PODCAST · business
WiseTalk
by Mariposa Leadership
Every month, Mariposa Leadership, Inc. Founder/CEO, Susan Bethanis, speaks to thought leaders in leadership, tech, org culture, design thinking, and human resources. Join us for inspiring conversation and practical insights. For more information, visit: www.mariposaleadership.com/wisetalk
Episodes
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Episode 104: The Catalyst’s Guide to AI Resistance, Change, and Burnout
In this episode of WiseTalk, Sue Bethanis hosts Shannon Lucas, co-founder and CEO of Catalyst Constellations and co-author of Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out.: The Catalyst’s Guide to Working Well. Shannon has more than 20 years of experience in Fortune 500 innovation. She has held executive…
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Episode 103: Leading with Wisdom in an Age of Algorithms
In this episode of WiseTalk, Mariposa’s monthly podcast on perspectives on leadership, host Sue Bethanis, Ed.D., Founder and CEO of Mariposa Leadership, is joined by Johan Roos, a management scholar, former business school leader, and entrepreneur. He co-invented the globally adopted LEGO®…
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Episode 102: The Mission Generation with Arun Gupta
Sue Bethanis hosts Arun Gupta, venture capitalist, co-author of The Mission Generation: Rewrite Success, Reclaim Your Purpose, Rebuild Our Future and the national bestseller Venture Meets Mission, and CEO of the NobleReach Foundation, where he works to rekindle a spirit of national service…
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Episode 101: Smarter Decisions in the Age of AI with Cheryl Strauss Einhorn
Sue Bethanis welcomes back Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, founder and CEO of Decisive and author of four books on decision-making, including her latest, The Human Edge: Smarter Decisions in the Age of AI (May 2026). Cheryl is also a longtime educator at Cornell University and Columbia Business School…
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Episode 100: Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Amy Leneker on Leading with Less Stress and More Joy
Sue Bethanis hosts Amy Leneker, a leadership consultant with over 25 years of leadership experience including a decade in the C-suite, who has helped over 100,000 leaders and teams through keynotes, coaching, and training. A first-generation college student, Amy earned both her undergraduate and...
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Episode 99: The Manager Method: How to Lead, Support, and Get Results
Sue Bethanis welcomes Ashley Herd, former Chief People Officer and General Counsel, leadership speaker, and podcast host who has trained over 250,000 managers through LinkedIn Learning and live corporate trainings. Ashley built Manager Method after leading HR and legal teams at McKinsey, Yum!...
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Episode 98: The Great Human Rebrand: Beyond Labels in the Age of AI
Sue Bethanis hosts Merry-Carole Powers, a recognized expert in diversity, equity, and inclusion with over two decades of experience shaping global brands and corporate cultures. As the former Creative Director for Sustainability, Purpose, and DEI at Deloitte and founder of Unicorn Kreative…
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Episode 96: Transforming Conflict into Connection
Sue Bethanis hosts Dr. Joel Salinas, a Harvard-trained behavioral neurologist and Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Isaac Health, a telehealth platform focused on brain health and dementia care. Dr. Salinas serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the New York University Grossman...
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Episode 95: Authentic Leadership Communication in Uncertain Times
Sue Bethanis hosts Matt Kohut, founding partner of KNP Communications, who has prepared CEOs, elected officials, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, scientists, and best-selling authors for events ranging from television appearances to board meetings to TED Talks. He is the author of Speaking Out: New...
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Episode 94: The Activator Advantage
Sue Bethanis hosts Matthew Dixon, a Founding Partner of DCM Insights and leading expert in business development and client experience. Matt is the co-author of the groundbreaking book The Activator Advantage: What Today's Rainmakers Do Differently, which reveals why traditional business…
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Episode 93: Who Needs College Anymore?
Sue Bethanis hosts Kathleen deLaski, Founder and Board Chair at the Education Design Lab, and author of the new book, Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Won’t Matter. Drawing from her groundbreaking research with 125+ colleges and major employers, Kathleen outlines ten...
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Episode 92: Want to Network Better? Build Influence Skills
Sue Bethanis hosts Alan Stein, Founder, CEO & Chief Accelerator of Kadima Careers. Alan has dedicated himself to helping professionals, particularly those from underrepresented groups, build powerful networks and land transformative roles at the world's leading tech companies. Sue and Alan…
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Episode 91: The Ethical Imperative
Sue Bethanis hosts Andrew C. M. Cooper, influential executive leader and author of the book The Ethical Imperative: Leading with Conscience to Shape the Future of Business. Andrew lays out a new, practical path for corporations to rethink harmful, outdated models and integrate themselves with the...
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Episode 86: Strategic L&D Leadership: AI and Upskilling/Reskilling
Sue Bethanis hosts Charlotte Evans, Principal Solutions Consultant at Coursera. Charlotte advises North American companies on their upskilling and reskilling learning solutions. She worked in Asia for five years in student services, where she also pursued a fellowship through the World Innovation...
