Leaders Of Transformation

Sarah Symons started Her Future Coalition in 2005 with her husband John Berger. Since 2005 Her Future Coalition has been creating powerful and positive change in the lives of survivors of gender violence and girls at the highest risk. They break the cycle of poverty and exploitation by providing education – and a full range of services that support education – to survivors and the most vulnerable girls in India and Nepal. Previous to that, she was a composer of music for TV and film, and before that, a counselor and art teacher at Creative Arts Workshops in New York City. Sarah is passionate about empowering survivors to be changemakers in their families and communities. She is the author of This Is No Ordinary Joy and co-author of the new book, Standing In The Way. What We Discuss With Sarah Symons How she got started in helping survivors of human trafficking and gender violence How she chose what support services to provide survivors The root cause behind young girls being trafficked The difference between

Thomas A Kolditz, Ph.D. is the founding Director of the Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University–the most comprehensive, evidence-based, university-wide leader development program in the world. The Doerr Institute was recognized in 2019 as the top university leader development program by the Association of Leadership Educators. Prior to Rice, he taught as a Professor in the Practice of Leadership and Management and Director of the Leadership Development Program at the Yale School of Management. A retired Brigadier General, Tom led the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point for 12 years. In that role, he was responsible for West Point’s teaching, research, and outreach activities in Management, Leader Development Science, Psychology, and Sociology, and was titled Professor Emeritus after retirement. A highly experienced global leader, General Kolditz has more than 35 years in leadership roles on four continents. Full bio Tom is the author of the new book, Leadersh

James Sinclair is the Chief Executive and Co-Founder of EnterpriseAlumni, the market leading Alumni and Retiree Engagement Platform. Their software powers the corporate alumni networks of the world’s largest companies, leveraging this vast untapped pool of people for talent, sales, marketing and community. He has a background in large enterprise innovation, having worked for companies including IBM, SAP & EDS. Outside of his day job, James contributes to media on the future of work, large enterprise innovation and entrepreneurship. The Enterprise Alumni Talent Management platform enables organizations to access a qualified pool of former employees ready to return, reducing time-to-fill, increasing time-to-productivity and delivering a 6x boost to organizations recruiting ROI. What We Discuss with James Sinclair in This Episode How he came up with the concept for an employee alumni platform Establishing a precedent beginning at the interview A different take on employee loyalty The value of empathy and me

Lilly Woodbury is the Regional Coordinator and official Spokesperson for Surfrider Canada and Chapter Manager for the Surfrider Pacific Rim Chapter. She concentrates on designing and implementing campaigns that eliminate single-use plastics and support a shift to a circular economy. For five years, Lilly has been working with Surfrider Foundation to engage a diversity of stakeholders in adopting initiatives for coastal and oceanic protection and stewardship. Lilly has an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto and won Starfish Canada’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 in June 2018. Lilly is has appeared on GlobalBC, CTV, CBC, and numerous other broadcast news stations to weigh in on policy-driven solutions around plastic pollution for ocean conservation. What We Discuss with Lilly Woodbury in this Episode The mission of Surfrider Foundation The issues around ocean protection and plastic pollution Solutions to eradicate plastic pollution and its impact What is a circu

Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. A onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named a top 30 “Global Guru” and has worked with startups such as Venmo, Etsy, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. She has also coached CEOs and C-Suite executives at enterprise clients such as Dell, Hitachi, Sony, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and Calvin Klein. Alisa is a sought after speaker and has keynoted events for companies such as IBM, PwC, Dell, Standard Chartered Bank, and Citi. Inc named Alisa one of the top 100 leadership speakers. Alisa is a guest lecturer at Harvard and Cornell Universities, Henley Business School and the Naval War College. Marshall Goldsmith selected Alisa as one of his Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches - a gathering of the top coaches in the world. She

