LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 57: Carmen McSpadden Carmen McSpadden’s involvement with Leadership Montana spans the entire 20 years of the organization’s history. She served on the organizing committee in 2003, graduated from the flagship program in 2006, and since then has served as a leadership trainer. Carmen is also the director of Leadership Institute at Montana State University. In this conversation with Chantel Schieffer, recorded in early 202...
Aug 02, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 57
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 56: An Interview With The Graduating Class The Leadership Montana Flagship Class of 2023 has graduated! In this episode, Chantel Schieffer hosts short interviews with nine members of the class as they approach the end of their first Leadership Montana journey. Kelly Durbin-Williams, Greg Doyon, Lori St. Aubin, Christiana Nyquest, Kim Hayworth, Travis Yuzik, Robin Kelson, Matt Mandel, and Sara Urbanik each share why they ...
Jul 20, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 56
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 55: Tribute to Jerry This episode is a tribute to Dr. Gerald Evans, who passed away in January of 2023. When Leadership Montana was founded in 2003, Jerry served on the original organizing committee, and then as a member of the Board of Governors for ten years, before becoming lead trainer in 2014. There is not a single Leadership Montana class that has not experienced his impact and influence. The episode begins with Ch...
Jul 05, 2023•54 min•Season 3Ep. 55
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 54: Live from Butte, MT: Kelly Heaton and Chantel Schieffer LIVE from Butte, Montana! Kelly Heaton is the incoming CEO of Leadership Montana. In this first-ever Listen First Montana episode recorded with a live audience, Chantel Schieffer, outgoing CEO of Leadership Montana, interviews Kelly about her values, her leadership philosophy, and much more. Members of the live audience, including Leadership Montana staff and bo...
Jun 30, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 54
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 53: Heather Collins 20 Questions To celebrate Leadership Montana's 20 Year Anniversary, we're getting to know the Leadership Montana staff by asking each of them 20 Questions. For this episode, we're joined by Leadership Montana Development Director, Heather Collins. Heather shares why she loves fundraising for Leadership Montana, her deep connection to music, her leadership philosophy, and much more....
Jun 28, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 53
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 52: Hatton Littman 20 Questions To celebrate Leadership Montana's 20 Year Anniversary, we're getting to know the Leadership Montana staff by asking each of them 20 Questions. For this episode, we're joined by Leadership Montana Gracious Space Director, Hatton Littman. Hatton shares what she loves about heading up Gracious Space facilitation and training for Leadership Montana, her deep connection to creative work, her le...
Jun 26, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 52
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 51: Cassandra Cox 20 Questions To celebrate Leadership Montana's 20 Year Anniversary, we're getting to know the Leadership Montana staff by asking each of them 20 Questions. For this episode, we're joined by Leadership Montana Youth Program Coordinator, Cassandra Cox. Cassandra shares why she is excited to help develop leadership skills for young Montanans, how she spends her free time in Forest Grove, Montana, her leade...
Jun 21, 2023•20 min•Season 3Ep. 51
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 50: Casey Wolfe 20 Questions To celebrate Leadership Montana's 20 Year Anniversary, we're getting to know the Leadership Montana staff by asking each of them 20 Questions. For this episode, we're joined by Leadership Montana Member Experience Director, Casey Wolfe. Casey talks about what she values most in a friend, her volunteer work outside of Leadership Montana, why she loves coaching volleyball, her leadership philos...
Jun 19, 2023•21 min•Season 3Ep. 50
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 49: Jen Davis 20 Questions To celebrate Leadership Montana's 20 Year Anniversary, we're getting to know the Leadership Montana staff by asking each of them 20 Questions. For this episode, we're joined by Leadership Montana Vice President, Jen Davis. Jen shares what brings her hope, her pet peeve, her favorite music, her leadership philosophy, and much more.
Jun 14, 2023•18 min•Season 3Ep. 49
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 48: Anna Berg 20 Questions To celebrate Leadership Montana's 20 Year Anniversary, we're asking each of our team members 20 Questions. To kick things off, we're joined by Leadership Montana Program Director, Anna Berg. Anna shares what brings her hope, what she does for fun, her favorite music, and much more.
