The Best Boss Podcast

Taryn Laakso is passionate about igniting the spark in her audience so they play a bigger game in their leadership. She is a contributing author of the book "How to Thrive in a Post-Covid World" and owner of a successful, 6-figure coaching business. Taryn and I both do deep work in Positive Intelligence and we're talking about how you, as a leader and manager, can understand and leverage these ski...

Dave and Helen Edwards empower people to be better decision-makers and problem-solvers in the complex age of machines and data. They are co-founders of Sonder Studio a research, education and consulting company that helps leaders better craft decision-making practices and problem-solving processes for the future of work. We're talking about how to develop your understanding of the decision-making...

Uma Subramanian is the founder and CEO of The Limitless Leaders, Inc. Her vision is to inspire and empower women through transformative learning and development experiences that help them reach the pinnacle of their leadership potential by drawing on her own experience as a woman in technology. She considers herself a servant leader who has led high performing teams at both Microsoft and a Bay Are...

Divya Parekh is a scientist, business coach and author. She has used neuroscience techniques and mindfulness in her coaching with thousands of high-achievers across 40 countries helping them uncover their potential. She does this by co-creating a desired outcomes, defining actionable success plans, and enabling experimentation in an open, safe and trusted environment to help individuals grow beyon...

Lisa Duerre is the co-founder and CEO of RLD Group, a coaching collective helping tech companies take culture transformation out of the clouds, banish burnout and drive bottom line results. She has been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Entrepreneur and more. She is the host of "Ctrl+Alt+Delete with Lisa Duerre", a top 10 podcast on technical leadership. And she's raising...

Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist -- and a social activist. Kimra is the co-conspirator to Idaho Abortion Rights, a mutual aid organization that supports abortion-seeking Idahoans with transportation and child care during their abortion procedures. She is also the founder of the Riot Doll Society community on Discord and the host of the Riot Doll show on YouTube. The...

Raewyn Guerrero is a best selling author, CBT hypnotherapist, Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and Corporate Wellness Consultant who helps high performing people manifest their dream lives through dream health. Raewyn's mission is to correct the beliefs that sickness is normal, aging is inevitable, and pharmaceuticals equal health. She is spreading the research-backed truth that the gut...

Rose Ann Forte has a diverse background as a CPA, and now a life coach and best selling author of The Plans He Has For Me  - a daily devotional for people who want to put alcohol to the side of their busy lives for 12 consecutive weeks. Rose Ann also comes from a strong faith-based background and in this episode we're talking about how to bring your full self into the workplace -- including your r...

Linda Stacy is host of Work Dope, a podcast about the messiness and the potential of humans at work. She is also a management consultant. Linda believes that a lot of resources like coaching and training are funneled toward executive level leaders and not enough goes to middle management. She is on a mission to bring top-level resources to everyone so they can have a more satisfying and engaged ex...

Marie Bowser is a licensed acupuncturist and 5 Elements expert. She helps driven, sensitive, overwhelmed people live vibrant, flowing and abundant lives by aligning them with their true nature and the rhythm of the 5 Elements. Marie shares with us what the 5 Elements are and how looking at life through the lens of the elements can help us discover and understand emotional imbalances, where they're...

Donna McNichol has worked in healthcare most of her professional life as a program and personnel manager. She is currently Practice Manager for Alameda Health System and oversees outpatient infusion services there. She supervises 40+ employees from nurses to medical assistants to patient care representatives. As a successful front-line manager, we're talking to Donna about her expertise in managin...

Craig Simms is the CEO and founder of Amplify Consulting Services. He advises executives and middle managers on the importance of building a trauma-informed workplace and its impact on employees and the bottom line. A trauma-informed workplace borrows from trauma-informed care practices in the public health sector allowing leaders and organizations to offer resources that help employees work throu...

Dr. Doni Landefeld is a speaker, writer, coach and trainer serving mid-level and senior business leaders who want to uplevel their skills and performance. She is the founder of Metamorphosis Coaching and specializes in leadership, communication, emotional intelligence and mental resilience. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a set of skills that enable us to understand what other people want and need,...

Rita Sever is as an author, coach, consultant and trainer working with mission-driven organizations in becoming exceptional places of employment. She helps individuals, teams and leaders to improve the culture and practice of supervision and HR helping the organization to be more effective, inclusive, and just. She is the author of two books: "Supervision Matters" and "Leading for Justice". In thi...

Casi Jewett has a master's degree in organizational development and is an HR consultant serving many diverse industries in the public sector and small business. In this podcast episode, we're discussing the need to respect and honor introverts in your workplace. Whether you manage introverts or you are an introvert leader yourself, you'll discover how to "find the gold" to ensure your success. Wha...

Laurie Battaglia is CEO of Aligned at Work and her personal mission it to wake up leaders of organizations who think they can delay inevitable change. She is a futurist, a strategist, and a connector of people and resources. She believes in balancing people and profit in business for a sustainable future. A lot of times we think in terms of our teams needing either leadership training or diversity...

Debbie Scheer is a speaker, emcee, benefit auctioneer and humorist. She uses humor as the access point to engage in important conversations. In this episode we're talking about the importance of humor in the workplace. Debbie believes there is a place for humor at work and that it can be a positive influence on how people connect with each other. What you will learn ... What to do if your attempt...

Kim-Monique Johnson has integrated over 25 years of organizational development experience to inspire leaders to bring out the best in themselves and others. She helps organizations manage change, implement diversity, racial equity and inclusion strategies and develop leaders to create a culture of belonging. She's currently a senior consultant with Community Resource Exchange serving nonprofits in...

Robyn Hatcher, founder and CEO of SpeakEtc., is a speaker, communications expert, author, thought leader, and award-winning actor. Her mission is to create stronger personal brands, more inclusive communication and culture, and more engaging and powerful conversations. Robyn has successfully trained and coached thousands of business professionals and middle managers from Fortune 500 companies and...

Lynne Gilliland is an expert on leadership teams and organizational change in the global development sector. After a career leading humanitarian and development efforts for a large international organization in Africa, South Asia and Honduras she launched her own consulting company where she offers strategies and coaching to many well-known companies. She has spoken at conferences and written pape...

Anna Runkle is the creator of the Crappy Childhood Fairy YouTube channel and blog and leads online courses and weekly live calls teaching people to recognize and heal the adult symptoms of childhood PTSD to transform their relationships, career and health. Anna's work is focused on calming dysregulation and other trauma symptoms and changing self-defeating behaviors that are common among people wh...

Sarah Lightfoot works with nonprofits, government and small companies to create adaptive and agile work systems that create value and enhance the social systems of work that bind us as humans. While she didn't know it at the time, she first learned adaptive leadership as a community organizer from "ordinary neighborhood leaders" who schooled her in strategy and building value-centered relationship...

Svetlana Parilova is a leadership coach and organizational consultant who helps companies fight the burnout of high achievers and close the retention and promotion gap for women in leadership by creating inclusive and resilient teams. With 20 years' experience in the industry of finance and banking, Svetlana experienced first-hand the masculine rules of engagement and what it took to climb the cor...

Doni Landefeld, PhD helps mid-level to senior business leaders up their skills and performance by providing metamorphosis coaching and consulting. In this episode we're talking about metamorphosis as a middle manager, what it is and how to create it. Get the full show notes and more information here: https://unleashedconsult.com/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes...

Dr. Patty Delgado is an Industrial Organizational (IO) psychologist whose research dives deep into the role of middle managers -- their stressors, the mindset needed for success, and the crucial need to strengthen their leadership practices. Get the full show notes and more information here: https://unleashedconsult.com/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave...