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Join Tony Martignetti and Chuck Mollor as they delve into agile leadership and why it’s an important quality, especially during the COVID 19 crisis. Chuck Mollor is the founder, CEO, advisor, and executive coach at MCG Partners, an organization that helps develop leaders and teams, optimizing both businesses and individual talent. His new book, The Rise of the Agile Leader: Can You Make the Shift? provides a roadmap for aspiring leaders, emphasizing the need for flexibility and humility in leade…

Building a relationship with your body is crucial not just for your physical, but your mental health as well. Take inspiration from this episode’s guest as Tony Martignetti chats with musician, composer, and economist Kobini Ananth. Kobini tackles her struggles with eating disorders head-on and talks about her insecurities. Despite meeting with a therapist for several years, it wasn’t until fairly recently that she had a breakthrough moment, when she found the answer to her problem not from some…

One of my recent favorite episodes of The Virtual Campfire is my interview with Ozan Varol, "Getting Where You Want To Be."

Ozan is a former rocket scientist, turned award-winning professor, successful blogger, and author of the number one best-selling book Think Like a Rocket Scientist. His interest in science was piqued as a child, and he then worked in academia for many years. Ozan had early childhood experiences growing up in Turkey that shaped his interest in astronomy. He shared how he ov…

Revisiting the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People for New Times

I read, skim and listen to a lot of books! When I look back at the past year, I think I have tallied almost 200. Some of them are truly life-changing, some are forgettable, and some of them only have one or two nuggets, and you end up asking, "Why did I read that whole book just to get those two concepts?" I love it when a book stays with you, and it becomes a part of your way of life. These are the books that, once you finish…

Are we there yet? I feel like the kid in the backseat on a road trip to an unknown destination. The pandemic has been a long ride, and it is testing everyone's patience and resolve. Patience has been a theme that continues to show up in my life, and it was made even more evident during a recent experience I had in Peru. My first adventure in nine months.

I did not make the decision to travel lightly. Before I left, the travel-gods were testing my resolve by throwing many hurdles and challenges …

Punks are rebels at heart and what the world needs right now is good old-fashioned positive rebellion to drive it forward. In this episode, Tony Martignetti sits down for a chat with Tom Bell, the founder of HIPSS and the author of Lions, Liars, Donkeys and Penguins: The Killing of Alison. Tom shares his reflections on materialism, acceptance of the problems in society, righteous anger, the need for the punk mentality, the toll of suicide on survivors, what’s worth fighting for, and facing the p…

What is the true essence of coaching and how does it tie up with success? That’s what we’re unlocking in today’s episode with host Tony Martignetti and guest Andrew Moss. Andrew has been a coach for Olympic athletes for 20 years, but now he has transitioned into coaching and developing other high-performance coaches. One thing he’s learned in his career is that all coaches, no matter what industry, have one goal in mind, and that is unlocking potential. He also shares the flashpoints in his life…

Hope is not external. It comes from inside all of us. That’s exactly the message that Catherine Hammond shares in today’s episode. Catherine is an award-winning attorney, a transformational coach, and is also on her way to becoming a published author. She joins host Tony Martignetti to discuss hope and how she discovered it amidst all the trials and tribulations thrown her way. She talks of hope as something not dependent on circumstance but rather as an inner wellspring. Catherine also emphasiz…

Learn how to be a transformative leader today! One of the most important aspects of a leader is to take full responsibility for things and acknowledge why you aren't progressing. The leader is in charge of the work culture and the people, so that leader needs a good chunk of empathy. Learn empathy with your host, Tony Martignetti and his guest, Amir Ghannad. Amir is the founder of the leadership guidance company called the Ghannad Group. He is also the author of The Transformative Leader and the…

Rise Above Noise: The Emotional Rollercoaster of Leadership

Leadership - It’s not always what we think.

So many of my clients and community members are solo professionals. They’re not managing a team of employees. They’re not getting booked on MSNBC to tell the nation what they need to do.

I recently read that leaders help themselves and others to do the right things. They set direction, build an inspiring vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out where you need to go …