Jun 07, 2023•16 min•Season 3Ep. 45
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 47: Indigenous Immersion Initiative - Mini-Series episode 9 For this 10th installment of our mini-series focused on Leadership Montana’s newest program, the Indigenous Immersion Initiative, we’re featuring a conversation recorded in January of 2023 in Arlee, MT, on Flathead Nation between Shelly Fyant, Velda Shelby, and Mary Stranahan. These three local leaders and graduates of Leadership Montana discuss exciting work ha...
Jun 02, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 50
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 46: Gwen Lankford Gwen Lankford is the President and Owner of Sapphire Strategies, a communications firm focused on providing support for effective constituency outreach since 2005. She is also a member of the Gros Ventre Tribe of Fort Belknap, and a direct descendent of the Salish Tribe of the Flathead. In this episode, Gwen talks about her deep connection to the land and to her tribal heritage on both sides of the stat...
Jun 01, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 46
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 45: III Mini-Series episode 8: Dr. Joe McDonald, Cinda Ironmaker, and Major Robinson from the Flathead Nation This mini-series episode was recorded on the Flathead Nation and is made up of 3 parts. For part 1, Major Robinson interviews Dr. Joe McDonald, founder and former president of Salish and Kootenai College. For part 2, Major interviews Cinda Ironmaker, Public Health Specialist for the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders ...
May 31, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 45
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 44: Indigenous Immersion Initiative Mini-Series episode 7 For this 7th installment of our mini-series focused on Leadership Montana’s newest program, the Indigenous Immersion Initiative, we’re featuring a conversation recorded in January of 2023 on Flathead Nation between Nancy Schlepp of Ringling, MT, and Chantel Schieffer. Nancy shares her favorite lessons from the program so far, including the ideas that are deepening...
Apr 21, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 44
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 43: Indigenous Immersion Initiative Mini-Series episode 6 For this 6th installment of our mini-series focused on Leadership Montana’s newest program, the Indigenous Immersion Initiative, we’re featuring a conversation recorded in September 2022 on the Northern Cheyenne Nation between Samuel Enemy Hunter and Juanita Vero. Samuel talks about the history and culture of the Crow Tribe, Juanita asks Samuel about relationships...
Apr 14, 2023•21 min•Season 2Ep. 43
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 42: Indigenous Immersion Initiative Mini-Series episode 5 For this 5th installment of our mini-series focused on Leadership Montana’s newest program, the Indigenous Immersion Initiative, we’re featuring a conversation recorded in September 2022 on the Northern Cheyenne Nation between Sheri Jarvis of Virginia City, and Tony Brockman of Kalispell. Sheri and Tony discuss Tony’s recent application for membership in the Crow ...
Apr 07, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 42
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 41: Indigenous Immersion Initiative Mini-Series episode 4 For this 4th installment of our mini-series focused on Leadership Montana’s newest program, the Indigenous Immersion Initiative, we’re joined by Jim Swan of Rocky Boy, and Adrienne Hines of Helena. Jim and Adrienne discuss why they chose to join the program, what has surprised them from the program so far, and how Adrienne plans to take what she is learning back t...
Mar 20, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 41
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 40: Indigenous Immersion Initiative Mini-Series episode 3 For episode 3 of our Mini-Series, we’re featuring a car ride conversation between two participants in Leadership Montana’s Indigenous Immersion Initiative, Emily Yost of Livingston and Chris Warden of Missoula. Emily and Chris talk about why they want to learn more about Indigenous communities and culture in Montana, what they learned during their visit to Norther...
Mar 15, 2023•25 min•Season 2Ep. 40
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 39: Indigenous Immersion Initiative Mini-Series episode 2 For Episode 2 of our mini-series about Leadership Montana’s newest program, the Indigenous Immersion Initiative, we’re featuring a conversation between Leadership Montana President and CEO, Chantel Schieffer, and Chair of Leadership Montana’s Indigenous Advisory Council, Major Robinson. Major describes the feeling of returning to his home, the Northern Cheyenne Na...
Mar 08, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 39
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 38: Indigenous Immersion Initiative Mini-Series episode 1 Introducing a new Listen First Montana mini-series: the Indigenous Immersion Initiative. Join the first cohort of Leadership Montana's newest program as they visit Tribal Nations and communities across Montana to learn about the unique and vibrant indigenous cultures in Montana. We'll give listeners an inside look at how program participants are learning and refle...
