Podcasts about Leadership development

What moves us from where we are to where we need to be? Often, it's pain or vision. Pain can be a good motivator, but it's a bad master. Vision moves us from the inside and gives us something to move toward. And when vision is real, it doesn't remain an idea; it turns into a plan.

En el episodio de hoy entrevisto a Miren Aldecoa Antón. Miren es Ingeniera de Caminos, Canales y Puertos por la Universidad de Cantabria, cuenta con un Master in Water Engineering and Management, MAGUA, por la Escuela de Organización Industrial, y ha completado además el Program for Leadership Development en Esade. Actualmente es Project Management & Water Processes Manager en Idrica, después de una trayectoria profesional desarrollada siempre dentro del sector del agua, con experiencia en ingeniería de procesos, tratamiento, desalación, gestión de proyectos y transformación digital.A lo largo de su carrera ha pasado por compañías como SACYR, Global Omnium, GoAigua e Idrica. En su etapa más técnica trabajó como Process Engineer y especialista en tratamiento y desalación, participando además en proyectos internacionales de gran escala, entre ellos una planta desaladora en Israel en la que estuvo desplazada durante un periodo de tiempo. Posteriormente, su trayectoria fue evolucionando hacia la gestión de proyectos, la coordinación de equipos y la aplicación de soluciones digitales al ciclo del agua.Idrica es una compañía especializada en la digitalización del ciclo integral del agua. Su actividad se centra en combinar conocimiento operativo, software, analítica de datos y gestión de procesos para ayudar a utilities y operadores a transformar la información disponible en decisiones útiles para la operación. La compañía nace del proceso de transformación digital de Global Omnium y ha desarrollado su actividad en ámbitos como abastecimiento, saneamiento, tratamiento, gestión de activos, eficiencia operativa y soporte a la toma de decisiones.Y es precisamente desde esa doble mirada, la de quien conoce el agua desde la ingeniería y los procesos y la de quien trabaja hoy en la transformación digital del sector, desde donde abordamos en esta conversación algunos de los grandes temas del momento: qué significa realmente digitalizar una organización del agua, cómo convertir los datos en decisiones útiles, qué papel sigue teniendo el conocimiento de proceso, cómo cambia la digitalización entre España, Oriente Medio o Sudamérica y qué debería haber cambiado dentro de diez años para poder hablar de una transformación digital real.Aquí te dejo el índice rápido a las distintas partes del podcast: Introducción Daniel Herrero2:16 Entrevista a MIREN ALDECOA ANTON 1:01:09 Despedida*Al final te dejo un índice detallado de todo lo que hablamos en la conversaciónSi quieres contarme algo sobre el episodio o sobre lo que quieras puedes hacerlo en el siguiente mail: daniel.herrero.marin@gmail.com Puedes escuchar el episodio en todas las plataformas de podcast y también en la web aguasresiduales.info:Enlace aguas residuales.info: https://www.aguasresiduales.info/revista/podcasts Te dejo varios enlaces de

This week's episode of Do Good to Lead Well opens with a lively exchange about the true essence of “managing up.” Our conversation focuses on Melody Wilding's journey from her bestselling book Trust Yourself to her latest, Managing Up, revealing how self-leadership is the essential foundation for influencing those in power. Together, we explore why managing up isn't “boss-pleasing,” but rather empowering yourself to build conditions for true success.Our discussion also dives deep into the psychology and realities of work and why “letting your work speak for itself” is no longer enough. Melody also highlights how to use visibility as a tool for advancing both your projects and your career. Several points were raised, including the power of proactive communication, the necessity of challenging outdated norms, and the reality that managing up is crucial for everyone, not just junior employees.This conversation is rich with actionable frameworks, memorable phrases (such as “power mapping” and “pocket updates”), and mindset shifts for anyone navigating complex teams and tough bosses. Tune in to reconsider what it actually means to lead well while doing it on your own terms.What You'll Learn- Rethinking “Managing Up.”- Visibility is not vanity.- How to use questions and pattern interrupts to set effective boundaries.- Why you want to spend time Power Mapping- Communicating with different leadership styles.- Seeding advancement and compensation conversations.- The power of the “Pocket Update.”Podcast Timestamps(00:00) - The Origin Story of "Managing Up" (05:09) - Redefining Managing Up: Ownership vs. Boss-Pleasing(09:22) - Visibility, Self-Advocacy, and Career Progression(13:36) - Recognizing the Need for Discernment(14:10) - Managing Up as an Essential Senior Leadership Skill(17:14) - The Alignment Conversation and Power Mapping(24:26) - The Boundaries Conversation: Balancing Teamwork and Limits(29:35) - Managing Up to Different Boss Archetypes(44:35) – The Advancement and Money Conversations(49:58) - Everyday Visibility Opportunities and Final TakeawaysKEYWORDSPositive Leadership, Managing Up, Self-Leadership, Leadership Development, Career advancement, Navigating Workplace Dynamics, Setting Boundaries, Managing Office Politics, Stakeholder Management, Power Mapping, Visibility at Work, Executive Communication, Difficult Conversations, Dealing with Micromanagement, Workaholic Bosses, Fear-Based Leadership, Organizational Influence, Self-promotion, Assertive Communication, Advocating for Yourself, Negotiating Compensation, Strategic Advocacy, CEO Success

Hard conversations are part of leadership, but saying what needs to be said without making things worse takes some work. In this Just Lead Podcast episode, Pastor Q talks about how to prepare for difficult conversations, stay focused on the real issue, communicate with clarity, and listen without losing sight of what needs to change.The goal isn't just to get something off your chest. It's to say it in a way the other person can actually hear. Because avoidance creates confusion, anger creates damage, and healthy leadership brings clarity.Don't wait until frustration takes over. Get clear about what needs to be said, consider how the other person will hear it, and have the conversation. You can't control their reaction, but you can control how you communicate. Be clear. Listen well. Treat them with dignity. Then make sure you both understand what needs to change and what happens next.

Most career goals depend on more than your effort. You can do everything right and still face a hiring freeze, an internal candidate, or a decision you cannot control. In this episode, Jill introduces the PROGRESS Framework, a more realistic approach to goal setting that accounts for setbacks, uncertainty, motivation, and changing information.You'll learn:• Why a well-written SMART goal can still leave you without a workable strategy• How to tell whether you have a skills gap, visibility gap, relationship gap, or positioning problem• The difference between a bad week and evidence that it is time to change direction• How to measure progress before the promotion, offer, or career change arrivesSupport the showJill Griffin, is a leadership and career strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh podcast. She works with high achievers to strengthen their leadership, navigate career transitions, build effective teams, and create what's next.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

Dr. Santarvis Brown, educator, pastor, author, and Chief Education Officer at ProQ, joins Michael D. Levitt on the Breakfast Leadership Show for a powerful conversation about leading with purpose. With over 20 years in education and 15 years in pastoral ministry, Dr. Brown brings academic rigor, spiritual grounding, and practical business insight to every leadership conversation.The Leader You Have to Lead First: YourselfIn his book "Leading While Limping," Dr. Brown challenges leaders to confront their own "bang-ups and hang-ups" without filters or masks. When you avoid that internal reckoning, you risk inflicting your unresolved issues onto the people you lead. Authentic leadership begins with radical self-honesty. As Michael puts it, you will spend more time with yourself than with any other person on earth. Working through whatever you find within is not optional for any leader who wants to create lasting impact.Impact Over TitleDuring his tenure as the top education official for the Seminole Tribe of Florida's Department of Education, a young student wandered to the executive floor looking for homework help. Dr. Brown pulled up a chair and helped him with his reading. When the boy's mother arrived, the student looked at her and said simply, "He's a teacher." That moment crystallized the principle Dr. Brown carries everywhere: your title comes and goes, but your impact remains.The Story That Became a ChapterDr. Brown shares a defining story from "Leading While Limping." A university student he mentored went silent one evening, breaking from his usual enthusiastic greeting. Dr. Brown turned around in the parking lot, took the student to a nearby Denny's, and had a conversation about everything and nothing. At 1:30 a.m., the student sent an email with the subject line: "You saved my life." He had been on the verge of ending it rather than returning home without finishing his degree. Dr. Brown was on campus at 5:00 a.m. the next morning, and together they secured the funding needed to get him to graduation. Nearly 20 years later, that student still introduces Dr. Brown to everyone with the same words. The lesson: sometimes you are the aspirin to someone else's headache while carrying a migraine of your own.Human Connection Is Not OptionalLeaders who isolate themselves behind titles miss the very thing that makes people want to follow them. Genuine presence, curiosity, and interest in another person are not soft skills. They are the foundation of any leadership worth building.Growth as a Problem: The Chaos TaxProQ, founded on the book "Don't Walk Off a Cliff in Business" by Thomas McDonald, operates on a simple principle: predictable, scalable, reliable progress. Dr. Brown explains that not all growth is good growth. When growth outpaces process, businesses pay a chaos tax in inefficiency, burnout, and lost leadership bandwidth. ProQ helps organizations grow incrementally and intentionally so that progress becomes sustainable. As Dr. Brown puts it, businesses fail today not because they lack opportunity or know-how, but because they lack process.Connect with Dr. Santarvis BrownLearn more about ProQ at ProQSystems.com https://www.proqsystems.comConnect directly with Dr. Brown at TheLeadershipDoctorSB@gmail.com and subscribe to his YouTube channel, The Leadership Doctor SB (https://www.youtube.com/@TheLeadershipDoctorSB), where he diagnoses leadership challenges every week.Schedule Your Leadership DiagnosticVisit https://www.breakfastleadership.com/leadershipos to schedule a leadership diagnostic for your company today. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Recorded in Ukraine, Pastor Tim Quintrell sits down with Mike Crane of Cornerstone Church in Amite, Louisiana, to reflect on his time serving with the team. They went to pour out and love the people of Ukraine, but along the way, God poured into them. Mike shares a moment when the Lord spoke clearly to him: “I brought you here to show you My glory.”

This sermon was preached by Kendall McKee, Pastor of Young Adults & Leadership Development, on Matthew 6:25–34 and is part of our series Seek First.

What if engagement isn't the goal? Dave Garrison says buy-in is a much higher standard, and most leaders are optimizing for the wrong one.Dave Garrison holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has spent more than 30 years helping CEOs, senior leaders, and organizations create meaningful buy-in across their teams, with executive leadership experience and board roles including Ameritrade. He is the founder of Garrison Growth and author of The Buy-In Advantage.In this conversation, Larry sits down with Dave to talk about why engagement is the wrong finish line, and what actually gets people to bring their full selves to work.What you'll hear:Why buy-in is a higher standard than engagement, and the Friday night football analogy that explains the gapThe real reason people say they're leaving for "more money"The three things employees are actually looking for: purpose, voice, and being seen as a human beingWhy "do you have any questions" is one of the least intelligent questions a leader can ask ABOUT DAVE GARRISONDave Garrison holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has more than 30 years of executive leadership experience, including board roles with organizations such as Ameritrade. He is the founder of Garrison Growth and author of The Buy-In Advantage, and hosts free monthly workshops on leadership topics. ABOUT LARRY OLSENLarry Olsen is a Two-Time Vistage Speaker of the Year and Fortune 50/500 Executive Performance Advisor with 40+ years of client work at Toyota, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Harley-Davidson, Honda, American Airlines, State Farm, Frito Lay, Lexus, and Tropicana. He is the author of Get a Vision and Live It! and the founder of Performance Driven Neurology. IF THIS LANDED FOR YOUA new buy-in process won't fix an old operating system. What actually changes outcomes is how a leader makes decisions under pressure, and that's the same lens Larry brings to every leadership conversation he has.How Leaders Think: https://larry-olsen.kit.com/how-leaders-think CONNECT WITH LARRYEmail: success@larryolsen.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larry-r-olsen CONNECT WITH DAVE GARRISONWebsite: garrisongrowth.comFree assessments and monthly workshops available on his websiteBook: The Buy-In Advantage SUBSCRIBE FOR MORENew episodes of the Brain Vault Podcast publish every other Wednesday. #BrainVaultPodcast #SituationalLeadership #LarryOlsen #AdaptiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment

The more experienced you get, the more dangerous your blind spots become. Not less, more.In this episode of The Inner Edge, executive coach Janet Ioli unpacks the fifth leadership trap: judgment. It's the unconscious sorting mechanism that starts screening out the exact information a leader most needs to hear.Janet tells the story of Priya, a client with multiple graduate degrees who plateaued for years after her boss described her as "too smart" to learn from others. Underneath that feedback was an automatic habit: sizing up whether someone was worth listening to, then tuning out the moment the answer was no.This habit has a name: confirmation bias. It's not a character flaw. It's how the brain saves energy, but in leadership it becomes costly fast.This is the sixth episode in an eight-part series on the seven leadership traps, based on Janet's upcoming book, Escape the Traps (releasing October 2026).Chapters:00:00:00 Why Expertise Creates Dangerous Blind Spots00:00:43 Too Smart to Learn From Others00:02:50 Janet's Own Judgment Trap, in Reverse00:04:38 Naming Confirmation Bias00:08:45 Curiosity as a Performance Multiplier00:09:47 The Mirror Question and Beginner's Mind0:12:53 Next Episode: Trap 6Read the first chapter of Escape The Traps (available October 2026): https://mailchi.mp/5d2dbf42009c/escape-the-traps-chapterWhich trap is running you? Take the quiz and find out: https://tally.so/r/lb4Z4pConnect with Janet Ioli:Website: janetioli.comLinkedIn: Janet IoliInstagram: @janetioliYouTube: @janetioliIf you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli's book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.  Produced by Ideablossoms 

What if one conversation could change your career—but fifty could change your life? Dr. Elizabeth Fried explains why building meaningful relationships isn't about collecting contacts; it's about investing in what she calls relationship capital. Whether you're changing careers, seeking greater visibility, or simply wanting stronger professional relationships, you'll discover a practical approach that replaces awkward networking with genuine curiosity and service. Elizabeth shares unforgettable stories from coaching Navy SEALs and other Special Operations personnel as they transition into civilian careers, along with examples of helping corporate leaders become more influential inside their organizations. You'll discover how to recognize your own hidden strengths, evaluate organizational culture before making a move, and create lasting relationships by focusing on others rather than yourself.  You'll DiscoverWhy relationship capital outlasts networkingHow fifty conversations build confidenceWhat hidden strengths you may overlookWhy culture matters before accepting opportunitiesHow curiosity creates stronger relationshipsConnect with Dr. Fried Social MediaLinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethfried/Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.friedYouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/nefriedWebsite Elizabeth Fried  Https://executivecoachingfirms.com BookStrategic Networking: A Practical Playbookhttps://a.co/d/04poLVnkCheck out all the episodesLeave a review on Apple PodcastsConnect with Meredith on LinkedIn

The hiring system has changed, but most job-search advice hasn't caught up. From ghost jobs and AI screening to algorithms that can repeat bias across employers, there's more happening between your application and a human than you may realize. In this episode, Jill Griffin breaks down what's happening behind the scenes and why your strategy needs to go beyond applying for posted jobs.• What the LinkedIn investigation, Workday lawsuit, and new AI hiring research reveal about the systems screening candidates• Why applying to ten different companies may not mean you're getting ten independent chances to be considered• How to shift your strategy toward positioning, relationships, visibility, and opportunities that exist beyond the application processSources:Lauren Weber & Leslie Kwoh, The Wall Street Journal, "Beware the Phantom Job Listing" (2013)Te-Ping Chen, The Wall Street Journal, "Job Listings Abound, but Many Are Fake" (2023)Isabel Berwick & Sophia Smith, Financial Times, "Beware of Ghost Job Listings" (2022)Reuters Breakingviews, "Fake Jobs Hide Cooler Reality for US Workforce" (2023)Reuters, Derek Mobley v. Workday lawsuit. Stanford University, Chapman University & Northeastern University, Algorithmic Monocultures in HiringMichael Sinkewicz, Fox Business, Linkedin InvestigationSupport the showJill Griffin, is a leadership and career strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh podcast. She works with high achievers to strengthen their leadership, navigate career transitions, build effective teams, and create what's next.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

We'd love to hear from you. Send us fan mail!Your high-potential just hit a ceiling she can't see. Your strong contributor is running a toxic sub-team and you're not sure how to course-correct without losing him. Your new promotion deserves better than a "good luck" and a handbook.Executive coaching is the $20 billion industry you're underusing.Most HR leaders and hiring managers know coaching works; the ROI is proven, engagement lifts, retention improves. But most don't hire coaches, or when they do, they hire badly. They lack effective vetting questions, and a framework that doesn't just rely on a certificate that doesn't carry any weight if someone can't actually create change.This week on Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Bernadette walks through the exact framework she uses to evaluate coaches for her 400+ executive clients. It includes 15 total questions; 10 universal ones every leader should ask, plus 5 critical ones if you're an HR or business leaders investing in coaching for your organization.What You Will Learn• How to accelerate high potentials and fix struggling teams through the right coach match• The 15-question vetting framework that separates great coaches from poor hires• Red flags in coach selection and how to spot them in your first conversation• Why chemistry alone is not enough and not all certficates and credentials are a quaranteeKey Quote:"The best leaders in the world have coaches. It's not because they're broken. It's because they want to show up as the best leader they can be."Episode Chapters0:00 — Introduction0:32 — Why Leaders Don't Hire Coaches (Even When Coaching Works)1:30 — Who This Episode Is For3:35 — Why Coaching Matters and the ROI5:59 — Common Hiring Mistakes Leaders Make8:00 — The 10 Universal Vetting Questions32:55 — The 5 HR-Specific Vetting Questions35:48 — How to Make Your Final Decision37:35 — Your Challenge This Week38:00 — Closing Invitation and Next StepsWant to determine if there are leadership gaps that need attention? Take our free Leadership Gap Diagnostic that takes 10 minutes and pinpoints exactly where you need support. Get started: https://balloffirecoaching.com/opt-inAbout Bernadette BoasBernadette Boas is an executive leadership coach, founder of Ball of Fire Coaching, and author of Shedding the Corporate Bitch. With 25+ years in corporate leadership roles (VP and Chief Knowledge Officer) and 16+ years coaching 400+ executives across Fortune 500 and high-growth companies, she transforms leaders and teams.About Shedding the Corporate BitchEvery episode transforms today's managers into tomorrow's powerhouse leaders. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.Support the show

Dr. Laura reflects on nearly 150 episodes of Where Work Meets Life™ and welcomes us to season seven with a personal message reflecting on the journey that led her here in her exploration of the intersection of work and life. She shares why topics such as toxic leadership, healthy workplace cultures, leadership development, and the future of work continue to matter, while giving us a peek into thought-provoking conversations ahead. She also introduces a new community designed to support those recovering from toxic workplaces, reaffirming her commitment to helping people create healthier, more meaningful work lives. Looking beyond the workplace, Dr. Laura also shares why this season will expand into conversations about spiritual well-being, human connection, and what it truly means to thrive. She discusses the roles purpose, consciousness, and compassion play in our overall health. She highlights upcoming guests such as Celeste Warren, author and DEI thought leader, Jay Abbasi, expert on leadership and burnout, and Fab Morvan, formerly of 80s pop band Milli Vanilli. With warmth, curiosity, and hope, Dr. Laura invites us to join her for another season dedicated to helping people become healthier in their careers and create lives filled with greater meaning and freedom. "If I can help more people be inspired, be better humans, raise better humans, and have healthier work lives, then I've had an impact." - Dr. Laura About Dr. Laura: Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett is a work and career psychologist and thought leader on the evolution of work. She has always been fascinated by how work intersects with life and loves to use her expertise to improve organizations and help people thrive. Her passion for taking creative ideas and launching them into successful business strategies led her to start three counselling psychology practices (Calgary Career Counselling, Canada Career Counselling, and Synthesis Psychology), as well as six different business brands offering organizational assessment and consulting services. Dr. Laura is honoured to have been selected as a Woman of Distinction in Canada in 2014 and received a Canadian Woman of Inspiration Award as a Global Influencer in 2018. Her new book, I Wish I'd Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating and Escaping a Toxic Boss, is available for purchase on Amazon now. Resources: I Want M.O.R.E.: Why Your Job Still Matters by Scott Schieman (University of Toronto) The Truth About Equity: What It Really Is, What It Isn't, and Why Everyone Wins When We Get It Right by Celeste Warren “I Wish I'd Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating and Escaping a Toxic Boss” by Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett Dr. Laura on LinkedIn Where Work Meets Life™ on YouTube   Learn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.live   For more resources, look into Dr. Laura's organizations:  Canada Career Counselling Synthesis Psychology Order Dr. Laura's new book today: I Wish I'd Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating a Toxic Boss Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Recorded from Ukraine, guest hosts Pastors Tim and Dawn Quintrell share from their time serving alongside the team. On her first trip, Dawn discovered that sometimes you don't need all the answers; you simply need to take the next step and show up with love. She shares what the Lord taught her about loving people well, including a beautiful story of how God used an anniversary ring to remind one woman that He sees her and loves her.

