. In this 2-part interview, he discusses his most recent book, Riding the Edge, A Love Song to Deborah. In a race against the ravages of Deborah's Alzheimer's, Michael Tobin wrote this gorgeous love song to his wife to celebrate the extraordinary days of their early courtship and chronicles a six-month transformative journey in 1980 when Deborah, an Arab American, and Michael, an American Jew, bicycled across Europe, Lebanon, and Israel where they confronted the challenges of love, war, and identity. 

— The best universal definition of a soulmate is feeling deeply connected to another person but not in a dependent or needy way. Your soulmate is your fellow traveler on the journey of life—you need one another to grow beyond the limitations of your individual selves. The guiding principle in a relationship between soulmates is that needs are equally met because a soulmate relationship should challenge you to move from selfishness to giving. The signs you've met your soulmate are kind of infinite and can overlap with the different kinds of soulmates you encounter in your lifetime. An important truth about relationships is that you have to create love and nurture soulmate connections. Love isn't delivered to us because we believe we deserve it. We must work at being loving and then we'll receive love in return. Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Michael Tobin  — the author of “Riding the Edge, A Love Song to Deborah.”  — The book chronicles a six-month transformative journey in 1980 when Deborah, an Arab American, and Michael, an American Jew, bicycled across Europe, Lebanon, and Israel where they confronted the challenges of love, war, and identity. Dr. Michael Tobin has been a marital and family psychologist for 45 years. He's been with his life partner, soulmate, and wife, Deborah, for 47 years. They are the parents of four and the grandparents of 14. He is the founder of the award-winning website, www.wholefamily.com where you can find numerous articles about relationships. He is also the author of a book on marital affairs. Dr. Michael has been an author and playwright since he was twelve when he wrote a monumental play about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising that had over 20,000 actors on stage at one time. For logistical reasons it was never produced. On his way to becoming a psychologist, he was a former US Army officer, glacier climber, marathon runner, and restauranteur. He also claims to be the first entrepreneur to introduce granola to Connecticut.  To learn more about Dr. Michael Tobin and his work, please visit:  https://www.drmichaeltobin.com & https://www.wholefamily.com   — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well. 

Upcoming event to explore pandemic-related employee anxiety and trauma. One of the biggest challenges facing organisations during Covid-19 is navigating pandemic-related employee anxiety and trauma. On Friday 18th June 2021, a virtual event for business leaders from all sectors will be hosted by Malachy O'Connor, Business Strategy Consultant and Director of Uspire Ireland, an international training consultancy and networking group for leaders. The event, “From Crisis Control to Flourishing Teams”, will explore the tools needed to manage wellbeing and motivation among employees impacted by the effects of the global pandemic. Athlone IT Secures 929 Funded or Part-funded places under Springboard+ and ICT Skills initiative for the 21/22 academic year. Dr Michael Tobin, Dean of Faculty, Continuing, Professional, Online and Distance Learning discusses the latest round of funding with ROnan Berry. All programmes will be delivered in an online part-time flexible mode. This allocation represents a great endorsement of the work taking place towards delivering industry relevant and job relevant programmes, designed in conjunction with industry and Irelands national skills polices, across all faculties at Athlone IT. All programmes are now available to prospective learners looking to upskill, change career or return to employment at www.ait.ie or www.aitflexiblelearning.ie Programmes are also free for people in employment, on NFQ Level 6 programmes. For employed participants on programmes NFQ level 7 – 9, participants are only required to contribute 10% of the fee, while 90% of the course fee is funded by the Government. John McCann of MCM Accountants provides key details on the proposed legislation for employee sickpay and Daragh Feighrey of Center Parcs discusses a proposed major extension at Longford Forest.

Athlone IT Secures 929 Funded or Part-funded places under Springboard+ and ICT Skills initiative for the 21/22 academic year. Dr Michael Tobin, Dean of Faculty, Continuing, Professional, Online and Distance Learning discusses the latest round of funding with ROnan Berry. All programmes will be delivered in an online part-time flexible mode. This allocation represents a great endorsement of the work taking place towards delivering industry relevant and job relevant programmes, designed in conjunction with industry and Irelands national skills polices, across all faculties at Athlone IT. All programmes are now available to prospective learners looking to upskill, change career or return to employment at www.ait.ie or www.aitflexiblelearning.ie Programmes are also free for people in employment, on NFQ Level 6 programmes. For employed participants on programmes NFQ level 7 – 9, participants are only required to contribute 10% of the fee, while 90% of the course fee is funded by the Government.

How can a person know when they meet their soulmate? Is it even an attainable goal? We talk about this from a few different angles and one in particular in regards to the Bible. Also we discuss 6 different soulmate types given by psychologist Dr. Michael Tobin. As always we talk about this and much more presidentially with an executive mindset. #JB #RAG #PresidentialExecutive Check out this episode's video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VkPxFfa0G-QDon't forget to catch up on past episodes and run downs on our YouTube channel: ​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KDLl-AubeqHQM9uF0muMABe sure to SUBSCRIBE and LIKE the videos!Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprezexLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprezexFollow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThePrezExPlease send all business inquiries and guest requests to: theprezex@gmail.com

From selling old pianos for £10 in the south of London as a teenager to being one of the world's leading digital infrastructure investors and visionaries, our guest this week is one of the key builders of our digital world. He is a serial investor, a hugely successful entrepreneur, an author, a philanthropist and above all, a maverick.   Michael Tobin has been involved with some of the biggest names in the digital space including Telecity, Equinix, Fujitsu. Today, he also works with several other big brands including EdgeConneX, Audioboom, and Sungard.   In 2014, he was awarded an OBE for his ‘Services to the Digital Economy' by HRH Prince Charles. Michael Tobin is also known for his charity work and some incredible campaigns to raise awareness and money for important causes.   Speaking to GBM, Michael shares his personal story as well as advice on how to take on life when it gets challenging. He tells us of how he generates new ideas and how entrepreneurs can make the best of their situation, no matter their circumstances in life.   He shares his views on the data centre market as well as what work he is doing having recently become the face of one of the latest industry investment movements, SPACs – or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies.   Here at the GBM podcast, we hope you enjoy this episode and do leave us a review and share it with your contacts. We invite you back again for next week's episode with another big name in the internet space.   If you want to get more from the definitive podcast for the business of digital infrastructure, make sure you subscribe to Great Business Minds.   See you next week!    /////////////////////// This episode features our commercial partner Enboarder, the first Experience-Driven Onboarding platform and the new way businesses onboard. Check them out here. ///////////////////////   Get more from the GBM Podcast on: Official Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube

 As the former ‘maverick’ CEO of Telecity Group, the FTSE 250 data centre operator, which he took from £6million to £3billion, Michael is known across the globe as the leader who created the data centre industry in Europe.Subsequently, Michael turned his attention to supporting entrepreneurs, businesses and leaders in the digital and technology space. Having received The OBE (Order of the British Empire) from Her Majesty the Queen for Services to the Digital Economy, he is now on the boards of multiple tech companies across four continents.In 2016 he raised more than £120k for The Prince’s Trust by running 40 marathons in 40 days and in 2020 trekked to the South Pole raising over £120k for Children with Brain Tumours. Author of 3 best selling books one of which I will focus on in this podcast which is a transformational book I believe for this who read it, as Mike shares his own life earned knowledge of applying those success in work to personal life, love and how to really enjoy all aspects of life. Live, Love, work and Prosper. His philanthropic work   about helping women and young people to become empowered and improve their lives.    His commitment to help others through charitable fundraising, includes organisation as The Princes Trust , The Loomba Foundation and extraordinary organisation that caring for widows around the word, The Brain tutor charity, I could go on, but I am thrilled to bring on board Sir Michael Tobin. An incredible human being. Find Mike here: https://www.michaeltobin.online/Twitter: @Michael_Tobin_Instagram: @michaeltobin.obeGet Michael's book here: "Live, Love Work and Prosper " on amazon also available on kindle and Audible. 

Our incredible guest this week is Michael Tobin OBE and we're discussing entrepreneurship, datacenters, SPACs, and a lot more.  He's is a highly successful technology entrepreneur and pioneer in the data center and telecom industries with over 30 years' experience. As CEO, Michael Tobin OBE led TelecityGroup plc, a leading FTSE 250 Technology company from 2002 to 2014.  He took Redbus private in 2002 and relisted in 2007 as TelecityGroup in 2007. In 2005 he was named number 31 of Britain's Top 50 Entrepreneurs & in 2014 he was honoured in the Queens New Years Honours List with the Order of the British Empire medal for Services to the Digital Economy. In 2016 he  received business awards for Outstanding Non Executive Director of the year in the Best Business Awards 2016 and  the Global Business Excellence Awards 2016, and Chairman of the Year at the Stevie Awards in the USA. In 2017 he was recognized as Datacentre and Cloud Influencer of the Decade in Monaco at the Broadgroup Industry Awards and named in Smith and Williamson's Top 25 Power Individuals of Industry. He's the author of 3 books, most recently “Lifting the Floor”, a fascinating and deeply personal account of his experience leading Redbus and Telecity through the chaotic end of the dotcom bubble and into the hyperscale era. Today's, he's now Chairman of EdgeConnex, who just announced a major joint venture with Andani in India along with numerous  non-executive roles across the technology industry. 

