Key Conversations for Leaders

Mike Horne, PhD coaches leaders to avoid, minimize and reduce poor outcomes related to people and culture actions and decisions. Mike is advancing Authentic Leadership in the world, coaching leaders to close the gap between probable and possible, and to bring their best in every situation to spur innovation. Mike is the author of Integrity by Design: Working and Living Authentically. Inside This Episode The 2 Keys to Leading with Integrity & Authenticity The Nearly Irrevocable Cost of Lying Recovering When There is a Break of Trust Common Barriers to Authenticity What To Do If Your Organization Out of Alignment Facing the Realities of Corporate Culture Why We Need to Make The Grass Greener Where We Are Using Values to Scale A Growth-Based Culture The Single Most Important Word You Need to Create Authentic Relationships Delivering Constructive Feedback A Simple Question From Edie Seashore To Expand Your Empathy Links: Website: https://mike-horne.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehorne1/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikehorneauthor Book: https://mike-horne.com/#ibd-book

Tony Martignetti is a leadership advisor, entrepreneur, idea generator, and people connector. He brings together practical experience, formal training, and extreme curiosity, to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. Before becoming a leadership development consultant, he was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. Tony is the host of The Virtual Campfire podcast and the author of the soon to be released, "Climbing the Right Mountain: Navigating the Journey to An Inspired Life."   Inside This Episode How Do We Know If We’re Climbing The Right Mountain? The Power Of Navigational Conversations Identifying Guideposts On Your Leadership Journey The Role Of Emotional Intelligence In Leadership How To Embrace Your Past Use Struggle To Create Strength Don’t Just Engage, Enrich Your Employees How To Evaluate Your Leadership Footprint How the Ripple Effect Shapes Culture Links: Website: https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymartignett1/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyMartignett1 Book: https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/book

Over the past 20 years, Julie Bartkus has helped leaders across the globe transform their workplace culture from negative and destructive to happy and productive. Julie has identified over 30 staff de-motivators that drain team members of their motivation and has developed The D.R.I.V.E. Method to help leaders attract the right staff to support their vision. Her Total Team Transformation System has propelled leaders out of feeling stuck and lost to experiencing tremendous joy in attracting, interviewing, hiring, motivating and retaining the team of their dreams.   Inside This Episode Where to Start to Hire the Right People Challenges of Finding the Right Person Common Hiring Mistakes Interviewing Strategies How to Seamlessly Attract, Recruit and Train a High-Performing Team Reducing Turnover Building Connection Throughout the Organization The Power of Vision in Shaping a Culture Links: Website: https://www.juliebartkus.com  

Dr. Mark Goulston is a psychiatrist, executive coach and consultant to major organizations. Mark is the author or co-author of several books including the international best-selling books: "Get Out of Your Own Way," "Just Listen," "Real Influence" and "Talking to Crazy.” His latest book is called, "Trauma to Triumph: A Roadmap for Leading Through Disruption (and Thriving on the Other Side)."He has contributed to Harvard Business Review, Biz Journals, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Psychology Today and appears widely in the media including CNN, Wall St. Journal, NY Times, Fortune and Forbes. He also appears frequently as a subject area expert on television, radio and podcasts. He hosts his own podcast called “My Wakeup Call” where he interviews influencers about their wakeup calls.   Inside This Episode What is Imposter Syndrome? The Antidote to Imposter Syndrome The Difference Between Founder CEOs and Professional CEOs The Danger of Focusing Too Much on Your Exit Strategy The Difference Between Stress and Trauma Finding the Lessons From Trauma The Power of Gratitude through Struggle The VCG Trifecta Finding Courage as a Leader Beyond Fight, Flight or Freeze How to Handle Bullies Defeating Self-Defeat The Real Reason We Procrastinate Using Accountability to Create Massive Results Social Leadership Links: Defeating Self-Defeat: https://www.himalaya.com/courses/defeating-self-defeat-3129841 Website: https://markgoulston.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoulston/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkGoulston Books: https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Triumph-Roadmap-Disruption-Thriving/dp/1400228379

David Wheatley is a Principal and Chief Question Asker at Humanergy. He works with leaders who are engaged in transitions to new roles, new scope or improved results. A facilitator, trainer and coach, he has worked for twenty years with government, manufacturing, healthcare, law enforcement, technology and financial institutions. To challenge their thinking and push them ahead, David asks clients the right questions at the right time. He supports organizations through strategic planning and helps them overcome roadblocks using a framework of values-based commitment and stakeholder mapping.   Originally from Leeds, England, David is a former Scotland Yard police officer. He is a graduate of Hendon Police Academy in London and is a Senior Fellow at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. David is the co-author of the books, "50 DOs for Everyday Leadership Lessons Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To)," and "What Great Teams Do Great: How Ordinary People Accomplish the Extraordinary." Inside This Episode The Power of Asking Questions What Great Teams Do Great Why don’t great teams just happen organically? Creating Personal Responsibility on a Team Common Mistakes When Leading Through a Transition The Need for Humility and Vulnerability A Simple Question to Get on The Same Page How to Shift from Being a Follower to a True Leader The Ripple Effect of Culture and Leadership Getting It Right the First Time Links: Website: https://humanergy.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/humanergy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Humanergy Books: https://www.amazon.com/David-Wheatley/e/B08BND9B93/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Megan Gerhardt, PhD is a Professor of Management, Director of Leadership Development, and the Robert C. Johnson Co-Director of the Isaac and Oxley Center for Business Leadership at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. She is also the creator of Gentelligence and the founder of The Gerhardt Group, LLC, a leadership consulting practice. Megan has published widely on individual differences, motivation, leadership, and generational differences in the workplace and her work on Gentelligence has been featured on Forbes.com, NBCNews.com, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Inc. Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, MarketWatch, Business Insider and The Houston Chronicle among others. In 2017, her TEDx talk “Why I Love Millennials...and You Should, Too” was released, kicking off the Gentelligence movement. As the creator of the Gentelligence movement, Megan’s work focuses on leveraging individual differences to achieve leadership impact and extraordinary levels of performance.   Inside This Episode Where Does The Conflict Between Generations Come From?  What Are Some Of The Unique Challenges When Leading A Generationally Diverse Workforce? What Do Leaders Tend To Get Wrong When Managing A Generationally Diverse Workforce? A Framework For Understanding Different Generations Giving Feedback To Different Generations How To Use The Right Lens To Avoid Misunderstandings Encouraging Respectful Communication Between Generationally Diverse Employees Best Practices For Leading Teams With Older And Younger Generations Links: Website: https://profgerhardt.com/ Website: https://www.poweroftheages.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megangerhardt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/profgerhardt Books: https://www.amazon.com/Gentelligence-Revolutionary-Approach-Intergenerational-Workforce/dp/1538142147

