The Leadership Mind

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Geoffrey Roche. Geoffrey is currently the Senior Vice President of National Healthcare Practice and Workforce Partnerships at Core Education PBC. He speaks often on healthcare workforce topics at national conferences such as Becker's Annual Conference, HIMMS, and ViVE. In 2022, Roche was also nominated to the Forbes Business Council for his national-lev...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Dr. Johanna Pagonis. She is the CEO and founder of Sinogap Solutions Leadership Consulting, and the author of Choose to Be a Leader Others Would Want to Follow. Dr. Pagonis launched Sinogap Solutions after recognizing many habitual workplace challenges while in her role as a manager. Her workplace experiences contributed to her attaining a Ph. D. in adult e...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Richard Lewine. He is the Founder of Executive Concierge Services and President of RSL Consulting Group. He is a grand vizier & mentor who uses his extensive life experience and wisdom to help change the lives of his clients. Richard is relentless in his approach and guides his clients to set and achieve their most important goals. His methodology resul...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Simon Severino. He is the CEO of Strategy Sprints™, a method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. He also helps business owners run their companies more effectively, resulting in soaring sales! Simon is trusted by many platforms and companies, including; Google, Roche, Consilience Ventures, Amgen, and AbbVie. He is also a TEDx...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Liz Kislik. She is a management consultant and executive coach, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes. She also specializes in developing high-performing leaders and workforces, and for 30 years has helped many companies like American Express, Girl Scouts, Staples, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Highlights for Children solve their t...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Adam McGraw. 3 years ago Adam walked away from a VP/GM job at American Express and all of its stability and equity to do what he didn’t have the mental fortitude or skills to do at 25. It was a great run but he was being pulled to pursue things that he knew if he didn't try he'd regret later in life. Adam has always applied a “go for it” mentality when it c...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Andy Storch, a Consultant, Coach, Author, Speaker and Connector. He is the host of two podcasts including The Talent Development Hot Seat and the Own Your Career Podcast as well as the author of the book, Own Your Career Own Your Life . He is also the founder and host of the Talent Development Think Tank conference and community. Most importantly, Andy is a...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Gabby Lubin, Ed. M., a passionate wellness executive. She experienced burnout 3x before turning 30 and decided that she’d had enough. Since then, she has dedicated her life to eliminating burnout through the intentional implementation of the 8 dimensions of wellness.  Her unique expertise allows her to sit at the intersection of wellness and the future of w...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Leila Towne Bulling,an executive leadership coach, and trainer. Her focus is on helping leaders make better decisions, guiding their teams, and having more difficult conversations while having more fun at work. She’s been working closely with leaders for 20+ years and has coached founders, VPs, and C-suite executives in companies all over the world. Highlig...

Massimo’s guest is Kristen Hartley. In her coaching, Kristen brings all of her experiences to bear; these include working as a coach, organizational consultant, facilitator, trainer, and manager of many teams. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Communications from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from Vanderbilt University with a focus in Human and Organizational Perf...

Massimo’s guest is Kristen Hartley. In her coaching, Kristen brings all of her experiences to bear; these include working as a coach, organizational consultant, facilitator, trainer, and manager of many teams. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Communications from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from Vanderbilt University with a focus in Human and Organizational Perf...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by James Adams. James has been an engineer and builder all of his life. James first learned to code when he was five years old. After graduating from high school at the age of sixteen, he studied Computational Mathematics at Arizona State University. He has been in IT professionally for 22 years. James spent half of my career developing large, distributed web...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Matt Burns. Matt transforms organizations. As a business executive, he led a group recognized in 2018 as the Canadian HR Team of the Year - Retail / Hospitality, following-up their 2017 award for the Most Innovative Use of HR Technology. Today as the Founder & CEO at BentoHR, Matt simplifies digital transformation; aligning strategy, technology & hu...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Abigail Morgan Prout, a passionate advocate for poetry as a medium of cultivating professional leadership. Abigail has worked as a professional Co-Active coach for the last 20 years and has spent the last 8 years as faculty for the Co-Active Training Institute, leading their coaching and leadership courses. She returned with her husband Clive to Washington...

In today's episode, Massimo is joined by, Keith Hildesheim, a strategic Learning and Development leader focused on developing a culture of learning and teaching with the organizations he serves. He’s an expert in building L&D teams and experiences – most recently he’s been leading the core learning and development team at Slalom focused on learning programs for consultants, sellers, recru...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Entrepreneur and Co-host of the Gratitude Blooming Podcast, Omar. Omar is inspired by nature, gratitude, and web3. He co-founded the gratitude app gthx (as in “gee thanks”), facilitates Gratitude Circles for leaders across sectors, and recently launched Long Horizon to advise on and invest in web3 projects. Previously, Omar was the founding executive direct...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Julie Winkle Giulioni, a champion for workplace growth and development and helps executives and leaders optimize talent and potential within their organizations. One of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 speakers, she’s the author of Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive and the co-author of the international bestseller,...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Karen M. Allen, a professional speaker and mindset thought-leader who is committed to guiding people and organizations to reach their highest potential by developing their mental strength. After the unexpected loss of her husband followed by years of transformational experiences, Karen discovered methodologies and lifestyle changes that helped her find her...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Shannon Flanagan. Over the course of her career, by design, she has chosen to grow through different types of roles in order to develop a well-rounded perspective of how to optimize the levers that propel organizations through: first and foremost people, and connecting the dots across strategy, process and technology. She’s particularly passionate about how...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Johnathan and Melissa Nightingale, the founders of Raw Signal Group and best-selling authors of How F*cked Up Is Your Management? An Uncomfortable Conversation About Modern Leadership and Unmanageable: Leadership Lessons from an Impossible Year. Prior to Raw Signal Group, the Nightingales worked in tech for 20 years. Between them, they’ve run every part of...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Michael Bungay Stanier, the author of seven books which between them have sold over a million copies. He’s best known for The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of the century and already recognized as a classic. His new book, How to Begin, helps people be more ambitious for themselves and for the world. Michael was a Rhodes Scholar and plays th...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Karl Ostroski, a global IT leader with decades of experience delivering technical solutions that solve problems and make life better. While his head is professionally in "The Cloud" focused on software delivery, he's vocationally passionate about developing culturally inclusive leaders and practicing and promoting mindfulness. Highlights from today's podcas...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Molly Mandelberg, the Founder of Wild Hearts Rise Up, Creator of “Magnetic Influencer Collective” and also the writer and illustrator of "The Wild Hearts Rise Up Oracle Deck". She is the host of both “Tactical Magic” Podcast and “Reveal the Game of Life” Podcast. After spending years mastering content creation and online marketing, Molly finds her bliss in...

In today’s episode, Massimo is joined by Martha Acosta, a sought after speaker, facilitator, and expert in Human and Organizational Learning who helps high-reliability organizations navigate the complexity of human systems in their operations. Martha is a member of the HOP HUB Consortium with other thought leaders in the Human and Organizational Performance movement. Martha also represents Harvard...

What’s in a name? Well, in Aryeh Sheinbein’s case, it’s a perfect metaphor for  his track record as a wealth architect; his given name derives from the Hebrew  word אריה) aryé), meaning “lion.” He is every bit a lion for those he works with:  passionate, courageous, protective, and willing to fight for the valuable assets  his clients entrust him with and he is on the podcast t...