Leadership Is Changing

Has anyone ever told you, hey, just do your best? Sounds easy to say but what does that actually mean? Chandra Selvadurai believes he’s uncovered the real meaning. Chandra leads the Trans-Tasman operations of Pharmaco (NZ) Ltd, a company specializing in the sales, marketing, warehousing, and distribution of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare products and services. Chandra qualified w...

As leaders, we need to understand just how crucial energy input and output are. When you treat energy as a currency, you begin to realize just how important it is to manage priorities. Nick Sharma has been leveraging his energy for over 20 years as a seasoned Healthcare Business Leader based in New Zealand.    Nick has successfully run several million-dollar Healthcare Businesses, broken...

Today’s episode is all about leadership gratitude! Many in America are about to dive into some beautifully cooked turkey in celebration of Thanksgiving. With that in mind, what are you thankful for? See, gratitude is key in leadership, so I want to talk about our readiness to show appreciation as well as show a bit of gratitude myself for all of you leaders and listeners out there!  Tune in a...

As leadership gets more and more complicated, it’s your ability to make things simple that will ultimately shape the success of your organization. Josh Fonger is a Business Performance Architect and the co-founder of Work the System located in the States. He is an international business consultant, coach, and speaker.  Josh has the unique experience of personally helping hundreds of businesse...

Leadership is not a God-given right, but a responsibility! Our responsibility as leaders is to know where we’re going so others can follow, and the key to determining the future is strategic thinking.  Mel Engle is a master of strategic thinking. He was named Chief Executive Officer of Predictive Oncology Inc. as of just March 19, 2021. He is also the firm’s Chairman of the Board and assumed...

Are you committed as a leader? You may be surprised but many are not. Some are hiding behind a title, a mask, or a suit. The thing is, it’s ok to not want to be a leader! For those who are willing to lead, it’s not enough to just be involved, you have to commit. This is tied to the concept I call, the Bacon and Eggs Equation, whereby one animal (the pig) is committed, and the other is just involve...

Potential is waiting to be unlocked in you, in your team, and on every level of your business! So what does it take to unlock it, where do we start?  Ken Miller is an executive in the healthcare industry, focused on transforming companies into industry-leading organizations. Over the course of his career, Ken has been successful at developing high performance teams across the globe. &nbs...

Now more than ever, leaders need to be creative enough to see the opportunity within the opportunities and empower their team to do the same in order to create wealth.  Richard Taurima is an entrepreneur who loves to create new wealth ideas! Richard’s experience has always been in sales and wealth creation. He run’s a number of businesses in New Zealand and offshore with the belief that relat...

Are you constantly struggling to find your zone? Sometimes it’s like we’re in a dark room and we can’t seem to find the switch to turn the light of focus on. You’re not alone. In today’s fast moving world, attention, energy and focus are constantly being pulled away from us and adding more work and just trying to force ourselves is not going to cut it. So how do we equip ourselves to get back into...

If you want to achieve something more than just what you can do on your own strength then you need to become a leader - and to become a leader, you need to learn how to do it first and do it well.  Matt Edmundson is the CEO of Aurion Digital and one of the most well-versed eCommerce entrepreneurs. His sites have generated over $75m in worldwide sales and his Coaching has helped his clients tu...

In Ventures magazine calls her “The Reinvention Guru.” TEDxNavesink calls her “The Queen of Reinvention.” Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a scientist, entrepreneur, and author specializing in resilience and reinvention. As a consultant and an educator, Dr. Nadya helped such companies as Coca-Cola, IBM, Cisco and L’Oreal Group, to name a few, reinvent their products, leadership practices, and business mo...

Have you ever noticed that little dash between the date of birth and date of passing of a person on a tombstone? While it may look blank to us, that dash represents who we are, and everything we will be remembered for. So the question is, what will you be remembered for, or in other words, how are you living out that dash? I believe there are some things we should have in mind as we navigate our l...