Dr. David Bradford is Eugene O’Kelly II Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Leadership at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Along with Carole Robin, he's taught interpersonal skills to MBA candidates for a combined seventy-five years in their legendary course Interpersonal Dynamics (affectionately known to generations of students as “Touchy-Feely”) and they have coached and consulted hundreds of executives for decades. In their book, "Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues," they show readers how to take their relationships from shallow to exceptional by cultivating authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty, while being willing to ask for and offer help, share a commitment to growth, and deal productively with conflict. He has written several other books including, “Influencing Up” and "Reinventing Organization Development: New Approaches to Change in Organizations."   Inside This Episode Building Exceptional Relationships Why We Often Struggle To Build Solid Connections With Other People How To Say Anything To Almost Anybody Getting Back to Choice in Responsibility The Danger of Attribution The Sliding Scale Of Authenticity and Vulnerability Preventing Major Conflicts Before They Occur How To Handle Disagreement Strengthening Relationships Through Disagreements Delivering Effective Feedback To Colleagues And Employees Testing The Waters Before Managing Up Role-Modeling Excellence As a Leader Links: Website LinkedIn  

Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers and author of "Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work." Recently named one of Business Insider's Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on "Sensitive Strivers," her clients include CEOs, C-level executives, and managers at top Fortune 500 companies such as Google, HP, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, IBM, Citibank, JP Morgan, and others. Melody has been featured in the New York Times, O Magazine, NBC News, and spoken at Stanford University, Walmart, Adweek, Burberry and more. She's here to help you break free from self-doubt and imposter syndrome so you can use your sensitivity as the superpower that it is.  Melody is a licensed social worker with a Masters degree from Columbia University, and a former researcher at Rutgers University. She is a professor of Human Behavior at Hunter College and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, and Business Insider.   Inside This Episode What are Sensitive Strivers? How Social Awareness is Changing Corporate Culture The Neuro Science of Higher Sensitivity The Nature of Being an Empathic Leader Developing Your Internal Compass The #1 Thing that Holds Back Sensitive Strivers Dealing with Imposter Syndrome How We Hold Ourselves Back from Success The Danger of Over-Apologizing Leading a Team as a Sensitive Striver The Dynamic of Over-Functioning Creating Interdependent Teams Links: Website: www.melodywilding.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melodywilding/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/MelodyWilding Trust Yourself Book: www.melodywilding.com/book

Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was honored as the #1 Communication Coach in the world at the Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards. She is a keynote speaker and teaches for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, which was named one of Forbes’ Top 5 Business Books of the Year, as well as Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine.  A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and consults and speaks for clients such as Google, Yale University, and the World Bank. She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album, and a Broadway investor. You can download her free Entrepreneurial You self-assessment workbook at dorieclark.com/entrepreneur   Inside This Episode: The Two Triggers of Personal Reinvention How to Take Control of Your Own Narrative Building Your Personal Brand Tailoring Your Brand to Your Audience Why Everyone Needs to Manage Their Identity The Three Main Levers to Becoming a Thought Leader Balancing Being an Expert and Being Approachable How to Get Started Even if You Don’t Know Your Passion The Power of Bottom-Up Conversations vs. Top-Down Playing the Long Game With Strategic Thinking Links: Website: https://dorieclark.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doriec/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dorieclark Books: https://dorieclark.com/books/

Monica Ortega is a professional on-camera host, speaker and author. She created the online travel show Monica Goes in 2014 to inspire others to break out of their comfort zones and go on adventures. As someone who's afraid of everything, she'll put herself through almost anything to show that if an average everyday person like her can do these things, anyone can. Monica has spoken openly about how her personal setbacks have helped her pivot into creating a life that she loves. She speaks at events around the country helping others to embrace change and create their own dream life. She is a co-host on the podcast Stumblin' Forward which is all about the missteps of entrepreneurship and life. She is also the author of The Power of Pivoting : How to Embrace Change and Create a Life You Love where she uses humor and wisdom to show you how you can lean into your own pivots and create opportunities from any situation, even the unexpected ones.   Inside This Episode How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot Signs That You’re Resisting Change Why People Resist Change How to Get Started in Making a Big Change The Importance of Listing to Your Gut and Considering Timing The Unique Factors to Consider When Thinking About Changing Careers How Leaders Can Retain Employees and Have Important Values-Aligning Conversations How to Use the Outside World to Let You Know When It’s Time to Make a Change Links: Website  LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Book

Kate Eberle Walker is the CEO of PresenceLearning, the leading provider of online special education services for K-12 schools. In this role, she leads a majority female employee population, whose mission is not only to provide students with learning needs, but to provide a flexible career path for nearly 1,000 special education clinicians, many of whom are working mothers. Kate became the CEO of The Princeton Review at age 39. Prior to that, she navigated the male-dominated investment world at Goldman Sachs working her way up through management roles. She shares tell-it-like-it is advice with her fellow managers and in her book The Good Boss: 9 Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work. Inside this Episode: Should Women Adapt to the Culture Or Should the Culture Adapt to Women? Hidden Realities of Being a Woman in the Corporate World Identifying Inclusive and Exclusive Behaviors on Teams Unconscious Micro-Aggressions And What To Do About Them What an Organization Filled with “Good Bosses” Looks Like How To Get Started on Becoming a Good Boss What It's Really Like For New Moms Returning to Work How to Immediately Engage Parents as They Return to Work Being Proactive and Asking For What You Want Links: Website LinkedIn Twitter The Good Boss

Heather R. Younger is an experienced keynote speaker and two-time author. She is the CEO and Founder of Employee Fanatix, a leading employee engagement, leadership development, and DEI consulting firm, where she is on a mission to help leaders understand the power they possess to ensure people feel valued at work.  Known as The Employee Whisperer™, Heather harnesses humor, warmth, and an instant relatability to engage and uplift audiences and inspire them into action.  Inside This Episode Turning Adversity Into Opportunity What It Takes to be an Employee Whisperer™ Why Real Change Takes Commitment and Consistency The Secret to Develop Undivided Attention The Difference Between Empathy and Compassion How to Know if You Are Truly a Caring Leader The Numbers Behind Becoming People-First Leading With Feelings The Main Ingredient to Helping People Find Their Voice Developing Trust In a Group Setting Links: Website LinkedIn Tedx Talk Twitter Books

Paul Robinson is the founder of Ensunet Technology Group, a San Diego based company specializing in M&A post-merger integration and IT enterprise architecture solutions, a company which is featured on Inc Magazine’s 2018 and 2019 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America. To-date, Ensunet has supported more than $11 billion in pre- and post-merger IT planning, due diligence, and integration, including staffing projects throughout the United States, Central America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Paul likes to “pay it forward” on the streets of his hometown: San Diego. There, he mentors at-risk youth; he’s also certified as an elder-care volunteer. Always rising to new heights, he also makes time to go off-roading at dizzying elevations in the High Sierras, as the organizer of a group that’s now nearly 500 members strong. Inside This Episode When to Start Planning M&A The Evolution of Corporate Growth The Danger of Focusing Exclusively on the Numbers The Key Factors for Technological Integration Giving the IT Department A Seat at the Table The Need for Developing a Cybersecurity Plan The Biggest Risk When Growing Through Acquisition Developing Your Employer Value Proposition Why You Need to Train Like a World-Class Athlete Finding Your Strategic Parking Space Links: Website  LinkedIn  Email: [email protected]

