Thirty Minute Mentors

By Adam Mendler

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Episodes: 258

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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 leading CEO, founder, athlete, celebrity, influencer or general / admiral. Learn how to lead in today’s landscape, become your best self and excel personally and professionally – in thirty minutes.

Episode Date
Episode 258: Lieutenant General Robert Ashley Jr.
Dec 17, 2024
Episode 257: Basketball Hall of Famer Val Ackerman
Dec 10, 2024
Episode 256: Quinn Emanuel Founder John Quinn
Dec 03, 2024
Episode 255: Former PayPal and Intuit CEO Bill Harris
Nov 26, 2024
Episode 254: Vice Admiral Ted Carter
Nov 19, 2024
Episode 253: Former Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones
Nov 12, 2024
Episode 252: TruStage CEO Terrance Williams
Nov 05, 2024
Episode 251: Whole Foods Founder John Mackey
Oct 29, 2024
Episode 250: Basketball Legend Muggsy Bogues
Oct 22, 2024
Episode 249: Thrivent CEO Teresa Rasmussen
Oct 15, 2024
Episode 248: General John Allen
Oct 08, 2024
Episode 247: Olympic Gold Medalist Bryan Clay
Oct 01, 2024
Episode 246: 1-800-Flowers Founder and CEO Jim McCann
Sep 24, 2024
Episode 245: Broadcasting Legend Lesley Visser
Sep 17, 2024
Episode 244: Former Tropicana CEO Willie Pietersen
Sep 10, 2024
Episode 243: Cvent Founder and CEO Reggie Aggarwal
Sep 03, 2024
Episode 242: Principal CEO Dan Houston
Aug 27, 2024
Episode 241: Lieutenant General Mary O'Brien
Aug 20, 2024
Episode 240: Celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern
Aug 13, 2024
Episode 239: Panera Founder Ron Shaich
Aug 06, 2024
Episode 238: Regus Founder Mark Dixon
Jul 30, 2024
Episode 237: BILL Founder and CEO René Lacerte
Jul 23, 2024
Episode 236: CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen
Jul 16, 2024
Episode 235: Award Winning Actor Beau Bridges
Jul 09, 2024
Episode 234: Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger
Jul 02, 2024
Episode 233: Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel
Jun 25, 2024
Episode 232: WWE Superstar Daria Berenato
Jun 18, 2024
Episode 231: Former NASA Administrator and Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe
Jun 11, 2024
Episode 230: Former IHOP CEO Julia Stewart
Jun 04, 2024
Episode 229: Governor Mark Sanford
May 28, 2024
Episode 228: NFL Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler
May 21, 2024
Episode 227: GameStop Co-Founder Gary Kusin
May 14, 2024
Episode 226: Award Winning Actress Bellamy Young
May 07, 2024
Episode 225: St. Jude CEO James Downing
Apr 30, 2024
Episode 224: Senator Doug Jones
Apr 23, 2024
Episode 223: Madison Reed Founder and CEO Amy Errett
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 222: Therabody Founder Jason Wersland
Apr 09, 2024
Episode 221: Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick
Apr 02, 2024
Episode 220: Reebok Co-Founder Joe Foster
Mar 26, 2024
Episode 219: Ambassador Patricia Moller
Mar 19, 2024
Episode 218: UKG CEO Chris Todd
Mar 12, 2024
Episode 217: Thrive Market Co-Founder and CEO Nick Green
Mar 05, 2024
Episode 216: Former 7-Eleven and Blockbuster CEO James Keyes
Feb 27, 2024
Episode 215: Former Celebrity Cruises CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
Feb 20, 2024
Episode 214: Big Brothers Big Sisters CEO Artis Stevens
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 213: PEAK6 Co-Founder Jenny Just
Feb 06, 2024
Episode 212: NFL Hall of Famer Ron Mix
Jan 30, 2024
Episode 211: Monumental Sports Founder and CEO Ted Leonsis
Jan 23, 2024
Episode 210: Former P.F. Chang’s CEO Michael Osanloo
Jan 16, 2024
Episode 209: Teladoc Health CEO Jason Gorevic
Jan 09, 2024
Episode 208: Olympic Gold Medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
Jan 02, 2024
Episode 207: NFL Legend Fran Tarkenton
Dec 26, 2023
Episode 206: DocuSign CEO Allan Thygesen
Dec 19, 2023
Episode 205: Congressman Tim Ryan
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 204: TaskRabbit CEO Ania Smith
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 203: Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger
Nov 28, 2023
Episode 202: Red Robin CEO G.J. Hart
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 201: General Michael Garrett
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 200: Former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 199: Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 198: Brooks CEO Jim Weber
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 197: Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor
Oct 17, 2023
