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May 31st, 2019

The “Journey Into Excellence” Radio Podcast Series (Episode 4)

by Dr. Brian Higley | Add comment

I was a panelist on the fourth episode of “Journey Into Excellence,” a radio podcast series focused on the promotion of evidence-based life, liberty, and happiness pursuit.  This series is focused on the promotion of clear thinking and civility in our family, education, and leadership/management systems.  Below is a brief overview of Episode 4 of the series (click on this link to listen to the episode: Journey into Excellence – Episode 4). Please feel free to (a) have a listen to it, (b) send it to anyone who you believe might enjoy/benefit from it, and/or (c) provide any feedback about the show you would like to provide in the comments section below:

Journey Into Excellence (Episode 4)

“Journey Into Excellence” is a monthly radio podcast series with a panel of experts in leadership, management, sales, psychology, personal effectiveness, and life satisfaction.  The focus of the series is an evidence-based exploration into how the optimal pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness requires both clear thinking and civility within our family, education, and leadership/management systems. In this, our fourth episode, we will continue our discussion of how some common thinking errors (or, “logical fallacies”) often interfere with optimal functioning in our personal and professional lives. Our experts will cover the following fallacies this month: (1) appeal to authority, (2) appeal to the bandwagon, and (3) Texas sharpshooting. Throughout the show, our panelists will provide listeners with specific methods of minimizing the negative impact of these barriers to happy and healthy families, satisfying and useful educational experiences, and profitable and helpful organizations.

Our regular panelists are:

Jack Malcolm: President of the Falcon Performance Group, an organization dedicated to improving the professionalism, preparation, and productivity of sales professionals in the complex-sale environments. For more on Jack, visit: http://jackmalcolm.com/about-jack/

John Spence: One of the top business thought leaders and leadership development experts in the world who has done extensive work on business and personal excellence, has written several books on the topic, blogs regularly on these topics, has been a TedX speaker, and regularly produces seminars on business leadership skills. For more on John, visit: https://johnspence.com/johns-bio/

Martin Heesacker Ph.D.: Dr. Heesacker is a professor of psychology at the University of Florida. He has served as chair of UF’s Department of Psychology, as well as numerous other boards and committees, and is a highly published author in many scientific journals. For more on Marty, visit: http://martin-heesacker.squarespace.com/brief-biography/

Brian P. Higley Ph.D.: Dr. Higley is President and CEO of The Building Blocks to Excellence, LLC, a company that focuses on promoting team excellence, personal effectiveness and work/life satisfaction in individuals, teams, and organizations. Dr. Higley has worked with a wide range of organizations, has served as an executive coach to individuals across a variety of industries, and has taught psychology at colleges and universities across the nation. For more on Brian, visit: http://www.thebuildingblockstoexcellence.com/history.php#higley

May 2nd, 2019

The “Journey Into Excellence” Radio Podcast Series (Episode 3)

by Dr. Brian Higley | Add comment

I was recently a panelist on the third episode of “Journey Into Excellence,” a radio podcast series focused on the promotion of evidence-based life, liberty, and happiness pursuit through the facilitation of clear thinking and civility in our family, education, and leadership/management systems. I was asked to be a regular panelist on the show of because of (a) my work focused on the integration of the science of learning, change, and growth into the family, education, and leadership/management systems and (b) my connections with some of the best minds working within these systems in the world, including my co-panelists. Here’s an overview of Episode 3 of the series (click on this link to listen to the episode: Journey into Excellence Episode 3).  Please feel free to (a) have a listen to it, (b) send it to anyone who you believe might enjoy it, and/or (c) provide any feedback about the show you would like to provide in the comments section below:

Journey Into Excellence (Episode 3)

In this episode, we continue our exploration into how some common thinking errors (or, “logical fallacies”) interfere with optimal functioning (e.g., civility and clear-thinking) across a variety of dimensions.  We  cover the importance of  helping ourselves and others to flourish within the family, education, and leadership/management systems and how all three of these systems are negatively affected by logical fallacies.  In this episode, our experts cover the following fallacies: (1) appeal to emotion, (2) personal incredulity, and (3) appeal to anecdotes, along with specific activities that listeners can use to minimize the negative impact of these barriers to happy and healthy families, satisfying and useful educational experiences, and profitable and helpful organizations.

Our regular panelists are:

Jack Malcolm: President of the Falcon Performance Group, an organization dedicated to improving the professionalism, preparation, and productivity of sales professionals in the complex-sale environments. For more on Jack, visit: http://jackmalcolm.com/about-jack/

John Spence: One of the top business thought leaders and leadership development experts in the world who has done extensive work on business and personal excellence, has written several books on the topic, blogs regularly on these topics, has been a TedX speaker, and regularly produces seminars on business leadership skills. For more on John, visit: https://johnspence.com/johns-bio/

Martin Heesacker Ph.D.: Dr. Heesacker is a professor of psychology at the University of Florida. He has served as chair of UF’s Department of Psychology, as well as numerous other boards and committees, and is a highly published author in many scientific journals. For more on Marty, visit: http://martin-heesacker.squarespace.com/brief-biography/

Brian P. Higley Ph.D.: Dr. Higley is President and CEO of The Building Blocks to Excellence, LLC, a company that focuses on promoting team excellence, personal effectiveness and work/life satisfaction in individuals, teams, and organizations. Dr. Higley has worked with a wide range of organizations, has served as an executive coach to individuals across a variety of industries, and has taught psychology at colleges and universities across the nation. For more on Brian, visit: http://www.thebuildingblockstoexcellence.com/history.php#higley


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