Send us Fan Mail Alan Dunstan and Lewis Keens join me on the show for a discussion about the role that fear plays in our lives in regards to our growth and learning. As Alan and Lewis co-host their own podcast called Infinite Leaders, we decided that we would release our conversation on both of our podcasts. Both Lewis and Alan have leadership roles in education and have a combined 33 years of experience between them. They are passionate about leadership development and have devoted themselves t...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I have my friend and mentor, Jim Roussin, on the podcast to chat about his book Transforming Teamwork: Cultivating Collaborative Cultures. Jim co-authored this book with Diane P. Zimmerman and Robert J. Garmston. A fantastic read that draws on research and practical experience. In the book, Jim and his co-authors identify and unpack strategies and tools that: Help to build psychological safety in an effort to get teams to work towards resilient interpersonal ...
May 18, 2022•40 min
Send us Fan Mail On today’s show, I had the wonderful opportunity to interview the inspiring Kailee Scales, the CEO of Pencils of Promise. Every organization that strives to do great things in the world, needs a strongly empathetic, compassionate and caring leader who is deeply committed to creating lasting change. Kailee Scales has embodied these attributes from early in her life. She has been devoted to a life of service for years and firmly believes that Every human being was born free. But w...
May 08, 2022•49 min
Send us Fan Mail Neila Steele and I have revived our 4 X Mindfulness podcast series. A podcast series devoted to sharing our learning around mindfulness and well-being. Although we've recorded almost 20 of these episodes previously, it's been a few years since we released our last one. This podcast series is a passion project of ours and we hope to start releasing them regularly again. We hope our listeners gain value and takeaway from these episodes. As I said in the introduction, this podcast ...
May 04, 2022•34 min
Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Joe McDonough and I have a deep and moving conversation about his son Andrew, who at 14 years old lost his battle with cancer in 2007. Since that time Joe has devoted his life to keeping Andrew’s spirit alive through their B+ foundation. In Joe’s own words: The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation honors the memory of Andrew, a 14-year-old athlete and ‘A’ student from Wilmington, Delaware. January 27, 2007, Andrew helped lead his team to victory in a Pennsylvania s...
Apr 30, 2022•39 min
Send us Fan Mail On the show today, New York Times bestselling author and longtime Esquire writer, Cal Fussman. He is also the host of the Big Questions podcast I first came across Cal’s work more than 6 years ago when I heard him interviewed by well known podcaster Tim Ferriss . I was immediately drawn to Cal’s amazing ability to tell stories. As you will see in our conversation today, Cal has a very special way with words. For many years, Cal wrote the ‘What I’ve Learned’ column for Esquire ma...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Send us Fan Mail My guest today, Charles Feltman, has spent the last 3 decades deeply devoted to unpacking the concept of trust and through his work, he tries to help people understand that trusting others is not a switch that we simply turn off forever when trust has been broken. He firmly believes that 'trust' is an essential aspect of strong, authentic and productive working relationships. But that trust doesn’t just happen. It takes attention to the words and behaviors that affect trust. His...
Mar 27, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Send us Fan Mail This week’s conversation is with Todd Herman, best-selling author, performance coach, and world-renowned speaker. Todd is best known for the work he does coaching top-level people in sport, business, and entertainment. He believes deeply in being a practitioner, so he can create programs, systems, and tools for others, that are proven, practical and precise. He has logged more than 19000 hours working 1-1 with many of the world’s elite in their field. In our conversation, we unp...
Mar 03, 2022•53 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Brittany joins me to discuss her book Next Chance You: Tools, Tips, and Tough Love for Bringing Your A-Game to Life. As well, we speak about her role in the popular Netflix series Last Chance U and the work she did helping more than 200 student-athletes academically quality for nationally respected NCAA division 1 schools. In today's chat, we unpack the themes of resilience, self-belief, overcoming trauma, and finding purpose in life. It was a honor to have Brit...
Feb 22, 2022•58 min
Send us Fan Mail This episode is devoted to exploring how self-imposed limitations can hold us back from performing at our very best. The science is clear on the impact that a negative mindset, fear, doubt and uncertainty can have on human potential. The story of the broken piano is a beautiful metaphor for breaking through self-imposed limitations in order to achieve great things in life. We'll unpack the broken piano story in hopes of challenging each listener to think more deeply about their ...
