Category: Interviews

Inside the mind of Phil M Jones

Podcast: “The Magic Words of Management” – Manage Smarter with Audrey Strong and C. Lee Smith

On the Manage Smarter podcast, Audrey and Lee are excellent at facilitating conversations that are – as they describe – frank, fast-paced and humorous, featuring discussions facing managers from the front lines to the C-Suite. I loved their energy in …

Podcast: “Getting the Gigs You Want” – Steal the Show with Michael Port

I had such a great day spending time with Michael and Amy Port back in the summer of 2019. Their incredible facility in Lambertsville was the setting for recording this episode of the Steal The Show podcast. I shared a …

Podcast: “Stop Doing Your Best” – Being at the Top with Scott Ewart

‘I did my best’ is a phrase that often follows failure, but doesn’t actually do anything to help us develop. In the Being at the Top podcast, Scott is a big advocate for striving to better. My experience is that …

Podcast: “Exactly How to Sell” – The Marketing Book Podcast with Douglas Burdett

On the Marketing Book Podcast, a podcast designed to help you become a better marketer, I was invited on to talk about Exactly How To Sell – I even got to do the episode intro! Douglas has real dedication to …

Podcast: “Exactly What to Say to Sell Your Service” – Marketing for Creatives Show with Marina Barayeva

Sometimes it’s as much about what not to say, as it is about choosing the right words. In this episode with Marina, we talk selling services. The show is aimed at creatives, but I firmly believe that any service provider …

Podcast: “The Magic Words for Influence and Impact” – Eternal Leadership with John Ramstead

In this episode with John we discuss topics such as: The piece of advice which helped me with some of my early achievements The worst time to think about the thing you’re going to say The “real job” of somebody …

Podcast: “Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact” – Synergen Leadership with Julian Carle

I’m hugely proud of the success of Exactly What To Say and much of that pride doesn’t come from how many copies have sold, but how many people tell me they have applied what they’ve learned and achieved great results. …

Podcast: “Building Recruitment Efforts with Questions and Magic Words” – Recruit & Retain: Trucking Edition with Chad Hendricks

This episode is a must for anyone in recruitment – not just in the trucking niche. If it would be valuable to you to understand how word choices can significantly help to attract and retain quality people in your organization, …

Podcast: “Words of Influence” – WiseTalk with Sue Bethanis

In this highly practical episode of the WiseTalk podcast, Sue and I discuss: The secret to starting conversations effortlessly How to overcome every common objection with a simple question How to overcome the indecision in your customers How to choose …

Podcast: “Magic Words for Influence and Impact” – Path to Mastery Podcast with David I Hill

What business are you in? We are ALL in the people business. And this is one of the discussions that David and I had on this Path to Mastery podcast. One lesson I’d like to pull out is this: Many …