Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.

Emilio Iodice - A System of Control, Command, and Fear

09 Jun 2022

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Send us a textEmilio Iodice is an award-winning author, presidential  historian, executive, decorated American diplomat, and professor. He spent over...

Dr. Theo Dawson - Something You Can Practice

01 Jun 2022

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Send us a textTheo Linda Dawson, Ph.D. (U.C. Berkeley, 1998) is the Executive Director of Lectica, Inc. Dr. Dawson—a recovering serial entrepreneur ...

Dr. Khaleel Seecharan - There Are Many Layers of Complexity Here

27 May 2022

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Send us a textDr. Khaleel Seecharan is co-founder and managing partner at DEI Ready, an organizational consulting firm offering an evidence-based and ...

Akram Boutros, M.D. - Leading From a Place of Love

21 May 2022

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Send us a textFrom the moment he arrived in Cleveland, Dr. Akram Boutros' visionary thinking has inspired MetroHealth to elevate medical care by ...

Team JCCC - A Chat with the 2022 CLC Champs!

12 May 2022

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Send us a textThis episode was a lot of fun. I had the chance to speak with the 2022 CLC champs from Johnson Country Community College (JCCC). I talke...

Nidhi Pant - One Team, Seven Superpowers

08 May 2022

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Send us a textNidhi Pant is Co-Founder of Science For Society - S4S Technologies. Nidhi works at the intersection of agriculture, gender, energy acces...

Michael Gothe - Safe to Fail Experiments

01 May 2022

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Send us a textMichael Gothe is an Agile Organizational Coach at Crisp in Stockholm, Sweden. He has 20+ years of experience in building high-performanc...

Sara Saeed Khurram, M.D. - So Many Myths to Fight

25 Apr 2022

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Send us a textSara Saeed Khurram, M.D. is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sehat Kahani. Sehat Kahani works on improving basic health car...

Ming-Ka Chan, M.D. - True Belonging and Dignity

17 Apr 2022

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Send us a textMing-Ka Chan, MD is a Clinician Educator and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of M...

Brian Barren - Becoming the Guardians

11 Apr 2022

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Send us a textBrian Barren enters his ninth season with the Cleveland Guardians and sixth as President of Business Operations. He joined the organizat...

Brigadier Gen. Tom Kolditz - Sloppy and Uncoordinated Leader Development

03 Apr 2022

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Send us a textDr. Tom Kolditz is the founding Director of the Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University–the most comprehensive...

Dr. Todd Deal - Activation Energy

25 Mar 2022

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Send us a textTodd Deal, Ph.D., serves as Senior Faculty and Director of the Higher Education practice in the Societal Advancement group at the Center...

Dr. Barbara Kellerman - The Month That Shook the World

20 Mar 2022

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Send us a textDr. Barbara Kellerman is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. She was the Founding Executive Directo...

Dr. Cynthia McCauley - An Achievement of the Collective

15 Mar 2022

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Send us a textCynthia McCauley is an honorary senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership. With more than 35 years of experience, Cindy has be...

Ira Chaleff - Followers and Tyrants

06 Mar 2022

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Send us a textIra Chaleff is an author, speaker, workshop presenter, and innovative thinker on the beneficial use of power between those who are leadi...

Dr. Manfred Kets de Vries - I Came Back Yesterday From Moscow

06 Mar 2022

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Send us a textDr. Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is the Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organisational Change and the Raou...

Dr. Henry Mintzberg - What's Dumbing Us Down?

04 Mar 2022

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Send us a textDr. Henry Mintzberg is a name known to many. He’s a writer and educator - most of his work focuses on managing originations, developin...

Dr. Jonathan White - A House Built by Slaves

20 Feb 2022

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Send us a textJonathan W. White is a professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University.  He is the author or editor of 13 books, includ...

Dr. Donna Ladkin, Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick, & Dr. Marion Missy McGee - Beyond Whiteness in Leadership Theorizing

19 Feb 2022

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Send us a textDr. Donna Ladkin is a professor of leadership and ethics at Antioch University. She is an internationally recognized leadership and ethi...

Dr. Deborah Helsing - Minds at Work

13 Feb 2022

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Send us a textDeborah Helsing, Ed.D., is a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She teaches courses in adult deve...

