Captain Scotty Smiley, Author of Hope Unseen: The Story of the U.S. Army’s First Blind Active-Duty Officer

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SmileyScottyCaptain Scotty Smiley, a West Point graduate, Ranger, and the Army’s only active-duty blind officer, lost his sight in a suicide bomber attack in Iraq. He shares his remarkable journey of faith, hope and courage. Since his injury, he has climbed Mount Rainier, surfed, skied, skydived, completed a triathlon and earned an MBA from Duke University.  He is a recipient of a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, and the Army’s prestigious MacArthur Leadership Award.  His inspiring story demonstrates the qualities that enable one to succeed even after a major loss or trauma. His encouragement brings good news to anyone struggling with life’s challenges.

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Jill Belconis, Chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization: Leaders on the Move

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Jill BelconisJill Belconis, International Chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization, shares insights on leadership for men and women. Young Presidents’ Organization provides life-changing opportunities for executives to grow and develop. One of the most effective ways to develop personal and professional leadership is to collaborate with other leaders who are experiencing similar challenges and problems. Leaders on the move can learn:

  • How to face adversity and succeed
  • How to grow organizations even in tough times
  • Qualities that enable leaders to grow personally and develop their organizations
  • How to build relationships with peers to advance their careers

For more from Jill Belconis, listen below, or visit www.ypo.org.

David and Wendy Ulrich, Authors of The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations

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In The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations, business professor and management consultant David Ulrich and psychologist Wendy Ulrich share how leaders can create meaning for themselves and value for employees, customers, investors and communities.  Drawing from their unique backgrounds and disciplines, the Ulrichs demonstrate that meaning matters and that it is part of an effective and successful leadership agenda.  Instead of focusing only on maximizing profit, they show how injecting meaning – answering the “why?” question – into business and leadership can:

  • Increase a business’ value for customers, investors and employees
  • Increase engagement and retention
  • Increase productivity
  • Increase customer focus
  • Improve skills and competencies
  • Increase an organization’s potential for growth
  • Create abundant organizations that thrive

For more from David Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich, listen to the entire show below or visit www.daveulrich.com.

Leo Thorsness, Medal of Honor Receipient

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Leo Thorsness imageLeo Thorsness, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and Vietnam Prisoner of War, has a unique resume, with experience as an Air Force pilot, a corporate executive and State Senator. His new book, Surviving Hell: A POWs Journey, is a powerful account of life as a POW that is authentic and compelling. Leo has tells his story of survival in a way that provides lessons for anyone. Whether you are in the military, a veteran, or a citizen, you can apply his essential building blocks of character, courage, faith and loyalty to your life and career challenges.

For more from Leo Thorsness, listen to the entire show or visit www.leothorsness.com.

Dr. Aubrey Daniels, Bestselling Author: Management Practices that Waste Time and Money

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Aubrey Daniels image Dr. Aubrey Daniels, an organizational consultant, is the author of OOPS! 13 Management Practices that Waste Time and Money. With tips on how to create lasting change, he focuses on individual behavior and reveals why common practices ultimately reward bad behavior, punish good behavior, and lead to poor results. From sports coaches to corporate CEOs, leaders of all backgrounds can learn to manage behavior and performance more effectively. By asking, ‘Why are we doing this?’ leaders can re-evaluate the cost-benefit equation and implement change to achieve new levels of performance.

For more from Dr. Aubrey Daniels, listen to the entire show or visit aubreydaniels.com.

Dr. Robert Pennington: Managing the Stress of Change in Turbulent Times

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Dr. Robert PenningtonDr. Robert Pennington, executive coach and educational psychologist, walks the talk of someone who knows professionally and personally how to deal well with life’s challenges. He teaches individuals and groups how to:

  • Recognize stress quicker and move through it faster
  • Understand three definitions relating stress and change
  • Discover the Positive Opposite Possibility of Worry
  • Avoid up to 90% of stressful disagreements.

One of the top hurdles to overcoming change is resistance. Rob shares techniques to help you adapt to and embrace change.

For more from Dr. Robert Pennington, listen to the entire show below.

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Dr. Angelo Valenti, Consultant & Coach on Unleashing Leadership: Aligning What People Do Best with What Organizations Need Most

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Dr. Angelo Valenti portraitDr. Angelo Valenti, organizational psychologist and coach, is author of Unleashing Leadership: Aligning What People Do Best with What Organizations Need Most. He reveals the most important element of successful organizations: organizational alignment, which involves:

  • Communicating organizational expectations and eliciting employee expectations
  • Profiling positions and projects
  • Profiling competencies of talent
  • Developing a Composite Team for alignment

Angelo’s leadership system provides leaders with a practical methodology to analyze both task requirements and the competencies and styles of their team members to facilitate alignment. With alignment, leaders are able to create synergy and achieve the highest performance.

For more from Dr. Angelo Valenti, listen to the entire show below or visit www.thecompanypsychologist.com.

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Executive Coach Dr. Allen Saville on Achieving Peak Performance and Developing a Coaching Culture

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bioAllenSaville182x255Dr. Allen Saville, Executive Coach and author, shares strategies for achieving top performance and developing a coaching culture. With over 30 years of leadership consulting and experience in diverse industry and government environments, Dr. Saville is a recognized thought leader in organizational performance and performance-based coaching to empower people and teams to achieve more. Learn the secrets to:

  • Turning a shared vision into peak performance
  • Building trust and empowering others through a coaching culture
  • Retaining talent through effective communications and competency development
  • Leading change for organizational growth and performance improvement.

For more from Dr. Allen Saville, listen to the entire show below or visit saville.us/about/allen.

