TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC®

What God-sized dilemmas are you facing today? What purpose and meaning can be found in difficult or undesirable work? In this episode of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks shares how faith-led executives can navigate “impossible” challenges and lead with purpose beyond the bottom line. First, Dr. Karen explores how praise builds momentum, strengthens trust, and prepares...

In this two-part executive leadership series of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen explores the powerful connection between timing, opportunity, and faith-led decision-making. Using a vivid real-life experience as a foundation, she unpacks how “open and closed doors” operate in both business and life—revealing that not every opportunity remains available indefinitely. Executive leaders are chall...

For 31 years, TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC.® has partnered with executive leaders and values-based organizations to create sustainable transformation in the marketplace. Founded on the Biblical principle of “renewing the mind” (Romans 12:2), the firm integrates psychological science, strategic business acumen, and Biblical leadership principles to facilitate organizational moves from chaos to clarity and...

What parallels can be drawn between Passover, Resurrection Sunday, and the modern executive journey? Through Biblical insight and practical business application, Dr. Karen explores themes of deliverance, transition, sacrifice, renewal, and eternal perspective in this episode of “The Voice of Leadership.” Beginning with the Passover account in Egypt, Dr. Karen highlights the significance of divine...

Dr. Karen explores how natural beauty and the life cycle of orchids reveal powerful principles for executive leadership, organizational growth, and personal stewardship. In this three-part executive leadership series of “The Voice of Leadership,” she draws inspiration from the mountains of Colorado, the ocean’s majesty, and the intricate care required to sustain orchids. Dr. Karen connects creatio...

In this two part executive leadership series of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen explores what separates high-performing leaders from those who plateau. She outlines the seven attitudes and mindsets of successful professionals to include— cultivating a Positive Possibility Perspective and choosing to Decide a Definitive Direction. These principles embody strategic behaviors that drive personal...

In Part One of this episode of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks talks about the women who influenced her formative years. Her list includes her mother, grandmothers, great-aunt, godmother, an English teacher, and more. For her professional years she names luminaries such as Juana Bordas, Frances Hesselbein, and consulting psychologist peers. She further explores how we can prepar...

In honor of International Women’s Day, this week’s episode of “The Voice of Leadership” revisits two compelling topics — “Strategies to Prepare Women for Executive Leadership” and “What Does It Take for Women to Land the CEO Role?” Dr. Karen draws on more than three decades of executive consulting experience to offer incisive, high-impact guidance for women stri...

In this episode of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks brings together three interconnected leadership conversations: “With Liberty and Justice for All” (Part 2) featuring Dr. Marvin A. McMickle and Parts 2 and 3 of the MLK Series:  “Recognizing and Accepting the Call to Leadership” and “Pursuing Broad Learning .” Drawing from the lived experiences of Dr. Marvin A. McMickle and...

In this week’s Part One episode of “The Voice of Leadership,” guest Dr. Marvin A. McMickle who has served in many significant and influential roles to include senior pastor to several churches, college president, faculty member, and  President of both the Cleveland NAACP and the Urban League, shares insights with Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks from decades of pastoral leadership, civil rights engage...

In this powerful three part series of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks examines the rise and destruction of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s landmark sermon, “The Death of Evil Upon the Seashore.” Together, these events illuminate enduring truths about economic justice, systemic oppression, moral leadership, and God’s ultimate...

Resource Renewal Series In this special Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration series, Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks revisits and unpacks Dr. King’s timeless leadership philosophy through a modern lens. Drawing from Dr. King’s teachings on nonviolent social change, love and power, economic justice, and unity in diversity, these episodes explore how principled leadership can drive tra...

Robert and Kay Lee Fukui both experienced the hardships of growing up in households with parents who prioritized work over family. After years of success in the business world of banking, family business, and major corporations like Coca-Cola, Novartis Pharmaceutical, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, this power couple translated their challenging family experiences into their consulting business, i61, in...