Dr. Matt Dearmon - Two Turntables and the Right Tone: Practice and Theory in Corporate Leadership Development

05 Feb 2022

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Send us a textMatt Dearmon is the Director of Leadership and Professional Development at Informatica, an organization that empowers next-generation cl...

Mark Bowden - Is That a Butterfly?

30 Jan 2022

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Send us a textMark Bowden is a world-renowned body language expert, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. Voted Global Gurus’ #1 Body Language Pr...

Joe Hart - Our Life Is What Our Thoughts Make It

23 Jan 2022

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Send us a text"Our life is what our thoughts make it" - Dale CarnegieJoe Hart is the President/CEO of Dale Carnegie Training, a company whos...

Dr. Tom Bateman - Proactivity

16 Jan 2022

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Send us a textDr. Tom Bateman is a professor emeritus with the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.  Tom’s academic field is org...

Dr. Assegid (AZ) Habtewold - Welcoming the Butterflies

08 Jan 2022

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Send us a textDr. Assegid (AZ) Habtewold is a transition and transformation strategist at Success Pathways, LLC (www.successpws.com). AZ has over 20 y...

Brenden Newton - I’m Gonna Walk With You

02 Jan 2022

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Send us a textHappy New Year!Brendan Newton is a husband, father, ex-professional bodyboarder, mental health awareness advocate, and recruitment manag...

Dr. David Rosch - What We Have Right Now is a History Lesson

26 Dec 2021

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Send us a textListen to Episode #1 of Phronesis. David Rosch was my first guest - I Have a FearDr. David Rosch is Associate Professor of Leadership S...

Dr. Ron Heifetz - A Brave Space

16 Dec 2021

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Send us a textRonald Heifetz is among the world’s foremost authorities on the practice and teaching of leadership. He speaks extensively and advises...

Reo Watanabe - The Evolving Self

10 Dec 2021

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Send us a textReo is a leadership developer and researcher. His dream is to strengthen world peace by promoting leadership not only at an individual l...

Dr. Bill Torbert - A Fuller Contact With Reality

04 Dec 2021

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Send us a textBill Torbert is a founding board member of Global Leadership Associates and Amara Collaborative, as well as Leadership Professor Emeritu...

Dr. Karl Kuhnert and Dr. Keith Eigel - Vertical Development

28 Nov 2021

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Send us a textKarl W. Kuhnert, Ph.D. is Professor of the Practice of Organization and Management in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. ...

Dr. Jon Wergin - The Deep Learning Mindset

18 Nov 2021

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Send us a textJon Wergin has been Professor of Education Studies at Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership & Change since 2003, foll...

Dr. Randal Joy Thompson - Proleptic Leadership on the Commons

14 Nov 2021

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Send us a textDr. Randal Joy Thompson is a global wanderer who has been moving from country to country working in international development since the ...

Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper - Building (Virtual) Teams

06 Nov 2021

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Send us a textDr. Ellen Burts-Cooper is the senior managing partner of Improve Consulting and Training Group, a firm that provides personal and profes...

Sadhana Hall - Work On It Until You Become It

30 Oct 2021

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Send us a textSadhana Warty Hall’s commitment as both a teacher and practitioner of leadership reflects a deep dedication to justice and empowerment...

Dr. Kelly Peterson - The Impact of Those Stories

23 Oct 2021

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Send us a textDr. Kelly Peterson is an industrial psychologist and consultant whose 25+ years of practice specialty includes a wide range of organizat...

Wiley "Chip" Souba, MD - A Mountain With No Top

17 Oct 2021

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Send us a textWiley “Chip” Souba, MD is Professor of Surgery and Adjunct Professor of Medical Education at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmo...

Sharna Fabiano - Lead & Follow

07 Oct 2021

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Send us a textSharna Fabiano is an internationally recognized tango artist. Over the course of her twenty-year dance career, she toured over a dozen c...

Dr. Elena Antonacopoulou - Phronesis

02 Oct 2021

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Send us a textDr. Elena  Antonacopoulou is the founder and director of GNOSIS an international, interdisciplinary, and independent research and leade...

Dr. Keith Grint - Mutiny and Leadership

24 Sep 2021

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Send us a textKeith Grint has been Professor Emeritus at Warwick University since 2018. He spent 10 years working in various positions across a number...

