Episode 616 - Larry Fobes interviews Ron Rapson, President, Morley Brands LLC
The term entrepreneur is often associated with new companies, in high tech industries. Our guest is an entrepreneur… revitalizing two firms with a combined 225 year history. Air Date: 7/11/10

Episode 615 - Larry Fobes interviews Neil Jenkins, Chair, Gibb Technologies. Imagine driving a high performance car to the lake that becomes a high performance boat on the lake. Air Date: 5/30/10

Episode 614 - Larry Fobes interviews Mark Bertolini, President, Aetna. He started in manufacturing and as a paramedic. Now he leads one of the largest insurance companies in the country. Air Date: 7/25/10

Episode 613 - Larry Fobes interviews Michael Thaman, Chair, President and CEO, Owens Corning. You may know Owens Corning as a company that’s been on the Fortune 500 list for over half a century. You definitely know it by their Pink Panther trademark. Air Date: 5/16/10

Episode 612 - Larry Fobes interviews James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. They are simply one of the largest, most influential labor unions in the world and a driving force for change in worker and trade issues in this nation. Air Date: 5/9/10

Episode 611 - Larry Fobes interviews Linda Hasenfratz, Chief Executive Officer, Linamar Corporation. A father immigrates to Canada, and soon starts a company machining auto components in his home basement. Today that company, now led by his daughter, has revenues of $2 billion, and diversified global operations.
Air Date: 5/2/10

Episode 610 - Larry Fobes interviews Nancy Brown, CEO, American Heart Association. Leaders of not-for-profit organizations face many of the same leadership challenges as their corporate counterparts. Air Date: 4/25/10

Episode 609 - Larry Fobes interviews Bob Fish, CEO and Co-Founder, Biggby Coffee How many CEO’s DON’T have an office at their own corporate headquarters? You’ll meet one today. Air Date: 4/18/10

Episode 608 - Larry Fobes interviews James Scapa, Chair and CEO of Altair Engineering. Economic visionaries now say high technology companies and entrepreneurial leadership are the new, new things to restoring manufacturing to the American heartland. But James Scapa created and leads a company that’s been doing this for the last 25 years. Air Date: 4/11/10

Episode 607 - Larry Fobes interviews Michael McCallister, CEO and President, Humana. Imagine leading one of the largest health insurers in the country when your entire business environment could change…not over years, but with a congressional vote and a Presidential signature. Air Date: 4/4/10

Episode 606 - Larry Fobes interviews Charles E. Haldeman, Jr., CEO of Freddie Mac
In 1970, Congress established the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to provide a stable mortgage market. Our guest took over the corporation as the mortgage crisis and subsequent recession were sweeping the economy.
Air Date: 2/14/10

Episode 605 - Larry Fobes interviews Peter Dawkins, Founder and Chair of ShiningStar Capital. Heisman Trophy winner, Rhodes Scholar, Brigadier General, and Chair or CEO of a half dozen major financial firms…our guest is a prototypical “renaissance man”. Air Date: 2/07/10

Episode 604 - Larry Fobes interviews Ann S. Moore, Chairman & CEO, Time Inc. Leaders in the publishing industry are facing a showdown between two technologies…the printed word and digital format. Add in a global recession, and it’s a challenging leadership mix. Air Date: 1/31/10

Episode 603 - Larry Fobes interviews Ronald H. Simon, Chairman & CEO, Auto-Owners Insurance. In 1917, Vern Moulton moved his one year old insurance company…and its $200 in assets… to Lansing, Michigan. Today, that company is a Fortune 500 firm, with $14 billion in assets, and leadership complexities Vern could only imagine. Air Date: 1/24/10

Episode 602 - Larry Fobes interviews George R. Perry, President and CEO of Yazaki North America. Air Date: 01/17/10

Episode 601 - Larry Fobes interviews Stephen R. Polk. Chairman, CEO & President R. L. Polk & Company. Air Date: 01/10/10

Episode 517 - Larry Fobes interviews Dr. Geneva Williams. President & CEO, City Connect Detroit. Air Date: 5/17/09

Episode 516 - Larry Fobes interviews Erroll Davis, Chancellor, University System of Georgia. Air Date: 5/10/09

Episode 515 - Larry Fobes interviews David Foltyn, President & CEO, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn . Air Date: 5/3/09