April Martini and Anne Candido are the co-founders of ForthRight People, a leadership performance company focused on building high-performing leaders from the inside out, and co-authors of The Power of Your Personal Brand: A Playbook for Struggling Middle Managers Who Want to Do Big Things. With more than 45 years of combined experience, they have lived the realities of the struggling middle and coached hundreds of leaders through career inflection points.Key Discussion Themes:• Why you cannot build yourself like a product, and what to do instead• The personal brand framework: characteristics, appearance, behaviors and actions• How a leader who is a moving target erodes team trust without meaning to• Triggers, and what happens to a team when a leader will not name them• Personal brand as the foundation for strategic action planningListener Takeaway:Your personal brand is not something you manufacture, it is what is already there. Get honest about your characteristics and your triggers, manage how you show up on purpose, and your team stops guessing which version of you they are getting today.Connect with April and Anne:Website: https://forthright-people.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/forthrightpeople.marketingagencyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthrightpeople/Anne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-candido-5156929/Book: The Power of Your Personal Brand, on Amazon and through forthright-people.com, with a free accompanying workbook on the sitePodcast: Strategic Counsel by ForthRight BusinessAbout the Host:Entrepreneur Conundrum is hosted by Virginia Purnell, founder of Distinct Digital Marketing, where she builds human-driven AI systems that help business owners get their time back (and get seen). New episodes every Monday.Work with Virginia: https://www.distinctdigitalmarketing.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiapurnellListen to the Full Episode:https://entrepreneurconundrum.com/anneandapril

This week, Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Jo Stewart-Rattray. The two talk about building a career as a woman in technology, overcoming barriers in male-dominated fields, and advancing global initiatives to support women in IT. In this episode, we discuss: How Jo Stewart-Rattray built her career as a woman in technology, starting from the infrastructure side and climbing the ranks despite being one of very few women in the field. What inspired the creation and global rollout of ISACA's She Leads Tech initiative, and how it responded directly to the needs expressed by women in technology focus groups. When Jo had her leadership "aha" moment, realizing the importance of encouraging and supporting other women rather than just pursuing her own success. Why building a strong support network, both at work and at home, is essential for women pursuing leadership roles in tech, and how having honest mentors has benefited Jo Stewart-Rattray throughout her career. Who has influenced and supported Jo Stewart-Rattray on her journey, including trusted mentors, professional peers, and her late husband, who provided personal encouragement and practical support, How she became involved with ISACA, what the organization does, and the mission of global professional development and support for technologists. Jo Stewart-Rattray, Director of Cyber Security & Assurance Jo has over 30 years' experience in the IT field some of which were spent as CIO in the Utilities and as Group CIO in the Tourism space, and with significant experience in the Information Security arena including as CISO in the healthcare sector. She underpins her information technology and security background with her qualifications in education and management.   She specialises in consulting in risk and technology issues with a particular emphasis on governance and security in both the commercial and operational areas of businesses. Jo provides strategic advice to organisations across a number of industry sectors including banking and finance, utilities, manufacturing, tertiary education, retail, healthcare and government.   Jo has extensive board and committee experience.  She has chaired a number of ISACA's international committees including the Board Audit & Risk Committee, Leadership Development and Professional Influence & Advocacy.  She served as an Elected Director on ISACA's international Board of Directors for seven years and was the founder of its global women's leadership initiative, SheLeadsTech and is Vice President, Communities for the Australian Computer Society.   CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Because of her involvement with the SheLeadsTech program and her rural background Jo was selected from a large number of candidates to be one of only two non-government delegates to join the official Australian Government delegation to the 62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) held in New York in March 2018.  She returned to the UN in 2019 and again virtually spoke at UN events in 2021, 2022 and conducted a conversation circle with women from 12 nations in 2023. She has spoken on Capitol Hill during a Day of Advocacy designed to bring tech leaders together in one place to discuss issues related to women in technology and then to meet with Congress representatives and Senator's offices. Jo has an annual award established in her honour to recognise her outstanding leadership and commitment to increasing the representation of women in technology leadership.  The inaugural ISACA Oceania Jo Stewart-Rattray Award was awarded in September 2018. QUALIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS Master of Education Studies – Psychology Bachelor of Education in Adult Education - Psychology Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) Fellow, Australian Computer Society, Certified Professional (Cyber Security) Vice President, National Rural Women's Coalition (2023-2024) Vice President (Community Boards), Australian Computer Society (2021-2024) Director, International Board of Directors, ISACA (2012-2014, 2015-2018) National ICT Professional of the Year (iAwards 2011) Paul Williams Award for Inspirational Leadership (2014) SA Women's Honour Roll Inductee (2015) IFSEC Global Top 20 Security Thought Leaders (2019) Eugene M. Frank Award for Meritorious Performance, ISACA Global (2020) Fellow & Life Member, Australian Information Security Association, AISA (2021) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-stewart-rattray-gaicd-4991a12/      

What does it look like to lead the way Jesus did — through the cross, not around it? Host Joy Fea welcomes Rev. Dr. Nicole Massie Martin, President and CEO of Christianity Today, to talk about her book Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender. Together, they explore what people really need from a leader, why perfectionism isn't the same as excellence, how power works for women with and without a title, and why loyalty can quietly become an idol. Nicole also shares what “cruciform leadership” looks like on an ordinary Tuesday, and what she'd tell her twentysomething self about ambition, insecurity, and calling.WHAT YOU WILL LEARNWhy transparency — not just confidence — is what makes a leader trustworthy, and how naming the “turbulence” ahead of time actually builds a team's confidence rather than undermining it.What Nicole's book title actually means: leadership “suffering” isn't suffering for its own sake — it's dying to ego, control, and ambition so that something greater can be resurrected through you.How to recognize when perfectionism, not excellence, is driving your leadership (and your parenting) — and why anything involving other people can never be perfect.The difference between operating with excellence and operating to prove your worth — and why God's approval, not your output, is the more stable foundation.A framework for understanding power beyond your job title: legitimate, expert, informational, referential, and reward power, and how to identify and use whatever power you actually have.How to tell the difference between healthy, Christ-centered loyalty and loyalty that has quietly become an idol — and why toxic leaders are usually surrounded by loyal followers who are afraid to speak up.What women uniquely bring to leadership when they're free to lead from who God made them to be, rather than compensating for who they're told they aren't.What “cruciform leadership” looks like in practice — a daily, repeated act of surrendering your schedule, your meetings, and your outcomes to God rather than white-knuckling your way through them.How Nicole leads a 70-year-old media ministry without becoming captive to its legacy — maintaining Christianity Today's founding mission while letting its expression evolve.Nicole's advice to young leaders on discerning calling: focus on your strengths rather than fixing your weaknesses, and hold your context loosely — your calling is bigger than any one role.ABOUT OUR GUEST Reverend Doctor Nicole Massie Martin was born and educated in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a triple major in Human and Organizational Development, Educational Studies, and French. Dr. Martin received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and earned a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.Dr. Martin is the founder and Executive Director of Soulfire International Ministries, which accelerates thriving for pastors, churches, and younger leaders. She has decades of executive leadership experience in the church and Christian non-profits and is currently serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Christianity Today. She is also active in her local congregation, Kingdom Fellowship AME Church, in Maryland.Prior to her role at Christianity Today, Dr. Martin has served in a variety of leadership and executive capacities, including as the Senior Vice President of Ministry Impact at the American Bible Society, as Executive Minister at The Park Church, and Assistant Professor of Ministry and Leadership Development at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC.Dr. Martin is a gifted writer and author of numerous articles and three books: Made to Lead: Empowering Women for Ministry, Leaning In, Letting Go: A Lenten Devotional, and Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender.  She serves on the executive council of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Board of Trustees at Fuller Theological Seminary, and on the National Advisory Council for the Salvation Army. She is a founding board member of the Center for Christianity and Public Life and has been inducted into the esteemed Board of Preachers at Morehouse College.Dr. Martin is married to her best friend, Dr. Mark Martin, and they have two amazing daughters, Addison and Josephine.Send us Fan MailCONNECT WITH USSubscribe to The UpWords Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts and visit slbf.org/studio to learn more about our work at the intersection of faith, the academy, and the marketplace.This episode was created by the SLBF STUDIO at Upper House.Produced by Daniel Johnson and Dave ConourEdited by Dave Conour

