What's Next! With Tiffani Bova

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m reflecting on a great conversation with Steve Blank, a career entrepreneur and academic.    Steve is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur in eight startups over two decades with four IPOs, and currently, he is an academic teaching at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia, and NYU. Steve is also the author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany, which is credited with launching the Lean Startup Movement and the best-selling book The Startup Owner's Manual. Steve has been named to Thinkers50 top management thinkers, and recognized by the Harvard Business Review as one of 12 Masters of Innovation. He is also a senior fellow for Entrepreneurship at Columbia University.     THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… startups or those who want to be more innovative.     TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Steve begins our conversation by reminding us what a startup truly is: a temporary organization designed to search for and find a repeatable and scalable business model or repeatable and sc

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week I have the honor of welcoming Dr. Neha Sangwan to the show.    Dr. Neha is the CEO and founder of Intuitive Intelligence, is an internal medicine physician, international speaker, and corporate communications expert. Her private practice in corporate consulting addresses the root causes of stress, miscommunication, and interpersonal conflict, often healing chronic conditions such as insomnia, anxiety, depression, and burnout. She is the author of Talk RX and Powered By Me.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who has dealt with burnout our overwhelm and leaders who want to learn how to proactively fight against burnout in their teams.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… burnout is a common feeling, sometimes so common that you might not even realize it’s happening to you. Many of us are conditioned early on to prioritize external demands and ignore the internal signals that are telling us it’s too much. This is exactly what Dr. Neha faced in her role a

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m featuring a conversation I had with Dr. Tony Byers a while back. He is best known for leading Global Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) at Starbucks where he was responsible for developing and leading the strategic direction for D&I to drive engagement, innovation and business growth. He's an accomplished inclusion and change management specialist with 20 years of demonstrated experience leading change in large, multinational organizations.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… people looking for more information on the power of diversity and inclusion to drive growth in business.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Tony begins our conversation by defining diversity simply as who you are (looks, background, etc). Inclusion, however, is a behavior driving people to be involved, respected, valued, and connected. In short, diversity is a noun and inclusion is a verb. These definitions not only encompass everything I (and my past guests have said all alon

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week I want to revisit an insightful conversation about invitation with Dr. Linda Hill.    Dr. Linda Hill is the Wallace Brett Dohm Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the chair of the Leadership Initiative. She is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and is the co-author of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation and Being the Boss. Dr. Hill is also the co-founder of Paradox Strategies and the co-creator of the Innovation Quotient. She was named by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 management thinkers in the world in 2013 and received the Thinkers50 Innovation Award in 2015.  Her TED Talk, How to Manage Our Collective Creativity, has gotten more than 2 million views.      THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders and aspiring innovators.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… there is a misconception about leadership and leading innovation.  Leadership is communicating a vision and inspi

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    I'm really excited about this conversation today with two brilliant women.    The first is Christiana Smith, the former president of Nike's consumer direct division, leading the company's global retail and e-commerce business. Before that, she was a senior partner at McKinsey. Christiana has been named one of the Most Influential Corporate Directors by Women, Inc. She currently leads Lovejoy Advisors, which is focused on digitally transforming consumer and retail businesses.    She's joined by Grace Puma, who is the former executive vice president and COO of PepsiCo, who, before that, held senior positions with United Airlines, Kraft Foods, Motorola, and Gillette. A board member of both Organon & Co and Target, she has been ranked on the “Most Powerful Latina” list by Fortune magazine and recognized as the “Executive of the Year” by Latina Style magazine.   Christiana and Grace are here to talk about their new book, Career Forward, which shows how

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week I have the honor of welcoming Lisa Lutoff-Perlo to the show.    Lisa is the Vice Chairman of External Affairs at Royal Caribbean Group. She's a high-impact leader in the travel and hospitality industry whose vision and strategy not only propelled Celebrity Cruises to achieve transformational financial results but also dramatically increase the number of women in leadership roles throughout the celebrity brand.    Her passion for building extraordinary ships, creating unique experiences, and opening up the world through travel has brought recognition and countless awards to her and Celebrity Cruises.    Lisa joins us to discuss her hot-off-the-presses new book, Making Waves: A Woman's Rise to the Top Using Smarts, Heart, and Courage.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to hear a first-hand account of how to drive transformation as a leader and foster diversity and inclusion.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… in this episode, Lisa shares her

