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Dr. Katrina Burrus, CEO/founder of Excellent Executive Coaching LLC, is known for “Fast-tracking leaders to the C-Suite and Beyond” and for “Transforming Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders.” Clients often comment that working with Katrina enlightens leaders to empower co-workers to walk the extra mile. She is a keynote speaker and published, “Managing Brilliant Jerks” and “Global Leadership” a body of work used by Nestle, Novartis, the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations, and many more. She was most recently featured in Mexico, India, the U.S., Kazakhstan, and Russia. Dr. Burrus has 18 years of experience as the first Master Certified Coach and Founding Board Member from the (ICF) International Coaching Federation in Switzerland. You can find out more about her at www.excellentexecutivecoaching.com. You can find us at www.emotionalbrilliance.com.

Bill Eckstrom is the CEO and founder of EcSell Institute. Bill’s professional career path has encompassed sales, sales leadership, executive leadership with both private and publicly traded companies. He established EcSell Institute to fill a void he witnessed in the coaching and leadership profession. EcSell’s research and improvement programming has been utilized in the athletic and academic worlds, spawning new start-ups EcSell Sports and EcSell Education in 2019. Bill’s TED talk titled Why Comfort Will Ruin Your Life, has been heard by live audiences of over 1,700 people, and 4 million more online, his now-famous words: “…what makes you comfortable can ruin you, and what makes you uncomfortable is the only way to grow.” Bill co-authored the book The Coaching Effect: What great Leaders do to Increase Sales, Enhance Performance, and Sustain Growth, has been a best-seller since its release in 2019.

Tim Spiker is the founder of The Aperio and the Who* Not What Principle, a profound research-based truth that has powered 15 years of leadership development success. Tim’s book, The Only Leaders Worth* Following, reveals that 77% of leadership effectiveness comes from who a leader is and not what they do. Using this principle, Tim helps people become, be, and stay leaders who are actually worth following. In short, it means becoming Inwardly Sound and Others Focused. Who our leaders are, rather than what they do, ultimately determines if we will follow them over the long haul. Tim’s work includes delivering keynote talks, creating unique and customized learning experiences, and guiding long-term development journeys. Tim has worked with leadership teams in North America, Australia, and Asia. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and four children. You can find more about Tim at: https://www.theaperio.com/tim-spiker

How Strategic Relationships Can Power Your Non-Linear Growth in The Future of Work David Nour – CEO, The Nour Group, Inc. Senior Leadership/Board Innovation Advisor | International Speaker | Best-Selling Author | Forbes Leadership Contributor A senior leadership/board advisor, researcher, executive educator, and best-selling author, David is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. The author of ten books, including best-sellers Relationship Economics® and Co-Create as well as the forthcoming Curve Benders Nour serves as a trusted advisor to global clients and coaches corporate leaders. He was named to the Global Gurus Top 30 Leadership Professionals and the Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2021 lists. Nour's has been featured in publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company, Huffington Post Business, and Entrepreneur Learn more at www.NourGroup.com. Find us at www.em

EB Sanders is a sought-after coach and staffing consultant serving creative individuals, companies, and organizations. She believes that great leaders have extraordinary careers and her mission is to convince everyone that they don’t have to choose between happiness and success. EB spent 12 years as a college professor teaching courses like ‘The History of Creativity.’ But education budgets being what they are, she found her course load shrinking year after year. She fully pivoted into creative recruiting and staffing for almost 10 years. What she especially loved was directly helping people with their career development so much that she knew she had to go all-in as a Career Coach. What she’s learned in her career changes and that passes onto others is: 1) finding your Thing is just like being in love, you know it in your toes. 2) creativity & inspiration are central to creating a fulfilling career and 3) you gotta have a plan. As a coach that is what she teaches and explores on the show.

Why are some people magnetic, confident, comfortable in their skin, and in charge of their destinies? What’s their secret? In a word: Swagger. Our guest Leslie Ehm will show you how to unlock and unleash your personal brand of it in her book. It is part guidebook, part manifesto, a little sweary and completely inspiring, Swagger shatters the myths around “fake it ’til you make it,” shows you how to record over negative mental tapes, and challenge the preconceptions of what you “should” and “shouldn’t” do. Former TV host and advertising Creative Director turned training guru, Leslie Ehm has spent decades traveling the globe with her award-winning company Combustion, working with executives and teams from top organizations like Google, Disney, Pepsico, and more. She’s turned technologists into creative forces, bankers into storytellers, and has brought a serious dose of badass-ness to boardrooms everywhere.