Today, Stefan is doing something a little different: more personal, more direct, and with a look at the topics that are currently on his mind as a leader. In this episode of the LEITWOLF® Podcast, Stefan talks about why leadership is still too often treated as a soft skill – even though it is one of the most powerful capabilities for making companies more successful. He shares observations from recent conversations with CEOs, companies, and leadership teams, and explains why “no time” or “no budget” for leadership development sends a dangerous signal. This episode is about people who accidentally become leaders, organizations that do not measure poor leadership, and systems that manage turnover instead of solving its root causes. Stefan makes it clear: without a clear definition, measurement, and development of leadership, real impact rarely happens. A personal episode about momentum, focus, and why we need to take leadership as seriously as its impact on business success deserves. ___ LEITWOLF Podcast, Leadership, Management, Stefan Homeister, Podcast, Business Leadership, Successful Leadership, Organizational Management, Leadership Skills, Leadership Development, Team Management, Self-leadership, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Training, Career Development, Leadership Personality, Success Strategies, Organizational Culture, Motivation and Leadership, Leadership Tips, Leadership Insights, Change Management, Visionary Leadership, Leadership Interviews, Successful Managers, Entrepreneurial Tips, Leadership Best Practices, Leadership Perspectives, Business Coaching

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!French Antiques Experience - Chateau de Brives: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/antique-experience-franceCognac Jewellery School Foundations 2027: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cjs-foundation-2027Cognac Jewellery School Collections Week 2027: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cognac-jewellery-school-collections-2027Carrie Fabris is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and the founder of CareerFrame, where she works with leaders and teams on the kind of self-awareness that actually changes how people show up at work. She's also a self-described activator — someone wired to move fast, act now, and figure out the rest later. Lately, life's been asking her to do the opposite: pause, observe, and trust that the timing isn't hers to control. In this episode, Carrie and Wendy explore:Why Carrie has learned to trust a slower pace and pay attention before reactingWhat it actually took to leave a stable job with zero clients lined up, simply because staying didn't feel right anymoreThe difference between forcing an outcome and taking inspired action, then trusting the timing to work itself outCarrie's story isn't about having a plan for everything. It's about learning that the how isn't always yours to control, and that the action you take matters more than having it all figured out first.Connect with Carrie:CareerFrame.comInstagram: instagram.com/cdfabrisLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cfabris-reframe-coaching-trainingAll In: A Working Mom's Unapologetic Quest for a Juicy Life: amazon.com/All-Working-Unapologetic-Quest-Juicy/dp/1945587776/?tag=syty-20Referenced in this Episode:Who Not How by Dan Sullivan: amazon.com/dp/B0B61XSW1M?tag=syty-20The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361?tag=syty-20Saying YES to Living Life by Design with Gina DeVee: buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/15316784________________________________________________________________________________________Connect with Wendy:LinkedinInstagram: @wendy.harropFacebook: Phineas Wright HouseWebsite: Phineas Wright House PWH Farm StaysPWH Curated Experience and TravelInterested in being a guest on the show? Send your pitch to podcast@phineaswrighthouse.comPodcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

On this episode of Managing with Mind and Heart, Nash Consulting CEO and host Ethan Nash is joined by Arden Coaching founder and CEO Maren Perry to unpack why many leadership programs fail. Together they explore how senior leadership can design development efforts that actually stick. Interested in learning more? Maren is hosting a free webinar entitled "6 Reasons Leadership Programs Fail" on Wednesday, September 23 at noon ET / 9am PT. Register here! Text the word "LEADING" to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting's monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear.

Heute macht Stefan etwas anders als sonst: persönlicher, direkter und mit einem Blick auf die Themen, die ihn als Führungskraft gerade besonders beschäftigen. In dieser Folge des LEITWOLF® Podcasts spricht Stefan darüber, warum Führung noch immer viel zu oft als Soft Skill behandelt wird – obwohl sie eine der wirksamsten Fähigkeiten ist, um Unternehmen erfolgreicher zu machen. Er teilt Beobachtungen aus aktuellen Gesprächen mit CEOs, Unternehmen und Führungsteams und zeigt, warum „keine Zeit“ oder „kein Budget“ für Führungskräfteentwicklung ein gefährliches Signal ist. Es geht um Führungskräfte, die aus Versehen in ihre Rolle rutschen, um Organisationen, die schlechte Führung nicht messen, und um Systeme, die Fluktuation verwalten, statt Ursachen zu lösen. Stefan macht deutlich: Ohne klare Definition, Messung und Entwicklung von Führung entsteht selten echte Wirkung. Eine persönliche Folge über Aufbruch, Fokus und die Frage, warum wir Führung endlich so ernst nehmen müssen, wie sie für den Erfolg von Unternehmen wirklich ist. ____ LEITWOLF Podcast, Leadership, Führung, Management, Stefan Homeister, Podcast, Business Leadership, Erfolgreich führen, Unternehmensführung, Führungskompetenz, Leadership Development, Teammanagement, Leadership Skills, Selbstführung, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Training, Karriereentwicklung, Führungspersönlichkeit, Erfolgsstrategien, Unternehmenskultur, Motivation und Leadership, Leadership-Tipps, Leadership Insights, Change Management, Visionäre Führung, Leadership Interviews, Erfolgreiche Manager, Unternehmer-Tipps, Leadership-Best Practices, Leadership-Perspektiven, Business-Coaching

This week, I'm sitting down with Mitch for a deep dive into success, purpose, reinvention, and why your best chapter may still be ahead of you.My career has taken some fascinating turns. From law enforcement to entrepreneurship to leading one of the world's most recognized real estate brands as the CEO of RE/MAX Holdings, I've learned that while the titles on your business card may change, the mission stays the exact same: build trust, solve problems, and help people move forward.Whether you're just starting out, navigating a major career transition, or wondering what's next after achieving significant success, I'm sharing some practical wisdom on how to create momentum, find your ultimate purpose, and build a life you never want to retire from.00:00 Intro01:40 Adam's powerful definition of success04:15 Why solving problems become the foundation of every career move07:35 The side hustle that unexpectedly opened the door to RE/MAX12:15 The shift from “wins and losses” to “wins and learns”13:10 How micro wins create macro results17:15 Why boredom might actually be pointing you toward your next season19:36 The Game Changer Strategy 23:20 The Struggle Strategy28:30 Lightning Round – Major Insights, Listen til the EndABOUT DREAM THINK DO PODCAST:DREAM THINK DO is the motivational podcast that gives you the stories, science, and strategies to DREAM bigger, THINK better, and DO more of what you were put on the planet to do. Hosted by Mitch Matthews – success coach, author, and keynote speaker – each episode features powerful conversations with world-changers like Brendon Burchard, Lewis Howes, Sara Haines, and Michael Hyatt… plus everyday people with extraordinary stories.Whether you're an entrepreneur, leader, creative, or someone chasing a big dream, you'll get the inspiration and tools to take your life and career to the next level. Think personal development meets real-world strategies – all delivered with heart, humor, and zero hype. https://mitchmatthews.com/blog/ ===========================Subscribe and Listen to the Start With a Win Podcast HERE:

