All Episodes

Pausing Unlocks Possibility: Sabbaticals, Burnout, and Rest as Organizational Resilience with Elandria Jackson Charles

Whistleblowing With Rhythm: Coast Guard Reform, Carnival Energy, and Practicing the Future with Dr. Kim McLear

Create the Conditions: Authentic Leadership, Code Switching, and Being the Only One with Gold Chhim

Philanthropy Needs Courage, Not a Fancy Pitch Deck: Funding Bravely, the Great Wealth Transfer, and Refusing to Shrink with Marvin L. Smith

Invest in Your Energy: Liberation, Burnout, and Leading Without Shrinking with Shayna Renee Hammond

Make the Ask: Social Capital, Trust, and Why Slow Does Not Mean No with Dr. LaShawnna Harris

Leadership Is a Creative Practice: Nonprofit Boards, Trust, and Saying Yes to Possibility with Gary Bagley

Equity Over Equality: Failing the Gifted Test, Parent Advocacy, and Asking Families What They Actually Want with Punam V. Saxena

Belonging, Masculinity, and Black Boy Joy: Taking L's on the Way to Elevation with Craig Aarons-Martin

The System Will Replace You, Your Family Cannot: Wellness, Burnout, and Leaving the Principalship with Dr. Nadia Lopez

From Urban Planning to the Akashic Records: Intuition, Life Purpose, and a Science of Spirituality with Julie Chan

Ask Why, Then Act: From a High School Newsroom to New Leaders and the Good Jobs Economy with Jon Schnur

Stop Gatekeeping, Start Gate-Opening: Why Nonprofits Deserve Endowments Too and How to Change Philanthropy from the Inside with George Suttles

From Automotive High School to Wall Street: Mentorship, Resilience, and Impact Investing with Chris Thompson

Referrals Are a 20X Advantage: How Networking, AI, and Smart Strategy Create Luck in Today’s Brutal Job Market with Jeremy Schifeling

Teamship Over Titles: Leading 150,000 People, Bringing the Human Back to HR, and Coming Full Circle with Dr. Patrick Fagan

Living Your Legacy, Not Leaving It: Generational Thinking, Leadership, and the Art of the Handoff with Shawna Wells

Trauma-Informed Hospitality: Why Survivors Get Re-Traumatized by the Systems Built to Help Them with Jessica Muñoz

Community Is Medicine: Healing Schools Project, Trust, and the Three Questions That Change Everything with Wenimo Okoya

Safe Rooms for Leaders: Revenue, Emotional Regulation, and the Business You're Growing Into with Amirah Raveneau-Bey

Leading Without Hardening: Identity, Neurodivergence, and Education Leadership with Jameelah Stuckey

Authenticity Is a Privilege: Identity, Gratitude, and Love as Strategy with Dr. Abiodun Durojaye

From Special Education Teacher to Corporate Philanthropy: Why Relationships Are the Only Legacy That Matters with Nicholas Pascale

They Want Your Work but Not Your Voice: Ed Reform, Leadership, and Reclaiming Space with Dr. Maya M. Faison

From Rupture to Aperture: Peace, Justice, and the Art of Community-Driven Education with Hector Calderón

Issues in Our Tissues: Mindfulness, Burnout, and Conscious Leadership with Amanda Muhammad

Rethinking the Brain and Human Potential with Ellen Petry Leanse

Faith, Mentorship, and Systems Change in Education with Dr. Natalie Neris

Say What You Mean: Leading with Clarity, Not Performance - with Danielle Kristine Toussaint

From Competitive Drive to Purposeful Leadership in Education with Dr. Chantelle George

Leading Without the Mask: How Authenticity and Community Transform Education with Nick Freeman

Crossing Borders in Leadership, Identity, and Equity - with Chris Harley

Authentic Connection in an AI World: ADHD at 50, Leadership, and Human Networking with Dave Delaney

When Your Value Is Overlooked: Finding Your Worth and Creating Impact in Education - with Nautrie Jones

Transforming Broken Systems: Designing Justice Systems That Help Young People Thrive - with Dr. Gisele Castro

Rest as Infrastructure: How Nonprofit Leaders Can Break the Burnout Cycle - with Josh Feldman

Where You’re Born Isn’t Destiny: How Identity, Privilege, and Relationships Shape Real Impact – with Sana Shaikh

Leadership Lives in the Body: What Endurance Sports Teaches Us About Sustainable Leadership – with Jessica Sutter

From Comfort to Conviction: Leading Education Systems through Identity and Truth – with Jenai Emmel

When Being “Cool” Isn’t Enough: The Leadership Shift from Popular Ideas to Real Impact – with Oscar Wang

From Loss to Purpose: The Inner Work Behind Sustainable Leadership – with Cecilia Paz Aguilar

Turning Discrimination into Opportunity: Elevating Leaders and Cultures through Inclusion – with Nicole Smart