Feb 11, 2022•37 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I discuss what cognitive reframing means and how it can be applied in our own lives. As well, I share several other strategies and resources to help support and strengthen mental health and well-being. I take a deep dive into Dr. Martin Seligman's work related to positive psychology, Dr. Jim Loehr's research into the power of story-telling and personal narrative, Brene Brown's work related to vulnerability and connection, and finally the powerful role that physi...
Jan 25, 2022•44 min
Send us Fan Mail My guest, Dagur Sigurðsson, and I have known each other for almost 20 years. It was great to reunite with Dagur and bring him on my show to talk about his amazing journey in professional sport and playing/coaching the game at the Olympic level. Dagur represented his country of Iceland in the Summer Olympics held in Greece in 2004 and over the years developed himself into a world renowned coach in the sport. He spent time in Austria before going on to coach professionally in Germ...
Dec 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Send us Fan Mail My guest today, Rudy Ruettiger, exemplifies what it means to have the deep resilience and persistence needed to make a dream come true. For those who are not familiar with Rudy Ruettiger, his life story was made into a major motion Hollywood sports film in 1993 and to this day, nearly 30 years later, still stands as one of the most inspiring sports movies out there. In fact, in the words of the late, great Kobe Bryant: “If Rudy could accomplish what he did without being blessed ...
Dec 04, 2021•25 min
Send us Fan Mail My guest today epitomizes what it means to follow a dream and to completely transform oneself into an olympic champion. Andrea Proske joins me for a discussion about her amazing life journey. At 27 years old, Andrea had very limited experience with team sport and although an active person by nature, she had never pursued excellence in her life through sport, let alone had never rowed in her life. At 27, She was working in the hotel industry at the time and had the opportunity to...
Nov 27, 2021•52 min
Send us Fan Mail On the show today, Dr. Gervais, joins us to take a deep dive into who he is and the work he does. We will explore the themes of personal excellence, vulnerability, self-awareness and pursuing mastery of things that matter most. Dr. Gervais feels fortunate to have worked with some of the most talented people across the globe helping to unpack the guiding principles that they have put into action in their life, with consistency, to have the profound impact that they have through t...
Oct 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Send us Fan Mail When Tania Lattanzio reflects back on early days in her life, she has great appreciation for growing up in a bi-cultural family as it helped her develop a deep curiosity of culture and travel from a young age. This love of travel would help open the doors of possibility for Tania and provide her with many wonderful experiences that allowed her to see the world and learn more deeply about people and culture. Tania knew early on that she wanted to be an educator and, after univers...
Oct 11, 2021•57 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jacqui Weatherly, also known as the Tai Chi Lady, shares what early days were like for her growing up in a small rural community outside of Adelaide, Australia. Her father, a former physical education and dance teacher was a mentor to Jacqui and exposed her to multiple different forms of outdoor activities such as rock climbing, hiking and other pursuits. This allowed Jacqui to easily be able to tackle difficult physical challenges in her life from a young age. ...
Sep 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Send us Fan Mail It was a pleasure to have Jim Knight back on my podcast for a second time. I wanted to have Jim back on my show to take a dive into his Radical Learners online course called the First 90 Days of Instructional Coaching. Today’s conversation is pretty much focused on ideas and insight related to this course which you can find at courses.radicallearners.com/collections . In this course Jim Knight introduces the foundational principles, skills, and framework necessary for the first ...
Sep 04, 2021•41 min
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist, Co-Founder of the Human Performance Institute, and author of 17 books including his most recent book… Leading with Character- Ten minutes a day to a brilliant legacy In the opening of his latest book, Leading with Character, Dr. Jim Loehr describes a pivotal moment in his life that happened when he was 16 years old. He considers this moment to be his first exposure to real evil in the world and explains how this experie...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Yong Zhao and I unpacked many different layers of his life and his work. However, we devote much of this episode discussing his latest book Learners Without Boarders-New Learning Pathways For All Students which was published in July 2021. Dr. Zhao has written more than 20 books and has spoken and presented in many countries around the world and is widely recognized as one of the most influential education scholars. It was a pleasure to have this convers...