Dr. Ali Dachner & Dr. Erin E. Makarius - From Departing Employees to Loyal Alumni

20 Sep 2021

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Send us a textDr. Alison M. Dachner is an Associate Professor of Management at the Boler College of Business, John Carroll University. She earned her ...

Dr. Marcy Levy Shankman & Dr. Ralph Gigliotti - Leadership Assessments: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

10 Sep 2021

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Send us a textAbout Dr. Marcy Levy ShankmanAfter five years as the Leadership Coach and Strategist for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Mar...

Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige - Undoing the Silence

05 Sep 2021

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Send us a textDr. Candace Brunette-Debassige is a Mushkego Cree iskwew scholar originally from Peetabeck Treaty 9 Territory. She is an Assistant Profe...

Dr. Chellie Spiller - Spheres Not Squares

29 Aug 2021

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Send us a textDr. Chellie Spiller, (hapū Matawhaiti Iwitea, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa), is based in Auckland and is a professor at the University of...

Dr. Sean Hannah - Ethics is a Team Sport

19 Aug 2021

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Send us a textProfessor Sean Hannah, Colonel US Army (Ret) is an experienced senior leader, scholar, and leader development expert. He studies, teache...

Helle Bank Jorgensen - Stewards of the Future

14 Aug 2021

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Send us a textHelle Bank Jorgensen is the CEO of Competent Boards, which offers the global online ESG Competent Boards Certificate and Designation Pro...

Dr. Kat Schrier - We The Gamers

08 Aug 2021

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Send us a textDr. Kat Schrier is an Associate Professor, Director of the Play Innovation Lab, and Director of the Games and Emerging Media program at ...

Jim Kouzes - Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership

22 Jul 2021

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Send us a textJim Kouzes is the co-author of the award-winning, best-selling book The Leadership Challenge and more than a dozen other books on leader...

Beth Zemsky - Saying What's True to Us

19 Jul 2021

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Send us a textBeth Zemsky MAEd, LICSW comes to her work out of her continued commitment to engage people in learning activities that move them to unde...

Dr. Robert Livingston - The Conversation

18 Jul 2021

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Send us a textDr. Robert Livingston is a social psychologist and one of the nation’s leading experts on the science underlying bias and racism in or...

Dr. Barbara Kellerman - Leaders Who Lust

10 Jul 2021

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Send us a textBarbara Kellerman is the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Kellerman received her B.A. ...

Dr. Joanne Ciulla - The Power of Resentment

03 Jul 2021

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Send us a textDr. Joanne Ciulla is a professor and Director of the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers University. She is a pioneer in the fie...

Christie Navarro - 2021 National Leadership Symposium - Disruption by Design: Co-Creating Our Approach to Leadership Education

26 Jun 2021

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Send us a textChristie Navarro serves as the Director of the Center for Leadership Learning (CLL) at the University of California, Davis.  She has be...

Dr. Brent Cusher and Dr. Mark Menaldo - Your Invitation to the Conversation

16 Jun 2021

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Send us a textBrent Cusher, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and American Studies at Christopher Newport University, w...

Dr. Gill Hickman - Charisma of Purpose

13 Jun 2021

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Send us a textAs one of the inaugural faculty members of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, one of the first insti...

David Rae - Figure it Out

06 Jun 2021

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Send us a textDavid Rae is the President & Co-Founder of 503 Media & Events - an organization that believes in moments, not things.  The 503 ...

Dr. Bruce Avolio - The Holy Grail of Leadership Development

31 May 2021

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Send us a textDr. Bruce Avolio has published 12 books and over 150 articles on leadership and related areas. In 2012, Bruce was identified as being in...

Dr. Denny Roberts - Translator/Integrator

24 May 2021

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Send us a text"I’m very proud and satisfied that I’ve walked the path of that middle ground. Which is both being a practitioner as well as a ...

Gary Lloyd - Gardeners Not Mechanics

15 May 2021

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Send us a textGary Lloyd has led organizational change initiatives for nearly thirty years. Over the last decade, he has also helped professionals mak...

Dr. Dennis Tourish - Torturing the Data Into Confessing

07 May 2021

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Send us a textDr. Dennis Tourish is Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the editor of the journal Lead...

Dr. Jackie Bruce - A More Equitable, A More Just, and A More Liberated Community

05 May 2021

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Send us a textWhy does she engage in the work? For Dr. Jackie Bruce, it's crystal clear - and it's inspiring. "For me, the 'Why&ap...