Episode 514 - Larry Fobes interviews David McKinnon, CEO, Service Brands International. Air Date: 2/22/09

Episode 513 - Larry Fobes interviews Mark Murray, President, Meijer, Inc. Air Date: 2/15/09

Episode 512 - Larry Fobes interviews Steve Miller, Executive Chairman, Delphi Corporation. Air Date: 2/08/09

Episode 511 - Larry Fobes interviews Leonard Slatkin, Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Air Date: 2/01/09

Episode 510 - Steve Millstein, President & CEO, ATX Group. Air Date: 1/25/09

Episode 509 - Mel Karmazin, CEO, SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Air Date: 1/18/09

Episode 508 - Howard "Howdy" Holmes, President, Chelsea Milling Company. Air Date: 1/11/09

Episode 507 - Paula Kerger, President & CEO, PBS. Air Date: 1/4/09

Episode 506 - John Jumper, Retired US Air Force Chief of Staff & Former Member US Joint Chiefs of Staff
As a boy, he learned about aircraft from his military pilot father, knew the legendary Chuck Yeager, and was a neighbor of the Mercury astronauts. His FIRST day in the office as Air Force Chief of Staff was September 11, 2001. A very tough first day on the job. Air Date: 11/17/08

Episode 505 - Kevin Kelly, CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
He's the CEO of a company whose business is to find CEOs for OTHER companies! Air Date: 11/2/08

Episode 504 - Dr. Mohsen Sohi, President & CEO, Freudenberg NOK General Partnership
Today's program is a case study in globalization - a $1 billion, U.S. based, joint venture company, co-owned by German and Japanese firms, run by a man who was born in Iran. Air Date: 10/26/08

Episode 503 - Bill Hansen, President Emeritus, Leader Dogs for the Blind
He's dedicated his life to public service. First as a full colonel with the US Air Force, then as the leader of an organization that serves blind and sight impaired individuals worldwide. Air Date: 10/19/08

Episode 502 - Al Taubman, Part 2, Founder of Taubman Centers Incorporated. Air Date: 10/12/08

Episode 501 - Al Taubman, Part 1, Founder of Taubman Centers Incorporated
He's merged his passions for retailing, architecture, and art into an entrepreneurial career that has literally changed the way America shops. Air Date: 10/5/08

Episode 415 - Larry Fobes interviews Joseph Anderson, Jr., Chairman & CEO, TAG Holdings. Air Date: 7/1/07

Episode 414 - Larry Fobes interviews Ralph Peterson, Chairman & CEO, CH2M Hill. Air Date: 6/24/07

Episode 413 - Larry Fobes interviews Timothy O'Donovan, Chairman, Wolverine World Wide. Air Date: 6/17/07

Episode 412 - Larry Fobes interviews Rick Nahm, President of Cranbrook Education Community. Air Date: 5/13/07

Episode 411 - Larry Fobes interviews George Jones, President & CEO of Borders Group. Air Date: 5/6/07

Episode 410 - Larry Fobes interviews Kathy L. Bledsoe, Retired President of First Independence Bank. Air Date: 4/29/07

Episode 409 - Larry Fobes interviews Fredrick J. Sievert, President of New York Life Insurance. Air Date: 4/22/07

Episode 408 - Larry Fobes interviews William D. Johnston, Chairman & President of Greenleaf Companies. Air Date: 4/15/07

Episode 407 - Larry Fobes interviews Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers International. Air Date: 4/8/07

Episode 406 - Larry Fobes interviews Charles "Chip" McClure, Chairman, CEO, & President of ArvinMeritor. Air Date: 4/1/07

Episode 405 - Larry Fobes interviews James Hackett, President & CEO, Steelcase. Air Date: 1/20/08

Episode 404 - Larry Fobes interviews Brian Walker, President & CEO, Herman Miller. Air Date: 1/13/08

Episode 403 - Larry Fobes interviews Perry Miele, Chairman Budco Marketing Company & Beringer Capital Merchant Bank. Air Date: 2/18/07

Episode 402 - Larry Fobes interviews Antoni Cimolino, General Director, Stratford Festival of Canada. Air Date: 2/11/07

Episode 401 - Larry Fobes interviews David Armstrong, Armstrong International. Air Date: 2/4/07

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