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Remarkable CEOs Tom Loarie and Dan Hesse and their guests deliver real-world advice, experience, stories, lessons learned, examples, failures, funny moments, successes, and more to help YOU find purpose, success and happiness in life and work!

The Mentors Radio Show Tom Loarie and Dan Hesse

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    • 4.9 • 19 Ratings

Remarkable CEOs Tom Loarie and Dan Hesse and their guests deliver real-world advice, experience, stories, lessons learned, examples, failures, funny moments, successes, and more to help YOU find purpose, success and happiness in life and work!

    366. Brenda Wolf, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime Dedicated to Leading Nonprofits and Improving Healthcare for Children in Need

    366. Brenda Wolf, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime Dedicated to Leading Nonprofits and Improving Healthcare for Children in Need

    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

    • 42 min
    365. How To Lead, with Guest Mentor David Rubenstein

    365. How To Lead, with Guest Mentor David Rubenstein

    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

    • 43 min
    364. From Vision to Reality: Alan Mulally’s Blueprint for Transformative Leadership

    364. From Vision to Reality: Alan Mulally’s Blueprint for Transformative Leadership

    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

    • 42 min
    363. Kansas City Chiefs’ President Mark Donovan describes the Quest to Become the “World’s Team” and the “Taylor Swift Effect”

    363. Kansas City Chiefs’ President Mark Donovan describes the Quest to Become the “World’s Team” and the “Taylor Swift Effect”

    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

    • 42 min
    362. Dr. George Simon on How to Recognize and Defeat Manipulators

    362. Dr. George Simon on How to Recognize and Defeat Manipulators

    In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with world renown psychologist, Dr. George Simon, who has spent decades understanding and dealing with character-impaired personalities. His best-selling book In Sheep’s Clothing just celebrated its 28th year in print. In this interview, Dr. Simon shares his insights on those people who can suck you dry and sap the joy of life out of you. These people subtly prey on your weaknesses and use clever tactics to gain an advantage over you. These people are underhanded, backstabbing, deceptive and conniving. They may work with you, associate with you, or even live with you. They fight hard for what they want, but they want to conceal their aggressive intentions. They can destroy your life and your career. Find out how to defeat manipulators and regain your sanity.







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    SHOW NOTES:







    GEORGE K. SIMON, PhD.









    * BIO: https://www.drgeorgesimon.com/about/







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







    * BOOKS:



    * In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People, by Dr. George K. Simon







    * Character Disturbance: the phenomenon of our age, by George K. Simon







    * The Judas Syndrome: Why Good People Do Awful Things, by George K. Simon







    * Essentials for the Journey: Embracing and Living the 10 Commandments of Character - Proven Principles for a Psychologically Healthy and Spiritually Rich Life, by Dr. George K. Simon







    * How Did We End Up Here?: Surviving and Thriving in a Character Disordered World, by George Simon and Kathryn Armistead







    * The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence, by Gavin De Becker (mentioned in show episode)











    * ARTICLES:



    * Malignant Narcissists Always Pose High Risk, by Dr. George Simon







    * The Narcissistic Rage and many other excellent articles, by George Simon

    • 43 min
    361. Greg Graves Lays Out Why Employee Ownership is Better for America

    361. Greg Graves Lays Out Why Employee Ownership is Better for America

    In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Greg Graves, retired Chairman and CEO of Burns & McDonnell. Greg led one of the fastest-growing and most successful engineering, architecture, construction and environmental consulting firms in North America.  In his 13 years as CEO, employment (and therefore the number of employee-owners) quadrupled, revenues grew 10-fold to $3 Billion, and the company produced an average ROI in excess of 25% each year – all organically. Fortune Magazine listed Burns & McDonnell among it’s Top 100 Best Places to Work list six times, reaching #14 in 2014. His best-selling book Create Amazing about employee ownership has held the #1 positions in the Business, Human Resources and Democracy categories at Amazon.







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    SHOW NOTES:







    GREG GRAVES:









    * BIO: Greg Graves Bio







    * BOOK:



    * Create Amazing: Turn Your Employees into Owners for Explosive Growth, by Greg Graves











    * ARTICLES & VIDEO CLIPS:



    * CEO Greg Graves Announces Retirement







    * Retired Burns & McDonnell CEO Greg Graves on Improving Business and Empowering Workers







    * Video Clip: Greg Graves retirement and plans







    * Graves May Be Leaving Burns & McDonnell, but He’ll Remain a Civic Force in KC — Ingram's







    * These Kansas City philanthropists built a private lake for family, friends and charity — Kansas City Spaces, The Kansas City Star











    * HIGH PRAISE for Greg Graves' Create Amazing book:



    * Create Amazing reached #1 for Business, #1 for Human Resources and #1 for Democracy categories at Amazon over different times.







    * In 2023, the United States Senate reached out to Greg and asked for 100 copies, one for each member.







    * Rutgers University School of Business Annual Book Award is called the Joyce Rothschild Prize for Economic Democracy. Semi-Finalist, then Finalist, finally 2nd prize…2023.







    * The London Book Awards (Cambridge) Semi-Finalist,

    • 42 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
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19 Ratings

StillTheSea ,

Awesome podcast

Love the amazing insights, super practical and inspirational!

jml_pns ,

Great resource

The topics on this program are wide, raging and very interesting, especially for entrepreneurs. While I am retired and not really doing anything entrepreneurial, I just listened to the interview of Melissa Schilling, and it was so much fun. I would highly recommend it. The dialogue provides plenty of meat for everyone, including parents, who want to encourage their children to feel free to be innovative and adventuresome.

Sean Khurana ,

Empowering and Engaging!

"The Mentors Radio" with Dan Hesse is an empowering podcast that captivates listeners with insightful interviews and actionable advice. Dan's genuine approach as a mentor and the diverse range of topics make this show a must-listen for anyone seeking motivation and personal growth. Highly recommended!

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