Jenn Cirrito is the Senior Vice President – Business Operations at Kforce. She has served in several senior leadership roles during her 18 years of service with the Firm. In this episode, Jenn shares superb insights on leadership that can benefit those aspiring to leadership excellence!
Debby Stone is an executive coach, a former practicing lawyer and the author of The Art of Self-Promotion: Tell Your Story, Transform Your Career. She's the founder and CEO of Novateur Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development consultancy serving corporate leaders, lawyers and the organizations in which they work. In this episode, she shares valuable insights on the importance of career planning and self-promotion.
Joe Stimac is the creator of InterviewReady.com and CEO and Founder of AccuHire.com An expert in the areas of interviewing and selection, Joe has helped leaders in companies of all sizes improve in these areas, leading to more effective hiring and retention of high value teammates. In this episode, Joe shares insights and advice that can benefit all leaders!
Jim Huling is co-author of the Bestselling book titled, The 4 Disciplines of Execution. Jim’s career spans thirty-seven years of corporate leadership ranging from FORTUNE 500 organizations to privately-held companies, including more than a decade as CEO of a company recognized four times as one of the “25 Best Companies to Work for in America.” In 2005, Jim received the Turknett Leadership Character Award recognizing CEO’s who demonstrated the highest standards of ethics and integrity. In this e...
Sean Georges, J.D., LL.M., and John Buford, Ph.D., grew up together in a small Illinois farm town. Both served with distinction as Marine Corps officers, and their service as Marines fueled their passion for leadership and leadership development. Upon completion of their service in the Marines, they continued their unique leadership journeys in the private sector, in the fields of law, business, outdoor education, higher education, and community service, and ultimately created On Mission Leaders...
Steve McMahan served with distinction as a C-Level Executive in large publicly traded and privately held companies. He led large sales and service/support organizations with equal success and was known throughout his exceptional career as a leader who could “Make Things Happen” in any type of environment and business climate. In this episode, Steve shares sage leadership insights and provides advice that can benefit leaders at every level!
Amy Forsythe is an award-winning military journalist who served five combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and has been on assignment for several other overseas missions. Amy started her career as a U.S. Marine combat correspondent in 1993 and currently serves as a Public Affairs Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. In this episode, Amy shares superb leadership insights and advice that can benefit leaders at every level!
Stephen Drum is a retired Navy SEAL Master Chief and the co-creator of the Navy’s Warrior Toughness program. With 27 years of experience in training and developing highly skilled teams to perform at their best in life-threatening situations, Stephen knows a thing or two about thriving under pressure. Today, he’s an inspirational speaker, coach, and the author of a recently published book titled: Life on the X; The Navy SEAL Guide to Meeting Any Challenge with Courage, Confidence, and Readiness. ...
Colonel Kim “KC” Campbell served in the Air Force for 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. Kim piloted an A-10 Warthog in more than 100 combat missions in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and she was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism after successfully recovering her battle-damaged airplane after an intense close air support mission in Baghdad. Most recently, Kim served as the Director for the Center for Character and Leadership Development at the United States Air ...
Don Sloan is the Chief Digital Officer at Employ Bridge, which is the nation’s largest industrial staffing company. With over 30 years as a business leader specializing in the Information Technology arena, including serving as a C-Level executive in large, publicly-traded companies, he has demonstrated the ability to turn around under-performing operations and assist in the creation of innovative business models. Don has a wealth of experience, and I am grateful that he’s agreed to share his ins...
Dr. Tracey Jones is the President of Tremendous Leadership, as well as an author and leadership expert. Before taking the reins of Tremendous Leadership, she built an impressive leadership resume in various organizations, including the National Security Agency, all after spending 12 years as a maintenance officer in the Air Force. In this episode, Dr. Jones shares lessons and insights that can be of benefit to leaders at every level!
Randy Marmon is a results oriented Human Capital Executive with a consistent track record of building teams that achieve exceptional results. With over 30 years as a business leader, including serving as a C-Level executive in large, publicly-traded companies, he has demonstrated the ability to accelerate growth and profitability in existing business units, turnaround under-performing operations and create innovative business models that redefine and optimize the way organizations operate. Randy...
Brittinay Lenhart is the founder of Work Culture Consultant, LLC. She guides company executives to elevate psychological safety for employees through highly customized emotional intelligence coaching and helps them evaluate and identify which elements of their workplace culture need remediation. She then helps leadership teams strategically humanize their internal processes, empowering them to restructure and rebrand their culture so that employees can flourish at work, and executives can contin...
Kim Henderson started Cobalt Compass training and consulting services to assist staffing professionals in developing skills and strategies to build long term client relationships. Prior to Cobalt Compass, Kim had 28 years in the staffing industry and served in senior executive roles at Hays PLC, a global staffing firm with over $5 billion in revenue, and at Kforce Inc., a $1 billion national staffing firm. Kim possesses a wealth of leadership experience in Corporate America, and in this episode,...
Jennifer Arvin Furlong is the Founder and CEO of Communication TwentyFourSeven and host of the Communication TwentyFourSeven Podcast. She is an author, a TEDx speaker and coach. Jen is a communication expert with over 30 years of experience. Her passion is to help others solve their most difficult communication issues by helping them develop more effective communication skills. A Marine Corps veteran, Jen was the first woman Marine to be awarded the Sergeant Major Dan Daly Award and the first wo...
Morag Barrett is a sought out keynote speaker, author, facilitator and leading expert on the importance of cultivating healthy professional relationships at work. As the CEO of SkyeTeam, she's supported the development of more than 15,000 leaders from 20 countries. Morag's research and thought leadership is showcased in her books and articles. She's contributed to Entrepreneur.com, and CIO.com and has been featured in Business Insider, Inc and Forbes among others, and she was recently listed by ...
