Leadership Is Changing

Our guests for this mashup are Clare Morgan and Vernon Sankey. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.    In this episode: Learn how leadership differs across different cultures Clare explains why she believes Nelson Mandela is the most inspiri...

Trigger Warning: This episode has a portion where the guest briefly mentioned about suicide.   Kevin Palmieri is the CFO, Founder & Co-Host of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement Podcast with more than 1,000 episodes and 600K+ listens in over 125 countries. Some people find rock bottom... I found out that rock bottom had a basement. In his mid 20's... he had it all. H...

In this episode Denis discusses the lessons he has learned about overcoming adversity and ambiguity. He describes having a tumor in his throat and thinking his life was over, as well as how he was able to overcome this challenge and now celebrates six years since the removal of the tumor.     In this episode: Denis shares about his experience on having his tumor removed 6 years ago Lesso...

Our guests for this mashup are Kerwin Guillermo and Deb Ingino. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.    In this episode: Kerwin describes how he was promoted five times in five years to project manager by following his superiors Learn how to...

Jan Cavelle is an entrepreneur from the UK who has a few decades of running micro and small businesses behind her.  She is very familiar with all the challenges that go with that, having started one from the kitchen table when her children were small and she was a single mother, to go on to build that into a multi-million turnover business. Jan has put her entrepreneurial experiences together...

In this episode Denis discusses how leaders are made, how there are natural born leaders and how there are those who can be thought to be great leaders.   In this episode: Denis shares what makes a leader We need good leadership skills to become successful leaders Methods to build and refine leadership skills  5 steps to develop your leadership skills    Key Takeaways: Developi...

Our guests for this mashup are Kate Erickson and Jo Finer. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.  In this episode: Kate explains feeling like she was always at the bottom of the corporate ladder Hear the struggle of transitioning from the corporat...

Nick Jonsson is a #1 International Best Selling Author | Ironman Top 1 percent World Athlete | Executive Mental Health Advocate   Nick Jonsson is the co-founder and Managing Director of one of Asia’s premiere networking organizations, Executives’ Global Network (EGN) Singapore — a confidential peer group network providing more than 600 senior executives and business owners a safe haven to sha...

In this episode Denis discusses how we can handle the noise around us, how we deal with it, and who we should believe when the noise around us is negative.   In this episode: Denis shares how we can turn the noises off  There are things we can control and there things we can’t  Focus on where you need to go  Key Takeaways: We need to work on our attitude  We can choose our...

Our guests for this mashup are Denise Reed Lamoreaux and Kevin Bonfield. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.    In this episode: Denise discusses going from training to management and how she developed a passion for diversity and inclusion...

Irina Poddubnaia is a SAAS founder and a business consultant who specializes in Operations and Process Optimization. Irina has over 8 years of experience in eCommerce with its different challenges and obstacles, from running a fulfillment center in China where she was living for over 2 years to launching her own software @TrackMage  @TrackMage allows eCommerce stores to have 5-10% extra sales...

In this episode Denis shares the importance of knowing the strategy of the organization you are in and how more often than not many people within the organization either don't know what it is or have not bought into the strategy.   In this episode: Denis shares why it's important to know the organization strategy Getting people to buy into the strategy Importance of letting each employee unde...

Our guests for this mashup are Richard Barnett and Dr. Alex Vincent. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.    In this episode: Richard explains how his vision determined his direction Learn the power of a leader’s actions and words toward oth...

Christopher Pellegrini is a shochu and awamori expert, author, podcast host, and die-hard Tokyo Swallows fan, incorporating his infectious enthusiasm and knowledge of Japanese spirits in all his professional endeavors. He launched Honkaku Spirits in March of 2020 with the mission of bringing intensely artisanal Japanese spirits to discerning American consumers, especially koji-based spirits includ...

In this episode, Denis responds to a question from listener Carey about knowing the right time for a leader to step down. He also shares how, as individuals, we should be able to read the situation and know when our time in the role is no longer serving us or the people around us, and how having an exit strategy from your leadership role will not only be beneficial for the person that will take ov...

Our guests for this mashup are Landi Jac, Mark Rees-Thomas and James Rosebush. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.    In this episode: Landi talks about her background and how she went into psychology that focus in group dynamics  Look...

Marcus Olson is the CEO and founder of Pliancy, a technology-enabled professional services company that helps growing startups scale their corporate IT.  Marcus worked at several startups and realized that smaller companies lacked access to technology that could help them collaborate better, work faster, and communicate more effectively.  With a rare balance of technical knowledge, visio...

In this episode, Denis shares the steps we can use to help us overcome self-doubt and what materials and information we should avoid feeding into our mind in order to reach our goals and dreams.   In this episode: Secrets to overcoming self-doubt  Self-doubt destroys our confidence and cripples you from pursuing your goals Self-doubt put outside pressure on us and forces us to do things&...

Our guests for this mashup are Tracie Ybarra, Mike Handcock and Nik Cree. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.    In this episode: Tracie shares her background and how she worked for HP  Admiring a leader who is trustworthy and knows wh...

In this episode, Megan Nivens-Tannett discusses being a single mother and launching her own business. She also discusses the importance of leaving our egos at the door and how, with the proper people and the right mentality, our business can grow. Megan has  served in various roles including Vice President for Huntsville-based startup accelerator The Foundry; Director of Digital Marketing for...

In this episode, Denis discusses the many sorts of leaders that we come across or may become in different scenarios, as well as how leaders manifest themselves not just when things are going great but also when things do not go as planned.   In this episode: What kind leader shows up when things come up Identifying triggers and learning how to take control of the situation People find th...

Our guests for this mashup are Travis Chappell, Vince Molinaro, and Dave Gambrill. Tune in as they tell the stories of their incredible career journeys, how they landed in their industries, the challenges they faced and which leaders inspire them to achieve greatness.    In this episode: Travis shares how and why he go into podcasting  The story behind the name of his podcasts What...

Vivek Iyyani is a Millennial specialist, keynote speaker, and author of the books Engaging Millennials: 7 Fundamentals to Recruit, Reward & Retain the Largest Generation in the Workforce and Empowering Millennials: The 5 Step Sequence to Design a Life of Fun, Freedom and Fortune. Vivek works with leaders to recruit, reward and retain the multigenerational workforce. In this episode,Vivek discu...

In this episode, Denis talks about how we can take a step back and analyze who we are and remember that our identity is not bound to our title when we feel like we no longer belong to an organization or are left out, and when our work prevents us from spending time with our families and loved ones.   In this episode: Assign responsibilities to trained and delegated-authority individuals. Deve...

Brandon Amoroso is the founder and President of leading e-commerce agency Electriq. He built the business to oversee more than 55 brands and 45 team members in just three years before DRINKS.com acquired it in April 2022. Under Brandon's leadership, Electriq achieved the highest certifications available for the DTC industry, including Shopify Plus, Klaviyo Elite, Attentive Pioneer, Okendo Platinum...