Elevate with Robert Glazer
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Discover the keys to unlocking your full potential with the Elevate Podcast. Hosted by Robert Glazer, award-winning entrepreneur, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and creator of the Friday Forward, the Elevate Podcast features interviews with world-renowned business leaders, New York Times bestselling authors, and leading experts who share their insights, best practices, and advice on how to elevate your life, your leadership, and your business. Whether you're seeking to cultivate better habits, reach new leadership heights, or simply learn from those who share your passion for growth and improvement, the Elevate Podcast offers practical steps for making impactful changes and reaching your full potential.
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May 12, 2026 • 54min
Brandon Webb on Puddle Jumpers and Raising Confident, Joyful Kids
Brandon Webb, former Navy SEAL sniper, instructor, and bestselling author, shares how elite performance tools translate to parenting. He talks about building resilience through small risks and responsibilities. He explains applying visualization, clear leadership, and accountable consequences to raise confident, joyful children.
May 9, 2026 • 55min
Weekend Classics: Finding Your Big Three (Partner, Career, Community)
A lively discussion of the Big Three life choices: partner, career, and community. They explore why actionable core values matter for alignment. Stories and contrasts reveal how values affect trust, hiring, and long-term fit. Practical trade-offs and when to change roles or communities are highlighted.
May 7, 2026 • 48min
Elevate Classics: Brad Pedersen's Vital Lessons for Entrepreneurs and Leaders
Brad Pedersen, serial entrepreneur behind Basic Fun, Pela and Lomi, and author of Startup Santa. He recounts rapid rises and hard failures, pivots from toys to sustainable products, and how reflection shaped stronger ventures. He discusses building mission-driven teams, firing fast to protect culture, and turning waste into soil with Lomi.
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May 5, 2026 • 1h
David Epstein, NYT Bestselling Author of Range, on His New Book Inside The Box
David Epstein, journalist and bestselling author of Range and Inside the Box, explores how broad experience and smart limits shape creativity and performance. He discusses his career shift from science to reporting, why constraints can sharpen problem solving, Pixar lessons on focused design, and how making or embracing limits fuels better work in business, science, and startups.
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May 4, 2026 • 51min
Deep Dive: Apple CEO Tim Cook's Leadership Legacy
A focused look at Tim Cook's forthcoming exit and the leadership imprint he leaves on Apple. Short takes compare Cook's operational style to Steve Jobs's vision. The hosts dig into Cook's strategic shifts to services, wearables, and measured innovation. They also explore Apple’s cautious AI approach and what a hardware-focused successor might mean for the company.
May 2, 2026 • 51min
Weekend Conversations: Living Life With Perceived Scars
They unpack a 1980 psychology study about perceived scars and how expectation shapes experience. The conversation explores how self-consciousness and priming can create imagined slights. They debate grievance mindset versus personal agency and how narratives of victimhood spread online. The hosts stress resilience, authenticity, and teaching agency instead of passing on victim stories.
Apr 30, 2026 • 54min
Elevate Classics: Alan Mulally on Reviving The Ford Motor Company
Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford and Boeing executive who led the Boeing 777 program, shares leadership and turnaround stories. He discusses his 'working together' management system. He explains people-first leadership, weekly business reviews, breaking a culture of fear, and the One Ford strategy that simplified brands and restored profitability.
Apr 28, 2026 • 55min
Elevate Classics: Geoff Smart on How To Never Make A Hiring Mistake Again
Dr. Geoff Smart, founder of ghSMART and hiring expert with a PhD in organizational psychology, shares practical approaches to getting hiring right. He breaks down the A Method for Hiring, explains why gut-feel interviews fail, and shows how scorecards, probing questions, and intentional culture-building expose the best candidates. Stories and concrete techniques keep the conversation lively and actionable.
Apr 25, 2026 • 48min
Weekend Conversations: You Should Become Unoffendable
They explore what it means to be unoffendable and why that stance helps leaders accept honest feedback. The conversation contrasts offense with disagreement and examines how media incentives fuel outrage. They dig into when offense is legitimate, how personal relationships change reactions, and practical tactics for staying curious and calm instead of reactive.
Apr 23, 2026 • 47min
Elevate Classics: Alisa Cohn on Lessons from Coaching Fortune 500 Executives
Alisa Cohn, startup coach, investor, and advisor to founders and C-suite leaders. She talks about when founders should change roles, key organizational inflection points as teams grow, building rituals that invite dissent, remote-work meeting fixes, and practicing authentic management and hard conversations.
