Let them Lead: Podcast

Doug Stanton The #1 Bestseller Defines Leadership After Tragedy NY Times #1 bestseller Doug Stanton talks In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of...

Episode Summary: Jack Harbaugh Mentors, Failures, and Championships  Jack Harbaugh’s sons John and Jim are both highly successful coaches, but their father managed...

Episode Summary: Kevin Dean AP student, NHL Coach When they first met, Bacon was a 22-year old assistant coach and Kevin Dean was the 17-year...

Episode Summary: AJ Harbinger and Johnny Dzubak The Art of Charm AJ Harbinger and Johnny Dzubak host the immensely popular Art of Charm podcast. Years...

Episode Summary: Joe Battista Dream big, keep it real, and make a plan Joe Battista led Penn State hockey to 6 ACHA national titles, then helped...

Episode Summary: Leading Ourselves Anyone Can Run a Marathon On LET THEM LEAD, we talk about leading others. But what about leading ourselves? In 2020,...

Episode Summary: Mark Grisdale Creating a New High School A native of Cheboygan, MI, Mark Grisdale recalls his football coach, Irv Sigler,...

Episode Summary: Christopher Taylor Mayor of Ann Arbor The risks and rewards of leading a local...

Episode Summary: James Tobin FDR Biographer When Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio at 38, his career seemed over. 12 years later he was elected president --...

Episode Summary: David Meltzer The Real Jerry Maguire If you’ve seen Jerry Maguire, you know David Meltzer’s story – or part of it. The inspiration for the...

Episode Summary: Fred Crawford Turnaround Specialist Fred Crawford played for the MSU basketball program in the mid ‘80s, but wisely decided to focus on school....

Episode Summary: Mike Mauti and Mike Zordich Saving Penn State Football - Part 3 In Part III, the final episode of this interview, Mauti and Zordich tell the story...

Episode Summary: Mike Mauti and Mike Zordich Saving Penn State Football Before Penn State’s 2012 football season, Jerry Sandusky was arrested, Joe Paterno...

Episode Summary: Paul Helber This week, with the Helber family’s approval, we’re presenting my eulogy of their husband, father, and grandfather, Paul...

Episode Summary: Brenda Ryan Brenda Ryan grew up in Detroit in the late 1960s, and took a big chance to enroll at Michigan Tech, sight unseen. She started a...

Episode Summary: Amanda Macaluso Almost three decades ago, Amanda Macaluso, from Australia, decided to work at Hayo-Went-Ha for Girls just for a...

Episode Summary: Brad Black Brad Black grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, where he met people from across the country passing through their train station. He rose up...

Episode Summary: MTU Commencement Today's podcast is the commencement address I gave for Michigan Tech this spring. In it, I discuss what I call "the myth of...

Episode Summary: Al Gallup Al Gallup, a 96-year old veteran of World War II, still bikes every day. A former assistant principal at Ann Arbor Huron and Dean of...

Episode Summary: Rick Koubek Richard Koubek grew up in Illinois and attended community college, but eventually rose to become department chair at Penn State,...

Episode Summary: Dave Deluca Dave Deluca never went to camp as a kid, but got hooked on it when he became a camp counselor in college. Now he’s spent four...

Episode Summary: Brian Lawlor Brian Lawlor has been the president of local media for Scripps TV for ten years, which has grown from 10 stations to 61 nationwide...

Episode Summary: Ron Alvesteffer By his own admission, Ron Alvesteffer is no computer whiz, but after he took over ServiceExpress, which provides data center...

Episode Summary: Author Talk Interview A fun and lively 25-minute conversation with Fred Nahhat, Senior Vice President of Detroit PBS and a...