Friederike Fabritius is a neuroscientist and trailblazer in the field of neuroleadership. Her brain-based leadership programs have transformed how Fortune 500 executives think, innovate, and navigate change. She is a thought leader, keynote speaker and award-winning author of several books. She has just published a new book titled: The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay and we discussed it in great detail in this episode!
Coach Dana Cavalea is the former Director of Strength & Conditioning and Performance for the New York Yankees. He led the team to a World Championship in 2009. That same year he was awarded the Nolan Ryan Award given to the top Strength & Performance Coach in Major League Baseball as voted by his peers. He also works as a performance coach and consultant to various organizations and some of America's Top CEOs, Executives, Wall Street Fund Managers & Traders - helping them to optimize...
Todd Cherches is the CEO and cofounder of BigBlueGumball LLC, an innovative New York City-based management and leadership consulting, training, and executive coaching firm. A three-time award-winning Adjunct Professor of leadership at NYU and Lecturer on leadership at Columbia University, Todd is also a TEDx speaker, a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s “MG 100 Coaches,” and was one of eight global finalists for the Thinkers50 “Distinguished Achievement Award” in Leadership (2021). In this episode, ...
Alex Castro is the CEO of M Corp and has helped clients deliver complex corporate strategies for the last twenty years. He finds new approaches to serving and building companies by identifying their operational vulnerabilities and correcting them. He is also the author of a best-selling book and we’re going to discuss the book and other topics during today’s episode! Find him on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/thealexcastro Learn more at: https://www.alexcastro.io/...
Lona Spisso is a combat Veteran, former Military Officer, and highly sought-after executive coach, who empowers high impact, high leverage individuals devoted to make a difference by harnessing their natural influence and authenticity, so that they can motivate and inspire teams to reach peak performance, while creating a sustainable work-life balance. With two decades working in the private, corporate, and professional sports industries, Lona’s coaching method has been proven from the battlefie...
Graig Paglieri is responsible for day-to-day operational leadership and strategic direction for Randstad’s professional staffing and solutions, including the Technologies, Engineering, Life Sciences and Cella line of businesses as well as the company’s technology consulting brand, Celerity. Graig also leads the Randstad Offshore Services teams to bring efficiencies and delivery back to the US market. Starting his career with the U.S. Marine Corps after college, Graig has since spent the last two...
Mark is a retired U.S. Army Colonel with 30 years of active service and extensive leadership experience--both leading soldiers in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and spearheaded U.S. humanitarian relief operations in Austria and Pakistan following natural disasters. Mark McKearn is a Senior Business Strategist for Generational Consulting Group. He is also a Vistage CEO Group Chair providing leadership and coaching for CEOs of small business entreprene...
Dr. Paul Corona is a successful leader, a coach, an author, and an educator. He is a professor of Leadership at Northwester University's Kellogg School of Management. He founded the award-winning Lee’s 3 Habits system, which helps motivated professionals build stronger relationships and achieve greater happiness – and he’s the author of The Wisdom of Walk-Ons: 7 Winning Strategies for College, Business and Life. Learn more: Paul Corona Find him on LinkedIn...
Tom Kolditz is a coach, an author, an inspirational speaker, and a teacher. He is an internationally recognized expert on crisis leadership and leadership in extreme contexts, and in the development of programs to inculcate leadership and leader development in everything from project teams to large organizations. Tom Kolditz is the founding Director of the Ann & John Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University—the most comprehensive, evidence-based, university-wide leader development ...
April Shprintz is an accomplished leader whose career has spanned the Air Force, corporate America, and her own firm—Driven Outcomes—where she works with companies globally. April is the creator of the Generosity Culture®. When April is not teaching companies how to “pour into” their people, their clients, and their community, she invests her time with various nonprofits helping children, veterans, and those experiencing homelessness. Find her on LinkedIn Learn more...
Laura Gates is an executive coach, team facilitator, and advisor to executives at Silicon Valley’s top tech companies. For over 25 years Laura has coached and facilitated for companies working on some of the leading edge technologies, such as AI, machine learning, and engineering, as well as many other industries including space and aeronautics, academia, energy, finance and communications, government, global corporations, prisons, homeless organizations, and global women’s initiatives. Learn mo...
Doug Rich is a former Marine Corps Captain and Infantry officer, and now serves as the Chief of Staff for Kforce, a >$1 Billion publicly traded professional services Firm.. As a senior executive, Doug has extensive experience in helping Kforce achieve stated goals and objectives via the development and optimization of effective and cohesive teams. Doug has developed and honed a very unique set of skills to best support organizations by first enabling and supporting their most valuable asset--...
Sunni has Over 15 years in the field of leadership and organizational strategy, primarily as a consultant, coach, trainer, and facilitator. Sunni developed and produced theater events to bring about much needed dialogue about diversity in today's society. She has led international trade/policy missions to South Africa and Colombia, South America. She was the recipient of the CORO Public Policy Fellowship & Annenberg Summer Faculty Fellowship. Sunni holds a Master’s degree in counseling and r...
Louis Carter is the founder and CEO of Best Practice Institute. An organizational psychologist, he specializes in helping organizations and C-suite senior executives achieve their market strategy through talent management, executive coaching, leadership development, organizational culture and change management. He is the creator and facilitator of the BPI Senior Executive Board, an invite-only consortium of top CHROs and Heads of Global Talent. Find him at: linkedin.com/in/louiscarter For more i...