Aug 27, 2021•48 min
Send us Fan Mail In his early days, Dan Chambliss was inquisitive, well-read, and curious about the world around him. Growing up in a home that valued reading and learning, Dan was able to create strong connections across multiple disciplines that helped to broaden his view of the world and to gain deeper understanding of the nature of the human spirit. Dan had very little interest in sport when he was young and in his own words, struggled with the basic motor coordination needed to participate ...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Send us Fan Mail This podcast is actually a re-release of an episode that I recorded with renowned golf coach Shawn Clement on his Golf's Perfect Imperfections WRX Radio podcast in July. In this episode, Shawn (Director of Golf at Wisdom in Golf) and I sit down to have a conversation about coaching, goal-setting, vision and purpose, not only in regards to the game of golf, but life in general. Although this episode is framed around the game of golf, much can be learned from this discussion that ...
Aug 13, 2021•57 min
Send us Fan Mail Today’s conversation is with Pino Di Ioia, the CEO/Owner of BeaverTails, a one of a kind, very well-known, Canadian pastry chain. The chain started in 1978, but has spread widely throughout Canada and also has locations in 6 other countries around the world including France, Mexico, and Japan. With over 170 franchises and more opening each month, Beavertails is a massive success story that has been built on the vision of Pino and his amazing team working behind the scenes over t...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr
Send us Fan Mail As a young boy, Simon Whitfield loved playing team sport. In particular, soccer and ice hockey, and through these pursuits, he was able to develop important skills that would go on to serve him well in the future. However, it was the sport of running that really captured his interest, inspiring him to think about what was possible in his life. He has nothing but fond memories when he reflects on his first time being introduced to triathlon, getting his start in the Sharbot Lake ...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Send us Fan Mail Alan Tait first picked up a club at 5 years old. His love for the game was evident from this very early age and it was always his dream to pursue a career in golf. By the time he was 17 he was playing off plus 2 and in 1986 he won The Scottish Boys Championship, before going on to win The Doug Sanders European and World Junior Championships in the same year. During his amateur career he represented Scotland and Great Britain and Ireland and became only the 5th player in Scottish...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Send us Fan Mail From an early age, Oshiomogho Atogwe focused on the micro-steps needed to continually grow and learn and constantly refine and improve his skills as a football player. And as Atomic Habit’s author James Clear says, it’s the ‘aggregation of marginal gains over time’ that leads to long term lasting success. Little did Oshiomogho know it at the time, but he would go on to be one of the best high school players to ever come out of Windsor, Ontario and also go on to receive a scholar...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Send us Fan Mail My guest today, Ann-Renee Desbiens, exemplifies what it means to show grit and to have a never give up attitude. As the youngest of 5 kids, she learned a lot from her older siblings and it was through her exploration of sport that she ultimately found a love of ice hockey. Although she had opportunity to play a variety of positions, she would settle into the role of goalie early on in her ice hockey career. Due to her talent, hard work and effort, Ann Renee played only in boy’s ...
May 17, 2021•57 min
Send us Fan Mail In 2013, Dr. Steven Katz and Dr. Lisa Dack published their book Intentional Interruption based on highly intensive field work that they had done attaching themselves to a number of schools to work closely with educational leaders and teachers in different districts in order to create long term positive impact on teaching and learning, as well as organizational improvement. Steven and Lisa have deeply committed themselves to helping schools to thrive and to increase student learn...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Send us Fan Mail When reflecting back on early days in his life, Guy Claxton considered himself to be an unadventurous, unexceptional learner in school. Although well-liked by his teachers and well-behaved, Guy felt as though he was a middle of the road type of student. During this time his parents moved from London to a very rural area in the west midlands of England. As this was a very isolated area, Guy had no kids his age to hang around with which helped to create the conditions for him to b...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Trevor and I take a look back at early days in his life, the type of learner he was and what it was he most needed from his teachers to thrive in his own unique ways. We unpack his journey through school and pathway into education as a career. Trevor firmly believes all students can flourish given the right conditions, provided autonomy and inquiry are at the heart and core of teaching and learning. In our conversation, you will gain valuable insight into inquir...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min