JP is the CEO of boomtime. He has over 30 years of experience in marketing, digital strategy, and product management for companies ranging from startups to global brands such as Madison Square Garden, General Mills, DFS Group Ltd., Johnson & Johnson, and National Geographic. JP has worked for or helped companies in both the B2C and the B2B sectors and founded three digital strategy and marketing agencies after working for many years on the corporate side of marketing. JP’s passions are analytics, digital products, and creating the right strategy at the right time for the right audience. Boomtime is a B2B marketing company. The Boomtime team created a new approach to marketing, one that fuses technology and expertise together to deliver marketing-as-a-service for B2B and law firms at scale. It helps companies do agency quality website design, LinkedIn campaigns, word of mouth marketing, mailbox mining, and legal marketing as some of their services.

Roger Nierenberg has conducted operas at New York’s Lincoln Center, the Stamford Symphony in Connecticut, and the Jacksonville Symphony in Florida. Through his experiences with leaders, he became curious about the challenges and opportunities faced by organizations in times of rapid change. He saw how crucial issues of organizational development could be powerfully brought to life within an orchestra. Thus was born The Music Paradigm and his book Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening which has taken Mr. Nierenberg to the podium of over ninety different orchestras, hundreds of different organizations, in two dozen different countries. We'll talk about many of the lessons learned on this journey and his book, such as: The difference between direction and criticism? The difference between management and leadership, and how does that manifest on the podium? How musicians judge a conductor? For free leadership templates available when joining our Emotional Brilliance Academy 7-day trial, go to htt

Given so many Covid calls, Zoom meetings, and screen watching, it's no wonder we are all suffering from brain fog. Zeina Ghossoub El-Aswad, Ph.D., will join us on today's show to talk about truly nourishing our bodies for the best brain before it's drained. Dr. Zeina Ghossoub El-Aswad, PhD in behavior and counseling, is a wellness and leadership coach and the president of the International Coach Federation (ICF) Chartered Chapter Lebanon. She is also a clinical dietitian and the founder and CEO of VieSaine, a wellness, leadership, and coaching center in Beirut, Lebanon. Zeina also practices Life, Wellness, and Leadership coaching in the U.S.A where she is a Partner and Chief Wellness Officer of her Coaching and Consulting company, Vital Signs Vital Skills (VSVS). As a professional certified coach, she has been coaching for over 16 years. Dr. Ghossoub El-Aswad has created a unique concept in wellness and health that targets individuals, families, corporations, and businesses on a personal and professional leve

The pandemic has changed our work world and has presented overwhelming challenges for leaders to be understanding, visionary, empathic and motivate a diverse workforce and stay focused themselves.More employers plan to add remote work options, too, with increased empathy for workers’ daily challenges. All told, major changes are here to stay, and employers think the future looks brighter. In fact, over one-fourth (27%) plan to hire at higher volumes than before the pandemic. So motivating yourself and the people you lead are critical for leaders. How do you do it? What do you focus on? Which competencies are most important to improve? We will share research on motivation that helps you and your direct report to be their best. Employees who feel their voice is heard at work are 4.6 times more likely to feel empowered to perform their best work (Salesforce). Go to www.eblifebook.com/academy for your free white paper template and more information.

“It is people, not things, who nurture our souls.” Character is the root of leadership. A leader of character must establish a culture of trust. A leader grows trust by trusting others first, providing a vision, displaying integrity, leading by example, and sincerely caring about others. A leader must have more than values and principles. Join us for a fresh look at Character, Competence, and Resilience with author General John Gronski (recently retired) for insights into his forthcoming book, Iron Sharpened Leadership, Fidelis Publishing/Oley North. John Gronski is a proven combat leader with over forty years' service in the United States Army including active duty and is a nonresident fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. John is a leadership and peak performance expert, motivational storyteller, and a much sought-after speaker and leadership seminar leader. Go to john@Johngronski.com.

Cathy and Relly will share research from Indeed with 319 U.S. employers and how COVID 19 will impact work and hiring. The pandemic is still raging on. Vaccines are being distributed slowly. New highly contagious strains of the virus are spreading worldwide and all impacting work. More employers plan to add remote work options, too, with increased empathy for workers’ daily challenges. All told, major changes are here to stay, and employers think the future looks brighter. In fact, over one-fourth (27%) plan to hire at higher volumes than before the pandemic, and 20% anticipate hiring at the same, pre-COVID rates. Only 10% predict continuing hiring freezes, and a mere 4% think they will lay off employees this year. Although some research says only 16% of firms across the US say they will be giving a financial raise to associates in 2021. Will you qualify for a financial raise or just receive praise? What should you focus on to get a raise and be your best at work?

