Missing Conversations

One of ten children, Altus executive coach Dorothy Lingren grew up inside a large and complex family system. Her early lived experience of figuring out how to find her place, build relationships, and understand what made the whole thing work became the foundation for a career spent partnering with high-potential leaders and organizations navigating some of the most demanding environments in health...

She was undocumented for 12 years. Now Claudia Arroyo is the Executive Director of Prospera, an organization building Latina economic power through entrepreneurship and leadership development. In this deeply human conversation with Altus executive coaches Eva Orbuch and Pam Fox Rollin, Claudia shows what becomes possible when you choose to give more light to your gifts than your burdens, and when...

Many leaders believe they need to have the answers. But some of the most powerful outcomes begin when a leader asks the question no one else thought to ask. In this episode of Missing Conversations, Altus executive coaches and hosts Dan Winter and Lynette Winter sit down with Bruce Schuman, a finance leader who has spent more than 30 years helping organizations navigate growth, innovation, workfor...

What do leaders actually get paid to do? Most will say strategy, execution, or results. But watch closely, and you'll see something else: leaders spend their days in conversations, shaping how people think, what they commit to, and what gets done. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Dan Winter and Don DeVito sit down with Chalmers Brothers—best-selling author, certified personal and ex...

What if the missing ingredient in your leadership isn't strategy, structure, or skill? It's love. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts and Altus executive coaches, Steven Jones and Amy Vodarek, sit down with relationship strategist, coach, and author Joëlle Lydon for a conversation that will reframe how you think about teams, conflict, and commitment. After years of experiencing love as...

What happens to your team when two people are in conflict, and what does it take to get everyone back on track? In this episode of Missing Conversations, Altus executive coaches Dan Winter, Lynette Winter, and Amy Vodarek draw on decades of experience working alongside senior leaders and teams to explore what sits beneath team friction and how it reflects the way a team is operating. They unpack w...

AI is changing the speed of decision-making. It's also asking something new of the people making those decisions. In this episode, executive coaches Pam Fox Rollin and Sharon Richmond talk with Ann K. Klein, a software executive advisor and board member who has spent decades leading at the intersection of healthcare and enterprise technology. From building category-defining platforms at Siebel Sys...

Early in his leadership, Michael Saxe-Taller found himself avoiding a difficult team member. Then, he made a decision. He decided to see him differently. The choice didn't just create a better relationship, it reshaped how Michael understood leadership itself. In this episode of Missing Conversations, Altus executive coaches Eva Orbuch and Heather Neely sit down with Michael, a lifelong community...

What happens when people feel invisible, and what becomes possible when leaders learn to truly see them? Leaders who learn to recognize the unseen experiences people carry into work create stronger trust, deeper engagement, and teams that contribute more fully. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Altus executive coaches, Steven Jones and Ellen Burton, sit down with transdisciplinary ar...

What do you do when a workforce crisis threatens the future of healthcare? Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO of Futuro Health, designed a bold, people-first solution that is actively changing what's possible for the industry and for those who serve in it and the patients who depend on it. A Vietnam refugee who experienced firsthand what it means to face a system that wasn't built for you, Van turned those ea...

Leaders today face urgent questions about employee retention, organizational culture, and the future talent pipeline. What people expect from work is changing, and traditional approaches to engagement and workforce development no longer deliver the same results. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Dan Winter and Sharon Richmond speak with Scott Holman, Vice President of HR & General Ad...

What shows up when you show up, especially when things don't go as planned? When you walk into the room, do your teams experience steadiness, appreciation, a sense that something more is still possible? In this final episode of 2025, Altus executive coaches Heather Neely, Dan Winter, Don DeVito, and Amy Vodarek gather to reflect on these questions through the lens of abundance as a lived leadershi...

The first leader Den Jones ever worked for broke his trust. Good thing—because that moment made Den a leader with a deep, lifelong commitment to serving his people. In this episode, Altus executive coaches Lynette Winter and Dan Winter talk with Den—founder of 909Cyber, former Adobe and Cisco leader, and a storyteller whose Scottish wit cuts through complexity with honesty, humor, and practical in...

