Tricia Brouk, author of The Influential Voice: Saying What You Mean for Lasting Legacy , joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to discuss how you can uncover and work through your limiting beliefs, use your voice with great responsibility, and move past fear. Tricia Brouk is an award-winning international director. She received the Empowered Woman of 2021 award from the International Association of Top Professionals. She has worked in theater, film, and television for over three decades. In additi...
Aug 03, 2022•34 min•Ep. 154
Oscar Suris is the President of Edelman’s New York operation. As New York president, Oscar oversees the company’s largest global office, which has 800-plus employees. He joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to discuss staying connected with stakeholders, putting situations into perspective, and exhaling and enjoying the moment. Oscar is a Corporate Communications professional with 20 years of experience providing strategic public relations leadership to Fortune 100 companies and 10 years of exper...
Jul 27, 2022•38 min•Ep. 153
Kaylin Marcotte struck a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank to help grow her business, Jiggy. She joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to discuss paying attention to trends, auditing your own habits and practices, and finding a gap in the market that you can close. Entrepreneur.com explained that when Kaylin Marcotte, “set out to modernize the humble jigsaw puzzle, she had no idea what the journey would have in store. She launched Jiggy in November 2019 and has been at the forefront of the renewe...
Jul 20, 2022•41 min•Ep. 152
Chris Voss is the author of “Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It” and the CEO and Founder of the Black Swan Group Ltd. Chris has used his years of experience in international crises and high-stakes negotiations to develop a unique program and team that applies these globally proven techniques to the business world. He was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the FBI’s hostage negotiation representative for the...
Jul 13, 2022•39 min•Ep. 151
Erica Ariel Fox talks to Patrick about how we can draw our four bits of intelligence, the importance of moving from limiting beliefs to liberating beliefs, and the need to rethink our leadership blind spots. Erica is a lecturer at Harvard Law School where she has taught for over 20 years. Her first book is the New York Times bestseller Winning From Within. She is a Senior Contributor for Forbes and a trusted advisor to CEOs worldwide. Learn more about Erica’s work at www.EricaArielFox.com...
Jul 06, 2022•39 min•Ep. 150
Andrew East is a rare combination. He’s an NFL athlete, content creator, and entrepreneur. Along with his wife, Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson, Andrew creates family-friendly content, tackles tough challenges for worthy causes, and works to live out his purpose. Patrick and Andrew discuss leadership lessons including pivoting when things don’t go as planned, living out your purpose in unexpected ways, and enjoying the journey. Learn about Andrew and enjoy his content at: YouTube Channe...
Jun 29, 2022•38 min•Ep. 149
Erica Keswin joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to discuss how to attract, engage, and retain top talent. With two Wall Street Journal bestselling books to her credit, Erica shares how teams and organizations create rituals that foster engagement and create a human-centric workplace. Learn more about Erica and her work at https://ericakeswin.com . While you are there, be sure to check out her two books, Rituals Roadmap and Bring Your Human to Work ....
Jun 22, 2022•34 min•Ep. 148
Hitendra Wadhwa joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to discuss success in life and leadership. Hitendra is a Professor at Columbia Business School and the Founder of the Mentora Institute. His simple yet profound insight that success in life and leadership originates from within has led to the training and transformation of thousands of executives worldwide. Much of the discussion focuses on his new book Inner Mastery, Outer Impact. Here’s a short exert from the book: “All of us hunger for succe...
Jun 15, 2022•41 min•Ep. 147
The world’s bestselling author, James Patterson, talks to Patrick about the importance of trusting your gut, peeking through doors, and taking action when you hear that Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh sound. Gain insights into how a boy from small-town New York becomes the world’s most successful writer. Listen to this podcast and then pick up a copy of his memoir James Patterson by James Patterson. James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author. His enduring fictional characters and series include Al...
Jun 08, 2022•35 min•Ep. 146
If you are looking to effectively influence others in positive ways, listen to this conversation with René Rodriguez. Patrick and René discuss human motivators, how to frame and communicate ideas, and the importance of storytelling. For over two decades, René has been researching and applying behavioral neuroscience as a dynamic keynote speaker, leadership advisor, world-class sales expert, and renowned speaker coach. He has also trained more than 100,000 people in applying behavioral psychology...
