In this episode, we talk to David Lahey about empathy in the workplace and using data and AI to enhance leadership skills. We also get into the #1 reason Gen Z is leaving and how to soften the blow of layoffs and terminations.

“Leadership is a tool like a hammer, you can build beautiful things or bludgeon somebody to death with it.” In this conversation, Illana Burk and I discuss what makes true leadership unique, why "scalability" is broken, and the one thing we should ask leaders (but never do).

In this episode, we’re talking to top Public Relations Executive, Adele Gambardella, and former FBI Hostage Negotiator, Chip Massey about crisis communication, negotiation tactics, and crisis management and mitigation. Listen in to find out how to “enjoy” crisis, as much as possible!

Today’s guest, Dr. Jim Sellner is no stranger to navigating personal crisis. As a behavioral psychologist and scientist who’s had two kidney transplants, he has a lot of wisdom to share on leading through it and finding the transformation. We also get into empathetic communication and healthy confrontation.

In this episode, we talk to brilliant return guest, Faith Clarke about celebrating difference, shifting the narrative of cultural norms, and creating a restorative work culture. “Restorative work culture is a culture people don’t have to recover from. How do we remove things that harm and habituate things that actually feed people’s souls?”

Today’s guest, Dr. Yosi Amram talks to us about spiritual intelligence – what it is, why it matters (particularly at work and in leadership), how to activate and develop it, and the results it yields based on his extensive research.

In this episode, I talk to corporate performance expert Peggy Sullivan about time poverty (aka being too busy) and what to do about it. Employ her 3-Step Busy-Busting Process to experience less stress and have more time for the things that matter.

What do business and jazz have in common? More than you think! In this episode, I talk to CEO, author and bass player, Gerald Leonard about performance in business, what he learned from a personal health crisis, and how music (jazz in particular) can inform our leadership.