Peacefully sharing a bed with a romantic partner is deeply rooted in our ideas about romantic love and partnership. But in reality, one in four couples sleeps separately, and nearly half of adults say they wish they could sleep apart from their partner for a better night's sleep. Despite all of our romantic ideals about sharing a bed with a partner, there are sometimes things we need to navigate in order to get there—from snoring to differing sleep schedules to sharing a small space (like a two-person tent). To help us sort that out I have marriage and family expert Dr. Michael Tobin, a clinical psychologist, veteran couples and family therapist, and author. He founded the award-winning website www.wholefamily.com in 1996, which has been recognized by Time, Family Life, Yahoo, Internet Life, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, the BBC, the Jerusalem Report and the Jerusalem Post and garnered over 50 awards. wholefamily.com Brides "What is a Soulmate" article: www.brides.com/what-is-a-soulmate-5097403 Show notes: sleepwellstaywell.com Follow me: instagram.com/bymaliajacobson

Hosts Carrie Goetz and Simon Allen introduce a chat between iMasons Founder and Chairman, Dean Nelson and Michael Tobin.From humble beginnings to CEO of Telecity Group and awarded an OBE for his ‘Services to the Digital Economy' in The Queen's Birthday Honours List. Find out why Michael is swimming with sharks (real sharks), sleeping in hotels made entirely of ice or sleeping on the streets of London (with other CEOs) and why he thinks we all need luck. Also - why we should forget strategy and focus on results.

Peter Switzer speaks to Wizard Home Loans and Yellow Brick Road founder Mark Bouris, plus the 'Godfather of Bitcoin' Michael Tobin on the future of cryptocurrency. | The Great Bitcoin Debate: https://gokogroup.com/bitcoindebate | Switzer Advisory: https://switzeradvisory.com.au

So today I am speaking with Michael Tobin OBE, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Maverick, Adventurer, and Author.  Michael is the recipient of an incredible list of awards including the likes of  - Business Turnaround of the YearBusiness Person of the Year Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (numerous times)Outstanding Non-Executive Director (numerous times)The Princes Trust Outstanding Individual AwardChairman of the Yearand Order of the British Empire for Services to the Digital Economy,  In this conversation he shares the story of tough beginnings, before going on to take an electronics engineering apprenticeship.  He then continued to push himself and progress his career, to the point of leading a tech business that was eventually sold for £2.6 billion. Michael talks about what he looks for when recruiting people and building his teams, the leadership style and approach that has led to many calling him the Maverick Entrepreneur, and the importance of setting the vision and developing the culture that leads to high performance and success. He also explains how he attributes the successes, recognition and the ‘awards'  to the great people that he surrounds himself with. What I really enjoy about the conversation, is that whilst Michael shares great stories, we dig into them to understand the impact they had.  We discuss how he implemented the lessons and learnings, how he continually revisited these lessons so they came part of the language, the culture and of course the behaviours. Michael highlights the value of really knowing your people, setting a vision and then getting out of the way and letting the great people you have put in place to do a job, do their job. To trust them.  It would be easy to say, 'well I don't run a business or lead lots of people' but the lessons are still there. Take the time to really get to know yourself first, become truly self aware. Define and refine your skills, knowledge, capability and capacity. Review your ‘performance' in the key areas of life and explore what you can do to continue to improve it, to develop it, to keep getting better.  If you want to know more about Michael Tobin OBE, then head over to MichaelTobin.online where you can read about his background and experiences, details about the books he has written, his adventures to the South Pole (which I will have to get him back on to talk about in the future) and much much more.

Episode 2  we have Michael Tobin, the former CEO of Telecity Group, giving us an insight into his early life and what made him the leader he is today, as well as his top leadership lessons. Welcome to Episode 2! Here we're lucky enough to joined by Michael Tobin OBE,  a lifelong entrepreneur, CEO and NED of multiple businesses. Most prominently, Michael built Telecity Group from a £6m market cap to a £2.6bn business, and in 2014 was made an OBE for services to the digital economy. We'll be discussing all manner of things, including: - Michael's thoughts on public cloud -Why Shawshank Redemption is the best film out there -How running 40 marathons in 40 days applies to business -Getting shot at in Rhodesia Enjoy!

Michael Tobin is a 100% self-taught filmmaker and YouTuber. Over the last few months, his channel has grown substantially and he shares with us on the podcast how he did it. If you are an up and coming YouTuber or freelance shooter, this episode is for you!LINKShttps://youtube.com/initialfocusllchttps://twitter.com/initialfocushttps://instagram.com/initialfocus/https://twitter.com/davemazehttps://instagram.com/davemaze_/

Making Conversations about Influencer Marketing count! Influencing and marketing expert Nat Schooler joins Wendy as they chat about how important it is to produce strategic content online. Nat spends his time podcasting, writing, and driving across foreign continents for fun. However, their conversations quickly turn to the importance of building relationships with the people you want to work with. Nat places trust as the highest asset everyone should nurture. Nat is considered a social media influencer in marketing and has a great business approach. Nat explains this pivotal moment with such clarity you can smell the soap and understand quickly why he was influenced to be driven with it… You can connect with Nat here where he's more than happy to start conversations. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanielschooler/ Check out his resources and https://natschooler.com/ FULL TRANSCRIPT OF EPISODE  Making Conversations Count – Episode 2 Wendy Harris & Nat Schooler November 5th 2020   Timestamps 00:00:00: Introduction 00:01:45: Importance of content relevance 00:04:22: Building an audience through relationships 00:08:12: Conversations lead to useful introductions 00:09:38: Nat's pivotal moment 00:13:59: The joy of following your path 00:16:05: Developing the skills you need 00:18:05: Final thoughts   Wendy Harris: Welcome to Making Conversations Count, the podcast where business leaders come and share their pivotal moments to help aspiring entrepreneurs with their stories.  Today on the show, I have Nat Schooler.  Hello, Nat, thanks for joining us. Nat Schooler: Hello, Wendy, it's very nice of you to invite me. Wendy Harris: So, Nat, tell everybody what you do and how we first met. Nat Schooler: Well, my major focus is around influencing and marketing.  So, I'm the Principal Consultant at The Influencer Marketing Company and we run a series, loads of different podcast shows.  We mainly deal with technology businesses, software-as-a-service businesses, to create market exposure, understanding and presence.  I do a bit of writing as well and I do a lot of podcasting. Wendy Harris: I know that you are very active on social.  That's kind of where we met really, wasn't it, through mutual friends online, and you have a very conversational style.  So, I was naturally drawn to what you were chatting about on the different platforms on LinkedIn and I particularly like your Facebook, I have to say.  That's where you get to see the real Nat, I think? Nat Schooler: Yeah, it's quite funny, my Facebook; I forgot you were on there!  Oh dear! Wendy Harris: I am who I am, wherever I am, whatever the platform.  I really don't stick to any kind of protocol.  LinkedIn is the business platform, but still I think people need to know who you are and I think that's where what you are putting out there, in terms of conversational content, is what attracts people, and that's the influence that you can have over people.  Is that what you see in what you do? Nat Schooler: Yeah, I agree completely.  I mean, I think the content is the key; but also, the relevance of the content to the audience, right?  So if, for example, I'm helping IBM with a software trial or something like this, then I want to be speaking to the right people.  So, that piece of content needs to be a blog or a video or whatever, and it needs to actually have the right content so that particular job, the actual person, is relevant to the content; and the other way round. So, if you're getting a blog written that's really technical, it's going to appeal to a chief tech officer or a chief information officer or a chief security officer, or whatever, but it needs to be relevant and I think that's the most important thing that I've learnt.  I think, yes, you can build relationships and you can get closer to people but I think, if you want to sell something, then you need relevance, definitely, yeah. Wendy Harris: With that, everybody has a different sort of absorption, don't they?  Some people like to read, some people like to watch, some people like to listen.  So, I think it's important as well that whatever that content is, that you have a mix and a myriad of the same content, but just delivered in different styles? Nat Schooler: Yeah, well we've got to try.  Then, that goes back to the specific job role, right?  If you're trying to hit executives, most executives read.  All right, they will also listen to stuff and they will also watch it.  If you're like me, I'll read stuff, I'll listen to it, I'll watch it, because that's who I am.  So, I will absorb content in many different ways.  It's just knowing your audience. And yeah, of course, if money was no object and there was no budget, you'd create content on all channels all the time.  You'd create a podcast, you'd turn that into videos, you'd cut them up, you'd turn them into audiograms and then, you'd put them into blogs.  But the thing is that, in the real world, that actually takes a hell of a lot of resource. You know, I do podcasts myself and creating transcriptions; all right, you're going to get 90% accuracy, but there's always going to be someone that's going to get annoyed because it's not accurate.  So, you know, that takes extra resource.  Everything's a matter of resource, right? Wendy Harris: Yeah, time or money or effort. Nat Schooler: Yeah, it's the same thing, because someone's got to do it and if you were going to pay yourself to do it, you'd be doing a £10 an hour job, which is not really what I want to do with my time.  But, it really just depends on who it's for, if you've got a love and a passion for what you're doing; if you enjoy what you're doing, it doesn't matter much. Wendy Harris: I think that's why people go from doing to teaching.  I would never run out of ideas for content; it's bizarre, yet I don't have the time to fashion exactly how I would want it.  There's a loose strategy around it, but then if I had more time to do it, I think that would be tighter and smarter.  And it's the old adage, “Don't do as I do; do as I say”, as well. Nat Schooler: Well, yeah.  But, when you look at Gary Vaynerchuk, I mean some people don't like him.  I don't care if they don't like him.  I went through a couple of years of totally disliking him because he swore all the time and I just got fed up with his attitude, but he's right. You can create 100 pieces of content a day and put that out there, then you're going to get a load of eyeballs, then that is going to build your audience and then, that is going to, in essence, translate into money, providing you've got a business strategy.  If you don't have a business strategy and you don't align content with your business strategy, then what's the point of having content anyway? I just try to keep up a constant level of awareness of me, right, and that's it.  And I'd like to do more, but I don't, because I just get burnout.  Everyone gets burnout.  I spent nearly two years saying, “Well, can I really be bothered to do this?”  Whatever, 26,000 Twitter followers went to 25,500.  I think there's too much obsession with creating content. I think it's really about personal relationships, and if you've got a business and you've got a business model and you can send someone a private message and say, “Hey, Wendy, I'm doing this, I noticed that you're doing that, do you want to partner on this?” which is what I've been doing.  I mean, I'm talking to an SEO strategy company today. Wendy Harris: Yeah, collaboration's really powerful. Nat Schooler: Yeah, massive. Wendy Harris: I mean, it is about the building of relationships, and I understand that content springboards the start of that.  What I endorse is that you've got to show up as yourself and I think that's even more important, that if you're going to take what's online into the real world, it has to match, it's got to be consistent.  You've got to be representing your true self, your true identity, your true values to the core.  You don't always see that translate, which is why I always say conversations count, on every level. Nat Schooler: Authenticity is 100%.  But, I think it depends on the kind of content you're putting out there.  Like, if I put out on LinkedIn all the pictures that I've been taking while I've been travelling across Europe, it would drive people insane right now; so, I just reserve that for my Instagram, for my friends on Facebook to drive them nuts, right, because they know me and it's like, they don't have to look at it. But also, on LinkedIn it's like, well actually, if you've got good content that's sitting there on your profile and you go and connect with someone, then that is going to help you.  If you don't have any content on your profile, some people are going to connect with you, but are they the people that you want?  No.  So, you need something! Wendy Harris: Yes.  And the point there though, I think, is that whilst I am the same everywhere I go, there are some protocols where you know that, like you were saying, those images of you travelling are going to be more popular on Instagram than on LinkedIn, so it's what you lead.  The content's going to be the same; it's just going to be tweaked slightly differently. But of course, if I'm going to start a conversation with somebody on LinkedIn, I would hope that I would get to know them well enough that then I do become their friend on Facebook; that then I do go and have a look at what they're doing on Instagram, because they've put a Facebook post up going, “I've just stuck a load of stuff on Instagram”. So, I think there's just different levels of building up that relationship that all starts with a conversation at some point. Nat Schooler: Very much so.  And a lot of the time, those people are not your customers.  They're going to be people that might introduce you to other people that might be your customers, and that's what people forget.  You can say what you want to me, right, but you don't know who I know and you don't know; I could just introduce you to someone that could make you a millionaire in the next 24 months, right?  So, my advice is to just best be polite! Wendy Harris: Noted!  Be polite to Nat! Nat Schooler: I'm not talking to you though, Wendy.  I like your style; you've got a really good conversational style, and that's who you are.  You're authentic; you're the same person face-to-face as you are online. Wendy Harris: And that's important, because putting a mask on can be really draining.  There are tools and tricks that you learn, but in terms of being able to be faceless on the phone, now there's nowhere to hide.  So, just be yourself, because it will come back on your tenfold, and not necessarily in a good way, if you are anything other. I ask everybody that comes on the show to have a think about a pivotal moment, because I think that there are conversations that we have with different people on our journey, whether that be work or just generally in life, and we know when that moment was.  So, I'm going to ask you to share what that moment was and how it affected you after? Nat Schooler: All right.  It's a big one this.  I've had so many different ones, but I think this is the most important one, because it wasn't a conversation with a person; that's what's so crazy.  I'll give you a bit of background. I'd had a podcast show and I did interviews with people, well since 2014, I think, I'd been interviewing people on YouTube and I didn't really build a big following.  It wasn't about that; it was about building relationships and understanding other people's knowledge and learning.  So, I interviewed all sorts of people and for some reason, I launched a podcast show with a business partner and it didn't work out. So, I was like, “I love podcasting”, and I was umming and ahhing about this probably for about six months, maybe even longer.  And, I heard these words in my head, like, this was September 2018.  And these words in my head said, “You must start another podcast”.  So, I was like, “What?!”  It was like my dad or someone leaning into my head with a pipe and shouting in my head.  So, it was just super-weird.  So I was like, all right, I'll start a podcast. I basically launched a website, got some podcasts that I'd had in my archives; one of them was with Michael Tobin OBE.  He basically merged two big cloud storage companies, data centres, and he sold them for like, well I think he sold them for nearly US$3 billion, which is like ten times a UK billion; so, a substantial amount of money.  And, he's been a supporter of mine since I started podcasting back on my first show.  I'd connected with him on LinkedIn and we met up in London.  I've interviewed him multiple times.  He's helped me to launch multiple shows. I dug out this old episode of Michael Tobin and I put it on my website and I did the transcriptions and then I was like, “Oh, that's a relief, I can relax now”.  And then maybe half hour later, I heard these words in my head saying, “You can't relax, you need to do more, you need to get going, you've got to get your [bleeped audio] into gear”. Wendy Harris: There's something a little familiar about this conversation in your head happening? Nat Schooler: So then I was like, “All right, all right, I'll do it”.  So, I basically dug out a few more episodes, interviewed three or four people, got six episodes ready with full transcriptions, imagery, titles, everything, and I launched one per day for a week.  So, I had six episodes launching per week on iTunes and, you know, all the platforms. And then, I was like, “Oh, that's a relief, I can relax now”.  Christmas, I hear these words again in my head saying, “No, you can have three days off, you need to cook your dad some lunch and that's it”.  I got to the end of that and I was like, “All right, I'll get back to work”.  So, I dug out another few old episodes, interviewed a few more people, and I basically launched six episodes in a week during January 2019, based upon what I was told in my head.  So, I launched one, two, three. I got to the Wednesday, launched the third one, and then I had an email, or a LinkedIn connection request, from the world's largest eBook publisher asking me to basically create some expert talks.  So then they were like, “Well, this is what it pays”, and we had a long conversation and I said, “Well, I can't say that figure really motivates me”.  So, in my childish mind, I timesed that figure by 100 and I said, “All right, I'll do 100 for you”, and I almost did 100.  I think I did 97 or something. We've reached 100 now, so I get paid every six months for my interviews.  I mean, I've interviewed Stanley Tucci; I've interviewed Ed Vaizey, the politician; I've interviewed so many people, you just wouldn't believe it.  And you basically become the guardian of their brand.  I've interviewed quite a few OBEs, MBEs.  They're trusting you with their brand, right, and that trust is what is so powerful.  The relationships that you are building with these people are phenomenal and it propels you. So, it might be that you hear these words in your head, but if you don't listen to them, you're never going to know what you're going to achieve in your life. Wendy Harris: Yes, it's interesting, and you're not only guest that has had the conversation with themselves. Nat Schooler: Well, I think it was the man upstairs, but they can think it was themselves. Wendy Harris: Well, yeah, whatever.  But by saying, you know, I've not had a physical conversation.  And I kind of get it because, as soon as I realised what I wanted to talk to my guests about, I've been so driven.  It's consuming.  I'm actually asleep dreaming what the conversation's going to go like, and it's — Nat Schooler: Yeah, it's really fun. Wendy Harris: It is; it's a really powerful process.  Like you say, it's a gift and you are a guardian of something.  It's so precious.  I do feel like it's a blessing to be able to have guests that come on like you to share a story and, you know, even I'm going, “I get that; I totally understand that, that you were meant to do that, because that was waiting for you to happen”.  If you hadn't have done it, who knows? Had that wine been a good bottle and you'd have had another bottle, would you have done the same thing the next day? Nat Schooler: Yeah.  I had to do what I was told.  It was clear instructions.  When you hear a voice that's that loud in your head, you need to do something.  If you don't do it, then you're basically just robbing yourself and you're going to end up on that bed looking back over your whole life, and that might be one of your biggest regrets, when you see all the other people that have done what you wanted to do in your life. Wendy Harris: Absolutely.  I think that this year particularly, it's been about not just bringing back the basic priorities, but our basic drive for life.  What are we leaving behind?  What are the footsteps that we're walking for others that haven't done that; or, are we following somebody else's footsteps; are we making our own path; are we leading the way for somebody to follow and make their life easier?  There are so many things about this year that have been a fascinating insight into people and relationships. Nat Schooler: I think also the skills, I think, outlining what you really need to learn.  A friend of mine, about ten years ago, told me, “Look, you need to learn how to do all this stuff yourself.  Everything that you're selling, you need to learn how to do yourself”.  And, you know what; he's right, because if you don't know how to do something yourself, who's going to finish it when someone messes it up. Like, someone today came to me.  I did some interviews for a company and they're like, “Well, we need an image with this text on with a photo of the person for our blog which we'll feature in three episodes that you did for us, and we need them”.  And I was just like, “Oh”.  And then I was like, “Oh, it will take me ten minutes”, and I just did it. I sent it to her in half an hour and she was like, “Wow, that was fast!” and I was just like, “Yeah, fairly; not bothered”, because those skills, you need to hone the skills you need because then, you can pick up the pieces if you need to fix something.  Certainly with writing, with video, with podcast, with imagery; you don't have to be an expert, but you need to know how to use the tools that are so easy to use. Wendy Harris: I agree so much with what you're saying there, Nat, because it's one of those that I say to all the delegates that come on my sales and marketing workshops, that I train on a one-to-one or in a team basis, is if you don't know what is expected through that process, how can you then even instruct anybody else to do it the way that you want it?  Because, at some point, you're not going to want to be making the tea and sweeping the floor and cleaning the loo; you're going to want somebody to make the tea you like it, sweep the floor the way you like it, and leave the bowl nice and shiny.  It's about understanding that process. Nat Schooler: You can't hire anyone to do anything if you don't know how it works.  You're going to get ripped off, is another reason. Wendy Harris: Yes.  Be as invested in it as anything else that you really want to do, is the key message there.  Nat, I could talk to you forever.  Thank you so much for sharing that pivotal moment for us.  If anybody wants to pick up the conversation with you from today's episode, where can people find you? Nat Schooler: My website's fine.  It's natschooler.com. Wendy Harris: Nice and simple; I like it!  Well, thanks so much again, Nat, I really appreciate your time.  And for the listeners, don't forget to send us your comments.  We do reply to them all.  Make sure you share and subscribe.  The place to be is makingconversationscount.studio/podcast.  Thank you so much for listening.  Take care.

Tennille Read joins host Elias on the podcast. You recently saw Tennille on Netflix's/CBC Workin' Moms in the role of Bianca.  Tennille was born in Toronto, and raised in Newmarket, Canada. From a young age,Tennille had set her sights on performing. Her passion for acting started at the youngage of 10 when her grade five teacher gave her the opportunity to write stories and skitsto perform in front of the class. Tennille would go on to attend Queen’s University whereshe attained an undergraduate degree in Stage and Screen Studies. She was also partof the acting conservatory at the George Brown Theatre School. Her first big break came when she was cast to star alongside Eugene Levy on the CBC and Netflix hit television series SCHITT’S CREEK. Recently Tennille won Best Supporting Actor for the short film I LOST MY MIND written and directed by Michael Tobin at the 2018 Hollywood North Film Festival. You can find Tennille on Twitter @TennilleRead & Instagram @TennilleRead As always, please don't forget to follow us on Instagram @themccpodcast Twitter @themccpodcast & Facebook @themccpodcast and if you can leave a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe Thanks for Listening!   www.themccpodcast.com     

Michael Tobin OBE Michael is a highly successful serial technology entrepreneur & pioneer with over 30 years’ experience in the telecoms & technology sector. As Chief Executive, Michael Tobin OBE led TelecityGroup plc, a leading FTSE250 Technology company from 2002 to 2014. He joined Redbus in 2002 delisting it from the main market to AIM, & then took it private, winning the London Business Awards “Business Turnaround of the Year” award in 2005. After engineering the merger with Telecity, & the acquisition of Globix he successfully re-listed TelecityGroup in October 2007 winning the accolade of UK Innovation Awards IPO of the year 2008 & the techMARK Personality of the year in the same year. Subsequently, he grew the business organically & acquired businesses in Manchester, Helsinki, Dublin, Sofia, Istanbul & Warsaw transforming the company from £6m market cap in 2002 to being a top performer in the FTSE250 worth over £2.5Bn, being recognized as Britain’s Most admired Tech Company in 2012. As a Non Exec Director, Tobin was instrumental in transforming PACNET in Hong Kong from a Sub Sea Cable operator to a successful Datacenter operator culminating in its sale in 2015 to Telstra for $800m. In 2017 he was the key driver of the sale of Itconic in Spain to Equinix generating over 7x money for Carlyle in just 19 months, and as a NED oversaw the sale of Datapipe in New York to Rackspace and Basefarm in Norway to Orange on behalf of Abry Partners. In 2016 he slept in the streets to raise money and awareness for Action for Children and raised over £100k running 40 Marathons in 40 consecutive days for the 40th anniversary of the Princes Trust. In 2014 he was honored in the Queens New Years Honours List with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal for Services to the Digital Economy. Also in 2014 he launched his first book, “Forget Strategy, Get Results” to great acclaim, and his second book, ”Live, Love, Work, Prosper” was released in 2018. Founders365 is hosted by business coach Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

Ian Mills and Mark Ridley are leadership development experts. They run the international development consultancy firm Transform Performance International and have co-authored several books. Most latterly, The Leaders Secret Code. In this episode learn about: How Ian and Mark lead in a VUCA world What can make leaders iconic Understand destination beliefs and unlock leadership growth How journey motivators can assist your development   SPECIAL LISTENER OFFER: Listen in to find out how you can get a FREE psychometric test and a copy of The Leaders Secret Code!   Follow us and explore our social media tribe from our Website: https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA   Find out more about Ian and Mark below: TPI Website: https://www.transformperformance.com Follow Ian on LinkedIn Follow Mark on LinkedIn Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPI_Official The Leaders Secret Code The Leaders Secret Code Summary The Salespersons Secret Code   Full Transcript Below:   ----more----    Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker.   Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you.   Steve Rush: Delighted to introduce our first duo on The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Ian Mills and Mark Ridley are leadership development experts. They also run the international development consultancy firm. Transform Performance International, and have co-authored several books. Most lastly, The Leader's Secret Code and as an extra special treat, we have a super giveaway today for some lucky listeners so hang around to the end of the show and find out how you can get your hands on our special prize worth over a hundred pounds, so before we get to speak Ian and Mark. It is The Leadership Hacker News.   The Leadership Hacker News   Steve Rush: One-mans dream to spend three years sailing solo round a Pacific nearly turned to disaster after borders started closing around the region; leaving him stranded alone at sea for several months. While people around the globe were, panic buying, stocking up, he was running low on food and fuel as he sailed between islands trying to find somewhere to dock. The sailor who only shared his surname, named himself as Mr. Wong set off from his home country of Singapore on the 2nd of February.   It was an adventure that the 59 year old experienced sailor had been meticulously planning for years. Everything from the exact amount of fuel he would need, weather conditions, food and places that he intended to visit. The one thing he had not planned on, of course, was a global pandemic. The plan was to set sail from Singapore to Polynesia, a journey that would take roughly four months in his yacht. Once there, he would spend, time exploring the region by land and by sea but he would soon learn that even his best-laid plans could go awry, especially in the face of a global pandemic. In late February, he left Indonesia on route for his next destination of Papua New Guinea; where he planned to stock up on fuel and food but a few days in Indonesia. While in Indonesia water, his autopilot broke and when he tried to anchor, he was told that the lockdown had already begun, the Pandemic had arrived and he was chased away. He eventually stopped at a remote Island. Where about 20 or 30 families lived there. They had no TV, no telephone and no communication with the outside world and they had not heard of a lockdown or a pandemic. As soon as he shared the news, however, they chased him off the Island and almost every stop off he could find also chased him away.   He kept on sailing by the 21st of April, he reached waters just outside Tuvalu, a tiny Island in the Pacific ocean. He was still about two hours from land when maritime officials who again told him he needed to leave and despite his plea, it fell on deaf ears, but they said no. Thankfully, he soon received word that the Fiji government had agreed to take him in and despite an horrendous experience, Mr. Wong was now safe. If we can consider the leadership and self-leadership parallels here, what might seem really counterintuitive for us all is to plan for what is completely unexpected, the crazy wildcard outcomes, so strategically, if we could be prepared when things go wrong, so as leaders just keep asking. What if? And we can unlock some great strategic thinking. That's been a The Leadership Hacker News. If you have any news, insights or interesting stories that you would like listeners to hear, please get in touch.   Start of Interview   Steve Rush: Excited to be joined today by Ian Mills and Mark Ridley. They are the co-founders of Transform Performance International and they have co-authored a number of books, the latest being The Leaders Secret Code. Ian, Mark welcome to The Leadership Hacker Podcast.   Both Speakers: Thank you Steve.   Steve Rush: You are our first duo on the show, so I am really excited that we've got two leaders to hack into and two great brains to hack into some ideas and some thoughts today. But you guys have been a duo for a while, so I know that certainly from business perspective you work together, but how did you both meet and how have you arrived here?   Ian Mills: Mark and I met some 25 years or so ago when Mark was running a team of financial advisors for a retail bank in Exeter, Devon and I was the regional manager for that bank. And I remember very well my first meeting with Mark, I plan to meet this new leader and our organization. I had heard a lot of great things about him. I planned to take him out for lunch and I now know that in hindsight, Mark was imagining now that I was going to take him out for a very nice steak and a glass of red wine. In fact, I took him to McDonald's and I think that tells you a lot about our different perspective on motivation, leadership and the way in which you engage them, build a successful teams.   Mark Ridley: I would say just add to that, I pull Ian's leg remorselessly over the fact that he took me to McDonald's for my lunch. To our conversation today, Steve, because at the end of the day, at the time, what I witnessed, I did not know it at the time, but what I was witnessing was a belief system from Ian in a style of leadership around focus and a practicality and you know, just getting things done. Whereas I wanted to spend more, time and be more affiliative and get to know this person. So the image of two guys sitting in pinstripe suits somewhere in deepest dark as Devon. Surrounded by kids on half term holiday trying to eat a burger on our first meeting in polite company. You can imagine that for me that was anathema and for Ian it was just business as usual. It is a real interesting way in which we often think about our behaviours and our beliefs. We think they are okay, but others perceive them very differently.   Steve Rush: It just goes to show, doesn't it Mark that people have a different lens from which they look through and as leaders we need to be really aware of that. Now, Transform Performance International. Just give us a little bit of a summary as to what you currently do and how you can really help your clients.   Ian Mills: Transform Performance International is a performance enhancement consultancy; we work with famous name organizations all over the world. In fact, we have worked in some 50 or so countries for organizations like HP, Cisco, Deloitte, American Express and many more to help them. Predominantly through people changing the way they perform. That might mean changing behaviours. It might be changing a culture. It might mean changing the way the organization engages with their customers and it might mean change the way they lead in a VUCA world. A volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.   Steve Rush: Having learned from many, many of your clients and indeed working with each other, you have penned a number of books together, the most recent being The Leader's Secret Code. What was the inspiration for the book?   Ian Mills: The inspiration for the book was…The catalyst for the book was the fact that I am a member of a group in London called the entrepreneurs exchange. I meet with small intimate groups of entrepreneurs over dinner and typically, you hear one of them sharing their story. One of the things that I found over a number of years is that whilst this group is not in my target market for my business, I found their stories inspirational, intriguing, and beautifully articulated. On reflection one evening, I thought if only I could bought the magic of the way in which they share their success story that would be worth a lot of money. And I remember phoning Mark and say, Mark, I have the title of the book and the title of the book is The Entrepreneur's Secret Code and we just need to get on and write it. Well that started a, a dialogue around, well should we really write about entrepreneurs? And in fact, we actually started research into selling and the reason we did that is we believe that everybody sells. Whether you are a leader trying to influence your organization or whether you are a parent trying to influence your children to get a bed on time or frankly. Whether you are a sales person or indeed an entrepreneur seeking to grow a business, so that was our first book. It is almost, I guess an obvious move to then consider how do we then do research into leadership and share the findings in a similar book and that book became The Leaders Secret Code that we're here to share with you.   Steve Rush: And I am guessing that having that foundation in research and academia removed some ambiguity away from where people might apply their own thinking in their own lenses. Is that right?   Mark Ridley: What we have learned about research is really quite fantastic Steve. If anybody out there is thinking about doing this for themselves, I'd really urge them to give it a go but do absolutely take your idea and then work with somebody who's got that experience of doing the research because the whole thing will be enriched. It is really has been excellent.   Steve Rush: And Mark, your book has been described when you read it is a bit like dipping into a box of your favourite chocolates, which sounds absolutely delicious. How does it make it so tactile for readers to dip into understanding how they go about The Secret Code?   Mark Ridley: Well that was a massive compliment. I was really gratified to read it. It is a great question because I think it goes to the heart of the philosophy that whenever we interact with people in business no matter what, project we are on, the metaphor of the chocolates I think is all around the different flavours. Everyone will have their favourite chocolate. You know, I know in the old quality street, I like the heart caramel and they took it out. So all of those kinds of things will resonate the people when they look into a book. We deliberately did not write a book that you could literally open up the first page and feel that you have to work your way through it. I am sort of going to sound like I am a poacher turn gamekeeper but, I have never been a particular fan of business books. I have always used them as a reference point. I have rarely read a book cover to cover and I was acutely aware even when we wrote the Salesperson's Secret Code that what we wanted was, these different flavours and different chapters, different ideas, you know, to mix our metaphors. Sort of a smorgasbord of different things to tempt you rather than to have to Wade your way through something that was turgid from page one right through to page 155 or whatever.   Steve Rush: And that is the appeal I guess for those people who love to read from cover to cover; They can do that, my learning style is fairly similar Mark and having read your book, what I found myself being able to do is just to dip in and you know, and also re-reference some of those things when I was particularly looking at some of the things I was working on too. So I can, I can resonate with that for sure.   Mark Ridley: Every chapter is written in a particular way that even when you read the body of the chapter, there is hints and tips on the psychology that we have applied. There is little reference points, there is little stories that people can dip into, so we have attempted to address every learning style even in every chapter. You could read each chapter once a month and still get something from it.   Steve Rush: And those iconic leader stories I thought were great by the way and maybe we could just kick around a couple of those, so I read something that you captured from Michael Tobin who was an OBE. Who ended up taking his team Bobsleigh to help them understand their approach tell us a little bit about that?   Ian Mills: Yes, Michael Tobin or Mike Tobin is one of the iconic leaders that we profiled in the book. Anyone who reads the book will find that yes, we have data based on a thousand leaders, but we decided to profile a number of what we call iconic leaders who display many of the attributes that the research suggests sets top performing leaders apart. Mike Tobin is one of them. One of the things that he does that is, particularly impressive is he uses metaphor as a mechanism to convey a message to dealership teams around the change that he desires. So a good example of that is that one of his frustrations when he was running a public company was that his sales organization seemed to have a frenzy around the quarter end and hitting the sales targets, and he wanted to change their mind-set.   So one of the things that he did is he took them to an Olympic bobsled run. This is the sales leadership team and the reason of that is if you push harder at the beginning, you go faster at the end. And what he wanted the leaders to do is to recalibrate the way they lead their teams when he got back to the operations headquartered in the UK and in fact, one of the things that sets him apart, I think is his, creativity, his innovation, his different way of looking at things. I have already shared the bobsled story.   Another example is that he had a, an executive leadership team that in his opinion lacked the bravery to take the business to the, next stage and what he chose to do is to take that executive team swimming with sharks. And the reason he did that is that he believed that they would learn what it is like to face fear and they would be able to translate those behaviours back into the workplace. And of course, as you can probably imagine, there is nothing quite as scary as facing off to real sharks under the water, so it should be relatively easy to face the challenges and the struggles that they may be facing in the business environment.   Steve Rush: And for those leaders have got that cyclical business. For me, when I read that, it was just a great metaphor, but not only is it a metaphor, you can visualize how wonderful would it be to create an experiential metaphor so people can really make that connection. And I think that's the difference between what Mike Tobin did and what others may have said and done. You have a number of iconic leader stories in the Secret Code of your number of stories you have. Do you have a favourite?   Ian Mills: One of the leaders that we profiled that I particularly enjoyed the conversation With was James Knight. James at the time was a major in the Royal Marines. He has a military cross, which I think says something about his, achievements and James is unlike what many of us might imagine a military leader to be like, which before I met James, you know, I imagined it to be quite a command and control. Quite a structured, dictatorial type approach. Whereas what I find with James is a very sophisticated, very curious, very empathetic, very engaging leader. One of the things that he said to me or one of the quotes that he gave me that I feel says an awful lot about James. Is he said to me Ian be interested, not interesting, and that is a good example of a belief that he holds that causes him to behave in a way that is congruent with that belief.   Steve Rush: And the belief of course that we might have is that people from an autocratic military background come with that set of rules and disciplines. And in my experience of having worked with some military leaders is quite often they're contrarian to what we might perceive. They have got that ability to be different and to be curious and be very entrepreneurial even though they have to follow strict guidelines and rules and routines. Mark, you've managed to pull together your beliefs into what you refer to now as destination beliefs and that helps people kind of focus on the key characteristics and behaviours required in order to tap into The leader's Secret Code. Can you just maybe for the listeners to share a seven destination beliefs are?   Mark Ridley: Sure, okay. Let me just briefly explain what I mean by a destination belief. You will imagine that when we asked, well over a thousand leaders for the research and a lot more since. When we asked leaders about their views of leadership, you will get repeat patterns and they will use maybe different language structure to describe those beliefs. But nevertheless, they will coalesce into, groupings of beliefs. And we bring those together almost into a set, of values if you like but, those are what the seven destination beliefs are. And the reason we gave them the destination epithet Steve, was very simply because what we realized very early on when we were writing the first book. Is that even if they don't realize it though, those core beliefs are guiding them or helping them navigate the way through what is often known as…going back to the military expression as a very VUCA world as we call it.   You know, disruptive, volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous and so on and so forth and that, is why we decided that we'd use this expression, destination beliefs. Seven core beliefs that we observed and practically every leader that we spoke to, and they are in no particular order. The first one is around control, and the destination belief that we got so often when we spoke to leaders was that, well, control matters as you might expect in a leader, but someone has to be accountable for success. Someone has to be accountable for that success, so that was control.   The next destination belief was resilience and that was really around this idea that I can withstand pressure, but the point that Ian was making a moment ago, I can withstand pressure and I can spring back into, the shape that I want. It may not be the same shape as I was before the pressure, but nevertheless I can do that and that was the sort of overarching resilience view. The next one was about influence. Practically every leader we spoke to talked about the need to be able to influence the right way. Again, you would be surprised if it was not that way, but the way we defined it was how I make things happen through other people and that was important. It is not how I make things happen. It was how I make things happen through others. Then the next belief was around communication. I mean influence in communications almost go hand in hand but, the belief there was quite simple. That every leader we spoke to understood the importance of the way, the manner and style of communication up and down the organization.   Not only with their immediate teams, however, but with wider stakeholders and audiences perhaps that are external to the business. In other words, they were always aware of the way in which they came across to other people, so that was around communication. Then we came on to strategy. Every leader we spoke to talked about the importance of having a big picture view, and we were very interested into how they came about getting that, view and so the belief is very simply. That everybody in an organization has to understand what the organizations goals are, how the organization is positioning itself and how it will best utilize its resources in order to achieve its goals, so that was the fundamental destination belief around strategy.   The next belief was around empowerment and this is often an overused expression. I can hear people sort of hearing the word empowerment and sort of metaphorically rolling of the eyes takes place. But what was really interesting was that of the successful leaders we spoke to and especially the iconic. The concept of empowerment was never far from the conversation and the destination belief there was that my role is to enable my people to feel empowered, to take the right actions and to be the best that they can be.   Fulfilment was the final destination belief, so many of the leaders talked about desire to reflect that. We might come onto that later on, reflect on success or not as the case may be, and we chose a simple mantra that when we are successful, we will probably feel fulfilment may not be everything, but when we are successful, we will probably feel fulfilment. Again, we will probably explore how people get to that feeling of success, but the overarching desire, destination belief was, look, I am here to lead, but I am here to be fulfilled for myself and probably to help others feel fulfilled too. That is a Cook's tour, Steve.   Steve Rush: It is brilliant. Yeah, it is a great lens to look through. I really like that whole kind of principle of those destination beliefs but of course, for the folks listening to this, they will all be at different stages of each of those destinations. And to help kind of with that thinking, you created what you refer to as journey motivators. Just tell us a little bit about how that works alongside the destination beliefs.   