So many times in our dreams we see ourselves leading big organizations. What is interesting about today’s guest is that he never had that dream. But he’s lived the dream anyway. We’ll explore leading multi-national companies with thousands of employees because you were just who was needed at the that right time.

Wouldn’t you like to become a world traveler with  audiences gathering to hear your every thought? How about if you ran a few large industrial companies at the same time? All while building a leading world-wide consulting practice? Today’s guest is all that and he’s here to tell his story on how leadership in thought and action makes the difference.

Today we speak with a gentleman who has walked with the greats in the halls of power. From the marine corp to congress he has maintained his own style and life philosophy. Stay with us for a deeper look inside the mind and machinations of politics, power and purpose.Former congressman Jim Bates reveals the ways of national leadership and politics from the big view.

Ask yourself this question: do I have joy in my life? Sure you are successful. You are a leader. But, really can you say you get joy in your leadership role?  We explore that question as we talk about executives finding fulfillment for themselves, their employees, business and customers by practicing conscious capitalism.

R. Michael Anderson, M.B.A., M.A., is creator of The Executive JOY Institute, which specializes in developing authentic happiness in leaders through speaking, facilitation, writing and online courses. Michael is the founder of three successful international software companies, a former professional basketball player and has a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. He brings to the table a rich blend of education and experience to instruct clients in the use of powerful transformative tools to elevate and enrich their lives. His recent book, The Experiment: Discover a Revolutionary Way to Manage Stress and Achieve Work-Life Balance, is a best seller in the Business Leadership Training category.

Find out more about his work at www.executivejoy.com.

It’s rare to find effective advise, which is hard won in the halls of leadership today. In this episode we explore how we all can up our skills, practice and effectiveness across the seven most critical functions of leadership. We talk with executive coach, consultant, speaker and the author of the new book, Seven Disciplines of a Leader, Jeff Wolf.

Known for his deep thoughts on building corporate leadership, our guest is really a rockstar. And a VC/Private Equity guy. And a martial arts instructor. And a psychologist. Bring all these diverse ideas together and you will see leading edge ideas which work in the field for running a company, growing every employee in the business and maintaining your ethics, too.

We talk today with WD-40’s, Vice President of Global Organization Development, Stan Sewitch.

Leadership is not just about the person who is in charge. Leadership is also about the environment and conditions which allow leaders to flourish with their ideas, products and organizations. Today on Leadership Point Radio we explore leadership of emerging companies from the viewpoint of advisors. If you want to know how to start, fund and reach success with your company stay with us.

We’ll explore practical fund raising business structure ideas from our guest, Bill Eigner, known as the go-to-guy for start-ups.

New ideas and the entrepreneurs who have those ideas need a fertile ground to spread and grow. If the area you choose is too hard or without nourishment that alone could doom your idea to failure. Today we explore with a deep thinker what it take to grow a space which nourishes entrepreneurs and their ideas.

Continuing with our series on biotechnology and healthcare, this week we look at San Diego’s role in international and American medical innovation. San Diego hosts the major international biotech conference this year. We’ll explore who is coming, what these leaders are talking about and why it’s important to the future of healthcare for all of us.

This time we are talking about our personal experience with disease leading to truly effective, targeted treatments. This is a leadership idea at the painful intersection of medicine and society.

We speak with Kyle Brown who founded Patients Crossroads to gather and cross pollinate the true effects of rare and common disease affecting everyone and their families.