The Mentors Radio Show Tom Loarie and Dan Hesse

In today's legacy episode, THE MENTORS RADIO Host Tom Loarie talks with the late Harold Burson, a master communicator, highly ethical leader, and widely acclaimed as the godfather of modern public relations! At the time if this interview, Harold was in his 90s, but you'd never know it. His mind, memory, well-anchored moral compass and mastery of communication and strategy is sharp and clear. Learn from him, a true legacy mentor!







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HAROLD BURSON:









* BIO:



* Bio







* Co-founder and Founding Chairman of Burson-Marsteller











* BOOKS:



* The Business of Persuasion, by Harold Burson











* ARTICLES:



*  The Godfather of Modern PR Harold Burson on Moral Responsibilities and Controversial Clients - PR Week







* The Undisputed Master of Public Relations Harold Burson talks about the business of persuasion

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Ursula Burns, Chairwoman of Teneo and founding partner of private equity company Integrum Holdings. But Ursula is best known for serving as Chairwoman and CEO of Xerox during a 36-year-career there, where she became the first black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company.







In addition, Ursula serves on several private company boards, while also providing leadership counsel to several community, educational and non-profit organizations including the Ford Foundation, the MIT Corporation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Mayo Clinic, among others. President Obama appointed her to lead the White House national program on STEM and she served as Chair of the President’s Export Council. Since February 2022, Ursula Burns has served as Vice Chair of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness.







Ursula holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from NYU.  She’s a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering.







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SHOW NOTES:







URSULA BURNS:









* BIO:



* Bio: Ursula Burns







* DEIC Power 100











* BOOKS:



* Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir, by Ursula Burns











* ARTICLES / NEWS:



* Pioneering CEO Ursula Burns Wants to Make Stories Like Hers Less Rare - WSJ







* Ursula M. Burns - The New York Times







* In Her New Memoir, Ursula M. Burns Recounts Blazing a Trail to the Top of Xerox - The New York Times







* “I’m Here Because I’m As Good As You” - The Harvard Review







* Former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns on becoming the 1st black female Fortune 500 chief exec - YouTube







* Expect to see a sizable uptick in M&A in 2024, says Teneo's Ursula Burns - CNBC

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Brenda Wolf, beloved retired President and CEO of Chicago's La Rabida Children's Hospital and recipient of the University of Chicago's Booth School "2023 Alumnus of the Year" award. Wolf dedicated her life to helping children with complex medical needs to have the greatest life possible and she gives us a powerful, insider view of the challenges, rewards and lessons learned from a career in non-profit pediatric health care. You'll also hear how the principles and practices she learned from going back and earning an MBA became invaluable tools in her nonprofit leadership roles. In her 12 years as CEO and President, and her 35 total years serving at La Rabida Children's Hospital, Brenda pioneered the patient-centered family home, in which one physician is responsible for coordinating all care for the patient. She also expanded the hospital's outreach to youth experiencing trauma in under-served communities by establishing clinics in the surrounding area. She talks about leadership during the pandemic shutdown, key partnerships, the importance of providing long-term care for children with chronic conditions, navigating the complexities of Medicaid reimbursement and managing critical resources effectively in a nonprofit healthcare setting. She has been named one of Crain Chicago's Most Notable Women in Health Care.







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SHOW NOTES:







BRENDA WOLF:









* BIO: https://www.thechicagonetwork.org/member/brenda-j-wolf/







* ARTICLES:



* La Rabida Children's Hospital CEO to retire — Crain's Chicago Business







* La Rabida CEO Stepping Down — Hyde Park Herald







* 'The Last 12 Years Consumed Me': Chicago hospital CEO retires — Becker's Hospital Review







* How Brenda J. Wolf seamlessly transitioned to leadership at La Rabida Children's Hospital — Smart Business

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with David Rubenstein, the Co-Founder of one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms, the host of The David Rubenstein Show and other programs on Bloomberg TV and PBS, and the author of How to Lead. They discuss what Rubenstein has learned about leadership from interviewing the world’s greatest leaders. 







David Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s  largest and most successful private investment firms. In addition to hosting The David Rubenstein show and other programs on Bloomberg and PBS, David chairs the boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago. David is also a Trustee of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National Constitution Center, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum. He’s a Director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.







Rubenstein's memberships and awards are too lengthy to list. He is especially known for his philanthropy. He’s an original signer of The Giving Pledge, and a leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, having made transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of many of America’s most important monuments, and he’s provided long-term loans to the U.S. government of his rare copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment, the first map of the U.S., and the first book printed in the U.S.  David recently bought the Baltimore Orioles. He is the author of four books and in this episode Dan and David discuss one of these books, namely, How to Lead.







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SHOW NOTES:







David Rubenstein:









* BIO: Bio: David M. Rubenstein







* BOOKS:



* How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEO's, Founders and Game Changers, by David Rubenstein







* The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream, by David Rubenstein







* The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, by David Rubenstein







* How to Invest: Masters on the Craft, by David Rubenstein

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Alan Mulally, former Boeing and FORD CEO, regarding his management philosophy which led to the development of the triple seven luxury liner and the transformation of Ford into one of the world’s leading automobile companies!  







Alan served as President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company, where he led the Ford transformation into one of the world's leading automobile companies and the #1 brand in the United States. Prior to this, he served as President of Boeing Information, Space and Defense Systems at the Boeing company, where he oversaw the development of commercial and military aircraft, including the 777.







Widely recognized for his many contributions and leadership mastery, Alan Mulally has been named as one of the world's greatest leaders, one of the 30 world's best CEOs, and as one of the world's most influential people. Mulally's success in both his career and life is rooted in the lessons his parents taught him. These lessons provided the foundation for what became his philosophy of work and life, embodied in his "Working Together" practices and principles, which you'll learn in this episode...and more!







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SHOW NOTES:







ALAN MULALLY:









* BIO: https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/people/alan-mulally.html







* BOOKS:



* Relentless Implementation: Creating Clarity, Alignment And A Working Together Operating System To Maximize Your Business Performance, by Alan Mulally and Adam Witty







* American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company, by Bryce G. Hoffman, Pete Larkin, et al.











* ARTICLES:



* Alan Mulally: The Man Who Saved Ford, by Michael Distefano, Korn Ferry







* Legendary CEO Alan Mulally Says Coming Together Is The Key To Navigating Through Difficult Times, by Bryce Hoffman, Forbes







* How Ford's Alan Mulally turned around its fortunes, BBC

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Mark Donovan, President of the back-to-back World Champion Kansas City Chiefs, and responsible for all aspects of the club’s business operations. Donovan also serves as the President of Arrowhead Events, the arm that brings major events to Arrowhead Stadium, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup. During Mark’s 15 years with the Chiefs, the team has become one of the most iconic brands in the world of sports and earned four Super Bowl berths in the last five years, winning three.







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SHOW NOTES:







MARK DONOVAN:









* BIO: Mark Donovan 2023 Media Guide Bio







* WEBSITE: https://www.chiefs.com/







* ARTICLES:



* Making Big Plays: All that winning for KC and the Chiefs—Super Bowl, NFL Draft, World Cup—keeps team President Mark Donovan's playbook pretty full. He discusses all the balls he has in the air, Kansas City Business Journal







* Staying Super Busy: How Chiefs President Mark Donovan and 49ers President Al Guido spent their week in Las Vegas, Sports Business Journal







* On Lamar Hunt, Patrick Mahomes, Taylor Swift and the Chiefs' goal to be 'world team', by Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star