Redefining Inclusion: Building Workplaces That Work for Everyone – with Natalie Holder

How Ancestral Roots and Harlem Pride Inspire Leadership – with Dr. Rahesha Amon

Game Changer: Turning Basketball into a Mental Health Revolution – with Kashif (Kash) Hameed

Turning Loss into Leadership and Purpose with Helen Arteaga Landaverde

Building Leaders and Breaking Barriers from Harlem to Antarctica with Shakira Petit

From High-End Events to Meaningful Educational Change with Leslie Wade

Crafting a Life of Purpose, Style, and Social Impact with Lola Banjo

Rediscovering Identity and Resilience Across Generations with Eddie Shiomi

Organizing Fathers for Social Change and Purpose with Justin Cohen

Embracing Confidence and Visibility in Leadership with Sheena Yap Chan

The Heart of Justice is Truth-Telling with Bill Murphy

Inertia and Progress, Not Perfection with Donnell J. Butler

Find a Way or Make the Right Tools: Lea Crusey and Mathias Probst

Creating the Rooms Where It Happens with Mohan Sivaloganathan

Culture: Ensuring People Are Appreciated, Supported and Valued with Niloy Gangopodhyay

Trust Yourself and Your Intuition with De-Lea Deane-Allen

Assimilation to Self-Discovery to Healing with Analiza Quiroz Wolf

Cuidáte: You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup with David Nungaray

Raj Thakkar - Self-Care and Learning in Entrepreneurship

Kendrick Harris: Own Your S**t - You Are Not Your Mistakes

The Misalignment of Values and Practices in Education with Tanji Reed Marshall

Jacquelyn Davis - Stay Clever, Stay Curious

Diane Robinson - It All Starts in Our Minds and Hearts

Surabhi Lal - Fostering Belonging: From Megaphone to Movements

Christopher Ruszkowski - The Value of A Hard’s Day Work to Build Expertise

Bryan Setser - Wayfinder: Earning Trust through Insatiable Curiosity

Discovering And Celebrating Success In Young People with Mike Montoya

Daniel Anello - Mobilizing the Power and Genius of Parents

Be Open to New Experiences and Practice Intention with Grace Cruz

Dr. Rob Carpenter - Surrender to and Enjoy the Person You Want to Become

Akinwole Garrett - Divine Right Order: God, Family then Work

Taylor Delhagen - Don't Be Boring, Be Trustworthy, and Integrate Work and Life

Brandon White - A Misfit That Fits in Everywhere

Jen Chau Fontan - Always Practicing Something

Risa Morimoto - Creating Curiosity to Tell People's Stories

Mary Rice-Boothe - Honoring Her Roots: From The Cotton Fields of Arkansas

Ron Summers: The Hustler Mentality: Web Designer to CEO

Family First: Serving the Public Interest with James Solomon

Perseverance: Create the Life That You Love with Joselyn Martinez

Who Cares? - Learning to Storytell with Hope, Love, and Agency with Rudy Valdez

Stephanie Zhong Who am I? Using Curiosity and Storytelling to Bridge Differences

Kishshana Palmer - Velvet Covered Baseball Bat: Living in Duality

Recy B. Dunn - Levity and the Daily Fight: Try to Take Over the World!

You Can't Heal What You Never Reveal - Ian Buchanan

Yexenia Gómez - Show Up as Yourself Everywhere You Go

Dr. Nancy B. Gutierrez and Dr. Roberto Padilla - Stay and Prevail

Kwamara Thompson - Love Yourself: Come As You Are

Shanita Rapatalo - How You Come is How I Will Receive You

Rick Andrews - Improv as a Pathway to Authenticity

Yamilée Toussaint - Know Your Anchor

Kenan Bishop: Everybody Samples - Acknowledge Your Sources

Marcela Andrés - Making The Ask

Marc Etienne - Marc Etienne - Be Who You Are

Stephanie Morimoto - Decoupling Productivity from Work and Your Humanity

Atnre Alleyne - Sharpness + Proximity + Community = Empowerment

Alli Myatt - Slowing Down to Redesign and Recover

Laura Donald - Centering People Of Color

Ify Walker - When Values Are Clear, Decisions Are Easy

Kate Gerson - There is Room for Everyone to Heal and Be Loved

Russ Finkelstein - Discomfort to Spark Possibilities for Others

Ron J. Williams - Inclusion IS Innovation. Helping real people make real progress

Tony DelaRosa - Isang Bagsak: If One Falls, We All Fall

Finding Your Voice And Choice with Elsa Marquez

To Be and Lead in Service To Others with Delvin Burton

Travonnie Mackey - How do we create access?

Christian Simamora - Learning and Living at The Intersections

Tina Tang - Follow Your Changing Curiosity

Judith A. Yáñez - Be Like Water

Jonathan Santos Silva - We Are All Related