Emma Mills-Sheffield is a consultant, coach, speaker, and facilitator.  She has over 15 years of industry experience.  She’s worked with public sector organizations, FTSE100 and Fortune500 companies, charities and start-ups.  In January 2020 Emma was named as one of 100 female entrepreneurs in the UK as part of the small business campaign f:Entrepreneur.   Inside This Episode Where Leadership Really Begins The Basic Ingredients in Creating High Performing Teams How Slowing Down Can Increase Our Productivity The Power of Vulnerability The Importance of Authentic Leadership How to Know if You Have an Underperforming Team How to Create Empathy in a Corporate Culture Why Leadership is a Privilege, Not a Right Holding Space for Yourself and Advocating for Others Dealing with Insecurities as a Leader Scaling Up Through Leadership Why Leaders Don’t Want Clones Managing Engagement and Retention Through Change Links: Website  LinkedIn  Twitter Facebook 

Kerry Wekelo is the Chief Operating Officer at Actualize Consulting, a financial services consulting firm. Her latest book is, “Gratitude Infusion: Workplace Strategies for a Thriving Organizational Culture” and her book and program, “Culture Infusion: 9 Principles for Creating and Maintaining a Thriving Organizational Culture,” is the impetus behind Actualize Consulting being named Top Company Culture by Entrepreneur Magazine, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post, and Great Place to Work-Certified. In her leadership, Kerry blends her experiences as a consultant, executive coach, award-winning author, mindfulness expert, and entrepreneur. Kerry has been featured on ABC, NBC, NPR, The New York Times, Thrive Global, SHRM, Inc., and Forbes. Inside this Episode: Identifying Cultural Red Flags Building Thriving Cultures at a Distance The Importance of Commitment and Consistency in Culture Building Connections with Remote Teams Creating a Gratitude-Focused Organization Why Gratitude Starts at the Top A No-Cost Approach to Creating Energy and Enthusiasm The Power of Questions in Creating Organizational Self-Awareness To Grow Your Company, Grow Your People Bringing Mindfulness Into Your Organization Links: LinkedIn Twitter Website Books

Alain Hunkins helps high achieving people become high achieving leaders.  Over his twenty-year career, Alain has worked with over 2,000 groups of leaders in 25 countries. Clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, Microsoft, among many others. In addition to being a leadership speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach, Alain is the author of CRACKING THE LEADERSHIP CODE: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders, which was endorsed by leadership luminaries Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner, and Marshall Goldsmith. A faculty member of Duke Corporate Education, Alain’s writing has been featured in Fast Company, Inc., Forbes, Chief Executive, Chief Learning Officer, and Business Insider.  Inside This Episode Can you really “Fake it ‘til you make it?” The Importance of Performing as a Leader Why only 23% of employees think their leaders lead well How We Inherit Our Leadership Style The Need to Get Out of Industrial Age Leadership Practices The First Step to Cracking the Leadership Code The Future of Leadership Why Organizations Need to Become More Human-Centered The 3 Secrets of Effective Leaders Why We Need to Start with Connection The Difference Between Knowing and Doing in Regard to Empathy Embracing Emotions in the Workplace Overcoming the Bias of Self-Affirming Why Leaders Need to Actively Manage Perceptions The Real Business of Leadership A Powerful Question to Ask to Transform Your Culture Links: Website  LinkedIn TEDx Talk Books 

Jennifer Brown is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, diversity and inclusion consultant, and author. Jennifer is the founder, president, and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, headquartered in New York City and has been featured in media such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, AdWeek, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, and many others. Jennifer is the host of the popular weekly podcast, The Will to Change, which uncovers true stories of diversity and inclusion.  She is also the bestselling author of two books; Inclusion, and How to Be An Inclusive Leader. Inside this Episode• What A Culture of Belonging Looks Like• Waking Up to Diversity & Inclusion• Recognizing Our Own Biases• The Problems Of A Self-Perpetuating Meritocracy• The Challenges of Becoming An Inclusive Leader• Staying Relevant in a Changing World• Starting to Look Through an Equity Lens• The Importance of Recognizing Identity• The Relationship Between Inclusiveness and Performance• Corporate Culture Transparency and Accountability• The Power of Empathy in Culture• The Inclusive Leader Continuum Links: Website LinkedIn  Twitter Books

Pollyanna is one of Australia’s leading professionals in creating high performance cultures that transform results. For the past 20 years she has supported clients across Govt, Blue chip Corporate, NFPs and Mid tier professional services organizations. She achieves this by helping her clients to develop consistent high-performing teams, elevating leadership  capability, lifting employee engagement and maturing the potential of all. Among her accomplishments are building a multi million pound business from the ground up, author of the book Women & Success, she was a regular contributor to Australia's best business blog, SmartCompany for 13 years writing as their expert on teams. Pollyanna is a regular contributor to Arianna Huffington’s Thrive.  As part of the leadership team of Homeward Bound Projects, a global initiative to elevate the influence and leadership of women in STEMM globally. She was the onboard Leadership facilitator for HB3 which took to Antarctica supporting 80 women from 26 countries. A core focus of hers is working towards building a gender balanced workforce. Her Women & Success programs support women to navigate specific challenges that women face in the workplace. Inside This Episode Using Public Commitments to Create Accountability and Action The Power of Creating a New Identity The One Thing You Need When Your Chute Doesn’t Open (Literally) Micro Steps to Long-Term Success The True Power of Muscle Memory Prepared Spontaneity It’s Not About Confidence, It’s About Courage How The Success of Others Can Limit You The Unbelievably Long Timeline for Gender Pay Equality Links: Website: https://www.pollyannalenkic.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pollyannalenkic/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PollyannaLenkicConsulting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollyannalenkic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PollyannaLenkic  

Rick Lite and his wife, Lori, ventured into publishing in 2003 with a line of books and CD’s through their company, Stress Free Kids.  They even negotiated a deal on ABC’s Shark Tank in Season 1, Ep. 3.  After achieving international success, they decided to form a new company in 2010 called Stress Free Book Marketing to share their knowledge and strategies to help other authors do the same. Inside This Episode How to Know If You Should Write a Book Why You Should Start In Reverse Using Your Book As A Part of Your Platform Finding the Right Marketing Mix for Your Message The Key to Avoiding Getting Stuck in a Writing Project The Ideal Scenario for Writing and Marketing Your Book The Main Ingredients for A Successful Book Launch The Reality of Independent and Traditional Publishing Links: Website LinkedIn  Twitter

