Timeout With Leaders

We sit down with Mohammed Ahamed, CEO and Chief Diversity Officer at EDI Executive Search to discuss leadership today and how it has changed over time. Sometimes we must wear the cap if it fits in leadership in order to learn or unlearn to make positive progress in our learning journey.  Mo starts and ends each day in reflection focusing on gratitude to see the sun rise and set that day, knowing h...

This week Tyler and Kevyn sit down with Kim Brumber, past CEO of East House, Volunteers of America Upstate NY, and NeighborWorks Community Partners. Kim shared her journey from being a girl from rural America and how she became a prominent leader in our community. She mentioned that it can take a while to find your voice and that being broken is totally OK! We have the chance to build it back or b...

We sit down this week with John Sheehan, President/CEO of Rochester RHIO, which focuses on providing better care through better information. John shared his passions for Food and Music and a little Florida State trash talk with the 93' National Championship. He was open in sharing more about his work in mental health and how he has seen this stigma change for the better, sadly it was always viewed...

Join Tyler and Kevyn as they sit down with Tom O'Connor, President of Al Sigl which focuses on providing affordable commercial real estate for human services non-profits in Rochester.  From for-profit to non-profit Tom was able to find more work-life balance as well as more fulfilling work knowing he was making a difference in the community. As a leader Tom is all about ACTION, yes we will make mi...

The mythical legend, Bob Duffy joins Timeout with Leaders, to discuss his time in policing, politics, and today serving as CEO of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce.  When he is running in one of his marathons you might catch him listening to a little rock-n-roll, R&B or even a little soul. Bob loves basketball and continues to see the parallels between coaching and leadership today. Bob's...

TIMEOUT with Job Creator John Love, President and Owner of Bob Johnson which is made up of 23 dealerships with over 1,400 employees today, or as John puts it 1,400 home payments, 1,400 car payments and 1,400 families. John Love would be the first to tell you his life has certainly been a journey one that most would never write a book about, but John did titled "You Failed Me." He learned through t...

TIMEOUT!!!!! Back after a short little break, Tyler and Kevyn sit down with the President and CEO of ESL Federal Credit Union, Faheem Masood. An established community partner since the days of George Eastman, ESL continues to support Rochester but as we know it all starts at the top. Faheem Masood is an immigrant who has worked his way up to become or as he put it "participate" as President and CE...

Take a TIMEOUT with Bob Bailey, the Chief Everyone Office (CEO) and Founder of the Truth Collective and throw on a little Rock n Roll.  How do you become the best version of yourself as a person but also as a business AFTER the global pandemic? Focus on people and team preservation, giving free ideas and free advice to help as many people as you can while keeping the band together. In a world wher...

What do Doug Flutie, Yankee heroes, the breakup of The Beatles, and 4 Careers add up to? ...Mark McDermott Mark is CEO of Touching Hearts at Home and Together in Caring, both out of Rochester. He loves the Yankees and fly fishing, but also knows he is waking up every day and making a BIG difference in the community by providing quality care for older adults. As he left the law field, he recalled,...

What do you get when you mix ethics with leadership, compassion, and a passion to help others? ...La'Ron Singletary  We sit down with La'Ron Singletary, the former Chief of Police of the Rochester Police Department who is looking to grow his impact on our community by running for U.S. Congress. It isn't often that Tyler and Kevyn get to sit down with a superhero but that is exactly who La'Ron Sing...

We meet with Admiral James T. Kirk, aka "Captain Kirk" aka Michelle Casey, President and CEO at Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York. Tyler and Kevyn knew from the start with Michelle's calm, confident demeanor that we were going to get some schooling on leadership and what it takes today. Michelle shares some of her personal experiences of being a leader but also how her previous jo...

You know when someone has that energy when you talk to them that you can't seem to put your finger on to describe, and you simply just FEEL it? Buckle up for this interview with Ann Marie Cook, President & CEO of Lifespan of Great Rochester, who is fighting to protect, support, advocate for older adults, not only in Rochester, but beyond. Ann Marie shared that you have to connect with individuals,...

"I look up to my people" Take a Timeout with Willis, William, Bill Boulter the 5th generation CEO of Boulter Industrial Contractors, a 130-year-old company here in Rochester. When you think of a family-owned and operated business what do you think of first? Well, we stopped to ask the question of Willis to understand what was the family recipe when it came to leadership, which was always engaging...

