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Dr. Modupe Taylor-Pearce is a scholar and practitioner of organizational development and leadership. Over the past three decades, he has successfully coached and trained leaders in Africa, North America and Europe. His passion for leadership enhancement was born out of his experiences as a cadet in the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) and as a military officer serving in combat in the Sierra Leo...

Dr. Modupe Taylor-Pearce is a scholar and practitioner of organizational development and leadership. Over the past three decades, he has successfully coached and trained leaders in Africa, North America and Europe. In this episode he will discuss his work in leadership development across Africa and why coaching is important for leaders who are already successful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Whitney Johnson is an award winning author, coach and executive advisor whose expertise is focused on helping leaders grow their people to grow their organization. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company and one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. In 2017, she was selected from more than 17,000 candidates for the in...

In our next episode, our host Windy speaks with acclaimed and award winning author, coach and executive advisor Whitney Johnson about how organizations can grow their people in a smart and efficient way. Tune in next week for the full discussion. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company and one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world as named b...

Dr. Kenneth Nowack is a highly accomplished psychologist, neuroscientist, researcher and author. He serves as the President/Chief Research Officer of Envisia Learning, Inc. and also the developer of a new behavior change platform called Talent Accelerator, which designed to help coaches, consultants and trainers more effectively facilitate learning transfer and successful habit/behavior change whi...

Dr. Kenneth Nowack is a highly accomplished psychologist, neuroscientist, researcher and author. He serves as the President/Chief Research Officer of Envisia Learning, Inc and also the developer of a new behavior change platform called Talent Accelerator, which designed to help coaches, consultants and trainers more effectively facilitate learning transfer and successful habit/behavior change whil...

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is an acclaimed global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. He is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. Dr. Konovalov is also on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360. Having been na...

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Dr. Oleg Konovalov is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership and has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360. Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership’ by many leading authorities of...

Thomas A. Kolditz is a highly accomplished leadership coach, educator, author, consultant and a retired Brigadier General. He has been ranked among the top 25 coaches globally for the past five years and is the founder of five leader development startups, including Executive Director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. His latest book Leadership Reckoning has kicked off a mo...

Thomas Kolditz is a highly accomplished leadership expert, educator, author, consultant and a retired Brigadier General. Kolditz has been ranked among the top 25 coaches globally for the past five years and is the founder of five leader development startups, including Executive Director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. He is also the author of In Extremis Leadership: Lead...

Ben Renshaw is a world renowned leadership coach, speaker and author. His focus on authentic leadership and high performance is under-pinned by his inspirational ‘purpose’ approach which has been utilized by world-class companies. Ben’s innovative work with leading organizations, senior executives and entrepreneurs has helped in the development of leadership capability, high performing teams and t...

Ben Renshaw is a world renowned leadership coach, speaker and author. His focus on authentic leadership and high performance is under-pinned by his inspirational ‘purpose’ approach which has been utilized by world-class companies. In this episode of *Spark Leadership, Windy speaks with Ben on how organizations can reverse 'The Great Resignation' and how people can find meaning in their work. Hoste...

Charmaine Roche is an accredited executive coach, coach supervisor, PhD researcher, writer and podcaster. Her approach builds on a 29-year career as an educator and advisor, as well as being a contributor to thought leadership in the field of executive coaching through her focus on the ethics of coaching for social change. Charmaine has been developing thinking around coaching for social justice a...

Charmaine Roche is an accredited executive coach, coach supervisor, PhD researcher, writer and podcaster. Her latest research paper Racial Justice, Equity and Belonging with Jonathan Passmore, explores the question of whether coaching an inclusive and diverse industry? Also, can and should coaching contribute towards racial justice and equity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Sally Helgesen is an international best-selling author, speaker and leadership coach. She is cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership and was named by Thinker’s 50 as one of the world’s top 20 coaches and ranked number 6 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus. Her most recent book, How Women Rise , co-authored with coaching legend Marshall Goldsmith, explores...

Sally Helgesen is an international best-selling author, speaker and women's leadership coach. She is cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership and was named by Thinker’s 50 as one of the world’s top 20 coaches and ranked number 6 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus. Sally's contribution has helped companies understand what women offer to organizations rather...

Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is also a founding President of the British Academy of Management, President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has been an advisor to the World Health Organization, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and well...

Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is also a founding President of the British Academy of Management, President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has been an advisor to the World Health Organization, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and well...

Brenda Bence is passionate about two things – leadership and branding, and how the two work together to help leaders achieve greater success in the workplace. Sought after across six continents as an executive leadership coach and motivational keynote speaker, Brenda is known for her “inside-out” leadership system. Recognized by Thinkers50 as a World Leader in Coaching, she is also consistent...

Brenda Bence is passionate about two things – leadership and branding, and how the two work together to help leaders achieve greater success in the workplace. Sought after across six continents as an executive leadership coach and motivational keynote speaker, Brenda is known for her “inside-out” leadership system. Recognized by Thinkers50 as a World Leader in Coaching, she is also consistent...

Terrance Taylor, was born in Sierre Leone and grew up in Maryland, USA. He began his career working on Wall Street, was a VP at CitiBank and served as CFO for startup Africa.com In the past 20 years he has created and built impactful leadership development programs across leadership pipelines. He now works at Google as the Regional Talent & organizational Development Consultant for t...

Terrance Taylor, was born in Sierre Leone and grew up in Maryland, USA. He began his career working on Wall Street, was a VP at CitiBank and served as CFO for startup Africa.com In the past 20 years he has created and built impactful leadership development programs across leadership pipelines. He now works at Google as the Regional Talent & organizational Development Consultant for t...

Jonathan Passmore is an international respected coaching psychologist, Chair of the The British Psychological Society Coaching Division, researcher, author, executive coach, Professor of Coaching and Behavioral Change and Senior VP of Coaching at Coachhub.  Jonathan has dedicated his career to helping leaders, managers and organizations improve performance and well-being, which includes many...

Jonathan Passmore is an international respected coaching psychologist, Chair of the The British Psychological Society Coaching Division, researcher, author, executive coach, Professor of Coaching and Behavioral Change and Senior VP of Coaching at Coachhub.  Jonathan has dedicated his career to helping leaders, managers and organizations improve performance and well-being, which includes many...

Spark Leadership inspires professionals to be the greatest versions of themselves by bringing the best of science and research on individual learning, development, organizational transformation and personal well-being. This podcast is meant share insights and predictions about the future of work through conversations with some of the world’s brightest psychologists, entrepreneurs, HR professionals...