One Big Idea 4 - Driving Operational Excellence: From Algorithm-Free Organic Scale to Transformational Self-LeadershipIn this episode of One Big Idea, host Josh Elledge connects with Nikolas Hake, Scott Doggett, Carol Schultz, Andrew Lafuente, and Jane Monroe to break down the operational frameworks needed to scale modern businesses, refine organizational culture, and master executive self-leadership. Nikolas Hake, Founder and CEO of JUS Official Services, kicks off the conversation by detailing how emerging creators and brands can build compounding momentum without falling into short-term social media trends. Scott Doggett, Founder and Chief Servant Leader at the National Academy of Leadership Development, then shifts the focus toward corporate culture, exposing how executive perception directly impacts workforce engagement. Next, Vertical Elevation Founder and CEO Carol Schultz introduces the strategic deployment of a Chief of Staff to eliminate CEO burnout. Andrew Lafuente, Founder and Principal of Lafuente Sign and Awning, reveals how modernizing legacy B2B industries creates sustainable market differentiation. Finally, Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker Jane Monroe closes the episode by mapping out the four dimensions of the self to help corporate executives lead with radical self-awareness.The One Big Idea That Helps You Win Online Without Following Algorithms with JUS Official Services' Nikolas HakeIn a digital landscape obsessed with immediate viral spikes, emerging creators and growing brands frequently dilute their positioning by frantically chasing fleeting algorithmic trends. Talent management expert Nikolas Hake explains that his "one big idea" directly targets this strategic error: long-term brand equity relies on building a structured, repeatable content engine that compounds over time. Many talent agencies focus exclusively on established names, leaving emerging professionals without structured guidance. By stepping in to provide early-stage support, transparent management, and flexible operational alignment, businesses can transition away from scattered, sporadic activity and anchor their brand around a single, highly cohesive value proposition.To build sustainable digital momentum, founders must shift from surface-level vanity metrics toward deep audience understanding and multi-channel alignment. Nikolas emphasizes that attempting to appeal to everyone ultimately erodes consumer trust. Instead, brands should prioritize message clarity, audit their communications across platforms, and focus on human-centric storytelling that creates real emotional resonance. By establishing structured content workflows and viewing digital visibility as a long-term marathon rather than a sprint, businesses can protect their core identity, navigate evolving software algorithms, and cultivate deeply loyal communities.Why Leadership Success Depends on Seeing People Beyond Their Job Titles with National Academy of Leadership Development's Scott DoggettMany executive teams attempt to resolve underlying corporate challenges like high employee turnover, low productivity, and team disengagement by rolling out new software tools or rigid corporate policies. However, leadership development expert Scott Doggett demonstrates that his core framework addresses a much deeper root cause: executive perception. When leaders subconsciously view their workforce through clinical or transactional labels—referring to employees merely as "resources," "leads," or "headcount to manage"—that underlying mindset inevitably seeps into daily operations. This dynamic erodes psychological safety, suppresses frontline initiative, and causes high-performing talent to disengage.To build an adaptable, human-centered corporate culture, Scott challenges executives to radically shift how they perceive their team members. When leaders intentionally view every individual as priceless—acknowledging their unique strengths, personal aspirations, and professional struggles—they unlock unprecedented levels of ownership, creative problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration. Transforming corporate culture does not happen through static mission statements; it is forged through micro-interactions, such as practicing intentional presence in meetings, offering constructive feedback after errors, and replacing dehumanizing corporate jargon with empathetic language. By auditing their daily interactions, leaders can create an environment where talent genuinely thrives.Moving Beyond Micromanagement Through Strategic Delegation and Leadership with Vertical Elevation's Carol SchultzSmall and medium-sized business (SMB) CEOs frequently find themselves trapped in "operational overload," spending their valuable bandwidth managing daily meeting logistics, handling routine team communication, and putting out operational fires. Executive consultant Carol Schultz shares her foundational "one big idea" that solves this bottleneck: every CEO needs a Chief of Staff to serve as an operational force multiplier. Unlike a Director of Operations, who manages company-wide systems and department heads, a Chief of Staff focuses exclusively on managing the operations of the CEO's office. This crucial distinction allows visionary founders to reclaim up to 90% of their time, redirecting their focus toward high-level strategy, investor relations, and enterprise growth.Implementing a Chief of Staff requires a structured, multi-step transition process to ensure operational gaps are thoroughly documented before backfilling the position. Carol's proven framework involves auditing executive time, mapping critical operational tasks, and establishing clear delegation boundaries. Once implemented, this structure eliminates CEO burnout and prevents the executive from becoming an operational bottleneck. Paired with strategic authority-building tactics—such as establishing a streamlined press kit and securing targeted media guesting spots—CEOs can successfully step away from daily management minutiae and lead their organizations with clarity and vision.How Bold Thinking and Creativity Helped One Entrepreneur Beat the Competition with Lafuente Sign and Awning's Andrew LafuenteDisrupting a legacy industry does not require reinventing the underlying service; rather, it demands modernizing how that service is packaged, marketed, and delivered. B2B entrepreneur Andrew Lafuente outlines his "one big idea" on how he transformed a traditional manufacturing business into an agile brand serving major clients like Chase Bank, Trader Joe's, and Ralph Lauren. While traditional competitors in legacy sectors rely heavily on outdated word-of-mouth networks, Andrew embraced digital marketing, active social proof, and continuous competitive analysis to differentiate his brand, build trust, and capture market share.To convert industry analysis into scalable growth, leaders must view their competitors as a valuable source of market intelligence rather than a zero-sum threat. By regularly auditing market offerings, maintaining a polished and user-friendly digital footprint, and balancing local B2B accounts with high-profile national clients, legacy businesses can protect themselves against market downturns. Andrew highlights that maintaining strict attention to detail on digital channels—supported by proactive public relations, clear media kits, and strategic podcast appearances—allows modern founders to elevate their industry reputation, establish authoritative positioning, and drive predictable B2B revenue growth.Exploring the Four Selves Through a Journey of Self-Awareness and Leadership Growth with Jane MonroeTrue organizational transformation cannot occur until an executive learns the art of radical self-leadership. Keynote speaker and entrepreneur Jane Monroe introduces her core thesis on the road to leadership cohesion, which requires leaders to systematically explore and integrate four distinct dimensions of the self: the Known Self (public persona), the Hidden Self (private thoughts and boundaries), the Blind Self (unconscious behavioral blind spots), and the Mystery Self (untapped potential). Because executive ego often blocks self-awareness, leaders must actively build feedback loops to surface hidden blind spots before those unaddressed behaviors disrupt team dynamics.Unlocking the Mystery Self requires stepping far outside traditional comfort zones to dismantle limiting self-perceptions, much like Jane's own experience undertaking a 340-mile endurance kayak journey down the Missouri River. To cultivate leadership cohesion, executives must build a trusted advisory network—comprising coaches, mentors, or candid colleagues—who provide unvarnished, objective feedback. By prioritizing vulnerability over ego, normalizing continuous feedback within their corporate culture, and leading by example, business leaders can build resilient organizations rooted in mutual trust, psychological safety, and transformational growth.Links Mentioned in the EpisodeNikolas Hake on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolashake/JUS Official Services Website: https://www.jusofficialservices.info/Scott Doggett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdoggett/National Academy of Leadership Development Website:

Marcus Aurelius Anderson sits down with Adam J. Johnson, a 13 year Army veteran, combat medic, drill sergeant, and discipline coach, for a raw conversation about identity, addiction, and discipline. Adam traces his path from a directionless ex athlete who gained weight up to 275 lbs, to a personal trainer struggling after the 2008 recession, to a 28 year old Army enlistee who became a decorated NCO and senior drill sergeant. He opens up candidly about years of secretly battling alcohol addiction while excelling professionally, the identity crisis that fueled it, and how he built consistent systems to finally break the cycle. The conversation covers his new book, Redefined: The Discipline, and its companion 90 day journal, both built around his five code RTD system for turning self-honesty into lasting discipline. Episode Highlights: 3:29 — Adam recounts gaining 120 lbs after his football career ended, and the wake-up call that pushed him into fitness and nutrition. 15:04 — He shares his biggest life lesson in adversity: failing SFAS (Special Forces selection) after two years of dedicated training. 18:01 — A candid account of secretly battling alcoholism while performing as a squared-away platoon sergeant, living what he calls a double life. 34:57 — Adam explains the RTD system, showing how identity, consistency, and self-trust form the real foundation of discipline. Adam J. Johnson spent over 13 years in the U.S. Army as a combat medic and drill sergeant, training thousands of soldiers to meet standards they didn't believe they could reach. A former college football hopeful and personal trainer, Adam overcame a personal battle with alcohol addiction to become a keynote speaker and discipline coach. He is the author of Redefined: The Discipline and creator of the RTD (Redefined: The Discipline) system, a five code framework built on identity, consistency, and self-trust. Adam offers keynote speaking, coaching, and free resources including a discipline reset guide and diagnostic tool at adamjjohnson.com. Learn more about the gift of Adversity and my mission to help my fellow humans create a better world by heading to www.marcusaureliusanderson.com. There you can take action by joining my ANV inner circle to get exclusive content and information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us Fan MailIf your team is working hard but results feel chaotic, the problem usually is not effort. It's direction. We dig into the second part of our leadership pillar in the Five to Thrive series by pairing two fundamentals that determine whether your strategy actually turns into growth: influence and alignment. Think of influence as the engine of leadership and alignment as the directions. A powerful engine with bad directions still wastes time, burns people out, and creates frustration.Click here to watch Part 3 of this leadership seriesClick here to watch Part 1 of this leadership seriesClick here to watch Part 1 of this leadership series on YouTubeClick here to Schedule a Free Business ConsultationSend us Fan MailWelcome to The Brian Wright Show:Brian Wright works closely with executives, entrepreneurs, small business owners and executives in five areas essential to thrive in the new economy: Leadership, Culture, Sales, Hospitality & Marketing. He calls it, "The Five to Thrive." You have come to the right place If you want to grow your business and surpass goals unlike ever beforeIn this video you'll learn powerful business growth and efficiency strategies broken down into five categories that transform:✔ Leadership✔ Culture ✔ Sales ✔ Hospitality✔ MarketingThanks to our Sponsors:New Patient GroupWrightChatThrive Consulting GroupClick here to Schedule a Free Business ConsultationToday's EpisodeWe unpack the three mechanisms of influence that help people move willingly instead of being pushed by rank or title. That starts with relational trust built through consistent behavior, active listening, and transparent communication. From there we move into contextual clarity, communicating the why behind decisions so change management does not turn into resistance, confusion, or passive compliance. We also talk reciprocal value, aligning organizational goals with individual aspirations by knowing your people as real humans, not just numbers on a dashboard.Then we get tactical about organizational alignment: set non-negotiables while giving autonomy, stop micromanagement from killing confidence, and fix your meetings by focusing on lead measures that people can control instead of only lag measures that shame them after the fact. We also cover feedback loops like one-on-ones, team roundtables, and cross-training to improve coordination and customer experience, plus the “disagree and commit” standard so debate does not become drift. If you want a team that executes fast without taking 55 wrong turns, hit play, then subscribe, share this with a leader on your team, and leave a review with your biggest alignment challenge.

Your competence got you promoted, no doubt about it. But now that you're in a leadership seat, it might be the very thing that sabotages your leadership imprint.In this episode of The Inner Edge, executive coach Janet Ioli unpacks the fourth leadership trap: an identity so fused with personal competence that it becomes almost impossible to let go of, even after the job and scope have completely changed. The habits that earned the promotion are often the exact habits sabotaging it.Success used to depend on what you could personally produce, but now it depends on the opposite skill, and nobody hands you a new operating system when they hand you the title.Janet also draws on attachment researchers John Bowlby and Dan Siegel to explain why self-reliance under pressure is a wired-in safety strategy and shares the mirror question and practice that starts to interrupt it.This is the fifth episode in an eight-part series on the seven leadership traps, based on Janet's upcoming book, Escape the Traps (releasing October 2026).Chapters:00:00:00 The Trait That Got You Promoted Now Limits You 00:00:47 Three Leaders, One Hidden Pattern 00:04:31 The Identity Fused With Personal Competence 00:05:50 The Attachment Research Behind Self-Reliance 00:10:11 The Mirror Question: From Bottleneck to Multiplier 00:12:28 Next Episode: Trap 5Read the first chapter of Escape The Traps (available October 2026): https://mailchi.mp/5d2dbf42009c/escape-the-traps-chapterWhich trap is running you? Take the quiz and find out: https://tally.so/r/lb4Z4pConnect with Janet Ioli:Website: janetioli.comLinkedIn: Janet IoliInstagram: @janetioliYouTube: @janetioliIf you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli's book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.  Produced by Ideablossoms 

