Limitless Leadership Lounge

When the shooting started at the Las Vegas concert, Todd Blyleven got his family out. Then he turned around and went back in. For eight hours. This week Todd joins Jon and Coach Jim for one of the most powerful conversations the Lounge has ever had. He is the son of Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven, a former professional baseball player, a speaker, a songwriter, and someone who carried more than...

What if the word ATTITUDE could be an entire leadership framework? Coach Pat Sullivan spent 34 years proving that it can. This week Pat joins Jon and Coach Jim for a conversation about what winning culture actually looks like, why your best players have to be your best team players, and what he learned from watching Michael Jordan talk to a brain-injured young man for an entire halftime while the...

The average school superintendent lasts three years. Tom Trigg lasted nearly two decades. He also has a marriage approaching 50 years. And he spent years studying the one coach whose definition of success most leaders have heard but very few actually live by. This week Tom joins Jon and Coach Jim for a conversation about longevity, loyalty, contentment, and what it really means to build something...

Every leader is a public speaker whether they think of themselves as one or not. Every team meeting, every one-on-one, every moment you stand in front of your people and try to move them toward something — that is public speaking. And most leaders were never taught how to do it. This week Jon and Coach Jim break down Coach's S.P.E.A.C. formula: five letters, five keys, and a framework that works w...

What does it mean to be an uncommon leader? John Gallagher has a definition that will stick with you, and it starts with a shopping cart in a parking lot. This week John joins Jon and Coach Jim for a conversation about faith, business, the moment a 2.3 performance review changed everything, and what it really takes to grow from someone who needed a mentor into someone others seek out as one. If yo...

Most leaders prepare a presentation by asking the wrong question. Cindy Skalicky has spent her career helping them ask the right one instead, and the difference is everything. This week Cindy joins Jon and Coach Jim to talk about what it actually takes to move an audience from the red light of resistance to the green light of go. She is a public speaking coach, keynote speaker, and author of Red L...

What does it take to walk up to Jamie Dimon, Paul McCartney, or the CEO of a Fortune 100 company and start a conversation? Chad Coe has done all of that and more, and his answer to how he got there will surprise you. This week Chad joins Jon and Coach Jim for a conversation about confidence, connection, and what it really means to build an abundant life. His story starts in a special education cla...

What if the leadership skills you use every day at work are the exact same skills you need at home, and vice versa? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome Dr. Amanda Allard, PhD in Interpersonal Communication and founder of Allard Advising, for one of the most refreshingly original and practically useful conversations the Lounge has ever had on communication, leadership, and what it...

What actually separates the teammates everyone wants to play with from the ones everyone quietly dreads? Jon and Coach Jim break it down in four keys, and every one of them applies just as much in a boardroom as it does in a locker room. This week on a solo episode they cover integrity and why you are always on stage even when you think you are not, the we over me mindset and how to actually tell...

What if your phone is your biggest competition for being a great leader, and you do not even realize it? Brian Biro's two daughters once asked him a question that changed everything. This week Brian joins Jon and Coach Jim for a conversation packed with energy, both literal and figurative. He has delivered over 2,000 presentations, written 16 books, coached Olympic swimmers, and counted John Woode...

What if everything holding you back as a leader is actually preparing you to lead at a level you cannot yet imagine? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome Andre Thornton, CEO of Whitman Consulting, keynote speaker, former Lockheed Martin engineer who helped capture over a billion dollars in new business, Division One athlete at VMI in both football and track, and author of Disrupte...

What if the reason you hesitate to name your price has nothing to do with confidence and everything to do with how clearly you understand your own value? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome John Ray, pricing strategist, host of the Price and Value Journey podcast with over 1,200 episodes across radio and podcasting, and author of The Generosity Mindset, for a conversation that wi...

Jason Sudeikis once told Stephen Colbert that his high school basketball coach was part of the inspiration for Ted Lasso. That coach was Donnie Campbell, a math teacher and basketball coach from Kansas who found out the news walking to his classroom one morning. This week Coach Campbell joins Jon and Coach Jim for a conversation about what he actually taught Jason, why he never felt like a leader...

What if the biggest challenge facing your organization right now is not strategy, not technology, and not the economy, but the fact that 38 percent of your Gen Z employees have taken a mental health day after receiving feedback? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome Dr. Andrea Mata, known as Dr. Dre, clinical psychologist, speaker, high school football coach, adjunct professor, and...

The world is noisier and more negative than ever. Jon and Coach Jim are not pretending otherwise. This week on a solo episode they share four proven strategies to help you fight back. First up is what Coach calls the cancel cancel technique. When negative self-talk creeps in, you say cancel and immediately reframe the statement in a positive direction. It sounds simple but the key is detaching the...

Ryan Hawk has interviewed over 700 people for one of the top podcasts in the world. He has a five to one secret behind his best questions, a one in 25 ratio that turned a no-name show into a top 50 podcast, and a story about a quarterback he once beat out for a job who went on to win Super Bowls. This week Ryan returns for an unprecedented third appearance to talk about his new book The Price of B...

What would it look like if your family had a constitution, a shared document of values, mission, and legacy that guided every generation after you? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome Brad Dufrane, managing partner of New York Life's Finger Lakes office, 30 year veteran of the financial services industry, marathon and Spartan race finisher, and one of the most genuinely warm and...

What does the research actually say about why people trust their leaders, and why do so many well-intentioned leaders still get it wrong? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome Dr. Ben Granger, chief workplace psychologist at Qualtrics, organizational psychology doctorate from the University of South Florida, and author of A Leader Worth Following, for one of the most research-backe...

Amy Lenker had over 100 panic attacks in a single summer. She worked her entire maternity leave the day after having her daughter. And she built a career that looked like success from the outside while quietly destroying herself from the inside. This week Amy joins Jon and Coach Jim to talk about burnout, stress, and what she calls the unstressing method, a practical framework she developed the ha...

What does it look like to lead a business, serve clients, and keep showing up with humor and grace while fighting for your life at the same time? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome Deb Krier, seasoned entrepreneur, integrative cancer coach, host of the Business Power Hour podcast with over 1,100 episodes, and one of the most authentically inspiring guests the Lounge has ever had...

What separates a culture of compliance from a culture of commitment, and what does it actually take to build the kind of team where people are truly all in? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson sit down with General Robert Mixon, retired two star division commander, former aide to General Colin Powell, co-founder of Level Five Associates, and author of The Power of Being All In, for one o...

Every leader talks about team culture. Very few are actually building it the right way. This week Jon and Coach Jim bust four of the most common myths about team culture, and at least one of them is probably something you believe right now. If you have ever bought the team lunch and wondered why morale did not improve, this one is for you.

What does it actually look like to live out positive leadership not just on stage but at home, in your marriage, in your family, and on the days you really do not feel like it? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson welcome the first ever mother and daughter duo to the Limitless Leadership Lounge, Kathryn Gordon and Jade Gordon, the wife and daughter of bestselling author and leadership leg...

What if the key to becoming a better leader is not adding more goals to your list but stripping everything down to just one word? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson sit down with Dan Britton, speaker, writer, coach, former professional lacrosse player, 34 year veteran of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, founder of Sports Life Leadership, and co-author of nine books including the be...

What if the most powerful thing you can do as a leader has nothing to do with having the right answers, and everything to do with asking the right questions? This week, Jon Goehring and Coach Jim Johnson sit down with Clark Aldrich, recognized by Forbes Magazine and CNN as one of the world's leading voices on experiential learning, father of simulation learning, award winning author, and creator o...