Synopsis
Learn how to push your limits and elevate your life, your business and your family. Join Robert Glazer, CEO of Acceleration Partners and creator of the Friday Forward, as he sits down with people who are at the top of their fieldsfrom renowned entrepreneurs, visionaries and change-makers to the world's great writers, thinkers and business leaders. In his discussions, youll hear from experts about how they grow their capacity and help others achieve their best lives. Whether you are wanting to build better habits, trying to push yourself to a new level or looking to learn tips from people who share your passion for improvement, this podcast will help you make actionable changes in your life and start reaping the benefits today.
Episodes
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Weekend Conversations: Leaders Are Always on Stage
20/04/2025 Duration: 51minOn a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss how leaders tend to have a massive impact on other people in small moments--treating someone with respect in an interaction, showing humility, and modeling values. Robert and Mick dig into how leaders should prioritize staying humble as they raise their status and why you should always treat people with authenticity and respect, no matter what your status. Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—wherever you get your podcasts. Northwest Registered Agent: Don’t wait—protect your privacy, build your brand, and set up your business in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes! Visit northwestregisteredagent.com
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Elevate Classics: Dr. Caroline Leaf on Resilience, Leadership and Parenting
18/04/2025 Duration: 47minDr. Caroline Leaf is a neurobiologist specializing in the mind-brain-body connection. From a young age, she had a passion for the mind and brain, initially aiming to become a neurosurgeon. Dr. Leaf has conducted groundbreaking neuroplasticity research in the late 80s and early 90s, demonstrating that by managing the mind, individuals can alter the functioning of the brain and body, leading to significant changes in life. She is a bestselling author of multiple books, including Clean Up Your Mental Mess and a new release, How to Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess, which is available today wherever books are sold. Dr. Leaf joined Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to delve into the fascinating world of mind management, neuroplasticity, and the complex relationship between the mind, brain, and body. The insights from Dr. Caroline Leaf will challenge your preconceptions, inspire personal growth, and equip you with the tools to elevate your own mental health. Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Eleva
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Thinking Thursdays: The Tariff Rollout is a Leadership Disaster
17/04/2025 Duration: 01h03minFor two weeks, one story has completely dominated the business and leadership landscape: the tariffs the Trump administration levied against every trading partner to the US, and the ensuing trade war. The rollout of the new trade policy has lessons for every leader. Likewise, every business leader needs to be preparing for a deeply uncertain new economic reality. Elevate Podcast host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan dig through the tariff news and discuss key takeaways for leaders. Topics include the seeming lack of strategy of the tariffs, the problems that arise when leaders create and exacerbate chaos, how leaders can navigate the turbulent moment, and much more. Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate. NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—
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Essentialism Author Greg McKeown Returns
15/04/2025 Duration: 01h09minGreg McKeown changed the way so many leaders think about life with his New York Times Bestselling book, Essentialism. He is the founder and CEO of McKeown Inc, an organization that helps leading companies like Apple, Google, Pixar and more reach the next level of growth. In addition to Essentialism, Greg is also New York Times bestselling author of Effortless and The Essentialism Planner, a world-renowned keynote speaker, and the host of the Greg McKeown Podcast. Greg joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about how he prioritizes the essentials in his own life, living a life by design, seeking and implementing feedback, and much more. Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate. NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—wherever you get y
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Weekend Conversations: Don't Bet on Exceptional Outcomes
12/04/2025 Duration: 44minOn a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss how to make repeated decisions in an organization and bearing in mind the difference between rules and exceptions. Robert and Mick delve into why leaders are too willing to follow their instincts and bet against the odds, why that's a flawed strategy, and how to think of risk and reward in decision making overall. Read the post referenced in this episode: Friday Forward - Exceptional Outcomes (#479) Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate. NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—wherever you get your podcasts. Northwest Registered Agent: Don’t wait—protect your privacy, build your brand, and set up your business in just 10 clicks and
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Elevate Classics: Allan Dib on Simplifying Your Way To Growth