Overstepping ownership rarely looks like overstepping. It looks like moving things along.You know how something could be improved, so you give your suggestion. Work gets done, progress is visible, but the person you were there to develop doesn't build the capability they need, and the improvement doesn't sustain.Every change leader, manager, and executive does this at some point. And when we take on ownership of what isn't ours, we end up the bottleneck.As a transformational change leader at Kaiser Permanente, Anna Pessah watches this play out every day with the internal consulting team she leads, and with the physician and operational leaders she supports.We break down this challenge and share the practices to use instead. Leaders don't need to stop helping or teaching. It's about getting clear about what each person owns, and adjusting how you help based on what that leader needs in the moment.When ownership sits in the right place, people grow, improvements hold, and you have the space to do what is actually yours to do.You'll Learn:How to make ownership explicit from the start, by contracting up front and saying out loud which hat you're wearing, coach or consultant or teacherWhy leaders learn good coaching practices best by being coached, and how making your own practice visible lets others model itWhy the pull to step in gets stronger the more you care about the outcomeWhy a new practice often swings too far one direction at first, and how to find the middle without abandoning itWhen asking coaching questions stops being helpful, and how to be directive without taking over the thinkingABOUT MY GUEST:Anna Pessah leads the internal consulting team that oversees the operating system at the North Valley Service Area of Kaiser Permanente, where she coaches physician and operational leaders on strategy, management systems, and the behaviors that support a culture of improvement. She is an industrial engineer from the University of Michigan and an ICF-certified coach. Anna brings a blend of systems thinking, operational improvement, and leadership development to help leaders generate insight, turn goals into action, and build habits that stick.IMPORTANT LINKS:Full episode show notes: ChainOfLearning.com/83 Connect with Anna Pessah: linkedin.com/in/anna-pessah Follow me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kbjanderson Subscribe to my newsletter: kbjanderson.com/newsletter Check out my website for resources and working together: KBJAnderson.comTIMESTAMPS FOR THIS EPISODE:03:16 Why change leaders struggle to keep ownership with leaders05:22 When helping starts creating dependence06:15 Building capability instead of becoming the bottleneck07:12 Why doing more can make your job harder09:23 Getting explicit about roles and ownership11:25 Why new practices require reflection and adjustment13:17 Making your leadership practices visible16:03 How to give direction without taking over22:16 What happens when leaders operate at the wrong level24:05 The personal cost of staying in the weeds25:30 Why helping can turn into overstepping27:43 When coaching questions aren't helpful31:25 The power of listening—and leaving space36:46 Why humility is essential to learning38:18 Recognizing your own pull to control39:06 Simple practices for keeping ownership where it belongs Learn more and apply for the November 2026 cohort of my Japan Leadership Experience: https://kbjanderson.com/japantrip/

Rochana Golani, VP of Enablement at Databricks, is one of the most innovative and business-focused learning executives I've met. In this action-packed conversation Rochana shares the secrets of the company's AI-powered dynamic training, learning, and enablement system, and how she runs internal and customer learning like a fast-growing business. Databricks is one of the world's fastest-growing enterprise software companies and a central player in the convergence of data infrastructure, analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. Founded in 2013 by the UC Berkeley researchers who created Apache Spark, Databricks pioneered the “lakehouse”—an architecture designed to combine the scalability of a data lake with the management, reliability, and analytical capabilities of a data warehouse. Its platform now supports data engineering, business intelligence, AI development, governance, databases, and enterprise AI agents across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Databricks company overview This amazing private company reports: More than 20,000 customers Approximately 70% of the Fortune 500 More than 10,000 employees More than 8,000 cloud, software, and consulting partners. As of August 2026, Databricks says it has exceeded a $7 billion annualized revenue run rate, growing by more than 80% year over year during its second quarter. Additional Information Corporate Learning: From Static Training to Dynamic Enablement Galileo Learn: Experience Dynamic Learning Yourself The Josh Bersin Institute: Masterclass in HR Excellence Chapters (00:00:00) - Interview With Databricks's Roshana Golani(00:00:24) - Databricks CEO on the Disruptive Technology(00:01:36) - How to Get Empowerment at Databricks(00:03:16) - WSJD Live: Data & Machine Learning Lead the Way(00:08:09) - Teaching and Enablement: The New Paradigm(00:11:01) - How to Build a Better Solution with Databricks(00:14:52) - WSJD Live: The Skills Taxonomy(00:15:22) - What do you think happens to course content?(00:17:13) - The source of content in the Learning Infrastructure(00:22:52) - Databricks: The go-to training solution for business users(00:24:25) - In the Era of AI, Who Will Lead the Transformation?(00:26:57) - Subject Matter Experts and the Learning Infrastructure(00:28:20) - A Day in the Life of Leadership Development

What if the key to a more impactful 2027 is the work you do before the new year begins? In this amazing episode of The She Believed She Could™ Podcast, Allison Walsh sits down with Carolina Flores to take you behind the vision for Iconic Impact, an intentional experience created for ambitious women, entrepreneurs, leaders, thought leaders, and change-makers who are ready to create their next incredible chapter. Allison and Carolina explore what it means to honor where you are while still being ambitious about where you're going. They dive into alignment, mindset, personal branding, visibility, leadership, influence, and the importance of channeling ambition in a direction that creates meaningful impact—not simply doing more because you feel like you should. They also talk about why Q4 is the perfect time to start preparing for 2027. Instead of waiting until January 1 to set goals, this is an opportunity to reflect on what worked, what didn't, what you want more of, what you're ready to release, and what you need to put in place now to enter the new year with clarity and momentum. For women who have spent years building behind the scenes, Allison and Carolina also explore the next step of becoming more visible. Whether you're growing a business, advancing your career, building a personal brand, leading a nonprofit, or expanding your influence, visibility can help you take the expertise and experience you've already built and turn it into greater impact. And then there's the power of community. Iconic Impact was created to bring together ambitious women who understand what it means to build something meaningful—and who believe that success becomes even more powerful when we use it to support, champion, and create opportunities for other women. From the incredible speaker lineup to the hands-on Impact Lab, meaningful connections, and the new Impact Grants supporting women entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders, Allison and Carolina share what makes this experience different and why every detail has been created with intention. If you're ready to strengthen your visibility, expand your influence, connect with women who understand the journey, and create a more intentional next chapter, this conversation will give you a glimpse of what's waiting for you at Iconic Impact. What You'll Learn in This Episode Why Q4 is the perfect time to prepare for a more impactful 2027 How to align your ambition with your purpose and values Why ambitious women often compare themselves to their own expectations How to move beyond comparison and focus on meaningful impact Why personal branding and visibility matter for your next level How women can turn their expertise into greater influence The importance of building a strong community around you Why you don't have to build your business or career alone How to recognize when you're ready for your next chapter What to expect from the Iconic Impact experience How Impact Lab will help women strengthen their visibility and create content How the Iconic Impact Grants will support emerging founders and nonprofit leaders Why investing in women creates a ripple effect of meaningful change How to think about your legacy and the women coming behind you Join Us at Iconic Impact Ready to create your next incredible chapter? The She Believed She Could™ ICONIC IMPACT takes place November 5, 2026, in The Center for Health and Wellbeing | Winter Park, Florida, bringing together ambitious, accomplished women for meaningful conversations around leadership, visibility, business growth, wellbeing, purpose, and impact. The experience continues November 6 with the exclusive VIP Impact Lab at Hi Hello Labs.

Social anxiety can make you want to cancel plans, avoid difficult conversations, stay quiet in meetings, or say no to opportunities you actually want. In this episode of the Decide Your Legacy Podcast, Adam shares a simple three step strategy for facing social anxiety instead of letting it control your decisions.It starts with your mindset. What are you focusing on when you walk into a situation? Everything that could go wrong, or the opportunities that could come from showing up? Next, create a plan. Preparation can dramatically change how you approach an uncomfortable conversation, meeting, event, presentation, date, or new experience. Finally, get in the arena and engage. Real change happens when you stop avoiding the situation and give yourself the opportunity to gather new evidence about what you're actually capable of.Adam shares his own experiences with anxiety, practical ways to prepare for social situations, the importance of curiosity, breathing, flexibility, and why even rejection can become an opportunity to build resilience.If social anxiety has been keeping you from relationships, opportunities, conversations, or experiences you know you should pursue, start with these three steps.Mindset. Plan. Engage.Pick one situation you've been avoiding and give the process a try. You decide your legacy. Nobody else.RSVP to the Upcoming Self Confidence Workshop HERE_____________________________TAKE THE NEXT STEP!Conversation starters are helpful, but the deeper issue is often courage. If you want to become more confident, less anxious, and more willing to take action in the conversations that matter most, go through Shatterproof Yourself Lite. In 7 small steps, you'll learn how to face fear, build confidence, and move toward the kind of relationships and legacy you actually want._____________________________Subscribe for weekly personal growth breakdowns, and comment below on which life challenge you want us to cover next.

Have you ever been successful at work but felt like something was missing? You may have been doing work you were capable of—but not the work you were built to do. That disconnect affects not only your own fulfillment but also the people you lead. Leadership coach Greg Harrod explains why self-awareness is the foundation of great leadership and how understanding the unique ways people contribute can transform teams. Through his personal stories and practical examples, you'll discover why extending grace, valuing differences, and placing people where they naturally thrive leads to stronger relationships, greater productivity, and healthier organizations. Greg is a business coach who helps leaders identify where clarity is breaking down so they can stop carrying work their teams should own and build a team they're proud to lead. He brings more than 30 years of manufacturing experience to his coaching. Outside of coaching, Greg and his wife Kiersten raise a small flock of sheep in southeastern Kansas. You'll DiscoverWhy self-awareness changes how you lead. How pressure causes leaders to reclaim work. What work naturally energizes you. Why understanding replaces judgment. How different strengths strengthen every team.Connect with Greg Harrod on Social MediaLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-harrod/ Website Leadership Clarity Scorecard https://gregharrod.com/leadershipclarityscorecard/ Check out all the episodesLeave a review on Apple PodcastsConnect with Meredith on LinkedIn

A portfolio career is about working smarter. More professionals are combining full-time roles, consulting, advisory work, board positions, teaching, writing, speaking, investing, and passion projects into careers that are more resilient, flexible, and rewarding.In this episode, you'll learn:• What a portfolio career is and why it's becoming the future of work.• The difference between a portfolio career and simply juggling side hustles.• How to identify the skills, experience, and expertise you already have that can create new opportunities.• Why your professional reputation matters more than ever.• How to position yourself for greater career resilience, income diversification, and long-term growth.• Practical steps to start building your own portfolio career, whether you're employed, self-employed, or somewhere in between. Support the showJill Griffin, is a leadership and career strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh podcast. She works with high achievers to strengthen their leadership, navigate career transitions, build effective teams, and create what's next.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