Jun 01, 2022•37 min•Ep. 145
John Ingram joins Patrick this week in the Leadership Lab to discuss how life and leadership are team sports. John should know. As co-founder of Nashville Soccer Club and Chairman of Ingram Industries Inc, John works to surround himself with strong team players who set big goals and execute with excellence. John joined Ingram Industries Inc. in 1986, serving early in his career as the Assistant Treasurer and also as President of Tennessee Book Company (which became part of Ingram Content Group i...
May 25, 2022•42 min•Ep. 144
Y-Vonne Hutchinson is the CEO & Founder of Ready Set and the author of How to Talk to Your Boss About Race: Speaking Up Without Getting Shut Down . Y-Vonne believes in tackling big problems and that doing so requires big toolkits. Her company focuses on diversity and inclusion training to help companies to speak up productively about racism and turn talk into action. Prior to launching ReadySet, she worked as an international labor and human rights lawyer for nearly a decade. She has worked ...
May 18, 2022•48 min•Ep. 143
Jessica Kaplan and Zoe Antell, are passionate about the fashion industry and female empowerment. As Vanderbilt University students, they launched Ready Dress Go to address an unmet need in the market. “We discovered there is a significant gap in the retail market for college-aged women in need of business attire that is appropriate for networking, interviewing, and working while also being stylish and highlighting the uniqueness of each individual.” Jessica, Zoe, and Patrick discuss understandin...
May 11, 2022•31 min•Ep. 142
Ken Natori is the President of The Natori Company, a designer fashion brand with collections ranging from ready-to-wear, lingerie, and sleepwear, to home textiles, fine jewelry, accessories, bath, and fine jewelry. Patrick and Ken discuss career decisions, transitions, and working in a family business. Learn from Ken’s experience in launching The Natori Company’s e-commerce and licensing business; overseeing finance, public relations, and marketing departments; and leading the business through t...
May 04, 2022•34 min•Ep. 141
David Allen joins Patrick to discuss the Getting Things Done (GTD) method and how we can use it to reduce ambient anxiety and appropriately engage in our work. David says that the key is to empty our minds and begin to see problems as projects. For over 35 years, David has helped leaders to increase their productivity, reduce stress, and win the game of business and life. Learn more about David’s work at www.gettingthingsdone.com .
Apr 27, 2022•34 min•Ep. 140
While attending Vanderbilt University, Teddy Raskin started Lights on the Lawn (LOTL) , an on-campus concert series in Nashville, TN. Initially created to raise funds to support the needs of an injured friend, LOTL grew to other university campuses and has raised over $630,000 for local charities. When COVID hit and health-related restrictions put concerts on the back burner, Teddy co-founded KOACORE , a full-scale safety management firm. KOACORE has delivered millions of safety products to clie...
Apr 20, 2022•55 min•Ep. 139
Learn to better observe, communicate, and problem-solve with lawyer and art historian Amy Herman. Amy joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to explore how looking closely at painting, sculpture, and photography can help you hone your visual intelligence. They explore how to recognize the most pertinent and useful information as well as recognize biases that impede decision-making. Over 20 years ago, Amy developed her Art of Perception seminar to improve medical students' observation and communicat...
Apr 13, 2022•35 min•Ep. 138
Dave McKeown is the author of The Self-Evolved Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. He is also the host of the podcast Lead Like You Give a Damn. Patrick and Dave discuss how to lead in ways that set you and your team up for success. With a wealth of experience connecting individual and team performance to improved business results, Dave explains how leaders in fast-growing, complex organizations can focus on what matters most. Learn more about...
Apr 06, 2022•37 min•Ep. 137
Leading others is tough. We’ve got your back. Every week, we produce leadership content to help you to succeed. Sometimes you are so busy tackling all that is going on in your world that you miss what we are sharing. How dare you 😊 In this episode, Patrick recaps the 14 lessons we’ve shared in the first three months of 2022. These lessons include: how to disrupt yourself and your team, ways to better know your people, a framework for setting priorities, and much more. Each lesson consists of an...
Mar 30, 2022•23 min•Ep. 136
Feeling overwhelmed? Looking to get the essential items done? This episode is a must-listen. Explore how to get a grip on your week, your year, and your life. Rick’s book Grip helps people to better manage their time and get done what truly matters most. His work became a wildfire success in his home country of Holland. It has spread throughout Europe, the U.S. and is gaining traction worldwide. If you want to live according to proven time management principles, you want to listen to this podcas...
