Dr. Tasha Golden is a speaker, consultant, & internationally-recognized leader in the science of Creativity x Wellbeing. Named one of 2024’s “Fierce 50” by Fierce Pharma for her innovative work integrating arts and healthcare, she has supported paradigm shifts in health and wellbeing—exemplified by leadership in “Arts on Prescription”: a model of care that’s reshaping how health is defined and created. Holding a PhD in Public Health, Dr. Golden's work is informed by her history as a singer/s...
Feb 18, 2025•59 min•Season 10Ep. 129
Vanessa Judelman is the President of Mosaic People Development, and for over 20 years, she has been helping clients to develop leaders who inspire great results. She is a speaker, facilitator, leadership consultant, and certified executive coach, and she’s authored a book about leadership, 'Mastering Leadership—What It Takes To Lead In Today's Fast-Paced World. Vanessa has had the privilege of developing leaders in organizations like Campbells Soup, The United Nations, HelloFresh, SickKids, and ...
Feb 11, 2025•43 min•Season 10Ep. 128
Mitch Russo started his public life as the lead guitarist of a rock band called Absolutely Free. Since then, Mitch has been quite productive. In 1985, Mitch co-founded Timeslips Corp, with Neil Rice Ayer, which grew to become the largest time tracking software company in the world. In 1994, Timeslips Corp was sold to Sage and Mitch became the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Mitch was nominated for Inc. Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” on two separate occasions and Won “Best Entrepreneur”...
Feb 04, 2025•48 min•Season 10Ep. 127
Dr. Andrew Temte is the former CEO of Kaplan Professional and served in other senior executive roles within the Firm, such as President and Global Head of Corporate Learning, Dean of the Kaplan University School of Professional and Continuing Education, President of the Kaplan University College of Business and Technology and also as Interim President of Mount Washington College. He’s the author of two books, is a thought leader on issues related to organizational health, continuous improvement,...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr•Season 10Ep. 126
Andrew Sridhar is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, a former Navy SEAL Officer with combat service in Iraq. He is a graduate of the prestigious Harvard Business School and has served in various roles on Wall Street, and in companies that ranged from large well-established Firms to new entrepreneurial startups. He now serves as an executive coach and mentor and developer of leaders at every level and is a keynote speaker sharing his experienced insights and advice on effective leadership practi...
Jan 21, 2025•59 min•Season 10Ep. 125
Kevin Lavelle, the CEO and Cofounder of Harbor, brings a wealth of experience from his role as the Founder and Chairman of Mizzen+Main. Kevin invented the world’s first performance fabric dress shirt and built Mizzen+Main to hundreds of millions of dollars in omnichannel revenue, and transformed the menswear industry. Kevin is not only a dedicated entrepreneur but also a loving husband and father of two. His second startup, Harbor, is revolutionizing sleep for families with young children with a...
Jan 14, 2025•53 min•Season 10Ep. 124
For over 30 years, Indie Bollman has been a noteworthy and respected leader in the corporate organizational development and human resources space. Now the owner of Indie Bollman Coaching and Consulting LLC, she provides executive and leadership coaching, training programs and facilitation, and event speaking. She is also an author of numerous articles and is currently working on her first book Leadership Truth BombsTM: What Your Team Wants You to Know But Isn’t Telling You, to be released in the...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 10Ep. 123
Dr. Theresa Larson, or “Dr. T” as she is affectionately known, is a leading expert and advocate for well-being and strength across both personal and professional domains. She is the founder of Movement Rx*, where she and her team help individuals and organizations optimize physical and mental health. In her work she draws from her own experience as a former Marine Corps officer who overcame severe trauma. She is passionate about helping veterans, business leaders and owners thrive in the face of...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 10Ep. 9
Joe Liberatore has served as CEO since 2022 and president since 2012. His previous roles include Kforce Interactive president, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Talent Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Joe is superb example of what I refer to as a “Strategic Executive,” a senior leader who has a firm grasp on current industry best-practices and business operations and is also “Professionally Curious,” which means he studies emerging business trends and cutting edge technologies that can better posit...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 10Ep. 121
Dr. Margie Oleson is a renowned expert in team performance and organizational dynamics, specializing in helping teams achieve high levels of productivity and growth. With a background in psychology and organizational development, Margie brings a unique blend of expertise in human behavior and business strategy. Her approach emphasizes the importance of open communication, cross-functional alignment, and continuous learning to drive organizational success. Margie is the founder of Olsen Consultin...
