Leadership By Design, a Global Talent Management Podcast

Dianna Anderson, MCC, is the CEO of Cylient, and the creator of Cylient's system for instilling coaching cultures where people feel safe, seen and supported to realize their potential. The Untying the Knot approach to “in the moment” coaching and feedback that Dianna created has given thousands of people, worldwide, the practical skills they need to turn everyday conversations into opportunities to help others learn from their day-to-day challenges, create connections, and inspire people to take action. Forbes calls Dianna a pioneer in the creation of coaching cultures. She recognized the transformational power of coaching as a leadership style in the early ‘90s when she began her coaching career. Dianna is one of the first graduates from Coach University and a founding member of the International Coach Federation. Dianna can be reached at dianna@cylient.com.

Dr. Andreas Hoffbauer is the founder of Atelier Kultur, an organizational and behavioral design studio that works with companies to create cultures and environments in which transformative ideas can happen. He's worked with organizations across all stages of growth and development, from established multinationals to start-ups. Combining organizational design principles and behavioral sciences, Andreas helps build cultures and practices that empower teams to challenge the status quo, pounce on novel opportunities and ideas, and remain cohesive as the nature of how we work together and connect within organizations changes.

Lauren Zulli is a Senior Learning Strategist and Internal Coach on the Global Leadership Development team here at Herman Miller. Lauren possesses deep experience working at the intersection of conscious leadership, organizational development, and sustainability. She is passionate about helping people unlock their potential, reduce human struggles, and own their unique abilities. Lauren's compassionate, yet challenging whole-being approach facilitates inner and outer success for clients by cultivating awareness and aligning core values with meaningful action. As a Professional Certified Coach, Lauren leverages evidence-based techniques rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Coaching, Psychological Safety, and Mindfulness to help leaders and teams manage change, culture, well-being, and performance. She's coached and consulted in private, public, and non-profit sectors serving many industries including manufacturing, technology, engineering, management consulting, financial services, hospitality, healthcare, education, marketing, and non-profit. Lauren is a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, as well as a Psychological Safety Coach through The Academy of Brain-based Leadership. Lauren also holds certifications in Energy Leadership through Institute for Professional Excellence and is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher through the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine. Lauren obtained her Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy from the University of Pittsburgh and her Master of Business Administration in Sustainability from Duquesne University. Lauren is an explorer of the outdoors, a dedicated yogini, and aspiring triathlete. Her typical weekend looks like lounging with a book at the beach, hiking mountain trails, and noshing on fish tacos.

Heather Esposito is the Senior Manager of Global Leadership Development for Herman Miller. In the last 5 years, she has focused much of her work around the neuroscience of quality conversations, Growth Mindset, and Psychological Safety while serving as an internal executive coach and coach trainer for the leaders at Herman Miller. She developed and launched the coaching program which recently won a gold award from Chief Learning Officer magazine and a bronze award from Brandon Hall Consulting. She also serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Academy of Brain-Based Leadership. Heather is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. She is passionate about helping others reach their full potential by unlocking limiting beliefs and mindsets that get in the way. She has spent over 2500 hours either in coaching conversations with our employees and leaders or helping our employees and leaders learn the skill of coaching. Heather is an avid learner. She holds two bachelor degrees in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of New Orleans and two masters degrees. Her Masters in Special Education is from the University of New Orleans and she recently completed a Masters Degree in Leadership and Human Resource Development through Louisiana State University during 2020. Outside of work, she is a wife to Eddie and mother to Jorden, 22; Mattie, 19; and Amelia, almost 16. In her spare time she enjoys reading, doing puzzles, anything crafty, and is a master of Candy Crush Saga.For more information on the Leadership Principles and Practices, click here