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    Adam Grant is a leading voice on organizational psychology and I know many of you resonate with his ideas, which is why I’m so eager to replay a conversation I had with Adam a while back.   Adam is an expert on finding motivation and meaning and living more generous and creative lives. He's been recognized as one of the world's 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers and Fortune's 40 under 40. He's the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Give and Take,  Originals,  and Option B.  Adam now hosts WorkLife, a TED original podcast after his TED talk got over 12 million views.     THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… team members and team builders.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Adam’s research shows that interpersonal interactions that a difference in our success. At various points in our day, humans operate in three realms:  A giver, or people who ask what can I do for you? A taker, someone who asks what can you do for me? Matchers, who follow the law of

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m joined by Scott Edinger.    Scott is a consultant for leading business growth and is trusted by clients in the Fortune 50 and across the globe. He has worked with CEOs and senior leaders to develop pragmatic strategies and execute approaches to drive top and bottom-line results. He's written three books. His latest, The Growth Leader, is out now and is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. He creates positive change for clients and is recognized as an expert in the intersection of leadership, strategy, and sales.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to learn how to close the gap between the C-Suite and the sales team to create profitable growth.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… sales teams are often divorced from talks about strategy, yet the sales process is where strategy is executed. It’s where everything comes to life. In fact, interactions with salespeople drive 25-53% of decisions! In this episode, Scott discusses why

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  This week I’m bringing back an insightful conversation with Michael Chavez that every leader can benefit from.  Michael is the Global Managing Director of Duke Corporate Education, part of Duke University. He joined Duke in 2006 and held various leadership roles before becoming the CEO in 2016. Before Duke, Michael spent over five years as the founding member of a successful startup and was the Director and Senior Learning Consultant at Coca-Cola Company. Today, Michael's research focuses on how leaders can most effectively shape, institutionalize, and lead from a shared organizational purpose. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders, especially those in the middle of an organization, who want to reconnect with their own sense of purpose to inspire those around them to do the same. TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… leadership and purpose play an even larger role than ever within a company looking to drive change. Because of this, a new kind of leader has emerged, the “

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  Today I have the privilege of welcoming Michael Bungay Stanier, otherwise known as MBS, to the show. Despite being virtual friends for a long time, we only recently had the chance to meet in person at the Thinkers50 event, where Michael won a coaching award.  If you’ve never met, I’m so delighted to introduce you to Michael. He’s best known for his book The Coaching Habit, which is the bestselling book on coaching this century and is considered a classic by none other than Seth Godin. His most recent book is How to Work with (Almost) Anyone. He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that has trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like in organizations, from Microsoft to Gucci. His TEDx Talk has been viewed by more than a million people.  THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to approach professional relationships more actively and intentionally. TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… sometimes work relationships have great

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m reflecting on a conversation I had with Frans Johansson a while back and want to share these valuable insights with you once again.   Frans is an author, entrepreneur, and the CEO of The Medici Group. He has inspired readers worldwide with his ideas on leadership and success, innovation, and diversity. His debut book, The Medici Effect, has been called “one of the most insightful books on managing innovation.”    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone looking to find ways to stimulate innovation.     TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… there are two main themes rising around the world today: Innovation and Diversity and Inclusion. That is not by accident. If you are able to combine concepts, perspectives, and people from different backgrounds, from different industries and fields, and from different cultures, you can uncover new innovative ideas.     Don’t get caught in the “we’ve always done it this way” trap or try to mimic another business model (the

Title: 2023 Listener Favorite: Elevating Your Organization Starts with Elevating Your Team with Robert Glazer Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  As we approach the end of the year, I’m pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we’re giving you another chance to hear them in this series of 2023 listener-favorite episodes! This week, we’re bringing back an episode with Robert Glazer. Robert is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards two years in a row.  He is the author of the inspirational newsletter Friday Forward. He’s also the #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestselling author of five books: Elevate, Friday Forward, How To Thrive In The Virtual Workpl

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  As we approach the end of the year, I’m pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we’re giving you another chance to hear them in this series of 2023 listener-favorite episodes! This week, we’re bringing back an episode with Alex Budak to talk about how to create positive change.  As a social entrepreneur, UC Berkeley faculty member, and author of Becoming a Changemaker, Alex dedicates his life to helping people from all walks of life make a positive impact in their lives, careers, and communities. He co-founded StartSomeGood.com, a platform that breaks down the barriers that prevent people from enacting change. StartSomeGood.com has now helped over 1,000 changemakers in 50 countries raise over $12 million to catalyze new initiatives. He previously ran Sweden’s leading social innovation incubator, Reach for