Episode 196: Former USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 195: US Olympics CEO Sarah Hirshland
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 194: General Catalyst Co-Founder John Simon
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 193: Former Baseball Star Bernie Williams
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 192: Lieutenant General Robert Caslen
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 191: The RealReal Founder Julie Wainwright
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 190: OpenTable Co-Founder Chuck Templeton
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 189: Former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 188: Cox CEO Alex Taylor
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 187: Senator Heidi Heitkamp
Aug 08, 2023
Episode 186: Pure Storage Co-Founder John Colgrove
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 185: Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske
Jul 25, 2023
Episode 184: Figure Skating Legend Scott Hamilton
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 183: Former Ticketmaster CEO Charles Conn
Jul 11, 2023
Episode 182: General Frank McKenzie
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 181: Fetch Founder and CEO Wes Schroll
Jun 27, 2023
Episode 180: Ja Rule
Jun 20, 2023
Episode 179: Xerox CEO Steve Bandrowczak
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 178: Olympic Gold Medalist Lauryn Williams
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 177: Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer
May 30, 2023
Episode 176: AOL Co-Founder Steve Case
May 23, 2023
Episode 175: Lumen CEO Kate Johnson
May 16, 2023
Episode 174: General Gus Perna
May 09, 2023
Episode 173: Former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez
May 02, 2023
Episode 172: Harry's Co-Founder Jeff Raider
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 171: College Football Legend Danny Wuerffel
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 170: Fitness Guru Autumn Calabrese
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 169: YMCA CEO Suzanne McCormick
Apr 04, 2023
Episode 168: AFI Founder George Stevens Jr.
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 167: Brex Co-Founder Henrique Dubugras
Mar 21, 2023
Episode 166: Software Pioneer Mitch Kapor
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 165: Former BET CEO Debra Lee
Mar 07, 2023
Episode 164: Basketball Legend Tony Parker
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 163: Lieutenant General Jeff Buchanan
Feb 21, 2023
Episode 162: Olympic Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 161: RE/MAX CEO Nick Bailey
Feb 07, 2023
Episode 160: ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 159: Former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 158: Orangetheory Co-Founder and CEO Dave Long
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 157: Olympic Gold Medalist Gail Devers
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 156: Governor Bill Weld
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 155: Angie’s List Co-Founder Angie Hicks
Dec 27, 2022
Episode 154: Grant Cardone
Dec 20, 2022
Episode 153: General Larry Spencer
Dec 13, 2022
Episode 152: Sprinkles Co-Founder Candace Nelson
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 151: Former NFL Star Donald Driver
Nov 29, 2022
Episode 150: Poker Legend Phil Hellmuth
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 149: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Van Zandt
Nov 15, 2022
Episode 148: Former TD Ameritrade CEO Joe Moglia
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 147: Grubhub Co-Founder Mike Evans
Nov 01, 2022
Episode 146: Insight CEO Joyce Mullen
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 145: Former Medtronic CEO Bill George
Oct 18, 2022
Episode 144: MLB Manager Joe Maddon
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 143: Jimmy John's Founder Jimmy John Liautaud
Oct 04, 2022
Episode 142: Former AT&T CEO Mike Armstrong
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 141: NFL Coach Romeo Crennel
Sep 20, 2022
Episode 140: Boxing Hall of Famer Laila Ali
Sep 13, 2022
Episode 139: Special Olympics CEO Mary Davis
Sep 06, 2022
Episode 138: Ambassador Howard Gutman
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 137: Former Home Depot CEO Frank Blake
Aug 23, 2022
Episode 136: Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 135: Ancestry CEO Deb Liu
Aug 09, 2022
Episode 134: Olympic Gold Medalist Gary Hall Jr.