Shelley Paxton is a Chicago-based author, international speaker, and transformational coach. She spent 26 years as a highly regarded marketing and advertising executive, stewarding some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Harley-Davidson, Visa, McDonald’s, and AOL. In 2016, Shelley left the corporate world to launch her own company, with the mission to liberate the souls of leaders and organizations by inspiring them to realize their greatest purpose and potential. As a certified professional coach, she works with executives at Fortune 100 companies and with fellow rebel soul individuals and entrepreneurs. She holds a marketing degree from Boston College and graduated from iPEC, one of the country's premier coaching certification programs. Shelley Paxton is a member of 4PC, Rich Litvin’s exclusive community for extraordinary leaders and coaches, and has trained with some of the top teachers in the world including Brene' Brown, five-time New York Times bestselling author. She is the author of the book

Nathaniel J. Brown is the founder of This-Functional Life and Wellness - a personal development brand geared towards teaching and leading others into a new perspective. Practicing what he calls "Perspective Coaching", Nathaniel is able to actively listen to your story and show you how to see it differently, so that you gain access to the secrets and lessons within your experiences. After 30 years of dealing with anger, mistrust, hurt, betrayal, insecurity and mis-identity, he has taken his own advice and dug deep into his childhood traumas. Nathaniel discovered that most of his interpersonal and relational issues stemmed from his un-addressed pain of abuse and an inappropriate sexual encounter with a family member at 8 years old. Nathaniel then started doing the deep work; the work of shifting his perspective; being truthful about his pain, and reintegrating the child into the man. Nathaniel's mission now is to lead as many people as he can out of the dark cloud of their old story and live into their new TRUT

Nate Regier, Ph.D. is the CEO and founding owner of Next Element Consulting, a global leadership firm dedicated to bringing compassion into the workplace. Dr. Regier is a former practicing psychologist and expert in social-emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication and leadership. Recognized as a Top 100 keynote speaker, he is a Process Communication Model® certifying master trainer. Nate is the author of three books—Beyond Drama: Transcending Energy Vampires, Conflict Without Casualties: A Field Guide for Leading with Compassionate Accountability, and his newest book, Seeing People Through: Unleash Your Leadership Potential with The Process Communication Model. He hosts a podcast called On Compassion with Dr. Nate, writes a weekly blog, contributes to multiple industry publications and blogs, and is a regular guest on podcasts. How different would organizational cultures look, if leaders stopped projecting their wants and needs onto their team and instead began listening to the way their employees w

How could you change the world if you had access to an impact investing collaborative? Charlie Hartwell is the Managing Partner of Bridge Builders Collaborative, a group of successful investors who have been investing in startup companies in the space of mental wellness, consciousness, and spirituality. A Harvard Business School graduate, Charlie has served and led organizations in 14 different industries, including starting a nonprofit in the slums of Kenya in 1986 that has now served health care to several million patients. He also founded the first for-profit expedition company in US History to promote the Bancroft Arnesen Expedition - a historical 17,000 mile crossing of Antarctica by two women who became the first to cross the continent on foot. Now Charlie and his company are passionate about supporting the growth of a new movement around mental fitness, heart centered connection, consciousness evolution, and improved health care. What We Discuss With Charlie Hartwell in This Episode Criteria Bridge Bu

Krister Ungerböck is a leadership language expert, keynote speaker and bestselling author. His insights have appeared in numerous national and international publications, including NPR, Forbes, Inc., Chief Executive and Entrepreneur. Prior to exiting corporate life at age 42, Krister was CEO of one of the largest family-owned software companies in the world. While leading the company to over 3,000% growth, his team created $100M in shareholder value, won five consecutive Top Workplace Awards, achieved remarkable employee engagement levels of 99.3%, and became a dominant player in its market niche — event management software. Krister is the author of the bestselling book, 22 TALK SHIFTs: Tools To Transform Leadership. What We Discuss With Krister Ungerböck In This Episode Why leadership begins at home The similarities between personal and professional relationships Krister’s favorite talk shift How talk shifts can restore broken relationships Episode Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/y6wkfpmx  Check out our co

