Leadership Lab with Dr. Patrick Leddin

John Ingram joins Patrick this week in the Leadership Lab to discuss how life and leadership are team sports. John should know. As co-founder of Nashville Soccer Club and Chairman of Ingram Industries Inc, John works to surround himself with strong team players who set big goals and execute with excellence. John joined Ingram Industries Inc. in 1986, serving early in his career as the Assistant Tr...

Y-Vonne Hutchinson is the CEO & Founder of Ready Set and the author of How to Talk to Your Boss About Race: Speaking Up Without Getting Shut Down . Y-Vonne believes in tackling big problems and that doing so requires big toolkits. Her company focuses on diversity and inclusion training to help companies to speak up productively about racism and turn talk into action. Prior to launching ReadySet, s...

Jessica Kaplan and Zoe Antell, are passionate about the fashion industry and female empowerment. As Vanderbilt University students, they launched Ready Dress Go to address an unmet need in the market. "We discovered there is a significant gap in the retail market for college-aged women in need of business attire that is appropriate for networking, interviewing, and working while also being stylish...

Ken Natori is the President of The Natori Company, a designer fashion brand with collections ranging from ready-to-wear, lingerie, and sleepwear, to home textiles, fine jewelry, accessories, bath, and fine jewelry. Patrick and Ken discuss career decisions, transitions, and working in a family business. Learn from Ken's experience in launching The Natori Company's e-commerce and licensing business;...

David Allen joins Patrick to discuss the Getting Things Done (GTD) method and how we can use it to reduce ambient anxiety and appropriately engage in our work. David says that the key is to empty our minds and begin to see problems as projects. For over 35 years, David has helped leaders to increase their productivity, reduce stress, and win the game of business and life. Learn more about David's...

While attending Vanderbilt University, Teddy Raskin started Lights on the Lawn (LOTL) , an on-campus concert series in Nashville, TN. Initially created to raise funds to support the needs of an injured friend, LOTL grew to other university campuses and has raised over $630,000 for local charities. When COVID hit and health-related restrictions put concerts on the back burner, Teddy co-founded KOAC...

Learn to better observe, communicate, and problem-solve with lawyer and art historian Amy Herman. Amy joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to explore how looking closely at painting, sculpture, and photography can help you hone your visual intelligence. They explore how to recognize the most pertinent and useful information as well as recognize biases that impede decision-making. Over 20 years ago,...

Dave McKeown is the author of The Self-Evolved Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. He is also the host of the podcast Lead Like You Give a Damn.   Patrick and Dave discuss how to lead in ways that set you and your team up for success. With a wealth of experience connecting individual and team performance to improved business results, Dave explai...

Leading others is tough. We've got your back. Every week, we produce leadership content to help you to succeed. Sometimes you are so busy tackling all that is going on in your world that you miss what we are sharing. How dare you 😊   In this episode, Patrick recaps the 14 lessons we've shared in the first three months of 2022. These lessons include: how to disrupt yourself and your team, ways to...

Feeling overwhelmed? Looking to get the essential items done? This episode is a must-listen. Explore how to get a grip on your week, your year, and your life. Rick's book Grip helps people to better manage their time and get done what truly matters most. His work became a wildfire success in his home country of Holland. It has spread throughout Europe, the U.S. and is gaining traction worldwide.  ...

Are you ready to disrupt yourself? Do you know how to grow yourself and others in smart ways? Whitney Johnson is an innovation and disruption theorist, CEO, bestselling author, and globally recognized thought leader. She is also this week's Leadership Lab guest. Whitney joins Patrick to discuss her latest book "Smart Growth" and explore how the S Curve of Learning can help all of us to get better....

In this episode, Alaina Love joins Patrick to talk about purpose, passion, and inclusion. Alaina is the CEO of Purpose Linked Consulting (PLC), and developer of PLC's groundbreaking instrument: The Passion Profiler™. Prior to founding PLC, Alaina was Executive Director of Human Resources for Merck & Co, with responsibility for the HR services of over 15,000 employees worldwide. She's also been a r...

