A Leadership Beyond

The principals at A Leadership Beyond are Predictive Index practitioners precisely because we are passionate about putting people at the center of leading change at the global and local level. Putting people first is the right thing to do, but we need to establish the business case as well as the moral case. Without a framework (Talent Optimization and tools (Predictive Index Assessment), even the...

The Power of Founder & Force Multiplier   Manal Keen, CEO of Founder & Force Multiplier brings passion and commitment to every conversation.   In this conversation, Manal gives us her story, the drive behind her biggest why, as well as a good overview of the book The Founder & The Force Multiplier .  We won't give too much away, but her career journey toward her "why" is amazing – relatable and in...

Hire the Right People - A Conversation with Dan Adams   We are excited to share our conversation with Dan Adams, an experienced Learning & Development Leader who is passionate about Tech, Cars, and Saving the Planet.    In this conversation we are taking a case study approach to demonstrate the practical application of using Predictive Index to quickly hire the right people to execute a new strate...

Our guest this week is Amy Riley, author of The Courage of a Leader .     Amy has spent decades teaching leaders how to step up, inspire, engage, and get extraordinary results. She helps them lead with courage.    "I want to help leaders, there is so much coming at them from all directions. I want to support them. If leaders are doing it correctly, there is a lot of processing and a lot of care, a...

Our guest this week is T. Falcon Napier, an internationally-recognized human development expert, specializing in sales, leadership and change management. He is the Founder of the Institute for Productive Tension® — an organization that researches the role of Productive Tension® in human performance. Mr. Napier is best known for bringing the principles, tools and techniques of professional Tension...

On this episode of A Leadership Beyond podcast, we had a conversation with Dr. Julie Pham, author of the book , 7 f orms of respect . Julie Pham was born in Vietnam, came to the United States with her parents as a boat person. That is a strong part of her identity, and she learned early both the challenges and rewards of being bicultural. She had to adapt to being Vietnamese at home, American at s...

" Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there." -Vince Lombardi  In this episode of A Leadership Beyond we had the pleasure of interviewing Tiffany Prince, author of Top of the Mountain Leadership . Tiffany refers to herself as an "accidental trainer." She excelled as an individual contributor in biotech pharma and was promoted. She found herself thrust into a position with responsibility f...

Our guest this episode is Naval Flight officer and COO of Wolf Management Solutions, Ron Higgs. We had the opportunity to discuss how to cultivate the mindset of a Naval flight officer, and how to translate these attributes into success for our unique leadership journey. Here are a few insights you'll get from listening to this dynamic conversation with Ron: -The three components to ensure we lear...

In this week's conversation we spoke with Damaris Patterson Price . Damaris uses story and the power of metaphor without ever losing mooring to the practical action needed to be our best as leaders. In our conversation, Damaris refers to Shakespeare and Gulliver's Travels, but the emphasis remains, as her book promises, on straight answers about how we can unlock our truest leadership power. Here...

"Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth." ~Mike Tyson A recurring theme in our community is that COVID has challenged our assumptions, forced us to rethink strategy, and raise our leadership game. And it has led many of us to amazing transformational change, whether we intended to or not. The journey of leading transformational change must always begin in each of us, AND fortunately w...

" Good questions inform, great questions transform" -Ken Coleman  Asking the right questions, with clear intention is fundamental to personal transformation.  This episode's guest, Heather H. Bennett, brings over two decades of experience as a marketing strategist to life in her excellent book:  Fun and Fulfilling Careers One Question at a Time   Heather's brilliance is to help us discover our per...

Leading Through Transition   We usually feature a guest on our bi-monthly podcast. This time Tom and Adrienne chat about leading transitions. This conversation is timely as we enter a new season. Summer disrupts schedules for all of us. Our schedules have been disrupted for multiple reasons over the last couple years. Add this "normal" transition to the mix and emotions run high.   Adrienne points...

