The LeaderShifter Show: Recent Episodes
Shani Magosky
Leadership experts Doug Lennick and Chuck Wachendorfer, partners at think2perform, endeavor to help clients “make the ideal real.” Their approach emphasizes self-awareness and emotional competency as the foundational elements for improved decision-making, effective self-management and in turn, authentic leadership. The first step is to strengthen your own leadership skills through learning agility, effective communication, and embracing empathy and compassion.
An interesting distinction we discussed is the difference between the ideal self and your real self. Ideal self is about intention and aligning your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to your values. The real self is representative of the behaviors experienced by others and requires great self-awareness to bridge the gap between the two. Most people skip self-mastery and go straight to technical mastery, which is a huge mistake because living out of alignment is a source of stress, dissatisfaction and poor decision-making.
Values are such a big underpinning of Doug and Chuck’s work that they developed The Values Card Exercise, which has been completed by over 120,000 people in 146 countries. The research they conducted from the results revealed that the top 10 values are consistent around the globe. Tune in to learn what they are! As a hint, the #1 value is Family.
Doug and Chuck are co-authors of the new book in which they share all their wisdom and experiences: DON’T WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO FIX IT: 8 Essentials to Enhance Your Leadership Impact at Work, Home, and Anywhere Else That Needs You.
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You’ve head of Emotional Intelligence (EI). The next evolution is Spiritual Intelligence (SI), so tune in to learn all about it! Yosi Amram is a licensed clinical psychologist, CEO leadership coach, author, and pioneering researcher in the field of Spiritual Intelligence. Spiritual Intelligence harnesses the immense resources of spirituality such as Purpose, Presence, Egolessness, Compassion, Freedom, and Grace – which are components of effective leadership in general. Yosi’s research has shown that people with high levels of SI have a greater sense of well being and satisfaction with life, and make better and more inspiring leaders.
Lest you think Yosi is solely “woo-woo,” know that he is a former Israeli IDF serviceman, during which time he received numerous leadership awards. He’s also a Harvard MBA and founder and CEO of two technology companies that he led through successful IPOs. Then, despite his company’s success, Yosi shares how he experienced a “dark night of the soul” leading to a new path. That’s when he pursed a PhD in clinical transpersonal psychology, which integrates the psychological with the spiritual, ultimately designing a model for Spiritually Intelligent Leadership. We had an interesting discussion about mirror neurons and the electromagnetic field of energy that is palpable between people and in organizational culture.
Yosi recently published a book on the topic, Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire by Being Inspired. He is also the founder of several non-profits including trueMASCULINITY.org and Engendering-Love.org. If this groundbreaking topic is of interest to you, he offers a free SI assessment as well as a paid SI 360 on Intelligensi. Also, check out his community for “Awakening SI,” a free series of gatherings and workshops occurring every third Friday of the month starting in February 2024.
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Do you struggle with communication clarity, brevity, and/or effectiveness? If so, tune into this episode with award-winning marketing entrepreneur Ben Guttman. In addition to founding and growing a successful marketing company, Ben is an adjunct professor at Baruch College and author of Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win and How to Design Them, which “simply put,” is about how to communicate with clarity. But simple is HARD WORK, so join us to learn how to break through the noise, why some messages work when others don’t, and why some leaders inspire change when others don’t.
We had conversations about a few specific brands with memorable messages such as Geico with the caveman and gecko campaigns. Other interesting topics discussed included why constraints are good in that they create pressure to experiment and do something different, playing Jenga with your message, additive bias, and the Dunning-Kruger effect.
An author after my own irreverent heart, Ben penned chapter titles such as “Our stupid brains in our busy worlds,” “Fighting the Frankenstein idea,” and “Say shit without the bullshit.” In this insightful (and often funny) book, Ben explains how to design effective messages that feature five key pillars:
- Beneficial
- Focused
- Salient
- Empathetic
- Minimal
Ben also offers speaking, consulting, and fractional CMO services, with the SIMPLE tagline, “I help good people and great brands tell the world why they matter.”
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If you are a business owner or entrepreneur interested in strengthening your business outcomes, worrying less, and improving personal time management and work/life balance, then tune into this episode with Patrick Esposito, an entrepreneur and attorney who has supported 100+ organizations. The cold hard truth is that 50% of businesses fail by their fifth year, and Patrick wanted to know why. With wisdom from his new book, The Structure of Success: A Framework to Help Build Your Business Better, we discuss the eight categories that his research showed most impact success:
- Governance models and composition
- Management team models, composition, engagement, and compensation
- Adjustments and pivots
- Growth and infrastructure development
- Business disputes and breakups
- Acquisitions, mergers, exits, and other transactions
- Disaster preparedness
- Succession planning
As a former salesperson and leader, one of the highlights for me was failure to align compensation with business goals. For example, when salespeople are paid based on top line only, there is little incentive to be cost conscious and compliance focused, for example.
Patrick currently serves as president of ACME General Corp, a leading public sector innovation advisory business. Also, he recently launched Initiative Labs LLC to help small and medium-sized business leaders apply the approaches, methodologies, and tools from this book.
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In this episode, we bust the longstanding myth that “emotions don’t belong in the workplace.” I am joined by Markus van Alphen, Founder and Director of The Excellent Organization. Markus is a renowned leadership psychologist, author of more than 15 books in Dutch and English, and lecturer on Excellent Leadership and Observational Listening, a term he coined to describe a methodology that takes active listening to a higher level.
The psychological safety to express one’s authentic emotions is the key to improved workplace communication because these can’t be faked. Observational listening demands consistent and purposeful awareness of and empathy for our colleagues. This helps them feel supported, thus boosting performance, well-being, and ultimately, business success. In other words, empathy is a competitive advantage! In fact, an extensive Oxford and British Telecom study into happiness and productivity found that workers are 13% more productive when they’re happy.
Markus’ most recent books include The Excellent Leader and The More Excellent Leader. The third book in this trilogy, The Most Excellent Leader, will be released in late 2023 and teach leaders dynamic conversation skills in specific situations. In addition, Markus offers a variety of courses sharing essential tools the excellent leader can use to be more empathic and emotionally intelligent.
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What does ESG even stand for? How does it differ from Impact Investing? What does it all mean? What does it look like in practice? Today’s impressive guest and dear friend will shine a light on all of these questions and more. Beata Kirr is a Managing Director and Chief Impact Officer at Chicago-based The Copia Group, an innovative new company that provides growth capital in the form of private credit to women and ethnically diverse-owned businesses. Their focus is on companies with revenue between $5-150 million, which are the true engine of the economy. Prior to Copia, Beata was the Co-CEO of a huge private wealth businesses managing over $100 billion, including leading the creation and allocation to all purpose-driven investment strategies (and before that, we were colleagues at Goldman Sachs!). As you can see, you’ve got a real guru to explain these topics to you in what I promise is a very assessable manner.
