Episodes

  • Encore Leading with Gratitude - Chester Elton

    Encore Leading with Gratitude - Chester Elton
    Jul 4 2022
    After surveying more than one million employees at a wide range of companies, New York Times bestselling authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton found that gratitude—when done right—is the easiest, fastest, cheapest way that managers can boost performance and employee engagement. Yet it’s also one of the most misunderstood and misapplied skills in business. Gostick and Elton solve the mystery of this “gratitude gap” in their new book LEADING WITH GRATITUDE: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results (March 3, 2020; HarperBusiness). Their research shows that very few bosses intentionally bully. The problem is usually misperception or lack of awareness. These leaders have no idea how hard their people work, what challenges they face, or how much they would benefit from sincere and explicit gratitude. They also don’t know how to show gratitude effectively or sincerely.
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    53 mins
  • Mastering Your Emotions with Emotional Brilliance

    Mastering Your Emotions with Emotional Brilliance
    Jun 6 2022
    Today we have more intense emotions and a sense of overwhelm causing all of us stress. Leaders are dealing with so much more than they have in the past. Stress in America study tells us 47% of people are experiencing Anxiety, 44% are sad, 39% are angry, while 75% of us feel we could use more emotional support. For much of that support, they are turning to their leaders who now need more counseling and coaching skills. What are they and we to do with this abundance of emotions and feelings? Today Drs. Greenberg and Nadler will take a deeper look at how you manage these feelings. In our Emotional Brilliance book, we presented a model of dealing with them called NAME. Notice and Name, Accept, Manage and Express. We will look at the M for Manage, Managing your thoughts and actions which will help regulate these feelings. What is causing the most stress today from a recent American Psychological Association study is: • Inflation (e.g., gas prices, energy bills, grocery costs): 87% • Supply chain issues: 81% • Global uncertainty: 81% • Potential retaliation from Russia (e.g., cyberattacks, nuclear threats): 80% • Russian invasion of Ukraine: 80% For more leadership tools go to: www.emotionalbrilliance.com
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    55 mins
  • Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus

    Renew, Reorient, and Rewire Your Focus
    Jan 11 2021
    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.
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    55 mins
  • Encore: EQ Expert Speaks - Dr. Dana C. Ackley

    Encore: EQ Expert Speaks - Dr. Dana C. Ackley
    Jan 6 2020
    Dr Ackley is a leader in using Emotional Intelligence with Executives. He has created one of the first programs to help coaches and leaders utilize the EQi and has documented tools and strategies to raise EQ.He received his doctorate in Psychology from the Florida State University in 1973. His services include executive coaching, group coaching, leadership skill assessment, the development and improvement of leadership teams, and helping organizations create solutions to longstanding, intractable organizational problems. He is a sought after program developer, presenter, and facilitator, skilled in listening for what matters, organizing, troubleshooting, problem solving, and conflict resolution. Dr. Ackley helps senior executives build the skills needed for success, including constructive influence, political savvy, negotiating, breaking down silos, emotional intelligence, and reframing issues to reveal unexpected solutions.
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    54 mins
  • Encore: Positive Psychology in Coaching with Dr. Sandra Foster

    Encore: Positive Psychology in Coaching with Dr. Sandra Foster
    Sep 16 2019
    Sandra L. Foster, PhD is coauthor with Jeffrey E. Auerbach, PhD Positive Psychology in Coaching: Applying Science to Executive and Personal Coaching and will discuss some the findings and best practices. Dr. Foster combines research-based methods and insightful understanding of individual behavior in an organizational context with a strong focus on business results. She is dedicated to assisting women and emerging leaders from non-traditional backgrounds or born abroad in enhancing their effectiveness and self-knowledge. Extensive cross-cultural experience with companies based in Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Russia, Italy, and Belgium. Her work on trust building and communication helps transform the interactions among those in organizations. She is the founder of Success at Work focusing on Coaching for sales professionals and business leaders to develop resilience and to optimize their skills to thrive in a challenging economy.
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    57 mins
  • Hybrid Intelligence as catalyst of agency amid AI, at any age

    Hybrid Intelligence as catalyst of agency amid AI, at any age
    Jun 23 2025

    Dr. Cornelia C. Walther is a humanitarian leader with 20+ years at the UN driving social change. Now a Wharton/University of Pennsylvania Fellow, she pioneers research on hybrid intelligence and prosocial AI through the global POZE alliance to build Agency amid AI for All. Her focus Is on harnessing AI to bring out the best in and for people and planet.
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    56 mins
  • A Better Life and Business are just One Conversation Away

    A Better Life and Business are just One Conversation Away
    Jun 16 2025

    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.

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    56 mins
  • The Empathy Edge: Master the Human Side of Leadership

    The Empathy Edge: Master the Human Side of Leadership
    Jun 9 2025

    Pankaj Singh—"Sing"—is a visionary leader who’s spent over 20 years revolutionizing businesses and building high-performance teams. As a former C-suite executive, he's driven double-digit growth, streamlined operations, and transformed organizations worldwide. But his real power comes from something unexpected: Mindfulness.

    Raised in an affluent family in India, Singh mastered classical music by age 13 but was restless. At 14, he was sent to train under a lama, where he first discovered the profound impact of mindfulness. Fast forward to 2020, His passion for mindful leadership was ignited during a high-pressure ransomware crisis early in his career. Faced with the overwhelming stress of guiding his team through uncharted territory, he turned to mindfulness to anchor himself. That pivotal experience revealed the transformative power of presence, empathy, and emotional intelligence in leadership—and it inspired his life’s mission to share these tools with others.

    Today, Singh is an advocate for redefining leadership in a fast-paced world. His signature frameworks, The Ascendancy Action™ System and Mindful Leadership Mastery Compass, equip leaders to transcend stress, foster resilience, and cultivate authenticity. Whether inspiring audiences through keynote speeches, mentoring teams, or crafting leadership roadmaps, Sing’s vision is clear: to empower leaders to transform challenges into opportunities and lead with clarity, compassion, and purpose.
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    53 mins