Dec 03, 2024•59 min•Season 10Ep. 120
Derrick Mains is a Serial Entrepreneur, connector, and content creator. He has authored three books on Lean Management, pitched, produced, and starred in Emmy Award winning Crackle Original Docuseries “Riding Phat” and helped build (as President and COO) one of the most notable brands to come out of the West Coast in the last decade, Phat Scooters. Derrick has been involved as a mentor, founder, consultant and executive for more than 100 brands. As a public speaker Derrick has been featured at m...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 10Ep. 119
Brian Beckcom is a Computer Scientist, Philosopher, & Trial Lawyer based in Houston, Texas. He has been voted a Texas Super Lawyer 14 consecutive times—every single year he has been eligible. Brian’s law firm, VB Attorneys, is one of the best law firms in the United States, and has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars for the firm’s clients, including many record-breaking results. Brian also hosts Lessons from Leaders with Brian Beckcom, a popular podcast featuring military leaders, spor...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 10Ep. 118
When calamity strikes, few voices are more knowledgeable than Patrick Hardy's. Not only is Patrick a graduate of FEMA’s Advanced Academy, but he has also gone on to gain numerous certifications including FEMA’s Master of Exercise, Certified Emergency Manager, Certified Risk Manager, and Master Business Continuity Professional. Drawing from his wealth of experience in disaster preparedness and response, Patrick equips audiences with practical strategies to break the Crisis Creation Chain and teac...
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 10Ep. 117
Roben Graziadei, MA is the founder and president of Net Result$, LLC, and is a highly successful leadership consultant and speaker. In 2015 she branded Instinctology® and authored Instinctology®, A Leadership Method to Turn GUT Instincts into Concrete Action. Roben began her career as a Senior Consultant with FranklinCovey and was also a Principal of the The Tom Peters Group (Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence) where she taught The Leadership Challenge (by Kouzes and Posner) workshops...
Nov 05, 2024•59 min•Season 10Ep. 116
Dan Tocchini is a Human Performance Specialist, author, and highly regarded business consultant. He specializes in change management, conflict resolution, executive leadership, sales, negotiation, and business development. Dan has over 35 years of experience in helping people navigate monumental personal and business transformations, and he’s worked with many companies…large, small, non-profits and others, from a wide range of diverse industries and specialties. I’ve been following Dan on variou...
Jun 04, 2024•58 min•Season 9Ep. 115
Mansi Goel, formerly Google's Global Head of Product Policy, is now named among the Top 5 Executive Coaches for Tech. She helps execs and their teams up-level leadership skills to support business objectives. She has extensive experience coaching the C-suite of VC- and PE-backed high-growth companies, partners across premier VC firms, and emerging and established leaders at F100 tech firms. Mansi's coaching motto is "Lead with a cool head and a warm heart" as she works to expand her clients' agi...
May 28, 2024•50 min•Season 9Ep. 114
Dr. Eric Recker is husband, father, dentist, elite success coach, speaker, author, pilot, and recovering triathlete. He has pushed his life to the limit and discovered that what he was searching for at the top of the mountain wasn’t there. In this second half of his life, he is committed to helping people learn to #WINtheNOW and discover the life they were meant to live. A life with hope, a plan, and a belief that good days are truly ahead. I’ve followed Eric on social media and several podcasts...
May 21, 2024•43 min•Season 9Ep. 113
RICH HORWATH is the founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute where he is a strategy facilitator and coach to executive leadership teams. He is a former Chief Strategy Officer and professor of strategy at the graduate level, and has helped more than a quarter million leaders develop their strategic thinking and planning capabilities over the past two decades. Rich is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his most rec...
May 14, 2024•39 min•Season 9Ep. 112
John Schuhart has extensive Senior Executive leadership experience in the US Intelligence Community, to include the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. As a leadership coach, he helps clients gain self-awareness, increase emotional intelligence, think strategically, refine their leadership style, strengthen communication skills, and realize their personal development goals while becoming more aware of their own and others' perspectives, assumptions, and b...
May 07, 2024•44 min•Season 9Ep. 111
Lara Jones is an award-winning Grit Performance Expert, Keynote Speaker, Author and Creator of the Global G.R.I.T. System™ and She’s also the Founder and CEO of two global businesses. Lara has worked with Fortune 100 companies, US military, celebrities, and executives to develop and enhance performance on multiple levels for leaders, teams, and entire organizations through her leadership and grit programs, workshops & consultancy. Lara has been featured in numerous publications for her grit ...
