What is Thirty Minute Mentors all about?
Leadership guru Adam Mendler goes one on one with America’s most accomplished and insightful people on how they made it to the top and how you can too. Each episode features a wealth of practical, actionable advice from a prominent CEO, founder, athlete, celebrity, or political or military leader. Learn how to lead in today’s landscape, become your best self, and excel personally and professionally - in thirty minutes.
The creator of the Lessons in Leadership series in Thrive Global and author of more than 70 articles on leadership and related topics in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc. and HuffPost, Adam has conducted more than 500 one on one interviews with America’s top leaders. Join Adam and the best network of mentors - Fortune 500 CEOs, founders of household name companies, Hall of Fame and Olympic gold medal-winning athletes, generals, admirals, Senators, Cabinet members, and more - for intimate half-hour conversations each week.
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All Episodes (From Newest to Oldest):
Episode 224: Senator Doug Jones
Episode 223: Madison Reed Founder and CEO Amy Errett
Episode 222: Therabody Founder Jason Wersland
Episode 221: Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick
Episode 220: Reebok Co-Founder Joe Foster
Episode 219: Ambassador Patricia Moller
Episode 218: UKG CEO Chris Todd
Episode 217: Thrive Market Co-Founder and CEO Nick Green
Episode 216: Former 7-Eleven and Blockbuster CEO James Keyes
Episode 215: Former Celebrity Cruises CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
Episode 214: Big Brothers Big Sisters CEO Artis Stevens
Episode 213: PEAK6 Co-Founder Jenny Just
Episode 212: NFL Hall of Famer Ron Mix
Episode 211: Monumental Sports Founder and CEO Ted Leonsis
Episode 210: Former P.F. Chang’s CEO Michael Osanloo
Episode 209: Teladoc Health CEO Jason Gorevic
Episode 208: Olympic Gold Medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
Episode 207: NFL Legend Fran Tarkenton
Episode 206: DocuSign CEO Allan Thygesen
Episode 205: Congressman Tim Ryan
Episode 204: TaskRabbit CEO Ania Smith
Episode 203: Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger
Episode 202: Red Robin CEO G.J. Hart
Episode 201: General Michael Garrett
Episode 200: Former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
Episode 199: Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar
Episode 198: Brooks CEO Jim Weber
Episode 197: Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor
Episode 196: Former USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah
Episode 195: US Olympics CEO Sarah Hirshland
Episode 194: General Catalyst Co-Founder John Simon
Episode 193: Former Baseball Star Bernie Williams
Episode 192: Lieutenant General Robert Caslen
Episode 191: The RealReal Founder Julie Wainwright
Episode 190: OpenTable Co-Founder Chuck Templeton
Episode 189: Former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia
Episode 188: Cox CEO Alex Taylor
Episode 187: Senator Heidi Heitkamp
Episode 186: Pure Storage Co-Founder John Colgrove
Episode 185: Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske
Episode 184: Figure Skating Legend Scott Hamilton
Episode 183: Former Ticketmaster CEO Charles Conn
Episode 182: General Frank McKenzie
Episode 181: Fetch Founder and CEO Wes Schroll
Episode 180: Ja Rule
Episode 179: Xerox CEO Steve Bandrowczak
Episode 178: Olympic Gold Medalist Lauryn Williams
Episode 177: Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer
Episode 176: AOL Co-Founder Steve Case
Episode 175: Lumen CEO Kate Johnson
Episode 174: General Gus Perna
Episode 173: Former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez
Episode 172: Harry's Co-Founder Jeff Raider
Episode 171: College Football Legend Danny Wuerffel
Episode 170: Fitness Guru Autumn Calabrese
Episode 169: YMCA CEO Suzanne McCormick
Episode 168: AFI Founder George Stevens Jr.
