Chatting About Change with Dr. Jim Maddox

My guest this episode is Will Peters, a professional musician, high school teacher, community activist, and advocate for Native American youth.  Will, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, teaches and lives on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.  Will shares his stories of the struggles and triumphs of life on the reservation and shares passionately about his work with the young people, who...

My guest this episode is Kayshia Kruger, who is the organization development director for a small organization in North Carolina.  She shares how she has created, from the ground up, the organization development function in her organization of about 300 employees.  We discuss some of the interesting projects she is engaged in currently such as employee engagement, learning & development, leade...

My guest this episode is Jackie Stavros, keynote speaker, professor, consultant, author, and creator of the SOAR methodology. Dr. Stavros shares how she developed the SOAR methodology, which has revolutionized strategic planning and organization development, by bringing to the forefront a strengths-based approach to guiding strategy and organizational change.  Jackie offers practical tips on how t...

My guest this episode is Sara Bishop, a strategic communications consultant and runs her own organization, Orchid Communications.  She is also a faculty member at the University of Arkansas.  She shares her story of how she launched a communications business focused on working with nonprofits.  She shares her passion for helping organizations to bring awareness and social impact centered around au...

My guest this week is Joella Walker, a a licensed psychotherapist, Certified Spiritual Director, and shamanic practitioner.  She shares both her personal career journey and path as well as offers insights into helping others explore careers and life’s purpose.  Joella shares how she works from a strengths perspective and helps adults navigate anxiety, life transitions, relationships, loss, addicti...

My guest for this episode is Dr. Eileen Borris, who is a global consultant in political forgiveness, multi-track diplomacy, leadership, and conflict resolution, and noted author and keynote speaker.  Dr. Borris describes her work in changing society’s vision of peacekeeping by working unyieldingly towards reconciling world conflicts.  We discuss her work around the globe and the challenges humanit...

My guest this week is Jenny Wiley, Community Manager Lead at Zencity.  She is a certified life coach and specializes in Community Coaching, partnering with groups who desire to connect and expand together. She is an experienced facilitator and relationship builder, and a strong believer in building social capital in all interactions and experiences.  She shares how she uses her coaching skills and...

My guest this week is Kelli Grant, owner and CEO at Grant Consulting and Coaching.  Kelli shares her fascinating story and how she has combined her background in public service, training, health & wellness coaching, and criminal justice, in helping others embrace healthy lifestyles and choices. She discusses her current journey in her doctoral program as she works on her dissertation in the fi...

My guest this week is Scott Spradlin, a licensed Dialectic Behavior Therapist, consultant, educator, and Media Developer at Wise Mind, Wise Life.  Scott’s passion is centered around mindfulness-based counseling.  The pandemic has heightened the need of therapists and counselors and the need for self-care has never been greater. We discuss this idea of mindfulness along with how it plays an importa...

MY guest this week is Dr. Michael T. Miller, who currently serves as Professor of Higher Education in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas.  He previously was the Dean of the college and has been in several other leadership roles throughout his career in Higher Education.  Mike and I discuss the changing landscape of higher education and the tremendous chan...

 My guest is Dr. Steven Cady.  Steven is a Professor of Management and Director of the DODC Program at Bowling Green State University.  Steve is also one of the co-authors of the book, The Change Handbook.  He is the founder of NEXUS4 Change.world.  Steve shares is ideas around the topic of professional joy.  He raises the question, is it possible to experience joy in work and organizational life,...

My guest this episode is Sommer Keplar, who is a organization/change management consultant, with a background in both internal and external business consulting.  Sommer shares her career journey and describes how she has leveraged her communication and psychology background to work in a variety of business spaces doing large-scale systems change, ranging from healthcare to the finance world.  We d...

My guest this episode is Jamie Pearson, who is a Surgical Neurophysiologist and former business consultant for family-owned businesses.  Jamie shares her fascinating career journey and her current role in the emerging field of intra operative neural monitoring.  We discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding personal growth and career evolution.  We discuss how each individual has the pot...