Send us Fan MailYour business does not rise and fall on your spreadsheets, it rises and falls on what your people do every day. We're kicking off a new era of The Brian Wright Show with a fresh format and a clear promise: simplify growth without shrinking your ambition. The foundation is Five To Thrive, our five essential transformations for dominating the new economy: leadership, culture, sales, hospitality, and marketing.Part 2: Leadership Influence & Alignment: Five Essentials for Business GrowthWelcome to The Brian Wright Show:Brian Wright works closely with executives, entrepreneurs, small business owners and executives in five areas essential to thrive in the new economy: Leadership, Culture, Sales, Hospitality & Marketing. He calls it, "The Five to Thrive." You have come to the right place If you want to grow your business and surpass goals unlike ever beforeIn this video you'll learn powerful business growth and efficiency strategies broken down into five categories that transform:✔ Leadership✔ Culture ✔ Sales ✔ Hospitality✔ MarketingThanks to our Sponsors:New Patient GroupWrightChatThrive Consulting GroupClick here to Schedule a Free Business ConsultationToday's EpisodeWe start where most companies leak the most: leadership. I lay out a practical definition that has nothing to do with title, rank, or authority, and I tell a story from my childhood that proves it. Then we get into the shift that changes how you run meetings, set goals, and coach your team: stop chasing finite outcomes you cannot control and start mastering the controllables that create them. If you've been living and dying by dashboards, this will feel like a reset in the best way.From there, we dive into the first core dimension of leadership: vision and strategy. I break down why vision is future-focused and never fully “accomplished,” why it should not be a number, and why it should not just describe what you sell. We also talk strategy as execution, not ideas, including why “quick fixes” backfire, how change management really works, and how to protect your long-term vision with short-term, actionable, controllable goals.If you want a leadership framework you can actually apply, subscribe, share this with a teammate, and leave a quick review so more leaders can find the Five To Thrive series. What's one controllable you can improve this week?

Most leadership advice assumes people are fixed and organizations are machines. We don't buy that. People change, teams adapt, and every interaction leaves a trace, which is why we're using a garden metaphor to tie together the biggest lessons from Antoniette Roze, Ron Friedman, and Frans Campher. When leadership is a living ecosystem, your job is not to “control the machine,” it's to tend the conditions where trust, clarity, and good work can grow.We start with communication as planting: the difference between having an idea and helping someone receive it. If you've ever explained something “clearly” and still met confusion or resistance, the problem may be soil, not seed. We dig into generative listening, how people interpret messages through history and emotion, and how real co-creation happens when input can actually shape outcomes.Then we zoom out to team performance and team productivity. Individual optimization does not guarantee collective performance, especially when focus time becomes someone else's bottleneck. We walk through what a high-performing team needs: shared goals people understand, role clarity that prevents waiting, and interdependence that matches how work really flows. Along the way, we bring in behavioral humility (with a nod to Robert Sapolsky) to replace snap character judgments with curiosity and smarter accountability.Finally, we go inward. Leadership masks, persona, authenticity, and shadow show up in the room whether we admit it or not. You'll leave with five questions to use before your next important conversation and a simple one-week experiment to run in a single team or meeting. Subscribe, share this with a leader who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Send us Fan MailSupport the show✅ Follow The Leadership Project on your favourite podcast platform and listen to a new episode every week!

Dale Sellers and Joseph Bennett launch the Renewed Pastor Podcast, sharing why 95 Network became The Renewed Pastor and how the new Renewed Pastor Pathway helps pastors get healthy in life, leadership, and legacy.This is the first episode of the Renewed Pastor Podcast, formerly the 95 Podcast. Dale Sellers and Joseph Bennett use the launch conversation to explain a significant transition: as of September 1, 95 Network has officially become The Renewed Pastor.Dale Sellers walks through the ministry's history. 95 Network was founded in 2014 by Jim Powell, a pastor in Peoria, Illinois, who led a large church but carried a deep burden for smaller congregations. The name reflected the statistic that roughly 95 percent of American churches were small or midsize. Dale joined the board in 2016, and in late 2017 Jim handed leadership to Dale and a group of pastors. Dale became executive director on July 1, 2018, and has led the ministry for eight years.The conversation then turns personal. Dale describes the isolation he experienced as a pastor, including a board member who literally put a hand up at a restaurant table and said he did not want to hear about his pastor's struggles. Years of internalized stress, a devastating church split, and a culture that expected pastors to appear invincible contributed to quadruple bypass surgery at age 53. When Dale asked his surgeon how it happened, the answer was blunt: hypertension and high blood pressure caused by his vocation. That crisis launched a decade-long journey of inner work that eventually produced his book, Stalled.Dale also names the shift he has watched unfold in the church world. Pastors no longer need more content; content is everywhere. What they lack is relationship, mentoring, and honest community. Denominations, seminaries, and networks often repackage old approaches instead of making the changes pastors actually need. After more than a year of prayer, conversations with leaders, and a two-day retreat with Jesse Barnett of The Message Clarity Company, the team landed on a new name, a new focus, and a new offering.That offering is the Renewed Pastor Pathway™, a one-year, research-informed coaching track built around four quarters: Soul Care, Identity and Calling, Mission and Vision, and Leadership Development with Succession planning. It includes twelve sessions, a monthly call, and an on-site day with the church's leaders. Dale explains why soul care must come first: an unhealthy soul produces an unhealthy congregation, and a pastor who cannot take a Sabbath is functionally saying that everything depends on him.The vision behind the rebrand is a goal Dale believes God gave him: help one thousand pastors get healthy over the next ten years. With the average pastor now between 62 and 64 years old and more than 100,000 expected to retire in the next decade, the leadership pipeline problem is urgent. The Renewed Pastor exists to serve pastors of any church size who genuinely want help, with scholarship dollars available for those who cannot afford the full cost.Support the show

Sometimes we have an idea without a vision, or a vision without the ideas to move it forward. Good ideas should turn into vision, good vision should produce ideas, and both should lead to strategy. Today, we're back in the archives for the final episode in this series on vision. Vision ownership starts with being saturated in the vision yourself so you can lead others toward it.

Greg Hoover spent his career at the top of the relocation and moving industry, with CEO, COO, and President roles at Bekins Van Lines, A. Arnold Relocation, New World Van Lines, and Atlas Van Lines. Two years ago he was outsourced, that turned into consulting work, and it has since grown into Third Star Consulting and a book called Lead Anyway: Ordinary You, Extraordinary Impact. His argument is that leadership does not require a title, a position, or anyone's permission. Key Discussion Themes: • Why waiting for a title or role before you lead keeps people sitting back, and what it looks like to lead from wherever you already are • The 80/20 rule, and how letting go of perfect got a 132-page book finished in three weeks after years of stalling • Kindness and empathy as the entry point to leadership, including the neighbor and the flower beds • Communication as the first act of leadership, and why people fill an information void with the worst version of the story • Focus over complexity in small business, running five plays well instead of building 300 Listener Takeaway: The effort to get from 80 percent to perfect is rarely worth what it costs, and the thing you never ship helps nobody. Greg's book sat unwritten for years because he believed it had to be 300 pages. Once he dropped that number it was done in three weeks. Connect with Greg: Website: https://thirdstar.net Cohort Workshop: https://leadanywaylive.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-l-hoover-1368243/ About the Host: Entrepreneur Conundrum is hosted by Virginia Purnell, founder of Distinct Digital Marketing, where she builds human-driven AI systems that help business owners get their time back (and get seen). New episodes every Monday. Work with Virginia: https://www.distinctdigitalmarketing.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiapurnell Listen to the Full Episode: https://entrepreneurconundrum.com/greghoover

When life throws you a curveball, what's your first instinct?Defend yourself?Shut down?Get angry?According to leadership expert Lois Barth (www.loisbarth.com), there's a better option: Get curious.WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/4kUmYfmi5goIn this episode, Lois shares how curiosity, compassion, connection, and courage can completely transform the way we live, work and interact with others.From overcoming a life-changing eating disorder to helping organizations build healthier workplace cultures, Lois offers practical tools for replacing judgment with curiosity and "being nice" with something far more powerful: genuine kindness.If you've ever struggled with difficult conversations, imposter syndrome, change, conflict, or your own relentless inner critic, this conversation is packed with practical ideas you can start using immediately.In this episode:• The difference between being nice and being kind• How to have difficult conversations without damaging relationships• Why disruption can become your greatest teacher• Replacing your inner critic with curiosity and compassion• How healthy workplace cultures are actually builtChapters00:00  Introduction to Disruption as a Mindset01:45 Lois Barth's Journey and Philosophy07:17 The Four C's: Curiosity, Compassion, Connection, and Courage11:26 Curiosity's Role in Disruption14:30 Implementing the Four C's in the Workplace20:34 Creating a Culture of Beautiful Honesty27:59 The Structure Behind Honest ConversationsWant more from Lois?www.loisbarth.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/loisbarth/ Lois works with heart-centered go-getters who crave greater meaning, fulfillment, and impact in their lives by helping them clarify their goals, foster well-being, and be more effective leaders. A term she refers to as Behavioral Wellness Meets professional development. She has been the makeover life coach for SELF Magazine; Fitness Magazine and Fit Blog (Sears) which to date 3 million people registered for. Lois has been quoted and published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and SELF Magazine. Her speaking clients include Capital One Bank, L'Oreal, Women in Banking & Invesco to name a few.Anne Bonney is a keynote speaker and emcee who helps organizations lead through change by building resilience, emotional intelligence, and courageous communication.

Most leadership training fails for one of three reasons: it teaches mechanics without judgment (the process trap), treats development as a one-time event instead of something to sustain (the sustainability trap), or never connects new skills to the real work of managing people (the integration trap). In this episode, host Ethan Nash breaks down all three traps and share practical ways to design leadership development that actually sticks. Text the word "LEADING" to 66866 to be added to Nash Consulting's monthly newsletter. Just practical management skills and tips. And just once a month. Pinky swear.