Karen Walker is an executive coach and consultant who advises CEOs and senior leaders on thriving in hyper-growth. She has worked with clients including Aetna, AWS, Pfizer, JPMorganChase, and BMC Software, as well as Inc. 5000 startups.Karen is also a board advisor, keynote speaker, and the author of No Dumbing Down: A Guide for CEOs on Organization Growth. As employee 104 at Compaq, Karen helped lead the then-fastest growing company in American history, growing it from $0 to $15 billion in revenue.   Inside This Episode The Foundation for Hypergrowth The Power of “Up and To The Right” A Simple Question to Drive Performance No Dumbing Down: Optimizing Your Team The Key to Keeping Top Talent The Two Key Skills for Visionary Leaders Building a Collaborative Team Dealing with a Toxic Team Zen and the Art of Thinking Bigger   Links: Website LinkedIn Twitter Book: No Dumbing Down

JoAnn Corley-Schwarzkopf is the Founder of Manage Global, a business advisory, leadership-management consulting firm.  Over the last few years, she has been recognized as a global influencer being named to lists such as Top 100 Most Inclusive HR influencers, Top 50 Global HR Influencers, to name a few.  She has also been quoted or featured in a variety of media such as NBC News, Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, among others.  She is author of several books including her most recent: The Human Quotient: The Most Potent Force for Your Business Success and Show Me The Money! Solving the Mystery of ROI to Unlock Profits & Increase Company Value.   Inside This Episode Finding Your Road Map Out of Uncertainty Developing Flexibility and Agility Harnessing the Power of Humility Why Previous Successes Can Hold Us Back A Simple Strategy to Create an Innovative Culture What it Really Takes to Develop Your Team The Real Cost of Untrained Managers Collaborative Leadership The Raw Ingredients of Effective Decision-Making Creating Boundaries to Stay in the Flow How to Unplug to Recharge Links: Website LinkedIn  Twitter

Rebecca Fraser-Thill is a coach, consultant, speaker, and writer.  She has a Masters in Developmental Psychology from Cornell and is a Faculty Member at Bates College.  She’s been featured in publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Insider, The Oprah Magazine and is a senior contributor at Forbes.  She works with professionals around the world helping them find more meaningful and fulfilling work and lives. Inside This Episode Finding the Path Finding Meaning In the Here and Now Why Happiness Doesn’t Fulfill and What Does The Role of Difficulty in Finding Flow Creating Positive Feedback Loops Cultivating a Culture of Flow and Meaning A Realistic Approach to Talking About Meaning With Your Team A Simple Question to Find Meaning Every Day Finding Mentors Hiding in Plain Sight How Authentic Listening Can Change A Life Links: Website LinkedIn Twitter Facebook

Gregg Vanourek is a leadership developer, executive, and award-winning author, delivering training, speaking, coaching, and consulting on leadership and life and work design. Gregg currently runs Gregg Vanourek LLC, a training and development venture and was previously a tech startup exec at K12 Inc, now a market leader with a billion in sales. Gregg is co-author of three influential books, including “LIFE Entrepreneurs” and “Triple Crown Leadership.” His writing has appeared in or been reviewed by Fast Company, BusinessWeek, NY Times, Entrepreneur, and Harvard Business blogs, among others. He is a graduate of both Yale and the London School of Economics and has a TedX talk called Discover Mode: Find Your Quest.   Inside This Episode Overcoming the Disappointment of Traditional Leadership The Emerging Value of Social Leadership How Values & Vision Can Backfire, If Done Incorrectly The Most Essential Aspect of Leadership The Key Ingredient to Driving Customer Value Balancing the Head and the Heart in Business How to Be a Life Entrepreneur Developing Organizational Flow Why Leaders Need to See the Big Picture The Rhythm of Being a Leader Don’t Just Delegate & Empower…Unleash! The Mindset of Startup Leadership Where Effective Leadership Truly Begins Links: Website LinkedIn Twitter Books

Dr. Mark Goulston is a psychiatrist, executive coach and consultant to major organizations. Mark is the author or co-author of seven books including the international best-selling books: "Get Out of Your Own Way," "Just Listen," "Real Influence" and "Talking to Crazy."He has contributed to Harvard Business Review, Biz Journals, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Psychology Today and appears widely in the media including CNN, Wall St. Journal, NY Times, Fortune and Forbes. He appears frequently as a subject area expert on television, radio and podcasts and he hosts his own podcast called “My Wakeup Call” where he interviews influencers about their wakeup calls. Inside This Episode Listening To vs. Listening For Insights Into Imposter Syndrome and the Fear of Irrelevancy Surgical Empathy The Life-Changing Power of True Connection Why You’re Really Listening for 1 1 1 6 Talking to Crazy and Using FUD CRUD Mark’s Personal Story about 2nd Chances Change Your Life With the HUVA Technique Links: Website LinkedIn Twitter Books Ted Talk    

Dr. Paul White is a psychologist, author, speaker, and consultant who makes work relationships work. He has written articles for and been interviewed by Bloomberg’s Business Week, CNN/Fortune.com, Entrepreneur.com, Fast Company, and many more. Dr. Paul is the coauthor of three books including, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace written with Dr. Gary Chapman (author of the #1 NY Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages).   Inside This Episode Conflicting Realities at Work Appreciation Language vs. Love Language The Link Between Appreciation & Engagement Why Appreciation Goes Beyond Recognition Investing In the Long-Term Employee Relationship The #1 Feedback People DON’T Want to Hear Why People May NOT Want You to Speak Their Appreciation Language The Most Common Appreciation Languages A Simple Strategy to Create Team Connections Remotely Why Investing In Relationships Can Increase Effectiveness The Pervasive Problem of Miscommunication How to Create Meaningful Investments In Your Employees The Key to Getting Started in Creating a Culture of Appreciation How Getting a Clear Idea Of Where You Are Can Change Your Future The Power of Appreciation in Increasing Performance and Engagement Links: Websites: www.drpaulwhite.com & www.appreciationatwork.com LinkedIn: Paul White, Ph.D. Twitter: @drpaulwhite Books: Amazon

