Episodes

The Honorable Alison T. Young serves as Managing Director, Leadership and Civic Engagement at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business

Mitch co-founded Timeslips Corp, which grew to become the largest time tracking software company in the world before it was sold to Sage plc in 1998. Then Mitch went on to join long-time friend Chet Holmes as President, later to join forces with Tony Robbins and together created Business Breakthroughs, International with nearly 300 people and about $25M in sales. In 2013, Mitch began writing “The Invisible Organization” which is the CEO’s guide to transitioning a traditional brick and mortar com...

Robert Tucker is one of the most in-demand innovation speakers and workshop leaders in the world today. Since 1986, he has coached and consulted managers, executives and entire teams at organizations ranging from IBM to SAP to American Express. He regularly works with organizations ranging from the Japan Marketing Association to the Ministry of Industry in Morocco. His firm, The Innovation Resource Consulting Group, based in Santa Barbara-California, serves clients in 46 countries. Robert is the...

Her column, The Suburban Outlaw™ can be read in Gannett’s Democrat plus Chronicle and Rochester Magazine where she also contributes feature articles.

Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D., is President of the Pacifica Graduate Institute and the creator of the Pearson Archetype Indicator system and books and instruments that support it. Dr. Pearson’s scholarly, administrative, teaching, and consulting work has always been in the service of helping people live and work at a deeper level of awareness. She has promoted these ends in practice in administrative and teaching positions at the Pacifica Graduate Institute, the University of Maryland, Georgetown Univ...

As the President and Co-founder of Karakoram Group (KG), David Cooper brings the highest level of special operations counter-terrorism and anti-terrorism experience to bear on strategic global security issues, blending a mix of data-driven and experience-driven enterprise risk management and risk leadership practices. As a former US NAVY SEAL and the senior operator for one of our nations’ premier special operations units, Dave spent over a decade not only pursuing some of the world's most wante...

As Vice President of Collaborative Growth James applies his expertise in developing emotional effectiveness to help public and private sector leaders expand the depth of their influence, anticipate change, and respond to it resiliently. James is a thought leader in providing Emotional Intelligence training and tools. He is the coauthor of Emotional Intelligence in Action, The Emotionally Intelligent Team, A Coach’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Handbook for Developing Emotional and Social ...

What does it take to be a leader in today’s complex crisis driven society where traits like diplomacy and safety are key to all our wellbeing at work and at home? Join our special guest, Lt. Don Kester, currently a SWAT Tactical Response Commander after having served as a SWAT Team Operator, Team Leader, and Team Supervisor in one of the largest US border zones, Tucson, Arizona. Lt. Kester has served as a patrol district commander, as the department’s Training Director and is certified as an ins...

Join stress coach, Dr. Carol Scott, formerly an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Hospital and author of Discover Your BestStress Zone to learn the secrets to transforming stress in today’s show. Dr. Scott is an expert on the connections between stress & health and the developer of the BestStress Zone Concept. Dr. Scott is a highly sought after consultant, speaker and one on one StressRelief Coach who has taken her work from the emergency room to the boardroom. As described in a recent Fast C...

Today's show will feature an engaging conversation with motivational speaker Richie Parker and focuses on his compelling and inspirational life. Richie's story, captured in one of the most motivational ESPN videos of all times, shows the many challenges and inspirations of a real American hero. Born without arms, Richie is a top engineer for NASCAR and now a graduate student who speaks to millions through his courageous actions every day. Richie shares his perspectives on Motivational Leadership...

Today's show will feature an engaging conversation with Allen J. Pathmarajah, Executive Chairman of AJP Advisers Pte Ltd (Business Advisers focuses on Organizational Transformation through Leadership Development, Strategic and Financial Management) and Business Thinking Systems (S) Pte Ltd (Business Coaching). He is an Adjunct Professor, School of Business at SIM University and has extensive Consutling experience in England, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia. Allen speaks on Leadership and Manag...

Dr. Steven Stein is the author of Make Your Workplace Great: The 7 Keys to an Emotionally Intelligent Organization , Emotional Intelligence for Dummies , and co-author of the international bestseller The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success . . Dr. Steven Stein is a clinical psychologist and the founder and CEO of Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS), and publisher of the world’s premier Emotional Intelligence assessments, the EQ-i, the BOEI, and the MSCEIT, as well as other leading psych...