Episode 167: Brex Co-Founder Henrique Dubugras
Episode 166: Software Pioneer Mitch Kapor
Episode 165: Former BET CEO Debra Lee
Episode 164: Basketball Legend Tony Parker
Episode 163: Lieutenant General Jeff Buchanan
Episode 162: Olympic Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington
Episode 161: RE/MAX CEO Nick Bailey
Episode 160: ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen
Episode 159: Former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James
Episode 158: Orangetheory Co-Founder and CEO Dave Long
Episode 157: Olympic Gold Medalist Gail Devers
Episode 156: Governor Bill Weld
Episode 155: Angie’s List Co-Founder Angie Hicks
Episode 154: Grant Cardone
Episode 153: General Larry Spencer
Episode 152: Sprinkles Co-Founder Candace Nelson
Episode 151: Former NFL Star Donald Driver
Episode 150: Poker Legend Phil Hellmuth
Episode 149: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Van Zandt
Episode 148: Former TD Ameritrade CEO Joe Moglia
Episode 147: Grubhub Co-Founder Mike Evans
Episode 146: Insight CEO Joyce Mullen
Episode 145: Former Medtronic CEO Bill George
Episode 144: MLB Manager Joe Maddon
Episode 143: Jimmy John's Founder Jimmy John Liautaud
Episode 142: Former AT&T CEO Mike Armstrong
Episode 141: NFL Coach Romeo Crennel
Episode 140: Boxing Hall of Famer Laila Ali
Episode 139: Special Olympics CEO Mary Davis
Episode 138: Ambassador Howard Gutman
Episode 137: Former Home Depot CEO Frank Blake
Episode 136: Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson
Episode 135: Ancestry CEO Deb Liu
Episode 134: Olympic Gold Medalist Gary Hall Jr.
Episode 133: Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
Episode 132: UScellular CEO Laurent Therivel
Episode 131: McGraw Hill CEO Simon Allen
Episode 130: Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds
Episode 129: Incubus Guitarist Michael Einziger
Episode 128: Eventbrite Co-Founder and CEO Julia Hartz
Episode 127: Former Skype CEO Tony Bates
Episode 126: Baseball Legend Shawn Green
Episode 125: Warby Parker Co-Founder Neil Blumenthal
Episode 124: SoulCycle Co-Founder Julie Rice
Episode 123: NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor
Episode 122: Presidential Adviser David Gergen
Episode 121: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Marshall Goldsmith
Episode 120: Ambassador Susan D. Page
Episode 119: Newell Brands CEO Ravi Saligram
Episode 118: Former Deloitte Consulting CEO Janet Foutty
Episode 117: NetSuite Founder Evan Goldberg
Episode 116: General Joseph Votel
Episode 115: Former Jamba Juice CEO James White
Episode 114: NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins
Episode 113: Million Dollar Listing Star James Harris
Episode 112: ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia
Episode 111: RH CEO Gary Friedman
Episode 110: Basketball Hall of Famer James Worthy
Episode 109: Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly
Episode 108: Gabrielle Reece
Episode 107: Beachbody Co-Founder and CEO Carl Daikeler
Episode 106: Baseball Legend Kenny Lofton
Episode 105: Former Caesars CEO Gary Loveman
Episode 104: Emmy Award Winner Adrienne Bankert
Episode 103: Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte
Episode 102: Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman
Episode 101: General David Petraeus
Episode 100: Football Legend Ricky Williams
Episode 99: Brooke Burke
Episode 98: Former Gap CEO Mickey Drexler
Episode 97: Edwards CEO Mike Mussallem
Episode 96: General Robert Neller
Episode 95: Apollo Co-Founder Art Bilger
Episode 94: Former Ingredion CEO Ilene Gordon
Episode 93: Orlando Magic Co-Founder Pat Williams
Episode 92: Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti
Episode 91: Otis Worldwide CEO Judy Marks
Episode 90: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Jay Shetty
Episode 89: Former Aetna CEO Ron Williams
Episode 88: Jillian Michaels
Episode 87: Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Mark Tritton
Episode 86: Ambassador Christopher Hill
Episode 85: Former Honeywell CEO David Cote
Episode 84: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferrazzi
Episode 83: Senator Barbara Boxer
Episode 82: Grammy Award Winning Producer Tricky Stewart
Episode 81: Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin
Episode 80: Fashion Designer Rebecca Minkoff
Episode 79: Citizens Bank CEO Bruce Van Saun
Episode 78: Ambassador Ron Kirk
Episode 77: NYT Bestselling Author Amy Jo Martin
Episode 76: The Skinny Confidential Founder Lauryn Evarts Bosstick
Episode 75: Emmy Award Winner Brian Baumgartner
Episode 74: Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt
Episode 73: Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres
Episode 72: New Mountain Founder and CEO Steve Klinsky
Episode 71: Former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart
Episode 70: General Barry McCaffrey
Episode 69: McClatchy CEO Tony Hunter
Episode 68: E! Co-Founder Alan Mruvka
Episode 67: Bumo Co-Founder Chriselle Lim
Episode 66: Lids CEO Tom Ripley
Episode 65: P90X Creator Tony Horton
Episode 64: Olympic Gold Medalist Bode Miller
Episode 63: Edward Jones CEO Penny Pennington
Episode 62: RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos
Episode 61: Movie Producer Chris Bender
Episode 60: Senator Byron Dorgan
Episode 59: Twelve-Time NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Daniel Amen
Episode 58: Emmy Award Winner Daphne Oz
Episode 57: Balance Athletica Co-Founder and CEO Taylor Dilk
Episode 56: Actor and Entrepreneur Scott Patterson
Episode 55: Million Dollar Listing Star Ryan Serhant
Episode 54: Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda
Episode 53: Motivational Speaker Brian Tracy
Episode 52: Fitness Guru Janine Delaney
Episode 51: Former MLB Star Mark Teixeira
Episode 50: Lieutenant General Michael Ferriter
Episode 49: Good Morning America Co-Host Dan Harris
Episode 48: Waze CEO Noam Bardin
Episode 47: Fashion Designer Nicole Miller
Episode 46: Music Producer Randy Jackson
Episode 45: Basketball Legend Bill Walton
Episode 44: Olympic Gold Medalist Natasha Hastings
Episode 43: Celebrity Chef Serena Poon
Episode 42: Guardian Insurance CEO Deanna Mulligan
Episode 41: Grammy Award Winner Chris Tomlin
Episode 40: Former Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Robert Rosenberg
Episode 39: Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark
Episode 38: Venture Capitalist Brad Feld
Episode 37: Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger
Episode 36: 24 Hour Fitness Founder Mark Mastrov
Episode 35: Lieutenant General Vince Stewart
Episode 34: Former FBI Chief Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner
Episode 33: NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson
Episode 32: Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Dr. Lou Ignarro
Episode 31: Birchbox Co-Founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp
Episode 30: Anthony Scaramucci
Episode 29: The Agency Founder and CEO Mauricio Umansky
Episode 28: NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis
Episode 27: Ambassador Wendy Sherman
Episode 26: Barry’s Bootcamp CEO Joey Gonzalez
Episode 25: Lieutenant General Thomas Trask
Episode 24: OneRepublic Lead Singer Ryan Tedder
Episode 23: Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey
Episode 22: #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Tom Rath
Episode 21: Yoga Guru Kino MacGregor
Episode 20: Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins
Episode 19: MLB Play-By-Play Announcer Victor Rojas
Episode 18: General Martin Dempsey
Episode 17: Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Murphy
Episode 16: Commonwealth Founder Joseph Deitch
Episode 15: Lieutenant General Reynold Hoover
Episode 14: Hint Water Founder and CEO Kara Goldin
Episode 13: NBA Legend Rick Barry
Episode 12: Billionaire Inventor Dr. Gary Michelson
Episode 11: Two-Time Emmy Award Winner Christina Cindrich
Episode 10: Admiral James Stavridis
Episode 9: Mindfulness Guru Dr. Kamlesh Patel
Episode 8: Former Campbell Soup CEO Doug Conant
Episode 7: Rob Lowe
Episode 6: FanDuel Co-Founder Tom Griffiths
Episode 5: Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack
Episode 4: Gold’s Gym CEO Adam Zeitsiff
Episode 3: Suzanne Somers
Episode 2: Deloitte Consulting CEO Dan Helfrich
Episode 1: Kayak Co-Founder Keith Melnick