Alain Hunkins is a sought-after leadership speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach. His recent book, Cracking The Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders (Wiley, March 2020) launched as the #1 Bestselling New Release in Business Communication on Amazon and has been endorsed as “one of the most practical books on the planet when it comes to leadership and how to make a difference.” Over his twenty-year career, Alain has led over 2,000 groups in 25 countries. His clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors and Microsoft. Alain has designed and facilitated seminars on numerous leadership topics, including teambuilding, conflict management, communication, peak performance, innovation, engagement, and change. Alain also serves on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education. His articles have been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Inc., Chief Executive, Chief Learning Officer and Business Insider. What We Discuss With Alain Hunkins in This E

Greg Hammer, MD is a pediatric intensive care physician, pediatric anesthesiologist, and professor at Stanford University Medical Center. A member of the Stanford WellMD initiative and the Wellness Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Dr. Hammer is currently the Chair of the Physician Wellness Task Force for the California Society of Anesthesiologists. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer on wellness at institutions worldwide and teaches his GAIN method to medical students, residents and fellows at Stanford. Dr. Hammer’s clinical focus is in pediatric cardiac anesthesia and pediatric critical care medicine. His research is in developmental pharmacology and immunology, and he has an active laboratory with multiple ongoing studies in these areas. He has published widely on topics related to pharmacology and perioperative care of children undergoing cardiac and thoracic procedures as well as organ transplantation. Dr. Hammer is a health enthusiast and meditator, utilizing a non-duali

Dave Willner served as the Chief Operating Officer for Skyport North America, one of the nation’s premiere airport hospitality groups for almost 5 years.  As the strategic leader of Skyport, Dave directed all systems and operations for 70 distinct retail and restaurant entities across multiple states, including spearheading rapid expansion and escalating gross revenues to over $200M. After being forced to shut down all but one of their 70 restaurants and lay off 1250 employees due to the COVID pandemic, Dave also left in search of new opportunities where he could utilize his experience and passion for hospitality and employee engagement. As such, Dave is now the newly appointed National Director of Food and Beverage at Sun Communities & Sun RV Resorts. He also proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Restaurant Association and frequently serves as a Guest Lecturer for the Hospitality programs at Johnson & Wales University, University of Denver, and Metro State University. What We Disc

November is World Adoption Month, and in honor of that, our guest today is Michaela Foster Marsh, author of the book Starchild: A Memoir of Adoption, Race, and Family, a memoir about her life with her adopted brother Frankie, and her journey to learn more about Frankie after his tragic death by finding his birth family in Uganda. It is ultimately the story of a sibling relationship that transcends borders, time, and life itself. Michaela is an acclaimed musician with three albums to her credit and has been invited to sing at the Monaco International Film Festival, the Cannes International Film Festival, and for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. She is the founder and Executive Director of Starchild Charity. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland, and has received a Prime Minister’s award for her work in Uganda. What We Discuss With Michaela Foster Marsh In This Episode How her parents came to adopt a child from Uganda in the 60's What it was like growing up with a black brother in the 60’s in Glasgow, Scotland How the a

As a seasoned motivational speaker, Michael Arterberry has been motivating, inspiring, and changing the lives of teenagers and adults since 2008.  With his background in social work and personal and relational transformation, Michael helps people to use what they have gone through to get to their breakthrough. He walks his audience through the effects of their past and present trauma, including the most recent impact of society's imbalance, and shows them how to experience a life of peace, fulfillment and possibility.  He is the author of the book, Be Encouraged: 250 Days of Motivation and Encouragement What We Discuss With Michael Arterberry In This Episode Growing up in a difficult environment The story of the donkey and the farmer  Bringing hope and encouragement to youth and young adults Overcoming the landmines of our life  Relating to others based on empathy and understanding The Concentric Circle exercise How you can take part in racial reconciliation What inspired him to write a book Episode Show No