10/04/2025 Duration: 38minAllan Dib has helped several entrepreneurs add rocket fuel to their businesses through intelligent marketing. He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, scaled and exited multiple companies, and a self-described rebellious marketer. He is the founder of Successwise and the #1 bestselling author of the book The 1-Page Marketing Plan. On this classic episode, Allan joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to share what so many companies get wrong about marketing, and how to get great results with efficiency and simplicity. Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate. NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—wherever you get your podcasts. Northwest Registered Agent: Don’t wait—protect your privacy, build your brand, and set up your business in jus
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Mike Michalowicz On Wisdom For Entrepreneurs And Making Business Simple
08/04/2025 Duration: 54minMike Michalowicz was declared as one of the contenders for patron saint of entrepreneurs by Simon Sinek. He is a serial entrepreneur who started several multi-million-dollar companies and uses his businesses to test and perfect ideas other entrepreneurs can use to excel. He is the author of the bestselling Entrepreneurship Simplified book series, which includes hits like Profit First, Clockwork, Get Different, and his latest, All In. Mike joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about building high-performing, loyal teams, finding profitability, simplifying entrepreneurship, and much more. Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate. NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—wherever you get your podcasts. Northwest Registered Agent: Don’t
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Weekend Conversations: Navigating The New World of Propaganda
05/04/2025 Duration: 51minOn a new episode of Weekend Conversations, Elevate Podcast host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the history and modern applications of propaganda, which has created a confusing and divisive media environment today. Robert and Mick talk about how propaganda spreads, and how everyone can get better at sifting through misinformation and outright deception on social media. Read the post discussed in this episode: Modern Propaganda (#477) Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate. NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—wherever you get your podcasts. Northwest Registered Agent: Don’t wait—protect your privacy, build your brand, and set up your business in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes! Visit https://northwestregisteredagent.com/elevate today
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Thinking Thursdays: Is This The Worst Job In America?
03/04/2025 Duration: 58minImagine trying to lead an organization under extreme pressure from employees, customers, funders and even the federal government. That is the unenviable position facing the next president of Columbia University--and a case study that leaders in all types of organizations can learn from. On a new Elevate Podcast series, Thinking Thursdays, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan delve into the past two leaders of Columbia: Minouche Shafik, who stepped down after a year filled with campus unrest, and her successor, Interim President Katrina Armstrong, who resigned six months later after a very public faceoff with the Trump Administration. Robert and Mick dig into the shortcomings of both Shafik and Armstrong and the extremely challenging circumstances both leaders faced. Then, they try to answer one of the toughest questions any organization faces today: what direction should Columbia go in for their next president? Watch This Episode on YouTube Subscribe on YouTube for more Elevate Podcast episodes Spec
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Dr. Tasha Eurich On Becoming Shatterproof
01/04/2025 Duration: 51minDr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts on self-awareness and business savvy. She’s worked directly with 40,000 leaders and spoken to hundreds of thousands more, helping them achieve dramatic and measurable change. Her clients have included the NBA, Walmart, Salesforce, and more, and her TEDx talks have been viewed more than 10 million times. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books, including Insight and her latest, Shatterproof, which publishes this week. Tasha joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about Shatterproof, the role of resilience in life and leadership, and antifragility. Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the Elevate Podcast Found: Try Found for FREE at Found.com/elevate Shopify: Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/elevate Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job’s visibility at Indeed.com/elevate. NPM Tech Unheard Podcast: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm a
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Weekend Conversations: The Fundamental Attribution Error in Life and Leadership
29/03/2025 Duration: 52minOn a new episode of Weekend Conversations on The Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the fundamental attribution error, a cognitive bias that causes us to ignore luck and timing in our positive outcomes and make excuses for their failures. Read the post discussed in this episode: Friday Forward - Fundamental Error (#476) A video version of this episode is also available on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Elevate Classics: Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa on Reimagining Life and Leadership
