Caleb Gardner is the CEO and Founder of a consulting group, 18 Coffees. He is also the author of a new book, "No Point B". The book touches base on a lot of the work Caleb has been doing in his career, over the last 10 years, including politica

Stephen Kohler & Mike talk about the true creativity of great leadership

Aug 23rd, 2022 24m 40s

Stephen Kohler is the Founder and CEO of Audira Labs LLC, a boutique leadership development firm offering one-on-one coaching and team development, but with a bit of a twist, by using music as a lens. Stephen is also a lifelong musician who sta

Ted Novak & Mike discuss how music teaches future business leaders teamwork, hard work & dedication.

Jul 26th, 2022 35m 7s

Ted Novak is the CEO and Managing Partner of Clique Studios, a digital transformation business helping organizations going through a change or looking for inspiration to help them grow. Here we discuss Ted’s love of music and how he’s even lear

Steven Horwitz and Mike LaVista discuss the importance of being a good listener in both music and business.

Jun 22nd, 2022 33m 58s

Steven Horwitz is the Founder and Managing Partner of Orchid Black, a management consulting company focusing on helping companies scale and grow. We discuss his passion for music and how it gets pulled into his business life. One of my favorite

Steve Wild and Mike LaVista talk about how you can find new energy in business from an old passion

May 18th, 2022 25m 21s

Steve Wild is the founder and CEO of LifeSport Athletic Clubs and the guitarist in Class of '68. He talks about lessons learned growing a sports club franchise, and what it meant to pick up a guitar again after a 32 year hiatus. Michael LaVista

Jon Harris and Mike LaVista talk about the superpower of being a musician in a business world

Apr 20th, 2022 32m 7s

Jon Harris is Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for ConAgra Brands. He's alos a terrific singer and guitar player. What has that brought to his career?Michael LaVista is the CEO and Founder of Caxy Interactive, a custom sof

Creating business by creating more connections with people - Dan Horwich

Mar 7th, 2022 17m 25s

Dan Horwich and Michael LaVista talk about the superpower of creating connections and how it can power your business and make your life richer as well. Dan is the CEO of Camp IT, a company that creates events designed to help IT professionals u

The psychology of engaging sales conversations

Nov 11th, 2021 26m 21s

Tom Panos and Mike LaVista talk about the psychology of engagement and how to have more meaningful conversations. Tom has over 10 years of sales & marketing experience, leading business development for consulting firms, agencies, and most recen

Ideas for an omnichannel approach for SaaS products - Greg Taylor and Michael LaVista

Oct 27th, 2021 15m 13s

Greg Taylor is the VP of Sales for the SaaS platform casestatus.com. The platform allows law firms to communicate more easily with their clients. His superpower is figuring out how to manage a omnichannel approach from social to in-person to st

How to GET, DO and BE better as a leader - Cindy Miller and Mike LaVista

Oct 12th, 2021 23m 48s

Cindy Miller is an LGPA pro who takes what she learned on the golf course and teaches leaders and teams how to get, do and be better. Her story of how she got to the LPGA is an incredible journey with myriad challenges and pitfalls along the wa

5 things you should STOP doing now to help your brand - with Becka Bates

Sep 21st, 2021 25m 37s

Mike LaVista talks to Becka Bates of Bates Meron Sweet Design about the things brands need to stop doing. It's also about how to prioritize and make better choices. https://batesmeron.comMichael LaVista is the CEO and Founder of Caxy Interactiv

Karen Faith and Michael LaVista talk value of understanding and practicing real empathy in business

Sep 13th, 2021 20m 7s

Karen Faith and Mike LaVista talk value of understanding and practicing real empathy in business.Karen Faith is the CEO and Founder of Others Unlimited. https://www.othersunlimited.com/. Empathy training for research collaboration and citizensh

Mana Ionescu and Mike LaVista talk about how to be successful with influencer marketing

Jun 25th, 2021 17m 48s

Mana Ionescu and Mike LaVista talk about how to be successful with influencer marketing.Mana runs Lightspan Digital and has years of experience helping brands reach their audiences. Digital Marketing for the Boldhttps://lightspandigital.com/Mik