Simplistically, ESG tends to be backwards looking for assessing and reporting risk, while Impact Investing is forward looking and intentional – looking at how capital can have an impact beyond financial measures to drive measurable change (comment from the peanut gallery (me): and impact beyond superficial greenwashing PR stunts). For the recipient of impact capital, the money is material to achieving specific goals. Beata explains her three “-alities,” intentionality, additionality, and materiality as key criteria. We then explored an exemplary company in this milieu, Patagonia, which also happens to be one of my favorite brands on the planet. That’s partially due to the internal and external cultures they’ve created through their mission, values, people strategy, product supply chain, and philanthropy. Tune in to hear about their brainchild, 1% for the Planet, as well as the unique restructuring they recently accomplished to align their corporate structure to their core values. Inspiring is an understatement.
Lastly, we had a vibrant discussion about the shift from E (environmental) to S (social) that we’re currently seeing within ESG. Social isn’t just about diversity and inclusion of gender, ethnicity, and other traditional measures. Today, it also involves addressing income gaps, crafting employee cultures of psychological safety, and speaking out consistently and transparently about relevant social issues. For organizations who desire to move toward more purposeful impact, a few of the many suggestions Beata offered include knowing and living by your values, having constructive conflict protocols, setting up an anonymous complaints system, and offering differentiated and modern benefits such as secondary caregiver benefits.
Even if you’re not directly involved in the ESG or Impact world as an organization or investor, this episode is important for all human beings who care about the world.
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Join us for this fascinating conversation with master storyteller and Chief Story Architect of Build the Story, Dan Manning. Of his superpower, he says, “I’m a story specialist. I help you build business stories that hold attention long enough to get to YES!” The role of story in daily life and decision making cannot be underplayed, and it’s an underutilized advantage for leaders. In fact, stories are fundamental to the human experience, and all our stories shape how we view the world and interact with others.
Dan helps leaders and organizations craft persuasive stories for a myriad of purposes, including marketing and customer acquisition, capital raising, communicating vision, and personal branding. The core of any story is simple, and the focus is on CHANGE: before it was like this, then there was a change, and now it’s like this. Dan shares other helpful tips to help leaders craft their own compelling stories.
Dan has an interesting story himself that we explore and relate to his current business, including 25 years in the Air Force, first as a fighter pilot and then as a military diplomat (think Russia and ISIS campaigns and speechwriter for the most senior officials in the Air Force). Dan works 1:1 with clients and also offers a community-based course on storytelling. To learn more about working with him, contact him on LinkedIn.
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Tune in to hear from Osteopath, Educator, and Posturologist Mat Boule about an exciting new approach to manage pain and restore balance to our oh-so-delicate bodies. Posturology is paired with functional neurology to diagnose and treat problems emanating from the spine. It’s not about ergonomics, sitting up straight, or the inner ear.
Among other aspects, Mat explains how imbalances in the eyes and feet are major culprits of dysfunction and even learning challenges. Not surprisingly, when there are breaches, the body compensates with tilts and rotations that screw up our bodies for a lifetime. This statistic will shock you: 80% of humans are born with eyes that don’t coordinate properly. As far as the feet, imbalances start to develop as infants when learning to crawl (something else for which we can blame our parents lol)!
IMHO, smart leaders will introduce Posturology as an employee wellness benefit because once people’s bodies are more aligned, their cognitive and technical performance at work will improve dramatically. In full disclosure, I’m a patient and have never experienced anything like this before so I wanted to share it with the world!
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On today’s episode, I chat with Susan Black, the dynamic founder of Wowzitude, which offers interactive, moderated live-streamed virtual walking tours led by local guides. Susan Black is WOW in her own right, and her latest entrepreneurial venture takes it to a new level. Founded in November 2020, Wowzitude not only filled a pandemic void but also a long-term need for armchair travelers looking to scratch their travel itch. Susan shares the story of how the seed for this innovative idea started with a passing comment from her late mother, who was then in an assisted living facility. What struck me is how quickly she busted a move to turn the idea for Wowzitude into a reality, starting small and growing swiftly to currently offer 104 global tours (and growing!) conducted by 87 top-notch guides eager to share their favorite spots using high end A/V technology. And the experiences go well beyond the Zoom tours; they also provide family recipes from the guides, signature local cocktail recipes, and related book and movie suggestions. This space was natural for Susan with her many decades-long travel and tourism experience.
Among the clients Wowzitude serves are assisted living facilities, alumni groups, museums, religious groups, travel agencies, and people who do plan to travel but want to conduct some due diligence on potential locales. In its short time in business, Wowzitude has garnered many awards, including the 2022 Think Global Travel Creative Ingenuity Award, 2023 Top Small Business Big Wins from Barclays, and the AARP Innovation Labs Audience Choice Award. You’ll be a raving fan too if you become a Wowzitude subscriber. To learn more and get a sneak peek at upcoming travel experiences, visit their website.
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It’s hard to believe we’ve done 100 episodes of the podcast (actually more because I have a few in the can!). To commemorate this milestone, I’ve curated clips from some of my favorite episodes, including:
- Episode 85 with former military submarine officer Jon Rennie
- Episode 69 with Dr Adia Gooden, the Brene Brown of unconditional self-worth
- Episode 61 with leadership guru and funny man Ron Carucci
- Episode 24 with me solo honoring my mom after she passed away
- Episode 22 with Bethany McLean, the Vanity Fair reporter who broke the Enron story back in the day
- Episode 21 with Katrina Markoff, creative food genius and founder of Vosges Haut Chocolat
Thank you to ALL the great guests who have spent time chatting with me and to all the listeners. LMK who else you want to hear from in future episodes!
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Join us on today’s episode for a fun conversation with Blima Ehrentreu, Founder and CEO of Brooklyn-based design company The Designers Group. They deliver cutting-edge interior design, specializing in high-end residential and commercial spaces, including healthcare, senior living, hospitality, retail, and schools.
Blima shares descriptions of some of the innovative projects the company has worked on and how it has enhanced the customer and employee experience + the bottom line of her clients. Learn how they engage all five senses in their designs, impacting not only the physical space, but also the mental and emotional wellness of those who experience it. Inc. Magazine ranked The Designers Group #15 among the top fastest-growing private companies in the New York Metro Area in 2021, and Blima has also been the recipient of plentiful awards.
In addition, we touched on my favorite topic of workplace culture, with a key element of The Designers Group culture being dedicated to philanthropy. Among the charitable initiatives they have launched include TDG Furniture Exchange which matches furniture donors with recipients in need, TDG Gives Back for pro bono design work, and TDG Insider for prospective designers. Their actions match the words in a big way, a hallmark of great leadership. Visit their website to learn more about these initiatives or how to engage TDG in a project.
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Join us on today’s episode for a fun conversation with Blima Ehrentreu, Founder and CEO of Brooklyn-based design company The Designers Group**. They deliver cutting-edge interior design, specializing in high-end residential and commercial spaces, including healthcare, senior living, hospitality, retail, and schools.
