Leadership Bootcamp

My guest on this episode of the Leadership Bootcamp Podcast is Robert Potter, CEO at Oomnitza, an enterprise asset intelligence company. We talk about the importance of professional networking, authentic leadership, empathy, setting a vision, how to identify your passion and make career changes, mentorship, and other topics. Learn more about Oomnitza at oomnitza.com.

Jeff talks with Todd Smith, CEO and co-founder of TAHO. We talk about the importance of professional networking, authentic leadership, the desired capabilities of a leader, what leaders should and shouldn’t do, leadership challenges at different levels of an organization, how to pivot and capitalize on new ideas and turbulent times, and other topics.

Jeff's guest is Dr. Dawna Ballard, associate professor of communication at the University of Texas at Austin and author of the new book Time By Design. They discuss the differences between and intersections of time and experience, why relationships matter, aligning on concepts of time, how intentionally designing time can be the key to organizational success, why slow is fast, the importance o...

Jeff talks to the cofounder and executive director of the Long Way Home Foundation, Matt Paneitz. Matt is a devoted humanitarian, served in the Peace Corps, and is the distinguished winner of numerous humanitarian awards including the Peace Corps' prestigious Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service. Matt founded Long Way Home to make a long-lasting impact in the lives of i...

In this episode of the Leadership Bootcamp Podcast, Jeff talks about how culture scales with company growth. As a company grows, culture falls behind, or important elements of culture that contribute to employee wellbeing and performance dissolve or change into rituals and norms that don't serve the business - or its people - as well as they could. Jeff shares the four key elements of scaling...

My guest for this episode of the Leadership Bootcamp Podcast is Washington State senator T'wina Nobles. Senator Nobles and I discuss the importance of ethics at work, how to draw professional boundaries, humility and responsibility in leadership, staying grounded when imbued with power, differences between leadership in politics and private enterprise, why the idea of “service” is important an...

Jeff speaks with Nile Franklin. Nile is a coach at Strange Strength and Conditioning in North Hollywood, CA and Ganbatte Fitness in Glendale, CA. She’s a 6-time qualifier for the USA Weightlifting Nationals Master-level competition, the 2025 USA Weightlifting Master National champion, and an international Olympic weightlifting gold medalist. Nile is also the star of the upcoming documentary Chasin...

Jeff talks with Jonathan Head, cofounder of WithMemberly, a platform that helps event producers escape the volatility of one-off ticket sales through subscription-based access. Jonathan is also the manager of product support at AEG Presents, who you'll know from their production of iconic live music events like Coachella, Stagecoach, and the New Orleans Jazz Festival. We discuss Jonathan's...

In this episode, Jeff is interviewed by Matt Lombardo, manager of professional services and tech evangelist at Rippling, a leading human resource management company. Rippling's technology integrates IT, HR, finance, and other company functions into a seamless platform to allow employees to focus on what matters by streamlining processes and procedures to maximize efficiency. We discuss the imp...

Steve Heckler is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and leader at companies including IBM, AT&T, and Activision. He's delivered management training at companies that include DirecTV, and is the former president of the Society for Information Management and of the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association, as well as a past exec...

In this episode, Jeff talks to author and Harvard Business School professor Dr. Max Bazerman. Dr. Bazerman is the author of such seminal works as Judgment in Managerial Decision Making; The Power of Noticing: What The Best Leaders See; Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop; and his newest book Negotiation: The Game Has Changed. We talk about how COVID and the move to online teachi...

In this episode, Jeff reflects on 2024 and plans for 2025, and shares some of his favorite habits that help him show up as a better person and leader for others. Happy new year to you and yours! The best is yet to come!

Jeff talks to Natalie Trzcinski, the Senior Director of Menu Process, Training & Integration at Jack In The Box. Jeff and Natalie talk about the importance of communication and relationships; how to create and deliver training at scale; adaptability and growth mindset; infusing values and personality into corporate training; how to turn a bad experience into a good relationship; the Jack In Th...

In this episode, Jeff discusses the ever-popular "personality assessment" that claims to help you improve your productivity and business outcomes. He dives into two of the most popular assessments, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the 6 Types of Working Genius, and talks about why these don't work quite they way they say they do; the red flags to watch out for if you're interested in one of the...

In this episode, Jeff interviews Russ Laraway. Russ is the author of When They Win, You Win, in which he outlines a data-driven approach to improving management behaviors and performance. Russ has led high-performance teams at Google , where he won a coveted management award; at (the company formerly known as) Twitter , where he and I were colleagues; and as a Company Commander in the US Marines....

In this episode, Jeff talks about the differences and similarities between coaching and mentoring. Topics also covered include when to choose coaching over mentoring or vice versa; how to be a coaching manager; when coaching or mentoring might be inappropriate; the importance of these functions in an organization; how to start a coaching/mentoring program at your company; and a few personal anecdo...

In this episode, Jeff talks about why corporate reorganizations feel chaotic. Misalignment, poor communication, linear processes, and other inefficiencies contribute to feelings of chaos, instability, anxiety, and stress, leading to unwanted behaviors like resistance or subversion. Jeff rounds out the conversation by discussing strategies that should be used to design successful reorgs.

In this episode, Jeff talks about why corporate leadership training generally fails to achieve its desired outcomes. Lack of prior knowledge assessment, high cognitive load, passive learning, and lack of executive engagement are covered, as well as other important topics, and Jeff shares ways that these can be improved for effective training.

Jeff talks about the September 16, 2024, memo by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to Amazon employees about returning to the office. Jeff reads the memo in full, then discusses it from the lenses of leadership, culture, and organizational design.