Myron is our Vice President of Global Product Innovation where he is responsible for rapid development and commercialization of new consumer products and material-based solutions. He came to us from Nike (and Dow Chemical before that) where he led teams of world-class innovators with proven delivery on multiple product launches that have earned (16) internal/external awards. Myron is passionate about developmental projects that involve cross-functional teamwork, business case development, data-based decision making, intellectual property strategy and external technology positioning. He holds both a bachelor and masters science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Robin Hills is the director of Ei4Change, a company specialising in educational training, coaching and personal development focused around emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience. Robin has over 40 years' business and commercial experience helping executives and leaders develop business performance through increased self-awareness and understanding of others. Robin has delivered key-note speeches and workshops at emotional intelligence conferences across the world. He is registered with the British Psychological Society and is an active member of the Committee for the Association of Business Psychology in the NW of England.Robin has developed the most comprehensive range of emotional intelligence online courses that are available on the internet. These cover topics such as leadership, teamwork, conflict management, resilience, and communication skills. The fun, engaging courses have been taken by over 250,000 learners in 180+ countries.For Robin's free class on mindfulness, please visit: https://courses.ei4change.info/courses/working-with-mindfulness

Ryan Anderson serves as Vice President of Global Research and Insights at Herman Miller, where his team focuses on gaining and sharing insights to help Herman Miller customers thrive. Previously, Ryan was Vice President of Digital Innovation at Herman Miller. With over twenty-five years of industry experience, much of Ryan's work has centered on how technological and social changes have enabled new ways of working and living, and how the places we inhabit can support positive, productive experiences. Ryan's regularly speaks about the Herman Miller's research, and has been featured in Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Fast Company, NPR, the BBC and beyond.

Bill Adams loves people and is passionate about relationships, leadership and business. He is a serial entrepreneur who has started, owned and sold multiple businesses. As one of the founders of Full Circle Group, a premier leadership consulting firm, and the CEO of Full Circle Group, North America and The Leadership Circle, Bill brings thirty years of experience to his clients – the CEOs of major Fortune 500 corporations, non-profits and private equity start-ups. In addition, Bill co-authored Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results and Scaling Leadership: Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most. As a trusted advisor, teacher, consultant and coach, he works with CEOs and top teams in fulfilling the promise of leadership.Bill is a master at working with clients to manifest their leadership and organizational potential within the context of achieving business results. Paramount to his success is the ability to partner with senior executives to bring about business transformation. From start-ups to mature organizations,Bill teaches and applies time-proven principles that translate into bottom line results, effective organizations and personal fulfillment. He does this with a focus on total participation and creating cultures where people are committed to investing their discretionary energy, while assuming personal responsibility for the results they produce.Bill has a master's degree in interpersonal and organizational communication from the University of Montana. He is most at home in the outdoors with his wife and partner Cindy, their four children and an increasing number of grandchildren.

Sarah Devereaux spent 14 years in the Learning and Leadership Development space at Google. Some of her more recent roles included: Head of Executive Development Programs, Head of Strategic Initiatives for The Google School for Leaders, and Global Lead of the g2g (Googlers-to-Googlers) program. Sarah was also a founding member of The Google School for Leaders and worked directly on creating Google's overall philosophy on leadership development. Sarah has been coaching and facilitating for more than a decade on a variety of topics, including: resilience, wellbeing, innovation, self-awareness, leadership, complexity theory, systems thinking, and more. Sarah has a passion for learning and helping individuals and organizations to realize their full potential. She is particularly passionate about coaching senior women leaders in traditionally male-dominated industries, like tech, finance, and manufacturing. Sarah now lives in Boulder, CO with her family but will always call Michigan home. For more information on our Leadership Principles and Practices visit our website: https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices

Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist best known for his work in influence, human connection, and decision making. Levyspecializes in applying the latest research to transform the ways companies approach marketing, sales, consumer engagement, and culture. His clients range from Fortune 500 brands to startups. More than a decade ago, Jon founded The Influencers Dinner, a secret dining experience for industry leaders ranging from Nobel laureates, Olympians, celebrities, and executives, to artists, musicians, and even the occasional princess. Guests cook dinner together but can't discuss their career or give their last name, and once seated to eat, they play a game to reveal who they are. Over time, these dinners developed into a community. With thousands of members, Influencers is the largest community of its type worldwide.In Levy's latest book, You're Invited, readers are guided through the art and science of creating deep and meaningful connections with anyone, regardless of their stature or celebrity, and demonstrates how we develop influence, gain trust, and build community so that we can impact our communities and achieve what's important to us.For more information on Cultivating Connection, check out the Leadership Principles and Practices website: https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices

Trevor Ragan is the founder of The Learner Lab - an educational website designed to unpack and share the science of learning and development. He spends his time with thought leaders and researchers from the worlds of psychology and developmental science, consumes their research, connects the dots, and shares it with anyone that will listen. He's worked with professional, college, and olympic sports teams, Fortune 50 companies, prisons, and in hundreds of schools across the country. These workshops are designed to help people understand and apply important principles of development, in order to become better, more resilient learners.For more information on Growth Mindset and to view additional resources from Trevor, check out the Leadership Principles and Practices website: https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices

Paul McFadden is a highly accomplished and sought-after executive & team coach, wellness coach, leadership development strategist, resilience & performance expert, trusted advisor, facilitator, keynote, former IT executive and veteran of the US Navy/Merchant Marine Reserves and has been exemplifying leadership excellence for almost 30 years in the Military, Private, Public and Volunteer sectors. For the last decade, he has been the Managing Director and COO of Zero Point Leadership, Inc., a global, science-based leadership and human development firm with foundations in neuroscience, mindfulness, resilience, quantum theory, peak performance and mind-body research. As a coach and consultant, Paul is passionate about helping individuals, leaders and organizations create an environment which fosters a culture of high trust, self-directed change, increased collaboration and optimal performance through the integration of cutting-edge strategies/techniques grounded in science-based research and evidence-based practice with innovations in leadership and personal development. His fundamental philosophy is that true leadership begins within through the mastery of self. The result of which has led to the co-creation of the Integrative NeuroSomatic® approach to Self-Mastery; inspiring leaders to align with their passion, disrupt limiting patterns, and develop the intentional practices or rituals essential for becoming the best versions of themselves. Paul is also a facilitator and Adjunct Faculty with the Center for Disease Control University, the Transportation Safety Institute, the Federal Executive Institute and the Office of Personnel Management's Center for Leadership Development. In addition, he is a member of a strategic facilitator's panel with the National Science Foundation and is Coach Faculty with Linkage's Global Institute for Leadership Development (GILD) as well as their Advancing Women in Leadership (WIL) Institute. Paul earned his Bachelor of Science at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and was honorably discharged from the US Navy/Merchant Marine Reserves after (4) years of service. He completed his coach specific training with the NeuroLeadership Institute and earned his Brain-Based Professional Coach Certification specializing in Executive and Team Coaching. He maintains the credential of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation and has over 1800 hours of 1-on-1 and team coaching experience. Additionally, he is a HeartMath® Certified Trainer (HMCT) and completed his Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC) certification through the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. Paul is currently completing his Certified Personal Trainer certification with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, is a fall 2020 Candidate for the National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) certification and is pursuing his Ph.D. in Integrative Medicine at Quantum University in Hawaii. He is also an avid motorcycle enthusiast.

Paul McGinniss is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation and holds these additional credentials:Results Professional Certified Coach through the NeuroLeadership InstituteMy Brain Solutions Leadership Assessment certification through the Academy for Brain-Based LeadershipStrategic Business Leadership (SBL®) coach from The Alternative Board (TAB®)Certified Practitioner with The Leadership CircleMS in Human Resources Management & Labor Relations from NYIT Paul navigated a 20-year career in corporate America, then launched his own coaching practice in 2006 before developing two successive applied-neuroscience leadership development/coach training programs. Paul has coached, mentored, and taught coaching skills to thousands of senior leaders and managers in multiple industries at companies including Accenture, American Express, Coca Cola, CVS Caremark, DE Shaw, eBay, EY, FedEx, Genentech, John Deere, Ericsson, Humana, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Pfizer, Prudential Inc., Stanford University, Starbucks, Time Warner, and The Walt Disney Company. In his work with senior leaders, Paul uses neuroscience-based models and relevant coaching structures to help them create new thinking, re-engage employees, jumpstart performance, and maximize results. Paul has also presented at numerous conferences. He is currently back at EY as internal executive coach.In 2016, Paul saw a need to help organizations and their leaders learn how to create culture change through fostering a Growth Mindset, improving Psychological Safety among teams, and harnessing the power of conversations. He has found, through his extensive personal and professional experience, that understanding and honoring the fundamental principles of neuroscience is the most effective way to create positive and sustainable change for individuals and organizations.