Blima shares descriptions of some of the innovative projects the company has worked on and how it has enhanced the customer and employee experience + the bottom line of her clients. Learn how they engage all five senses in their designs, impacting not only the physical space, but also the mental and emotional wellness of those who experience it. Inc. Magazine ranked The Designers Group #15 among the top fastest-growing private companies in the New York Metro Area in 2021, and Blima has also been the recipient of plentiful awards.
In addition, we touched on my favorite topic of workplace culture, with a key element of The Designers Group culture being dedicated to philanthropy. Among the charitable initiatives they have launched include TDG Furniture Exchange which matches furniture donors with recipients in need, TDG Gives Back for pro bono design work, and TDG Insider for prospective designers. Their actions match the words in a big way, a hallmark of great leadership. Visit their website to learn more about these initiatives or how to engage TDG in a project.**
Cecilia Dahl is the OG remote work expert; she has been conducting business virtually for 30 years, so she is not a pandemic also-ran. Her consulting business is Key 360, and she is a valued resource to clients with her unique “Productivity Anywhere” leadership mindset. In today’s episode, Cecilia shares some really differentiated tips, not the common sense ones that everyone talks about. For example:
- Create experiences in periodic all-hands offsites that have little to no business content. Instead, do things that create bonding and connection. She and her team once did cooking classes, for instance. It’s easy for trust to erode in an all remote environment, so be vigilant about this!
- Schedule video chat times for people to get to know each other on a more personal level WITHOUT you present! You being in the virtual (or any room) changes the vibe, and not in a way that encourages sharing.
- Be alert to subtle cues when interacting with individuals and your team on Zoom/Teams that someone may be pulling away. This could mean that a process is broken or someone is feeling disconnected. “Isolation is a monster that hovers over remote teams, Cecilia proclaims.
Cecelia is also a serial entrepreneur who has started several companies, along the way raising 3 rounds of VC capital, obtaining 3 patents, and growing one biz to over $100mm before a profitable exit. And there’s more…She’s the co-author of Unlocking The Secrets of Remote Leadership and is one of 30 female leaders featured in The Great LeadHERship Awakening. Cecelia recently launched a YouTube channel called “Dear Cecilia,” an obvious nod to Dear Abby, but instead of dispensing life advice, she addresses questions about leading remotely. If you have a question you want to pose to Cecelia to be featured on the show, contact her via her website.
Join me today if you want the key to the entrepreneurship kingdom! I’m speaking with a colleague and good friend, Rod Dauphin, who is the Education Services Director for the esteemed Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (GS10kSB) philanthropic grant program at LaGuardia Community College in NYC. A requirement of the program is to complete a rigorous training program. I happen to be an adjunct facilitator, teaching the Leadership and People/Culture modules, so I’m a bit biased about this program and Rod :). So far, GS10kSB has served over 13,000 businesses with no end in sight. In his 12 year tenure serving the program’s NYC-metro region, Rod and his team have advised over 1,300 businesses.
Having started six of his own companies beginning at age 22, Rod has immersed himself in entrepreneurship, small business, and community his entire career. Some of the wisdom he shares includes:
- While money may be an obstacle, don’t let it be a deterrent
- People respect consistency
- As a former college football player, put team, vision, and culture first
- Play as a team and help people grow as individuals
Rod is also a budding author and podcast host. Stay tuned for his upcoming book due out in July 2024, The Sports in Business, in which he applies relatable sports analogies to operating a thriving business. Along with two friends, he is soon launching the Black Dad Unfiltered podcast to promote understanding, healing, and changing the narrative around black men both at home and at work. What an important and timely initiative!
If you or someone you know may be interested in the GS10kSB program, please apply!
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Join me today if you want the key to the entrepreneurship kingdom! I'm speaking with a colleague and good friend, Rod Dauphin, who is the Education Services Director for the esteemed Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (GS10kSB) philanthropic grant program at LaGuardia Community College **in NYC. A requirement of the program is to complete a rigorous training program. I happen to be an adjunct facilitator, teaching the Leadership and People/Culture modules, so I'm a bit biased about this program and Rod :). So far, GS10kSB has served over 13,000 businesses with no end in sight. In his 12 year tenure serving the program’s NYC-metro region, Rod and his team have advised over 1,300 businesses.
Having started six of his own companies beginning at age 22, Rod has immersed himself in entrepreneurship, small business, and community his entire career. Some of the wisdom he shares includes:**
- While money may be an obstacle, don’t let it be a deterrent
- People respect consistency
- As a former college football player, put team, vision, and culture first
- Play as a team and help people grow as individuals
Rod is also a budding author and podcast host. Stay tuned for his upcoming book due out in July 2024, The Sports in Business, in which he applies relatable sports analogies to operating a thriving business. Along with two friends, he is soon launching the Black Dad Unfiltered podcast to promote understanding, healing, and changing the narrative around black men both at home and at work. What an important and timely initiative!
If you or someone you know may be interested in the GS10kSB program, please apply!
Carolyn Swora is a self-professed “recovering over-worker and people pleaser.” I’m sure that sounds familiar! On today’s episode, learn how she not only overcame those burdens but also blossomed into a “Human Spirit Ignitor” with a passion for developing trauma-informed leaders. First, Carolyn helps us define trauma: it’s not just something extreme; it’s any emotional wound or distressing event that you’re not able to cope with easily. In other words, trauma is relative and not to be minimized or compared.
Leaders, listen up! The CDC recently quantified that the lifetime cost of toxic stress, adversity, and trauma is over $120 billion. So, it literally costs your company money if you and your leaders don’t get smarter and more intentional about this topic. In other words, LEADERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO DO THIS WORK, so be informed about how to engage with people who have experienced trauma. Ok, then how do I become a trauma-informed leader?? Carolyn offers many tips, including:
- Being aware of and sensitive to trauma and the fact that it can deplete us in conscious and unconscious ways, including at work.
- Do not ask. Your people can share if they choose to, but by no means is that necessary.
- That doesn’t mean you have to play therapist!!
- Do your own work. Be committed to learn more about yourself.
- Create a safe space, which means you show up nonjudgmentally, so people feel seen and heard.
- This is a vital piece of DEIB work.
Carolyn is a certified Dare to Lead facilitator of Brene Brown’s famous work on vulnerability. She’s also the host of Podcast: Evolve: A new era of leadership and author of two books, Evolve: The Path to Trauma-Informed Leadership and Rules of Engagement: Building a Workplace Culture to Thrive in an Uncertain World.
It was a real treat to have Luke Iorio on the show to discuss an important topic we’ve never specifically covered before: Masculine Vulnerability. He is the former President and CEO of the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), one of the most renowned coaching certification programs in the world. WAIT, LADIES – this episode is for you too because you all have men in your life to support!
