The Servant Leadership Podcast

In this episode of the Servant Leadership Podcast, Greg Aden sits down with executive coach and strategic consultant Avy Leghziel to talk about what leadership really looks like when work gets messy, unpredictable, and chaotic. Avy shares insights from his doctoral research on executive performance in chaotic environments and explains why leaders should not always try to eliminate uncertainty. Gre...

What makes your message different when experience and credentials are no longer enough? Greg Aden sits down with brand messaging expert Fabi Paoline to explore how leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts can uncover the ideas that make their work unique and communicate them with confidence. Fabi shares how her international upbringing shaped her understanding of communication and explains the three id...

Greg Aden talks with Sarah Howard, CEO and partner of Edenburg Hospitality, about what happens when being good at your job becomes the reason nobody lets you grow. Sarah shares her path from hotel housekeeping to company leadership, and how a mentor changed her career by giving her permission to try unfamiliar work, make mistakes, and learn. They get practical about what service looks like in a bu...

Greg Aden talks with coach Russell Davis about creating an inspired life, letting go of people-pleasing, and leading from a place of self-worth. Russell shares how a strict upbringing shaped his need for approval, why a successful corporate career left him feeling unfulfilled, and how his family’s infertility journey prompted him to question the life he thought he should be living. They explore th...

Executive coach and author Stephanie Wachman joins Greg Aden to talk about distraction, phone habits, and what leaders miss when they are not present. Stephanie shares the moment her two year old son ran to his dad instead of her, and how that pushed her to leave a big corporate job, go to coaching school, and build a business around helping people own their time. She and Greg get into the real co...

Heather Wood, founder of Stupendous Love, on grief, connection, and leading the same way at work and at home after losing her daughter Ava and her husband in 2023. Heather built Stupendous Love around the connection her daughter was known for, and she talks with Greg Aden about what more than 20 years in financial services taught her about people. They cover refusing to put anyone in a box, stayin...

Derek Crager, founder of Practical AI and creator of Pocket Mentor, on using AI to amplify people instead of replacing them. Derek tells Greg Aden about the December 14th phone call at Amazon asking whether the company should train the tens of thousands of people it was about to hire, with a January 1st start date. He and his team built the program from a single title slide, and attrition dropped...

What happens when leaders stop operating from ego and start leading from the heart? In this episode of The Servant Leadership Podcast, Greg Aden sits down with Arnaud Saint-Paul, founder of the Heart Leadership Institute, to explore how personal coherence, self-awareness, and inner alignment can transform leaders, teams, and entire organizations. Arnaud explains why the heart is already whole, whi...

Smaranda (Sam) Serban escaped communism in her home country of Romania and found success in the hospitality industry in Las Vegas. A certified Six Sigma Black Belt, she has over 15 years of experience as an Enterprise Executive. Sam joins Greg to discuss how she was able to find success despite being from another country.  Connect with Smaranda on LinkedIn

Greg is joined by Paula Fernandez de Pinedo, an Organizational Psychologist and consultant at the famed Earnst and Young. They take a deep dive into the psychology of building relationships and the 'evolved human'.  Connect with Paula Fernandez de Pinedo on LinkedIn

Melissa Belongea joins Greg Aden for part 2 of this episode. Melissa is a 'Regenerative Relationship' expert, helping people balance and bridge their needs for individual freedom and shared connection.  You can connect with Melissa: Melissa Belongea | LinkedIn   https://www.melissabelongea.com/

Melissa Belongea joins Greg Aden for this episode. Melissa is a 'Regenerative Relationship' expert, helping people balance and bridge their needs for individual freedom and shared connection.  You can connect with Melissa: Melissa Belongea | LinkedIn   https://www.melissabelongea.com/

Greg Aden of Aden Leadership sits down with Scott Hennessy who is hailing from the UK. They discuss why relationships and self accountability are keys to successful referrals, networking and content. 

