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April 11, 2024

Finding Your Unique Voice and Authentic Connections - An Interview wi…

Let’s face it, there’s a lot of fakeness out in the world today. Fake success. Fake people & personalities. That’s why it’s more important than ever to be genuine and authentic with your personal brand. So how do you do …

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Jan. 3, 2024

Thriving In Sales With Selflessness & Dignity - Joe Pici

It’s been said that as a human being we’re either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed towards a crisis. Financial crises. Relationship crises. Health crises. On episode 22, James Mayhew talks with Joe Pici — the …

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Dec. 26, 2023

He Gave Away Millions of Dollars of Other People's Money! – Dan Koval

Can you imagine giving away tens of millions of dollars? Can you imagine getting PAID to give away tens of millions of dollars? That probably sounds like a dream job for many people, and it was for Dan Koval… that …

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Nov. 8, 2023

Learning AND Growing From Your Mistakes – A Conversation with Sean Va…

Imagine being a 22 year old in your first leadership role and making the decision to fire one of your employees. Now imagine that you’re that same leader but now 30 years have passed. How might that one event shape …

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Sept. 26, 2023

How Super Connectors Build Relationships That Last – An Interview wit…

While average networkers look for well connected people that can help them, super connectors have an altruistic mindset... How can I help someone else? Angela Pumo is a super connector (my label, not hers). She loves helping ...

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Aug. 15, 2023

Stop Selling & Start Serving: Taking Ego Out of the Sales Process wit…

"Your ego is not your friend in sales." In a field with constant pressure to hit goals, Bill Caskey talks with James about removing your ego in sales.

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Aug. 10, 2023

Leading Excellent Trainings, Workshops & Meetings

We've all sat through trainings, workshops and more meetings than we care to remember that didn't deliver. Let's be real... some of them sucked. If you're an executive, director, manager – or a consultant, coach or trainer – ...

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Aug. 10, 2023

Don't Make This HUGE Mistake With Employee Engagement; Learn From My …

I was wrong about employee engagement. I screwed it up and I don't want you to make the same mistake... Engagement is not how much people love their job. So what is it, then? In Episode 16, culture development expert, …

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Aug. 10, 2023

The Problem With Your Core Values That You May Not Know

If your company has core values, and many do, you might be completely missing one of the biggest problems with them... In Episode 15, James Mayhew recalls a conversation with one of the team leaders. "I don't know how to …

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July 18, 2023

The Power of Surrender: "Steal My Show" with Alisha Loy

There's Power In Surrender. After multiple medical crises, Alisha Loy became a gladiator and champion for those in the throes of battle with illness. Through surrender Alisha has found a light and love, seeking to ignite the ...

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July 17, 2023

How Managers Can Boost Employee Engagement With Their Team

If you want to improve your company culture and boost your employee engagement, there are three Foundational Conversations that managers need to implement on a consistent basis: The Expectations Conversation The Priorities Co...

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July 7, 2023

Going to a Job VS Going to Work – America's Chief Culture Officer, Ja…

I'm curious… Are you going to a job today? Or, are you going to work? Even though we use those words interchangeably, there’s actually a significant difference between the two. And that’s the topic for this episode of Confide...

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June 28, 2023

When You DON'T KNOW What You DON'T KNOW

There's the old saying, ignorance is bliss. But in business, being ignorant is never blissful. In fact, it's stressful, reckless and makes you vulnerable. In this edition of the Iron Sharpens Iron segments, James breaks down ...

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June 20, 2023

Finding Joy, Meaning and Purpose Through Cancer, Featuring Melissa Wh…

There will be a time when all of us are faced with the reality that we aren’t going to live forever. When you’re young, active and healthy, you don’t expect to hear that you have a disease, especially cancer. But …

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June 8, 2023

HURRIEDNESS: The REAL Sin of Busyness

Hurriedness is one of the biggest - if not the biggest threat to our joy, our fulfillment and our success in life. We need to address this issue because for some reason here in America, we celebrate movement over results. …

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May 23, 2023

The Humility of Waiting

Our problem with waiting has less to do with time... and a LOT more to do with our need for control. David Condry, Lead Pastor of Blessed Hope Community Church joins James to discuss the challenge of "waiting". Talking Points...

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May 16, 2023

Power Under Control: Iron Sharpens Iron

"Everyone here, everyone on this earth has a light that's buried inside of them. And it's our goal to get back to that child that we once were, that had goals, dreams, aspirations before the world destroyed our our vision, …

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May 9, 2023

Power Under Control – Transformational Speaker, Jacob Brown

Transformational Speaker, Jacob Brown joins the podcast to discuss what it means to have 'power under control'.

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May 2, 2023

8 Ways Leaders Fail to be Approachable

It was the summer of 1990 and I was 19. I was standing on a long stretch of straight road in rural Iowa as part of a survey crew where we were marking a road to be resurfaced. It was …

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April 25, 2023

You Are Precious & Honored : Faith In 5

Learn more about Christianity here: https://questions.org Ask your hard questions about Jesus, God and what it all means here: https://billygraham.org/answers Confidence Covered By Humility is a podcast by James Mayhew for an...

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April 18, 2023

Allow Yourself To Be A Beginner: Iron Sharpens Iron

Have you ever felt stuck or put something off because you didn’t think you were ready? That’s what I want to talk about with you today, because there are many of us who struggle with achieving a challenging goal we’ve …

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April 11, 2023

How To Lead With Humble Confidence - An Interview with Jarrett Samuels

What does it mean to have a humble confidence? Jarrett Samuels, creator of The Pursuit of Manliness, joins James R. Mayhew to discuss the concept of confidence covered by humility. Connect with Jarrett at ThePursuitofManlines...

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April 4, 2023

Two Mistakes New Leaders Can't Afford To Make (But Make Them Anyway)

Connect with James on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrmayhew/ High Performance Workplace Culture Video Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBGgr... Website https://jamesmayhew.com The first Tuesday of each mont...

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April 3, 2023

TRAILER: Confidence Covered By Humility

I know exactly where I was when I first heard the phrase, confidence covered by humility. I was on I380 driving through Cedar Rapids, Iowa and talking with my good friend, Jarrett Samuels. He was telling me about a situation …

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