Lions Guide Podcast

This is a recent episode of the Lions Guide Leadership Series, The Flipside of Leadership with Lions Guide Leadership Coach and Program Director, Keith "Flip" Griffin.   In this episode, Keith and Dale explore the book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution.   The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) is a simple, repeatable, and proven formula for executing your most important strategic priorities...

Christina Schindler is the CEO of the Modern Stone Age Kitchen, a foodery in Chestertown, MD that optimizes nutrition in modern foods through ancestral techniques to create healthy food for the community. Christina is also her husband's high-tech other half.   Her husband, Dr. Bill Schindler, is the author of Eat Like a Human: Nourishing Foods and Ancient Ways of Cooking to Revolutionize Your...

On this episode we have our latest Leadership Lions Den segment where Lions Guide Leadership Coach & Director, Keith "Flip" Griffin and Dale have a raw debate about leadership topics relevant in today’s world.   The discussion brings out the authentic feelings and thoughts on subjects that may be “taboo” for leaders to talk about in the open.   You never know what your going to get!...

Laura Colbert is an Army Veteran who spent over a year in Baghdad, Iraq during the 20-year War on Terror as a Military Police Officer.  Laura also holds two master’s degrees.  One in Experiential Education and the other in Educational Leadership.   In this episode Dale and Flip discuss her book, How to Pee Standing up, or Sirens which is a memoir of her time deployed in the Middle E...

Replay of last month's Lions Den episode with Dale and Lions Guide Leadership Coach & Director, Keith "Flip" Griffin.    The Lions Den is part of our Flipside of Leadership series we stream each Thursday on the various social media platforms to the Lions Guide Community.   In these episodes, Flip and Dale have a raw debate about leadership topics relevant in today’s world. The d...

Dan and Dale served together in the Marine Corps.   Back then they were a pair of 20-something knuckleheads trying to figure our there place in the world.   Today Dan is firmly on a path of growth personally and professionally, having become a board-certified doctor after his enlistment.    In this episode, Dan and Dale talk about Dan's transition from lack of direction to tapp...

Over his 30-year career, Charles Wallace has established a diverse skillset that has helped him be a highly effective leader   and build very successful teams.   But while dealing with heart issues and living on numerous medications Charles hit rock bottom at age 47, tipping the scales at 264lbs.   Deciding to take control of his life, he went on to lose over 75lbs and live medicati...

Man in the Arena is an ESPN Sports Documentary where Tom Brady shares a first-hand account of his Super Bowl appearances, and deconstructs the milestones of his legendary NFL career. Each episode explores the pivotal moments in Tom Brady's life on and off the field.   In this part 2 of 2 series, Dale and Lions Guide Leadership Coach, Keith (aka Flip) Griffin review the second half of the Tom...

Man in the Arena is an ESPN Sports Documentary where Tom Brady shares a first-hand account of his Super Bowl appearances, and deconstructs the milestones of his legendary NFL career. Each episode explores the pivotal moments in Tom Brady's life on and off the field.   In this part 1 of 2 series, Dale and Lions Guide Leadership Coach, Keith (aka Flip) Griffin review the first few episodes of t...

Raj Khera is a past CEO and CMO of several SaaS businesses, growing them to successful multi-million dollar exits to public companies. He is now a Growth Advisor to B2B SaaS companies and Publisher of MoreBusiness.com where his personal goal is to provide training, templates and resources to help 250 entrepreneurs become millionaires within 5 years of starting their business.   Raj is a proli...

In this episode we're joined by Jessica Collier who is a high school math teacher, wife, and mother.   She's also an obsessed distance runner having recently completed her first 100-mile run.   She started running in college as a way to reduce stress mainly caused by her scholarship softball program. The mental and physical benefits quickly resonated, and she ran a marathon without even...

In this episode, we’re joined by past podcast guests   JT Frank, Jeff Harris, and   Kris Bachman.   All these guys are back to talk about this month's Lions Guide challenge, Month of Miles where we’re all running/walking/hiking a minimum of 100 miles, or biking 300 miles.   In this episode, the four of us circle up to have some fun and discuss our personal goals & reason fo...

