Leaders Get Real

Nominated for two Academy Awards, Disney/Pixar's Film Coco is being lauded for achieving its finest work yet in its cultural authenticity. The hidden figure behind this success is the lead cultural consultant, Marcela Davison Aviles. Coco is second only to Moana in largest openings for Disney/Pixar. O ne of the most incredible parts of Coco's success has been how it has resonated so deeply with th...

Nominated for two Academy Awards, Disney/Pixar's Film Coco is being lauded for achieving its finest work yet in its cultural authenticity. The hidden figure behind this success is the lead cultural consultant, Marcela Davison Aviles. Coco is second only to Moana in largest openings for Disney/Pixar. O ne of the most incredible parts of Coco's success has been how it has resonated so deeply with th...

Liz Wiseman   is the  New York Times  best-selling author of  Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter , and the  Wall Street Journal  bestseller  Rookie Smarts .  Liz is listed #35 on the 2017   Thinkers50   global ranking of management thinkers and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. She writes for Harvard Business Review and Fortune, among many business and...

Liz Wiseman   is the  New York Times  best-selling author of  Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter , and the  Wall Street Journal  bestseller  Rookie Smarts .  Liz is listed #35 on the 2017   Thinkers50   global ranking of management thinkers and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. She writes for Harvard Business Review and Fortune, among many business and...

Liz Wiseman   is the  New York Times  best-selling author of  Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter , and the  Wall Street Journal  bestseller  Rookie Smarts .  Liz is listed #35 on the 2017   Thinkers50   global ranking of management thinkers and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. She writes for Harvard Business Review and Fortune, among many business and...

Long-time friend, former colleague and best-selling author Steve Farber joins me as a Guest on LeadersGetReal. Steve's first book, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership ,received Fast Company's Readers' Choice Award and was recently named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time. His second book, The Radical Edge , was hailed as "a playbook for harnessing the power of the...

Vanessa Russell has spent over 20 years leading technology and sales organizations in the tech industry. By day, Vanessa is a leader at Cisco Systems, running a 3.4 billion dollar global business, driving the adoption of new business models, products and services as a Senior Sales Business Development Manager, and leading a team of 22 systems engineers. On top of that, Vanessa is the founder of Lo...

Terry Pearce has authored four books; the most popular, Leading Out Loud , is currently in its third edition. He also wrote, Clicks and Mortar with then Charles Schwab Ceo David Pottruck, which was hailed by New York Times as the "best handbook for operating in the new economy of the internet." Terry is Founder and President of Leadership Communication , consulting with high-profile corporate, pol...

Scott Kriens , Chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks, has been in the tech industry for more than 35 years. Scott helped found Juniper in 1996. During his leadership tenure, he has served as CEO and now Chairman, growing the company to more than 10,000 employees in over 100 countries worldwide and $4 billion in revenue. Passionate about authenticity in relationships, in 2010 Scott and his wi...

Jim Kouzes is a bestselling author, an award-winning speaker and, according to the Wall Street Journal, one of the best executive educators in America. In this podcast, Jim discusses his most recent book, Learning Leadership . Jim is the co-author of The Leadership Challenge , which has sold over two million copies since its first edition and has been translated into 20 languages. Amazon describes...

Kirsten Wolberg is a Vice President at PayPal. She was the executive who led the separation of eBay and PayPal into 2 public companies. Prior to leading that strategic effort, she was the VP of Technology. Currently, she is PayPal's Vice President of Talent. Kirsten has over 20 years experience in leading Technology, Product, Operations and Strategy. She served as Vice President of Technology at C...