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Wendy Leshgold is the co-author of the forthcoming book FAST FORWARD: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year (Matt Holt Books, September 5, 2023). She is co-founder and President of the Fast Forward Group, a professional development and executive coaching company that has transformed the careers and lives of more than 100,000 professionals at leading companies around the world such as Amazon, TikTok, Google, JP Morgan Chase, Ford and more. Wendy has designed a simple and immediately actionable system of Power Principles to help people achieve success and fulfillment in their whole lives. For more information: https://fastforwardgroup.net/

Thomas Curran is a professor of psychology at the London School of Economics and author of a landmark study that the BBC hailed as “the first to compare perfectionism across generations.” His TED Talk on perfectionism has received more than three million views. His research has been featured in media ranging from the Harvard Business Review to New Scientist to CNN and he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. Adam Grant calls Curran “the world's leading expert on perfectionism, and he's written the definitive book on why it's rising, how it wreaks havoc on our lives, and what we can do to stop it.” Daniel Pink says that it “offers a hopeful beacon and a steady path for anyone struggling to find their footing in a world of impossible standards.” • Hear how perfection is growing and why. • How does it relate to procrastination? • How does perfectionism influence decision-making processes and the willingness to take calculated risks? • What strategies can leaders employ to balance their pursuit

Brad McLain, PhD, author of DESIGNING TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES: A Toolkit For Leaders, Trainers, Teachers, And Other Experience Designers, is the founder of Designing Transformative Experiences LLC. He is a social scientist interested in the nature and psychology of identity development, learning, and leadership, with over twenty years of experience working with organizations and leaders of all stripes. McLain is on the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder and serves as the Director of the Center for STEM Learning and Director of Corporate Research at the National Center for Women in Information Technology. He routinely works closely with companies including Apple, Google, Morgan Stanley, and dozens of others on the subject of identity, inclusive culture construction, and change leadership. Prior, he served two terms on the Board of Directors for the Jane Goodall Institute and was the United States Chair of Dr. Goodall’s Roots and Shoots Leadership Committee. In addition, he was an educational r

Amy and Leanne are co-authors of Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Amy Diehl, PhD, is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher who has authored numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Her writing has also appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Ms. Magazine. Glass Walls is her first book. She is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and lawsuit expert witness. She resides in a small town in Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at amy-diehl.com. Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD, is acting dean and associate professor of intercultural education in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in California. She is the author of Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History and Playing by the Rules: How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations. She has written many scholarly articles related to gender bias and her work has be

Atif is the author of Decision Sprint The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown and Move from Strategy to Action, Atif Rafiq has blazed trails in Silicon Valley and the Fortune 500 for over 25 years. After rising through digital native companies like Amazon, Yahoo!, and AOL, Atif held C-suite roles at McDonald’s, Volvo, and MGM Resorts. He oversaw thousands of employees as a global P&L, transformation, and innovation leader. Rafiq was the first Chief Digital Officer in the history of the Fortune 500, a pioneering role he held at McDonalds, and he rose to the president level in the Fortune 300. He currently sits on the Boards of Flutter / Fanduel ($25bn public company); Clearcover (a fintech provider, ranked on the Fast 500); and KINS Capital ($300mm SPAC). Previously, he’s served on the client council for Snapchat (SNAP), as advisor to Slack (acquired by Salesforce for $20bn) and national board member of Defy Ventures (non-profit serving the formerly incarcerated). While leading business units, teams, and

Have you ever thought your digital marketing and online presence might actually be hurting your business and your life? Maybe you are not “breaking through the noise”, you are just adding to it? Perhaps you are not “one funnel away”. Maybe that funnel is stopping the big fish you want. Our guest today has a refreshingly new view of how authentic conversations can lead to a better life and business. Tom Schwab asks you to consider that you are just One Conversation Away. That’s his observation based on the experience and that data from working with over 1,000 leading brands as the Chief Evangelist Officer at Interview Valet, the premier podcast interview marketing agency.. If you want a rich life and a profitable business, Tom believes you are just One Conversation Away. https://interviewvalet.com/

Our guest today has sat in every seat of the table as an entrepreneur, leadership expert, nonprofit executive, philanthropic leader, and professor. She is the CEO of Tammy Dowley-Blackman Group, LLC, where she is on a mission to galvanize 1,000,000 leaders through her suite of connected company brands focused on collaborating with corporate, government, nonprofit, and philanthropic partners to deliver leadership and workforce solutions through presentations, workshops, and team trainings. She has acted as a strategic advisor to hundreds of organizations on a range of topics. In her free time, she enjoys serving on boards that connect to her interests in the arts and strengthening communities. Tammy Dowley-Blackman is a recognized organizational and leadership development authority. She has designed and delivered presentations, residencies, training, and workshops across the United States. She has spent almost two decades building companies focused on delivering innovative approaches to leadership and organiza

