The Action Catalyst
The Action Catalyst interviews top leaders and achievers, sharing hard-earned tips and advice to help you uncover your inspiration and gain valuable insights to overcome setbacks, defeat mediocrity, and reach your goals in life, business, and beyond. Southwestern/Great American, Inc., dba Southwestern Family of Companies, for itself and its related entities and their assigns, reserves and retains all rights to their copyrighted materials and trademarks contained in this podcast.
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Tax Strategy, with Carlotta Thompson | (Business, Finance, AI, Money)
<p>Tax strategist Carlotta Thompson explores her unique early start in tax law, her years as an IRS enrolled agent, and what it taught her about helping business owners legally reduce their tax burden through smarter planning and compliance. Thompson explains how the IRS TRULY operates, and highlights the most common audit triggers, and how tools like cost segregation, opportunity zones, family‑office‑style investing, business acquisitions, and real estate tax strategies can significantly reduce tax liability when implemented correctly, and discusses the limits of AI in accounting, as well as key red flags to watch for when hiring accountants.</p>
CLIP: People Average Rather Than Add
<p>Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute, Dianna Booher, explains how, when it comes to building credibility with someone, people tend to average rather than add.</p><p>Hear Dianna's full interview in Episode 73 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
REMASTERED: 6 Elements of Great Communication, with Dianna Booher | (Leadership, Personal Development, Balance, Confidence)
<p>Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute, Dianna Booher, explains the difference between a leader and a manager, the one question leaders MUST have an answer for, what is meant by “spray painting” on social media, how to talk to millennials about career development, why you fire people to be fair, the ideal format for communicating with the C-Suite, and the essence of leadership communication.</p>
CLIP: The Waldorf Astoria Elevator Problem
<p>Jason Wild, an author, strategist, and former leader at Salesforce, IBM, and Microsoft, shares the revealing story of how a creative intern at the Waldorf Astoria saved a ton of money and time with a creative solution to an abstract problem.</p><p>Hear Jason's full interview in Episode 501 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
REMASTERED: What More Can I Say, with Dianna Booher | (Communication, Trust, Storytelling, Sales)
<p>Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute, Dianna Booher, shares the lessons we can learn from politics about communication, mistakes we often make in non-verbal communication, what to do when trust is eroded, averaging rather than adding credibility, and tips to telling a story vs a narrative, and which is more powerful.</p>
CLIP: Time Management is DEAD
<p>Best-selling author and time management coach Elizabeth Saunders explains why traditional time management has given way to "time investment", and the priority-based decision making technique that creates the greatest ROI for your time.</p><p>Hear Elizabeth's full interview in Episode 102 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
Genius at Scale, with Jason Wild | (Innovation, Leadership, Culture, Strategy)
<p>Jason Wild, an author, strategist, and former leader at Salesforce, IBM, and Microsoft, addresses misconceptions around what innovation is and isn't and the way leadership can help or hinder it, creating culture, the as-of-yet unmet promise of AI, the ABC's inside of organizations, how a creative intern at the Waldorf Astoria saved a ton of money and time with a creative solution to an abstract problem, identifying who the customer REALLY is and what you're REALLY selling, and the strangely important lessons he learned from being a child actor.</p>
CLIP: Remembering Lessons / Staying Curious / Restoring Faith
<p>Action Catalyst hosts Adam Outland, Stephanie Maas, and Dan Moore share an early blunder in hosting, reflect on the critical nature of staying curious, and explain the profound personal impact of the podcast.</p><p>Hear the full roundtable discussion in Episode 500 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
REMASTERED: Breaking Through the Barrier of Busy, with Elizabeth Saunders | (Time Management, Productivity, Business, Decision Making)
<p>Best-selling author and time management coach Elizabeth Saunders explains why more input doesn’t equal more busy, and shares ways to expertly manage email, use text expanders, define "time investment", and get clarity from your calendar, plus breaks down techniques like the I.N.O. method, and priority-based decision making.</p>
CLIP: Relaters & Bottom-Liners
<p>Hall of Fame speaker, author, and human behavior expert Connie Podesta breaks down the differences between relaters vs bottom-liners, and how those differences manifest in everything from a sales relationship, to a marriage.</p><p>Hear Connie's full interview in Episode 34 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
