Unfolding Leadership

Business & Economics Podcasts

Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 100 Company, a creative with four too many plates spinning, or the owner of a start-up on the knife’s edge of survival, all successful leaders have stories of the bumps, bruises, and subsequent hard-won learnings that have brought them to where they are today. While these stories are often not glamorous, or sleek, or even pleasant to talk about, they are situations shared by all yet rarely discussed openly. But, as any self-reflective person knows, real learning only comes from frank discussion that pull no punches. What did you need to know that you weren’t told? Lacey Leone McLaughlin has been guiding top leaders through answering this question for over 20 years, working, in, among others, aerospace, automotive, entertainment, retail, and technology. With her no-nonsense, compassionate approach, she has solidified herself as one of the world’s foremost executive coaches, and in this conversational podcast, she and her clients will be sharing distilled, battle-tested wisdom on communication, integration, management, personal growth, accountability, and the things leaders don’t talk about (but should). Listen in as Lacey Leone McLaughlin talks Unfolding Leadership.

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United States

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Business & Economics Podcasts

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Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 100 Company, a creative with four too many plates spinning, or the owner of a start-up on the knife’s edge of survival, all successful leaders have stories of the bumps, bruises, and subsequent hard-won learnings that have brought them to where they are today. While these stories are often not glamorous, or sleek, or even pleasant to talk about, they are situations shared by all yet rarely discussed openly. But, as any self-reflective person knows, real learning only comes from frank discussion that pull no punches. What did you need to know that you weren’t told? Lacey Leone McLaughlin has been guiding top leaders through answering this question for over 20 years, working, in, among others, aerospace, automotive, entertainment, retail, and technology. With her no-nonsense, compassionate approach, she has solidified herself as one of the world’s foremost executive coaches, and in this conversational podcast, she and her clients will be sharing distilled, battle-tested wisdom on communication, integration, management, personal growth, accountability, and the things leaders don’t talk about (but should). Listen in as Lacey Leone McLaughlin talks Unfolding Leadership.

Language:

English

Episodes

S2 Episode 6 with Finance Executive and Equality Founder Todd Sears

4/29/2024

Todd has spent more than 20 years working at the intersection of finance and equality, first as an investment banker before joining Merrill Lynch as Head of Diversity Strategy and Credit Suisse as Head of Diversity and Inclusion. Todd created the first team of financial advisors in Wall Street focused on the LGBTQ+ community and brought almost $2 billion of new assets to Merrill Lynch from LGBTQ+ couples and nonprofit organizations. Additionally, he is the founding chair of Jeffrey Fashion Cares, which raised more than $8mm for LGBTQ+/HIV causes under his decade of leadership, and is currently the CEO of Out Leadership, the world's premiere global platform for businesses to drive LGBTQ+ equality. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:46:23

S2 Epsiode 5 with Beauty Executive and Founder Melanie Bender

4/15/2024

Melanie Bender's experience spans two decades leading purpose-driven businesses, accruing industry accolades including Fast Company’s Most Creative People, WWD’s Beauty Vanguard, Glossy's 50, Beauty Independent’s Brand Builder of the Year, among others. Starting at Who What Wear as VP of Marketing and Brand Development, she helped build a $150 million annual retail business. Next, she was the founding president of Versed, which under her leadership, became the #1 clean skincare brand in mass channels. Most recently, Melanie was the CEO of Rhode, a minimalism skincare brand that was awarded Allure's "Best of Beauty," Beauty Inc's Newcomer of the Year Award 2022, and already ranked in the top 10 most talked about skincare brands on social media - all in their first year of business!

Duration:00:39:53

S2 Episode 4 with New Media Entrepreneur Fred Mwangaguhunga

4/1/2024

Fred Mwangaguhunga started off as an attorney on Wall Street but soon became an entrepreneur, founding and running a door-to-door laundry service with elite clients like Mariah Carey and The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. After his successful exit from that startup business, Fred founded mediatakeout.com and has grown it into the number one urban celebrity online news outlet with an audience of over 40 million monthly visitors. Called a "rising star" of New Media by The New York Times and one of the industry's "Top Media" people by The New York Observer, Fred has appeared on many top tier national media outlets like Access Hollywood, Bravo with Andy Cohen, GQ, Wendy Williams, CBS, BET, Bloomberg, Sirius XM, and the list goes on and on. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:43:13