Dr. Jonathan Reams - Integral Leadership

05 May 2021

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Send us a textStretch your mind and explore the world of integral leadership! This quote stood out for me - I have a lot to learn! "Instead of lo...

Dr. Doug Lindsay - Necessarily Different

04 May 2021

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Send us a textThis quote will stick with me - "Who you are is how you lead." It's one of those phrases that says so much with very few ...

Dr. Jeanie Forray - Serendipitous Transitions

03 May 2021

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Send us a textThis is the quote that really stood out from my conversation with Dr. Jeanie Forray.  I love the notion of 'serendipitous transiti...

Dr. John Antonakis - Back to Basics

03 May 2021

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Send us a textJohn Antonakis believes that the key to moving forward is getting back to basics: "We need to go back to basics, do some clean expe...

Dr. Cynthia Cherrey - An Experience of a Lifetime: ILA's Past, Present, and Future

24 Apr 2021

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Send us a textIn this episode, Dr. Cynthia Cherrey discusses the past, present, and future of the International Leadership Association.  Her story of...

Team Blue Hens - A Chat with the CLC Champs

15 Apr 2021

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Send us a textWhat does it take to be a Collegiate Leadership Competition champion? Join the coaches and team members from The University of Delaware,...

Dr. Therese Huston - Let's Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower

11 Apr 2021

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Send us a textTherese Huston, Ph.D., is a cognitive scientist at Seattle University and the author of three books.  Her new book, Let’s Talk: Make ...

Meg U'Ren, Ashley Li, & Allison White - Leaders Developing Leaders at Western University

07 Apr 2021

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Send us a textHow can the competition serve as a cornerstone for student leadership programming? I talk with Western University's CLC leaders abo...

Dr. Kaitlin Wolfert - The Influence of Action Learning, Coaching, and Intrapersonal Reflection on Individual Resilience

05 Apr 2021

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Send us a textDr. Kaitlin Wolfert is the Coordinator for The Center for Student Achievement at Penn State Abington and Adjunct Instructor at Cabrini U...

Meghan Pickett & Dr. Bruce DeRuntz - Coaching a Leadership Team (Online)

03 Apr 2021

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Send us a textAbout Meghan Pickett  & Dr. Bruce DeRuntzMeghan Pickett is the Leadership Academy Program Manager in the Center for Leadership Stud...

Bela Jevtovic & Dr. Dan Jenkins - The Collegiate Leadership Competition

03 Apr 2021

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Send us a textAbout Bela Jevtovic  & Dr. Dan Jenkins Bela was the founding executive director of the Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC), and...

Drew Dudley - This is Day One

28 Mar 2021

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Send us a text"Let's create a question that we can't answer without living the definition." - Drew DudleyAbout Drew DudleyDrew Dud...

Dr. Barbara Crosby - An Integrative Approach

22 Mar 2021

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Send us a textBarbara C. Crosby, Ph.D. is associate professor emerita at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and former academic co-direct...

Dr. Steve Mortenson - Dark Gifts of the Pandemic

15 Mar 2021

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Send us a textDr. Steve Mortenson is an award-winning teacher and researcher. Steve's mission is to help people help themselves by sharing transf...

Dr. Axel Meierhoefer - The Creator Mindset

07 Mar 2021

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Send us a textDr. Axel Meierhoefer is a retired U. S. Air Force officer and the founder of Ideal Wealth Grower - an educational organization helping p...

Dr. Willy Donaldson - Simple Complexity

01 Mar 2021

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Send us a textDr. William (Willy) Donaldson is a Professor of Management at the Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business at Christopher Newport Univers...

Dave Snowden & Mary Boone - Bramble Bushes in a Thicket

22 Feb 2021

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Send us a text"In the complex environment of the current business world, leaders often will be called upon to act against their instincts. They w...

Laura Guilliam - Relational Ingenuity

13 Feb 2021

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Send us a textLaura Guilliam manages leadership research and development projects at Progressive Insurance. Her primary interest is the individual and...

Dr. Catherine Rymsha - What's Your Leadership Brand?

08 Feb 2021

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Send us a textCatherine M. Rymsha, EdD,  is a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where she teaches courses on leadership. Catherine...

