Leaders Get Real

Isaac and Thorald Koren aren't your typical leadership consultants. Better known as The Brothers Koren , these 2024 People's Choice Award winners achieved the success they dreamed of, performing alongside global music icons like Coldplay, Pink, Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart. But at the height of their success, they pivoted in response to a greater calling. Now, they've shifted their focus to heartfelt...

Isaac and Thorald Koren aren't your typical leadership consultants. Better known as The Brothers Koren , these 2024 People's Choice Award winners achieved the success they dreamed of, performing alongside global music icons like Coldplay, Pink, Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart. But at the height of their success, they pivoted in response to a greater calling. Now, they've shifted their focus to heartfelt...

Shirzad Chamine  is the author of the  New York Times  bestselling book,  Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours.   Shirzad is the former CEO of the largest coach training organization in the world, CTI. He has trained faculty at Stanford University and Yale business schools. A preeminent C-suite advisor, Shirzad has...

Kim Scott is a two-time New York Times bestselling author. In this chat, we talk about her first iconic book,  Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity .  Kim is a former tech executive, leading critical teams with founders at Google, Apple, and YouTube – and, she's been Coach to CEO's at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter and more. Sheryl Sandberg, former Facebook COO & author of...

Podcast Host Christy Tonge with Guest, Gary Ware. Gary picks his favorite scene that leads to a rousing conversation on this first in a series of leadership lessons from the hit Apple+ series Ted Lasso. Enjoy!

Leading in adversity is a topic Maurice Brewster, CEO of Mosaic Global Transportation, knows all about. As a premier provider to corporate clients in 400 cities, including Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, Google, Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants, Mosaic watched business go from 2000 trips a day to zero in an instant when Covid-19's Shelter in Place ended all employee shuttles and event transpor...

Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of this century. Written for time-crunched managers, parents or friends who want to be a little more coach-like, it's about discovering a "different way of being with people." His new book is The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever. In our interview we chat about how to...

Marshall Goldsmith  is a world-renowned business educator and coach and leading expert in his field. His distinct ability to get results for top leaders has enabled over 150 CEOs, including the CEO of Ford Motor Company and the President of the World Bank, to achieve impactful change with his coaching. Marshall has authored 39 books, including NYTimes #1 best-sellers, Triggers: Creating Behavior C...

Dolly Chugh  delivered one of the 25 Most Popular TED Talks of 2018 for good reason. Author of the acclaimed The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias, she's also an award-winning, tenured professor at the New York University Stern School of Business where she studies the psychology of good people and teaches MBA courses in leadership, management, and negotiations. Dolly has been named...

Long-time friend, a former colleague and best-selling author Steve Farber joins me as a Guest on LeadersGetReal.  His fourth book,  Love is Just Damn Good Business ,  will be released on September 6th. Steve has been named one of Inc's global Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts. He's currently an Inc.com  columnist as well as a sought-after speaker who was named  Huffington Post's  #1 busines...

"There's no greater recommendation than when an author tells you  to read someone else's book." When Guy Kawasaki, author of 15 books, said this in our Podcast chat, the idea bubbled up for an episode with great authors sharing what they have found to be great reads. From these compelling interviews with best-selling authors Liz Wiseman, Chip Conley, Doly Chugh and Guy himself, you'll fill your re...

New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley is a rare entrepreneur who has disrupted his favorite industry...twice. At age 26, as founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, he took an inner city motel and turned it into the 2nd largest boutique hotel brand in America. Inspired by the work of famed psychologists Maslow and Frankl, Chip's books,  PEAK  and  Emotional Equations , share his theories on t...

Ebony Beckwith shared her favorite quote by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff in our interview: " The business of business is to improve the state of the world." No doubt Ebony shares that passionate belief as Chief Philanthropy Officer for Salesforce where she leads a 40 person team responsible for engaging more than 36,000 employees in community service, as well as administering millions of dollars in...

Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to h...

Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to h...

Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more. His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to h...

Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley icon who first became known as Apple's Chief Evangelist, launching the MacIntosh with epic success in Apple's early days. From there he published many game-changing books: Selling the Dream, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, and more.  His rich and varied career includes start-ups, venture capital, Garage.com, Advisor to Google, and now, a return to...

Do you have a personal improvement goal or a change you want to make at work that has proven resistant to your sincerest intentions, smartest plans, and best efforts? Discover a path to personal breakthrough from this Interview with Harvard faculty and 3-time author, Lisa Lahey, revealing deceptively simple insights from  Immunity to Change: How to Overcome it and Unlock the Potential in Yourself...

Justin Bariso is the author of the best selling book,  EQ Applied , and one of Inc.com's most popular columnists. His thoughts on leadership, management, and emotional intelligence have been featured by  TIME, CNBC , and  Forbes . He has been recognized repeatedly by LinkedIn as a "Top Voice" in  Management and Workplace Culture . In this age of instant communication, constant distractions, and ma...

Explore the power of messaging in your leadership (and even your parenting) in this Podcast episode with the Author of "What's Your Message: Public Speaking with Twice the Impact Using Half the Effort. Cam's book has rave reviews from Jack Welch and Seth Godin CEO for Vivid Learning, a company which works with a number of international organizations including Walt Disney, BBC Worldwide, Fox Sports...

Explore the power of messaging in your leadership (and even your parenting) in this Podcast episode with the Author of "What's Your Message: Public Speaking with Twice the Impact Using Half the Effort. Cam's book has rave reviews from Jack Welch and Seth Godin CEO for Vivid Learning, a company which works with a number of international organisations including Walt Disney, BBC Worldwide, Fox Sports...

Jennifer Dulski   is the author of WSJ bestseller  Purposeful  and Head of Facebook Groups & Community. Jennifer shares eye-opening stories of leaders in business and social impact who effectively rally others around a common purpose. After rising in the ranks from an early Yahoo! employee to VP, Jen became co-founder and CEO of Dealmap, becoming the first woman to sell a company to Google. Next s...

Jennifer Dulski   is the author of WSJ bestseller  Purposeful  and Head of Facebook Groups & Community. Jennifer shares eye-opening stories of leaders in business and social impact who effectively rally others around a common purpose. After rising in the ranks from an early Yahoo! employee to VP, Jen became co-founder and CEO of Dealmap, becoming the first woman to sell a company to Google. Next s...