S2 Episode 3 with Acclaimed HR Leader Ian Ziskin

3/18/2024

Ian Ziskin has 40 years of experience as a business leader, board advisor and member, coach, consultant, entrepreneur, teacher, speaker, and author. His global leadership experience includes Chief Human Resources Officer and other senior leadership roles with three Fortune 100 companies -- Northrop Grumman, Qwest Communications, and TRW – and has written dozens of articles, blogs, and book chapters on the future of work, HR, leadership, coaching, and HR’s role with the board of directors. In 2007, he was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, considered to be the highest honor in the HR profession. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:45:50

S2 Episode 2 with Comedian Bridget Phetasy

3/4/2024

Bridget Phetasy is a writer and stand-up comedian. She is the host of the podcast “Walk-Ins Welcome,” a top 1% listened to podcast, the YouTube program “Dumpster Fire,” and co-host of the podcast “Factory Settings,” along with her husband Jeren Montgomery. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:44:20

S2 Episode 1 with Adult Swim CEO Michael Ouweleen

2/20/2024

Michael Ouweleen is current President of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, and has been a principal force behind their strategy and creative for more than 25 years. Previously, Michael was President of Adult Swim where he grew RICK AND MORTY into the #1 Comedy in the US and #1 Adult Adminted SVOD globally. Before that, he was Chief Marketing Officer of Cartoon Network, Senior VP of Programming and Development of Cartoon Network, and a key member of the small team that championed and launched Adult Swim in the first place -- even co-creating and co-writing one of the first Adult Swim shows, Harvey Birdman, Attorney-at-Law, starring Gary Cole and Stephen Colbert. Before Cartoon Network, Michael was in advertising in New York, starting with a job he won through a writing contest. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:40:05

Episode 13 Season 1 Recap + Wrap Up

7/26/2022

Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin wraps up the first season of UNFOLDING LEADERSHIP, discussing with her producers some of their favorite stories, most impactful learnings, and the general state of leadership today. Featuring clips from: Nate Stevenson, Ali Landry, Jeff Hasler, Pierre Le Veaux, and John Vause. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:48:58

Episode 12 with Award Winning CNN Journalist John Vause

6/28/2022

John’s a multi-award winning journalist for CNN International, currently co-anchoring 'CNN Newsroom' on CNNI. For the past 25 years, he has traveled the world, reporting from more than 30 countries, on some of the biggest stories including earthquakes, typhoons, assassinations, the Arab Spring, the death of Kim Jung il, the U.S. Government shutdown, the 2006 and 2014 Israel-Hezbollah Wars, The Beijing Olympics, The US invasion of Iraq, 9/11, The Fall of the Taliban, among many others. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:37:33

Episode 11 with Oscar Winning Documentary Producer Shannon Dill

6/7/2022

Shannon’s an award-winning producer with twenty years of experience in feature documentaries and nonfiction series. She recently won an Oscar for her work on FREE SOLO, and has worked on many other critically acclaimed documentaries, including HE NAMED ME MALALA, Grammy Winning FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, Emmy Winning INHERETIANCE, Academy Award Nominated TIME, Emmy Winning Boys State, among many, many others. She is an active member of the Producer’s Council of the Producers Guild of America, The British Academy of Film and TV Arts, and Women in Film. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:32:15

Episode 010 with Former Studio Head James Baker

5/24/2022

James Baker's a leading figure in the international media industry with extensive creative, production, channel management, and media investment experience. In 2019, as Co-CEO of Red Arrow Studios, one of the world's leading creators and distributors of entertainment content, James was named in Variety's Top 500 Global Entertainment Business Leaders. He's currently the founder of Silberhorn Media Partners, an advisory group providing strategic and growth guidance to media, entertainment, and sports sectors. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:29:39

Episode 009 with Criminal Defense Attorney Armilla Staley-Ngomo

5/10/2022

Raised in Madrid, the daughter of an immigrant from Equatorial Guinea, Armilla Staley-Ngomo is a criminal defense attorney with Federal Defenders of San Diego, representing both pretrial and post-conviction clients charged with committing federal criminal and “crimmigration” offenses in federal court. She proudly represents Latinx clients who are often undocumented immigrants and monolingual Spanish speakers. Upon graduating from The University of California Berkeley School of Law, Armilla clerked for the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall, the first Black woman appointed to the federal bench in the Central District of California, and the first woman chief judge for the same – whom she credits as a major inspiration. Armilla is a board member of the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Lawyers Club of San Diego Diverse Women’s Committee, among many other organizations. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:23:12