The strongest leaders are the ones who are willing to take on new information and let their teams be smartest ones in the room.  Kristi Venta Diemoz is the senior manager of GTM (go-to-market) and operations on eBay. In her role, she’s responsible for updating their sellers on key programs and changes. Kristi has been at eBay for almost 20 years, working in various roles, from customer servic...

Let’s be honest, nothing ever goes exactly as planned and failure is just part of the deal. But if you keep moving forward, you may just open the doors to success.  Jared Hummel is an experienced business leader with a history of building start-up organizations into streamlined, revenue-generating companies.  As the President of Parqa, he leads with a strong financial background and is m...

Some of the most dangerous words you can hear a leader say is, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’ The thing is, change is constant, whether you’re in it or not. It’s time to break out of complacency, because the hard truth that we all need to face, in leadership, is that there is no such thing as standing still; if you are standing still, you’re already going backwards. So what can we do? Dive...

As leaders, we need to remember that people can not run on empty, including ourselves. It’s essential that we protect our mental health and that of our teams. Kevin Dedner serves as founder and CEO of the Washington D.C. based company - Hurdle, which provides culturally intentional teletherapy to eliminate barriers that make it harder for people of color to get mental health care. Kevin is deeply...

Leaders need to be flexible, nimble, and adopt change as their mindset. But even the most exemplary leaders are in danger of getting held back by one thing: their past experiences.  Dennis Mark serves as Advisor to the CEO of Lantern. AI, providing “x-as-a-service” business model for SaaS/AI startups. He is also a Member of the Academic and Examination Board in Boston Business School.  P...

Is it time to leave? So many people are questioning their current circumstances and positions and saying, ‘you know what, it’s time for something better.’ Many are calling it the Great Resignation. So where do you fit into all this? It’s important to be clear about what you want and where you’re going. So let’s dive in and take a look at this trend; why it’s happening, its effects, and what we can...

Being a ‘nice’ leader isn’t good enough anymore. People want to be led by passionate individuals who fuel their fire with purpose to overcome challenging situations! Denice Torres, as a gay, Hispanic female, had to overcome quite a challenging background herself. Through it all she was able to grow her career to the C-suite of one of the largest corporations in the world.  Today, Denice is on...

There’s a key factor that sets leaders apart - values. People don’t always respect and follow bosses, but they do respect people of value.  Dave Ferguson, the Leaders Coach, is an internationally respected executive coach, speaker, facilitator, and author, in the areas of leadership and personal development. In his signature direct, yet highly connective style, Dave helps business owners, exe...

Many leaders feel that they have to be everything to everybody, having all the solutions to all problems. It’s amazing how many of those people out there are telling people what to do rather than asking the questions that could create better results and building up others. In this episode, I want to dive into this topic a bit more and help us uncover the approach of asking rather than telling. On...

A business owner, author, speaker, and influencer, Donna Serdula thrives on empowering people to transform their lives and realize their most sought-after goals. Donna, the pioneer of LinkedIn profile optimization, built the successful website, LinkedIn-Makeover.com more than a decade ago.  In that time, she has worked with more than 6,000 executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals, utilizi...

People are looking for change. They are looking for leaders and organizations they can trust, and today’s guest believes that if we shift our voice and thinking, we can be those leaders. Paul Diver is the Founder and Director of Employment Relations consulting firm,Three60 Consult Ltd and also a director of various other organizations. Paul is highly experienced in collective bargaining, strategic...

When the year is coming close to wrapping up, how do you respond? Do you wind down, worried that you won’t be able to get things done, or do you speed things up? I believe this time of year is a great opportunity to reflect, adjust, and accelerate. In this episode, we’re going to look at some of the resources that will keep you sharp, and break down the specific areas that will help you finish the...

We need to be building resilient businesses and organizations that can withstand disruption. These kinds of workplaces are built from resilient people, and resilient people are built up by strong, caring leadership who treat employees as ‘real people’. Dr. Scott Behson, Ph. D., is professor of management and Silberman Global Faculty Fellow at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is the author of sev...