Episode 100: Facilitating conversations with the world's best performers with Jordan Harbinger
EPISODE 100 IS HERE! This causes for a celebration, so I thought I’d get my favourite podcaster on the show. A guy that I’ve talked about many times on this podcast and shared his philosophy about building your network and relationships, and that guy is Jordan Harbinger from The Jordan Harbinger Show.
Jordan Harbinger is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and a communications and social dynamics expert.
He interviews the world’s top performers — from legendary musicians to intelligence operatives, iconoclastic writers to visionary change-makers at The Jordan Harbinger Show, consistently holding in the iTunes top 100 after just a few weeks.
In this episode I wanted to focus on what it takes to facilitate conversations with some of the world’s most amazing people, he’s had Malcolm Gladwell, John Maxwell, Simon Sinek, Lisa Lampenelli, Kobe Bryant on his show.
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In this episode you will learn:
How to build trust with people by developing an ongoing relationship with them ("Digging the well before you get thirsty")
How to direct unique conversations and interviews by putting the effort in beforehand
How to connect with and book incredible guests on your podcast
About our guest: Jordan Harbinger
Jordan has hosted a top 50 iTunes podcast for over 12 years and receives over six million downloads per month, making The Jordan Harbinger Show one of the most popular podcasts in the world. The show was awarded Apple’s “Best of 2018” and is one of the most downloaded shows of the year. On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people on earth and shares their strategies, perspectives, and practical insights with the rest of us.
Jordan spent several years abroad in Europe and the developing world, including South America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and he speaks five languages. He has also worked for various governments and NGOs overseas, traveled through war zones, and been kidnapped — twice. He’ll tell you the only reason he’s still alive and kicking is because of his ability to talk his way into (and out of) just about any type of situation.
Jordan Harbinger is a member of the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Quotes of the show
“Charisma is a key component of being liked.”
“You can outwork other podcasters when you are willing to do what others are not.”
“The next level for me is finding not the well-known person but people with really unique and interesting stories.”
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About the host: Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes is an international facilitator, speaker and coach who loves creating unpredictable workshop experiences, that predictably work.
She combines her experience in Marketing, with her education in Human Resources and Psychology, to help leaders create engaging everyday experiences – that are so contagious they scale across teams, functions and regions.
Leanne has facilitated leadership, onboarding and team-development workshops across Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mongolia and Singapore and believes in a strengths-centred approach to learning and development. She has over 13 years’ of experience across a range of industries including mining, government and tourism sectors.
She’s the host of the First Time Facilitator podcast and was a finalist in the 2018 Australian Learning Impact awards for Learning Professional of the Year.