Feb 14, 2023•23 min•Season 2Ep. 38
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 37: Leadership Montana's 20-Year Anniversary To celebrate Leadership Montana's 20-year anniversary, we're bringing you a special episode, featuring stories about the founding of Leadership Montana. We'll hear from four leaders who were a part of that process back in the early 2000s: Bruce Wittenberg, founding CEO of Leadership Montana, Debbie Vandeberg, member of the organizing committee and graduate of the first Leaders...
Jan 17, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 37
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 36: John Morrison This episode features John Morrison, former State Auditor and current member of Leadership Montana’s Indigenous Immersion Initiative. John talks about his work as State Auditor, his experience in the Indigenous Immersion Initiative, and his work on Healthy Montana Kids. John co-authored the book Mavericks: The Lives, and Battles of Montana’s Political Legends. He shares a few highlights and lessons from...
Nov 30, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 36
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 35: Barb Cestero, Cami Skinner, and Ariel Overstreet-Adkins In this episode, Chantel speaks with Leadership Montana Board Members Barb Cestero of Bozeman, Cami Skinner of Sidney, and Ariel Overstreet-Adkins of Billings. This group discusses the transfer of wealth in Montana, the importance of deepening our understanding of agriculture in Montana, and the preservation of wild spaces in our state. They also discuss how the...
Nov 09, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 35
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 34: Stephen Shreibeis In this episode, Chantel speaks with Leadership Montana Board Member and Superintendent of Glendive Public Schools, Stephen Shreibeis. Stephen talks about his experience leading a school district through significant challenges and divisiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic, how love shapes his leadership style, and where his passion for servant leadership comes from. Stephen also describes a tragic l...
Oct 26, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 34
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 33: Julie Jenkinson, Aaron Pratt, and Darrell Hirsch In this episode, Chantel speaks with Leadership Montana Board Members Julie Jenkinson, Darrell Hirsch, and Aaron Pratt. This group of leaders discuss the sense of purpose they each find in parenting, their love for their respective homes in Montana, and why they chose to serve Leadership Montana through service on the Board of Governors. They also discuss the future of...
Sep 29, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 33
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 32: Dr. Jerry Evans This week’s episode features Dr. Jerry Evans. Dr. Evans has taught Leadership Montana classes for over ten years. He is a professor in the College of Business at the University of Montana, and he is an expert instructor of leadership principles. Jerry talks about growing up in Swan Lake, his views on ethical decision making, his favorite leadership principles, and the spirit he strives to bring to his...
Sep 14, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 32
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 31: Mike Halligan In this episode, Eric speaks with Mike Halligan, Executive Director of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation and graduate of the first class of Leadership Montana. Mike talks about enlisting in the military and leading soldiers in Vietnam at just 19 years old, and how the lessons he learned in Vietnam pushed him to a career in public policy. He tells listeners about serving for 11 terms in the Mo...
Aug 24, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 31
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 30: Joel Rosette In this episode, Chantel sits down with Joel Rosette, CEO of Rocky Boy Health Center and owner of Joel Rosette Law. Joel talks about how the lessons he has learned in Leadership Montana relate to the lessons he has learned from his tribe and community. He also shares his hopes for the future of Rocky Boy Nation and tribal nations across Montana. Finally, Joel talks about his passion for coaching the Box ...
Jul 27, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 30
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 29: Anne Hughes In this episode, Eric sits down with Anne Hughes, Chief Operating Officer at Missoula County and member of the Leadership Montana Board of Governors. Anne talks about her experience with heartache and loss, her love of science fiction, why she chooses to invest deeply in Leadership Montana, and what great friendship looks like to her. Anne even explains why she enjoys working on the Missoula County budget...
Jun 29, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 29
LISTEN FIRST MONTANA Listen first. It is what all great leaders do. Episode 27: Frank Garner In this episode, Eric speaks with Frank Garner, 4th term State Representative of House District 7 and former Kalispell Police Chief. Frank discusses his thoughts on the current state of policing, how he approached his leadership role as police chief, and how he used the lessons from Leadership Montana during a one year stint training police in Afghanistan in 2005. Frank also reflects on state politics, l...
Jun 15, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 28
