Episodes

Mastering Your Balance with Bill Leider
Oct. 18, 2021

Mastering Your Balance with Bill Leider

Bill Leider is a seasoned, highly respected executive leader, advisor, and consultant. He is the co-founder and managing partner of Axies Group, a consulting company. He works with growth-minded leaders and organizations that want to propel their performance from acceptable to exceptional. His more than 35 years of experience include being the CEO of both publicly traded and privately-owned companies and advising and consulting to companies ranging from ambitious start-ups to Fortune 500s in a w...
Vulnerable Leadership with Lisa Marie Platske
Sept. 20, 2021

Vulnerable Leadership with Lisa Marie Platske

An award-winning leadership expert in human behavior, Lisa Marie Platske has received accolades from the White House, the United States Small Business Administration, and The International Alliance for Women, recognized as one of the top 100 women making a difference in the world. She left her Federal law enforcement career to be the CEO of an international leadership development company, Upside Thinking, Inc. Lisa Marie delivers presentations worldwide sharing research on how vulnerability and ...
How Leaders Build a Reputation for Being Trustworthy
Aug. 30, 2021

How Leaders Build a Reputation for Being Trustworthy

Ron is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership. He has worked with start-ups to Fortune 10’s companies. Ron has helped organizations articulate strategies that lead to accelerated growth, and design organizations that can execute those strategies. He has worked in m...
Former Frontline Civil Servant: How EI Fits His Global Efforts
Aug. 16, 2021

Former Frontline Civil Servant: How EI Fits His Global Efforts

Robert Brzenchek is the founder/owner of the Delaware-based non-profit organization The Brzenchek Foundation Corp, where the mission is to be a global change agent to empower communities through advocacy, training, consulting, and philanthropy. Mr.Brzenchek currently hosts a podcast with a focus on social justice and criminal justice reform entitled Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere. Mr.Brzenchek has two published gang books The Gang Life Laugh Now Cry Later Suppression and Pr...
Entrepreneurial Learnings and Leadership with Steve Cunningham
July 19, 2021

Entrepreneurial Learnings and Leadership with Steve Cunningham

Steve Cunningham is the owner and founder of Readitfor.me. They turn the world’s best business and personal books into beautiful 12-minute videos and workshops for organizations around the world. He also created Growitfor.me which he’ll talk about today too. Here’s are some of the top things about him he shared with us. Steve loves being an entrepreneur. He started his first business in grade 4 selling baseball and hockey trading cards. He used to run a digital marketing agency called Three Thir...
Become a Psychologically Flexible Leader with ACT
July 12, 2021

Become a Psychologically Flexible Leader with ACT

Dr. Diana Hill is a clinical psychologist and expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a cutting-edge, evidence-based form of psychotherapy that helps people develop psychological flexibility. Diana co-hosts the Psychologists Off the Clock Podcast where she has interviewed many leaders in the field of psychology, mindfulness, and wellness. She is the co-author with Dr. Debbie Sorensen of ACT Daily Journal: Get Unstuck and Live Fully with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, in which she ...
Leading & Self-Managing Through Adverse & Ambiguous Times
June 28, 2021

Leading & Self-Managing Through Adverse & Ambiguous Times

In our fast-paced, high-tech, ever-evolving world the speed of change, decision-making is getting faster, the level of competition fiercer, and adversity, ambiguity are striking harder than ever. As this is the current and future state of our world, it is imperative that people stay level-headed and focused to effectively function at optimal capacity. The ability to be that stabilizing influence in a world of constant disruption can provide a true competitive advantage and determine the long-ter...
How do you transform Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders?
June 7, 2021

How do you transform Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders?