Dr. Brad Jackson - The Power of Place in Leadership

01 Feb 2021

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Send us a textBrad Jackson is Associate Dean of Strategic Engagement at Waikato Management School in New Zealand. He also serves as Professor of Leade...

Dr. Bob Reimer - Mr. Miyagi. Flight School. Systems. Radical Uncertainty.

25 Jan 2021

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Send us a textWhat do all of these have in common? Join us for a fun and engaging conversation about the intricacies of leadership learning and educat...

Jim Robenalt - Ballots and Bullets

18 Jan 2021

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Send us a text"If we are going to achieve freedom we’ve got to engage in action programs to make that freedom possible. Let nobody fool you abo...

Dr. David Burkus - Leading From Anywhere

11 Jan 2021

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Send us a textWhat's hot in the world of teams? Remote work. Virtual leadership. Teaming from a distance. David Burkus' new book Leading Fro...

Dr. Ron Riggio - Daily Leadership Development

03 Jan 2021

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Send us a textHow can you work to be a better leader every day of 2021? My guest gives us 365 steps to get you there.About Dr. RiggioRonald E. Riggio,...

Ken Accardi - Agile

28 Dec 2020

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Send us a textKen Accardi is the CEO of Ankota. He's a technology executive with a broad experience base. Ken has served as CEO, CTO, CIO, VP of ...

Ted Baartmans - Understanding, Acceptance, & Respect

21 Dec 2020

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Send us a textTed Baartmans consults leaders, government officials, and international boards in their presence and communication. He studied geography...

Dr. Micheal Stratton - Stop, Collaborate and Listen

16 Dec 2020

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Send us a textDr. Stratton is the Dean of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College & State University and also serves as the ...

Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro - Consciously Designing our Destiny

14 Dec 2020

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Send us a textDr. Eliane Ubalijoro is the Deputy Executive Director (Programmes) of GODAN Secretariat and a Professor of Practice for Public-Private S...

Aldo Boitano - If You Want to Listen

13 Dec 2020

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Send us a textAldo Boitano is an entrepreneur, author, Ph.D. candidate (Pepperdine), engineer, world-class mountaineer, and executive developer. He is...

Dr. Martin Gutmann - Why Haven't You Heard of Roald Amundsen?

10 Dec 2020

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Send us a textMartin Gutmann is a lecturer at the Lucerne School of Business, Switzerland. He was previously the Managing Director of ETH Zurich’s S...

Dr. Kathy Lund Dean - Merging Into Traffic

07 Dec 2020

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Send us a textDr. Kathy Lund Dean is the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership & Ethics at Gustavus Adolphus College. She also s...

Emilio Iodice - The Commander in Chief

07 Dec 2020

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Send us a textEmilio Iodice is an award-winning author, Presidential historian, executive, decorated American diplomat, and professor. He spent over t...

Dr. Mary Uhl-Bien - Leadership Through the Lens of Complexity

07 Dec 2020

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Send us a textMary Uhl-Bien is the BNSF Railway Endowed Professorship in Leadership, Professor of Management at Texas Christian University. She has be...

Dr. Marcy Levy Shankman - Urgently Persistent

07 Dec 2020

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Send us a textDr. Marcy Levy Shankman is the Leadership Coach & Strategist, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). This innovative role fo...

Dr. Ralph Gigliotti - An Eye Towards Innovation, Learning, & Transformation

29 Nov 2020

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Send us a textDr. Ralph Gigliotti is Director of Leadership Development and Research at the Center for Organizational Leadership at Rutgers. He serves...

Dr. Corey Seemiller - A Generational Optimist

23 Nov 2020

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Send us a textDr. Corey Seemiller is an associate professor in the Department of Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations at Wright State Uni...

Dr. Linda Moore - I Think We're Experiencing That Increase in Numbers

09 Nov 2020

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Send us a textDr. Linda L. Moore is a licensed psychologist practicing in Kansas City, Missouri. She is President of Linda L. Moore and Associates, wh...

Larry Cassesa - Notes From the Field

07 Nov 2020

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Send us a textLarry Cassesa is the Director of Sales, Marketing, and Product for Abicor Binzel USA and Canada. He started his career and sales and mov...

Dr. Mike Roberto - I'm a Storyteller

25 Oct 2020

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Send us a textMike Roberto is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University.  He served on the faculty at Harvard Business School and as a...