My guest this episode is Dr. Matt Kutz, leadership catalyst, talent developer, professor, and award winning author.  Matt shares his fascinating story of how he has combined his expertise as a certified, licensed athletic trainer with the world of global leadership development and organization development.  We take a deep dive into his book, Contextual Intelligence and the role of insight, foresig...

My guest this episode is Khafre Jay, Executive Director on Fire, Hip Hop Organizer, Entrepreneur, and Pedagogist; Nonprofit Strategist, Speaker, DOPE MC, Songwriter, & Best Dad Ever.  Khafre heads up the nonprofit, Hip Hop for Change and shares his powerful story of growing up in San Francisco Hunter’s Point, and how he is using his platform as an artist and social activist to bring awareness...

My guest this episode is Dr. Will Sparks, who currently serves as the Dennis Thompson Chair and Professor of Leadership at the McCall's School of Business at Queen's University in Charlotte, North Carolina.   He is a best-selling author and consultant in the area of leadership and organization development.   We discuss his newest book, entitled Actualized Leadership:  Meeting your Shadow...

My guest this episode is Dr. Paul Cadario, Distinguished Fellow in Global Innovation at the University of Toronto.  Paul shares his insights and experiences from his 37-year career at the World Bank, where he served World Bank clients on five continents, and helped the Bank prepare for and live in the world of transparency and accountability.  Paul discusses how he continues to leverage his backgr...

My guest this episode is Dr. Corrie Voss, who is an Organization Development Scholar-Practitioner.  Dr. Voss focuses on leadership development and helping organizations and leaders practice what she refers to as “conscious capitalism” and “conscious leadership”.  We discuss how COVID-19 has turned the volume up on the challenges organizations were already facing prior to the pandemic.  Corrie shar...

Global Leadership Coaching:  A fascinating journey into coaching and consulting for a speech language therapist and world explorer.    My guest this episode is Fiona Fraser, who is a leadership coach from Scotland, who currently lives in Chile.  She shares her fascinating story of how she came to find herself working as a coach and consultant, after spending years in Chile working with NGOs as a s...

My guest this episode is Scott Span.  Scott helps individuals and organizations overcome obstacles, accelerate performance, and getting stuff done.  He recently was a part of a group of world-class experts on focus, drive, and mindset to help individuals live their best life who have authored a new book, “The Successful Spirit.”  We talk about his ideas around balance, mindfulness, and commonsense...

My guest this episode is Terry Bohn, who is a clinical consultant, supervisor, coach, and counselor.  Terry is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. We discuss central role of curiosity in change, the need to have an open mind and a growth mindset.  With Terry’s strong background in mental health and counseling, we discuss the importance of personal growth and mea...

My guest this week is Linda Ackerman Anderson, Ed. D.  Linda is a coach who develops senior leaders and change consultants in how to consciously succeed in organization transformation.  With over 40 years of experience as a change consultant, Linda discusses her current work and passion around Transformational Change, particularly as it pertains to social justice, diversity and inclusion, and poli...

My guest this week is Suzanna Mathews, who is a dating & relationship coach and ‘mindful matchmaker.’  She helps individuals create mindset tools, social strategies, and digital tactics to help her clients elevate dating and deepen connection.  She shares how she brings business acumen to the building of healthy, meaningful relationships.  We talk about how having a relationship coach can be i...

This week, I am joined by Dr. Nate Regier, an author, consultant and public speaker and the Owner of Next Element, a global training and advisory firm specializing in leadership communication.  Nate helps people-focused leaders re-imagine compassion at work by implementing The Compassion Mindset Framework.  Nate shares his ideas around inclusion and particularly his focus on personality inclusion...

My guest for this episode is Dr. Roni Reitter-Palmon, who is the Director of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Graduate program and Director of Innovation, Center for Collaboration Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  She shares her research and consulting experience around creativity and innovation.  We discuss how all creativity is change, but not all change is creativity.  In...