Mark Ridley: Well, basically when we were interviewing everybody we've ever spoken to in the project, and indeed, again, going back to the first book we did, we improve this methodology. We adopt and approach of interviewing people, which is a very loose conversation. I often describe it as a fireside chat, but as you will probably be aware, Steve. In our business, we do a lot of coaching and a lot of the techniques we use around coaching is to create an environment where the interviewee or the coachee creates what we call the metaphors for their own experience. When you ask direct questions, which can be very presumptive, have your own bias within them and so on and so forth, you don't always get as much out of it. So by following this semi-structured approach, sometimes it is known as clean questioning. What we discovered was that let's take control for an example.   You know I said a moment ago that the destination belief was all about someone or something being accountable for success.  What we learned is that there is a spectrum of views and as you rightly say, people will be at different points. At some point in your leadership journey, you may be in a situation where that control comes from a place of being quite directive. At other times, you might come at it from a place where you believe that perhaps it is more important to be a little more participative and then allow others to shape that direction of travel. So the idea or the concept of controlling or being participative, directive or participative, it gradually forms into these two, what we call journey motivators. The Secret Code, Steve, is the way in which the top quartile performers appear to balance those often almost opposing views, the sort of the yin and yang, the sort of opposites attract kind of thing.   So you've got in the centre there you've got almost what I'll call this constructive contention between two belief systems, so the leader who is all directive is likely to fail. The leader who is over participative is likely to lose respect. The leader who is participative but also knows how to and when to put their foot on the gas and be a bit more directive is probably the leader who is going to be the most successful and that is the process we went through with all of the seven destination beliefs to arrive at the 14 journey motivators.   Steve Rush: Super helpful to get people into that mind-set to understand you know, what their strengths and development areas are at the same time I guess.   Mark Ridley: Yes, it is and at the end of the day is a very, very brief Cook's tour of that because I know we don't have time to go through every, one of them. With resilience to the idea is that Ian already alluded to the journey motivators were about working hard and working smart. With influence, there is a manner and style, which we came to call transactional style of influence versus transformation. I won't bore you with the detail at the moment, but with communication it was around unemotional and emotional communication. Strategy was very interesting, that was around going with the gut and going, with facts and data. Empowerment was around delegating with the right degree of authority, which we called quite unambiguous empowerment versus a very ambiguous, laissez Faire kind of approach and fulfilment was around achievement for oneself versus achievement with others in an affiliative way.   Steve Rush: So really clear and easy to follow. And Ian, I understand that as a result of the large amount of research you created and your experiences, you've now taken this to another level now by kind of applying some science behind this and you're helping your clients now consider how they're approaching their leadership style using data science, AI using some psychometric testing. How did that come about?   Ian Mills: When we wrote the book. One of the key things that we decided to do from my business point of view is to enhance our value offering for our clients by building a set of tools and instruments that will help leaders become more like the top performing leader. So one of those tools is a psychometric instrument that is an online self-assessment instrument where an individual will go online, they will answer approximately a hundred questions, and as a consequence we will share with them a 20 page report that will map them against the findings of the top performing leaders. It will provide them with suggestions on what they might consider doing that will help them become a higher performing leader. Essentially, it is about self-reflection, and provocation and insight to help any leader that is curious around what they might do in order to improve the way by which they perform.   Steve Rush: Having completed it myself, I found it really helpful. It also comes with suggested development ideas across each of those belief systems as well. Some of the things to help people move beyond having an opportunity to dip into the chocolate box of The Secret Code is that whole principle of reflective learning and then what happens next. In your reports, you have a section that says, I am at score of 80, and it tells me that I am more prepared to do things. How would that be helpful for me?   Mark Ridley: Well, reflective learning and change readiness. I think are really important aspect of this you know, somebody could, you know, read a book, they could read their leader secret code report. They could, could have an experience with, a family member, with a team member. It really does not matter, but that only has meaning. If you actually then go away and reflect and think about. What did I take from that? And even if you decide that you take in a sense nothing from it and don't need to change a mind-set or a behaviour from it. The fact of the matter is you have gone through a process of reflection. I have to say I'm continually surprised by the number of people we work with who will say to us, I am so pleased that the way in which you've engaged with us has given that space to breathe and to think and to reflect.   And I've got to say, I think at the moment, given everything that's going on in everybody's world, I think that's possibly never even been more true. But most people in my experience don't go through this process of reflective learning and it's certainly in our experience, a Mark of a reasonably high level of emotional intelligence. When we do give ourselves that space and have that awareness to go away and reflect. But having reflected, of course then you have to decide if you want to do something different and if you do want to do something different, are you ready for that change? And again, in the work that we've done, Steve in organizations around the world over the last 20 years. I was particularly passionate about getting this concept across because there is no point in throwing stuff at people. Throwing new concepts, throwing ideas or whatever. If the people in the organization are not in that state of readiness to actually make that change happen, and that might be quite a long process, but I think it is important that the climate of any organization include this ability to say, well, we know what we want to do different. Come on, let's have this honest conversation. Are we truly ready to do it?   And what I like about this idea of change readiness is this idea that when you might read your secret code report, for example, you might get a surprise and you might think, you know what? That is a shock to me. I had not even thought about that but that might push you into the reflective mode, but you might not yet be ready to do anything about it. On the other hand, you might read another area of the report and you might say, yeah, you know what, that resonates with what I have already been thinking about my career or my life or my behaviours or whatever it might, be.   And that contemplate of readiness is important too. We are at different points of the cycle and what we try to do with the report is Ian his already said. Is to simply to provide some nudges or some provocations so that if people read that report and it's talking about where they are relative to other leaders, there's just some ideas there for actually taking action, which of course is the next stage of change readiness. You know, am I currently prepared to try on a new behaviour or a mind-set as a consequence of what I'm learning around me. There is a lot to change readiness and reflective learning and I think very often as leaders and organizations themselves. We overlook that we are very good at delivering stuff to people, but the way in which we implement that is very often left behind and I think a lot of programs of change could be a lot more successful if more thought was given to that.   Steve Rush: Awesome. Thank you Mark. Really, appreciate that. Now this is the part of the show where I get to hack into your minds, so I am going to ask you for your top leadership hack that you could share with our listeners. Ian I am going to start with you first. Ian what would be your top leadership hack that you could share?   Ian Mills: Well, my top leadership hack. It is the first time I have been asked a question in quite that way, but I guess if it is my message for leaders, I believe that probably the thing that would be most transformational is to model people or model leaders who do something that you would like to be able to do. So don't do that in the broadest, most general way, but find leaders who are exceptional at something. That might be the way they engage people, it might be the way they present on stage. It might be the way that they empathize, whatever that particular behaviour is that you have observed, go meet them. Go buy them a cup of coffee, go have a conversation with them and find out how they go about doing that. Why they do that? What goes on in their head? Deeply immerse yourself in what it is that they do in order you too can copy and paste that behaviour into your leadership role and I think that's the one thing that I've seen others do that can be truly transformational in that performance.   Steve Rush: Love it. Thank you very much Ian. Mark your top leadership hack, what would that be?   Mark Ridley: Well, it actually builds on what Ian just said. Taking what Ian said. The next thing for me is about being aware of the beliefs that lie behind the outcomes that you are already achieving as a leader. Because you know, we hold a belief that behind the belief will drive a behaviour and out of that behaviour you will become whatever that belief is driving you towards. So you know that mantra of believe, behave, become is very crucial. So that my, my advice would be have the courage to investigate where, your beliefs are coming from and have the courage to try on different beliefs. I often say when I am working with leaders and they say, well we can't do that, and I will turn around and say, well, okay, but what might it be like if you try? Because inviting people to try on different beliefs is so important.   A close friend of mine who has taught me a lot over my career once said to me, Mark changing beliefs is very simple. What happened the day that you first discovered that father Christmas wasn't real? I hope there is no kids listening to this, but I, you know, the world did not fall in. I adapted and I moved on and my behaviours as a consequence became different up to that point. Of course, Father Christmas was it around that Christmas time, so it demonstrates to me that very often beliefs that we hold can be faintly ridiculous and the willingness to take a long, hard look at ourselves and almost laugh at our beliefs and as he Ian said, model the beliefs that others hold, I think is liberating. It is about creating flexibility and leadership style.   Steve Rush: I love the principle of trying on a belief. I can, again, metaphorically, you can almost feel and belief like a jumper or a hat or a label that you might wear.   Mark Ridley: You got it.   Steve Rush: And of course, by doing so you might bump into revelation, which is another form of how we create our belief system in the first place in this. I now know something today that I did not know yesterday and as a result of me trying on my belief, I might find out something new.   Mark Ridley: Like, exactly, yeah. I mean one of the questions I often say to leaders is. What have you learned in the last 24 hours? And that's exactly the point you've just made, Steve and then the next question of course as well. Okay, but what could you have learned if you have chosen to learn it?   Steve Rush: Love it.   Mark Ridley: And that's often a bringing people up short moment because you realized then that, you know, very often, again, we're too busy or we haven't really got that flexibility of belief to actually notice what we could have learned had we been bothered to try on that different belief.   Steve Rush: Sure, I would like to now get into what we call Hack to Attack. So this is where with our guests, we explore something that has gone wrong in your past. Collectively in your case, maybe as a business partners or as friends and colleagues, but now as a result of that going wrong in the past, you know, use that as part of your foundations to help you in what you do for your life and your work. What would be your Hack to Attack?   Ian Mills: You ask me what has gone wrong. Well I can't think of anything of significance, but you know, a bit of course, like any business person, there are many minor things that go wrong. You lose a bid, you lose a client, somebody leaves your organization and my opinion businesses a never-ending learning journey. That does not mean that you can become perfect overnight, but what it does mean is that you can begin to adjust your behaviour as a consequence of your own personal experience of what has worked, what hasn't worked, what have you observed elsewhere and what might you do differently in order to get to your desired destination.   Steve Rush: Sure. Mark, anything else for you?   Mark Ridley: The one that is coming to my mind and as you asked the question Steve, I suppose it has been triggered by the fact that we started this conversation in an area of where Ian and I first met. I am going to spring this one on Ian. We made it a little bit of an error in our career many years ago with rabbits. And the reason we made the error with rabbits was because we use them as a rather clever marketing campaign for financial services products and genuinely we wanted to attract interest in this financial services product. Because there had been a lot of issues around the regulation of this product and it was important that customers came and talked to us about what their options were. The only problem was Steve, but we did not really do enough research into the situation and we ended up being inundated with customers who thought that we were selling fluffy toys. We launched it around March time and it coincided with Easter and people thought we were having egg race in our retail outlets and it was a, shall we say, it did not go quite according to plan, so Ian, I to this day, blame you for signing that one off actually,   Steve Rush: Then it goes back to not working with pets and animals and all the rest of it, I guess.   Mark Ridley: Well, yeah, well it does see the real takeaway was we did that in an atmosphere of speed, haste and we probably did not take enough advice and counsel from wiser Sage heads. I have always carried that lesson with me. Always ask opinions, socialize ideas, Marion Hayes, repentant leisure kind of approach.   Steve Rush: Brilliant story. Thanks for sharing it Mark. Our listeners have got some real value out of listening to our guests on the show. Explore a little bit of time travel and that is exactly what I am going to do with you now, so I am going to ask you to imagine if you would. That you are going to do a bit of time travel and pump into your 21-year-old self and you have a chance to give them that one bit of Sage advice. Ian what would your advice be to your 21 year old self?   Ian Mills: Yeah, maybe the advice as I look back at my 21-year-old self would be to make sure that you get a job with an organization called Google at the earliest possible moment. Open and broaden your lens towards the art of the possible. Be curious, try and learn about the unknown or the unknown unknowns. And that will mean that you are opening yourself up to greater choice,   Steve Rush: Early adoption to new innovation. New companies that are entering the market, Right? Awesome. How about you Mark?   Mark Mills: Yeah, I like that. Mine is a little different if I look back at my 21-year-old self, oh but of a young gun going to set the world on fire, et cetera, et cetera. Hey, we all have those dreams and aspirations and it has been a pretty fantastic life, but looking back, I think I would say to myself four words, be prepared to pause, be prepared to reflect, get better at being open, especially to ideas and thoughts that might come from sources that you would ordinarily dismiss and then be receptive. Yeah, pause, reflect, open, receive.   Steve Rush: Super advice. Thank you so much, so what is next for Transform Performance International?   Ian Mills: What is next? First, Transform Performance International. Well in my opinion, and Mark may differ is I think it is keep doing the same. What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is organizations are continuously trying to perform better. The world, as I mentioned earlier, is a VUCA world. It is becoming increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. What that means is that leaders need to think differently about how they act and how they behave and their mind-set and the whole kind of perspective on what a great job looks like. So probably, more than ever, organizations will need support from organizations like ours that can provide research that can provide insight. That can provide coaching. The main thing that I see that will change is that we need to become more digital in the way in which we deliver content. So think about this fashion right now. This is a, a podcast. When I started my career, there was no such thing as a podcast given right now, the COVID-19 situation where we might have been running a conference, a face-to-face event that is now being delivered virtually, so change is a constant a need for behaviour. Change is a constant; the way by which you deliver the change will evolve further as we go forward.   Steve Rush: So exciting times ahead. Well done. Now we are incredibly excited to be able to share The Leader's Secret Code with our listeners and in a very different way. Super grateful for you gentlemen being able to provide this service today. For those listening, here is how you can get yourself a copy of the Leader's Secret Code. Head over to our social media platform on LinkedIn. It is The Leadership Hacker Podcast. You need to shout out Mark Ridley, Ian Mills and that you have listened to the show. The first 10 will receive a free transform performance international psychometric test, which usually costs 100 pounds. So head over there now and the first 50 will be entered into a prize draw to obtain a copy of The Leader Secret Code of which Transformed Performance International are giving away 10; so thank you and providing that to our listeners. So if our listeners wanted to learn more about you both, and indeed the work that you do as Transformed Performance International. Where would you like them to go?   Ian Mills: In order to contact either Mark or myself or my company? Our website address is www.transformperformance.com both of us are active on LinkedIn. So again, my name is Ian Mills. My colleague is Mark Ridley. You can find us on LinkedIn. Please feel free to invite us to connect.   Steve Rush: Brilliant and we will make sure that we put your details; both your LinkedIn profiles and indeed your website will be in our show notes. So as soon as everybody has finished listening to this, they can head onto our website or to the podcasts that they choose. Click on the links and find it straight away, so I would just like to say it has been super talking. It has been really fascinating learning about how the research has pulled together The leader's Secret Code and sharing some of the secrets with us today. So thanks both Ian and Mark for joining us on The Leadership Hacker Podcast.   Mark Ridley: Thanks for having us.   Closing   Steve Rush: I genuinely want to say heartfelt thanks for taking time out of your day to listen in too. We do this in the service of helping others, and spreading the word of leadership. Without you listening in, there would be no show. So please subscribe now if you have not done so already. Share this podcast with your communities, network, and help us develop a community and a tribe of leadership hackers.   Finally, if you would like me to work with your senior team, your leadership community, keynote an event, or you would like to sponsor an episode. Please connect with us, by our social media. And you can do that by following and liking our pages on Twitter and Facebook our handler their @leadershiphacker. Instagram you can find us there @the_leadership_hacker and at YouTube, we are just Leadership Hacker, so that is me signing off. I am Steve Rush and I have been the leadership hacker.