Josh Freedman is the CEO of the Six Seconds organization. Since 1997 they have supported 9.6 million to practice Emotional Intelligence in over 200 countries. Josh is a Master Certified Coach with ICF and a major thought leader in Emotional Intelligence. Six Seconds has created and introduced 122 books and tools, 80 assessments, and 16 certifications for EI practitioners. Six Seconds supports people and organizations to learn, measure and practice emotional intelligence. From families to schools to Fortune 500 companies, our goal is 1 billion people practicing the skills of emotional intelligence. Research links emotional intelligence to life success, including critical success factors like relationships, effectiveness, well-being, and quality of life. It’s the foundation of healthy people, families, schools, communities, and organizations. Today we will highlight some of the newest collections of EI research in the 2023 Business Case for EI by Josh, Michael Miller, and Patty Freedman. www.6seconds.org

Dr. Jonathan Baktari, MD is the CEO at both e7 Health and US Drug Test Centers and the host of Baktari MD. e7 health is a preventative health and wellness company that has been called the “the Uber of preventive medicine” and was named the Best Technology Company in the Healthcare Space in 2019. US Drug Test Centers is a nationwide network of over 20,000 testing centers in the US and is revolutionizing drug and alcohol testing across the nation. Both of these groundbreaking technology companies were born out of a combination of Dr. Baktari’s expertise as a doctor, medical director and educator and his over 20 years of clinical, administrative and entrepreneurial experience. A former triple board-certified physician with specialties in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, being a healthcare CEO is only the latest chapter in Dr. Baktari’s life mission to help others by making integrative preventative medicine available to everyone. Dr. Baktari has always believed that helping others was the

Chris Shipley has documented, influenced, and predicted the impact of technology on business and society for more than 30 years. As a journalist, she covered the tech industry for leading publishing companies. As an analyst, she identified innovative startups and gave them a stage to launch their market-making products. As a catalyst, she has advised hundreds of early-stage companies on positioning, business modeling, and innovation practices. Today, Chris focuses her work on the human and organizational challenges in the face of technology-and economically-driven disruption. https://www.cshipley.com/

Oscar Trimboli is on a quest to create 100 million Deep Listeners. He is an author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is passionate about using the gift of listening to bring positive change in homes, workplaces, and cultures worldwide. He has interviewed over 100 of the most diverse workplace listeners, including Air traffic controllers, deaf and foreign language interpreters, hostage negotiators, and spies as part of researching world-class listeners. Over 14,000 people have contributed to his research about what gets in their way when it comes to listening Oscar is a marketing and technology industry veteran working for Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Polycom, and Vodafone. He consults to American Express, AstraZeneca, Google, HSBC, Montblanc, PwC, Salesforce, Sanofi, and Siemens. Oscar loves his afternoon walks with his wife, Jennie, and their dog Kilimanjaro. He will be playing Lego with one of his four grandchildren on the weekends.

I love the saying, “There is no growth without discomfort.” In today’s show Verl Workman, founder of Workman Success Systems shares insider secrets to success in real estate coaching that you can use across industries. Tracking performance isn’t comfortable because it lightsabers the truth; most of us waste time on non-dollar-making stuff rather than new business. Time is our biggest limitation mindset is second. Being intentional, delegating, and always measuring what you treasure while focusing on your “EI to flip the script” for daily success in any market is key so you never wonder where the money will come from.

Matthew is a 25-year veteran of our armed forces having spent over 20 years in Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operating as a Special Warfare Combatant Crewman (SWCC). He has earned the title of Senior Enlisted Advisor working his way up the ranks in Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) leading and training the top 2% SEALS and SWCCs in NSW as well as being directly responsible for acquiring, developing, testing and fielding state-of-the-art equipment, weapons, tactics, techniques and procedures. We are all living in a Volatile, Uncertain, Chaotic, and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment. Our brains are hard-wired for hard times, and much of hard times have been translated into human experience and shared within society, we are survival-focused. We are almost always in a state of situational awareness. Hyper-awareness and hyper-sensitivity to awareness can lead to changes in the brain which impact how we view the world and make decisions. These decisions create our own environment, and our brain creates chan

Jen Ziegner is a co-founder and lead coach of Mountains and Marathons, a transformative coaching organization that works with entrepreneurs and executives to create deeper alignment in their lives. The ALIGN Leadership Program takes leaders on a six-month journey that culminates with running a marathon or climbing a mountain in an epic place in the world, from Patagonia to Nepal and the Australian Outback. It also includes coaching the leaders. ALIGN Leadership Programs are for executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders who are committed to making a difference in the world and living their most authentic and fulfilled lives. Having worked with leaders from Fortune 500 companies to national non-profit organizations and 25,000 clients across the US, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East, Jen champions the idea that leadership needs to start with authentically leading ourselves first, in all areas of life. Website: www.mountainsandmarathons.world/australia23