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Episode 87: Leading With Cultural Humility
Sue hosts Dr. Joel Pérez, an executive and leadership coach, speaker, and consultant passionate about helping leaders and organizations achieve their goals and develop a posture of cultural humility so they can have the impact and create the culture they desire. Joel is the owner of Apoyo…
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Episode 85: AI and New Mindsets for Digital Fluency
Sue hosts futurist and cyborg anthropologist MJ Petroni. MJ specializes in helping others understand the mental models necessary to navigate digital opportunities. As a cyborg anthropologist, MJ studied shows like Star Trek at university, but not (just) for fun. Their field of study addresses the...
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Episode 84: The Business-Side Execution of AI
Sue Bethanis hosts Founder of Machine Learning Week, former Columbia professor, and bestselling author, Eric Siegel, Ph.D. Eric is a leading consultant and former Columbia University professor who helps companies deploy machine learning. He is the founder of the long-running Machine Learning Week...
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Episode 81: Strategic Thinking Skills
In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rich Horwath to discuss his new book, STRATEGIC: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence. Rich Horwath is the Founder...
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Episode 80: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress
Sue Bethanis hosts consultant, coach, personal development expert, and author Ashish Kothari to discuss his new book, Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life. Ashish Kothari is the Founder of Happiness Squad, a company focused on helping individuals...
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Episode 83: Breaking Through to the C-Suite
Sue Bethanis hosts consumer and marketplace product and technology executive, and author, Yue Zhao. Yue was the first product manager and Head of Professionals at Thumbtack Inc. for 5 years, where she worked alongside the founders to build and scale a technology leader valued at $3.2B in 2021…
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Episode 79: Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff
Sue Bethanis hosts productivity expert, automation enthusiast, and bestselling author Aytekin Tank to discuss his new book, Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff. Aytekin’s entrepreneurial passion and firm belief in creating tools to make…
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Episode 78: How Trust is Built, Broken, and Repaired
In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts the world’s leading expert in the rapidly growing field of trust repair, Dr. Peter H. Kim. Dr. Kim is a Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of…
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Episode 77: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work
Sue Bethanis, CEO of Mariposa Leadership, hosts Emily Field, co-author of Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work and a partner at McKinsey’s Seattle office. Emily partners with leaders to shape data-driven organizational strategies designed to achieve business...
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Episode 76: Anxiety as a Leadership Superpower
In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts best-selling author and workplace mental health expert Morra Aarons-Mele. Morra hosts The Anxious Achiever podcast for LinkedIn Presents, which won the 2023 Media Award from Mental Health America, was a 2020 Webby...
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Episode 75: How Efficient Teams Leverage Systems and Tools
Sue Bethanis hosts leading efficiency expert Nick Sonnenberg. Nick is an entrepreneur, Inc. columnist, guest lecturer at Columbia University, and the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Come Up for Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work. He is the Founder…
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Episode 74: Solve Complex Problems with a "Workaround" Mindset
Sue Bethanis hosts award-winning researcher Paulo Savaget. Paulo is an associate professor at Oxford University’s Engineering Sciences Department and the Saïd Business School. His primary fields of expertise are entrepreneurship, sustainable development, systems change, and innovation management....
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Episode 73: “Pausing” as a Leadership Imperative
Sue Bethanis hosts master somatic leadership coach, trauma psychologist, and mindfulness instructor, Chris Johnson. Chris is the founder of Q4 Consulting Inc., a Chicago-based consulting firm that helps leaders transform themselves, their teams, and their organizations to meet future challenges,...
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Episode 72: "Executive Presence" In Today's Business Environment
Sue Bethanis hosts Joel Garfinkle, Master Certified Coach (MCC) and Founder of Garfinkle Executive Coaching. Acknowledged as one of the top 50 executive coaches in America, Joel has access to some of the most successful leaders who provide fresh insights into common issues leaders face at work.…
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Episode 71: Rethink Collaboration for Hybrid, Remote, and Global Teams
Sue Bethanis hosts Gustavo Razzetti, a workplace culture expert and the CEO/Founder of Fearless Culture, a culture design consultancy that helps teams do the best work of their lives. For more than 20 years, Razzetti has helped leaders from Fortune 500s, startups, nonprofits, and everything in...
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Episode 70: Reimagine & Transform Your Mindset to Win
Sue Bethanis hosts Daphne E. Jones. Daphne is an accomplished and seasoned executive with extensive experience using digital technologies strategically, entrepreneurially, and globally within multi-national corporations. She has over thirty years of experience in general management and...
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Episode 68: Use Both/And Thinking to Solve Tough Problems
In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts Marianne Lewis, co-author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems. Marianne’s research and vast experience shows that embracing both/and thinking, or paradox thinking,...
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Episode 67: Silence Truly is “Golden”
Sue Bethanis hosts Justin Zorn and Leith Marz, co-founders of Astrea Strategies and co-authors of the new book, GOLDEN: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise. Drawing on lessons from neuroscience, business, spirituality, politics, and the arts, Justin and Leigh explore why auditory,...