Dr. Vikram Mansharamani is a global trend-watcher who shows people how to anticipate the future, manage risk, and spot opportunities. He is the author of the recently-released THINK FOR YOURSELF: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence and BOOMBUSTOLOGY: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst.  He has as PhD and two Masters degrees from MIT and a bachelors from Yale.  In addition to having been a lecturer at Yale, and currently lecturing at Harvard, Vikram advises Fortune 500 CEOs to help them navigate uncertainty.  His ideas and writings have appeared in Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, the New York Times, among many others.  He also shares his ideas on his Think For Yourself Podcast and today we have the great fortune of having him here on the show. Inside This Episode Why We Outsource Our Thinking The Risk of Being A Specialist Finding Data-Driven Insights The Double-Edged Sword of Focus Knowing When NOT to Focus Discovering The Shadow of Your Attention The Blind Spots of Expertise The Downside of Cohesiveness & The Need for Outside Partners Make Better Decisions By Focusing On What You Don’t Know The Simple Secret to Strengthen Your Thinking and Broaden Your Mind When Planning For Success, Focus on Failure When You Might Want to Outsource Your Thinking Ethics, Empathy, and a Chance Meeting with Bob Woodward Links: Website: http://www.mansharamani.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikrammansharamani/ Twitter: @mansharamani Books: Dr. Vikram's Books TEDx: https://youtu.be/E5qMFHTs-wE

As the Founder of Distribute Consulting and the Remote Work Association, Laurel Farrer she leverages virtual workforces to solve corporate and socioeconomic concerns. A global thought leader on the topic of remote work, Laurel collaborates with the world's leading businesses and governments to eliminate virtual worker discrimination, prevent policy retraction, increase remote job accessibility, train distributed leaders, and design economic initiatives. Laurel is also a Forbes Contributor.     Inside This Episode The Global Implications of Remote Work The Evolving Workplace Managing the Pendulum of Change Management Risk Factors for Remote Work Discrimination Maintaining Engagement and Performance with Remote Work Who Works Longer Hours? Remote or Onsite? A Simple Strategy to Avoid Remote Burnout The Truth About Working From Home The Implicit Bias Impacting Remote Workers Changing The Way We Measure Performance Letting Results Speak For Themselves The Future of Remote Work   Links: www.laurelfarrer.com https://www.distributeconsulting.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurel-farrer/ Twitter: @laurel_farrer

Scott is a Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond.  He has published over 100 articles and authored numerous books on heroism and leadership, including 'Heroes' and 'Heroic Leadership'.  His work has been featured in USA Today, NY Times, LA Times, NPR, and Psychology Today, among others.  He has received Richmond's Distinguished Educator Award and the Virginia Council of Higher Education's Outstanding Faculty Award. We’ll be covering Tapping Into Heroic Drive The Power of Imperfection The Role of Relatability Heroism is Born From Adversity Preparing for the Moment The Human Journey is the Hero’s Journey Why Learning About Heroism is Trans-Rational (and what that means) The Connection Between Stories and Empathy Accelerate Your Learning Through Fables Courage In Today’s Corporate Environment Leadership and Legacy Finding Meaning in the Company’s Story Roberto Clemente and the Heart of Leadership Leaders Grow Leaders Links: Website: http://t.co/DI5HqDENuh?amp=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heroes/ Twitter:  @HeroesToday Books: Dr. Allison's Amazon Page

Dr. Matthew Hurtienne is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs for the School of Business and Director of the Doctorate of Business Administration at Concordia University Wisconsin.  He is also the Director of Morph Advisors Consulting. Inside This Episode Becoming a Servant Leader Planning For the Unknown The Power of Scenario Planning A Timeline of Creating Buy-In Building Relationships with Authenticity Creating a Culture of Transparency The End of Punching In and Punching Out Commitment, Engagement, and Retention Adapting Your Leadership to Your Team Overcoming Obstacles with Persistence Balancing the Environment and the Individual Creating A Unified Organization in a Polarized World Humility, Learning, Adaptiveness, and Performance Links: Website: www.morphadvisors.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewhurtienne/

Joseph Young is a Software Solutions Architect, founder and CEO of Kuvio Creative, a software, design, branding, and marketing company.  They are location-independent agency serving clients throughout the world. Inside This Episode: Lead Through Relationships, Not Roles Creating More Results With Less Effort Increasing Commitment Through Emergent Culture Developing Your Mission, Vision, and Values Stop Erasing the Majority of Your Company Getting Into The Zone at 30,000 Feet Creating A Self-Engaged Workforce If You Want to Get, Learn to Give Global Deference in Creating Empowerment How Defining Your Own Title Creates Ownership Links: Website:  https://www.kuv.io/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephayoungmcsd/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrJosephYoung Email: [email protected]

Aaron McHugh is a writer, podcaster, adventurer, and author of the best-selling book, Fire Your Boss: Discover Work You Love Without Quitting Your Job. He is mastering the art of living a sustainable work-life balance that constantly interweaves rhythms of play and adventure. That includes road trips in their 1974 VW Bus, aka The Joy Bus, catapulting them into many father-daughter adventures together. Aaron works as an Affiliate Advisor to Aberkyn, a division of McKinsey & Co as a facilitator of transformation and executive coach. Aaron loves ideas. He loves to dream up new adventures. He is a Starbucks French press coffee snob and is at his best if he gets out for his daily run. He works for a global change leadership consulting company alongside Work Life Play. He and his wife Leith live in Colorado Springs, CO. They are celebrating twenty-five years of marriage in December. Their marriage has survived the death of their twelve-year-old daughter Hadley in 2011. Their twenty-two-year-old son Holden lives in Costa Mesa and is thriving in recovery three years clean and sober. Their youngest daughter lives at home still. In 2015 they rebooted their lives, sold their house and all of their belongings to reboot their life and start their life over again. It hasn’t been easy, but they would do it again. They love traveling, drinking box wine and spending time with their creative, hilarious and courageous kids. In Work, he’s covered the spectrum from ringing in the Opening Day trading bell at the London Stock Exchange to humble beginnings of selling office supplies door-to-door. In Play, he’s an adventurer. He’s an Ironman triathlete, mountaineer, and is learning to surf. He recently accomplished a Life List dream of mountain biking the entire Colorado Trail from Durango to Denver. Inside This Episode Moving From Fear to Freedom Optimize Your Life By Adding Play Stop Keeping Score If You Really Want to Win Creating Flow through Play Getting Back Into Alignment The Power of Developing Craftsmanship When Is It OK to be a “B” Player? Where is the Responsibility for Performance & Engagement? Finding Your Spiritual Foundation Goals, Purpose, and Meaning How to Be a ‘Heretic’ By Questioning Constraints Flipping Hardship Upside-Down Links: Aaron’s website: https://www.aaronmchugh.com/ Aaron’s Email: [email protected] Aaron’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aarondmchugh/ Aaron’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondmchugh Aaron’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worklifeplay Aaron’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronmchugh/  

