Inspire Greatness

Matt Tenney

The Inspire Greatness Podcast is the go-to source for leaders who are looking for inspiration and practical tips for bringing out the best in others. It is a must-listen for leaders who want to cultivate engaged, high-performing teams. Our host, Matt Tenney, is a recognized authority on leadership, founder of PeopleThriver, and the bestselling author of Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process.  In each episode, you’ll learn 3 powerful, proven methods for inspiring greatness in your team from Matt Tenney or the business leaders and thought leaders he interviews, who offer their unique viewpoints on leadership and employee engagement. Embark on this transformative journey to inspire greatness and elevate your leadership skills. Dive into the Inspire Greatness Podcast today.

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Robyn Bolton on the Inspire Greatness Podcast
Oct 10 2024
Robyn Bolton on the Inspire Greatness Podcast
In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Robyn Bolton, author and founder of MileZero. Robyn previously worked at Innosight, the consulting firm founded by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, BCG, and Procter & Gamble, where she helped develop and launch the Swiffer. She is the founder and Chief Navigator at MileZero, a consultancy that helps leaders use innovation to confidently and repeatedly grow business revenue.Robyn is the author of the forthcoming book Unlocking Innovation: A Leader’s Guide for Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results. Her articles and perspectives have been featured in Fast Company, Harvard Business Review Online, The New York Times, and NPR’s Marketplace. During our discussion, Robyn explained her three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members:Doing the opposite of your instinctsBeing honest about what you are and aren’t willing to doWalking the talkIf you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:https://matttenney.com/Robyn-Bolton-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/If you enjoyed this interview and would like to hear more compelling conversations like this, be sure to subscribe to the podcast. Also, if you’d like to help others benefit from this podcast, please take a minute to leave a review. Your valuable insights can help the podcast reach a wider audience and assist them in making an informed decision about the value of this content.
Debra Corey on The Inspire Greatness Podcast
Sep 26 2024
Debra Corey on The Inspire Greatness Podcast
In this episode of Inspire Greatness, I interviewed Debra Corey, Chief Pay It Forward Officer at DebCo HR. Debra is a highly experienced and award-winning consultant, world-class speaker, HR leader, and six-time author who has been named one of the top 101 global employee engagement influencers. She’s had a varied career, working for global companies such as Gap Inc., Quintiles, Merlin Entertainments, and Reward Gateway, where she developed and delivered HR strategies in a rebellious way, pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo to truly drive employee engagement.Debra’s recent book Bad Bosses Ruin Lives: The Building Blocks for Being a Great Boss is a practical guidebook that helps aspiring great bosses recognize and overcome their bad-boss tendencies through actionable tips, tools, and models, ultimately leading to better management and enriched lives.During our discussion, Debra explained her three proven methods for inspiring greatness in team members:Awareness - Becoming aware of the blind spots and traps we fall into that unintentionally cause us to take on bad boss traits.Acceptance - Looking in the mirror and accepting our own individual bad boss traits so that we can take ownership of them.Action - Taking the right actions and leveraging the right knowledge, skills, and tools to become great and overcome our bad boss traits. If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:https://matttenney.com/Debra-Corey-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/If you enjoyed this interview and would like to hear more compelling conversations like this, be sure to subscribe to the podcast. Also, if you’d like to help others benefit from this podcast, please take a minute to leave a review. Your valuable insights can help the podcast reach a wider audience and assist them in making an informed decision about the value of this content.
Sunil Rajasekar on the Inspire Greatness Podcast
Aug 8 2024
Sunil Rajasekar on the Inspire Greatness Podcast
