Cultivating Greatness: Recent Episodes
Deb Hordon PhD
A podcast dedicated to all aspects and experiences of leadership in the world. The mission and purpose of this podcast is to inspire everyone to uncover, live in, lead from, and make an authentic impact on the world from their highest and best self. The premise of this podcast is that everyone is a leader, regardless of their job or position.
Hypatia Capital has created an ETF that invests ONLY in American companies with a female CEO, and it is earning higher returns due to the "female factor!" This conversation with Hypatia's Founder/CEO Patricia Lizarraga shares how and why this breakthrough came about. Now there is an opportunity for girl-dads and women leaders and anyone else passionate about women in business to earn alpha from the female factor.
Take from his hard-won experience in 6 different technology startups - some that succeeded, some that failed - and apply his wisdom to enhance your own success as a leader!
Geoff Greene's subtle observations and powerful insights do not only apply to startups. For any leader in any kind of organization, his tips can be applied to optimize your outcomes.
He has recently founded his own company, sixstar tech (https://sixstartech.com/), where he pours his business and technology experience into his clients' challenges and opportunities.
If you have been pursuing venture capital to fund the startup of your amazing business idea that will change the world (!) but have not yet secured it - fear not! There are many other viable, highly successful ways to fund your company. Lee Lorenzen of Altura Ventures in California shares the wisdom and advice he offers entrepreneurs on what to do next and how. His strategic approach and persuasive techniques will get you there. Check out https://www.altura.com/ if you are interested in learning more!
Check out https://cultivatinggreatness.io/ if you are eager to be an amazing leader of your company at any stage and at any level in the organization ...
The hottest topic in the healthcare industry these days is the movement towards returning care into the homes of patients. Hank Ross, Founder and Former CEO (currently Senior Advisor) of Physician Housecalls - serving Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas - is one of those leading this disruptive innovation. Amazon, Walgreens, CVS, Cigna and Aetna have also begun investing in this emerging trend. Listen to Ross explain why this is great for patients while at the same time makes sound economic sense.
How well you manage the flow of work in your company ~ distributing tasks over time throughout your org chart and then tracking and measuring progress against strategic goals ~ determines whether the "busy-ness" of your people actually moves the needle, or if it is just "busy-ness."
Brandon Jones,' CEO of TRIAD, shares how he has mastered the OKR system (objectives / key results) in a profound, inclusive, and hugely impactful way. His story is a must-listen for leaders who want greater impact, clarity, engagement and inspiration among their teams, and to create and measure the relationship between people's activities and business outcomes. This kind of operational rigor will also help your Board relax, reassuring them that you will actually execute.
Is it possible to innovate if your team are not all in the same physical room together? Yes! According to Brandon Jones, CEO of Triad, it is not only possible, it many ways it is better! Listen to learn why and how to master this skill in the new world of work.
Dr. Russell Petter transitioned to Jennifer in 2018 after living somewhat uncomfortably as a man for 56 years. As Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at a biotech startup in Boston, this was a pretty public affair. In this episode, Jennifer elucidates her experience of transitioning, the drivers and motivation behind it (beginning at age five), and how she managed the change within her professional community. She offers advice on how to engage with transgendered people in the workplace and, with candor and vulnerability, shares what turns out to be a universal human pursuit of personal truth and authenticity in confronting the reality of her mortality.
In honor of International Women's Day, this podcast presents an exceptional discussion of gender and leadership with an extraordinary human being named Dr. Jennifer Petter, formerly Dr. Russell Petter. Russell transitioned to Jennifer six years ago and has been leading Arrakis as a woman ever since.
Who better to comment on gender and leadership than a person who has led businesses from both sides of the aisle?
Neuro-Developmental Movement® is a healing modality that can help fully recover children from neurological diagnoses such as autism, sensory processing disorder, retained primitive reflexes, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia and other learning disabilities, attachment and bonding disorders, and even cerebral palsy and epilepsy. According to Sargent Goodchild, Founder/President of Active Healing, these diagnoses share a root cause: "brain injury," which is treatable. Listen to the compelling stories from his 28 years of practice in this area (including his own personal story) and learn how he has disrupted the conventional wisdom about how to work with the "alphabet soup" of childhood diagnoses.
Visit his website: www.activehealing.org
Visit my leadership coaching website: www.cultivatinggreatness.io
Have you considered going fully remote, or transitioning one area/aspect of your organization to fully remote? Brandon Jones, CEO of Triad, leads a completely virtual organization and shares best practices, the myriad benefits, and how to handle the challenges of a virtual business. All your concerns will be assuaged with Brandon's playbook on transitioning to and leading a remote company.
Amy Ripka, Founder/CEO of Lucy Therapeutics, shares her amazing story of driving disruptive innovation in the biotech industry. She describes her scientific "curiosity" that led to the formulation of her disruptive idea, and the gutsy "courage" that drove her to found Lucy Therapeutics against all odds, overcoming the industry's significant resistance. Her story will inspire and encourage you to do the same with your own innovative ideas, whether in the startup space or within a larger organization!
Are you one of those people who loves their job? Whose work reflects their deepest held values and utilizes their most-loved skills and talents? If not, this podcast shares an inspiring story - and roadmap - for aligning your work life with your highest, truest, most talented self. Follow Ken Daly's story of transition - in his 50s - from being President of a global utility company to becoming President of a college.
A creative conversation with Amy Ripka, Founder/CEO of Lucy Therapeutics and professional violinist, about how she leverages the principles of performing music to her own leadership practice.