Recently profiled as "Variety's 2020 Top 10 Broadway to Watch", Brian Moreland is a two-time Tony Award Nominated Creative Lead Producer for Broadway. Brian joins Patrick to discuss the importance of being kind to yourself and others; why you need to be comfortable being uncomfortable; and how it takes everyone to produce an amazing show. If you are in NYC, be sure to look for Brian's upcoming Bro...

Do people see what you are thinking? Todd Cherches is a master at helping leaders to do just that. A consultant, trainer, executive coach, keynote speaker, professor, and author of VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life. Patrick and Todd talk about how leaders can use frameworks, storytelling, metaphors, and more. Learn more about Todd's work at www. Tod...

Alisa Cohn is an executive coach and bestselling author. Her recent book, From Start-Up to Grown-Up gives readers the knowledge and experience that she has gained from helping companies such as Etsy, Foursquare, InVision, and The Wirecutter become headline names. Alisa teaches that the growth of your company begins with growth within you. This is a great discussion for entrepreneurs and those look...

Oshoke Abalu is a Nigerian-American architect and futurist. She is the co-founder of the Love and Magic Company, a startup studio. Oshoke joins Patrick to discuss making conscious choices, loving yourself and others, and showing grace.  

Nate Zinsser is the director of West Point's Performance Psychology Program, the nation's gold standard curriculum for teaching and training the mental skills that underlie excellence in any human performance – confidence despite setbacks, concentration despite distractions, and composure under pressure. He is the author of The Confident Mind and has worked with numerous Olympic athletes to build...

Do you know how to develop a mindset and skillset for peak performance? Ruth Gotian does. Ruth Gotian is a leadership coach, keynote speaker, educator, and social scientist who researches the most successful people in order to learn about their mindsets and practices. She serves as the Chief Learning Officer and is Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New...

Patrick is joined this week by Jacqueline Carter. Jacqueline is an international partner and leads Potential Project in North America. She works with many global accounts including Cisco, Accenture, Danaher, Eli Lilly and IKEA to enhance leadership and organizational performance. She is the co-author of "The Mind of the Leader" published by Harvard Business Review Press in March 2018 and of "One S...

Are you ready for a conversation about gaining, maintaining, and wielding power? Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or co-author of 15 books including: Dying for a Paycheck, Leadership BS, What Were They Thinking, and Power. Patrick and Jeffrey's 30...

In 2019, Cyntoia Brown Long's story captured our collective interest. Fifteen years into a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16-years-old, advocates ranging from Kim Kardashian and Rihanna to lawmakers to the general population advocated for her release. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted Cyntoia clemency calling her situation a "tragic and complex case" involving sex trafficking an...

Patrick revisits his 2020 interview with Ryan Berman for the final 2021 podcast episode. Ryan Berman knows a great deal about the importance of courage. He has spent his career creating and sharing courageous ideas. He also invested four years of his life interviewing leaders and studying organizations to understand why courage matters. In 2019, Ryan released Return on Courage: A Business Playbook...

Join Patrick as he revisits his conversation with Eddie Turner. Eddie is an executive and leadership coach, international best-selling author, learning and workshop facilitator, keynote speaker, and podcast host. The leadership lab discussion focuses on coaching, leadership, how to unlock your own greatness, and Eddie's book, 140 Simple Messages to Guide Emerging Leaders .  New Leadership Lab epis...

This week we are featuring an encore presentation of an interview with Dr. Kelly Goldsmith. Professor Kelly Goldsmith joins Patrick in the lab to share her research on scarcity. As a Vanderbilt University business professor, a world renowned researcher, and a former contestant on the tv show Survivor, Dr. Goldsmith teaches us how to thrive when resources are limited.

Patrick is on hiatus until 2022, but the learning continues... Monique Nelson is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UniWorld Group, Inc. (UWG) UWG is the "longest standing full-service multicultural marketing and advertising agency in the United States." Patrick and Monique explore what Monique has learned over the course of her career about being fearless and trusting your gut. Learn more about...