It is a pleasure to welcome Kelly Beattie to this episode. Kelly is the President of FirstStar Consulting Group. She is an expert in leadership development, specifically in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and well versed in dealing with challenging social topics in the workplace. Kelly believes that every organization has both formal … Read more
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Rob Colvert began as a volunteer firefighter and rose through the civil service ranks to become a Fire Battalion Chief. He is also a mentor and college instructor of Incident Management and Fire Protection and Technology. Rob has 25 years of experience in public safety and leadership. He shares stories from the firehouse and what … Read more
Chaundra Fletcher majored in business and went on to earn an MBA, but all along she felt a calling to become involved in non-profit service within her community. Now, as Executive Director of Lynne’s Haven of Hope, a transitional housing organization, she sees how lessons in non-profit leadership can help business leaders achieve greater success … Read more
Every leader has a story and a message to share. Maybe it’s a vision for their organization, maybe it’s a call to action, maybe it’s motivation for new team members. Any message can be transformational for your audience if you know how to compose it correctly. Fortunately, our guest this episode is an expert in … Read more
As leaders, we all face moments when we feel stuck. Call it procrastination, lack of inspiration, or whatever you want; it’s that annoying position where you can’t go forward, you can’t go back, and you don’t know what to do next. It can be tricky to find a way out of the rut and back … Read more
What if there was a way you could predict the conditions that foster dishonesty in the workplace? What if there was a study that identified specific actions that made team members more trustworthy? What if there was an area of leadership you could focus on to make your organization six times more likely to act … Read more
We have all been there as leaders, struggling to deal with a team member’s disruptive behavior or a group culture that needs to change. How do we transform the situation into something that will stick and allow for a more successful business? Dr. Barry Borgerson is a former executive turned transformational coach. Since leaving the … Read more
Every single person you meet is an opportunity to build your professional network. You never know what benefits a relationship might yield if cultivated correctly. How do you seize those opportunities? How do you successfully develop your network? Our guest, Kymberli Speight, has the answers. The author, speaker, and executive coach knows the value of … Read more
Disasters are now ubiquitous and inevitable. From pandemics to natural catastrophes to cyber-attacks, your business – and your employees – will be challenged to respond when disaster strikes. And you won’t always be present to lead the initial response. Patrick Hardy is leading a new approach to disaster management for small businesses and Fortune 500 … Read more
How can you better communicate your big ideas? How can you close the gap between messaging and understanding? Pull on the Red Thread Method. Tamsen Webster has been helping leaders move from ideas to actions and implement messaging strategies for over 20 years. Part storyteller, part English-to-English translator, she focuses on finding and building the … Read more