IRA Financial's Adam Bergman talks with Michael Tobin, Esq., a veteran real estate attorney, on options to small business owners with respect to commercial rent obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael Tobin (founder and owner of Back Door Comedy Events in O'Fallon, Missouri) talks about why he took an entrepreneurial venture, his inspiration from friend Al Canal, and why he hasn't watched Tiger King yet on Netflix. Website for Back Door Comedy and Events: https://backdoorcomedyevents.com/    

Gareth interviews entrepreneur and philanthropist, Michael Tobin OBE who has had a colourful career from moving pianos around Old Kent Road to leading one of the biggest data centre companies in the world. An amazing story full of value. We cover pitfalls, comebacks and the impact of the recent pandemic on UK business.

This episode of Day at Night features a lot of Caronavirus talk, a new game called Murder, Meth, or Theft, an interview with comedy club owner Michael Tobin, and musical guests The Glorious Sons closes out the show.  

Listen in this week as Mark Franklin connects with Mike and Michael. Mike Kirsh works in the advertising world as a producer & production manager making commercial video content for TV and web. As a producer he gets to work closely with directors and marketing agencies, building budgets to help bring creative ideas to life. Mike loves producing music, doing improv, and writing and acting in his own comedy sketches. Michael Tobin is a director, writer, editor, and producer. In his work, he explores themes of morality, consciousness, and agency. He evangelizes the notion that comedy and tragedy are not mutually exclusive. Michael balances working on his original projects by freelancing for corporate clients. And: He loves bagels.

Trust in journalism in the U.S. continues to erode, but a new Trust Project at the independent student newspaper at the University of Oregon is responding to the problem head-on. It’s educating the paper’s readership about how reporters and editors make decisions, soliciting feedback and increasing transparency about errors and corrections. The Daily Emerald’s editor-in-chief, Michael Tobin, and journalism instructor and researcher Lisa Heyamoto join us to discuss the project and what the research shows about how these and other practices work to increase consumers’ trust in news media.

Trust in journalism in the U.S. continues to erode, but a new Trust Project at the independent student newspaper at the University of Oregon is responding to the problem head on. It’s educating the paper’s readership about how reporters and editors make decisions, soliciting feedback, and increasing transparency about errors and corrections. The Daily Emerald’s editor-in-chief, Michael Tobin, and journalism instructor and researcher Lisa Heyamoto join us to discuss the project and what the research shows about how these and other practices work to increase consumers’ trust in news media.

Intro Music: Au5 - Closer ft. Danyka Nadeau https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/closer

Returning podcast guest and St. Louis based comedian Yale Hollander, along with new casual guest and founder of Back Door Comedy and Events, Michael Tobin, discuss how they are creatively coming up with new ways to showcase comedy in the St. Louis region. From riding on the Loop Trolley to an intimate comedy club setting in O'Fallon, Missouri, both men give hilarious testimonies on how the show must keep rolling (sometimes even in the literal sense). Follow Back Door Comedy and Events on Facebook and Instagram and visit their website: https://backdoorcomedyevents.com/. Yale Hollander can be found on Twitter and Instagram @YaleHollander. Host Mollie Amburgey can be found on Facebook and Instagram @mollieamburgey and @thecasuallymolliepodcast. 

This is one of our favourite interviews from the archives. Mike Tobin OBE shares so much wisdom here, he even tells some funny stories about the time he took his management team to swim with sharks without telling them!  This is one of my favourite interviews from the archives. Mike Tobin OBE shares so much wisdom here he even tells some funny stories about the time he took his management team to swim with sharks without telling them! In this episode Mike shares his decades of management experience in how to manage stress and how to develop a work life integration, clearly commercial awareness is thrown in for good measure... Mike had been talking to his management team for some time, about merging with a big competitor, and all the management team could see was the negatives of that they would see, and what those synergies means. You know, two people one job going forward and potentially they would be in competition or lose their jobs. So Mike decided to get them to swim with sharks and various other management "fun" days out! Mike's books are both on Amazon. Kindle and audio book. First one is Forget Strategy, Get Results. (https://www.michaeltobin.online/publications/forget-strategy-get-results/) It’s a little bit of an alternative view on leadership. And the second one is Live, Love, Work Prosper, (https://www.michaeltobin.online/publications/live-love-work-prosper/) which is kind of a fresh, fresh approach to integrating life and work as opposed to trying to find a balance.

Intro Music: Au5 - Closer ft. Danyka Nadeau https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/closer

John Hyon Ko of Kumite TV is joined by Eternal featherweight prospect Diego Pereira to discuss his upcoming clash with Michael Tobin, acting career, dealing with Osgood-Schlatter disease, leaving no doubts for a shot at the vacant title, and more. Diego Pereira will take on Michael Tobin at Eternal MMA 49 on November 1 in Queensland, Australia. Subscribe to Kumite TV https://www.youtube.com/c/KumiteTV Fighter Interviews https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpBStxIAJ_qVhp1kQ-CJzpTa2HIJ32Qmj Follow John Hyon Ko on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JHKMMA/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jhkmma/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JHKMMA

Michael Tobin is a college student from the University of Oregon interning on the Wall Street Journal's Spot News Desk and is currently the Editor in Chief of the Emerald, the University of Oregon's student newspaper.In this episode, Toby and Michael discuss the media versus the people's responsibility to effectively convey and analyze news reports, avoiding bias as a journalist, and the escalating costs of higher education resulting in copious amounts of student debt, and how to decide whether to pay for advanced degree programs.

An engineering apprentice at the age of 20, Mike Tobin OBE fell into sales by accident, an accident that led to an amazing career and life. He was MD of the French computer company, Goupil, by 22 and later became CEO of Telecity, taking them from a market cap of £6m to almost £3bn. He was made an OBE in 2014 for his services to the digital economy. Mike’s story is fascinating, not just for what he’s achieved in his career but for how he regards sales as a key skill for life, not just for business. And then there’s the sharks!....