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Dr. Kim Cameron on Positive Leadership

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CameronPhoto Kim Cameron, professor and author of Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance, shares how to achieve extraordinary effectiveness and spectacular results. Dr. Cameron describes his four positive leadership strategies and how to implement them:

  1. Enable a positive climate
  2. Develop positive relationships
  3. Promote positive communication
  4. Create positive meaning.

Positive leadership is not about ignoring or minimizing problems and obstacles, but about engendering that which is life-giving, elevating, and virtuous in organizations, and Dr. Cameron demonstrates how a leader’s attitudes and behaviors dramatically impact individual and organizational performance.

For more from Dr. Kim Cameron, listen to the entire show below.

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Developing & Inspiring America’s Leaders: Insights from Colonel Curtis Carver, PhD, Vice Dean for Education at West Point

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bioCurtisCarver182x255 Colonel Curtis Carver, PhD, Vice Dean for Education at West Point, shares strategies for developing great leaders. The tradition of the Army’s academy is well respected around the world for producing leaders not only for their military service, but for their contributions to civilian careers upon retirement. Colonel Carver will share some of the Academy’s secrets to educating cadets for their roles as leaders. Colonel Carver is an accomplished officer in his field of information technology as well as in education. As an author and keynote speaker, his expertise not only informs but inspires.

For more from Colonel Curtis Carver, listen to the entire show.

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Gregg Stocker, Organizational Consultant and Author: How to Avoid the Corporate Death Spiral

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bioGreggStocker182x255Gregg Stocker, organizational consultant and author of Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing And Eliminating the Signs of Decline, helps organizations in the areas of change management, strategic planning, and performance improvement. Having worked in the automotive and other manufacturing industries internationally, Gregg brings clarity to the signs of decline and implements strategies to breathe life into a dying company. Learn to recognize and eliminate the signs of decline including:

  • Losing sight of the organization’s purpose
  • Placing more focus on numbers than people
  • Basing supplier relationships purely on price
  • Failing to manage the organization as a whole.

For more from Gregg Stocker, listen to the entire show below or visit www.greggstocker.com.

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Dr. Elizabeth Travis of M.D. Anderson on Women in Medicine & Health Care

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Elizabeth Travis image Dr. Elizabeth Travis, Associate Vice President of Women Faculty Programs for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, is editor of Legends and Legacies: Personal Journeys of Women Physicians and Scientists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, a collection of essays by leading women faculty who overcame hardships, biases, and self-doubts to pursue their passions. These stories of perseverance and success inspire young women considering careers in science or medicine, and also provide a road map for balancing work and family. Central to each journey were caring mentors who facilitated each essayist’s career development, and taught them how to mentor the next generation of women pursuing careers in science and health care.

For more from Dr. Elizabeth Travis, listen to the entire show or visit gsbs.uth.tmc.edu/tutorial/travis.html.

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Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Executive Coach and Author of “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”

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Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, preeminent executive coach and author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, defines 20 bad habits of leaders and seven steps to change for the better. Whether you are near the top of the ladder or still have room to climb, Marshall offers you essential guidelines to help eliminate your dysfunctions and move to where you want to go. Often our own success delusion stands in our way and causes us to resist change. We hear praise for the things we do well, but we rarely get credit for ceasing to do something badly. Marshall shows you how to go beyond the traditional “To Do” list and work on your “To Stop” list.

For more from Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, below or visit www.marshallgoldsmith.com.

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Simon Sinek, Author of “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”

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Entrepreneur Simon Sinek reveals how a leadership edge in business, politics, or any area of life is a matter of re-focusing the mind. In Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon reveals that exceptional leaders and companies share a common bond: they know why they do what they do, and he explains why the “why” matters. It begins with a cause or purpose—the reason that compels leaders to continue striving and inspiring followers to believe and take action. Complete with a framework for launching a product, building a business, or turning an idea into a social movement, Sinek proves that with a little discipline, anyone can learn to inspire.

For more from Simon Sinek, listen to the entire show below or visit www.startwithwhy.com.

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Peter Land: Have Fun Building Winning Teams!

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Peter Land, a trainer and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, has a lifetime of experience as an Air Force pilot, leader and trainer. Having conducted hundreds of leadership workshops on four continents and built winning teams in many environments, Land is a consummate trainer and team developer. His expertise will teach you:

  • What winning teams do
  • The specific skills and techniques it takes to be a great team leader
  • What leaders should do to be part of the team
  • Why competition in teams is dysfunctional
  • How to have fun with teams

If you want to turn your group of employees into a winning team or learn how to be a better team player, listen to a master.

For more from Peter Land, listen to the entire show or visit www.peteland.com.

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Be a Leader for Life!

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We often reserve the title “leader” for bosses, teachers, and presidents, who are leaders in the “official” sense of the word. However, if we think about it everyone is a leader or has the potential to be one. Whether we are aware of it or not, even seemingly insignificant actions impact the people around us, and we often base our own actions on what we see those around us doing. So how can you become an effective, influential, and positive leader? Doug Gehrman recently published his book Leadership for Life: Your Guide to Becoming a Transformational Leader and joined us this week to share his insights on leadership in the workplace and in daily life.

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2 Principles of Professionalism in the Workplace

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Last week I had the privilege to speak to a leadership class at Texas Woman’s University. The co-ed class was a diverse group of health care managers and aspiring managers from many cultures, backgrounds and ages. What was most interesting was the unanimity in definition of professionalism! To be sure the class responded to my question for a definition with an assortment of qualities, characteristics and values including: integrity, attitude, respect of others, courtesy, responsiveness, consideration, openness to communication, accountability, and competence. However, as we analyzed the list a consensus of two underlying principles of professionalism emerged.
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