The first full week of the New Year has sent all of us spinning with the unthinkable DC riots and the breaking in of the Capital with our leaders hiding for their life in lockdown. Government officials have called it an “unprecedented terrorist attack.” Five people have died and many people are in disbelief that this is happening in the United States. What are some of the key virtues leaders can renew to center themselves and their direct reports and their organizations? We always say the leader is the “emotional thermostat” for others. How do you reset yourself so the temperature, culture, and environment can regulate to deal with external chaos, a pandemic on fire, and the uncertainties of your people? As a leader what do we know about the behaviors and values that leaders can use to navigate the most trying time for most of us in our careers. Emotions are teeming for all of us and your people are relying on you for some sanity and hope.

Happiest outdoors, Anna-Marie is a certified Performance Coach who loves to escape the confines of four walls and take conversations into nature. Former British Army Officer, she's worked in challenging environments from snowy Arctic tundra to hot & sandy deserts though currently resides within the rolling countryside of Wiltshire. She has an insatiable curiosity about the world and is a self-certified learning junkie with a Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Coaching from the University of Derby and a Master’s in Teaching from the University of Sydney; amongst other psychological and psychometric based coaching tools. Anna-Marie also has a severe ultra-running habit. She loves racing overseas and pre-COVID-19 regularly achieved podium positions on the international Ultra-Trail World Tour series, Marathon des Sables and other events. She is on a mission to encourage a different approach to work where our natural environment is valued and brought into the business world.

This show will explore how your hope, inspiration, acceptance, goals, and habits can help you navigate this uncertain future. How did you successfully get through 2020? Who are you grateful for? What are the key learnings for you? What steps do you need to take to be Emotionally Brilliant in 2021? How do you set realistic expectations for 2021 and sustain them? How do deal with your copious and intense emotions generated from the losses and uncertainties from the pandemic, divisive politics, and racial inequities? Being emotionally brilliant is pulling out of your bag of tricks the right response for you to get the right results for each particular situation. Drs. Greenberg and Nadler have helped thousands of leaders to be their best version of themselves. You can go to their website for free tools and resources to be more emotionally brilliant. www.eblifebook.com

How do we handle a COVID Holiday? This holiday time is full of high expectations and we are often let down. Why do we become our worst selves during the holidays? There are four reasons why this happens and four actions to go from holiday hurts to happiness, which we will highlight. Today 42.6% of us in the US are feeling either anxiety or depression because of COVID consequences. Now with the holidays here our emotions are even more intense. Add in loneliness, sadness, boredom, isolation, irritability, and more alcohol and drug use into the emotional cocktail from 9 months living with COVID. It’s a recipe for feeling empty, unfulfilled, and more depressed and hijacked where we become our worst version of ourselves? As we are limping forward to a hopeful happy time; is easy to project our disappointment on others. So, what are Four Holidays actions from Hijacks to Happiness to best manage this time? Join Cathy and Relly to explore tools to be more brilliant.

Too many people who have been deeply traumatized by COVID, violence, cancer, bankruptcy or divorce will tell you that they got past it, but they never got over it. They're not the same person as they were before. They feel more tentative, have their guard up, and don't step into anything new with two feet. They'll tell you that coping is better than not coping, but it's not the same as feeling fully alive, solid, and secure. What if there were a way to not just cope, but begin to heal from trauma to feel fully alive? In his new book, Why Cope When You Can Heal?, co-authored with Dr. Diana Hendel, our guest Dr. Mark Goulston introduces the world and now us to Surgical Empathy an approach he invented and expanded to people with PTSD that helps them to finally begin to heal.

Zach Levy currently serves as the Managing Director of Federal at Cognovi Labs on the subject of Emotion AI. Join us to learn about Cognovi Labs and how Emotion AI is influencing everything from how you choose a fast food restaurant to your leadership approach. Before pivoting to the private sector, Zach served in the US Army and Joint organizations with distinction in various special operations forces across the Dept. of Defense and Intelligence Communities.

Join Business Journalist and author Stan Silverman as he shares leadership insights from President Trump. Four years of the presidency of Donald Trump has provided a treasure trove of lessons on leadership. Some people judge Trump favorably because he fulfilled some of his campaign promises. Stan will go beyond these and consider more fundamental areas where he has fallen short – Trump’s leadership traits, character, and values.

We are very excited today to be joined by Adam Contos, Chief Executive Officer of RE/MAX, responsible for providing strategic direction on all aspects of major RE/MAX corporate decisions, operations, and resources of the company. Following a successful career in law enforcement, Adam came to the RE/MAX organization in 2003 as an independent contractor presenting a safety training program he created specifically for real estate professionals. He introduced his highly regarded S.A.F.E.R. (Safety Awareness For Every Realtor) program to RE/MAX Affiliates and other agents across North America. In 2004, he joined RE/MAX full-time as a Senior Franchise Development Consultant for the RE/MAX Mountain States Region. He was named Region Vice President the following year. After being promoted through the company to higher and higher positions and responsibilities, he was named Chief Executive Officer in February 2018.