The Mind Behind: Recent Episodes
Graham Dobbin
We explore what real, everyday leadership looks like with real Leaders.
From Entrepreneurship to Sports, from Corporate to Military – what makes the difference? One thing for sure, it’s more than an MBA.
Each week we have guests who are influential, engaging and have that extra something. The Mind Behind Leadership gets below the surface of how they have done it and Why. What’s worked and maybe what hasn’t.
Open & honest insights along with some fun.
Carmen Bott has been in the sport performance for over 20 years and is considered a leader in exercise prescription and strength coaching for the combative and collision sport athlete population(s).
Carmen holds a bachelor’s in Human Kinetics and a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology with a focus in Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning. Coach Bott’s coaching methods are grounded in science, but it is her 20+ years of experience that allow her to transfer the science into practice.
That practice includes working with leaders on the incremental change that creates massive change so effectively.
Carmen teaches internationally in the field of sport science and performance enhancement and is a Strength & Conditioning Coach with Wrestling Canada, having taken athletes to the Olympic Games and World Championships.
Currently, Carmen offers consulting services to both amateur and professional level athletes and organizations worldwide.
Joining us this week is Joe Hart the President & CEO of Dale Carnegie the worldwide leader in professional development, performance improvement, leadership training, and employee engagement.
We'll be exploring the fundamental Principles of Leadership and how approaches may have changed in the last 12 months. We'll also talk about the challenges of heading a Global organization that is being impacted at a local level.
As with millions of other people, the Dale Carnegie Course has had a profound and transformational impact on Joe's life. He is excited to serve as the leader of this tremendous organization and to work with an amazing and talented team to help individuals and businesses unlock their greatness and to perform at their very best.
We'll be exploring the leadership behaviors that make a difference on our influence and engagement. To do this, we're lucky to have one of the World's leading experts on behavior and impact.
Dr. Tony Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having been raised in the housing projects of NYC to eventually realizing success as a graduate professor of marketing, entrepreneur, business author, and hall-of-fame keynote speaker. He earned a BBA from the Univ. of Notre Dame, an MBA from the Univ. of Connecticut and his PhD in marketing from Georgia State University.
Dr. Alessandra is a prolific author with 27 books translated into over 50 foreign language editions, including the newly revised, best selling The NEW Art of Managing People, Charisma, The Platinum Rule, Collaborative Selling and Communicating at Work. He is featured in over 100 audio/video programs and films, including Relationship Strategies, The Dynamics of Effective Listening and Non-Manipulative Selling.
Tricia Taitt is a sought after speaker & commentator on financial management and sustainability both in the US and abroad – we’re lucky to have her join us!
Tricia also holds the prestigious position of treasurer of the National Association of Women Business Owners NYC (NAWBO NYC). This means that she is uniquely placed to understand how women entrepreneurs and leaders potentially have a different relationship with business finances than their male counterparts and crucially, how this can be used as a source to empowering growth
Having launched the PowerHER Financial$ community, Tricia’s mission is to ‘educate, engage, and empower women entrepreneurs and executives about their financials so we grow to $1 million and beyond.’
We’ll also be exploring what it really means to grow or scale a business and what’s the difference along with how to have that resilience that all businesses need in the current climate.
Having been featured on the front cover of The CPA Journal in August 2014, the New York State Society of CPAs recognized this week’s guest Michael Durant, as one of their leaders in the NextGen Movement.
Michael is he is ideally placed to understand what is truly needed to make your mark – not just as a CPA but in any professional services profession. He believes future potential is measured by present preparation and is driven to provide the resources and support to make
We’ll explore what is needed for future leaders, how we put ourselves in the best possible position to take the opportunity when it comes our way and the value we bring to every professional situation.
Michael’s career has allowed him to pursue his passion of educating youth about financial literacy while exposing the world to the impacts CPAs make, every single day.
Celtic FC are one of the largest football (soccer) clubs and most recognizable sporting brands in the World. When the club was officially founded at a meeting in Glasgow, Scotland in 1887, the purpose is stated as being to alleviate poverty in Glasgow’s East End parishes.
Professional sports has come a long way since then.
The Celtic FC Foundation upholds and promotes the charitable principles and heritage of Celtic Football Club. Tony Hamilton’s role as Chief Executive of the Celtic FC Foundation is keeping that purpose alive with a much wider reach than just Glasgow. With projects in London, Belfast and here in New York City – Tony’s leadership and guidance has been crucial in raising awareness, participation and more than $25 million to positively impact thousands of lives.
Speaking with Tony, we’ll be exploring the importance of maintaining the true purpose and why Celtic were founded, the impact of bringing a global community together for good and his personal drive & vision to sustain the purpose and keep it relevant.
Being able to Stand Out personally and in business, gives us opportunities. In the current job market, everyone needs that extra edge – recruiters and candidates alike. Be able to show our best selves is not always easy under pressure situations, our guest this week Michael Neece is the master. How we manage to get our message over and how we keep calm under scrutiny.
An engineer at heart, Michael also works with businesses on developing and refining processes to maximize opportunities and give them the foundation to grow or scale. In today’s market it can also mean survival.
We’ll explore the real Heart of a business, the people. How practical approaches and mindset can build corporate resilience instinctively.
Our guest this week is an expert on this subject - Sanjay Sehgal who is currently the Chairman and CEO of MSys Technologies. He a multi-faceted person donning several hats – a Technology Entrepreneur, Global Businessman, Startup Advisor, Keynote Speaker, Philanthropist, Heartful Human, a meditation instructor and a self- development enthusiast who has taught meditation techniques to thousands of people as a part of his own self-development journey.