Vulnerability flies in the face of how most men were socialized for millennia – to be tough and push down emotions, essentially a world that “trains warriors.” When working with clients to become more self-aware about their own personal and societal conditioning, Luke taps into the commonly held value of freedom. He points out that past conditioning is actually a prison that keeps them trapped and not free at all. Vulnerability is one of the highest forms of strength and fosters empowered decision-making. Some tangible suggestions he offers include:
- Join a men’s group as a community of support
- Work with a coach
- Close your eyes and do a body scan from head to toe. This is important because emotions are stored in our body, and if we can learn from its intelligence, there is big leverage for change.
- Ask yourself some tough questions:
- Imagine it’s 10-ish years from now and you’re having dinner with your kids, who are now in their early/mid 20s. They will create their lives based on what you have modeled. How will you explain to them why you made the choices that you did?
- Are you willing for them to live the same life?
Luke also hosts an inspiring podcast, On This Walk, on which he vulnerably (of course!) shares some of his own life’s journey. The show is described as follows: “We’ll walk together and explore mostly from the personal journey perspective—wrestling with meaning, tiptoeing to find balance, grieving and releasing our way into acceptance and forgiveness, stumbling back into joy, and rediscovering that peace has always been at the center of what we’ve needed and wanted.” Doesn’t that sound yummy??!!
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It was a real treat to have Luke Iorio on the show to discuss an important topic we’ve never specifically covered before: Masculine Vulnerability. He is the former President and CEO of the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), one of the most renowned coaching certification programs in the world. WAIT, LADIES – this episode is for you too because you all have men in your life to support!
Vulnerability flies in the face of how most men were socialized for millennia – to be tough and push down emotions, essentially a world that “trains warriors.” When working with clients to become more self-aware about their own personal and societal conditioning, Luke taps into the commonly held value of freedom. He points out that past conditioning is actually a prison that keeps them trapped and not free at all. Vulnerability is one of the highest forms of strength and fosters empowered decision-making. Some tangible suggestions he offers include:
- Join a men’s group as a community of support
- Work with a coach
- Close your eyes and do a body scan from head to toe. This is important because emotions are stored in our body, and if we can learn from its intelligence, there is big leverage for change.
- Ask yourself some tough questions:
- Imagine it’s 10-ish years from now and you’re having dinner with your kids, who are now in their early/mid 20s. They will create their lives based on what you have modeled. How will you explain to them why you made the choices that you did?
- Are you willing for them to live the same life?
Luke also hosts an inspiring podcast, On This Walk, on which he vulnerably (of course!) shares some of his own life’s journey. The show is described as follows: “We’ll walk together and explore mostly from the personal journey perspective—wrestling with meaning, tiptoeing to find balance, grieving and releasing our way into acceptance and forgiveness, stumbling back into joy, and rediscovering that peace has always been at the center of what we’ve needed and wanted.” Doesn’t that sound yummy??!!
As many of you know, psychological safety is a topic I constantly pound the table on. Join us to learn practical implementation tips from experts Minette Norman and Karolin Helbig. In their new book, The Psychological Safety Playbook: Lead More Powerfully by Being More Human, the duo became the first authors to provide actionable skills with real-life examples for implementing psychological safety in the workplace. Their work builds on that of renowned Harvard researcher, Amy Edmondson, who coined the term. The book is short – written for busy leaders – and provides 25 proven strategies to help leaders increase psychological safety on their teams by being human. Karolin has a PhD in human genetics and is a former McKinsey consultant. Minette has several decades of experience leading global teams in the software industry and most recently served as Vice President of Engineering at Autodesk.
They generously share the five major “plays” and offer an immediately actionable tip for each one:
- Communicate Courageously – ask the question, “what am I missing?”
- Master the Art of Listening – actively listen to understand, not to respond
- Manage Your Reactions – when you’re triggered, take a breath before responding instead of reacting on amygdala hijack
- Embrace Risk and Failure – be vulnerable enough to share your mistakes and failures and process the learnings
- Design Inclusive Rituals – have a “no interruptions” rule in team meetings and ensure the conversations aren’t dominated by the few voices who always speak up
Tune in for this and more! And navigate to the free resources on their website, including a snapshot of all 25 plays. They don’t have to be done in any particular order. Start with one small action and observe as the magic happens!
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Today, I had a beyond FUN chat with Dr. Joey Faucette, an executive coach, author, podcaster, and architect of the Work Positive Framework. Dr. Joey bets that you have a “Kevin” at work. His name may be different, but all companies have one (likely more!). It’s all about him. Every. Single. Day. Kevin is negative only cares about what furthers his career; makes him look good to his boss. He yells when asked a question and blames others when deadlines are missed. His scientific species name is “suckus negativeous.” No N95 mask can prevent this pandemic of toxic bosses and coworkers! If this resonates, tune in to learn about the 5 key characteristics of a Work Positive Dream Team: Perceive, Conceive, Believe, Achieve, and Receive. We also discuss strategies to attract top talent that helps sustain a healthy culture and how to cope with negative people without becoming one yourself. Related to the latter, he shares the “Dr. Joey 2-step” with an analogy everyone will get – the toilet. Step 1: Grab the handle – ask yourself what you can learn from this person and how they might be a mirror to your own behavior. Step 2: Flush – flush away the inner critics that get more vocal when a ‘Kevin’ tries to knock you down. (I told you he is fun!).
Dr. Joey is also the author of best-selling book Work Positive in a Negative World: Redefine Your Reality and Achieve Your Business Dreams, host of the Work Positive Podcast, and genius behind The Work Positive Coaching Program. Folks, this episode is a good time, so please listen or watch now!
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As early as his 20s, Dr. Eric Holsapple had all the outward trappings of success: a high-paying job, nice car, and other costly material items. Yet he wasn’t happy. Can you relate to this? If so, tune in for a special sneak peek inside Eric’s book, Profit with Presence: The Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership, due to be released on March 7, 2023. Don’t assume he is all woo; Eric has been a successful real estate professional for 40 years and lectured in real estate at Colorado State University for 20 years. He shares with me his unique first-hand experience on how merging business and mindfulness is a proven catalyst for changing lives and improving business outcomes.
Among the interesting topics we covered were how to start slowly with a meditation practice, why it’s important to be happy now because the “goal post” for societal definitions of happiness will always keep moving, and how to align new commitments with supporting habits. We also discussed Eric’s Mindful Leadership Program, a 9-month journey designed to teach heart-centered business professionals, entrepreneurs, and CEOs how to use mindfulness tools to support and guide their vision to reach new heights.
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I had such a blast on today’s episode speaking with the three badass (pun intended!) cofounders of #femtech startup, Panic Panties. Alex Bernstein, Maria Marino, and Katherine Anne Coury, who went to Syracuse University together, hatched the idea over dinner one night in NYC. Panic Panties is doing for underwear what L’eggs did for pantyhose…making high quality options available ubiquitously on-the-go. Panties are already available at CIBO in airports, urbanoutfitters.com, and through delivery service, GoPuff, with more locations coming soon. Their products are individually packed panties that can be bought on the run or have as a staple in your handbag or office desk for when you’re in a … well, panic. You know, like when you unexpectedly get your period or want a fresh pair after 12+ hours in the office. Or when you leak a bit thanks to a big hardy laugh or cough (If you know, you know…). These ladies have bootstrapped their way to success so far, even though the pandemic hit just as they were launching. Learn about their recent Kickstarter campaign to fund the launch of a “brand-spanking” new product line in a big national drug store chain. We also discussed their corporate values (it wouldn’t be a LeaderShifter Show without it!), which are exemplary and truly define the brand and their journey:
- Inclusivity – panty sizes range from 2-26 for all shapes, and options include various colors to appeal to various skin tones.
- Quality – these are not granny panties! They are premium, soft, beautiful, and durable.
- Sustainability – fabric and packaging are ethically & thoughtfully sourced: OEKO-TEX certified—AKA free of harmful chemicals.
- Purpose – all sales help fund ocean cleanup.
- Women’s wellness – panties have an antimicrobial lining to prevent bacteria and odor. And panties are pre-washed.
- Fun – I mean, the use cases really lend themselves to lots of laughter!
Follow @panic.panties on IG and #panicpanties on TikTok or place an order on their website. You can also catch Alex, Maria, and Katherine Anne on The View on March 6th, 2023. @theviewabc
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“If you want to know your values, show me your calendar, your pocketbook, and who you hire and fire,” dares Dr. Brad Harris,“ Professor of Management and HR at HEC Paris and Co-Founder of People Leader Accelerator. Join us as Dr. Brad shares powerful lessons that will push leaders to understand the hidden tensions that stifle growth. He counsels on how to transform the empty words of most organizations’ values into ones that are truly representative. First, identify what makes you different and reflect those in your values. Then recognize what behaviors are part of honoring those values. Some examples he’s helped clients craft include
- We are a gratitude filled organization
- We always say thank you
- We don’t stop investing in development
- We don’t cancel 1:1s
Another highlight was our discussion of how to nail down tangible ROI on leadership development efforts. Dr. Brad has also co-authored two books, 3D Team Leadership: A New Approach for Complex Teams and Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations.
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Did you know that 96% of small businesses don’t make it to their 10th birthday? And of the survivors, 91% never cross the $1mm revenue mark? If this is your world and/or you’re an entrepreneur struggling to work ON your business instead of IN your business, listen to my colorful conversation with growth coach Bradley Hamner. He specializes in working with small service-based businesses to help them beat the odds, asserting that “business is not a bathrobe” – meaning not one-size-fits-all. He coaches clients on six principles for success and prompts critical strategic thinking with such provocative questions as:
- What are your priorities, now and three years from now?
- Show me your calendar – are those priorities reflected in how you spend your time, and have you left white space for strategic thinking? (“Margin is a leadership discipline,” he wisely states.)
- Show me your scoreboards and scorecards – how do you track progress toward your priorities?
- Who is on your team? You need A-players. Hiring the wrong people is the equivalent of “smashing Rolexes” in terms of sunk costs. (I LOVE that analogy!!)
- What is your marketing and sales strategy?
- Do you have at least 3-6 months of cash as dry powder for the unexpected?
Bradley is also the host of the Club Capital Leadership Podcast. Take his Rainmakers Dilemma Assessment to identify the gaps and areas of growth in your business.
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Calling all sports fans! You’ll love today’s episode with Sean Murray, founder of RealTime Performance, a leadership training and organization development firm and author of recently published book, If Gold is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory. The book recounts the story of the U.S. men’s national volleyball team, a group of…
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Join me today for a super interesting and witty-banter-full conversation with leadership expert, Susan Brady. Among the topics we explore are: Advice for thriving in a She-cession and what working women can do to flourish in this post-pandemic working reality. The appalling fact that the primary stage for developing confidence in girls peaks at age 9!! And…
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Attention entrepreneurs and small biz owners: Do you often feel stuck on what to post to your feed? Are your posts failing to attract, engage, and convert? If so, today’s episode is for you. My guest, Sophia Parra, founder of Coach Social, is a social media strategist extraordinaire. She advises that before even considering content for posts, take…
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Jon Rennie is seriously one of the coolest guests I’ve interviewed…if you agree with me that a former U.S. Navy Cold War nuclear submarine officer who had seven deployments is a total badass! So, what does it mean to “earn your oxygen”? Well, on a nuclear sub a newbie is jokingly referred to as a NUB…
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Meet my instant new best friend on today’s episode! Michelle Johnston, PhD is an award-winning professor studying leadership and business communication, and her research has shown a clear link between a team’s effective communication and its positive financial performance. She serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University in New Orleans, where she teaches in…
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The internet made information universally accessible, Google organized it, and now Mindstone combines it with the science of learning to help people not just consume, but also truly learn from it. Today’s guest, Patrick Cootes, is the co-founder and Head of Product at Mindstone, a startup that makes it faster and easier for “work athletes” to optimize their performance as…
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Today’s guest joins us from the U.K. with some great advice on team resilience, which remains prominent in the organizational zeitgeist post-pandemic and going into a potential recession (at least in the U.S.). Julian Roberts coaches high performing leaders, athletes, and teams with extreme ambitions and will “challenge their bullshit.” He is also the host…
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If you are continuously trying to improve your presentation and presence skills, you will want to listen! On today’s episode, I had a truly insightful conversation with Richard Newman, founder and CEO of Body Talk, an evidence-based communication training company. Against the odds, as a former introverted, shy, high-functioning autistic, Richard overcame a crushing fear…
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Having impressed influential TED Speaker Simon Sinek after a company training, David Mead became the first of Sinek’s “Igniters,” a role in which he shared “Start with Why” ideas in over 225 organizations on five continents. He also co-authored, with Sinek and Peter Docker, Find Your Why: a practical guide for discovering the WHY of…
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Excellent communication, both internally and externally has never been more important, given the VUCA world we live in. Leaders face challenging circumstances on a nearly daily basis with a variety of stakeholders to keep in the loop. On today’s episode, I welcome long-time friend, client, and communications expert extraordinaire, Dave Poston. Dave is CEO and…
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When today’s guest, Megan Galloway, made the leap from working in a confining corporate job to her own consultancy designing leadership development programs, she became a walking, talking advocate for taking chances with your career and growing your network. In fact, after hearing Megan’s story in detail, I dubbed her the “Queen of LinkedIn.” As…
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Today’s guest made one of the bigger shifts I ever had the privilege of discussing on the podcast! Michael King is a former pastor turned executive coach, and from his new “pulpit,” he is passionate about improving teams and eradicating 360 reviews. As a fellow acronym lover, of course I had him expound upon his…
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Joining us from my beloved Boulder, Colorado, the energetic and funny Eric Spencer and I had a radically fun conversation today. In his free time, Eric is an avid musician, and I opened the episode by asking him to play us something – he shared a song he collaborated on with his 17-year old daughter!…
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For my last podcast of 2021, tune in for a compelling conversation about Emotional Intelligence with coach, author, and speaker Rich Bracken. Firmly believing that EQ > IQ, Rich explains that 58 percent of performance is based on high EQ. As such, his passion is creatingemotionally intelligent powerhouses who are happier and more successful…I mean,…
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If you want to hear an inspiring story of overcoming some bullshit obstacles, you’ll want to listen to my interview with Genevieve LeJeune, founder of Skirt Club. The mission is to build an all-female community of professional women with common interests for empowerment and sexual discovery in a safe space. She was inspired by (let’s…
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SHT HAPPENS. We’ve all heard that. We’ve all lived it. And sometimes the sht threatens to take over The Show that is our lives. Join me on today’s episode with one of my favorite people: best-selling author, gifted coach, and sought-after speaker/trainer, Danny Bader. Danny’s latest book, Taking the Sh*t Out of the Show, uses…