Storytellers, in order of appearance: Stephen McNally, Lib Jamison, Sandra Ostrander, Chris Newcomb, Antonio Rocha, Rodney Nason, Michael Tobin

Podcast Editor Ryan Nguyen interviews 2018-19 Editor-in-Chief Zach Price about the highlights and lows of his tenure at the Emerald: What are some things he's proud of? What was something he wishes he could change? What's next for him? In turn, Price interviews the incoming 2019-20 EIC, Michael Tobin, about his goals for the upcoming school year. In keeping fashion with last year's EIC interview, the podcast concludes with some random trivia for Michael and Zach. Daily Emerald: "Michael Tobin selected as the Emerald’s 2019-2020 Editor in Chief" (https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/michael-tobin-selected-as-the-emerald-s---editor/article_54580322-46a2-11e9-9520-abefe3bc4ebe.html) Podcast Editor Ryan Nguyen produced this podcast, and Associate Podcast Editor Sararosa Davies edited. Music is "A Fist Full of Organs" by Evan DuPell (https://soundcloud.com/evan-dupell) and "Funeral" from Zurda Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhf6F17tvnw), modified under a free-to-use license (https://www.facebook.com/ZurdaMusic).

This is my third interview with maverick tech entrepreneur Michael Tobin OBE. "Success is a journey not a destination" Michael Tobin We discuss how to get the most out of your work life balance or as he calls it work life integration. If you like the episode don't forget to share and review us! If you want to buy one of his books :- Forget Strategy Get Results Live, Love, Work, Prosper And you can visit Mike Tobin's Website Here  Nathaniel Schooler 0:23 Today, I'm interviewing MIchael Tobin OBE, and he's actually the founder of the CEO sleep out, which is a really great charitable event that happens once a year in London. He's an English technology entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. He was the CEO of FTSE 250 data centre operator called Telecity group. In 2014, he was awarded an OBE for his services to the digital economy in the Queen's Birthday list, and I've always really enjoyed talking with him. He's always been very generous with his time and I've learned a lot from listening to him and we're going to delve into some really, interesting topics and I think you will love this episode. It is lovely to speak to you again Mike. Michael Tobin OBE 1:08 Thank you very much it's lovely to speak with you too! Nathaniel Schooler 1:11 So today we're going to firstly talk about work life balance. I know that's a really big topic for you and you've got your kind of attitude towards it. It's more of an integration isn't it as far as far as you're concerned? Michael Tobin OBE 1:29 I think you know when you look at people that have tried to balance you know let's call it work and life and I think about the great leaders of recent times and people like Nelson Mandela who was a great inspiration to me and he was such a great leader in his time. But at home he was a disaster and you know he was divorced twice his kids were either going over his legacy before he had even passed away. And I think, you know, that's a typical example about when people are so focused on success in a certain element of their life, they feel that you know, they just cannot, they don't even have time for the other part. And you kind of wonder whether that's real success or not, you know, and once that appears to be from the outside, because you know, he changed the world to an extent, and, you know, people like Clinton, they're, you know, they're also great leaders. But again, home life, you know, let's, let's talk about it, it's a mess, right? So, you know, I think when you try to balance it, if you are truly sort of driven and truly sort of a successful or aspiring, successful person; you tend then to allow one of those two things to suffer. And I think there's a, there's a different way, a way to get out of that, I think, it is wrong, trying to balance it rather than sort of, say:- "Well, I'm going to give 100% of this, and then I'm going to stop, and then I'm going to give 100% of that." You know, if you think about it as an integration, then then you shouldn't see a difference between work and life, right? You should, it should all be the same thing. And then you can actually put 100% into it. Because it is the same thing, you're actually putting 100% into a combined environment, there's a couple of examples. I mean, that I can I can give you, but then I talked about this a lot in my second book, actually called Live, Love, Work, Prosper. Which is all about how exactly how this work life integration is the way forward. But imagine I'll just put it one specific way round in terms of male and female here, but it works either way. But let's imagine that a woman's young, young couple, young family, baby, the woman's got a sort of mid management role. She's looking for the next step on the ladder and desperate for that one promotion place that's coming up soon, so that the, you know, the family can can prosper, and they can get the next house and so on and so forth. That evening is it's coming home bit later,

As a ceritified life coach Michael has inspired individuals, families and organizations across the United States to break out and break through mental barriers! Enjoy this episode on A Winning Mindset with Michael Tobin on Podcoin! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/growtogreat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/growtogreat/support

This months storytellers are:Sandra Ostrander, Everett Oneil, Mark Calkins, Antonio Rocha , Ellen Faulkner, and Michael Tobin

The storytellers are: Sandra Ostrander, Chris Newcomb, Antonio Rocha, Dawn Hartill, Lib Jamison, Penny Davis-Dublin, and Michael Tobin

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There’s something that’s not talked about enough in the creative industry: when to stop. We focus so much on hustling that we forget that we should be prioritizing our health. To quote Count Rugen from the Princess Bride: “Get some rest. If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.” Huge thanks to Michael Tobin for being the first supporter of Creative Aperture. Definitely check him out on Twitter, he's got some amazing stuff! Follow me on Twitter! Subscribe to my YouTube channel! Music: "Bossa Antigua" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Gordon and Kelley are joined in-studio by life coach and entrepreneur Michael Tobin. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/TobinCompany/Later, Real Estate Agent Steve Strick joins the show to discuss the importance of getting pre-approved.For More Information: www.TheStrickGroup.com

Gordon and Kelley are joined in-studio by life coach and entrepreneur Michael Tobin. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/TobinCompany/Later, Real Estate Agent Steve Strick joins the show to discuss the importance of getting pre-approved.For More Information: www.TheStrickGroup.com

"I fact-check everything twice." On the first episode of "How It's Reported," Podcast Editor Ryan Nguyen talks with Associate News Editor Michael Tobin about his cover story about mold in East Campus Housing, public records requests and how they work and how he fact-checks his reporting. Michael's cover story: https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/mold-maintenance-requests-common-occurrences-in-university-east-campus-housing/article_863d31f0-17ae-11e9-9e86-77bc653fdcb2.html How to remove your personal information from UO Find People: https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/KB/ArticleDet?ID=32813 The UO Office of Public Records website: https://publicrecords.uoregon.edu/ Ryan's cover story: https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/oregon-promise-how-oregon-makes-college-possible-for-low-income/article_7fdeb956-122b-11e9-9ac7-a7e1d4f82892.html This is episode one of "How It's Reported," a series from the Emerald Podcast Network designed to illuminate how journalists report on the latest news, build trust between news outlets and audiences and promote informed and engaged listeners, which are vital to a healthy democracy. Ryan Nguyen produced and edited this podcast. Graphic: Kelly Kondo/Emerald. Music is "Airliner" by Podington Bear: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_Disc_1/07_Airliner

With Matthew Hancock, Rohan Silva, and Michael Tobin. Presented by Fraser Nelson. In association with Michael Tobin, OBE.

Today is Saturday, Jan. 19. Here are the three stories from this week that you need to know. In this weekly news wrap-up, podcast editor Alec Cowan and senior news reporter Michael Tobin discuss the Emerald's cover story examining how resident tuition has risen over the last ten years, the new goals set by the university senate for winter term and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden's visit to campus. This episode was produced by Alec Cowan.

Heroin ravages communities across the country, and Eugene is no exception. The city has a high rate of property crime, which goes hand in hand with drug addiction. What is causing the rise in new addicts? The answer may lie and the bottom of a small orange bottle. Music in this episode was Oscillator and A Long Night by bbatv. This episode was produced by Michael Tobin. Find the print story at dailyemerald.com: https://www.dailyemerald.com/?p=2485660&preview=true&preview_id=2485660&preview_nonce=ec592e722c&post_format=standard&_thumbnail_id=2485671

Lying just 10 miles outside of Eugene, Creswell, Oregon is a small but tight-knit community. A town of only 5,000 people, their unique identity has been formed over generations which have triumphed through economic hardship and cultural transformation. In this episode, reporters Michael Tobin and Mateo Sundberg travel to Creswell to take a look at life outside of Eugene and shed some light on Oregon's urban/rural divide. This episode was produced by Alec Cowan. Music by Gillicudy.

This week we welcome Michael Tobin to the show after his strong return in the main event of Brace on the weekend, and we also chat to ONE fighter Reece McLaren about his rapid rise in Asia.

Since chaos erupted in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., more than a week ago, journalists from all over the world have flocked to the scene. They have also, increasingly, become the target of police arrests. Michael Tobin, FOX News Channel correspondent joins Roe & Roeper to discuss this story.

Since chaos erupted in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., more than a week ago, journalists from all over the world have flocked to the scene. They have also, increasingly, become the target of police arrests. Michael Tobin, FOX News Channel correspondent joins Roe & Roeper to discuss this story.

What's going on with FHA? Rules are changing all the time. This rule is valid now, but is expiring, that old rule is replacing an old interpretation...yada badada, fritatta...its enough to make your head spin! What's the real deal on FHA mortgages - how can they be used, what are the guidelines and what do they mean to the average homebuyer? This week we have Tom Heath, President of SAMLA (Southern Arizona Mortgage Lenders Association) and mortgage broker, as well as Michael Tobin, a mortgage lender & radio host from O'Fallon, Missouri as our guests. Get the skinny, not the hype - on FHA Loans as they are now. Join Kent Simpson & Ryan Shaughnessy every FRIDAY at lunchtime for straight talk about real estate. No hype, no mumbo-jumbo, just real discussion about topics that affect buyers, sellers and professionals in the industry alike. This is the real skinny on realty! We will talk about market conditions in different area of the country, homebuyer advice (for first time homebuyers and veterans as well!), tips for home sellers, investing in real estate, upcoming changes in rules, regulations, law...social media...you name it, we're talking about it! Please feel free to join us in the chatroom or download the show for later. See you at the RoundTable!