27/03/2025 Duration: 01h01minDr. Hitendra Wadhwa is a professor at Columbia Business School, Founder of the Mentora Institute, and a highly respected coach for Fortune 100 C-suite executives. His course on Personal Leadership & Success is one of the most popular at Columbia Business School. His latest book, Inner Mastery, Outer Impact, is available this week wherever books are sold. In this classic episode, Dr. Wadhwa joined Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his leadership career, how to harness intrinsic motivation, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Elevate Classics: David Heinemeier Hansson's Radical Entrepreneurship
25/03/2025 Duration: 01h17minDavid Heinemeier Hansson, is a true innovator. He is the co-founder of Basecamp which has been used by over 20m people globally. He’s also the founder of Hey and the creator of the transformational Ruby on Rails, an open source web framework that was used to create Basecamp, Github, Shopify, Airbnb and more. He is also a frequent writer at Hey World, the New York Times bestselling author of four books, including Rework, and even an award winning racecar driver. In this classic episode of the Elevate Podcast, David shares his personal approach to work-life balance, the importance of using time effectively, and the value of Stoic philosophy in his life. He challenges conventional notions of productivity and delves into the idea of front-loading important tasks for maximum impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Weekend Conversations: Getting To The Root of Your Beliefs
22/03/2025 Duration: 35minIn a classic edition of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the latest Friday Forward, which focuses on the importance of understand the roots of our beliefs and disagreements. Robert and Mick discuss why beliefs have such deep roots, how we often fail to understand those roots, and how finding that understanding can lead to greater empathy and better outcomes--at work and in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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MIT Professor Hal Gregersen on The Best Questions Leaders Should Ask
20/03/2025 Duration: 01h05minHal Gregersen is a senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management, former Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center, and a globally recognized thought leader on leadership and innovation. He's the author of several books, including Questions Are The Answer, where he shares a powerful approach to fostering radical innovation by encouraging inquiry. He is also a sought after speaker and lecturer who has spoken to audiences all over the world. In this classic episode, Hal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his remarkable leadership career and how questioning drives innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Adam Coffey on General Electric, Building Great Cultures and More
18/03/2025 Duration: 01h03minAdam Coffey is a visionary leader who drives growth and builds great cultures. Adam is an Army veteran, a former GE executive, and served as CEO of three service companies for over 20 years. He is the bestselling author of four books, including Empire Builder and The Private Equity Playbook. Adam is currently Chairman of The Chairman Group, a world class consulting business. Adam joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about leadership lessons from two decades as a CEO, GE's approach to leadership training, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Weekend Conversations: Balancing Your Present Self and Future Self
15/03/2025 Duration: 32minOn a new episode of Weekend Conversations on The Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the choices we constantly make between our present self and our future self. Robert and Mick discuss a few strategies for making these decisions and emphasize the need for balancing between the two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Elevate Classics: Robert Pasin on Leading A Famous Family Business
13/03/2025 Duration: 48minABOUT ROBERT PASIN Robert Pasin is the Chief Wagon Officer of Radio Flyer. Radio Flyer which was founded by his grandfather Antonio and is famous for the iconic little red wagon, as well as tricycles, scooters and other vehicles for children. Robert has built upon Radio Flyer’s iconic brand and has built a thriving culture in the process. In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Robert joins host Robert Glazer to discuss his grandfather's leadership legacy, how he's innovated a 100 year old brand, and Radio Flyer's top tier organizational culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Atlantic Journalist Olga Khazan On Embracing Weirdness And Changing Your Personality
11/03/2025 Duration: 50minOlga Khazan is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World. She has also written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Vox, and other publications. She is a two-time recipient of the International Reporting Project’s Journalism Fellowship and winner of the 2017 National Headliner Award. Olga is also the author of a new book on changing your personality, Me, But Better, which releases March 11. Olga joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss her own experiment to change her personality, the big five personality types, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Weekend Conversations: The Key To Effective Company Core Values
08/03/2025 Duration: 42minOn a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss the concept of company core values, and whether leaders properly articulate and uphold them. Robert and Mick discuss the process leaders should follow to determine if they have the right values and how to know if your company is aligned in what they say and do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices