We hear from motivational speakers:

• The late, Rosita Perez, CPAE
• Ed Foreman, CPAE, Founder of the Successful Life Program
• Vinnie Roazzi, successful businessman and the author of The Spirituality of Success
• Margo Chisholm, mountaineer and author of To The Summit

We also hear from corporate governance and leadership experts:

• Sharon Allen, Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, LLP
• Bill George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and former Medtronic CEO
• Todd Bluedorn, CEO of Lennox International

… and many, many more.

Motivation

The late, Rosita Perez has the audience chuckling in the segment on The Healing Power of Humor as she describes her cold remedies when she is under the weather.

Ed Foremen joined us in 1994 and again in the studio the evening of the program’s taping. He talks about a motorcycle trip- and driving back to Texas from Louisiana. To test the bike he pushed the speed and flew down the road. All was well until he saw the flashing lights behind him. He had one thought (only briefly) of gunning the motor and crossing the Texas border. Of course he didn’t and when he stopped, the State Trooper asked for his license and said he had been clocked at 113 mph. Looking the license the trooper did a double take- “You’re 75 years old? Maybe you should act your age and you’d be a lot safer driving your age!”

Vinnie Roazzi and Margo Chisholm joined us in 1999, along with the late Art Berg, CPAE. The each spoke about their separate life challenges.  Art Berg shared his story of the car accident that left him a quadriplegic and how life still goes on after the worst happens.

The notables are joined by Bob Buford, author of Halftime and Jim Sirbasku, of Profiles International, who assesses Dennis McCuistion’s  leadership style- on camera, much to Dennis’s and the audience’s amusement. The motivation segment concludes with the late Ray Pellitier, CPAE, talking about coaching champions, as well as this author, Niki McCuistion, a coach and consultant, on the critical role coaching plays in helping individuals reach their goals.

Leadership and Governance

From motivation the program goes on to discuss leadership and governance. Dennis McCuistion talks about Jeff Skilling of Enron and how values and ethics are critical to successful leadership. Sharon Allen, Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, LLP and Todd Bluedorn, CEO of Lennox International, Inc. both comment on governance and ethics in corporate America, and how critical a role values play in the success of a company.

And to end the retrospective on motivation and leadership, Bill George, former Chairman and CEO of Medtronics and  a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard,  joins us from another segment to emphasize values in leadership and their critical role.

This program on motivation and leadership is one you won’t want to miss as it goes from humor, to inspiration and on to practical “how to’s”.

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1817 – 02.21.10

This retrospective look at our last 20 years of programming focuses on motivation: often defined as that which gives purpose; action toward a desired goal. We’ll hear the stories of several of the top motivational speakers in the country, including:

• The late, Rosita Perez, CPAE
• Ed Foreman, CPAE, Founder of the Successful Life Program
• Vinnie Roazzi, successful businessman and the author of The Spirituality of Success
• Margo Chisholm, mountaineer and author of To The Summit

And the leadership section features corporate governance and leadership experts:

• Sharon Allen, Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, LLP
• Bill George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and former Medtronic CEO
• Todd Bluedorn, CEO of Lennox International

We encourage you to view all McCuistion TV episodes, where you can both watch the videos and interact with the McCuistion team and other viewers.  You can also follow McCuistion TV on Twitter.

For further details on the series, please contact Niki Nicastro McCuistion at (214) 750-5158 or email her at nikin@nikimccuistion.com.

Join us this Sunday as we talk about things that matter with people who care…

Bill George sits on the board for Goldman Sachs, is former Chairman & CEO of Medtronic’s and a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the author of four best-selling books: 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, True North, Finding Your True North, and Authentic Leadership.

During this episode Bill George joins Dennis McCuistion for a frank discussion on ethics and business practices in corporate America. Bill George believes many corporate leaders play for the short term, not the long term. He believes that in business we are “playing up leaders who are playing for that short term… Business is too serious to be about YOU… You can’t create anything in a quarter.”

Dennis asked Bill George, “There are people watching this program who will ask, how is it that you can be so focused on character and values and yet be on the board of Goldman Sachs?” Tune in for Bill’s forthright response.

Thank you for joining us as we talk about things that matter… with people who care.

All McCuistion TV episodes can be found in the program directory, where you can both watch the videos and interact with the McCuistion team and other viewers. You can also follow McCuistion TV on Twitter.

In April, The SEC sued Goldman Sachs and one of its employees for civil fraud, alleging they defrauded investors in 2007, in selling a financial product tied to sub prime mortgages. While Goldman acknowledged that its marketing materials for the sub prime product contained incomplete information; Goldman agreed to settle the SEC’s charges without admitting or denying the allegations by consenting to the entry of a final judgment that enjoins them from violating the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933.

In its complaint, the SEC alleged that Goldman misstated and omitted key facts regarding a synthetic collateralized debt obligation it marketed. In particular, the SEC alleged that Goldman failed to disclose the role that hedge fund, Paulson & Co. Inc., played in interests that were adverse to CDO investors.  Of the $550 million to be paid by Goldman in the settlement, $250 million would be returned to harmed investors through a Fair Fund distribution and $300 million would be paid to the U.S. Treasury.

In January of this year, Bill George, former Chairman & CEO of Medtronic’s, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and author of True North, joined us on the McCuistion program. Dennis asked Bill George, “There are people watching this program who will ask, how is it that you can be so focused on character and values and yet be on the board of Goldman Sachs?”

Bill George’s answer, “Here’s a firm that for 140 years focused on their clients. They paid their people well. They paid for performance… not stars. They were the first execs on Wall Street that didn’t take bonuses. And when they saw the problem with sub prime mortgages, they got out 18 months ahead of everyone else.”  Tune in for more of the story…and the values of true leadership from Bill George’s perspective.

Click here for full episode on Character and Leadership.

Additional links about the settlement:

• Analysts Cheer Goldman’s Settlement
• Weighing the Trade Offs in the Goldman Settlement
• Russia Stocks Advance on $76 Oil, Goldman Sachs U.S. Settlement

As always, thank you for watching as we talk about things that matter… with people who care.

Niki N. McCuistion
Executive Producer