Leadership Conversations

Drop the Ball: Achieving More By Doing Less Get clear about what matters most to you. Instead of focusing on the areas that matter, get clear about what you hope to achieve in the important areas of your life. You have heard the saying you can’t have it all, at least not at the same time. Life is a juggling act and you need to […]

Success is directly related to your ability to give clear instructions, follow up, and take responsibility for your actions. Join us as Lead Star’s Angie Morgan speaks with Marsh Carter, lecturer in leadership and management at the Sloan School of Management at MIT and former Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, about his transition from the United States Marine Corps to the corporate world […]

The Power of Alignment: How Great Companies Stay Centered and Accomplish Extraordinary Things Alignment is absolutely fundamental to the concept of leadership. Have you ever had the feeling that you were living in a different world than the rest of your company or organization? Perhaps it felt like the right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing? Or, maybe you are an executive […]

High-Stakes Leadership: Leading Through Crisis with Courage, Judgment, and Fortitude “In business, you have to go beyond your own perception and ask yourself how you come to a conclusion. The stories we tell ourselves impact our behavior.” If asked what separates great leaders from poor leaders, you could likely identify a long list of characteristics. It can be more challenging, however, to differentiate between good and great […]

The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War No one can tell a story better than New York Times Bestselling author Doug Stanton. It’s both an art and a science, involving inspiration and structure. A good story motivates, moves, and calls to action. Storytelling, in fact, is a powerful business skill. Whereas facts and data are […]

The Decision Makeover: An Intentional Approach to Living Life the Way You Want The secret of happy and successful people? Their ability to make good decisions.    Changing careers, launching a business, starting a family, buying a home, moving to a new city? How do you know whether you’re making the right decision? In The Decision Makeover, Mike Whitaker offers a thoughtful and strategic approach […]

the Future-Proof Workplace Nobody can really be sure what tomorrow will bring. We do know that the future will be different from what we’ve known.  In workplaces across the globe, conventional wisdom is being thrown out the window. Approaches that were tried and true are being challenged and debunked. Rules that once made sense no longer seem to apply. Everything seems to be in flux […]

Join us as ANGIE MORGAN speaks with MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, New York Times Bestselling author and modern-day inventor of the 360, who will share with us how to get a clear sense of how we can be more influential in our work environments.

Lead Star Founding Partner, Angie Morgan, speaks with Morag Barrett, author of "Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships" and a leadership development expert, speaker, and author. In this podcast, Morag shares how to nurture Ally relationships to increase your impact and accelerate your success.

  Why Overcoming Incivility in the Workplace Leads to Success Many of us have dealt with a challenging boss or colleague at some point in our career. It might have been the team member with the snarky remarks and rude behavior, or the boss that yells if there’s a small typo in the draft of the client proposal. Incivility is silently chipping away at people, […]

  At Lead Star, we describe a leader as someone who influences outcomes and inspires others. What do we need to do as leaders to influence the financial outcomes we want? Listen in as Courtney Lynch, Lead Star Partner, speaks with special guest, Lead Star’s own CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Lynn Anne Gillen, about a topic that is always top of mind: Personal Financial Leadership. Their […]

In your ongoing search for innovation, growth, and better results, you will almost certainly encounter failures. How do you minimize the impact of these failures and — more importantly — take advantage of the valuable information contained in those failures? Listen in to Mark Coopersmith as he speaks with Sean Lynch, Senior Lead Star Consultant, and shares insights on how to do just that, drawing on exclusive interviews with leaders of organizations of all sizes, types and stages.

  Laura Stack is a noted expert in employee and team productivity. She is best known by her moniker, “THE PRODUCTIVITY PRO®.” Her engaging personality, combined with nearly 25 years of experience helping organizations achieve results, have made her a sought-after expert and keynote speaker in her field. Funny, engaging, and full of real-life strategies that work, Laura will change mindsets and attitudes. Listen in […]

  What do you do when you’re under pressure? Do you feel like your head is about to explode the morning of an important presentation, interview, sales call, or difficult conversation? If so, you need to listen to this Leadership Conversation! Angie Morgan, Lead Star Founder, spoke with Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry, co-author of the New York Times and Amazon bestselling book, Performing Under Pressure: The Science of […]

  A Leadership Conversation with Michael Pantalon, author of Instant Influence: How to Get Anyone to Do Anything — FAST. Over the last two decades, Mike’s work as a psychologist, researcher, coach, consultant, and author, has shown that it is possible to motivate ourselves and others quickly and easily. During this 25 minute teleseminar, listen in as we discuss with Mike some of these methods […]

  A Leadership Conversation with Alan Nelson, founder of KidLead, a non-profit organization that provides resources aimed at developing young leaders. During this 20 minute teleseminar, listen in as we discuss with Alan why it is important to develop young leaders and some best practices and resources to accomplish this goal.

  A Leadership Conversation with Ben Casnocha, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-author of several books including The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age. During this 30 minute teleseminar, hear Ben discuss key principles presented in The Alliance, including how to recruit, manage, and retain the entrepreneurial employees needed to succeed in the networked age.

  A Leadership Conversation with Kate White, an internationally known expert on careers, leadership, and success. Kate is also a bestselling author of several books on those subjects, including I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion and Build the Career You Deserve. Hear Kate speak about the secrets of success during this 30 minute teleseminar.

  A Conversation with Greg McKeown, author of several publications including The New York Times Bestseller “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less,” as well as “Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter,” and a blog for Harvard Business Review.

  A Conversation with Dr. John Kotter, Harvard Professor, award winning business and management thought leader, and author of several books including “ACCELERATE: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World.”

  A Conversation with Warren Berger, an expert on design thinking and innovation, and author of the book “A More Beautiful Question.”

  A Conversation with Sara Laschever, co-author of several books including, “Women Don’t Ask” and “Ask for It!”

  A Conversation with Jeff DeGraff, University of Michigan professor, co-author of several books including “Leading Innovation” and “Competing Values Leadership” and a renowned thought leader on the topic of innovation.

  A Conversation with Thomas Kolditz, an internationally recognized expert on crisis leadership and leadership in extreme contexts, and author of the book “In Extremis Leadership: Leading as if Your Life Depended on It.”

  A Conversation with Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore professor and author of several books including “The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less.”

  A Conversation with Dee Dee Myers, author of “Why Women Should Rule the World.”

  A Conversation with Gretchen Rubin, best-selling author of “The Happiness Project” and “Happier at Home.”

  A Conversation with Paul Tough, author of “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.”

  A Conversation with Dan Pink, author of four books about the changing world of work including the long-running New York Times bestseller, “A Whole New Mind,” and the #1 New York Times bestseller, “Drive.”

  A Conversation with Betsy Myers, author of “Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You.”

  A Conversation with Tony Schwartz, best-selling author of “The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working” and founder of The Energy Project.