Jason Hardrath is an Adventure Athlete and Speaker, as well as a Physical Education Teacher who summited Washington's 100 tallest mountains in 50 days, 23 hours making him the first person to 100 FKTs (Fastest Known Times).   In this episode, Jason takes us through his journey from being a struggling child with severe ADHD to finding his passion for the outdoors.   We explore his lessons...

Robert Pardi is one of those rare individuals who embraces change and lives by a philosophy which he calls “possibility in action”. Born in NYC, Robert has also lived in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, after being recruited by one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in 1997. It was shortly after accepting the position that he and his wife were confronted with an ext...

Kris Bachman is a badass lady high-performer.   She's an active wife and mother of three, a 4-time Boston Marathon Qualifier, 1st place marathon finisher, has led a crew in the Race Across America, completed the SEAL Swim across the Hudson (which is an awesome challenge to accomplish!), and is a running coach!   In this episode, we explore Kris's story and journey through her numerous ac...

Gareth Pickering   Gareth Pickering is an artist and thought leader. He’s inspired to have conversations that create connections and unlock courage so that we can access our infinite potential.   He’s an Ironman, an ultramarathon runner, a son and a brother. He’s passionate about accessing and integrating all levels of our human technology so that we can stand confidentiality in the worl...

Dan is a retired Army Sergeant First Class whom Dale came to learn about over the last few months after having stumbled upon the impactful work that he is doing with his non-profit, 22Zero.    In this episode, Dan and Dale explore his story of how, following his combat deployment to Afghanistan where he suffered the physical and emotional injuries of multiple IED explosions, Dan found hi...

In this episode, Craig and Dale dive deep into some of the more transformational learnings they've gained over the last 5 years in their respective growth journeys.   They talk about some key tactics that have served them daily, as well as, get raw about some perspectives on the negative impacts of materialism, or what Craig calls the trap of the Golden Treadmill…   It's an awesome conve...

In this episode, Dale is back at it with Craig and RJ in a continued conversation about our own high-performance habits that contribute to our success, we also talk about the impacts of mediation, how we deal with the distractions of social media, and a whole lot more.   It's a great conversation and you're going to get a lot out of it (I know we did)…       Lions Guide Links:...

Dave Zumpano is Founder of Lawyers with Purpose and Co-Founder Guidr, Host of the Legal Community Podcast.   Guy Remond is also a Co-Founder of Guidr and an experienced individual with over 20 years in the tech, software & consulting/advisory industries, as a founder, director, investor and advisor.   In this episode, Dave & Guy share their insights on what makes for success in m...

Ivan, a retired Marine Special Operations Officer, spent a 24-year career working with Special Operations Forces in crisis and combat zones around the world. His experience includes working with U.S., Joint, and Coalition SOF organizations. He has led small teams and large organizations in high-stakes, high-risk mission sets ranging from two-person teams to formations with more than 600 people. &n...

In this episode, Michael and I talk about his story, about the need for more awareness regarding trauma surrounding our first responders, and about his new book, RELENTLESS COURAGE:   Winning The Battle Against Frontline Trauma…   About Michael: Michael Sugrue began his law enforcement career in the United States Air Force as a Security Forces Officer in 1998.   As a Security Forces...

On this episode, (which is at least a part 1 episode, as we're not done with this conversation yet) Blank Canvas Author Craig Stanland, Ultra-Habits Podcast Host RJ Singh, and Dale have a discussion about being a high-performer.   We wanted to hop on and have a conversation about tactics, but rightfully so this episode quickly and deeply dove into mindset.   So this is part 1 of our open...

On this episode, I’m joined by entrepreneur Frank Layo, executive high-performer Jeff Harris, and my beautiful wife of 22 years & entrepreneur Jody Walls who all recently completed the Goggins Challenge in which we ran 4 miles, every 4 hours, for 48 hours   We talk about the experience, the lessons we learned about the challenge and ourselves, and if we'll ever do it again.   It's a...

In this episode, Dale and Brittany explore her story of coming from a small town and the traditional path mindset, to that of becoming the true visionary and leader of her life, and how things changed for her in doing so.   It's a great conversation, and you're going to love it...   About Brittany: Brittany is the President and Shareholder of a top-ranked financial services firm, Sweet F...