Dr. Katrina Burrus, CEO/founder of Excellent Executive Coaching LLC, is known for “Fast-tracking leaders to the C-Suite and Beyond” and for “Transforming Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders.” Clients often comment that working with Katrina enlightens leaders to empower co-workers to walk the extra mile. She is a keynote speaker and published, “Managing Brilliant Jerks” and “Global Leadership” a body of work used by Nestle, Novartis, the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organ...
The Coaching Effect: What's the difference between good and great
May 17, 2021

The Coaching Effect: What's the difference between good and great

Bill Eckstrom is the CEO and founder of EcSell Institute. Bill’s professional career path has encompassed sales, sales leadership, executive leadership with both private and publicly traded companies. He established EcSell Institute to fill a void he witnessed in the coaching and leadership profession. EcSell’s research and improvement programming has been utilized in the athletic and academic worlds, spawning new start-ups EcSell Sports and EcSell Education in 2019. Bill’s TED talk titled Why C...
Are You a Leader Worth Following?
May 10, 2021

Are You a Leader Worth Following?

Tim Spiker is the founder of The Aperio and the Who* Not What Principle, a profound research-based truth that has powered 15 years of leadership development success. Tim’s book, The Only Leaders Worth* Following, reveals that 77% of leadership effectiveness comes from who a leader is and not what they do. Using this principle, Tim helps people become, be, and stay leaders who are actually worth following. In short, it means becoming Inwardly Sound and Others Focused. Who our leaders are, rather ...
Curve Benders - David Nour
April 26, 2021

Curve Benders - David Nour

How Strategic Relationships Can Power Your Non-Linear Growth in The Future of Work David Nour – CEO, The Nour Group, Inc. Senior Leadership/Board Innovation Advisor | International Speaker | Best-Selling Author | Forbes Leadership Contributor A senior leadership/board advisor, researcher, executive educator, and best-selling author, David is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. ...
Cultivate a Culture of Leadership (No Matter Your Title)
April 12, 2021

Cultivate a Culture of Leadership (No Matter Your Title)

EB Sanders is a sought-after coach and staffing consultant serving creative individuals, companies, and organizations. She believes that great leaders have extraordinary careers and her mission is to convince everyone that they don’t have to choose between happiness and success. EB spent 12 years as a college professor teaching courses like ‘The History of Creativity.’ But education budgets being what they are, she found her course load shrinking year after year. She fully pivoted into creative ...
Unleash everything you are and become everything you want
March 22, 2021

Unleash everything you are and become everything you want

Why are some people magnetic, confident, comfortable in their skin, and in charge of their destinies? What’s their secret? In a word: Swagger. Our guest Leslie Ehm will show you how to unlock and unleash your personal brand of it in her book. It is part guidebook, part manifesto, a little sweary and completely inspiring, Swagger shatters the myths around “fake it ’til you make it,” shows you how to record over negative mental tapes, and challenge the preconceptions of what you “should” and “shou...
Boomtime: Leading a B2B Marketing Company in Challenging Times
March 15, 2021

Boomtime: Leading a B2B Marketing Company in Challenging Times

JP is the CEO of boomtime. He has over 30 years of experience in marketing, digital strategy, and product management for companies ranging from startups to global brands such as Madison Square Garden, General Mills, DFS Group Ltd., Johnson & Johnson, and National Geographic. JP has worked for or helped companies in both the B2C and the B2B sectors and founded three digital strategy and marketing agencies after working for many years on the corporate side of marketing. JP’s passions are analytics...
Indispensable Leadership Lessons from the Podium of an Orchestra
March 8, 2021

Indispensable Leadership Lessons from the Podium of an Orchestra

Roger Nierenberg has conducted operas at New York’s Lincoln Center, the Stamford Symphony in Connecticut, and the Jacksonville Symphony in Florida. Through his experiences with leaders, he became curious about the challenges and opportunities faced by organizations in times of rapid change. He saw how crucial issues of organizational development could be powerfully brought to life within an orchestra. Thus was born The Music Paradigm and his book Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by List...
"Is Brain Drain Real?" with Dr. Zeina Ghossoub El-Aswad
March 1, 2021

"Is Brain Drain Real?" with Dr. Zeina Ghossoub El-Aswad

Given so many Covid calls, Zoom meetings, and screen watching, it's no wonder we are all suffering from brain fog. Zeina Ghossoub El-Aswad, Ph.D., will join us on today's show to talk about truly nourishing our bodies for the best brain before it's drained. Dr. Zeina Ghossoub El-Aswad, PhD in behavior and counseling, is a wellness and leadership coach and the president of the International Coach Federation (ICF) Chartered Chapter Lebanon. She is also a clinical dietitian and the founder and CEO ...
Motivation to be Your Best
Feb. 22, 2021