In this Episode of the Servant Leadership Podcast, Greg talks to Crystal Fernando, Founder of What Box Partners. Crystal's new book 'Unapologetically Human' takes a look at how the science of being human is the future for leadership. Learn more at www.crystalfernando.com

This episode of the Servant Leadership Podcast features an in-depth conversation between host Greg Aden and guest Jamie Shapiro, PhD, CEO and founder of Connected EC, an executive coaching firm focused on linking vitality, well-being, and leadership performance. Together they explore how leaders can care for themselves more intentionally so they can show up with greater capacity, energy, and prese...

Episode Overview Greg Aden welcomes Kathryn Henry, celebrated author and former Lululemon executive, to discuss her memoir 'A Dime to Say I Love You.' Kathryn shares her powerful story of love, loss, and transformation after the passing of her wife, Lisa. Their conversation focuses on the enduring depth of servant leadership forged through personal adversity and emotional courage.​ About...

InteraWorks CEO Laurie Oswald, and Marketing and Relationship Lead Cathy Stamps join Greg Aden for a candid conversation on how InteraWorks is helping people at all levels find their true potential through purpose, clarity and freedom.  Learn more about them at www.interaworks.com Connect with Greg: adenleadership.com Thanks to InteraWorks for being our show sponsor!

Jan Pochop CEO of Pochop Presentations, joins Greg Aden to discuss what made him decide to move to the Czech Republic 20 years ago to start his company helping businesses sharpen their strategic thinking through PowerPoint presentations.  Connect with Jan on LinkedIn https://cz.linkedin.com/in/jan-matthew-pochop Connect with Greg Aden at www.adenleadership.com

Karen Ansen is the founder of Karen Ansen Consulting (now Ignite HR and Employment Law) in the Greater Newcastle area of Australia. For this episode, Karen joins Greg Aden of Aden Leadership to discuss her deep passion for helping people and organizations with employment law services.  Learn more about Karen and Ignite HR and Employment Law Connect with Karen on LinkedIn Connect with Greg Aden on...

Ingrid Hu Dahl is an author, speaker and leadership coach with over 20 years of coaching experience. Her newest book, 'Sun Shining on Morning Snow' is a memoir of sorts depicting her experiences as a coach, and journeys as a gay women. The book pays homage to her late mother who passed away before the book was published.  In this episode, Ingrid and Greg discuss her perspectives on leade...

Patty Beach is the founder and CEO of LeadershipSmarts and she joins Greg Aden to discuss her new book 'The Art of Alignment' along with her passion for helping managers transform into creative leaders. You can follow Patty on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattybeach Follow Greg Aden on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-aden-leadership www.adenleadership.com

In this episode, Greg Aden of Aden Leadership is joined by award-winning author, Sarah Thurber. Sarah and her husband co-authored the book 'Good T, Bad Team: Lead Your People to go After Big Challenges'.  They discuss the science behind the book and how trust and creative problem solving are two key traits of effective team leaders and why too many leaders get bogged down dealing with pe...

Challenges are what make us great and for Cesar, who lost his mom at a young age and battled addiction later in life, challenges are what has made him into the husband, father, and leader he is today.  He made his dreams of becoming an executive in the hospitality space a reality, but it wasn't just his big dreams that made it possible, it was the people along the journey that helped him make...

Ted Santos is the founder and CEO of Turnaround Investment Partners and is known as the 'CEO Whisperer'. He teaches CEO's how to use the 'disruptive leadership model' to transform their organizations. His newest book is 'Why You Can't Find Love - The Truth About Modern Relationships'.  In this episode, Ted and Greg take a deep dive into love, relationships,...

As and educator, Melanie taught able bodied students how to work with and lead classmates with special needs. After leaving the classroom, she took her skills of teaching to the board room where she became an executive coach teaching company executives how to lead their teams through truth. In this episode, Greg and Melanie discuss the similarities between the classroom and board rooms and why tru...