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Katie McCleary is the co-author of BRIDGE THE GAP: Breakthrough Communication Tools to Transform Work Relationships from Challenging to Collaborative with Jennifer Edwards. They show how to use the social psychology of human connection and curiosity to drive meaningful communication and collaboration at work. Packed with practical and replicable techniques, the book reveals how to: • Master your biological reactions to connect, even amid pressure, anxiety, and stress • Lead with curiosity and engage more authentically • Embrace diverse opinions and cultural backgrounds • Communicate and collaborate more effectively • Converse with others and reap the rewards of better communication Katie is the host of “The Drive” podcast on NPR’s CapRadio. She is also is an entrepreneur and storyteller who trains leaders, creatives, and humanitarians to launch big ideas by leveraging their social and cultural capital. Katie is the founder of 916 Ink, a nonprofit that has transformed over 4,000 vulnerable youth into confident authors.

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/

Dr. Daniel Goleman’s Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence is the author’s first comprehensive collection of his key findings on leadership. This often-cited, proven-effective material will help leaders develop stellar management, performance and innovation for themselves and their teams.

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 firm, 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-profile 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

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 organizational development. In addition to her consulting experience, Tammy has developed partnership programs for higher education and the philanthropic sector. She served as Executive Director and Chief Development Officer for affiliates of two national nonprofits. Tammy has also taught Nonprofit Management at Cambridge College, and Lesley University, as well as served as a Senior Fellow for the Boston University School of Management’s Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Most recently, Tammy completed her six-year term as the President of the Board of Directors for TSNE MissionWorks, where she led the $64 million-dollar organization through unprecedented leadership and business model change and expansion. She also provides leadership as an Advisory Board member for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and as a Board of Director member for the Proteus Fund

Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership. He has worked with start-ups to Fortune 10’s companies. Ron has helped organizations articulate strategies that lead to accelerated growth, and design organizations that can execute those strategies. He has worked in more than 25 countries on 4 continents. He is the author of 9 books, including the recent Amazon #1 Rising to Power and the forthcoming To Be Honest, Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice & Purpose. He is also a regular contributor to Forbes, and a two-time TEDx speaker. His work’s been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, Inc., MSNBC, Business Week, Inc., and Fast Company. https://tobehonest.net/#moments-of-truth

What do we know about the brain’s working, what is myth and what is on the cutting edge. Learn what is the current neuroscience thinking. Mark Waldman is the author of 14 books, including the national bestseller How God Changes Your Brain which Oprah selected as one of the nine Must Read books for 2012. Mark is on the Executive MBA faculty at Loyola Marymount University where he created one of the first NeuroLeadership programs in the country. He is also on the faculty of Holmes Institute where he teaches a ministerial training course on “Spirituality and the Brain.” His neuroscience research on consciousness, communication, and spirituality have been published in journals throughout the world. And his work has been featured in Time Magazine, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Forbes, and Oprah Magazine, and many others. He has appeared on 100s of radio and television programs, including PBS and NPR, and his TEDx Talk has been viewed by more than 100,000 people.

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 ultimate achievement in life. Now, as a business leader, sought-after speaker and podcast host, he’s excited to share his expertise in preventative health, tech entrepreneurship and other topics that can’t be found anywhere else.

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/

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker, and leadership coach. She has been named by Thinker’s 50 as one of the world’s top 50 coaches and the number one coach for women and is ranked number 5 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus. Sally’s most recent book, How Women Rise, co-authored with Marshall Goldsmith, examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women. It became the top-seller in its field within a week of publication and rights have been sold in 19 languages. Hear the 12 behaviors that keep women stuck. Sally’s next book, Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace, will be published in February 2023. Previous books include The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, and The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, which is credited with bringing the language of inclusion into business. For over 30 years, Sally has delivered leadership workshops and keynotes for companies, partnership firms, and associations around the world.

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

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 Skills. For free EI Tools www.emotionalbrilliance.com/academy

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.

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.

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 changes in our biological state as well as our physical and mental well-being. Matthew’s course provides you with the 8 interlinking Peak Performance Capabilities of a FEARLESS Leader to deliver results with confidence using “Your Weapon for Success” Emotional Intelligence (EI). You will also learn many other tools to create a FEARLESS CLIMATE such as Notice, Accept, Manage, and Express (NAME) and the 4 Key Dimensions of a Leader enabling you to become MAGNUS!

Over the last 30 years in a variety of environments ranging from corporate skyscrapers to South American jungles, Cort Dial has honed a unique methodology that reliably produces performance here-to-fore deemed impossible. He calls this method All-In Performance Transformation and he trains and certifies business executives and rising leaders in it at his Heretics to Heroes Leadership Mastery Summits held throughout the year in Austin, Texas. Today, Cort is the President of Cort Dial Consulting, LLC where he has successfully guided business coaches and executives from organizations such as Chevron, Intel, U.S. Borax, Disney and Apple to cultivate a new breed of leader. He guides individuals through frank self-evaluation, personal change, and the pursuit of extraordinary performance, he creates the All-In™ Leaders, high achievers who recognize the power of human connection.

David Speicher, CTO at Aspire Indiana, started his career at Johnson Controls where he commissioned and validated building management software for pharmaceutical and biotech companies subject to FDA regulations with projects in South Korea and in Sao Paulo. David also spent some time at the Pentagon providing software solutions to meet post 9/11 security requirements. That led Speicher to Aspire where he developed mental health software solutions for their Electronic Health Record. In 2015, brought in a culture of innovation and increased security by taking Aspire to the cloud with agency-wide multi-factor authentication, and led them to a new level of employee engagement with state-of-the-art mobile and collaboration tools. He has been the driving force in transforming the organization into a national leader in the use of health information systems and technology, including cloud, AI/ML, telehealth, next-gen security, and state-of-the-art mobile and collaboration tools.