Motivation to be Your Best

The pandemic has changed our work world and has presented overwhelming challenges for leaders to be understanding, visionary, empathic and motivate a diverse workforce and stay focused themselves.More employers plan to add remote work options, too, with increased empathy for workers’ daily challenges. All told, major changes are here to stay, and employers think the future looks brighter. In fact, over one-fourth (27%) plan to hire at higher volumes than before the pandemic. So motivating yourse...
Iron Sharpened Leadership: John Gronski
Feb. 15, 2021

Iron Sharpened Leadership: John Gronski

“It is people, not things, who nurture our souls.” Character is the root of leadership. A leader of character must establish a culture of trust. A leader grows trust by trusting others first, providing a vision, displaying integrity, leading by example, and sincerely caring about others. A leader must have more than values and principles. Join us for a fresh look at Character, Competence, and Resilience with author General John Gronski (recently retired) for insights into his forthcoming book, I...
Raise or Praise: The 2021 Forecast for Workers
Feb. 1, 2021

Raise or Praise: The 2021 Forecast for Workers

Cathy and Relly will share research from Indeed with 319 U.S. employers and how COVID 19 will impact work and hiring. The pandemic is still raging on. Vaccines are being distributed slowly. New highly contagious strains of the virus are spreading worldwide and all impacting work. More employers plan to add remote work options, too, with increased empathy for workers’ daily challenges. All told, major changes are here to stay, and employers think the future looks brighter. In fact, over one-fourt...
Encore Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus
Jan. 25, 2021

Encore Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus

The first full week of the New Year has sent all of us spinning with the unthinkable DC riots and the breaking in of the Capital with our leaders hiding for their life in lockdown. Government officials have called it an “unprecedented terrorist attack.” Five people have died and many people are in disbelief that this is happening in the United States. What are some of the key virtues leaders can renew to center themselves and their direct reports and their organizations? We always say the leader...
Break Out Into Nature
Jan. 18, 2021

Break Out Into Nature

Happiest outdoors, Anna-Marie is a certified Performance Coach who loves to escape the confines of four walls and take conversations into nature. Former British Army Officer, she's worked in challenging environments from snowy Arctic tundra to hot & sandy deserts though currently resides within the rolling countryside of Wiltshire. She has an insatiable curiosity about the world and is a self-certified learning junkie with a Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Coaching from the University of De...
Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus
Jan. 11, 2021

Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus

The first full week of the New Year has sent all of us spinning with the unthinkable DC riots and the breaking in of the Capital with our leaders hiding for their life in lockdown. Government officials have called it an "unprecedented terrorist attack." Five people have died and many people are in disbelief that this is happening in the United States. What are some of the key virtues leaders can renew to center themselves and their direct reports and their organizations? We always say the leader...
Steps to be Emotionally Brilliant in 2021
Jan. 4, 2021

Steps to be Emotionally Brilliant in 2021

This show will explore how your hope, inspiration, acceptance, goals, and habits can help you navigate this uncertain future. How did you successfully get through 2020? Who are you grateful for? What are the key learnings for you? What steps do you need to take to be Emotionally Brilliant in 2021? How do you set realistic expectations for 2021 and sustain them? How do deal with your copious and intense emotions generated from the losses and uncertainties from the pandemic, divisive politics, and...
Holiday Actions from Hijacks to More Happiness
Dec. 21, 2020

Holiday Actions from Hijacks to More Happiness

How do we handle a COVID Holiday? This holiday time is full of high expectations and we are often let down. Why do we become our worst selves during the holidays? There are four reasons why this happens and four actions to go from holiday hurts to happiness, which we will highlight. Today 42.6% of us in the US are feeling either anxiety or depression because of COVID consequences. Now with the holidays here our emotions are even more intense. Add in loneliness, sadness, boredom, isolation, irrit...