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. As we approach the end of the year, I’m pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we’re giving you another chance to hear them in this series of 2023 listener- favorite episodes! This week, we’re bringing back an episode with Mindy Weinstein who shares her personal philsophy and corporate experience with consumer psychology.  Mindy is the founder and CEO of Market MindShift, as well as a national speaker, trainer, and digital marketing strategist. She has worked with and trained companies of all sizes. Throughout her career, Mindy has trained such companies as Facebook, The Weather Channel, World Fuel Services, Hampton Products, Putman Media, and more. Other digital marketing agencies come to Mindy to learn the latest trends, concepts and methodologies. Mindy has been named as one of the top women in SEO and

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  This week on the What’s Next! Podcast, I have the wonderful privilege of welcoming Josh Bersin to the show.  Josh is an analyst and thought leader specializing in the global talent market and the challenges and trends affecting business workforces around the world. He founded Bersin and Associates in 2001 to provide associated research and advisory services, a business he later sold to Deloitte. And then in 2019, he launched the Josh Bersin Academy, the world's first global development academy for HR and talent professionals. He's currently the CEO of its sister research and advisory firm, The Josh Bersin Company.  He has a book called Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World's Most Enduring, Employee-Focused Organizations, which came out at the end of 2022, and introduces a new way to think about organizational design, employee engagement, and employee development.  THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders who want to develop their organizations and peo

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m replaying a conversation with a guest I know you all love - Liz Wiseman.   Liz is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. Liz is also the CEO of The Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm and in 2017 she was #35 on the Thinkers50 list.      THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone looking to improve their leadership skills and build better teams.     TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… some leaders are “diminishers,” while others are “multipliers”. The diminishers tend to get less than half of people's intelligence or capability; whereas, multipliers get all of it.  But that’s not all, there are also “accidental diminishers” - these are really well-meaning people trying to be good bosses but yet having a diminishing effe

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  This week, I’d like to go back to a conversation I shared a while back with Bill Macaitis. Bill served as the go-to-market executive for three of the fastest growing SaaS companies: Slack, Zendesk, and Salesforce. He achieved five exits and now enjoys helping other companies achieve hyper-growth by leveraging his cumulative knowledge and helping build go-to-market playbooks and teams.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who is looking to turbocharge business performance.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… customer experience plays a bigger role than you think in your company’s growth.    You have to start with two key things: 1) Understand the top reasons your company is recommended 2) Then….understand why it isn’t.     Your brand is the sum of every customer touch point, which means everyone, whether they are a salesperson, a customer service agent, a marketer, or in an entirely different group – everyone must have a clear understanding of the value they bring

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week I’m thrilled to bring you an episode of What’s Next! Podcast with a powerful duo, Catalina Daniels and James Sherman who are co-authors of Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know.   Catalina spent the first 17 years of her career at McKinsey, where she became a partner. She left McKinsey to become an entrepreneur and eventually an angel investor. She is a venture partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, a prominent New York-based tech accelerator where she mentors U.S. entrepreneurs and helps non-U.S. entrepreneurs expand into the U.S.    James started his career at Bain as a consultant and then spent several years working in media with Time Inc. and Pearson. In 1997, he launched the Internet division of Martha Stewart Living. He then became a serial Internet entrepreneur and an active angel investor in New York startups. He's been a mentor to entrepreneurs and sits on the board of Harvard Business School's Alumni Angel

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week on the What’s Next! Podcast, I’m bringing back a conversation with Tendayi Viki that I think is extremely valuable to re-listen to from time to time.    If you don’t know Tendayi, he’s an academic, the co-designer of Pearson's Product Lifecycle, which won the Best Innovation Program 2015 at the corporate Entrepreneur Awards in New York, and is on the shortlist for the Thinkers 50 Innovation Award. He’s also a contributing writer for Forbes and is the author of The Corporate Startup: How Established Companies Can Create Successful Innovation Ecosystems.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… bigger companies who want to act like a startup.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… to act small, companies must first think about their innovation ambition.      The first step is to create an innovation thesis and understand your minimum viable ecosystem – maybe that means conducting a small workshop instead of jumping straight into a 2-day event. Second, become clear ab

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week I’m thrilled to bring you an episode of What’s Next! Podcast with Matt Abrahams that I know you’re going to keep coming back to.   Matt is a leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach. As a lecturer in organizational behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communications and effective virtual presenting. He has a new book out called Think Faster, Talk Smarter.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to improve their communication skills and learn how to better think on their feet in a conversation.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… most of our communication happens in the moment - not in a rehearsed presentation or a planned meeting. So how do you become a good speaker in the moment? Matt Abrahams breaks down the methodology behind it and gives practical tips and examples to learn how to master this important skill.