In the latest episode, I had an insightful conversation with Sunil Rajasekar, the CEO of Billtrust. Billtrust is a cutting-edge financial services organization that provides cloud-based software and comprehensive payment processing solutions. Their goal is to enable finance teams to drive growth and to provide guidance and inspiration to businesses.Sunil brings over 20 years of experience in the business software industry. Before leading Billtrust, he was the President of Mindbody, a prominent experience technology platform serving the fitness, wellness, and beauty sectors. Prior to that, Sunil held key roles as a General Manager at eBay and the CTO of Lithium Technologies. Additionally, he actively invests in and advises startups.During our conversation, Sunil delved into his personal journey, sharing how he grappled with leadership challenges as a VP and how he realized the importance of adopting a leadership mindset as he transitioned to senior leadership. This realization ultimately led him to develop the 8 tenets of leadership, which define his aspirations as a leader and provide support to other leaders within his organization.If you want to read the show notes for this episode, you can find them on my website:https://matttenney.com/sunil-rajasekar-on-the-inspire-greatness-podcast/If you enjoyed this interview and would like to hear more compelling conversations like this, be sure to subscribe to the podcast. Also, if you’d like to help others benefit from this podcast, please take a minute to leave a review. Your valuable insights can help the podcast reach a wider audience and assist them in making an informed decision about the value of this content.
Garry Ridge
Aug 16 2023
Garry Ridge
In this episode we talked with Garry Ridge, the former CEO of WD-40.Garry has 25 years of experience as Chairman and CEO of WD-40 Company. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, where he teaches the principles and practices of corporate culture in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership program.Garry’s philosophy on company culture is based on Aristotle’s quote – “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” Turning that into action, he believes that all leaders can create a workplace where you go to work each day, make a contribution to something bigger than yourself, learn something new, feel safe, are protected, and are provided freedom by a set of values and go home happy!Join us as we discuss with Garry his tenure as CEO of WD-40. Listen to Garry share how he prioritize building a culture that could help WD-40 grow into a global brand. Learn Garry’s insights into how leaders can make employees excited about coming back into the office.If you would like to read the show notes on this episode you can find them on our website, Business Leadership Today:https://businessleadershiptoday.com/garry-ridge-on-the-business-leadership-today-podcast/If you enjoyed this interview and would like to hear more interviews like this, be sure to subscribe to the podcast.Also, if you’d like to help other people benefit from this podcast, please take a minute to leave a review.By sharing your thoughts, you’ll help the podcast reach more people and help those people make a decision regarding whether this podcast might be of value to them.
How Leaders Can Excel Through the Relationships They Create and Maintain with Rachel Rider
Jul 18 2023
How Leaders Can Excel Through the Relationships They Create and Maintain with Rachel Rider
In this episode we talked with Rachel Rider and discussed how leaders can excel through the relationships they create and maintain.Rachel is a Columbia University certified executive coach with over a decade of coaching experience.  She started as an HR Business Partner responsible for developing and coaching leaders and teams at Bloomberg, she then went on to specialize in leadership coaching at AppNexus (since acquired by AT&T) and Digital Ocean, the third-largest hosting company in the world.Since then, Rachel has founded Mettaworks, an executive coaching firm dedicated to relieving the suffering of all sentient beings.She is also the author of Who You Are is How You Lead, which shares the exact, step-by-step process she uses to help her clients excel in their professional relationships.Join us as we discuss with Rachel how leaders can excel through the relationships they create and maintain. Hear Rachel discuss how building relationships with others starts with the relationship you build with yourself. Listen to Rachel discuss that while the mind is a powerful tool it needs to be kept in check. Learn the practice of visualizing thought patterns and how it can help you learn about yourself.If you would like to read the show notes on this episode you can find them on our website, Business Leadership Today:https://businessleadershiptoday.com/rachel-rider-on-how-leaders-can-excel-through-the-relationships-they-create-and-maintainIf you enjoyed this interview and would like to hear more interviews like this, be sure to subscribe to the podcast.Also, if you’d like to help other people benefit from this podcast, please take a minute to leave a review.By sharing your thoughts, you’ll help the podcast reach more people and help those people make a decision regarding whether this podcast might be of value to them.