Mar 23, 2022•42 min•Ep. 135
Are you ready to disrupt yourself? Do you know how to grow yourself and others in smart ways? Whitney Johnson is an innovation and disruption theorist, CEO, bestselling author, and globally recognized thought leader. She is also this week’s Leadership Lab guest. Whitney joins Patrick to discuss her latest book “Smart Growth” and explore how the S Curve of Learning can help all of us to get better. An award-winning author, Johnson teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both ...
Mar 16, 2022•37 min•Ep. 134
In this episode, Alaina Love joins Patrick to talk about purpose, passion, and inclusion. Alaina is the CEO of Purpose Linked Consulting (PLC), and developer of PLC’s groundbreaking instrument: The Passion Profiler™. Prior to founding PLC, Alaina was Executive Director of Human Resources for Merck & Co, with responsibility for the HR services of over 15,000 employees worldwide. She’s also been a research scientist in the field of immunology and a clinical researcher monitoring international ...
Mar 09, 2022•35 min•Ep. 133
Recently profiled as “Variety’s 2020 Top 10 Broadway to Watch”, Brian Moreland is a two-time Tony Award Nominated Creative Lead Producer for Broadway. Brian joins Patrick to discuss the importance of being kind to yourself and others; why you need to be comfortable being uncomfortable; and how it takes everyone to produce an amazing show. If you are in NYC, be sure to look for Brian’s upcoming Broadway projects which include: American Buffalo with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell and Darren Cris...
Mar 02, 2022•34 min•Ep. 132
Do people see what you are thinking? Todd Cherches is a master at helping leaders to do just that. A consultant, trainer, executive coach, keynote speaker, professor, and author of VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life. Patrick and Todd talk about how leaders can use frameworks, storytelling, metaphors, and more. Learn more about Todd’s work at www.ToddCherches.com
Feb 23, 2022•36 min•Ep. 131
Alisa Cohn is an executive coach and bestselling author. Her recent book, From Start-Up to Grown-Up gives readers the knowledge and experience that she has gained from helping companies such as Etsy, Foursquare, InVision, and The Wirecutter become headline names. Alisa teaches that the growth of your company begins with growth within you. This is a great discussion for entrepreneurs and those looking to build a more entrepreneurial spirit in their organization.
Feb 16, 2022•33 min•Ep. 130
Oshoke Abalu is a Nigerian-American architect and futurist. She is the co-founder of the Love and Magic Company, a startup studio. Oshoke joins Patrick to discuss making conscious choices, loving yourself and others, and showing grace.
Feb 09, 2022•37 min•Ep. 129
Nate Zinsser is the director of West Point's Performance Psychology Program, the nation's gold standard curriculum for teaching and training the mental skills that underlie excellence in any human performance – confidence despite setbacks, concentration despite distractions, and composure under pressure. He is the author of The Confident Mind and has worked with numerous Olympic athletes to build their confidence. Nate and Patrick discuss confidence: what is it, why you need it, and how you buil...
Feb 02, 2022•40 min•Ep. 128
Do you know how to develop a mindset and skillset for peak performance? Ruth Gotian does. Ruth Gotian is a leadership coach, keynote speaker, educator, and social scientist who researches the most successful people in order to learn about their mindsets and practices. She serves as the Chief Learning Officer and is Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, New York. She is the 2021 recipient of the Thinkers50 RADAR Award, making her the world'...
Jan 26, 2022•33 min•Ep. 127
Patrick is joined this week by Jacqueline Carter. Jacqueline is an international partner and leads Potential Project in North America. She works with many global accounts including Cisco, Accenture, Danaher, Eli Lilly and IKEA to enhance leadership and organizational performance. She is the co-author of “The Mind of the Leader” published by Harvard Business Review Press in March 2018 and of “One Second Ahead – Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness” published by Palgrave Macmillan in ...
Jan 19, 2022•35 min
Are you ready for a conversation about gaining, maintaining, and wielding power? Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or co-author of 15 books including: Dying for a Paycheck, Leadership BS, What Were They Thinking, and Power. Patrick and Jeffrey's 30-minute discussion is informative, insightful, and will cause you to think differently about power. ...
Jan 12, 2022•34 min
