Growth Igniters® Radio

Mar 05 2025 198 ep. 27 mins 100
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Join global keynote speaker, author, and business leadership advisor Pamela S. (“Pam”) Harper, Founding Partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., and her business partner/husband D. Scott (“Scott”) Harper, a global innovation advisor, for thought-provoking conversations with visionary leaders who are changing the face of business.

Established in 2015, Growth Igniters® Radio has been named a top business podcast in 2022, 2023, and 2024 by the PopCon Podcast Awards and Thinkers 360 Thought Leaders. Each week, a new show focuses on sparking fresh insights, inspiration, and immediately useful ideas to take you and your organization to new heights of innovation, transformation, and game-changing growth in this rapidly changing world.

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Top Leadership’s Role in Unlocking the Promise of Innovation – with Robyn Bolton

Mar 05 2025 33 mins  
Did you know that according to multiple studies, over 80% of top leaders in established companies rank innovation among their top three areas of focus? Yet, around 60% of innovation efforts fall short of expectations or never launch. The good news is that around 40% of innovation efforts do succeed. What makes the biggest difference in unlocking the promise of innovation? In our ex

Lead From Consensus to Commitment for Transformational Growth

Feb 26 2025 12 mins  
Like many of you, we’re seeing that leadership teams across industries are increasingly focused on transformational growth. Maybe you’ve decided to enter an emerging market. Maybe you’re using AI to offer new services to customers, and so on. It’s common to believe that the consensus of employees and other stakeholders is enough to achieve a successful transformation. Howev

Mastering Leadership in the “Emotionally Charged” Workplace

Feb 19 2025 39 mins  
In the face of an unrelenting torrent of unexpected and unprecedented changes in the business environment, it’s natural for people to have emotions that impact their work. While it can be tempting to push down emotions as mere “distractions” and just focus on “the real work,” research shows there can be a real top and bottom line value to mastering leadership in today’s

The Surprising Truth About Transformational Leaders – with Dr. Gloria Burgess

Feb 12 2025 39 mins  
What does it mean to you to be a “transformational leader”? This is not just a philosophical question. In the face of unprecedented complexity and uncertainty, it’s time to consider a surprising truth about transformational leaders that can profoundly impact both your top and bottom line decisions, actions and outcomes. That’s why we’re revisiting our Fan-Favorite convers

Turn Crisis Into a Springboard For Growth – With Luis Velasquez, MBA / PhD

Feb 05 2025 30 mins  
One of the toughest tests of leadership—both for yourself and others—is rising above an unprecedented crisis. How can you go beyond mere survival and turn crisis into a springboard for extraordinary growth? This week, we revisit our fan-favorite conversation about this question with Luis Velasquez, MBA /PhD, Founder and Managing Partner of Velas Coaching LLC. He shares his deep

Leadership and AI – Maximizing Potential and Minimizing Risks

Jan 29 2025 10 mins  
These days, AI technology is ubiquitous. Since 2023, we’ve seen that conversations about leadership and AI have evolved from “Should we use AI?” to “What is the best way to leverage AI to maximize potential while minimizing risks? While it’s natural to consider this as a technology question, in reality, it’s a leadership question. In this week’s Quick Take episode, Sc

A CEO’s View: Leveraging Capitalism to Change Our World – With Ben Erwin

Jan 22 2025 37 mins  
Find out how one CEO has led his organization to break the status quo and create transformational value in their industry. Join us for our eye-opening conversation with Ben Erwin, CEO of CharityBuzz. He shares his passion and bold vision of leveraging capitalism to change our world and create a positive social impact. We also discuss the innovative leadership it takes to engage emp

Burst Decision-Making Bubbles to Accelerate Growth

Jan 15 2025 10 mins  
Even as 2025 is just beginning to unfold, many leadership teams are already making it a high priority to also look beyond this year and into the future. Not only that, they’re bursting their “decision making bubbles” to accelerate transformational growth. How can you maximize the benefits and minimize the challenges of doing this? That’s what we discuss in this week’s Qui

Helping Others Feel Respected Can Be a Game-Changer

Jan 08 2025 37 mins  
Are you looking for new ways to increase the impact of your leadership to accelerate profitable growth? The good news is that there’s growing evidence that fostering a culture of respect can measurably improve innovation and collaboration among employees and other stakeholders in the rapidly changing business environment. That’s why this week, we’re revisiting our Fan-Favorit

New Year, New You; Seizing 2025 With Purpose – with Kuda Biza

Jan 01 2025 38 mins  
Happy New Year! Maybe along with celebrating, you’re also thinking about leading yourself to new levels of success and growth in 2025. After all, it’s a New Year; why not a New You? For inspiration and some immediately useful ideas for moving beyond resolutions, listen to our Fan-Favorite New Year’s conversation with guest Kuda Biza. He shares his approach to seizing life wit