On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Jamie Behymer, director of Diversity, Inclusion & Young Agents at the Big “I,” chats with Jenn Urso, founder of The Leadership Project, a professional development company that helps individuals and organizations become more effective leaders through practical, human-centered coaching, training and tools. Urso will also be one of the keynote speakers at the Young Agents Leadership Institute (YALI), which will take place Oct.1-3 in Baltimore. Behymer and Urso discuss what inspired Urso to become passionate about leadership coaching, common misconceptions companies have about effective leadership, and how emerging insurance professionals can step into leadership roles. Urso also shares a special teaser about what she'll be discussing at YALI. “If or when you decide that you're interested in a leadership role, I think the first step is to look at your strengths,” Urso says. “Look at the competencies of what that role entails that you're aspiring to move into, and then create a plan of how you can start to perform those now.” Agency Nation Radio is where insurance professionals turn on the mic to share unscripted stories about leadership, technology, marketing, success, and failure—stories that helped shape their careers. From Main Street USA to the pages of Independent Agent magazine, these are the stories insurance professionals want to hear.

What you'll learn in this episode Why your business should always have backup talent ready The 3 types of talent: potential, emerging, and proven Why proven talent, though costly, is worth the investment How to evaluate a candidate's record of success The cultural fit questions to ask in every interview Why “if it's not a hell yes, it's not a yes” is the golden rule in hiring To find out more about Dan Rochon and the CPI Community, you can check these links:GET THE BOOK! Teach to Sell : Teach to Sell: Why Top Performers Never Sell – And What They Do InsteadWebsite: No Broke MonthsPodcast: No Broke Months for Salespeople PodcastInstagram: @donrochonxFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NoBrokeMonths/Facebook: Dan RochonLinkedIn: Dan Rochon

Jensen Huang. Steve Jobs. The other guy responsible for those aggressively ugly cars/the rebirth of conspiracy theory internet free speech. (Thanks Elon?) What do people like this see around the corner that the rest of us don't? Why do certain leaders recognize an emerging possibility years before everyone else catches up? Are they geniuses? Pattern-recognition freaks? Secret remote viewers? This week on Open Loops, Greg sits down with Tye Glover, innovation coach, author of The Perception Gap, and creator of Neuro Creative Programming (NCP)—a developing methodology designed to model the perceptual patterns of unusually creative thinkers and make those patterns more accessible to the rest of us. Because maybe creativity isn't simply about having better ideas. Maybe some people are literally noticing different realities. See that one over there? Made you look! This conversation becomes an experience in perception itself. Tye and Greg explore the filters determining what makes it into conscious awareness, what gets deleted before you ever notice it, and whether those filters can actually be trained. And then, surprise surprise, things get weird. Somehow, Tye stands directly in the middle of all of it, trying to take ideas that could easily disappear into the metaphysical abyss and turn them into something practical enough to use inside an office on Monday morning. You know....those empty buildings people used to hate themselves making money for someone else in together. It's trippy. It's surprisingly grounded. And somewhere in the Perception Gap may be an entirely different way of seeing what's been sitting in front of you the whole time. Welcome back to Open Loops. TYE'S Links: Get The Perception Gap / Learn More: https://thinkdifferentnation.com/the-perception-gap Think Different Nation: thinkdifferentnation.com Tye Glover on LinkedIn: LinkedIn profile Work with Tye / Book a Consultation: Schedule with Tye Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

Sam Shriver and Suzie Bishop join Larry Olsen from the Center for Leadership Studies, the home of the original Situational Leadership model. Sam brings more than 45 years of experience and has designed and delivered over 200 leadership and coaching programs. Suzie is Vice President of Product Development at the Center and has spent more than a decade adapting the model for today's modern learner. Together they are co-authors of Situational Leadership: The Model for Leading Others, Navigating Change, and Unlocking Performance.   In this conversation, Larry sits down with Sam and Suzie to talk about why one-size-fits-all leadership fails, and how meeting people where they are unlocks trust, performance, and human potential.   What you'll hear: Why "it depends" is the mantra of situational leadership, not a fixed leadership style The behaviors that run from direction to empowerment, and when each one backfires Referent power: why trust outperforms position power or expertise How a leader's presence alone can stifle honest conversation   ABOUT SAM SHRIVER AND SUZIE BISHOP Sam Shriver has more than 45 years of experience in situational leadership and has designed and delivered over 200 leadership and coaching programs. Suzie Bishop is Vice President of Product Development at the Center for Leadership Studies. Together they are co-authors of Situational Leadership: The Model for Leading Others, Navigating Change, and Unlocking Performance. The Center for Leadership Studies is the global home of the original Situational Leadership model.   ABOUT LARRY OLSEN Larry Olsen is a Two-Time Vistage Speaker of the Year and Fortune 50/500 Executive Performance Advisor with 40+ years of client work at Toyota, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Harley-Davidson, Honda, American Airlines, State Farm, Frito Lay, Lexus, and Tropicana. He is the author of Get a Vision and Live It! and the founder of Performance Driven Neurology.   IF THIS LANDED FOR YOU Leadership isn't one style forced onto every person, it's reading the person in front of you and adjusting from there. That's exactly how Larry thinks through every leadership conversation he has.   How Leaders Think:  https://larry-olsen.kit.com/how-leaders-think   CONNECT WITH LARRY Email: success@larryolsen.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larry-r-olsen   CONNECT WITH SAM SHRIVER AND SUZIE BISHOP Website: situational.com LinkedIn: Sam Shriver and Suzie Bishop Book: Situational Leadership: The Model for Leading Others, Navigating Change, and Unlocking Performance (Amazon and other major retailers)   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE New episodes of the Brain Vault Podcast publish every other Wednesday.

In this episode of The Behaviorist, Work Wisdom Founding Partner, Sarah Colantonio, sits down with one of our Work Wisdom coaches, Dr. Maria Hoover, for an in-depth conversation on Maria's recent dissertation on Leadership Development and Executive Coaching for Education Leaders. Follow along to learn more about why Maria focused her dissertation on this topic, her passion for leadership development in the education space, and her key takeaways from her research—including one finding that might suprise you! --- To learn more about Work Wisdom, visit www.workwisdomllc.com (http://www.workwisdomllc.com/) and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram (@workwisdom).

What do you do when life feels uncertain and you're not sure what comes next?In Episode 202 of the Decide Your Legacy Podcast, Adam gets personal about some of the transitions and struggles he's been navigating and shares four powerful questions that are helping him find clarity. These are the same types of questions Adam uses with coaching clients to get beneath the surface, identify what really matters, and take meaningful action.You'll explore what makes you feel most fulfilled, what you may regret if nothing changes, who you want to become over the next five years, and how you would show up differently if you had ten times more self confidence. This episode isn't about having everything figured out. It's about being willing to ask yourself difficult questions, answer them honestly and take the next right step.Articles Mentioned:My 20 Favorite Questions to Ask Clients18 Ways to Build Self-ConfidenceRSVP to the Upcoming Self Confidence Workshop HERE_____________________________TAKE THE NEXT STEP!Conversation starters are helpful, but the deeper issue is often courage. If you want to become more confident, less anxious, and more willing to take action in the conversations that matter most, go through Shatterproof Yourself Lite. In 7 small steps, you'll learn how to face fear, build confidence, and move toward the kind of relationships and legacy you actually want._____________________________Subscribe for weekly personal growth breakdowns, and comment below on which life challenge you want us to cover next.

How much does misalignment really cost? Most people think about missed goals or lost revenue. Anthony "AJ" Vaughan challenges you to look deeper and consider the human cost when leaders fail to communicate, listen, and create environments where people feel safe speaking up. Through stories from his own successes and painful failures, AJ explains why alignment begins long before strategy meetings. You'll discover how honest communication, thoughtful onboarding, rewarding courage, and putting employees first can transform the way people work together. By the end of this episode, you'll likely find yourself looking differently at your own team—and asking where better communication could prevent tomorrow's biggest problems. AJ is a partnerships and growth leader, an HR tech strategist, and founder of The E1B2 Collective, built on the belief that when organizations put employees first, stronger business outcomes follow. He works across three areas—leadership behavior, employee experience, and business performance— to help companies close the gap between what they say matters and how their teams actually operate. AJ is also the host of The Business of Alignment podcast, where he has led more than 1,000 conversations with HR and business leaders around trust, clarity, alignment, and what it really takes to build healthy organizations. You'll discoverWhy misalignment hurts people before profits How one ignored conversation changed AJ's career What great onboarding really accomplishes Why rewarding courage changes culture How honest communication prevents costly mistakesConnect with Anthony (AJ) Vaughan on Social MediaLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-vaughan-8ba8a8172/ Website The E1B2 Collective https://thee1b2collective.com/ Check out all the episodesLeave a review on Apple PodcastsConnect with Meredith on LinkedIn

What if failure wasn't something to avoid—but a skill to master? In this episode, I share a fresh take on how to handle setbacks, manage your mind, and turn mistakes into momentum.Why your brain resists failure (and how to outsmart it)The mindset shift that transforms “mistakes” into dataHow to stop hiding in research and start taking actionUnderstand what creates confidence  Support the showJill Griffin, is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh. She works with senior leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and lead with greater clarity and intention.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

Mike Palmer reconnects with old colleague Don Gregori, COO of First Factory, to unpack core insights from Don's book, The Emergent Leader: A Guide to Brand Building, Leadership, and Self-Mastery. Drawing from a non-linear career path—ranging from theater major and aerial stunt coordinator to an 18-year tenure at Kaplan and scaling tech teams—Don shares practical strategies for authentic leadership, proactive stress management, and navigating AI workplace disruption. Key Takeaways

Integration causes all of our resources to cooperate, compensate, and complement one another. Today, we're pulling a series from the archives. Scripture describes the Church as a body with many parts. When those parts work together, there is health; when they don't, there is dis-ease. Vision integration is vital to bringing all the parts together to function as one.