Andi Owen is the Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors for Herman Miller, Inc., a globally recognized design and innovation company. Herman Miller provides furnishings and related technologies and services to solve problems for people wherever they live, work, learn, heal and play. As CEO, Andi is responsible for leading the company's worldwide operations, which encompasses just over 8,500 team members and revenue of $2.49 billion in fiscal 2020. She was appointed President and CEO in August 2018 and is overseeing the company's aggressive growth strategy to reach untapped market potential around the world. Andi has a demonstrated history of leading complex customer-focused businesses. She is a life-long learner whose natural curiosity led her to pursue a variety of professional opportunities during her 25-year career with Gap, Inc. From 2014-2017, Andi was the Global President of Banana Republic, where she held full P&L responsibility for the $2.8 billion brand, leading 11,000 employees in more than 600 specialty and outlet stores across 27 countries. Andi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and completed Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. She also completed Harvard's intensive, first-of-its-kind course, Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director. Andi is a member of the Board of Directors for Taylor Morrison Home Corporation. She is also active in the community, serving as a member of the BIFMA Board, The Right Place, Inc., Business Leaders for Michigan, and the Herman Miller Foundation. For more information on the Leadership Principles and Practices website: https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices/SitePages/Definitions.aspx

Dr. Dan Radecki is Co-founder at the Academy of Brain-based Leadership (ABL), which offers a scientifically validated, brain-based approach for future-oriented leaders and organizations interested in optimizing their performance, relationships and health. Dan also serves as Executive Director of Research and Development at AbbVie Inc., where he is a Global Leader for drug development programs. Dan holds a Bachelors in Psychology, Masters in Biopsychology and PhD in Neuroscience. Working as a leader in the corporate world allows Dan the unique perspective on how our knowledge of brain functioning can aid leaders in maximizing their results as well as the results of their teams. With this unique perspective from roles in both the leadership and neuroscientific world, in 2009 Dan created the content for the educational arm of the NeuroLeadership Institute and served as the lead professor and advisor for the Master of Science program in the Neuroscience of Leadership. This was the first university-accredited program ever developed to incorporate cutting edge neuroscience research into an optimal model of leadership. In the following 10 years, Dan has taught thousands of leaders in 40 countries, on the neuroscientific underpinnings of effective leadership. Dan co-authored the book “Psychological Safety: Managing the Hidden Drivers of Individual Behavior and Team Success”. He has been guest editor on a special issue for the Journal of Consulting Psychology, written numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles, been published in the Harvard Business Review, delivered a TEDx keynote and has lectured internationally on topics such as the neuroscience of resilience, bias, creativity, leadership wisdom, the aging brain, the biology of collaboration and the impact of stress on the brain. For more information on Building Trust and Belonging, check out the Leadership Principles and Practices website: https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices/SitePages/Definitions.aspx

Matthew Tedesco is the Vice President and General Manager,Greater New York and Canada. In his role, Matthew is responsible for Herman Miller's commerical, healthcare, and institutional business and for supporting the organization's broader strategic goals in the region.For the past 15 year, Matthew has worked for a number of top furniture manfucaturers, both domestically and abroad in Asia. His global experience, his passion for design, and his background in wellbeing provides his team and his clients with a unique and dynamic perspective. Matthew's focus on collaboration, communication, and creativity helps build winning teams and winning solutions. Matthew holds an MBA in Strategic Management from Pace University and a BS/BA from Syracuse University in Supply-Chain Management, Marketing, and Advertising.For more information on Mobilizing around Shared Purpose and to view additional resources from Trevor, check out the Leadership Principles and Practices website: https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices

Trevor Ragan is the founder of The Learner Lab - an educational website designed to unpack and share the science of learning and development. He spends his time with thought leaders and researchers from the worlds of psychology and developmental science, consumes their research, connects the dots, and shares it with anyone that will listen. He's worked with professional, college, and olympic sports teams, Fortune 50 companies, prisons, and in hundreds of schools across the country. These workshops are designed to help people understand and apply important principles of development, in order to become better, more resilient learners.For more information on Growth Mindset and to view additional resources from Trevor, check out the Leadership Principles and Practices website: https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices

For more information on the Leadership Principles and Practices, please go to https://hermanmiller.sharepoint.com/sites/LeadershipPrinciplesandPractices.Music and editing: Sean BeckEditor's Note: The quote "The future will reward clarity and punish certainty." should be attributed to Bob Johansen author of Full-Spectrum Thinking.