Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast

Bio for Dane Espegard Dane Espegard is the Founder of The Dreams Systems LLC and Division Manager at Vector Marketing/CUTCO. Dane is also a culture consultant who teaches, assists, and executes the implementation of a Culture centered around Dream Achieving.  Dane brings a successful people-oriented method to market in his latest book, "The Dream Machine: A Leader's Guide to Creating Tea...

Doctor Dele Ola is the Director of Technology Access Centre for Aerospace and Manufacturing at Red River College Polytechnic. He is also the award-winning author of Be a Change Agent: Leadership in a Time of Exponential Change , publisher of the Prowezz Leadership Newsletter , a change leader, and an accomplished professional engineer.  Episode highlight Facing childhood survival challenges during...

Bio for Rayne Martin   Rayne Martin is both the founder of and a leadership coach at "It's The Impact."  Episode highlight Tune in to learn about Rayne Martin’s journey to make the world a better place as a leadership coach.  Links Email:  rayne@itstheimpact.com Website: https://www.itstheimpact.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raynemartin Quotes “You aren’t leading if you...

Bio for Nitin Govila  Nitin Govila, a global business executive, has an extensive background in building and growing regions and organizations across multiple industries, channels, and cultures.  Episode highlight A North Indian raised in West India who went to France to study without knowing French, Nitin Govila can share a thing or two about absorbing cultures and spring-boarding from them to su...

Bio for Christine Gibson Dr. Christine Gibson is a family physician, trauma consultant, author, and facilitator in Calgary, Canada.  Episode highlight Christine Gibson took her own intense personal experiences and laced them to her deep curiosity about healing trauma together with her background as a medical doctor.  Links Email: contact@christinegibson.net LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ch...

Bio for Mark Minukas Mark is the Managing Partner at Co-Creation, helping organizations transform their business performance. He is also the co-author of the book Unfear . Episode highlight Mark Minukas grew up believing that he needed to win to be accepted in the world. Listen in on how he grew from wanting to defeat everyone else to wanting to take them along on the ride to success. Links Email:...

Bio for Tarin Calmeyer   Tarin Calmeyer is a Corporate Virtual Event Specialist and the CEO of Remote Team Wellness, the leading virtual wellness provider for several Fortune 500 companies, including Facebook, L'Oreal, and Remote.com.  Episode highlight Tarin Calmeyer was born to a Malawian mother, adopted by white South African parents, raised in the USA, went to university in Australia, liv...

Bio for Paul Glover  Paul Glover is a C-Suite Performance Coach and The No B.S. Workplace Development Coach who, for the last 30 years, has been assisting leaders and their organizations to achieve their full potential.  Episode highlight Listen in on how Paul Glover emerged from prison more self-aware and ready to teach others how to see their own blind spots to become effective leaders.  Links W...

Bio for Doni Aldine   As founder and editor-in-chief for Culturs Global Multicultural Magazine , Doni Aldine is passionate about creating a community for cross-cultural populations. She developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University. Episode highlight Doni Aldine is passionate about creating a sense of...

Bio for Julie Pham  Julie Pham, Ph. D., is the Founder of the 7 Forms of Respect and the CEO of CuriosityBased, which fosters curiosity in the world starting with the workplace. Dr. Pham wrote the 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work .  Episode highlight Listen in on how Dr. Julie Pham’s myriad cultural influences make her a successful entreprene...

Bio for Chidi Iwuchukwu Chidi Iwuchukwu's first book, Coming to Canada , is an Amazon Bestseller. He is an award-winning banker with over seventeen years of experience. He is currently a Disability Support Manager with MirkaCare Services Inc.  Episode highlight Chidi Iwuchukwu was groomed to lead from the moment he was born. Listen in on how his Nigerian background, military upbringing, and e...

Bio for Sam Chang Sam Chang is the Founder and CEO of VTMEMBER—a virtual assistant company that he scaled from $0 to $65k in monthly recurring revenue in six months.  Episode highlight By building a culture of belonging and excellence in his company, Sam Chang has created a world where everyone is seen not only for who they are now, but for their potential for growth. Links Email: sam@vtmember.ca...