This episode we speak with Russell Dalgleish. Russell is founding Managing Partner of the advisory group, Exolta Capital Partners and Founding Chairman Scottish Business Network, the global network supporting Scottish business leaders.
He is also regularly quoted in the 100 Most Influential Entrepreneurs in the UK.
We discuss why leaders and entrepreneurs focus should be on the market - and where does it sit. Change is inevitable, how do we embrace it and use it to our advantage. Finally as always, what are the 3 key Traits a successful leader must have.
One of the key considerations for many companies at the moment is do they have the right talent to deal with the changing environment.
Our guest Mark Coronna is an expert at helping companies tap into what the need now, and identify what will be needed as they move forward. We'll also explore how a fractional CMO integrates into an existing team.
Mike Macedonio is a New York Times Best Selling author, speaker and entrepreneur.
Mike is the Co-Founder of Asentiv®. By using the referral strategies that they teach, Mike has built Asentiv from a small training and consulting company to a franchised organization with over 60 locations on six continents.
Mike is also a Co-Executive Director for BNI in the Bay Area. In this role he helps thousands of local business owners build their businesses through structured business networking.
Micheal R Neece is the founder of 7 companies, a TED Talk speaker, and a start-up advisor. His companies have over 56,000 customers in 120 countries, and across 20 major industries.
His current company, InterviewMastery.com provides video-based learning apps that transform the hiring process into a prosperous and joyful experience for all participants including recruiters, hiring managers, career coaches, and job seekers.rate and a professional sports team.
What are the drivers that keep an already successful businessman motivated and, most importantly, why every shot must count when it comes to leadership.
From leaving High School determined to be a Boss to heading up a PLC in the UK and now the Owner of Glasgow Rocks, it's fair to say that Duncan Smillie hasn't taken the traditional route.
In this episode we will discuss the difference between running a large corporate and a professional sports team. What are the drivers that keep an already successful businessman motivated and, most importantly, why every shot must count when it comes to leadership.
Jeff Kabat has taken some tough decisions throughout his career, none more so than recently.
Starting off at Andersen Consulting, founding Blades retail chain in NY and starting a business that was acquired by Adobe means Jeff has experienced almost everything there is to do in business. That grounding made the tough decisions taken this year easier. We discuss how Jeff and Poppin managed to be praised on social media by staff they had to 'let go'.
Working with mid sized businesses on a daily basis gives Patrick Sullivan a unique insight into how they are dealing with the changing landscape in 2020.
Here we explore what really needs to be considered for business stability and the well being of all employees.
About Patrick Sullivan
District Manager for ADP
Powerful technology plus a human touch. Companies of all types and sizes around the world rely on ADP cloud software and expert insights to help unlock the potential of their people. HR. Talent. Benefits. Payroll. Compliance. Working together to build a better workforce.
I help organizations make better decisions around payroll, tax, HR, time and labor, and benefits so that they can focus their attention on the strategy of helping their companies thrive and make the most out of their most important asset-people; because thriving businesses succeed with motivated and empowered people.
With access to one of the world's largest and most experienced HR providers offering recruit-to-retire services and solutions that help you build the team you need to succeed with insight into payroll, benefits and record keeping tools for talent management, compensation, succession planning and data analytics.
For Rebecca Maxwell, having Gold Command status for crisis response in local government in the UK didn't appear to initially be a worthwhile skill set for running a business in NYC. Then came the pandemic.
Here we discuss the similarity in decision making and response from being involved with the G8, natural disasters & of course previous virus threats.
About Rebecca Maxwell
Rebecca comes to Asentiv New York with 25+ years experience of leading and managing people, teams and projects in the challenging world of government and public services. Her experience as deputy Chief Executive of a $400M 4000+ employee organization has given Rebecca the ability to see issues not only from strategic and operational perspectives, but also to gain a deep understanding of the importance of people in delivering business success.
Early in her career, Rebecca developed a deep interest in how people think, feel and act. A certified Myers Briggs® and DISC® behavioral styles practitioner, she has worked with teams at all levels to help them improve their productivity and success, through understanding each other better and improving communications. Her work with the senior leadership team of one organization saw staff morale increase by 20%, staff absence fall by 5% and public reputation improve.
An experienced coach, trainer and facilitator, she is passionate about equipping people to achieve the results they are looking for.
Having a traditional Scottish childhood, growing up Rebecca learned you were only as ever as good as the last thing you did. She spent years doubting herself and wasting precious energy worrying about not being good enough. The moment she started believing in herself, she put that energy into delivering instead – and the world changed! Her career really took off and she moved quickly into senior leadership positions that allowed her to increase her impact exponentially – on both staff within the organization and the communities being served.
Now Rebecca is committed to helping people discover their self-belief so that they can unleash their full potential and change their worlds as well.
Why The Mind Behind? As a way of introducing this new weekly live show on talkradio.nyc, Graham Dobbin explains why guests will have a practical approach to leadership - whether it be from Business, Sport, Military or Education.
Why the real stories from real people matter and how it will help us be more creative when leading in all areas of our lives.
We explore what real, everyday leadership looks like with real Leaders.
From Entrepreneurship to Sports, from Corporate to Military – what makes the difference? One thing for sure, it’s more than an MBA.
Each week we have guests who are influential, engaging and have that extra something. The Mind Behind Leadership gets below the surface of how they have done it and Why. What’s worked and maybe what hasn’t.
Open & honest insights along with some fun.