Episode 008 with Prolific Reality TV Showrunner Pete Tartaglia

4/26/2022

Pete Tartaglia's one of the most trusted, well-respected reality TV showrunners, working with every channel you can imagine, on shows like Big Brother, Hell's Kitchen, Temptation Island, The Family, Real Housewives of Orange County, Audrina, Shahs of Sunset, and Plain Jane, among others. These days he's in the esports and gaming business with market leader ESL and has published the book "Creating Reality: An Insider's Guide to Working in Reality TV. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:21:39

Episode 007 with Head of Venture Capital Pierre Le Veaux

4/12/2022

With over 10 years of experience in finance, private equity, and venture capital, including at Goldman Sachs and Bac of California, Pierre Le Veaux is currently the Head of the Venture Capital and Private Equity Partnerships Division at Power Digital Marketing. Through Power Digital Marketing's Nova, a machine learning tech platform, Pierre facilitates more informed, data driven, and efficient capital allocation decisions. Pierre is also a General Partner of Seed at the Table, an Equity Crowdfunding Portal dedicated to helping diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:20:56

Episode 006 with Public Relations Guru Mathew Littman

3/29/2022

Mathew Littman has a wealth of experience in both government affairs and communications, quarterbacking public affairs efforts for a wide range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, Academy Award winning actors, Super Bowl champion NFL coaches and members of Congress. He was Joe Biden’s chief speechwriter during his Senate years and on his campaign for President of the United States. Mathew also appears frequently on national television and provides expertise on political campaigns and the issues of the day. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:23:49

Episode 005 with Cisco AppDynamics General Manager Linda Tong

3/15/2022

As General Manager of AppDynamics, Linda Tong leads all aspects of the company which provides solutions for real-time business performance monitoring, empowering organizations to make better critical decisions in a multi-cloud world. Prior to AppDynamics, Linda was Vice President of Product and Innovation at the NFL, and before that, was a founding member of both Nextbit and Tapyjoy, the latter of which Linda grew to 250+ employees and hundreds of millions in revenue. Earlier on, at Google, Linda was one of the original Android team members, and helped launch and shape the Android OS. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:24:24

Episode 004 with Actress and Former Ms. USA Ali Landry

3/1/2022

Ali Landry's an actress, producer, TV host, talk show host, entrepreneur, advocate, former Miss USA, and all around wonder-woman - lately working as co-host of Hollywood Today Live, Co-Founder of the annual car seat safety event, Red CARpet, and RE/SHAPE TV, where she hosts meaningful conversations aimed to help women over 40 crack the code to various life hurdles. Based on Ali's extensive knowledge and research on women's wellness, RE/SHAPE is currently moving into consumer products and Ali's signed a book deal with Harper Collins. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:28:43

Episode 003 with Animated Showrunner ND Stevenson

2/15/2022

ND Stevenson is an award winning writer, animated showrunner, and cartoonist, most recently of the TV series She-Ra and the Princess of Power, the comics Lumberjanes, Nimona, Thor and Runaways, among others. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:26:54

Episode 002 with Sustainable Development CEO Nicole Neeman Brady

2/1/2022

Nicole Neeman Brady's the CEO and Director of Sustainable Development Acquisition i Corp, a public benefit corporation and pending B Corp whose mission is to identify and partner with growth-oriented companies that are advancing the UN's sustainable development goals. She also serves on numerous boards, including California Resource Corporation, Library Foundation of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and various companies connected to Renewable Resources Group. Before this, Nicole was the Director of Energy Procurement at Southern California Edison – a $5 billion business - and worked at Twentieth Century Fox, Goldman Sachs, with a Masters Degree from Harvard Business School. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:27:38

Episode 001 with Original Productions LLC President Jeff Hasler

1/18/2022

Jeff Hasler's an Academy, Emmy, and Peabody Award winning producer, director, writer, and network executive who's been involved with non-fiction projects of all genres, including Queer Eye for The Straight Guy Biography, Man v. Wild, Cash Cab, Brain Games, the documentary feature films Man on Wire, Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of The World and Brett Morgan's Jane, among others. As the President of Original Productions, he oversees all development, production, business and strategic aspects of the company. Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin and her clients tell the stories and learnings they wish they had known then. Music courtesy of @blkmktmusic

Duration:00:24:02

Welcome to Unfolding Leadership

12/8/2021

Duration:00:01:43