Scott B. Dust, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University (Oxford, OH). Dr. Dust is also the Chief Research Officer for Cloverleaf, a company whose technology helps organizations create better teams. His teaching, writing and consulting focus on evidence-based perspectives for leading oneself and others.  In addition to teaching, he leads evidence-based management workshop, has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles, and is a contributor for Psychology Today. Inside This Episode The Rise and Fall of Transformational Leadership Adapting Your Leadership Style To The Times What Is Ethical Leadership? The Power of Being a Mindful Leader The Future of Leadership Employee Emotional Exhaustion & Signs of Burnout Role Modeling Culture (They’re Always Watching) Measuring The Effectiveness of Leadership Styles Cultivating Productive Conflict How to Avoid Group Think The Effectiveness of Multi-Leader Teams Flow and Peak Performance Being vs. Doing Paradox The Necessity for Emotional Intelligence Links: Website: https://www.scottdust.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-dust-6820534/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scott_dust Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgVrB6DdggVILESe4ZjFtTA Assessments: https://cloverleaf.me/

In this Key Conversations Masterclass, we explore the 4 Themes of Excellence.   Inside This Episode: How Your Focus Determines Your Results How We Perceive Reality How Our Internal Experience Creates Our External Results The Importance of Ownership How to Stay In the Solution The Control-Concern-Influence Model The Performance Equation Website: www.keyconvo.com/free

Matt Confer is VP of Strategy and Business Development at Abilitie where they use team-based simulation training to enhance leadership development.  He earned his MBA from Boston University while beginning his career with Deloitte Consulting.  He has a popular TedX talk called 3 Steps to Better Decision Making and he also hosts a leadership podcast called, “Learn to Lead.” Inside This Episode Challenging the Constraints Define the Problem, Reframe It The Power of Discipline in Decision-Making Find a Better Lens Expanding Your Skillset in a Simulated Environment A Key Secret of Walt Disney’s Approach to Decisions The Downfall of Assuming Success The Bias Towards Self-Affirmation Watch and Listen Rather than Talk and Dictate 3 Steps to Effective Decision-Making How Missing the Details can Derail a Decision The Benefits and Need for Virtual Training The Cobra Effect Trust and Transparency in Effective Leadership Links: Website: https://www.abilitie.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewconfer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewConfer

Dr. Suzy Siegle is an attorney, business professor, and entrepreneurship coach, holding an MBA, a law degree, as well as a doctorate in leadership and management.  As a researcher, she has spent the last decade researching locus of control psychology and is the creator of the Locus Mindset.  Today we’re going to be exploring the locus of control, what is it, why do we need it, and how can we use it to improve our mindset, our resilience, and our success.   Inside This Episode The Power of Locus Mindset What is a Locus Mindset? How We Perceive What We Believe Understanding the Non-Conscious Mind How We Get Trapped In A Loop The Conflict Between the Compass and the Magnet Stop Outsourcing Your Emotions Why Willpower Doesn't Work It's Not the Event, It's the Decision Change Your Energy to Change Your Results The Core Responsibility of Leaders Change Your Focus & Your Filters Reclaiming Control Links: Website: www.locusmindset.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzysiegle/

Ben Morton is a sought after leadership mentor, coach and bestselling author.  After graduating from the Royal Military Academy, he served two tours in Iraq.  Ben went from the battlefield to the boardroom blending his military and corporate leadership training.  Disappointed by traditional leadership training, Ben started coaching and mentoring others to become the most authentic version of themselves as leaders.   Inside This Episode Leadership from the Battlefield to the Boardroom The True Stakes of Leadership The Connection Between Empathy and Engagement The Secret Ingredient of True Commitment Why The Soft Skills Are Really the Hard Skills The Need for Authentic Leadership Identifying Your Leadership Identity Learn From Others But Be Yourself To Be Effective, Stop Hiding Behind Excuses Victims, Villains, and Heroes The Danger of Know-It-All Leaders How Transparency Leads to Engaged Problem-Solving Basics Done Well + Ruthless Consistency = High Performance Communication Plus Planning in Execution   Links: Website: www.ben-morton.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmortonleadership/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BMLeadership Books: Mission Leadership  

Dr. Ryan Gottfredson. is a mental success coach and cutting-edge leadership consultant, author, trainer, and researcher. Ryan is currently a leadership and management professor at the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at California State University-Fullerton (CSUF). He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources and is the author of “Success Mindsets: The Key to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership.”   Inside This Episode How Mindsets Filter Our Experience and Create the Foundation for Success Why 95% Of Our Behaviors Are Driven By Our Mindsets Brain Science as the Future of Leadership Research Why Mindsets Are the Gateway to Lasting Change in Behavior The Lasting Effects of Framing on Experience Why 95% of Us Have Room to Improve Our Mindsets Digging Beneath the Surface to Identify The Real Mindset Gaps How to Get Out of Your Own Way Creating Awareness and Vertical Integration Enhancing Your Window of Tolerance Developing Agility and Future-Readiness The Four Innate Desires of Leaders Shaping Culture by Shaping Mindsets Website:  www.ryangottfredson.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryangottfredson/ Book: Success Mindsets

Faheem Moosa is the Founder of Springboarders management consulting.  He began his career in the manufacturing industry.  After completing his MBA in 2007, he began working as a strategy consultant in Toronto and served a wide range of companies including those in the Fortune 100.  In 2009 he struck out on his own and started a consulting practice helping small and mid-sized companies grow their businesses.  He has since shifted his focus to helping independent consultants and boutique firms build a sales pipeline and grow their business as a leader of leaders.   Inside This Episode The Need for Over-Communication Navigating Different Communication Preferences Staying Engaged and Motivated While Doing Remote Work Establishing Boundaries and Avoiding Burnout Overcoming the Challenges of Leading a Remote Team Creating Connections from a Distance Finding the Right Tools for Remote Teams Finding Your Work Ethic LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faheemmoosa/  

Dr. Ruth Gotian is known as a “mentor’s mentor” and she is a contributor for both Forbes and Psychology Today. She has spent decades researching the most successful people of our generation in order to understand what they do when the world isn't watching, that has ultimately put them in an elite class. She has uncovered their habits and practices and I am so excited that you are here today to share these secrets with us.   We’ll be covering The Top 4 Traits of High Performers Why Nurture Beats Nature Key Attributes of High Performers They Key to Creating Momentum The 4 Types Of People You Need In Your Corner Why You Need to Build a Team of Mentors Support Others By Being A Sponsor The Need for Power Skills to Enhance Team Work, Leadership, and Performance The Key Skills for Virtual Leadership How Mentorship Is Changing During the Pandemic The Connection Between Empathy, Loyalty, and Performance Managing Expectations and Under-promising, Over-delivering Developing the Mindset of an Astronaut The Secret To Developing a High Performing Team   Links: Website: www.ruthgotian.com LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgotian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthGotian

Dr. Steve Yacovelli Owner & Principal of TopDog Learning Group, LLC, a learning and development, leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, USA, with affiliates across the globe.  Steve and TopDog have worked with Fortune 500 companies including The Walt Disney Company and Bayer as well as non-profits such as The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The American Library Association. With over twenty-five years’ experience in leadership, strategy, organizational learning, and communication, Steve applies academic theory to create real business results.  Inside This Episode Why do organization struggle with inclusiveness? How to Measure Diversity and Inclusion in an Organization Creating Long-Term Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives The Connection Between Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement Identifying Our Unconscious Biases Creating Lasting Organizational Change How to Address Micro Aggressions The 6 Core Competencies of Leaders The Need to Level Up Our Leadership Skills Creating Buy-In For Culture Change What If The Organization Won’t Change?  Links: Website: www.TopDogLearning.biz  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveyacovelli/ Twitter: @gayleadership Books: www.topdog.click/freeship Implicit Bias Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Jude Charles started his company as a teenager. He is a Brand Strategist Filmmaker, and Speaker.  For almost 15 years, has been helping purpose-driven, 7-figure and 8-figure entrepreneurs to bring their stories to life through documentaries & videos. Inside This Episode Sharing Your Story Nail It, Then Scale It with Video Marketing Why You Need to Show Your Story When Video Is Right (or Not Right) For Your Company How to Demonstrate Your Expertise The Power of Roadmapping Your Message Creating Marketing Assets, Even If You Pivot Later The Timelessness of Starting with Why Why We All Need to Develop Our Personal Brand How Keeping It Simple Can Be An Advantage Capturing the Moment with a Story To connect with Jude, visit www.judecharles.co/list

Dr. Kurt Nelson is an applied behavioral scientist, the president and founder of the Lantern Group.  He is also a sought after speaker and recognized leader in human motivation and behavior change. For over 20 years, Kurt has worked with global companies to apply behavioral science principles to drive change in their organizations. All his work is focused on understanding ways to positively influence how people behave. Inside This Episode Why Employees Are Disengaged The Four Drive Model to Creating an Engaged Workforce How Recognition Reduces Turnover The Cost of Disengagement Realizing the Synergy of Communication and Culture Barriers to Effective Leadership Is It A Culture Issue or a Leadership Issue? The Impact of Friction on a Company’s Results Understanding and Creating Positive Social Norms Using Social Proof as a Leader to Effect Change The Power of Framing The Key to Avoiding Short-Term Behavior Change The Biggest Mistake Leaders Make Regarding Motivation The Say-Do Gap Links: Website:  www.lanterngroup.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtwnelson/ Twitter:  @WhatMotivates 

Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts in business storytelling. He’s one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers of 2018, a storytelling coach, and bestselling author of several books including The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell, Sell with a Story, Lead with a Story, Parenting with a Story. Paul holds an MBA from the Wharton School, is a former consultant at Accenture, and former executive and 20-year veteran of The Procter & Gamble Company. Inside This Episode Why Storytelling Works Why Emotions Drive Good Decision-Making How to use stories every day What’s Your Company Story? An Example of a Founding Story Top 10 Stories Leaders Must Tell How Stories Create Culture Common Storytelling Mistakes How to Start a Story So People Listen Why Telling Stories Is Better Than Giving Advice Keep It Short & Sweet Using Questions to Customize and Create Stories If Not Now, When? Links: Website: www.leadwithastory.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithpa9/ Twitter: @LeadWithAStory Paul's Book Page on Amazon  

Jonathan Pritchard.  Jonathan is the Founder of Hellstrom Group; international consulting agency. Author of "Think Like A Mind Reader." And a Fortune 500 Mentalist. Inside This Episode: What is Mentalism and Why You Want to Think Like One Understanding Human Wiring Opens Us Up to Better Marketing and Sales Why We Never Experience “Reality” The Reason Our Brains Use Mental Shortcuts How Micro-Predictions Frame Our Experience How the Brain Manages Its Bandwidth and Focuses Its Resources A Live Demo of the Limitation of Our Mental Wiring How Our Values and Beliefs Determine Our Experience The Dual Meaning of “I can’t imagine…” The Importance of Communicating in the Language of The Person You’re Communicating With How to Get “Admin Privileges” of a Person’s Human Software Why You Don’t Want to Compete on Price The Power of Preparation in Negotiation Developing Your Ability to Walk Away in a Negotiation The Power of Time Compression The Value of Staying Present During Dynamic Experiences Setting the Agenda at the Beginning to Avoid Gotchas at the End Creating Win-Win Negotiations Why Decisions Should Be Made Ahead of Time How Structure Actually Creates Flexibility The Importance of Getting Out of the Box You’re Stuck In Why You can Never Relate to Anything outside of Its Context Why You’re Always Stuck In A Box, Even When You Climb Out of One Getting Beyond False Dichotomy Living The Answer to The Existential Nature of Our Reality!!   Links: Website: www.mindreaderuniversity.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanpritchard/ Twitter: @the_pritchard Books: Think Like A Mind Reader    

Kim Ades is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™ and JournalEngine™ Software. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mother of five, Kim has 15+ years of experience coaching many of North America’s most respected leaders. Recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery and mental toughness, Kim uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help her clients deal with core issues and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results. Inside This Episode The Key Characteristics of Top Performers Based on Research The Importance of Emotional Resilience In Success Answering the Question of Nature or Nurture in Emotional Intelligence How Accountability Coaching Can Actually Be A Disservice to Clients Why You Need to Forget About Skills and Focus on The Thoughts & Beliefs The Need to Identify Conflicting, Beliefs and Actions How a Lack of Alignment Is The Real Problem in Performance How To Identify Thinking Traps And How to Get Out of Them The Danger of Isolative Leadership How to Get Out of a Limited Mindset Breaking Through Leadership Limitations The Power of Solution-Focused Thinking They Key Question to Ask When You Get Stuck How to Expand Your Thinking and Comfort Zone Increasing Your Results Coaching-Based Leadership Change Your Thoughts and the Results Will Follow The Main Assumption You Need to Have as A Leader How Empathy is Actually Something to Avoid Why Jumping To The Solution Can Be Counter-Productive? The Importance of Remaining Calm During a Crisis Why Slowing Down Leads to a Massive Speed Up Why Leaders Need to “Know Thyself” The Power of Journaling in Identifying and Changing Thoughts How Your Mental Picture Impacts Those Around You Links:  Website: www.Frameofmindcoahing.com Email: [email protected] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimades/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/kimades   Free Coaching Experience with One of Kim's Frame of Mind Coaches: Send Your Answer to the 2 Journal questions to [email protected] What do you want more than anything? What’s stopping you from having that?

Jen McFarland has over 25 years of training, teaching, and executive experience. She led large-scale public sector projects affecting over 50,000 businesses, handling millions of dollars. Today, Jen consults with business owners on leadership, strategic project planning, and digital marketing. She also hosts a weekly podcast called “Women Conquer Business.” In this episode: Learn How Projects Drive Everything We Do The Difference Between A Marketing Roadmap vs. Treasure Map Making Sure You’re Building and Climbing the Right Mountain Balancing Logic and Intuition The Importance of Self-Awareness for Leaders The Power of Communication in Team Building How Listening & Understanding Creates Buy-In The Power of Meditation in Increasing Effectiveness The Need to Establish A Foundational Framework in Your Business & Marketing How to Break a Problem Down Into Actionable Items Why We Need to Focus on The Real Problem and What The Solution Will Look Like From the Customer’s Perspective The Need for Ongoing Feedback In Guiding Projects The Disconnect Between Marketers and Customers What Happens if You Stop Listening To Your Intuition The Downfall of Making Decisions Based Solely on Data The Danger of Allocating Too Little and Too Much Time Surrounding Yourself With Excellence and Leading Through Trust How Self-Awareness and Openness to Feedback Enables Us to See Our Blind Spots A Call to Disconnect With the Digital to Deliver Greater Results Creating Your Daily Formula To Start the Day On the Right Foot  Links: Website: www.jenmcfarland.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensmcfarland/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jensmcfarland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jensmcfarland Podcast: https://www.jenmcfarland.com/podcast/   Recommended book: Digital Minimalism https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Minimalism-Choosing-Focused-Noisy/dp/B07LGDY5PC/ref=sr_1_2?crid=9O8QH8JG4AAL&dchild=1&keywords=digital+minimalism&qid=1589236953&sprefix=digital+minim%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-2

Dominique "Dom" Brightmon, DTM is an award-winning speaker and certified member of the John Maxwell Team. He is the author of "Going North!: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself" & the follow-up bestseller, "Stay the Course: The Elite Performer's 7 Secret Keys to Sustainable Success". Dom host's the Going North podcast, a top rated self-help podcast that interviews authors from all over the world. His mantra is Advance others to advance yourself. In This Episode Advance yourself by advancing others. How to use major life events to re-evaluate priorities. The importance of thinking versus reacting. How to be the light to help others find theirs. The power of immersing yourself in books, audios, and people that lift you up. Why we need to Walk Slowly Through the Crowd The key to deciding to Move Forward, Retreat, or Pivot. How intentionality and awareness precede growth and development. What we Speak About, We Bring About. The Need for Consistency 90% of Success is Showing Up The importance of being authentic and having humility How Elite Performers create Simple Consistent Habits Why you want to change your “Zip Code” and choose a demanding environment.  Links: Website: www.dombrightmon.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/DomBrightmon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dombrightmon/ Dom’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ADominique+Brightmon&s=relevancerank&text=Dominique+Brightmon&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1

Mike Cameron is an author, speaker, successful entrepreneur and philanthropist.  With over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurial endeavors, Mike is the Former CEO of Axiom Mortgage Partners.  He has a TedX talk called Redefining Badass, is an ultramarathoner and an ironman triathlete. In This Episode: What Really Drives Our Decisions? How to Create Buy-In By Connecting With Emotions How Understanding Our Emotions Can Help Us Make Better Decisions How to Live a Meaningful and Purposeful Life How Self-Examination Leads to More Effective Leadership How to Identify the Cause of Behaviors, Rather Than the Symptom The Need for Empathetic Leadership Instead of Using Brute Force The Importance of Avoiding False Vulnerability Why We Need to Take Off the Mask and Look Into the Mirror How Awareness is the Key to Creating Choice and Responsibility Shedding the Shackles of Expectation and S.O.A.R. How Slowing Down Allows You to Accelerate Your Results Accepting and Using Our Emotions to Guide Our Behaviors Getting More Done with Ease, Rather Than Effort Taking 60 Seconds to Reset and Refocus The Power of Rituals In Creating Consistent Success Challenging and Expanding Your Comfort Zone Shifting Your Mindset Setting Smaller Goals to Create Momentum and Maintain Focus Narrowing Your Focus to Expand Your Results How Ram Dass’s Letter to Rachel Helped Mike During Tragedy Links: Website:  https://www.mikecameron.ca LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axiommike/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikedavidcameron/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/axiommike TedX Redefining Badass Talk: https://youtu.be/M1mxagsjmao Ram Dass’s Letter to Rachel: https://www.ramdass.org/a-letter-to-rachel/

Mark Green is the author of two books, Activators: A CEO's Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting Things Done and Creating a Culture of Accountability. He’s also a speaker and coach to CEOs and executive teams worldwide. He has addressed, and advised thousands of business leaders, helping them unlock more of their potential and teaching them how to do the same for their teams.   Inside This Episode: How Leadership Requires Understanding People & Behavior Why We Need to Raise the Bar & Accelerate Your Learning Why We Know What to Do But We Still Don’t Act The Three Hidden Growth Killers The Two Basic Motivators How Fear Impacts Your Thinking How To Reduce Fear and Bring In More Logic 3 Principles for Adapting to An Increased Velocity of Change Creating a Bias To Action The Paradox of Flexibility From Structure Why the Pandemic is Not the Problem The Importance of Learning How to Reframe Problems to Create Solutions How to Make Decisions With Imperfect Information Using Guiding Principles vs. Mental Models to Direct Your Behavior and Manage Your Thinking The Paradox of Structure vs. Flexibility A Simple, Person-Focused Question to Create a Greater Sense of Control Allowing Humanity to Come To the Forefront Operating Amid Additional Leadership Overhead   Links: www.Mark-green.com LinkedIn: Coachmarkgreen Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkEGreen Mark’s Free Tools and Assessments: https://mark-green.com/tools-assessments/ Mark's Books on Amazon: Activators & Creating a Culture of Accountability https://www.amazon.com/Mark-E-Green/e/B07HFJHDBJ/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1      

Ted started his own business in 2001, making $20 out of his living room in the first month.  Four years later, it was worth $10 million.  He is the author of several books, including Five-Star Customer Services, Spoil ‘Em Rotten, and A World Gone Social.  He is also a serial business founder and 3-time CEO.  And currently finds time to teach at the Entrepreneurship Innovation Lab at Lorenzo Walker Technical College.   Inside this episode: The Progression Towards Nano-Corporations The Downside of the Gig Economy The Need for Authentic Communication as a Leader Balancing Stability and Flexibility in Our Economic Landscape How Uncertainty Affects Us Psychologically and Economically Navigating the Coronavirus Pandemic How to Limit Exposure to Negative News to Protect Your Mental and Physical Health The Need for Strong, Decisive Leadership to Create a Common Vision for Our Society The Impact on a Lack of Clarity on Both Individual and Corporate Consumers Lessons from the Victory Gardens in WWII for our Pandemic Society Balancing Self-Improvement and Self-Care Doing the Right Thing is the Right Thing Creating the Future Out of Lessons from the Past It’s Not Just Business, It’s Personal Being Altruistically Selfish to Create Positive “Selfish” Consequences Why We Need to Applaud People and Companies Doing the Right Thing The Role of Leaders Status Quo and Social Pressure The Need for Ongoing Key Conversations to Create Organizational Change  Connect with Ted on Twitter: @tedcoine Ted's Books on Amazon