Dr. Cedric Williams is the founder and CEO of Legacy Consulting and Research Group. He and his group provide leader development models and services to help individuals, teams, and organizations to thrive. As a licensed clinical and consulting psychologist, Dr. Williams integrates psychology for the benefit of executives and leaders in Fortune 100 companies. Dr. Williams’ research interests include...

Chris Cooper builds highly engaged workforces especially in the insurance and financial services industries. He is the host of the Business Elevation podcast, a show that reaches more than 50 countries, and convener of the Elevation Collective, a global group of change agents committed to doing good in the world. Today Chris joins Dr. Karen to talk about the business climate in the UK and Europe,...

Guest Matt Manos, the Founder and Managing Director of verynice, a design and strategy practice shares how his company gives away half of its profits and services and remains profitable.  Matt is also the author of two books including, “How to Give Half of Your Work Away for Free.” With a mission to reduce expenses for nonprofit organizations and to increase access to design for all, they hav...

Susan Ireland spent 30 years in business operations leadership roles at The Boeing Company. She was on the original leadership team that built and established a new digital aviation business for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After Boeing, Susan played a strategic role in a start-up company that developed, manufactured, and installed hydrogen systems on diesel engines. Now, as co-founder of Seasons...

Jane Gunn, also known as “The Barefoot Mediator,” is a trained mediator and expert facilitator in conflict resolution. She is listed as a Global Leader in Who’s Who Mediation and is featured in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame. Jane is President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and is a former Director and board member of the Civil Mediation Council of England and Wales (CMC). The autho...

Fred Sievert, retired President of New York Life, is the author of three books including, “Fast Starting a Career of Consequence: Practical Christ-Centered Advice for Entering or Re-entering the Workforce.” On today’s show with Dr. Karen, Fred talks about how he lived his Christian values while serving as President of a Fortune 100 secular company of 65,000 people in 12 countries. He also shares h...

Dr. Clarence Shuler, President and CEO of Building Lasting Relationships, marriage counselor, speaker, life and relationship coach, diversity consultant, and author of more than 10 books joins Dr. Karen to talk about his new book, “ Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships: How You Can Help Heal Racial Divides, One Relationship at a Time .” Dr. Shuler shares some of the lessons he has learned from...

Patricia Raybon, author of the three part Annalee Spain Mystery series, writes daring and exciting “history mysteries.” Her third novel in the series, “Truth Be Told” was recently listed as a New York Times Book Review pick, her second in the series, “Double the Lies” won the Christianity Today Book Award for Fiction, and her first book in the series,” All That is Secret” won a Christy Award for F...

Terence Chatmon is the President and CEO of Victorious Family, a family discipleship ministry that equips and empowers Family Champions, on five continents, to develop mature and thriving followers of Christ. Author of the five star best-selling book, “Do Your Children Believe?,” Terence offers a proven step by step process to create a personalized family discipleship plan that works for families,...

Bible League President and CEO Jos Snoep leads the ministry by cultivating, “one relationship at a time.” Today on “The Voice of Leadership,” Jos speaks with Dr. Karen about how Bible League, a non-profit Christian ministry, engages people in the word of God and equips the local Church. Bible League creates global unity in diversity through partnerships with local communities. Jos also describes t...

Recognized by Nonprofit Times Magazine as one of the most influential philanthropic leaders in America, Michael Chatman is the CEO of The Community Foundation: The Global Center for Generosity located in Cape Coral, Florida. He also previously worked as a Global Corporate Marketplace Ministry leader. In this interview, Dr. Karen speaks with Michael Chatman about his visionary leadership, commitmen...

Dean Niewolny, Chairman of the Board and Ambassador of Halftime Institute, spent 23 years in executive roles with three of Wall Street’s largest financial firms. Inspired to go beyond success to serving others, he and his wife began trips to South Africa and now provide orphan and hospice care in Durbin. The author of “Trade Up: How to Go From Just Making Money to Making a Difference,” Dean speaks...