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 133: Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
Jul 26, 2022
Episode 132: UScellular CEO Laurent Therivel
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 131: McGraw Hill CEO Simon Allen
Jul 12, 2022
Episode 130: Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 129: Incubus Guitarist Michael Einziger
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 128: Eventbrite Co-Founder and CEO Julia Hartz
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 127: Former Skype CEO Tony Bates
Jun 14, 2022
Episode 126: Baseball Legend Shawn Green
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 125: Warby Parker Co-Founder Neil Blumenthal
May 31, 2022
Episode 124: SoulCycle Co-Founder Julie Rice
May 24, 2022
Episode 123: NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor
May 17, 2022
Episode 122: Presidential Adviser David Gergen
May 10, 2022
Episode 121: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Marshall Goldsmith
May 03, 2022
Episode 120: Ambassador Susan D. Page
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 119: Newell Brands CEO Ravi Saligram
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 118: Former Deloitte Consulting CEO Janet Foutty
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 117: NetSuite Founder Evan Goldberg
Apr 05, 2022
Episode 116: General Joseph Votel
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 115: Former Jamba Juice CEO James White
Mar 22, 2022
Episode 114: NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 113: Million Dollar Listing Star James Harris
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 112: ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 111: RH CEO Gary Friedman
Feb 22, 2022
Episode 110: Basketball Hall of Famer James Worthy
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 109: Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly
Feb 08, 2022
Episode 108: Gabrielle Reece
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 107: Beachbody Co-Founder and CEO Carl Daikeler
Jan 25, 2022
Episode 106: Baseball Legend Kenny Lofton
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 105: Former Caesars CEO Gary Loveman
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 104: Emmy Award Winner Adrienne Bankert
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 103: Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte
Dec 28, 2021
Episode 102: Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman
Dec 21, 2021
Episode 101: General David Petraeus
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 100: Football Legend Ricky Williams
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 99: Brooke Burke
Nov 30, 2021
Episode 98: Former Gap CEO Mickey Drexler
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 97: Edwards CEO Mike Mussallem
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 96: General Robert Neller
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 95: Apollo Co-Founder Art Bilger
Nov 02, 2021
Episode 94: Former Ingredion CEO Ilene Gordon
Oct 26, 2021
Episode 93: Orlando Magic Co-Founder Pat Williams
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 92: Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 91: Otis Worldwide CEO Judy Marks
Oct 05, 2021
Episode 90: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Jay Shetty
Sep 28, 2021
Episode 89: Former Aetna CEO Ron Williams
Sep 21, 2021
Episode 88: Jillian Michaels
Sep 14, 2021
Episode 87: Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Mark Tritton
Sep 07, 2021
Episode 86: Ambassador Christopher Hill
Aug 31, 2021
Episode 85: Former Honeywell CEO David Cote
Aug 24, 2021
Episode 84: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferrazzi
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 83: Senator Barbara Boxer
Aug 10, 2021
Episode 82: Grammy Award Winning Producer Tricky Stewart
Aug 03, 2021
Episode 81: Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin
Jul 27, 2021
Episode 80: Fashion Designer Rebecca Minkoff
Jul 20, 2021
Episode 79: Citizens Bank CEO Bruce Van Saun
Jul 13, 2021
Episode 78: Ambassador Ron Kirk
Jul 06, 2021
Episode 77: NYT Bestselling Author Amy Jo Martin
Jun 29, 2021
Episode 76: The Skinny Confidential Founder Lauryn Evarts Bosstick
Jun 22, 2021
Episode 75: Emmy Award Winner Brian Baumgartner
Jun 15, 2021
Episode 74: Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt
Jun 08, 2021
Episode 73: Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres
Jun 01, 2021
Episode 72: New Mountain Founder and CEO Steve Klinsky