Since the Declaration of Independence, Americans have been free to pursue happiness, but there’s no guarantee we’ll achieve it, the secret is knowing where to look. Building on this great heritage, experts Nadler and Greenberg share exciting news on the state of the art about “the science of happiness” and how it impacts our emotional and social intelligence. New insights include how we can choose to joyfully respond to such factors as money or consumptive happiness, the genetics of adventure an...

Brain and neuroscience are now coming together to provide an inside look at what is effective in leadership development. Our guest today has been called a neurotransmitter of linking up neuroscience with leadership and business practices. David Rock is one of the thought leaders in the global coaching profession. The coaching system he developed in the mid-90’s has been taught to over 10,000 professionals worldwide. He is the founder of Results Coaching Systems, which is helping global organizat...

Bill Gates calls her “super high bandwidth.” Bill Clinton has thanked her for “fostering American entrepreneurship.”For over 30 years New York Times bestselling author and Leadership and Culture Coach Christine Comaford has been helping leaders navigate growth and change. Christine is sought after for providing proven strategies to shift executive behavior to create more positive outcomes, enroll and align teams in times of change, massively increase sales, product offerings, and company value. ...

Due Quach, founder of Calm Clarity, is one of few people with a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business who started life in poverty. After building a successful international business career in management consulting and private equity, she decided to pursue her dream to help people overcome adversity and build resilience. To gain a deeper understanding of the transformative benefits of meditation practices, Due studied various meditation traditions in India and ...

Leaders drive engagement, engagement drives productivity and Emotional Intelligence drives leadership. In today’s show Cathy and Relly give some of the latest updates about Emotional Intelligence (EI) research and the new Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi 2.0) assessment. They also will take a deeper dive looking at three of the EI leadership competencies for Decision Making and strategies on how to raise and enhance these competencies. Cathy and Relly will discuss the Emotional Intelligence his...

Dr. Sharon Melnick is a psychologist/coach dedicated to helping talented and successful people “get out of their own way”. Informed by 10 years of research at Harvard Medical School and trained in cutting edge stress resilience techniques, she is a leading authority in helping business professionals move to the next level and feel secure about themselves in insecure times. Sharon is dynamic trainer and executive coach for businesspeople in varying functional roles. She has a strong track record ...

During his basketball career he lead his University of Illinois team to the Final Four 1989. From there Stephen played 10 years professionally with stops in the NBA (Dallas, Detroit, and San Antonio) and overseas (France, Japan, Italy, Spain, and Venezuela). Bardo made a smooth transition into sports broadcasting and has worked with CBS and ESPN. He currently is a college basketball analyst for the Big Ten Network and motivates audiences with his presentations on leadership to youth, association...

Chris Auger co-founder of the groundbreaking new consultancy, The Fearless Leaders Group (FLG, LLC), is a decorated retired Naval Special Warfare SEAL officer who holds a Masters in Global Leadership, is a Board Certified Coach and is earning a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership at Regent University. During his 27 successful years of service as a US Navy SEAL, Lieutenant Commander Auger(Ret) contributed to developing key training and education programs for hundreds of outstanding members of the N...

Jonathan pursues research on consciousness, memory, the relationship between language and thought, problem-solving, and decision-making. He is particularly interested in exploring phenomena that intersect between the empirical and the philosophical such as how fluctuations in people’s awareness of their experience mediate mind-wandering and how exposing individuals to philosophical positions alters their behavior. We will focus on how these discoveries can help leaders today. In 2007 he joined t...

Elad Levinson has over 45 years of experience as a leadership coach and organizational consultant. He's currently the Senior Organization Effectiveness Consultant at 4128Associates. Elad will teach the first Praxis You course, Thriving on Change, coming this Spring from More Than Sound. Elad has been a senior Organization Development and Learning and Development professional at Agilent, Stanford University, ICANN and several start-ups. He was the first to apply the Stress theory to business and ...

After his friend died in the World Trade Center on 9/11, David Hale Sylvester adopted a mission to enhance the world one interaction at a time. To that end, David has bicycled, volunteered, hugged and high5’ed his way across Africa, Asia, Australia and North America. (Talk about a universal model for Emotional and Social Intelligence!) David never imagined he would be evolving into a philanthropic, cross continental bicyclist-author-filmmaker - but now, he will be the first to tell you that: he ...

Mirabai Bush is co-author, with Ram Dass, of Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service. She has new CD program Working with Mindfulness from www.morethansound.net. She offers exercises from the workplace which she has taught at Google and other companies. Mirabai Bush was a co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and Executive Director there until 2008. The Center developed programs integrating contemplative practice and perspective into their lives and work. Mi...