Ben Swartz and Mike LaVista talk about ideas for a more engaging employee engagement meeting

Jun 11th, 2021 16m 16s

Ben Swartz and Mike LaVista talk about ideas for a more engaging employee engagement meeting.Ben Swartz is the CEO of Marcel Digital in Chicago. https://www.marceldigital.com/Mike LaVista is the CEO of Caxy Interactive, a software development a

Tim Van Mieghem and Mike LaVista talk about the 10 ways your company is leaking EBITDA

Jun 3rd, 2021 27m 55s

Tim Van Mieghem and Mike LaVista talk about the 10 ways your company is leaking EBITDATim’s company ProAction group helps manufacturers fix their operational problems. Tim’s top 10 list list can be found here:Mike’s new book “Superpowered: TThe

Josh Schroeder and Mike LaVista talk about the phenomenon of "getting stuck" and ideas to change the pattern

May 27th, 2021 24m 40s

Josh Schroeder and Mike LaVista talk about the phenomenon of "getting stuck" and ideas to change the pattern.While this is a conversation mostly about programming or development, the ideas apply to any creative or problem-solving endeavor. Josh

Dave Giordano, TSG CEO and Mike LaVista talk about ways to maximize success with new college hires in technology

May 20th, 2021 26m 26s

Dave Giordano, TSG CEO and Mike LaVista talk about ways to maximize success with new college hires in technology.Dave has a long history of running a process to find and train new technology employees from colleges. His secret is to give new hi

Alex Moss CEO of Northstar and Mike LaVista talk about the major flaw in how organizations value security

May 14th, 2021 35m 58s

Alex Moss and Mike LaVista talk about the major flaw in how organizations value security.Cybersecurity is as hot as ever and getting hotter. But the way organization value and prioritize how to combat the threats puts them at risk while giving

Mark Baldino and Mike LaVista talk about the risks and costs of legacy software and how to fix it

May 3rd, 2021 25m 21s

Mark Baldino and Mike LaVista talk about the risks and costs of legacy software and how to fix it. The focus should be on going after a specific business outcome. Don’t just do it to do it, or because you don’t like what you have. Further, a pr

Irfan Jafrey from Roosterly and Mike LaVista discuss what's not working right now in marketing

Apr 23rd, 2021 24m 55s

Irfan Jafrey from Roosterly and Mike LaVista discuss what's not working right now in marketing and some ideas on how to fix it. https://www.roosterly.com/https://www.caxy.com

Katie Palmer with Grand Studio talks to Mike LaVista about strategies for finding and attracting more diverse talent.

Mar 17th, 2021 17m 22s

Katie Palmer with Grand Studio talks to Mike LaVista about strategies for finding and attracting more diverse talent. http://grandstudio.comhttps://caxy.comhttps://youtu.be/6gDqFj5zi1o

What are the 3 most important things leaders are avoiding right now?

Mar 9th, 2021 32m 47s

What are the 3 most important things leaders are avoiding right now?Vince Racioppo, Dave Massello, and Michael LaVista talk about the 3 things leaders seem to avoid with frequency. Diverting their time, learning new things, creating apprentices

Zack DeLisa and Mike LaVista talk about 3 ways to fix messy month ends

Feb 15th, 2021 13m 10s

Zack DeLisa and Mike LaVisa talk about a dirty secret many businesses have in common: month end is a manual, messy process.Zack has 3 ideas for making it faster, cleaner and provide more timely data to the business. What would you do if your fi

Ben Swartz and Mike LaVista talk Streetwise and homelessness in Chicago

Feb 9th, 2021 9m 13s

Ben Swartz (CEO of Marcel Digital) and Chairman of the Board of Streetwise and Mike LaVista talk about his role with Streetwise.Ben is the CEO of a digital company by day but took on doing something about homelessness in Chicago.https://www.mar

Scott Case CEO of Position Global and Mike LaVista talk about supply chain changes during COVID

Feb 9th, 2021 14m 53s

Scott Case CEO of Position Global and Mike LaVista talk about supply chain changes during COVID.Scott has years of experience looking at the supply chain and talks about how we can use what's happening there to make predictions about the rest o