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Episode 66: Stop Avoiding the Big Stuff as a Leader
Sue Bethanis hosts Sarah Noll Wilson, executive coach, leadership development consultant, and bestselling author of Don’t Feed the Elephants!: Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships. Sarah is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and hosts the podcast...
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Episode 65: Creating a Culture of Belonging
Sue Bethanis hosts DDS Dobson-Smith, CEO and Founder of the executive coaching consultancy, Soul Trained, and a registered neuro-linguistic psychotherapist. DDS has spent over 25 years creating cultures in which people can show up, be themselves, and experience the fundamental joys and benefits…
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Episode 64: The Challenges of Hybrid Work and Teaming
In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts Dr. Britt Andreatta, an internationally recognized thought leader who uses her unique background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and education, to create brain-science based solutions for today’s workplace...
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Episode 63: How Women Thrive as Leaders
Sue Bethanis hosts Susan MacKenty Brady, co-author of the just-released book Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership. Susan is is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership at Simmons University and the Chief Executive Officer of The Simmons...
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Episode 62: The Less Loneliness Framework
Sue Bethanis hosts connection enthusiast and author, Ryan Jenkins. Ryan is the co-founder of LessLonely.com, the world’s first resource fully dedicated to reducing worker isolation and strengthening team connections. His new book with Steven Van Cohen is Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams…
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Episode 61: The True Promise of Remote Work
Sue Bethanis hosts culture critic and author, Anne Helen Petersen. A former senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News, Anne now writes about the future of work, celebrity, burnout, and more at her newsletter, Culture Study, as a full-time venture on Substack. She is the author of four books, most...
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Episode 60: Developing "Impact Players"
In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts Liz Wiseman, a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. Liz is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The...
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Episode 59: Elevating the Human Experience at Work
Sue Bethanis hosts Amelia Dunlop, Chief Experience Officer at Deloitte Digital and leader of the US Customer Strategy and Applied Design practice for Deloitte Consulting LLP. Amelia helps companies develop winning strategies that combine innovation, creativity, and digital strategy. She received...
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Episode 58: Leading Inclusively in Hybrid
Sue Bethanis hosts authors Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Dr. Lauren Wadsworth, two clinical psychologists at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, specializing in furthering diversity and inclusivity. Stephanie and Lauren have authored a highly practical book, Did That Just Happen?! Beyond...
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Episode 57: Creating a Better Model of Work for the Post-Covid Future
Sue Bethanis hosts talent strategist and company culture expert, Steve Cadigan. Steve has been at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture for the past 30 years. Most famous for scaling Linkedin from 400 to 4000 in 3.5 years, Steve also led the development of LI’s legendary...
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Episode 56: Inclusive Culture on Hybrid Teams
Sue Bethanis hosts Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson, Associate Professor of Management at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from Rice University and is particularly interested in the effects of unconscious biases in the evaluation of women and minorities to…
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Episode 55: Staying Connected in a Virtual World
Sue Bethanis hosts Carole Robin, Ph.D., leadership expert, former award-winning Stanford Business School professor, and co-author of Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues. Carole is the Co-Founder and Head of Programs of Leaders in Tech, a nonprofit…
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Episode 54: Culture Renovation
Sue Bethanis hosts Kevin Oakes, author of Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company. Kevin is the CEO and Co-Founder of i4cp, the leading authority on next practices in human capital. He is a frequent author and international keynote speaker on next practices in...
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Episode 53: Rebel Leadership
Sue Bethanis hosts Larry Robertson, author of the new book "Rebel Leadership: How to Thrive in Uncertain Times." Larry is a recognized expert in creativity, entrepreneurship, and leadership, and a highly sought-after advisor, speaker, and facilitator in public, private, and academic forums. He…
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Episode 52: Building Courageous Cultures
Sue Bethanis hosts David Dye, co-author of Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates. As a former executive and elected official, David has over two decades of experience leading teams and building organizations. With his wife and...
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Episode 51: Revolutionize Your Workplace Culture
Sue Bethanis hosts Diane Kaufman, author of HR Bullcrap! Revolutionizing Your Workplace Culture. Diane is the President and CEO of HR BullCrap! LLC and is a workplace game-changer, providing HR expertise that can reform and revolutionize workplace cultures, leadership, talent, and strategy. Diane...
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Episode 50: Risk Culture Amid Uncertainty
Sue Bethanis hosts Bob Zukis, the CEO and Founder of Digital Directors Network the world’s only organization working to advance the practice and profession of digital and cybersecurity risk oversight in the corporate boardroom. He is an Adjunct Professor of Management and Organization at The USC...
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Episode 49: Be a Leader Worth Following
Sue hosts Tim Spiker the founder of The Aperio and the Who* Not What Principle, a profound and research-based truth that has powered 15 years of leadership success. Tim’s book, The Only Leaders Worth Following, explores Who* Not What in-depth, inviting readers into a journey that can truly change...
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Every month, Mariposa Leadership, Inc. Founder/CEO, Susan Bethanis, speaks to thought leaders in leadership, tech, org culture, design thinking, and human resources. Join us for inspiring conversation and practical insights. For more information, visit: www.mariposaleadership.com/wisetalk
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