by John U. Bacon | Jan 18, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: 2021 Review This week I take a few minutes to look back at the Let Them Lead Podcast’s first year: the idea behind the podcast, some of the highlights our 15 great guests have given us, including their memorable take-aways, and what we have to...
by John U. Bacon | Dec 7, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Howdy and Howard Holmes Started in 1887 in Chelsea, Michigan, just outside of Ann Arbor, Chelsea Milling was pretty run-of-the-mill until the wife of the second generation, Mabel Holmes, figured out how to create a baking mix, called Jiffy Mixes, “so...
by John U. Bacon | Nov 30, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Bev Plocki Bev Plocki, born and raised in Pennsylvania steel country, earned All-American status in gymnastics at Alabama and West Virginia, before becoming Michigan’s gymnastic coach at the ripe age of 23. The team had gone 0-13 in the Big Ten the...
by John U. Bacon | Nov 23, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary On this weeks episode we have a special treat. A few months ago, the people who created and run The Next Big Idea book club, Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel Pink, all big names and the leadership field, nominated Let them Lead for...
by John U. Bacon | Nov 16, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary Ron Warhurst Ron Warhurst won two NCAA titles as a member of the Western Michigan cross-country team in the 1960s. He graduated in 1966, volunteered for the Marines, then repeatedly asked to “walk point” through the Vietnamese jungle, which resulted in...
by John U. Bacon | Nov 10, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary Steve Schram, Radio Leader Since 2006 Steve Schram has served as the Executive Director and General Manager of Michigan Radio. With stations in Ann Arbor, Flint, and Grand Rapids, Michigan Radio serves more than one million listeners each month, and...