When your business is hit by a pandemic, a capacity crunch, or clients who treat your work like a commodity, how do you protect your people, your standards, and your own sanity? In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Dan Winter and Heather Neely talk with Jeff Weinberg, owner of JW Catering, who has spent 25 years in Silicon Valley "controlling chaos" as he and his team serve events from...

When your organization is moving fast and uncertainty spikes, your leadership presence becomes the difference between a team that breaks and one that moves forward together. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Lynette Winter and Ellen Burton sit down with Amy Riley, an internationally respected leadership coach, speaker, and author who has spent over two decades helping leaders bring o...

$2.7 billion a day. That's what U.S. workplaces lose in productivity when people don't feel emotionally or psychologically safe. Psychological safety isn't a policy. It's the everyday experience of being able to speak up, ask questions, admit mistakes, challenge assumptions, and be fully ourselves at work.  In this conversation, Altus Growth Partners executive coaches Steven Jones, Ellen Burton, a...

Some leaders step into new roles; others step into new ways of leading. In this episode of Missing Conversations, Altus Growth Partners executive coaches Dan Winter and Lynette Winter talk with Ed Kuyper, CEO of Reytek Equipment, a New Mexico–based manufacturer serving the semiconductor, aerospace, and biotech industries. Ed shares the inner work and practical choices behind his transition from co...

David Coulombe began his career as a mechanical engineer, but it was his restless curiosity that reshaped his path. He wanted to know why organizations miss what matters most, and how they could do better. That drive led him into internal auditing and risk management, where he challenged the old model of combing through past mistakes. Instead, he redefined audit as a forward-looking partner: one t...

Do you want to be part of a workplace that drains you—or one that gives you energy, clarity, and joy? In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Steven Jones and Ellen Burton talk with Shani Harmon, Founder and CEO of Stop Meeting Like This, who, for over 20 years, has consulted with Fortune 500 companies and is known for unraveling the complex problems that keep leaders and teams from doing...

"It's not about the intensity of what you do, it's about the intention." That guiding belief runs through Ryan Soares' life, from backcountry skiing to hang-gliding launches to building global practice fields where leaders experiment, stumble safely, and discover what elevates their people. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Heather Neely and Amy Vodarek sit down with Ryan, founder of...

To lead others well, we must first return to what we care about most. In this Missing Conversations episode, hosts Amy Vodarek and Ellen Burton talk with their Altus colleague Lara Guille, who blends her background as a clinical psychologist, executive coach, and generative leadership practitioner to help leaders do just that.  Lara shares six practices for how to lead from your cares, elevating y...

Defining moments in leadership often emerge in a request made with care, a question that steadies a team, or the space a leader creates to reflect before reacting. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts and Altus executive coaches, Dan Winter, Elayna Alexandra, and Ellen Burton, explore how leaders can anchor purpose, ask better questions, and create the conditions for their teams to rise...

When change is constant, the leaders who excel are the ones who see beyond the work to the people doing it. In this episode of Missing Conversations, hosts Steven Jones and Lynette Winter talk with Yvonne Yang—a senior hardware engineering leader whose journey from concert piano to high-tech leadership is rooted in collaboration, curiosity, and genuine care for others' success. With more than two...

When leaders show up human—curious, present, and willing to listen—teams grow, trust deepens, and the real work of transformation begins. Sharon Richmond, executive coach and Altus principal, shares how a lifelong care for community, agency, and voice has shaped her leadership—and what led her to join a team that actively practices what it teaches. In conversation with Altus partners, Amy Vodarek...

For Don DeVito, leadership has always been about impact. So when he found a team as committed to learning, caring, and making a difference as he was, he chose to grow in community. In this episode of Missing Conversations, Don joins Amy Vodarek and Ellen Burton to reflect on his journey from decades of solo consulting and international leadership to finding belonging—and a deeper sense of purpose—...