Are children more emotionally intelligent than most CEOs today?  We sit down with Dr. Kymberly Cruz, Chief Educational Officer at Renaissance Academy Charter School in Rochester New York. She shared that she feeds off the kid's energy and innocence because they believe in her, trust her, and will let her make mistakes. Maybe we all need to channel our inner child self when it comes to leadership t...

One word "Transparent" which would describe this interview with Kevin Schulte, CEO for Greenspark Energy focus on bringing economical and sustainable ways to push us away from the use of fossil fuels. The one thing that you will hear is that Kevin Schulte never wanted to be a different person at home, at the office and even out with friends, because that is acting. He has found it to be most effec...

We got to sit down with Jim Malvaso, VP of Human Resources at Constellation Brands to talk Michigan State hoops, Dave Mathews Band World Tour, and about leadership in HR.    From the opening song "Can you feel the love tonight" by Tyler White, we knew Jim was different. We talked about the importance of his experience in Selma and how he is on his own learning journey as we reflected on MLK.    Ji...

Join us to listen to episode 6 with Ken Glazer, CEO of Buckingham Properties, a growing real estate and property management company in Rochester. Ken recently was awarded the WNY Power 100, for his work in and around the Rochester community. Ken shares with us his life journey in being put into a leadership role before he was even able to prepare himself for the challenge. Due to a tragic accident...

Kicking off 2022 in style, Patrick Tobin, CEO and President of Han-Tek, joins Timeout with Leaders to talk Terps basketball and leading a family-owned company, picking up right where his father left off! Patrick might be the calmest, coolest and collected leader we have ever met. Patrick started by telling us that he never wants to be the smartest person in the room, he wants to surround himself w...

Episode 4 of Season 2: Amy Gould, Chief People Officer at Regional Transit Service, joins as our first HR leader to be on Timeout with Leaders. Amy has a passion for people and building relationships to improve the daily lives of employees, creating a uniting purpose to bring over 1,000 employees together to serve the community daily.  Top 3 Gould Family Christmas Movies -Christmas Vacation -A Chr...

Ken Johnson CEO of Leonard's Express a multi-generational family-owned and operated business, recent winner of Rochester Top 100 places to work joins us for episode 3 "Opportunity to Create Change"  When we think about leadership today, Ken shared that he has found you must be "fair" and "firm" but you must have built the right relationship establishing trust to hold the team accountable. Ken shar...

Season 2 is off to a HOT start with guest Jaime Saunders, President and CEO of the United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes. Her energy sucked us right in for an incredible conversation about what it takes to be a leader today. She spoke about the "Great Resignation" as the "Great Re-Think" for most leaders and businesses.  Jaime's positive mindset, thinking about how she can "leave th...

What a way to kick off Season 2 of “Timeout with Leaders” with Kenneth Rhee, Dean of the School of Business and Leadership at Nazareth College in Rochester. Well, his favorite movie is “Chariots of Fire”, he knows when it’s the best time to go to the grocery store in Green Bay and he’s a huge Apple fan. What we also learned about Kenneth is he’s an amazing and progressive leader that puts a primar...

Episode 27 -  Business Owners and Coaches, get your pen and pad out because we are taking a "Timeout" with Coach Kevin Clifford, Head Coach for Roberts Wesleyan Women's Basketball Team and he's what we like to call.... "ahead of the game."   Coach Clifford's knowledge, wisdom, and experience with processes recruiting, and finding our way are unmatched. Coach Clifford's approach to recruiting in th...

What can stop Joe Rulison, the founder and CEO of three + one...... the answer is NOTHING, not even going blind while starting a business!!! We had a ball listening to Joe's journey to success. Joe didn't say the word "I" the entire episode when talking about accomplishments. We wondered how Joe built an unstoppable force at three+one and the quote that stood out to us was, "the hardest part about...

"If you haven't gotten your picture taken by Brother Ernie then you ain't Hip-Hop"   At first, we were blown away by Ernie's portfolio of pictures & relationships he had of Tupac, Biggie, Chuck D, Mike Tyson, P. Diddy, Nas, Snoop Dog, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Wu-Tang Clan and so many more... the list does not end.  Ernie's energy and wisdom immediately steered our conversation to only about Ernie as w...