May 25, 2021
Episode 71: Former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart
May 18, 2021
Episode 70: General Barry McCaffrey
May 11, 2021
Episode 69: McClatchy CEO Tony Hunter
May 04, 2021
Episode 68: E! Co-Founder Alan Mruvka
Apr 27, 2021
Episode 67: Bumo Co-Founder Chriselle Lim
Apr 20, 2021
Episode 66: Lids CEO Tom Ripley
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 65: P90X Creator Tony Horton
Apr 06, 2021
Episode 64: Olympic Gold Medalist Bode Miller
Mar 30, 2021
Episode 63: Edward Jones CEO Penny Pennington
Mar 23, 2021
Episode 62: RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 61: Movie Producer Chris Bender
Mar 09, 2021
Episode 60: Senator Byron Dorgan
Mar 02, 2021
Episode 59: Twelve-Time NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Daniel Amen
Feb 23, 2021
Episode 58: Emmy Award Winner Daphne Oz
Feb 16, 2021
Episode 57: Balance Athletica Co-Founder and CEO Taylor Dilk
Feb 09, 2021
Episode 56: Actor and Entrepreneur Scott Patterson
Feb 02, 2021
Episode 55: Million Dollar Listing Star Ryan Serhant
Jan 26, 2021
Episode 54: Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 53: Motivational Speaker Brian Tracy
Jan 12, 2021
Episode 52: Fitness Guru Janine Delaney
Jan 05, 2021
Episode 51: Former MLB Star Mark Teixeira
Dec 29, 2020
Episode 50: Lieutenant General Michael Ferriter
Dec 22, 2020
Episode 49: Good Morning America Co-Host Dan Harris
Dec 15, 2020
Episode 48: Waze CEO Noam Bardin
Dec 08, 2020
Episode 47: Fashion Designer Nicole Miller
Dec 01, 2020
Episode 46: Music Producer Randy Jackson
Nov 24, 2020
Episode 45: Basketball Legend Bill Walton
Nov 17, 2020
Episode 44: Olympic Gold Medalist Natasha Hastings
Nov 10, 2020
Episode 43: Celebrity Chef Serena Poon
Nov 03, 2020
Episode 42: Guardian Insurance CEO Deanna Mulligan
Oct 26, 2020
Episode 41: Grammy Award Winner Chris Tomlin
Oct 19, 2020
Episode 40: Former Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Robert Rosenberg
Oct 12, 2020
Episode 39: Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark
Oct 05, 2020
Episode 38: Venture Capitalist Brad Feld
Sep 28, 2020
Episode 37: Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger
Sep 21, 2020
Episode 36: 24 Hour Fitness Founder Mark Mastrov
Sep 14, 2020
Episode 35: Lieutenant General Vince Stewart
Sep 07, 2020
Episode 34: Former FBI Chief Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 33: NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson
Aug 24, 2020
Episode 32: Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Dr. Lou Ignarro
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 31: Birchbox Co-Founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp
Aug 10, 2020
Episode 30: Anthony Scaramucci
Aug 03, 2020
Episode 29: The Agency Founder and CEO Mauricio Umansky
Jul 27, 2020
Episode 28: NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis
Jul 20, 2020
Episode 27: Ambassador Wendy Sherman
Jul 13, 2020
Episode 26: Barry’s Bootcamp CEO Joey Gonzalez
Jul 06, 2020
Episode 25: Lieutenant General Thomas Trask
Jun 29, 2020
Episode 24: OneRepublic Lead Singer Ryan Tedder
Jun 22, 2020
Episode 23: Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 22: #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Tom Rath
Jun 08, 2020
Episode 21: Yoga Guru Kino MacGregor
Jun 01, 2020
Episode 20: Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins
May 25, 2020
Episode 19: MLB Play-By-Play Announcer Victor Rojas
May 18, 2020
Episode 18: General Martin Dempsey
May 11, 2020
Episode 17: Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Murphy
May 04, 2020
Episode 16: Commonwealth Founder Joseph Deitch 
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 15: Lieutenant General Reynold Hoover
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 14: Hint Water Founder and CEO Kara Goldin
Apr 13, 2020
Episode 13: NBA Legend Rick Barry
Apr 07, 2020
Episode 12: Billionaire Inventor Dr. Gary Michelson
Mar 30, 2020
Episode 11: Two-Time Emmy Award Winner Christina Cindrich
Mar 23, 2020
Episode 10: Admiral James Stavridis
Mar 16, 2020
Episode 9: Mindfulness Guru Dr. Kamlesh Patel
Mar 10, 2020
Episode 8: Former Campbell Soup CEO Doug Conant
Mar 03, 2020
Episode 7: Rob Lowe
Feb 25, 2020
Episode 6: FanDuel Co-Founder Tom Griffiths
Feb 18, 2020
Episode 5: Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack
Feb 11, 2020
Episode 4: Gold’s Gym CEO Adam Zeitsiff
Feb 04, 2020
Episode 3: Suzanne Somers
Jan 23, 2020
Episode 2: Deloitte Consulting CEO Dan Helfrich
Jan 23, 2020
Episode 1: Kayak Co-Founder Keith Melnick
Jan 10, 2020