Andy McDowell is an engineer by trade and a creative by nature. He is the founder of the entrepreneurial and small business coaching and consulting ?rm, Generate Your Value, and is the co-host of The Generate Your Value Podcast. Andy spent 22 years with the Boeing Company, where he always felt more like a life coach than a boss. In 2002, he began his entrepreneurship journey when he was asked to develop an Airspace Design Consulting business that would serve the global government market. Andy has a Bachelor’s Degree from Georgia Tech in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State. His aviation work took him around the world and enabled him to work on high-pro?le projects - such as preparing the Beijing and Sochi Airports for their respective Olympic Games. Andy can help you Generate Your Value in your personal and professional life in today’s conversation. www.generateyourvalue.com

Drexwell Seymour is a Certified Public Accountant and is the managing partner and founder of the HLB TCI accounting firm. Perhaps more importantly, Drexwell is a man on a mission to inspire, encourage and influence others to overcome setbacks and systemic injustice and to find their purpose in life. He hosts a YouTube channel and Financially Speaking, a weekly radio show, and is the author of the internationally best-selling Rise Up And Take Your Position, as well as the creator of a short film by the same name. Drexwell grew up on a small island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where there were limited opportunities and terrible colorism, he strived and thrived, earning a full scholarship for a BA in Accounting to Wilmington College at the age of 16 and later graduating from Miami College with an MBA in finance. He built a successful accounting firm and a property management company from the ground up, he was haunted throughout his life by the low self-esteem and lack of confidence that he had been instilled

Mauro Porcini is PepsiCo’s first-ever Chief Design Officer and SVP. In the past eight years, he and his design team have won more than 1,100 design and innovation awards. PepsiCo was recognized by Fortune in its Driven by Design list. He was previously 3M’s first Chief Design Officer. His first book in English, “The Human Side of Innovation. The Power of People in Love with People, focusing on innovation, design, and leadership, will be released in October 2022 and is now available. Mauro is the host of his own successful video podcast “In your shoes - with Mauro Porcini” where he interviews inspiring personalities from the creative community worldwide. Since 2020, he is a presenter and judge on the TV show “New York by Design” and “America by Design”, airing on CBS and Amazon Prime Video. Porcini has been recognized with several personal awards, including Fortune’s 40 under 40, GQ Italia’s 30 Best Dressed Men, and Fast Company’s 50 Most Influential Designers in the United States.

Quiet quitting is a term we spoke about last show, it is taking social media by storm. Recently there have been articles in Fortune, Washington Post, NPR, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, and Linkedin. We will look at additional Emotional Intelligence leadership skills and tools to deal with Quiet Quitting such as your leadership style, trust assertiveness, and feedback. Fortune defines quiet quitting as you’re still performing your duties, but you’re no longer subscribing to the hustle culture mentality that work has to be your life, …So, you’re doing the minimum to avoid burnout.” Today still dealing with pandemic flexibility is the key, people value flexibility as much as a 10% pay increase the Work from Home Research Project found. We will look at: 1) What is behind Quiet Quitting? 2) How Emotional Intelligence leadership can help and 3) Zoom in a few actions that you and your team can take to minimize it.

With Drs. Nadler and Greenberg. “Quiet Quitting” is a term taking social media by storm. Recently there have been articles in Fortune, Washington Post, NPR, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, and LinkedIn. Gallup Research has found that 50% of the US workforce is quiet quitting. Actively engaged employees have dropped to 32% and it is most significant in employees under 35; the Millennials and Generation Z. They found the engaged employees in their research group dropped by 6 pts while disengaged increased by 6 pts. Fortune reported that TikTok user @zkchillin defines “ ‘quiet quitting’ as you’re still performing your duties, but you’re no longer subscribing to the hustle culture mentality that work has to be your life, …So, you’re doing the minimum to avoid burnout.” We will look at: 1) What is Quiet Quitting? 2) What are some of the causes 3) How Emotional Intelligence skills can help, and 4) Actions that you can take to minimize it, like Self-Awareness, Trust, Stress Tolerance, Empathy, and Assertive

Luke Owings is the Vice President of Product at Abilitie, a leadership development company that offers virtual mini-MBAs and business simulations that help senior executives from companies around the world build leadership skills and improve strategy execution. Since 2015, they have taught 25,000+ executives in over 50+ countries, and their clients include Fortune 500 companies such as PayPal, Marriott, Coca-Cola, GE, and Southwest Airlines. In 2020, Abilitie was recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies and Inc. Best Work-Places In America. Before joining Abilitie, Luke was an Expert Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, which is a trusted advisor to two-thirds of the Fortune 1000 businesses and governments around the world. He holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School and was also a Teaching Fellow for Harvard University’s undergrad economics class.