Dane Maxwell is a serial 7-figure entrepreneur that has been Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income’s most downloaded podcast episode because of his unparalleled ability to communicate business basics that drive massive success. Dane started 16 businesses and failed 11 times. And each time, he figured out what worked and what didn't. Dane has started 5 successful profitable businesses including The Foundation that specializes in training people to start a business from scratch, ‍Swipe My Ideas, which gives away profitable business ideas, ‍Paperless Pipeline, a real estate transaction management software, ‍My Agent Base, a real estate intranet software, and ‍Fear No Feeling, which sells unique shirt designs.  Having created over 15 millionaires with his teachings, Dane specializes in helping underdogs start successful businesses. Dane’s book, Start From Zero, teaches entrepreneurs a new way to build businesses quickly, without the risk, from scratch. What We Discuss With Dane Maxwell In This Episode Dane's journey

Teru Clavel is a comparative international education specialist, speaker, and author. Since 2010, she has run her own education consulting practice, advising globally-minded families on a range of issues encompassing multiple language acquisition, school choice, and how to enroll their children in U.S. universities.  Teru is the author of the book, World Class: One Mother’s Journey Halfway Around the World in Search of the Best Education For Her Children. She spent a decade raising her family in Asia and recently returned to live in New York with her family. With a degree in B.A. in Asian studies and an MS in comparative international education, Teru has written columns on education for both the Japan Times and the Financial Times, and she has made appearances on Fareed Zakaria GPS, The TODAY Show, CBS This Morning, CNBC’s Squawk Box, and Channel NewsAsia.  What We Discuss With Teru Clavel In This Episode How Teru became an expert in education Education in the U.S. vs. Asia How you can make the most of your

Growing up in South Africa as the son of a prominent anti-apartheid activist, Simon Chadwick has firsthand experience of living in a totalitarian society. Under these circumstances, Simon became very familiar with the tactics employed by politicians to suppress opposition, oppress large segments of the population, and engineer society to their own advantage.  After progressing through his career and moving to the United States over twenty-eight years ago, he increasingly noticed distinct and unnerving parallels to his early upbringing in the way U.S. politics were unfolding.  Simon’s academic background is rooted in politics—having earned a Master’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University—but his career has been in market and social research. For eighteen years, he was a corporate CEO and never earning more than six times the wage of his average staff member. Simon is an entrepreneur who has led two national trade associations and has been editor-in-chief of a global trade magazin

Erica Ballard is the founder of Erica Ballard Health – a wellness company that helps people get healthy despite their busy schedule. She started this company after watching really smart, hardworking people struggle to get healthy because she was one of those people …until she learned that health looked way different than what she thought, bought into, and even sold for decades. Now an evangelist of health, Erica helps entrepreneurs and self-identified busy people look and feel better so they can finally look and feel as good as they want to. Erica has her MS from Tufts University School of Medicine and got her CHC through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Erica is regular on the NBC affiliate WTHR 13, where she provides weekly health advice to viewers every Sunday and she has been featured by Women’s Health, Lululemon, and YPO. What We Discuss With In This Episode What does it mean to be healthy?  Is losing weight a calories game? Food is medicine How to incorporate health into your busy routine Why p

David Schwerin, Ph.D. is the founder and former President of DJ Investment Advisors, Inc. He’s the author of three books and dozens of articles published worldwide including Conscious Capitalism: Principles for Prosperity, Conscious Globalism: What is Wrong with the World and How to Fix It, and Know Your Soul: Bring Joy to Your Life. David resonates well with people interested in spiritual (not religious) subjects, as well as business and current event-oriented listeners. He masterfully combines the two subjects that are relevant to all of our lives in some way, talking about what is going on in the world today and how to change the things that need to change.  David has given scores of presentations and media interviews on a variety of business and psychological topics to academic, business, and government audiences in the U.S., China and India.  He received numerous honors for his work in China including being named a visiting professor at several universities and at the Hebei Counselor Association. He is a