Bio for Julien Lefort Julien Lefort is a diversity, inclusion, and resilience-focused business coach. He now focuses on teaching businesses how sustainability and resilience have direct ties to diversity and inclusion. Episode highlight As a Frenchman, Julien Lefort grew up with the influence of many cultures, learning about diversity and inclusion from a young age. Listen in on how he developed r...

Bio for Dele Ajele Dele Ajele is Co-Executive Director and franchise owner of Corporate Connections® Alberta South as well as BNI Alberta South, Canada. Dele is also a business coach and consultant with a passion for helping entrepreneurs create a strong foundation for sustainable business growth.  Episode highlight Listen in on Dele Ajele’s journey from an engineer in Nigeria to a business consul...

Bio for Robert Manolson  Robert Manolson is a certified career counsellor, and creator and workshop facilitator of Powerful Play Experiences to enable positive workplace mental health for teams.  Episode highlight Robert Manolson is on a mission to inspire workplaces, especially during the pandemic, to embrace the value of fun at work.  Links Email: robert@powerfulplay.ca Website: www.powerfulplay...

Bio for Laurika Booysen   Doctor Laurika Booysen is a family doctor passionate about empowering people in their own health journey. She currently works at a community holistic health and wellness center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  Episode highlight As a South African family doctor, Laurika Booysen helps her patients see themselves as the beautiful and capable souls they are while taking on her...

Bio for Arend Boersema Arend Boersema is a human resources and organizational development (HR/OD) leader, writer and certified coach. He has Bachelor’s degrees in both social work and teaching, a Master’s degree in Human Resources Development, and is PHR/SHRM-CP certified. Episode highlight Arend Boersema has had a diverse cultural experience that helps him understand people and cultures from a un...

Bio for Gia Le   Gia Le is an award-winning entrepreneur, sales, marketing strategist, and wellness enthusiast. She is the Managing Director at Elite Digital Campaigns, a successful boutique marketing agency.  Episode highlight As a Vietnamese-Australian, Gia Le has learned to balance the world of refugee Vietnamese parents focused on the respect of authority, making something of themselves, and c...

Bio for Yadi Caro   Yadi Caro is a Puerto Rican Tech Consultant and Podcast Host. She works with customers to define the best tools they can use, and works with software developers to build great products. Episode highlight Yadi Caro has combined her natural affinities of introversion with a deep curiosity about cultures, people, and the tech world. Listen in on how she combined these passions tog...

Bio for Raju Rajan   Raju Rajan is a Global Account Chief Technologist with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Founder and President of ReWild Long Island.  Episode highlight Raju Rajan is passionate about introducing people to the land, to native plants, and to the concept of rewilding. His idea is that if everyone starts with one small plant action, our relationship to the planet will heal. Combined...

Bio for Richard Matthews Richard Matthews, Founder of Push Button Podcasts and FiveFreedoms.io , has helped many clients add more than six figures each year to their businesses using the techniques he developed over his many years of experience. Episode highlight Richard Matthews’ unusual, but systematic approach to life extends to running his business virtually from behind a curtain in his RV, an...

Bio for Anthony Hayes   Anthony Hayes is President and Founder of The Hayes Initiative (THI) and has spent more than 18 years in communications, crisis and issue management, and political and legislative campaigns.  Episode highlight Listen in on how Anthony Hayes developed a niche in extreme crisis management by applying his own personal discretion to sensitive national and international crises. ...

Bio for Sabra Saleh   Sabra Saleh is a Communications/Public Affairs Specialist with Syncrude Canada Ltd. Episode highlight As a multilingual African-Arab, Sabra Saleh has always assimilated into the cultural groups, wherever she went. Listen in on how she establishes relationships using language and curiosity to support her. Links Email: sabrasal@gmail.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

Bio for Tim Dumas Tim Dumas is the Founder of Servus Leadership, a Certified Coach with the John Maxwell Team, a Certified Facilitator with the Extreme Leadership Institute, and a Consultant with the Virtuous Leadership Institute.  Episode highlight When Tim Dumas’ business needed a change in direction for expansion, he hired an executive coach. Listen in on how he was inspired to become an execut...

Bio for Gabrielle Dolan   Gabrielle Dolan is considered a global expert in business storytelling and real communication. She is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker and best-selling author of seven books.  Episode highlight Listen in on how Gabrielle Dolan has been training business leaders on how to tell their stories for the last 17 years.  Links Email: gabrielle@gabrielledolan.co...