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I describe today’s guest, coach Jeannette Botha, as a global citizen (my favorite kind of people!), as she was born and raised in South Africa, lived in Singapore while covering Asia, and now works in a global role in Germany. She is not only a Senior Director of Sales Training and Development at a multinational…
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Our lively chat today is with fellow leadership consultant and coach, Mike Horne, who is also the author of new book Integrity by Design: Working and Living Authentically and host of podcast Authentic Change. Mike brings first-hand experience and fresh approaches based on his career as a global leader designing great workplaces and developing extraordinary leadership talent.…
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On today’s episode, we are lucky to have the incredible LaMarcus Miller PhD, a veritable renaissance man and role model of successful career shifting. LaMarcus has vast music industry experience spanning performance, business strategy, and marketing, plus stints in strategic internal corporate communications, sports, social justice, and academia. As an accomplished bass-baritone, he has performed…
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Do you know what the difference is between self-esteem and unconditional self-worth? Do you demand perfection of yourself and anything less feels like failure? If these questions resonate, this episode is for you! We have a rare opportunity to glean wisdom from Dr. Adia Gooden, the great mind and heart behind the Unconditionally Worthy podcast.…
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If you’re a leader concerned about losing your best talent in the highly competitive post-covid job market, you need to listen in! Today’s guest is a woman after my own heart with bold and humorous book titles such as Help them Grow or Watch them GO, Up is Not the Only Way, and Love ‘Em…
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Do you ever wonder why you don’t see much improvement in your health or any weight loss after struggling through a cleanse? Today’s guest will explain why. I collect friends/good people all over the world in my travels, and Swiss native Lars Dierauer is one of them (we met in Indonesia in 2019)! Lars is…
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How much did I LOVE interviewing fellow Wall Street veteran turned leadership consultant, speaker, author, podcast host, and mountaineer, Chuck Garcia?? Let me count the ways!! Chuck spent the first 25 years of his career working at Bloomberg, Blackrock, and Citadel before transitioning to help others climb their proverbial mountains, as he puts it. He’s…
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You will appreciate why today’s guest, LuAnn Buechler, is known as “Little Spark” when you hear her talk about the time she showed up at a heated political event in 2020 and got people on BOTH sides to give her hugs in an otherwise highly contentious setting! That effort was part of ihug, a non-partisan…
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When leaders unlock their unique potential and lead from a place of inspired purpose, they impact and inspire everyone around them. That’s a key philosophy of today’s guest, the wise Tony Martignetti, fellow leadership coach, founder of Inspired Purpose Coaching, and host of podcast The Virtual Campfire. The idea for his podcast name comes from…
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As they say, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere! Join us on this week’s episode with a glass of wine, as I’m joined by Charlie Bailes, a 4th generation leader in family-owned ABC Fine Wine & Spirits. Their service philosophy is “We make everyday celebrations better by providing an exceptional experience for our team members and guests,”…
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It is always a great pleasure to welcome to the podcast former colleagues who have gone on to do incredibly purposeful and inspiring work in the world. Today’s guest, Erin Ivie, was a cherished team member with me at Plum TV in Vail, CO back in the day and is currently the Executive Director of…
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Get a double dose of smarts and irreverence on today’s episode with leadership expert, prolific author, two-time TEDx speaker, and co-founder of Navalent Consulting, Ron Carucci! The timing on his soon to be released book, To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice, and Purpose, couldn’t be better. The essence is that, more…
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I’m joined in today’s entertaining conversation by life and business partners, Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell. Co-authors of two books, Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education, this dynamic duo brings two decades of experience using this powerful approach to human system change to everything they do. Appreciative Inquiry seeks to…
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I am joined on today’s episode by serial entrepreneur and fellow business coach, David Taylor- Klaus, to talk about his newly released book, Mindset Mondays with DTK: 52 Ways to REWIRE Your Thinking and Transform Your Life. He shares the inspiration behind the book, which was a Facebook Live series based on randomly selecting and…
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Don’t be fooled by the title of this episode…it’s not about lawyers or litigation! Rather, it’s a lively dialogue about how to apply the concepts from the award-winning book by Susan Scott, Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time. Join me and Luis Gonzales, Communication and Culture expert…
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I am joined today by fellow self-espoused ‘culture geek’ and Internal communications expert, Carolyn Hudson, who brings her vast experience both in-house and as a senior consultant at Fortune 500 companies. It’s the moment of truth for internal comms because there has never been a more opportune time to prove your worth and grab a seat…
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Today’s superstar guest is Ginny Clarke (as I like to say, it’s Clark + E for Extraordinary!), Director of Leadership Staffing at Google, former Partner at elite executive recruitment firm Spencer Stuart, host of podcast Fifth Dimensional Leadership, and author of Career Mapping. Ginny is a known expert in diversity recruiting and talent management – NOT because she is a…
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Today’s episode packs a double punch, starting with discussions about attracting more customers with effective digital marketing and culminating with tips for scaling your startup as it grows. Founder of Toronto-based Local SEO Search, John Vuong reminds us that no amount of website SEO and online advertising will matter if you forget about the fundamentals of running…
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Founder of Excellius Leadership Development, leadership and team coach, and host of the Be Brave @Work podcast, Ed Evarts is a go-to resource for anyone who wants to elevate their career and professional relationships. He is the author of Raise Your Visibility & Value: Uncover the Lost Art of Connecting on the Job, written for business leaders, folks in…
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Our guest today is one hell of a dynamic woman – Laura Gates, founder of The Gates Group, executive and team coach, and culture/organization change consultant. We kick off with a juicy conversation about the changing face of work in response to the current trifecta of global pandemic, anti-racism, and economic uncertainty and agree this is…
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Jamie and Jim Sheils, co-founders of 18 Summers, are bringing family back! Long before #covid-19 quarantines forced a change in family dynamics, this passionate duo has been dedicated to fixing the epidemic of busy entrepreneurs and business leaders not spending enough quality time with their families. The good news is that the principles and best practices they…
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If you’re looking to amplify your message and make a bigger impact with your ideas, research, or experiences, this is the episode for you! Described by her clients as their “secret weapon,” today’s guest is pro speaker coach and founder of The Science and Soul of Speaking, Jill Wesley. In addition to having coached thousands of…
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The role of empathy as a starting point to address racial injustice in the workplace is a central focus of today’s episode with Alain Hunkins, a passionate leadership consultant, coach, facilitator, and most recently, author of Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders. (HINT: the secrets involve acting on the interconnected elements of Connection, Communication, and Collaboration). Instead of merely discussing some of the book’s concepts in generalities, we contextualized them in an off-the-cuff discussion of how leaders can employ familiar leadership tools in open conversations with POC on their team and about topics of race with their team as a whole. Among many factors that hold people back from leading with empathy are fear, impatience, power dynamics, and lack of practice
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On today’s episode, I chat with entrepreneur Brett Black, founder of restaurant sensation Clear Café in Bali, Indonesia. With locations in Ubud and Canggu, they serve incredibly creative and delicious vegan and pescatarian dishes to raving fans from all over the world. Brett’s latest venture has been creating, financing, and constructing a beachfront Eco Resort…
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If you define a LEADER as someone who takes responsibility for their personal and professional worlds and want more tools to pivot from Reactive to Creative leadership mindsets and behaviors, then join us for the finale of the LEAD WITH LOVE “Music Festival,” What’s L.O.V.E. Got To Do With It (Leading with Openness Vision and Energy). This completes the head/heart/gut-connecting series on personal and…
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While known as an approach for product innovation, Design Thinking can help leaders navigate through the myriad challenges presented during and beyond COVID-19. On today’s episode, I chat with innovation guru Noelle Dye, who pioneered design thinking work as part of the team that developed P&G’s blockbuster Swiffer products. The essence of Design Thinking is…
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Join me and my frolleague Jennifer Davis to talk about banishing the Inner Critic from your mind’s talk track, activating the best version of yourself, spicing up your team’s values with invigorating new principles, and honoring your personal values as a fundamental measure of success during the “New Now.” This is episode is Part 3…
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Tired of redundant lists of best practices for remote teams? The focus of this webinar is leading virtual teams in times of crisis. Learn and experience in real time a few clever approaches for building sustainable connection, trust, and productivity – including a no-BS Team Agreement, an effective turbo coaching model, and creative new roles for team…
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This episode is Part 1 of the LEAD WITH LOVE “Music Festival”: A free 4-Part webinar series on personal and professional resilience during the COVID-19 crisis. Because we’re all in the midst of redefining our priorities, roles, schedules, and lives, we created this series to help empower people and teams with tools to become more grounded, purposeful,…
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With millions of workers globally now working from home in the wake of #covid19, it’s important to reduce confusion and set people up for success during this new normal. That not only includes your team but also clients, vendors, cross functional partners, and any other stakeholders with whom you typically communicate. In this episode, I…
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A leader with no shortage of personal and professional shifts under his belt, digital media guru Bruce Daisley astutely lobbied to lead YouTube when no other Google UK leaders seemed to care about it and subsequently brought his passion for leadership and culture to run EMEA for Twitter. While overseeing big growth there, he also…
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In an impromptu and open-hearted discussion of the leadership issues to consider during this unprecedented time of Covid-19, I’m joined by valued collaborator and fellow leadership development enthusiast, Daniel Kimble, CEO of Resonance Executive Coaching and co-host of the Unshakable Influence podcast. In many ways, our discussion took us back to basics: communicate clearly, frequently…
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On today’s episode, learn how startup founder and CEO Jared Broad left his native New Zealand on a cargo ship to do humanitarian work in Asia and ultimately founded QuantConnect, an algorithmic trading platform that is SHIFTing the way hedge funds generate “alpha,” or active return on investment against an index or benchmark. Their platform…
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Jim Downs, CEO of Chicago-based custom trading software company Connamara Systems, has had a fascinating career path. Once an avionics engineer, an Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) telemetry expert with the CIA, and market maker at the CBOT and CBOE, he founded Connamara in 1998. On today’s episode, he shares some of the lessons he has…
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Part 2 of my interview with Femily, Silicon Valley’s Gender and Inclusion Consultant, focuses on what “the good guys” can do to support women in the #metoo era. Sadly, some men who would never harass have become reluctant to mentor women, and this will only hurt business results all around. So it’s more important than…
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Today, I’m joined by a forward-thinking CMO for an interesting discussion of Culture = Brand and vice versa. After a successful career at Motorola and other B2C telecos, Brian Mehta joined Trading Technologies to help SHIFT the brand and strategic direction of this B2B company in need of reinvention. Our discussion ranges from formulating a…
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It is my privilege to introduce you to today’s guest, and one of my favorite clients – Kurtis Jetsel of Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control division. One of his self-professed hobbies is Leadership, and he’s had a tremendous impact on his organization as their unofficial leadership and culture guru. Today, Kurtis shares how he…
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One out of five Americans experience a mental health issue every year, yet most people are still afraid to open up about it in work settings. After helping her daughter through a mental health challenge, Debbie Urbanik now helps companies elevate mental health to an organizational culture imperative from a benefits choice via her business,…
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Chicago-based serial entrepreneur Jeremie Bacon is our guest on this week’s episode. His first startup, Backstop Solutions, was a SaaS platform to help hedge funds manage all of their back office and admin functions in the days when he had to first educate skeptical prospects about the cloud. Jeremie is also a student of human…
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“Sitting is the new smoking,” doctors are saying these days because the sedentariness of being in front of our computers and devices all day can lead to all sorts of chronic pain and disease. I’m the quintessential example of a desk jockey who has suffered from neck and low back pain for many years now.…
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Today’s guest, Greg Brenner, is the AVP of Talent and Organization Development at my beloved alma mater, The University of Miami. Known worldwide as “The U,” it consists of an elite university with competitive academics and athletics as well as an extensive health care system that all leverage that branding, and Greg’s team is responsible…
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My guest today is brand strategist, co-author of upcoming book Your Personal Career Coach, and Ironman athlete, Christy Noel. With a demanding career in marketing and branding, Christy took up running as a way to unwind from the long hours at the office. This hobby quickly turned into a passion for competing in Ironmans, and…
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Managing your own and your team’s energy is a key to maximizing daily productivity and avoiding long term burnout. Today’s guest, Energy Master Jeanine Hofs, shares the system she developed for identifying dominant energy types based on the 5 natural energies in Chinese medicine: Fire, Earth, Metal, Wood, and Water. If you like DISC, MBTI,…
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After research showed that a lack of relatable role models was a huge barrier to women achieving greater success at work, today’s guest, Melinda Garvey, decided to shift that dynamic (sorry Oprah and Sheryl, but most women don’t exactly find you relatable!). She founded On the Dot Women in 2016 after having successfully launched and…
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We are joined today by my dear friend, Sara Arey, author of the boldly titled book, The Universe Fucking Loves Me (isn’t that name fantastic?!). Sara coaches people on replacing their STUFF – Stuck Thoughts Unresolved Feelings and Fears – with limitless ideas for what’s possible (she calls this Refuturing). When we get better at playing that…
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Today’s episode covers 500 year old ship wrecks, 30 hour scuba dives, mastodon bones, and Iron Man racing. Jarrod Jablonski may be the most badass guest on The LeaderShift Show yet! He is one of the world’s preeminent deep sea cave divers and has turned this passion into several thriving global businesses. Jarrod’s perspectives on…
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Tune into today’s show to unleash the inner gladiator for you and your team with none other than former NFL football player and renowned American Gladiator star, Dan “Nitro” Clark! Dan is now an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who helps people play and master their “inner game.” He openly shares the many shifts he experienced…
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In this episode, I honor my Mom, who passed away two months ago on Valentine’s Day. Parents are such an important force in shaping who we become as leaders, and it’s important to recognize and appreciate their influences. Don’t be so subsumed with work that you forget who and what matters most. Specifically, I share…
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Restaurant service guru and host of the Turning Tables podcast, Krista Lepore, is my entertaining guest on today’s show! The challenges she helps her clients address are no different than those faced by LeaderShifters across many industries. Join us as we explore the crucial importance of the customer experience, keeping pace with quickly shifting trends,…
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Join us today to hear from Bethany McLean, a true journalistic LeaderShifter! Bethany was one of the first reporters to question Enron’s financial practices in her Fortune article, “Is Enron Over Valued?” and she later authored the best-selling book, The Smartest Guys in the Room. Learn lessons from one of the most infamous corporate failures in history as well…
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Today’s episode is literally and figuratively a treat! I chat with Founder, CEO, and Chief Chocolatier of Vosges Haut-Chocolat, Katrina Markoff, who originated the category of artisanal chocolate blended with exotic spices and other unusual ingredients. Learn about the “laboratory culture” she inspires and models to spur continued innovation, how she differentiates the soul of…
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Do you want to be ‘in the zone” more often and with greater ease? Start the new year off right by learning the newest tool in the LeaderShifters’ toolbox: F.L.O.W. A McKinsey study found that top executives are up to 500% more productive when they’re in a state of flow. In this episode, I walk…
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Join me on today’s impromptu solo podcast recorded from my yoga mat – with no makeup or hairdo even! – as I confess that I am not really 29 (LOL) and admit how failing to prioritize exercise has not only diminished my self-image and well-being but also my focus, creativity, and productivity in my business.…
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Tune in to see why Gloria Mayfield Banks is often referred to as Energy in Motion! Gloria is a dynamic speaker, sales trainer, author, and host of the “Women Do It Better” podcast. Her personal story is inspiring, and her meteoric success in sales was even the subject of a Harvard Business School case study.…
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Walk down memory lane with me on this week’s episode with former University of Miami football Recruiting Coordinator, David Scott. His team-oriented, enthusiastic approach has motivated a diverse community of players, coaches, staff, vendors, and volunteers at The U, as Race Director of the Miami Marathon, and now as Assistant Athletic Director at Florida International…
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I’m humbly joined in this episode by Chris Raines, a highly distinguished Air Force officer who recently retired from the military and launched a leadership consultancy, Madam’s Creek Consulting. We discuss his fascinating experiences managing multi-billion dollar communications/IT programs, handling the stress of high-stakes projects, how to discern a crisis from business-as-usual, shifting and aligning…
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Today’s guest, Jeremy Goldberg, is the perfect example of where skills and passion intersect. Jeremy is the President of tech startup League Apps, a technology company focused on making sports seamless around the world for coaches, athletes, administrators, and parents. Being involved in sports fosters an incredible set of leadership qualities that set today’s children up…
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My guest today is a strong female creating a SHIFT in the very male-dominated field of aviation. René Banglesdorf serves as a spokesperson for business aviation and women underrepresented in leadership positions across many other industries. She is Co-Founder and CEO of Charlie Bravo Aviation, a company in the business of buying and selling private…
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Andra Liemandt is passionate, strong, and a powerful role model, which all mold together to her being a great keynote speaker, influencer, and mom. Motivated to make a difference and advocate for mental health, Andra founded The Kindness Campaign, which proactively addresses bullying via powerful curriculum, meaningful activations, and events at schools and organizations, teaching…
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Carolyn Cole is a former Fortune 100 corporate litigator who has found herself in the leadership success coaching space making the case for “living on all five points of a star.” Her business, called Boomtank, is where business success and happiness meet, so LeaderShifters will see the natural alignment with our mission of merging business strategy with great cultures. Carolyn and…
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Today’s guest has done it all in film from producing to directing, writing, and acting as well as simultaneously being a Super Mom. Paige Morrow Kimball is continually making a big impact, but in recent years has been making a shift in the career paths women take on in Hollywood. Paige started making films for women,…
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Today’s guest, Bob Burg, is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences on topics at the core of his Go-Giver books. On this show, we focus primarily on the latest in the series, The Go-Giver Influencer, including the five secrets of genuine influence. LeaderShifters can use these tips to help find common ground where there appears…
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Brian Benstock is all about disrupting his industry and creating a frictionless future. Brian, the General Manager and Partner at the #1 Honda dealership in the world, joins us today to discuss how he LeaderShifted in response to the continual disruptors in the auto industry. He walks us through the ups and downs of trial and error (“Return on Learning”) and…
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Today’s guest, Daniel Alonzo, has grown an extremely robust financial services business, is a coach, and soon to be author, but that isn’t how he started out. His whole life led down the path to be an athlete until his injury when he had to shift everything. In this episode, he walks us through his…
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Today’s guest, Jae Wu, is an incredible example of a heart-centered and mission-driven LeaderShifter and I am so excited to share her story with you all! Her impactful and intentional shifts range from picking up from Maryland and moving cross country to California at age 20 to buying and revitalizing an old real estate brand known as Heyler…
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Despite knowing how important culture is, we continue to see leaders with company cultures ranging from mediocre to toxic. In this episode, I share my top 5 most common “Kulture Killers” that may be hurting your business and what you need to do differently to avoid these. I go into the details of Nike’s culture…
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Feedback is just as important as time and money in generating results for your business, and today we’re going to talk about why. Not giving feedback – both positive and constructive – is a missed opportunity to stimulate continuous improvement and generate better results. In this episode, I give you the tools you need to…
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I’m very happy to bring you today’s show with Leslie Lewin, the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, an incredible non-profit that cultivates young leaders in communities divided by conflict in various parts of the world. She and her team are in the business of shifting mindsets, and in this episode, she shares exactly how…
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Today we will learn from a true LeaderSHIFTER, Dr. David Karli, and hear how his experiences as a sports medicine specialist, biotech company founder, entrepreneur, and relentless learner have made him more successful, both professionally and personally. This episode will give you the tips to help you shift your mindset to become more successful starting…
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I have been thinking about how to coordinate corporate strategy and cultural strategy, starting with YOU – what kind of strategy do you pursue in your career and what kind of culture do you create in your everyday world? In this episode, I will show you how to develop the right strategy and culture to…
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