Apr 30, 2024•46 min•Season 9Ep. 110
Frank Cespedes is a highly experienced business executive and sales management expert, and he also serves as a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. He has run a business, served on boards for start-ups and large companies, and consulted to many companies around the world, and is the author of six books and many articles in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, California Management Review, and other publications. Frank possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience, and I am p...
Apr 23, 2024•50 min•Season 9Ep. 109
Eric Herrenkohl is Managing Director at AchieveNEXT, a Philadelphia based company that provides a wide spectrum of executive and professional services to help leaders and their enterprises achieve success and corporate excellence. Prior to joining AchieveNEXT, Eric operated his own consulting firm and helped individual executives and executive teams maximize their leadership impact and operational effectiveness. In addition to being a published author, Eric has made appearances on Business Week,...
Apr 09, 2024•45 min•Season 9Ep. 108
Hortense Le Gentil is a world-renowned executive leadership coach, speaker, and author. She guides CEOs and senior executives on their journey from hero leaders to human leaders, drawing from over 30 years of experience working across various industries—including media consulting and advertising—and as an entrepreneur. Hortense has been ranked #5 on the Global Gurus list by World Management Global Gurus. She is a certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered™, a member of MG100 Coaches, and ...
Apr 02, 2024•52 min•Season 9Ep. 107
Elizabeth Pearson is an executive career coach who specializes in helping women navigate job changes, find a path to success in male-dominated fields, and launch their own companies. Elizabeth has coached C-suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies including Meta, Nike, Google and more. She is a contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur magazine, Yahoo, HERMoney.com and has been an expert guest on national networks including CNN, and is the author of Career Confinement: How to Free Yourself, Find Your Gu...
Mar 26, 2024•48 min•Season 9Ep. 106
Karen Benoy Preston is the CEO and Founder of Karen Benoy, a company that helps individuals and organizations unlock their full potential. Her clients come from a wide range of industries and sectors, from healthcare and biotechnology to financial services, technology, and the federal government. Her goal is to guide them toward greater clarity, purpose, and fulfillment, whether through one-on-one coaching, team workshops, or consulting engagements. She has collaborated with global organizations...
Mar 19, 2024•41 min•Season 9Ep. 105
Rose Fass has over 40+ years of experience in technology and consumer-based industries. During her impressive career, Rose has opened new businesses in the United States, been a general manager with full P&L responsibility and led major corporate transformations. As the Chief Transformation Officer at Xerox, Rose led the transition to the global industry and solutions business, — integrating acquisitions, diverse cultures and operating units, to develop and execute the enterprise strategy. R...
Mar 12, 2024•59 min•Season 9Ep. 104
Alan Heymann has a knack for coaching fellow introverts, helping them find their superpowers in an extroverted world. He also specializes in coaching through transitions. To date, Alan has coached leaders who were born in 26 countries and work on 5 continents. Alan is also the author of the book Don't Just Have the Soup: 52 Analogies for Leadership, Coaching and Life… and we’re going to talk about it during our conversation today. He’s a communications and marketing veteran from the media, gover...
Mar 05, 2024•35 min•Season 9Ep. 103
Ian Ziskin has over 40 years of experience as a C-level executive, board advisor and member, coach, consultant, entrepreneur, teacher, speaker, and he's the author of 4 books. Ian is recognized as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, other business leaders, and board members. His clients and corporate work span over 25 industries and include Fortune 1000, entrepreneurial, publicly traded, and privately held businesses. I've been following Ian's work for several years and I am grateful that h...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 102
Doug Strickel is an experienced business executive and leadership coach and trainer. He focuses on speaking to groups, teaching seminars, or leading developmental sessions for leadership teams in various environments, with emphasis on workplace culture development, leadership development, team building, strategy development, and execution focus. He has over 30 years of experience leading others, building teams, managing businesses, and developing operational strategies, and I am grateful that he...
Feb 20, 2024•55 min•Season 9Ep. 101
David Dunkel served in senior leadership roles in Romac-FMA, and its successor, Kforce, for over 43 years. He served as Kforce’s Chief Executive Officer since its formation in 1994 and recently retired from that position. Davis now serves as Chairman for the Firm’s Board of Directors. In this episode, he shares superb insights that can benefit leaders at every level!
Aug 29, 2023•44 min•Season 8Ep. 100