In this week's episode we speak with Lee Mozena, founder of Zena Consulting. Lee has a background that positions her well to support leaders as they navigate the challenges of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). Lee has vast experience in Marketing communication; she facilitates strategic conversations for business, government, and community leaders with a lens on diverse populations She asks...

This week we have an insightful conversation with Judy Ringer, author of Turn Enemies Into Allies. If you know any martial art, you already recognize how the principles can be applied to resolving conflict. Aikido is a martial art with a core principle of non-harm. "Render the attack harmless without harming the opponent." Our conversation with Judy gets right to the center of how this practice ca...

This week we are sharing our conversation with Catherine Johns, author of Show Up and Shine. When it comes to communication, Catherine Johns wrote the book. And did the radio show. And gave the talk. Catherine's audience benefits from her years of experience on the stage and in the studio. What do you say about yourself, your work, and the value you offer? And how are you perceived while you say i...

An insightful conversation with Ann Latham, author of The Power of Clarity.   Before becoming an independent consultant, Ann asked for feedback to determine the core value she provided.  The answers she got pointed in one direction: Ann creates clarity out of complicated issues. She points out that people often don't know they are looking for clarity. They know they want to solve a problem.  Durin...

A thrilling interview with Dr. Nadya Zhexembayva! Dr. Nadya is a scientist, entrepreneur, author, and a 4-time TEDx speaker specializing in resilience and reinvention. This conversation with Nadya is rich and chock full of reinvention tips applicable at the individual, team, organization, and community level.    Reinvention is messy and certainly not a straight line. In her book, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛...

This week we are honored to hear the story of one career journey.     The frenetic pace of our work and the challenges of each day make it difficult to take a moment to step back, zoom out, and reflect on our own career journey. This neglect can result in our being swept away in a river of reactivity rather than designing a career that challenges us, grows us, fulfills us, and allows our strengths...

A conversation about Ethical Influence with Brian Ahearn, personally trained by Robert B. Cialdini, Ph. D., and one of only a dozen Cialdini trainers in the world. Among the valuable gems in this stimulating conversation with Brian: * 3 things that differentiate ethical influence from manipulation * A concise summary of the 7 principles of persuasion * An acronym to help us D.E.A.L. with differing...

You've seen the people who seem to take a blow, get up, dust off and keep going.   The question arises, "are great leaders born, or developed?" The age old : "nature/nurture" strikes again.   We never met a leader who wasn't born, nor a great leader who isn't still developing.  To quote our friends in the improv world "Yes, AND".   In this week's interview, Jeanie Cockell talks about the positive...

Tom and Adrienne spent time with Karen Jaw-Madson, owner of consultancy Co. -Design of Work Experience and author of   Culture Your Culture . Although this conversation concludes our series on Reimagining Human Resources, in a sense, the topic never ends. The vision for this community is to provide insights, ideas, and network that enables us to reimagine leadership considering our new reality. To...

Conversations Worth Having  –  Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement. As a community of conversation,  A Leadership Beyond  ranks the ability to facilitate effective and meaningful conversations high on the leadership excellence pyramid. To accomplish this requires an awareness, a framework, and continuous practice.  This is a terrific book, not merely to read, bu...

You've heard it said, "sometimes we must slow down to speed up". The clearer we get, the greater our capacity to handle a steady pace. First, we need to catch our breath, step back, get centered, anchored, and focus on the people engagement and alignment. A rational business strategy without the team behind it is unlikely to have successful execution, and certainly not quickly or effectively. As a...

After this series, we asked What's next? We dropped the word pandemic as we realized creating a new reality in this era of accelerated change and emotional upheaval requires A Leadership Beyond… Adrienne can do it! But not alone. Tom can do it! But not alone. YOU can do it, but not alone. Your voice matters in our community of conversation. Can't wait to listen with you. The top two values of our...

Talent optimization is a strategic process to drive results by aligning business strategy and people strategy. To accomplish this, leaders must focus on organization, team, and individual needs. The Great Resignation provides an opportunity for business leaders to refine their strategies for recruitment and retention by engaging in rigorous support of career development. The word align can become...